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2019 National Premier Leagues Victoria

The 2019 National Premier Leagues Victoria was the sixth season of the National Premier Leagues Victoria, the top league in Victorian football. Heidelberg United were the defending champions, having won their first championship title the previous season.

National Premier Leagues Victoria
Season2019
Dates14 February – 15 September
Matches played182
Goals scored614 (3.37 per match)
Top goalscorerLiam Boland
(22 goals)
← 2018
2020 →

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 City from the Eastern conference and Altona Magic from the Western conference. They replaced Northcote City and Bulleen Lions.

Stadiums and locations edit

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
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 26 17 4 5 53 28 +25 55 Qualification for the 2019 National Premier Leagues Finals series
2 Oakleigh Cannons 26 13 6 7 45 32 +13 45 Qualification for the 2019 National Premier Leagues Victoria Finals series
3 Green Gully 26 12 8 6 55 40 +15 44
4 Bentleigh Greens (C) 26 13 4 9 47 45 +2 43
5 Hume City 26 12 5 9 41 37 +4 41
6 Avondale 26 16 5 5 63 29 +34 35[a]
7 Dandenong City 26 10 5 11 42 47 −5 35
8 South Melbourne 26 10 4 12 27 42 −15 34
9 Port Melbourne 26 8 7 11 41 37 +4 31
10 Melbourne Knights 26 10 4 12 35 42 −7 31[b]
11 Altona Magic 26 9 2 15 43 51 −8 29
12 Dandenong Thunder 26 6 6 14 44 70 −26 24 Qualification for the 2019 Relegation play-offs
13 Kingston City (R) 26 6 5 15 35 51 −16 23 Relegation to the National Premier Leagues Victoria 2
14 Pascoe Vale (R) 26 6 3 17 33 53 −20 21
Source: SportsTG
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. ^ Avondale were penalised 18 competition points.
  2. ^ Melbourne Knights were penalised three competition points.


Results edit

Home \ Away ALT AVO BEN DCY DTH GRE HEI HUM KIN MBK OAK PAS PMS SOU
Altona Magic — 0–2 3–0 1–2 3–2 0–1 0–1 2–2 3–1 1–2 2–1 1–2 2–1 1–2
Avondale 3–0 — 1–2 0–0 6–2 1–2 2–3 3–0 2–1 2–1 3–1 3–1 1–0 4–0
Bentleigh Greens 2–1 0–3 — 1–0 1–3 3–1 0–3 2–0 2–2 4–0 3–2 3–1 3–2 3–1
Dandenong City 1–4 1–4 3–2 — 3–4 2–2 2–3 1–0 2–0 0–2 1–1 0–1 1–1 3–0
Dandenong Thunder 1–3 1–1 2–2 1–1 — 2–4 2–5 1–0 0–2 4–1 3–5 2–1 0–3 2–2
Green Gully 2–4 2–5 1–1 2–3 6–2 — 4–2 1–0 5–2 1–1 1–1 4–0 3–3 0–0
Heidelberg United 4–1 1–1 2–0 5–2 2–0 1–1 — 1–2 3–2 2–0 0–0 1–1 2–0 1–3
Hume City 2–0 1–1 0–2 5–1 3–0 1–3 1–2 — 1–5 3–1 1–0 2–1 1–0 3–1
Kingston City 1–2 1–3 3–4 1–3 1–3 0–4 1–0 1–1 — 2–0 1–1 0–2 1–2 1–0
Melbourne Knights 4–3 2–0 2–0 0–2 3–3 2–1 0–1 1–2 1–1 — 0–1 2–1 3–2 0–1
Oakleigh Cannons 1–0 4–3 3–0 3–1 1–3 3–0 2–1 1–1 3–2 1–2 — 1–0 1–1 4–1
Pascoe Vale 5–2 2–5 2–4 1–4 1–1 0–1 1–3 2–2 4–1 1–3 1–2 — 0–1 2–0
Port Melbourne 4–4 1–1 1–1 2–3 3–1 0–2 0–1 5–1 0–0 2–1 1–0 4–0 — 1–2
South Melbourne 2–0 0–3 3–2 1–0 3–0 1–1 0–3 0–2 0–2 1–1 0–2 1–0 2–1 —
Source: SportsTG
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Season statistics edit

Scoring edit

Top scorers edit

Rank Player Club Goals[1]
1   Liam Boland Avondale 22
2   Alex Salmon Green Gully 21
3   Brandon Barnes Dandenong Thunder 19
4   Matthew Thurtell Bentleigh Greens 15
5   James Brown Hume City 14
6   Stefan Zinni Avondale 12
7   Harry White Oakleigh Cannons 11
  Joe Guest Oakleigh Cannons
  Sean Ellis Heidelberg United
10   Hamish Watson Melbourne Knights 9
  Matthew Fletcher Green Gully

Discipline edit

Player edit

  • Most yellow cards: 10[2]
    •   Matthew Reid (Avondale)
  • Most red cards: 2[3]
    •   James Kelly (Dandenong City)
    •   Jack Petrie (Heidelberg United)

References edit

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

External links edit

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