2021 Football Victoria season

Football Victoria
Season2021
← 2020
2022 →

The 2021 season is the 110th season of competitive association football in Victoria.

The season was disrupted due to the impacts from the COVID-19 pandemic in Australia, with the season being suspended in August 2021[1] from government-imposed lockdowns, and cancelled in September.[2] No Premiers were declared, and promotion and relegation was suspended until the following season.

However, as a result of a court challenge involving Avondale FC and Football Victoria, it was agreed that eight rounds of games from the 2022 NPL Season would also count towards the 2021 NPL league table, enabling sufficient matches to be played to "complete" the season, and be able to declare a Premier.[3]

League tables

2021 National Premier Leagues Victoria

National Premier Leagues Victoria
Season2021
ChampionsOakleigh Cannons
RelegatedNone
← 2020
2022 →
All statistics correct as of 26 July 2022.

In addition to the season being cancelled in September,[2] the 2021 National Premier Leagues finals series was also cancelled (the NPL Premier normally qualifies for the national NPL finals series). With the resumption of games for the 2022 season, a select number of rounds and matches would also count towards the league table for the 2021 season, so that after 26 rounds a Premier could be declared.[3]

Oakleigh Cannons were crowned as Premiers on 26 July 2022.[4]

Initial Table (2021)

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1 Avondale 18 12 5 1 39 15 +24 41
2 Oakleigh Cannons 18 10 4 4 36 21 +15 34
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 Melbourne Knights 18 7 5 6 24 26 −2 26
8 South Melbourne 18 6 7 5 19 18 +1 25
9 Green Gully 18 5 5 8 23 25 −2 20
10 Eastern Lions 18 4 3 11 18 34 −16 15
11 Altona Magic 18 2 8 8 19 32 −13 14
12 Dandenong City 18 3 5 10 20 36 −16 14
13 St Albans Saints 18 2 4 12 10 39 −29 10
14 Port Melbourne 18 7 5 6 28 21 +7 8[a]
Source: mygameday
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored
Notes:
  1. ^ Port Melbourne were retrospectively deducted 18 points for breach of NPL licensing conditions.[5]

Additional Matches (2022)

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1 South Melbourne 8 8 0 0 22 7 +15 24
2 Port Melbourne 8 7 1 0 18 4 +14 22
3 Oakleigh Cannons 8 5 1 2 15 9 +6 16
4 Altona Magic 8 4 2 2 9 6 +3 14
5 Dandenong Thunder 8 4 1 3 13 9 +4 13
6 Green Gully 8 4 1 3 11 9 +2 13
7 Heidelberg United 8 3 2 3 12 14 −2 11
8 Bentleigh Greens 8 3 1 4 12 11 +1 10
9 Melbourne Knights 8 3 1 4 9 10 −1 10
10 Avondale 8 2 1 5 15 18 −3 7
11 Hume City 8 2 1 5 7 13 −6 7
12 Dandenong City 8 1 2 5 8 13 −5 5
13 St Albans Saints 8 1 2 5 5 16 −11 5
14 Eastern Lions 8 0 2 6 6 23 −17 2
Source: [citation needed]
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored

Final Table (2021 and 2022)

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Oakleigh Cannons 26 15 5 6 51 30 +21 50 Declared as 2021 Premiers after additional matches in 2022
2 South Melbourne 26 14 7 5 41 25 +16 49
3 Avondale 26 14 6 6 54 33 +21 48
4 Bentleigh Greens 26 13 4 9 43 33 +10 43
5 Dandenong Thunder 26 12 5 9 43 34 +9 41
6 Hume City 26 11 5 10 44 34 +10 38
7 Heidelberg United 26 10 8 8 35 36 −1 38
8 Melbourne Knights 26 10 6 10 33 36 −3 36
9 Green Gully 26 9 6 11 34 34 0 33
10 Port Melbourne 26 14 6 6 46 25 +21 30[a]
11 Altona Magic 26 6 10 10 28 38 −10 28
12 Dandenong City 26 4 7 15 28 49 −21 19
13 Eastern Lions 26 4 5 17 24 57 −33 17
14 St Albans Saints 26 3 6 17 15 55 −40 15
Source: mygameday
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored
Notes:
  1. ^ Port Melbourne were retrospectively deducted 18 points for breach of NPL licensing conditions.[5]

2021 National Premier Leagues Victoria 2

NPL Victoria 2
Season2021
ChampionsNone
PremiersNone
RelegatedNone
← 2020
2022 →
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1 Brunswick City 13 9 3 1 25 15 +10 30
2 Pascoe Vale 14 8 3 3 29 18 +11 27
3 Northcote City 14 6 4 4 25 19 +6 22
4 Goulburn Valley Suns 14 7 1 6 22 17 +5 22
5 Kingston City 14 7 1 6 31 28 +3 22
6 Langwarrin 14 6 4 4 17 16 +1 22
7 North Geelong Warriors 14 4 6 4 27 27 0 18
8 Moreland Zebras 13 5 3 5 18 18 0 18
9 Moreland City 14 4 5 5 26 20 +6 17
10 Bulleen Lions 14 5 0 9 15 28 −13 15
11 Manningham United 14 2 4 8 24 36 −12 10
12 Werribee City 14 2 2 10 18 35 −17 8
Source: mygameday
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored

2021 National Premier Leagues Victoria 3

NPL Victoria 3
Season2021
ChampionsNone
PremiersNone
RelegatedNone
← 2020
2022 →
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1 Preston Lions 14 9 3 2 34 14 +20 30
2 Doveton 14 10 0 4 32 27 +5 30
3 Western United Youth 14 8 5 1 31 18 +13 29
4 Box Hill United 14 8 2 4 29 19 +10 26
5 Melbourne City Youth 14 8 1 5 37 19 +18 25
6 Melbourne Victory Youth 14 5 6 3 26 16 +10 21
7 Nunawading City 14 7 0 7 31 29 +2 21
8 Geelong 14 5 3 6 23 19 +4 18
9 North Sunshine Eagles 14 4 2 8 33 34 −1 14
10 Whittlesea Ranges 14 3 2 9 13 34 −21 11
11 Springvale White Eagles 14 2 3 9 19 37 −18 9
12 Ballarat City 14 1 1 12 12 54 −42 4
Source: mygameday
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored

Women's football

2021 National Premier Leagues Victoria Women

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1 South Melbourne 12 11 0 1 53 13 +40 33
2 Bulleen Lions 12 9 1 2 42 18 +24 28
3 Calder United 12 8 1 3 38 11 +27 25
4 Victorian Women's NTC 12 7 1 4 28 18 +10 22
5 Alamein FC 12 4 3 5 19 26 −7 15
6 Heidelberg United 12 4 1 7 23 36 −13 13
7 Box Hill United 12 1 1 10 12 40 −28 4
8 Bayside United 12 0 0 12 6 59 −53 0
Source: mygameday
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.

Cup Competitions

2021 Dockerty Cup

Main article: 2021 Dockerty Cup

Football Victoria soccer clubs competed in 2021 for the Dockerty Cup. The tournament doubled as the Victorian qualifiers for the 2021 FFA Cup, with the top four clubs progressing to the Round of 32. A total of 210 clubs entered the qualifying phase, with the clubs entering in a staggered format.

The Cup was won by Avondale FC, their first title.

In addition to the three A-League clubs (Melbourne Victory, Melbourne City and Western United), the four semi-finalists (Avondale FC, Hume City, Port Melbourne and South Melbourne) competed in the final rounds of the 2021 FFA Cup.

References

  1. ^ "Football & Futsal suspended across Victoria". Football Victoria. 5 August 2021. Retrieved 24 August 2021.
  2. ^ a b "Metro Melbourne 2021 season status". Football Victoria. 3 September 2021. Retrieved 3 September 2021.
  3. ^ a b "Outcome of legal proceedings between Avondale FC and Football Victoria announced". Football Victoria. 28 January 2022. Retrieved 4 February 2022.
  4. ^ "Oakleigh Cannons FC crowned 2021 NPL Premiers". Football Victoria. 26 July 2022. Retrieved 30 July 2022.
  5. ^ a b "Port Melbourne SC sanctions following NPL License investigation". Football Victoria. 28 February 2022. Retrieved 3 March 2022.