# Victorian State League

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 metropolitan divisions (separated by two zones for divisions 1–3, and four zones for divisions 4–5), and is used for promotion to the Victorian Premier League. The league was formerly known as the Victorian Metropolitan League from 1958 to 1984 and Victorian League from 1985 to 1990.

## History

The league was formed in 1958; it has had many name changes such as Metropolitan League, and Victorian League. It was only known as State League since 1991. Prior to the 2014 season, the league was the second highest in the Victoria. In the 2012 season's first division, Pascoe Vale and Port Melbourne Sharks were promoted to the Victorian Premier League, while Whittlesea Ranges, Dandenong City and Springvale White Eagles were relegated. In the 2013 season, Heidelberg United was promoted back to the Victorian Premier League after being relegated to Victorian State League 1 in 2012.

## Format

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. In 2016 FFV announced that there would be relegation and promotion to be introduced in the 2017 season with the champions of State League Division 1 North-West and South-East being promoted and the bottom two placed teams of Victorian Premier League 2 being relegated to State League 1 North-West and South-East.
For the 2026 season onwards, structural changes will be made where the fourth and fifith divisions will switch from four to two zones in each division, and a sixth and seventh division will be added each with two zones; North-West and South-East.

## Current members

These are all clubs who competed in the Victorian State League in the 2025 season.

### Locations

| Banyule CityBayside ArgonautsBeaumarisBrandon ParkBrimbank StallionsDovetonClifton HillCollingwood CityGippsland UnitedHampton East BrightonMazenodMalvern CityMorningtonOld ScotchSouth SpringvaleKeilor ParkSydenham ParkUpfield SCWestern SuburbsWestgateWestvale OlympicWhittlesea UnitedYarraville GloryAlbion RoversAltona East PhoenixBentleigh United CobrasBerwick CityCasey CometsChisholm UnitedCraigieburn CityDoncaster RoversDallas CityKnox CityLalor United SlogaMill ParkMooroolbarkNoble Park UnitedNorth CaulfieldPeninsula StrikersSkye UnitedSt KildaStrathmore SplitUni Hill EaglesWestern EaglesWhittlsea RangesWilliamstownAshburton UnitedAltona NorthBrunswick ZebrasBundoora UnitedCroydon City ArrowsDandenong SouthDiamond Valley UnitedElwood CityEpping CityGreater DandenongHeatherton UnitedHeidelberg EaglesHoppers CrossingLavertonPlenty Valley LionsPoint CookRowville EaglesSandringhamSouth YarraSunbury UnitedWaverley WanderersWhite Star DandenongAlbert ParkBalmoralBarnstoneworth UnitedBaxterBoroniaChelseaDarebin UnitedDocklands AthleticEndeavour UnitedETA BuffaloFawknerFrankston PinesGlenroy LionsGreenvale UnitedHampton Park United SparrowsHeidelberg StarsKeilor WolvesKeon ParkKeysboroughKings DomainKnox UnitedLyndale UnitedManningham JuventusMelbourne CityMelbourne UniversityMelton PhoenixMentoneMonash City VillarrealMonash UniversityMonbulk RangersMoonee Ponds UnitedMoonee Valley KnightsMoreland UnitedRingwood CityRiversdaleSandown LionsSomerville EaglesSpringvale CityThornbury AthleticTruganina HornetsWatsonia HeightsWest PointWestside StrikersYarra JetsAlphingtonAspendaleBarton UnitedBirrarungBrightonBunyip DistrictCasey PanthersCleeland UnitedDoreen UnitedEast BentleighEast KewEndeavour HillsFootscrayGisborneGlen WaverleyLa Trobe UniversityLilydale Montrose UnitedMaidstone UnitedMeadow ParkMoreland EaglesMount ElizaMount MarthaMount Waverley CityNewportNoble HurricanesNoble ParkOld IvanhoeOld MelburniansOld Trinity GrammariansPakenham UnitedRosebudSeaford UnitedSt Kevin's Old BoysTarneit UnitedRoxburgh Park UnitedSpring HillsTemplestowe WolvesTullamarineUniversity of MelbourneWhitehorse UnitedWyndhamclass=notpageimage| Locations of the 2024 Victorian State League clubs by division in metropolitan Melbourne – Division 1 – Division 2 – Division 3 – Division 4 – Division 5 | Ballarat CitySebastopol VikingsBallaratclass=notpageimage| Ballarat Bendigo Cityclass=notpageimage| Bendigo Gippsland Unitedclass=notpageimage| Baw Baw |
| Banyule CityBayside ArgonautsBeaumarisBrandon ParkBrimbank StallionsDovetonClifton HillCollingwood CityGippsland UnitedHampton East BrightonMazenodMalvern CityMorningtonOld ScotchSouth SpringvaleKeilor ParkSydenham ParkUpfield SCWestern SuburbsWestgateWestvale OlympicWhittlesea UnitedYarraville GloryAlbion RoversAltona East PhoenixBentleigh United CobrasBerwick CityCasey CometsChisholm UnitedCraigieburn CityDoncaster RoversDallas CityKnox CityLalor United SlogaMill ParkMooroolbarkNoble Park UnitedNorth CaulfieldPeninsula StrikersSkye UnitedSt KildaStrathmore SplitUni Hill EaglesWestern EaglesWhittlsea RangesWilliamstownAshburton UnitedAltona NorthBrunswick ZebrasBundoora UnitedCroydon City ArrowsDandenong SouthDiamond Valley UnitedElwood CityEpping CityGreater DandenongHeatherton UnitedHeidelberg EaglesHoppers CrossingLavertonPlenty Valley LionsPoint CookRowville EaglesSandringhamSouth YarraSunbury UnitedWaverley WanderersWhite Star DandenongAlbert ParkBalmoralBarnstoneworth UnitedBaxterBoroniaChelseaDarebin UnitedDocklands AthleticEndeavour UnitedETA BuffaloFawknerFrankston PinesGlenroy LionsGreenvale UnitedHampton Park United SparrowsHeidelberg StarsKeilor WolvesKeon ParkKeysboroughKings DomainKnox UnitedLyndale UnitedManningham JuventusMelbourne CityMelbourne UniversityMelton PhoenixMentoneMonash City VillarrealMonash UniversityMonbulk RangersMoonee Ponds UnitedMoonee Valley KnightsMoreland UnitedRingwood CityRiversdaleSandown LionsSomerville EaglesSpringvale CityThornbury AthleticTruganina HornetsWatsonia HeightsWest PointWestside StrikersYarra JetsAlphingtonAspendaleBarton UnitedBirrarungBrightonBunyip DistrictCasey PanthersCleeland UnitedDoreen UnitedEast BentleighEast KewEndeavour HillsFootscrayGisborneGlen WaverleyLa Trobe UniversityLilydale Montrose UnitedMaidstone UnitedMeadow ParkMoreland EaglesMount ElizaMount MarthaMount Waverley CityNewportNoble HurricanesNoble ParkOld IvanhoeOld MelburniansOld Trinity GrammariansPakenham UnitedRosebudSeaford UnitedSt Kevin's Old BoysTarneit UnitedRoxburgh Park UnitedSpring HillsTemplestowe WolvesTullamarineUniversity of MelbourneWhitehorse UnitedWyndhamclass=notpageimage| Locations of the 2024 Victorian State League clubs by division in metropolitan Melbourne – Division 1 – Division 2 – Division 3 – Division 4 – Division 5 | CorioGeelong RangersBarwonSurf CoastDeakin UnitedLara UnitedSurfside Wavesclass=notpageimage| Geelong Mitchell Rangersclass=notpageimage| Mitchell |

### Division 5
## Champions
### 1958–1963

| Season | Division 1 North | Division 1 South | Division 2 North | Division 2 South |
| 1958 | Footscray Capri | Yarra Park | Corio | West Melbourne Sicilia |
| 1959 | Preston Croatia | Melbourne Hungaria | Moonee Ponds | Sandringham City |
| 1960 | South Melbourne Hellas | Richmond | Lions | Ferntree Gully |
| 1961 | Lions | Preston Croatia | Alexander | Preston Makedonia |
| 1962 | Croatia | Richmond | Coburg United | Triestina |
| 1963 | Alexander | Triestina | Libertas | Park Rangers |

### 1964–1999

| Season | Division 1 | Division 2 | Division 3 | Division 4 |
| 1964 | Croatia | Moonee Ponds | Ringwood United | Waverley City |
| 1965 | Alexander | St Albans | Frankston City | Princes Park Hercules |
| 1966 | Preston Makedonia | Sunshine City | Albion Rovers | Keilor City |
| 1967 | Ringwood City | Altona City | Keilor City | Yallourn |
| 1968 | Box Hill | Keilor City | Yallourn | Ballarat |
| 1969 | Alexander | Prahran City | Princes Park Hercules | Mooroolbark United |
| 1970 | Box Hill | Yallourn | Mooroolbark United | North Carlton Olympic |
| 1971 | Elwood Austria | Green Gully | Heidelberg | Newport |
| 1972 | Prahran Slavia | Western Suburbs | Ferntree Gully | Eltham |
| 1973 | Mooroolbark United | Preston Makedonia | North Carlton Olympic | Essendon City |
| 1974 | Sunshine City | Waverley City | Brighton | East Melbourne Helvetic |
| 1975 | Preston Makedonia | Box Hill | Heidelberg | Doncaster Rovers |
| 1976 | Green Gully | Dandenong City | Bell Park | Broadmeadows City |
| 1977 | Albion Rovers | Doveton | Knox City | Doncaster Rovers |
| 1978 | Croydon City | Melbourne Hungaria | South Melbourne Hellas | Fawkner Blues |
| 1979 | Western Suburbs | Keilor | Park Rangers | Frankston Pines |
| 1980 | Doveton | Park Rangers | Frankston Pines | Werribee City |
| 1981 | Maribyrnong Polonia | Fawkner Blues | Bell Park | Mornington |
| 1982 | Fawkner Blues | Melbourne Hungaria | Thomastown Devils | Caulfield City |
| 1983 | Western Suburbs | St Albans Saints | Caulfield City | Hamlyn Rangers |
| 1984 | Springvale City | Mornington | Hamlyn Rangers | Yarraville |
| 1985 | Melbourne | South Oakleigh | Prahran City | Rosanna |
| 1986 | Oakleigh | Bulleen | Mooroolbark | Clarinda |
| 1987 | Bulleen Lions | Westgate | West Brunswick | Lalor United |
| 1988 | Frankston Pines | Sandringham City | Geelong | Holland Park |
| 1989 | Mooroolbark | North Geelong | Bell Park | Clayton Inter |
| 1990 | Doveton | Bell Park | Altona City | East Brunswick-Ivanhoe |
| 1991 | North Geelong | Richmond | Oakleigh Suburbs | Regent |
| 1992 | Springvale City | Broadmeadows City | Springvale United | Pascoe Vale |
| 1993 | Werribee City | Box Hill Inter | Lalor United | Altona East |
| 1994 | Doncaster Rovers | Clarinda | Altona East | Westvale |
| 1995 | Bentleigh Greens | Springvale White Eagles | Westvale | South Springvale |
| 1996 | Springvale White Eagles | Westvale | Frankston | Geelong |
| 1997 | South Dandenong | Ringwood City | Cranbourne | Malvern City |
| 1998 | Westvale | Oakleigh | Geelong | Moreland City |
| 1999 | Oakleigh | Frankston Pines | South Wantirna | Langwarrin |

### 2000–2012

| Season | Division 1 | Division 2 North-West | Division 2 South-East | Division 3 North-West | Division 3 South-East |
| 2000 | South Dandenong | Fitzroy City | Frankston Strikers | Croxton Park | Langwarrin |
| 2001 | Whittlesea Stallions | Albion Rovers | Knox City | Keilor Park | Monbulk Rangers |
| 2002 | Frankston Pines | Northcote City | Kingston City | North Sunshine Eagles | Brunswick City |
| 2003 | Oakleigh Cannons | Sunshine Georgies | Richmond | Keilor Park | Clayton |
| 2004 | Heidelberg United | Brunswick City | Langwarrin | Yarraville Glory | Chelsea |
| 2005 | Kingston City | North Geelong Warriors | Springvale White Eagles | Maribyrnong Greens | Waverley Wanderers |
| 2006 | Western Suburbs | Westgate | Cranbourne Comets | Werribee City | Heatherton United |
| 2007 | Frankston Pines | Keilor Park | Clifton Hill | Ballarat Red Devils | Frankston Strikers |
| 2008 | Sunshine Georgies | Pascoe Vale | Northcote City | Geelong Rangers | Morwell Pegasus |
| 2009 | Northcote City | North Geelong Warriors | Malvern City | Banyule City | Berwick City |
| 2010 | St Albans Saints | Port Melbourne | Southern Stars | Westgate | Noble Park United |
| 2011 | Whittlesea Zebras | Werribee City | Dandenong City | Keilor Park | Kingston City |
| 2012 | Pascoe Vale | Fawkner Blues | Eastern Lions | Avondale Heights | Doveton |

### 2013–present

| Season | Division 1 | Division 1 | Division 2 | Division 2 | Division 3 | Division 3 | Division 4 | Division 4 | Division 4 | Division 4 | Division 5 | Division 5 | Division 5 | Division 5 | Division 5 |
| Season | Division 1 | Division 1 | North-West | South-East | North-West | South-East | East | North | South | West | East | North | South | West |
| 2013 | Heidelberg United | Heidelberg United | Moreland City | Springvale White Eagles | Cairnlea | Doncaster Rovers | Mooroolbark | Heidelberg Stars | Seaford United | Corio | Ringwood City | Bundoora United | St Kilda | Melton Phoenix |
| Season | Division 1 | Division 1 | Division 2 | Division 2 | Division 3 | Division 3 | Division 4 | Division 4 | Division 4 | Division 4 | Division 5 | Division 5 | Division 5 | Division 5 | Division 5 |
| Season | North-West | South-East | North-West | South-East | North-West | South-East | East | North | South | West | East | North | South | West |
| 2014 | Moreland City | Eastern Lions | North Sunshine Eagles | Frankston Pines | Essendon Royals | Sandringham City | Croydon City Arrows | Upfield | St Kilda | Hoppers Crossing | Eltham Redbacks | Greenvale United | Dandenong South | Keilor Wolves |
| 2015 | Western Suburubs | Mornington | Banyule City | Berwick City | Hoppers Crossing | St Kilda | Eltham Redbacks | Fawkner | Brighton | Melbourne City | Kings Domain | Mill Park | Springvale City | Spring Hills |
| 2016 | Altona Magic | Mornington | Geelong | St Kilda | Geelong Rangers | Mazenod United | Brandon Park | Epping City | Skye United | Brimbank Stallions | Healesville | RMIT | Rosebud Heart | Notrh Melbourne Athletic |
| 2017 | Altona Magic | Langwarrin | Altona City | Eltham Redbacks | Brimbank Stallions | Knox City | Whitlehorse United | Boroondara-Carey Eagles | Bayside Argonauts | Point Cook | East Brighton United | Craigieburn City | Sandown Lions | Laverton Park |
| 2018 | Geelong | Manningham United Blues | Whittlesea United | Doveton | Epping City | Boroondara-Carey Eagles | Ashburton United | Lalor United | Monash University | Western Eagles | Monash City | Heidelberg Eagles | Chelsea | Westside Strikers Caroline Springs |
| 2019 | Preston Lions | Nunawading Ciity | Fitzroy City | Boroondara-Carey Eagles | Lalor United | Collingwood City | Hampton East Brighton | Heidelberg Eagles | Rowville Eagles | Altona North | Waverley Wanderers | Uni Hill Eagles | Somerville Eagles | Barnstoneworth United |
| 2020 | No competition played due to COVID-19 pandemic in Victoria. | No competition played due to COVID-19 pandemic in Victoria. | No competition played due to COVID-19 pandemic in Victoria. | No competition played due to COVID-19 pandemic in Victoria. | No competition played due to COVID-19 pandemic in Victoria. | No competition played due to COVID-19 pandemic in Victoria. | No competition played due to COVID-19 pandemic in Victoria. | No competition played due to COVID-19 pandemic in Victoria. | No competition played due to COVID-19 pandemic in Victoria. | No competition played due to COVID-19 pandemic in Victoria. | No competition played due to COVID-19 pandemic in Victoria. | No competition played due to COVID-19 pandemic in Victoria. | No competition played due to COVID-19 pandemic in Victoria. | No competition played due to COVID-19 pandemic in Victoria. |
| 2021 | Season cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic in Victoria. | Season cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic in Victoria. | Season cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic in Victoria. | Season cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic in Victoria. | Season cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic in Victoria. | Season cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic in Victoria. | Season cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic in Victoria. | Season cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic in Victoria. | Season cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic in Victoria. | Season cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic in Victoria. | Season cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic in Victoria. | Season cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic in Victoria. | Season cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic in Victoria. | Season cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic in Victoria. |
| 2022 | Caroline Springs George Cross | Beaumaris | Upfield | Collingwood City | Westvale Olympic | Hampton East Brighton | Chisholm United | Uni Hill Eagles | Dandenong South | Westside Strikers | St Kilda | Moonee Valley Knights | White Star Dandenong | Barwon |
| 2023 | Altona City | Melbourne Srbija | Clifton Hill | Mazenod | Uni Hill Eagles | Chisholm United | St Kilda | Bundoora United | White Star Dandenong | Laverton | Knox United | Yarra Jets | Hampton Park United Sparrows | Balmoral |
| 2024 | Whittlesea United | Eltham Redbacks | Keilor Park | Bayside Argonauts | Western Eagles | St Kilda | Croydon City Arrows | Plenty Valley Lions | Hampton Park United Sparrows | Surf Coast | Mount Waverley City | Heidelberg Stars | Rosebud | Lara United |