2021 National Premier Leagues Victoria

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National Premier Leagues Victoria
Season2021
Dates26 February – 29 August
Matches played66
Goals scored194 (2.94 per match)
Top goalscorerNahuel Bonada
(8 goals)
Biggest home winHume City 6–0 St Albans Saints
(24 April 2021)
Biggest away winDandenong City 1–4 Avondale
(19 March 2021)
Altona Magic 1–4 South Melbourne
(27 March 2021)
St Albans Saints 0–3 Avondale
(2 May 2021)
Highest scoringDandenong Thunder 4–3 Hume City
(17 April 2021)
← 2020
2022 →
All statistics correct as of 9 May 2021.

The 2021 National Premier Leagues Victoria is the eighth season of the National Premier Leagues Victoria, the top league in Victorian football. Bentleigh Greens are the defending champions from the 2019 season. The current season is being disrupted due to the impacts from the COVID-19 pandemic in Australia, with the season being suspended from August 2021 from government-imposed lockdowns.[1]

Teams[]

Fourteen teams compete in the league – the top twelve teams from the two teams promoted from the NPL Victoria 2. The promoted teams were Eastern Lions from the Eastern conference and St Albans Saints from the Western conference. They replaced Kingston City and Pascoe Vale.

Stadiums and locations[]

Note: Table lists in alphabetical order.
Team Suburb Stadium Capacity
Altona Magic Altona North Paisley Park Soccer Complex 5,000
Avondale Avondale Heights City Vista Recreation Reserve 4,000
Bentleigh Greens Cheltenham Kingston Heath Soccer Complex 3,300
Dandenong City Endeavour Hills Frank Holohan Soccer Complex 4,000
Dandenong Thunder Danedenong George Andrews Reserve 5,000
Eastern Lions Burwood George Andrews Reserve 5,000
Green Gully St Albans Green Gully Reserve 10,000

League table[]

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Avondale 18 12 5 1 39 15 +24 41 2021 National Premier Leagues Finals
2 Oakleigh Cannons 18 10 4 4 36 21 +15 34 2021 NPL Victoria Finals
3 Bentleigh Greens 18 10 3 5 31 22 +9 33
4 Hume City 18 9 4 5 37 21 +16 31
5 Dandenong Thunder 18 8 4 6 30 25 +5 28
6 Heidelberg United 18 7 6 5 23 22 +1 27
7 Port Melbourne 18 7 5 6 28 21 +7 26
8 Melbourne Knights 18 7 5 6 24 26 −2 26
9 South Melbourne 18 6 7 5 19 18 +1 25
10 Green Gully 18 5 5 8 23 25 −2 20
11 Eastern Lions 18 4 3 11 18 34 −16 15
12 Altona Magic 18 2 8 8 19 32 −13 14
13 Dandenong City 18 3 5 10 20 36 −16 14 Relegation to the 2022 NPL Victoria 2
14 St Albans Saints 18 2 4 12 10 39 −29 10
Updated to match(es) played on 1 August 2021. Source: mygameday
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored

Results[]

Home \ Away ALT AVO BEN DCY DTH EAS GRE HEI HUM MBK OAK PMS SAS SOU
Altona Magic — 2–2 2–2 0–1 2–2 0–1 1–4
Avondale — 0–2 2–1 2–0 0–2 1–1 2–1
Bentleigh Greens 0–2 — 3–2 1–0 2–3 0–0
Dandenong City 1–4 1–2 — 1–1 1–2 1–2 1–1
Dandenong Thunder 1–2 1–1 — 1–2 1–1 1–0
Eastern Lions 1–1 1–3 1–2 — 2–0
Green Gully 3–2 — 1–2 1–1 2–2 0–1
Heidelberg United 2–1 — 3–1 1–1 0–1
Hume City 0–0 3–3 2–0 3–1 — 2–1 6–0
Melbourne Knights 2–1 1–0 2–1 0–1 3–0 — 1–0
Oakleigh Cannons 3–2 4–1 2–0 1–1 2–2 — 1–1
Port Melbourne 1–1 1–1 1–2 0–1 3–2 — 5–0 0–0
St Albans Saints 0–3 1–1 0–2 2–1 —
South Melbourne 1–0 2–1 —
Updated to match(es) played on 9 May 2021. Source: SportsTG
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Season statistics[]

Scoring[]

Top scorers[]

Rank Player Club Goals[2]
2 Australia Alun Webb Melbourne Knights 2
Australia Harry Sawyer South Melbourne

Hat-tricks[]

Player For Against Result Date

Discipline[]

Player[]

  • Most yellow cards: 2[3]
    • Australia Harry Ascroft (Dandenong Thunder)
    • Australia Shaun Kenny (Eastern Lions)
    • Australia Jack Marth (Melbourne Knights)
    • Australia Bradley Norton (South Melbourne)
    • Australia Christopher Droutas (Eastern Lions)
    • Australia Harley Orr (Dandenong Thunder)
    • Australia Joshua Wallen (South Melbourne)


  • Most red cards: 1[4]
    • Australia Nikola Jurkovic (Melbourne Knights)
    • Australia Thomas Matthews (Oakleigh Cannons)

References[]

  1. ^ "Football & Futsal suspended across Victoria". Football Victoria. 5 August 2021. Retrieved 24 August 2021.
  2. ^ "Season Stats – Scoring Summary". SportsTG. Retrieved 27 February 2021.
  3. ^ "Season Stats – Yellow Cards". SportsTG. Retrieved 6 March 2021.
  4. ^ "Season Stats – Red Cards". SportsTG. Retrieved 6 March 2021.

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