The 2023 Football Victoria season was the 112th season of competitive
soccer
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in
Victoria
Victoria most commonly refers to:
* Queen Victoria (1819–1901), Queen of the United Kingdom and Empress of India
* Victoria (state), a state of Australia
* Victoria, British Columbia, Canada, a provincial capital
* Victoria, Seychelles, the capi ...
.
The premier and champion was
Avondale FC
Avondale FC is an Australian semi-professional association football club, with the men's and women's teams based in Parkville and the junior sides based in Avondale Heights, suburbs of Melbourne, Victoria. The club competes in the National Pre ...
.
Oakleigh Cannons
Oakleigh Cannons Football Club is an Australian soccer club based in the south-east Melbourne suburb Oakleigh. As of 2025, the club competes in the National Premier Leagues Victoria (NPL Victoria).
History
South Oakleigh Soccer Club was establ ...
would beat
Heidelberg United
Heidelberg United Alexander Football Club (founded as Alexander the Great-Melbourne Soccer Club) established in 1958 is a football (soccer) club based in the northern Melbourne suburb of Heidelberg West, Victoria, Australia. The team currently ...
3-0 to win the 2023
Dockerty Cup
The Dockerty Cup is an annual association football single-elimination tournament, knock-out competition open to all Victorian clubs across the Australian soccer league system, Victorian football league system. The tournament is named after the fo ...
.
League Tables
2023 National Premier Leagues Victoria
Avondale FC were crowned premiers and champions of the 2023
NPL Victoria
The National Premier Leagues Victoria (NPL Victoria or NPL VIC) is a semi-professional soccer league in Victoria, Australia. The league is a part of the National Premier Leagues, and is the highest level within the Victorian soccer league syste ...
.
Regular season
Finals Series
Avondale FC
Avondale FC is an Australian semi-professional association football club, with the men's and women's teams based in Parkville and the junior sides based in Avondale Heights, suburbs of Melbourne, Victoria. The club competes in the National Pre ...
would beat
South Melbourne
South Melbourne is an inner suburb in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, south of Melbourne's Central Business District, located within the City of Port Phillip local government area. South Melbourne recorded a population of 11,548 at the 2021 ...
4-0 at
Olympic Park
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in
Heidelberg West
Heidelberg West is a suburb of Melbourne, Victoria (Australia), Victoria, Australia, 10 km north-east of Melbourne's Melbourne City Centre, Central Business District, located within the City of Banyule Local government areas of Victoria, l ...
on 10 September 2023.
2023 National Premier Leagues Victoria 2
Dandenong City
Dandenong City Soccer Club, commonly as Dandenong City Hajduk and formerly known as Chelsea Hajduk, is an Australian soccer club based in the South-East region of Melbourne, Victoria. The club's home is at Frank Holohan Soccer Complex in the su ...
Was crowned
NPL Victoria 2
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 Le ...
Champion and gained promotion alongside
Manningham United Blues.
Brunswick Juventus
Brunswick Zebras Football Club is an Australian semi-professional soccer club that based in the Melbourne suburb of Brunswick East. The club fields both senior and reserves teams for men & women, and operates a junior academy under license fro ...
and
Pascoe Vale
Pascoe Vale is a suburb in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, north of Melbourne's central business district, located within the City of Merri-bek local government area. Pascoe Vale recorded a population of 18,171 at the 2021 census.
History
Pa ...
were relegated to
VPL 2.
2023 National Premier Leagues Victoria 3
Caroline Springs George Cross Was crowned
NPL Victoria 3
The Victorian Premier League (VPL) is an Australian association football, soccer league based in Victoria (state), Victoria that was founded in 2023 and administered by Football Victoria. It consists of two divisions that were named after the VP ...
Champion and gained promotion alongside
Melbourne Victory Youth.
Geelong SC
Geelong Soccer Club (Formerly Geelong Makedonia, West Geelong, East Geelong) is an Australian soccer club based in Geelong, Australia founded in 1958 by Geelong's Macedonian Australian community.
In 2019, Geelong SC obtained National Premier L ...
and
Ballarat City were relegated to the
Victorian State League 1
The Victorian State League, known as VETO Sports State League for sponsorship purposes is an Australian soccer league based in Victoria that was founded in 1958 and administered by Football Victoria. It consists of five divisions (separated by t ...
.
State Leagues
The 2023 Victorian state leagues were made up of 14 leagues taking up 5 levels of the
Australian football league system
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. It covers tier 5 to tier 9 Australian football league system. The 2 premiers of the
Victorian State League 1
The Victorian State League, known as VETO Sports State League for sponsorship purposes is an Australian soccer league based in Victoria that was founded in 1958 and administered by Football Victoria. It consists of five divisions (separated by t ...
are promoted to
VPL 2
Women's Football
2023 National Premier Leagues Victoria Women
Bulleen Lions Would be crowned NPL Victoria Women's Premier's and
South Melbourne
South Melbourne is an inner suburb in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, south of Melbourne's Central Business District, located within the City of Port Phillip local government area. South Melbourne recorded a population of 11,548 at the 2021 ...
also were crowned NPL Victoria Women's Champions.
Regular Season
Finals Series
South Melbourne
South Melbourne is an inner suburb in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, south of Melbourne's Central Business District, located within the City of Port Phillip local government area. South Melbourne recorded a population of 11,548 at the 2021 ...
would beat
Bulleen Lions 4-2 in the NPL Victoria Women's Grand Final.
Cup Competitions
Dockerty Cup
Oakleigh Cannons
Oakleigh Cannons Football Club is an Australian soccer club based in the south-east Melbourne suburb Oakleigh. As of 2025, the club competes in the National Premier Leagues Victoria (NPL Victoria).
History
South Oakleigh Soccer Club was establ ...
won its first
Dockerty Cup
The Dockerty Cup is an annual association football single-elimination tournament, knock-out competition open to all Victorian clubs across the Australian soccer league system, Victorian football league system. The tournament is named after the fo ...
, defeating
Heidelberg United
Heidelberg United Alexander Football Club (founded as Alexander the Great-Melbourne Soccer Club) established in 1958 is a football (soccer) club based in the northern Melbourne suburb of Heidelberg West, Victoria, Australia. The team currently ...
in the
final
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*Final examination or finals, a test given at the end of a course of study or training
*Final (competition), the last or championship round of a sporting competition, match, game, or other contest which d ...
on 4 August 2023.
References
{{2023-24 in Australian soccer
Soccer in Victoria (state)