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The league is a part of the National Premier Leagues, and is the highest level within the Victorian soccer league system, serving jointly as the second tier within the overall Australian pyramid. Administered by Football Victoria , NPL Victoria is the latest iteration of first division competitions in the state.
The Victorian Soccer League was an Australian soccer league based in Victoria that was founded in 1912 and administered by Football Victoria. It consisted of up to four divisions, through multiple structure changes to the league. [ 1 ]
The Victorian Premier League (VPL) is an Australian soccer league based in Victoria that was founded in 2023 and administered by Football Victoria.It consists of two divisions that were named after the VPL's breakaway of the National Premier Leagues Victoria (NPL Victoria) second and third divisions, which had run in the NPL Victoria system from 2014 until 2023.
The idea of a Victorian Cup competition was revived in 2011 with the Mirabella Cup, which was to feature all Victorian clubs, from the A-League through to the regional leagues, however the FFA later pulled Melbourne Victory and Melbourne Heart from the competition. In 2012 and 2013 the competition was known as the FFV State Knockout Cup.
The Victorian Premier League and State League 1 to 3 remained the same. 2013 will also see the inaugural State League Champions series take place in Victoria. The champion of each league from State League 1 and below will play a finals series against the champions of other regions in their division as follows:
The champions and runners-up of the first division are promoted to the Victorian Premier League for the 2014 season only. The top two teams of the Victorian State League 2 South-East and North-West, the third tier in Victoria and the fourth nationally, are promoted to Victorian State League 1 the next season and the bottom two teams the State League 1 are relegated.
The 2024 Football Victoria season was the 113th season of competitive association football in Victoria. [ 1 ] The premier of the top tier of Victorian football was South Melbourne , which would later lose 1-0 to Oakleigh Cannons in the NPL Victoria Grand Final, making Oakleigh the 2024 NPL Victoria champions.
The 2022 National Premier Leagues Victoria 3 was the second season of the National Premier Leagues Victoria 3, the third-tier competition in Victorian football. The season was won by Preston Lions , who along with Melbourne City Youth and Western United Youth , were promoted to NPL Victoria 2.