FV Community Shield explained

FV Community Shield
Number Of Teams:2
Current Champions:Bentleigh Greens
(3 titles)
Most Successful Club:Bentleigh Greens
(3 titles)

The Football Victoria Community Shield (formerly the Football Federation Victoria Community Shield) is the annual soccer match between the winners of the National Premier Leagues Victoria and the Dockerty Cup in the previous season. Serving as a "curtain raiser" in February ahead of the start of the season, it is considered to be a Super cup within the Victorian football league system.

Organised by Football Victoria, the FV Community Shield also has a focus on raising proceeds for various charity and community-based initiatives. The 2015 inaugural edition partnered with World Vision's "One Goal" program, whilst the 2019 edition was held in support of the #SaveHakeem campaign, seeking to free refugee and Pascoe Vale FC player Hakeem al-Araibi from detention in Thailand.

Men's event

History

The FFV Community Shield was first announced in January 2015. The first match was held that year in support of World Vision's One Goal program, whose aims are to leverage the power of football to tackle malnutrition in Asia and Australia.

Past winners

YearNPL representativeDockerty Cup representativeScoreVenueCharity appeal
2015South MelbourneMelbourne Knights2–1Knights StadiumOne Goal
2016Bentleigh GreensSouth Melbourne3–0Kingston Heath Soccer ComplexReagan Milstein Foundation
2017South MelbourneBentleigh Greens1–2Kingston Heath Soccer ComplexReagan Milstein Foundation
2018Bentleigh GreensHeidelberg United1–4Kingston Heath Soccer ComplexReagan Milstein Foundation
2019Heidelberg UnitedBentleigh Greens0–2ABD Stadium
  1. SaveHakeem
2020Bentleigh GreensHume City0–0 (7–6)City Vista ReserveVictorian Bushfire Relief
2021Not held due to impacts associated with the COVID-19 pandemic in Australia.
2022
2023Oakleigh CannonsBentleigh Greens4–0Kingston Heath Soccer ComplexReagan Milstein Foundation
2024AvondaleOakleigh Cannons

Records

Women's event

History

A women's FFV Community Shield commenced in 2017, featuring the winner of the Team App Cup and the NPL Victoria Women competition.

Past winners

Yearprevious NPL winnerprevious Team App Cup winnerScoreVenueCharity appeal
2017Calder UnitedHeidelberg United7–1Olympic Village.Reagan Milstein Foundation
2018South MelbourneCalder United1–2Kingston Heath Soccer ComplexReagan Milstein Foundation
2019Bulleen LionsCalder United1–3Green Gully Reserve
  1. SaveHakeem
2020Calder UnitedBulleen Lions5–0City Vista ReserveVictorian Bushfire Relief
2021Not held due to impacts associated with the COVID-19 pandemic in Australia.

Records