Wikipedia

2018 National Premier Leagues Victoria

The 2018 National Premier Leagues Victoria was the fifth season of the National Premier Leagues Victoria, the top league in Victorian football. Bentleigh Greens were the defending champions, having won their second championship title the previous season.

National Premier Leagues Victoria
Season2018
Dates22 February – 23 September
Matches played187
Goals scored576 (3.08 per match)
Top goalscorerBrandon Barnes
(22 goals)
← 2017
2019 →

Teams edit

Fourteen teams competed in the league – the top twelve teams from previous season and the two teams promoted from the NPL Victoria 2. The promoted teams were Dandenong Thunder from the Eastern conference and Northcote City from the Western conference. They replaced North Geelong Warriors and St Albans Saints.

Stadiums and locations edit

Note: Table lists in alphabetical order.
Team Suburb Stadium Capacity
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
Green Gully St Albans Green Gully Reserve 10,000
Heidelberg United Heidelberg West Olympic Village 12,000
Hume City Broadmeadows ABD Stadium 5,000
Kingston City Clayton South The Grange Reserve 1,000
Melbourne Knights North Sunshine Knights Stadium 1,000
Oakleigh Cannons Oakleigh Jack Edwards Reserve 5,000
Pascoe Vale Coburg North Hosken Reserve 1,325
Port Melbourne Altona SS Anderson Reserve 1,000
South Melbourne Albert Park Lakeside Stadium 15,000

League table edit

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Heidelberg United (C) 26 19 2 5 60 29 +31 59 Qualification for the 2019 National Premier Leagues Finals series
2 Bentleigh Greens 26 18 4 4 53 28 +25 58 Qualification for the 2019 National Premier Leagues Victoria Finals series
3 Avondale 26 17 4 5 57 32 +25 55
4 Pascoe Vale 26 13 6 7 42 31 +11 45
5 Oakleigh Cannons 26 12 2 12 41 39 +2 38
6 Port Melbourne 26 10 6 10 37 41 −4 36
7 Kingston City 26 10 4 12 39 45 −6 34
8 Dandenong Thunder 26 11 1 14 45 55 −10 34
9 Melbourne Knights 26 9 5 12 45 53 −8 32
10 South Melbourne 26 8 4 14 48 53 −5 28
11 Hume City 26 7 7 12 29 43 −14 28
12 Green Gully 26 7 5 14 41 49 −8 26 Qualification for the 2019 Relegation play-offs
13 Northcote City (R) 26 5 7 14 32 53 −21 22 Relegation to the National Premier Leagues Victoria 2
14 Bulleen Lions (R) 26 6 3 17 33 51 −18 21
Source: SportsTG
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated


Results edit

Home \ Away AVO BEN BUL DTH GRE HEI HUM KIN NOR MBK OAK PAS PMS SOU
Avondale — 1–2 2–0 1–0 3–0 1–1 3–0 3–0 1–0 4–3 2–0 1–1 0–1 6–2
Bentleigh Greens 1–0 — 6–2 3–1 2–0 1–0 1–0 2–0 3–1 2–1 3–0 2–0 3–4 0–1
Bulleen Lions 5–1 1–3 — 1–4 1–1 0–1 2–0 1–2 1–1 1–0 0–3 0–1 1–5 1–1
Dandenong Thunder 0–1 3–4 2–1 — 1–2 0–1 3–0 4–1 4–2 2–0 2–4 3–2 0–1 0–9
Green Gully 3–4 1–2 2–0 2–3 — 1–3 1–2 1–3 0–1 0–1 2–1 0–2 2–2 2–3
Heidelberg United 2–3 3–0 1–0 5–2 4–1 — 0–2 6–1 3–1 1–0 3–0 0–2 6–1 4–2
Hume City 2–5 0–3 2–0 1–1 2–2 1–2 — 1–1 1–0 3–3 0–2 2–1 1–0 0–1
Kingston City 2–0 4–4 0–4 0–1 1–1 4–1 4–2 — 2–0 1–0 1–2 0–1 0–1 0–2
Northcote City 1–3 0–0 2–4 3–2 2–4 0–1 1–1 3–1 — 1–1 2–1 0–1 1–1 3–2
Melbourne Knights 2–2 2–2 3–2 1–2 1–5 2–2 2–3 1–2 4–1 — 3–2 1–3 3–2 3–2
Oakleigh Cannons 2–2 0–1 2–1 2–1 0–1 1–3 1–0 2–0 5–2 3–4 — 2–1 1–1 4–1
Pascoe Vale 1–2 2–1 3–2 3–1 2–2 2–3 1–1 1–1 4–1 0–1 1–0 — 0–0 2–2
Port Melbourne 1–3 0–1 2–0 1–3 3–2 0–1 1–1 0–4 2–2 0–2 2–0 1–2 — 4–2
South Melbourne 0–3 1–1 1–2 4–0 0–3 1–3 2–1 1–4 1–1 5–1 0–1 2–3 0–1 —
Source: SportsTG
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Finals series edit

Elimination-finals edit

7 September 2018 Pascoe Vale1–2 Oakleigh Cannons Fawkner
19:30
  • Lazarides   89'
 Report
Stadium: CB Smith Reserve
Referee: Michael Mammis
8 September 2018 Avondale 3–1Oakleigh CannonsParkville
15:00
Report
Stadium: Avenger Park
Referee: Michael Mammis

Semi-finals edit

14 September 2018 Bentleigh Greens3–4 Avondale Cheltenham
19:30
  • Lucas   43', 105', 115'
 Report
Stadium: Kingston Heath Soccer Complex
Referee: Jack Morgan
14 September 2018 Heidelberg United 1–1
(5–4 p)		Oakleigh CannonsHeidelberg West
19:30
  • Petrie   61'
 Report
  • Bosnjak   39' (pen.)
 Stadium: Olympic Village
Referee: Jonathan Barreiro

Grand Final edit

Heidelberg United2–1Avondale
  • Zahra   5'
  • Cartanos   41'
 Report
Referee: Adam Bavcar

Season statistics edit

Scoring edit

Top scorers edit

Rank Player Club Goals[1]
1   Brandon Barnes Dandenong Thunder 22
2   Liam Boland Avondale 16
3   Davey van 't Schip Pascoe Vale 15
4   Thomas Cahill Bentleigh Greens 14
  Kaine Sheppard Avondale 14
6   Joey Katebian Avondale 11

Discipline edit

Player edit

  • Most red cards: 2[3]
    •   Darby Dexter (Hume City)
    •   Lewis Hall (Heidelberg United)
    •   Shaun Timmins (Melbourne Knights)

References edit

  1. ^ "Season Stats – Scoring Summary". SportsTG. Retrieved 30 January 2021.
  2. ^ "Season Stats – Yellow Cards". SportsTG. Retrieved 2 March 2021.
  3. ^ "Season Stats – Red Cards". SportsTG. Retrieved 2 March 2021.

External links edit

Retrieved from "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=2018_National_Premier_Leagues_Victoria&oldid=1009988319"