National Premier Leagues Victoria 2

National Premier Leagues Victoria 2
Country Australia
Founded 2014
Number of teams 20 (2 conferences)
Level on pyramid 3
Promotion to NPL
Relegation to State League 1
Domestic cup(s) FFA Cup
Dockerty Cup

The National Premier Leagues Victoria 2 is a regional Australian semi-professional association football league comprising teams from Victoria. The league sits at Level 2 on the Victorian league system, behind the National Premier Leagues Victoria, (Level 3 of the overall Australian league system). The competition is administered by Football Federation Victoria, the governing body of the sport in the state.

Format

In 2014, the competition was a 14 team league.

As of the 2015 season, the league will be divided into 2 conferences, East and West, of 10 teams each. Each team plays home and away against teams in their conference and then plays just one game against each team in the opposite conference. The winner of each conference gains automatic promotion to the NPL Victoria while 2nd in both conferences will play off in a final; the winner to play the third last team in the NPL Victoria for entry into the top flight.

Clubs

The following 20 clubs will be competing in the National Premier Leagues Victoria 2 during the 2016 season:[1]

West

Club Location Grounds Capacity
Ballarat Red Devils Ballarat, Victoria Ballarat Regional Soccer Facility 6,000
Bendigo City FC Bendigo, Victoria Tom Flood Sports Centre N/A
Melbourne City FC NPL Melbourne, Victoria N/A N/A
Moreland City FC Coburg, Victoria Campbell Reserve 2,000
Moreland Zebras FC Coburg, Victoria CB Smith Reserve 2,000
North Geelong Warriors FC Lara, Victoria Elcho Park 4,000
St Albans Saints SC St Albans, Victoria Churchill Reserve 13,500
Sunshine George Cross SC Sunshine, Victoria Chaplin Reserve 5,000
Werribee City FC Werribee, Victoria Galvin Park Reserve 1,000
Whittlesea Ranges FC Epping, Victoria Epping Stadium 10,000

East

Club Location Grounds Capacity
Box Hill United SC Box Hill, Victoria Wembley Park 1,000
Brunswick City SC Brunswick, Victoria Dunstan Reserve 1,000
Dandenong City SC Dandenong, Victoria Frank Holohan Soccer Complex 1,000
Dandenong Thunder SC Dandenong, Victoria George Andrews Reserve 5,000
Eastern Lions SC Burwood, Victoria Gardiners Creek Reserve 1,500
Goulburn Valley Suns FC Shepparton, Victoria John McEwen Reserve 1,000
Kingston City FC Clayton South, Victoria The Grange Reserve 2,000
Murray United FC Wodonga, Victoria La Trobe University Soccer Ground N/A
Nunawading City FC Nunawading, Victoria Mahoney's Reserve N/A
Springvale White Eagles FC Springvale, Victoria Serbian Sports Centre 5,000

History

Avondale FC were the inaugural champions of the National Premier Leagues Victoria 1 division, while North Geelong finished the season as runners up with both sides earning promotion to the National Premier Leagues Victoria.

On November 6 Football Federation Victoria announced Melbourne City FC NPL and Melbourne Victory FC Youth would join the league in 2015. Eastern Lions SC, Murray United FC, Nunawading City FC and Moreland City FC all also joined the expanded competition for the 2015 season.

FC Bulleen Lions and Richmond SC were the two clubs to achieve automatic promotion in the revamped league in 2015 by winning their respective conferences. Melbourne Victory joined them by beating NPL1 West runner up Moreland Zebras FC in the NPL1 preliminary promotion playoff, and then North Geelong in the promotion playoff, with North Geelong joining automatically relegated sides Werribee City FC and Dandenong Thunder SC in NPL1 for 2016.

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