# 2024 National Premier Leagues Victoria

The 2024 National Premier Leagues Victoria was the 116th season of the National Premier Leagues Victoria (NPL), a regional Australian soccer competition based in Victoria, and the 11th season since the competition was renamed. The season began on 8 February and concluded on 7 September 2024.
South Melbourne were premiers after finishing six points clear at the top of the league. They would later lose 1-0 to Oakleigh Cannons in the NPL Victoria Grand Final, making Oakleigh the 2024 NPL Victoria champions.

## Teams
### Stadiums and locations

| Team | Location | Stadium | Capacity |
| Altona Magic | Melbourne (Altona North) | Paisley Park | 5,000 |
| Avondale FC | Melbourne (Parkville) | Avenger Park | 1,000 |
| Dandenong City | Melbourne (Dandenong) | Frank Holohan Soccer Complex | 4,000 |
| Dandenong Thunder | Melbourne (Dandenong) | George Andrews Reserve | 5,000 |
| Green Gully | Melbourne (Keilor Downs) | Green Gully Reserve | 10,000 |
| Heidelberg United | Melbourne (Heidelberg West) | Olympic Village | 12,000 |
| Hume City | Melbourne (Broadmeadows) | Hume City Stadium | 3,000 |
| Manningham United Blues | Melbourne (Templestowe) | Pettys Reserve | 1,000 |
| Melbourne Knights | Melbourne (Sunshine North) | Knights Stadium | 4,000 |
| Moreland City | Melbourne (Coburg) | CB Smith Reserve | 2,000 |
| Oakleigh Cannons | Melbourne (Oakleigh) | Jack Edwards Reserve | 4,000 |
| Port Melbourne | Melbourne (Port Melbourne) | JL Murphy Reserve | 1,000 |
| South Melbourne | Melbourne (Albert Park) | Lakeside Stadium | 12,000 |
| St Albans Saints | Melbourne (St Albans) | Churchill Reserve | 3,500 |

## Regular season
### League table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | South Melbourne | 26 | 19 | 3 | 4 | 53 | 20 | +33 | 60 | 2024 NPL Victoria Finals |
| 2 | Avondale FC | 26 | 16 | 6 | 4 | 65 | 29 | +36 | 54 | 2024 NPL Victoria Finals |
| 3 | Oakleigh Cannons | 26 | 16 | 5 | 5 | 53 | 28 | +25 | 53 | 2024 NPL Victoria Finals |
| 4 | Heidelberg United | 26 | 14 | 9 | 3 | 46 | 21 | +25 | 51 | 2024 NPL Victoria Finals |
| 5 | Hume City | 26 | 15 | 5 | 6 | 50 | 29 | +21 | 50 | 2024 NPL Victoria Finals |
| 6 | Dandenong City | 26 | 11 | 4 | 11 | 50 | 51 | −1 | 37 | 2024 NPL Victoria Finals |
| 7 | Melbourne Knights | 26 | 10 | 5 | 11 | 43 | 37 | +6 | 35 | |
| 8 | Altona Magic | 26 | 10 | 3 | 13 | 43 | 50 | −7 | 33 | |
| 9 | Port Melbourne | 26 | 9 | 6 | 11 | 41 | 52 | −11 | 33 | |
| 10 | Dandenong Thunder | 26 | 8 | 4 | 14 | 29 | 51 | −22 | 28 | |
| 11 | St Albans Saints | 26 | 8 | 1 | 17 | 30 | 54 | −24 | 25 | |
| 12 | Green Gully | 26 | 6 | 6 | 14 | 34 | 53 | −19 | 24 | |
| 13 | Manningham United Blues (R) | 26 | 5 | 3 | 18 | 42 | 72 | −30 | 18 | Relegation to the National Premier Leagues Victoria 2 |
| 14 | Moreland City (R) | 26 | 4 | 2 | 20 | 36 | 68 | −32 | 14 | Relegation to the National Premier Leagues Victoria 2 |

### Results

| Home \ Away | ALT | AVO | DCI | DTH | GRE | HEI | HUM | MAN | MEL | MOR | OAK | POR | SOU | SAS |
| Altona Magic | — | 1–0 | 0–2 | 2–3 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 0–2 | 6–2 | 1–0 | 6–3 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 1–4 | 1–0 |
| Avondale FC | 4–0 | — | 4–3 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 5–0 | 5–1 | 1–1 | 0–3 | 3–3 | 5–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 |
| Dandenong City | 3–2 | 0–1 | — | 1–2 | 1–1 | 1–3 | 2–4 | 2–4 | 2–5 | 7–1 | 1–1 | 5–3 | 0–4 | 2–0 |
| Dandenong Thunder | 0–4 | 0–8 | 1–0 | — | 1–1 | 0–2 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 0–3 | 3–5 | 3–1 | 3–1 | 1–2 | 3–0 |
| Green Gully | 2–4 | 1–6 | 2–3 | 1–1 | — | 2–0 | 1–2 | 4–1 | 0–3 | 1–0 | 4–2 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 4–0 |
| Heidelberg United | 1–1 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 3–0 | — | 1–1 | 5–0 | 2–0 | 3–2 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 6–0 |
| Hume City | 2–0 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 2–2 | — | 5–1 | 1–1 | 3–2 | 0–2 | 4–0 | 0–1 | 2–1 |
| Manningham United Blues | 4–5 | 3–0 | 2–3 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 1–3 | — | 1–2 | 3–3 | 1–4 | 2–2 | 2–5 | 4–0 |
| Melbourne Knights | 2–1 | 3–3 | 2–2 | 1–2 | 3–3 | 0–1 | 2–5 | 1–0 | — | 6–0 | 0–1 | 1–3 | 0–1 | 3–0 |
| Moreland City | 2–3 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 4–0 | 2–1 | 2–3 | 0–2 | 1–4 | 0–1 | — | 0–2 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 0–1 |
| Oakleigh Cannons | 3–1 | 1–2 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 4–1 | 3–0 | 3–1 | 3–0 | 3–1 | 3–1 | — | 3–0 | 0–0 | 3–2 |
| Port Melbourne | 1–1 | 0–4 | 3–1 | 3–0 | 3–2 | 2–2 | 0–3 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 1–2 | — | 2–3 | 0–0 |
| South Melbourne | 4–0 | 1–3 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 4–2 | 1–2 | 4–0 | — | 2–1 |
| St Albans Saints | 3–2 | 1–2 | 1–3 | 1–0 | 5–0 | 1–0 | 0–3 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 4–0 | 1–0 | 3–5 | 1–4 | — |

## Finals series
### Bracket

| Elimination finals | Elimination finals | Elimination finals | Preliminary finals | Preliminary finals | Preliminary finals | Grand final | Grand final | Grand final |
| | | | 1 | South Melbourne (a.e.t.) | 1 | | | |
| 4 | Heidelberg United | 1 (4) | 5 | Hume City | 0 | | | |
| 5 | Hume City (p) | 1 (5) | | | | 1 | South Melbourne | 0 |
| | | | | | | 3 | Oakleigh Cannons | 1 |
| | | | 2 | Avondale FC | 0 | | | |
| 3 | Oakleigh Cannons | 4 | 3 | Oakleigh Cannons | 3 | | | |
| 6 | Dandenong City | 1 | | | | | | |

### Grand final
## Season statistics
### Top scorers

| Rank | Player | Club | Goals |
| 1 | Alex Salmon | Oakleigh Cannons | 18 |
| 2 | Harry Sawyer | South Melbourne | 16 |
| 3 | Lloyd Isgrove | Hume City | 15 |
| 4 | Aamir Abdallah | Hume City | 14 |
| 4 | Ben Everson | Manningham United Blues | 14 |
| 4 | Bul Juach | Altona Magic | 14 |
| 7 | Ciaran Bramwell | Melbourne Knights | 13 |
| 7 | Joe Guest | Oakleigh Cannons | 13 |
| 7 | Stefan Zinni | Avondale FC | 13 |
| 10 | Christos Theodorakopoulos | Manningham United Blues Moreland City | 12 |
| 10 | Nahuel Bonada | South Melbourne | 12 |

### Discipline
#### Player

* Most yellow cards: 10
** James Tountas (Manningham United Blues)
** Jack Webster (Dandenong City)
* Most red cards: 2
** Jacob Eliopoulos (Oakleigh Cannons)
** Luke Jurcic (Moreland City)
** Adolph Koudakpo (Green Gully)
** Michael Tzoutzidis (Moreland City)
** Jack Webster (Dandeong City)