2025 Victoria Premier League 1

Victoria Premier League 1

Season	2025
Dates	7 February – 24 August 2025
Matches played	182
Top goalscorer	Nathan Stamatelos (11) Luke Jonathan Lofts
Biggest home win	Melbourne City Youth 8-1 Moreland City (2 March 2025)
Biggest away win	Western United Youth 0-4 Melbourne City Youth (30 March 2025)
Highest scoring	Melbourne City Youth 8-1 Moreland City (2 March 2025)
← 2024 2026 → All statistics correct as of 19 June 2025.

The 2025 Victoria Premier League 1 is the second season of the Victoria Premier League 1, the third-tier competition in Australian football and the second-tier in Victorian football.

Teams

Bulleen

Langwarrin

Melbourne City

Northcote

Eastern Lions

Brunswick

Kingston

Western United

Bentleigh

George Cross

Manningham

Moreland

Nth Sunshine

Srbija

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Locations of 2025 VPL 1 clubs within metropolitan Melbourne.

Locations of 2025 VPL 1 clubs within metropolitan Melbourne.14 teams competed in the 2025 Victoria Premier League 1.

Team	Location	Stadium	Capacity
Bentleigh Greens	Cheltenham	Kingston Heath Soccer Complex	3,300
Brunswick City	Brunswick West	Dunstan Reserve	1,000
Bulleen Lions	Bulleen	David Barro Stadium	3,000
Caroline Springs George Cross	Fraser Rise	City Vista Recreation Reserve	3,000
Eastern Lions	Burwood	Gardiners Reserve	1,500
Kingston City	Clayton South	The Grange Reserve	2,000
Langwarrin	Langwarrin South	Lawton Park Reserve	5,000
Manningham United Blues	Templestowe	Pettys Reserve	1,000
Melbourne City Youth	Cranbourne East	City Football Academy	1,500
Melbourne Srbija	Burnley	Kevin Bartlett Reserve	2,500
Moreland City	Coburg	Campbell Reserve	1,000
Northcote City	Thornbury	John Cain Memorial Park	5,000
North Sunshine Eagles	St Albans	Larisa Reserve	500
Western United Youth	Tarneit	Wyndham Regional Football Facility	5,000

Regular season

The regular season is made up of a full home-and-away 26-match schedule for each club. Fixtures were announced on 28 November 2024 with the first match taking place on 7 February 2025 between Brunswick City and Eastern Lions at Dunstan Reserve. At the end of the season the top two clubs will be promoted to the National Premier Leagues Victoria. Teams placed 3rd to 6th will enter the Promotion play-offs. 3rd place would play 6th place and 4th would play 5th, with the winners playing in a match for promotion into the National Premier Leagues Victoria. The bottom three teams would be relegated into the Victoria Premier League 2.

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion, qualification or relegation
1	Melbourne City Youth	18	12	5	1	47	18	+29	41	Promotion to NPL Victoria
2	Caroline Springs George Cross	19	13	0	6	53	29	+24	39
3	Bentleigh Greens	19	12	3	4	34	18	+16	39	Advance to the promotional play-offs
4	Western United Youth	18	9	5	4	48	33	+15	32
5	Brunswick City	19	9	4	6	29	31	−2	31
6	Northcote City	18	8	4	6	31	26	+5	28
7	North Sunshine Eagles	19	8	3	8	34	30	+4	27
8	Bulleen Lions	18	8	3	7	29	29	0	27
9	Manningham United Blues	19	5	7	7	29	43	−14	22
10	Melbourne Srbija	19	6	5	8	34	32	+2	23
11	Langwarrin SC	19	6	2	11	24	38	−14	20
12	Eastern Lions	19	5	2	12	26	41	−15	17
13	Kingston City	19	3	3	13	28	51	−23	12	Relegation to Victoria Premier League 2
14	Moreland City	19	3	2	14	27	54	−27	11

Updated to match(es) played on 21 June 2025. Source: [1]
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored

Promotional play-offs

Teams placed 3rd to 6th in the regular season will compete in play-offs to be promoted to the National Premier Leagues Victoria in 2026.

Bracket

	Promotional semi-finals					Promotional final
	3	3rd placed team
	6	6th placed team
						Winner of semi-final 1
						Winner of semi-final 2
	4	4th placed team
	5	5th placed team

Promotional semi-finals

3rd placed team	v	6th placed team

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4th placed team	v	5th placed team

Promotional final

Winner of semi-final 1	v	Winner of semi-final 2

Statistics

As of 19 June 2025

Top goal scorers

Nathan Stamatelos and Luke Jonathan Lofts currently has the most goals in the VPL 1.

Rank	Player	Club	Goals	Games	GPG
1	Nathan Stamatelos	Kingston City	11	17	0.65
	Luke Jonathan Lofts	Caroline Springs George Cross		18	0.61
3	Jake Najdovski	Western United Youth	10	7	1.43
	Dennis Menelaou	Bulleen Lions		17	0.59
5	Arion Sulemani	Melbourne City Youth	9	14	0.64

Discipline

Yellow cards

James Tountas currently has the top amount of yellow cards.

Rank	Player	Club	YC	Games	YCPG
1	James Tountas	Manningham United Blues	8	17	0.47
2	Jordan Tucker	Caroline Springs George Cross	7	16	0.44
	Kevin Lynch	Manningham United Blues
	Liam Brian	North Sunshine Eagles

Red cards

Melbourne City player, Peter Antoniou is the only player currently with more than one red card. he currently has 2 red cards.

External links

• Football Victoria official website