2018 Football Federation Victoria season explained

Nextseason:2019

The 2018 Football Federation Victoria season was the fifth season under the new competition format for state-level soccer in Victoria. The competition consists of seven divisions across the state of Victoria.

League Tables

2018 National Premier Leagues Victoria

Competition:NPL Victoria
Season:2018
Winners:Heidelberg United
Premiers:Heidelberg United
Relegated:Northcote City
Bulleen Lions
Matches:182
Total Goals:602
League Topscorer:Brandon Barnes (22 goals)
Biggest Home Win:Heidelberg United 6-1 Kingston City FC
Heidelberg United 6-1 Port Melbourne SC
Biggest Away Win:Dandenong Thunder SC 0–9 South Melbourne FC
Highest Scoring:Dandenong Thunder SC 0–9 South Melbourne FC
Prevseason:2017
Nextseason:2019

The 2018 season was played over 26 rounds. As Premiers, Heidelberg United qualified for the 2018 National Premier Leagues finals series, competing with the other state federation champions in a final knockout tournament to decide the National Premier Leagues 2018 Champion.

Finals

Promotion/relegation play-off

2018 National Premier Leagues Victoria 2

Competition:NPL Victoria 2
Season:2018
Winners:Dandenong City
Matches:280
Total Goals:926
League Topscorer:Apai Ukuno (18 goals)
Prevseason:2017
Nextseason:2019

The 2018 National Premier Leagues Victoria 2 season was played over 28 rounds with each team playing the teams in their conference twice and the other conference once. The top team at the end of the season was promoted to National Premier Leagues Victoria, while the second placed team entered the promotion play-off.

NPL 2 Grand Final

2018 State League 1

South-East

2018 State League 2

South-East

2018 State League 3

Promotion/relegation play-offs

2018 Women's National Premier League

Season:2018
Winners:Bulleen Lions
Premiers:South Melbourne
Prevseason:2017
Nextseason:2019

The highest tier domestic football competition in Victoria for women is known for sponsorship reasons as the PS4 Women's National Premier League. This was the third season of the NPL Women's format. The 10 teams played each other 3 times for a total of 27 games.

Finals

Cup Competitions

2018 Dockerty Cup

See main article: 2018 Dockerty Cup.

Football Victoria soccer clubs competed in 2018 for the Dockerty Cup. The tournament doubled as the Victorian qualifiers for the 2018 FFA Cup, with the top four clubs progressing to the Round of 32. A total of 216 clubs entered the qualifying phase, with the clubs entering in a staggered format.

The Cup was won by Bentleigh Greens.

In addition to the two A-League clubs (Melbourne Victory and Melbourne City), Heidelberg United (as the 2018 National Premier Leagues Champion), the four semi-finalists (Avondale, Bentleigh Greens, Northcote City and Port Melbourne) competed in the final rounds of the 2018 FFA Cup.