2021 National Premier Leagues Victoria 3

The 2021 National Premier Leagues Victoria 3 was the first season of the National Premier Leagues Victoria 3, the third-tier competition in Victorian football. The season was cancelled on 3 September, due to on-going lockdowns associated with the COVID-19 pandemic in Australia, with promotion and relegation suspended until the following season.[1]

National Premier Leagues Victoria
Season2021
Matches played78
Goals scored303 (3.88 per match)
Top goalscorerManyluak Aguek
Max Caputo
(11 goals each)
Biggest home winNorth Sunshine Eagles 7–0 Ballarat City
(27 March)
Biggest away winSpringvale White Eagles 0–10 Preston Lions
(26 March)
Highest scoringSpringvale White Eagles 0–10 Preston Lions
(26 March)
← 2020
2022 →
All statistics correct as of 11 July 2021.

Teams

Twelve teams competed in the league – two teams who were relegated from the NPL 2 in 2019 and ten teams who were promoted from the State League 1 in the same season.

Stadiums and locations
Note: Table lists in alphabetical order.
Team Suburb Stadium Capacity
Ballarat City Ballarat Ballarat Regional Soccer Facility 8,500
Box Hill United Box Hill Wembley Park 2,500
Doveton Eumemmerring Waratah Reserve 1,000
Geelong Norlane Stead Park 1,000
Melbourne City Youth Cranbourne East Casey Fields 4,000
Melbourne Victory Youth Olympic Boulevard Epping Stadium 10,000
North Sunshine Eagles St Albans Larissa Reserve 1,000
Nunwading City Nunawading Mahoneys Reserve 1,000
Preston Lions Preston B.T. Connor Reserve 8,000
Springvale White Eagles Springvale White Eagles Stadium 1,000
Western United Youth Truganina Epping Stadium 10,000
Whittlesesa Ranges Epping Epping Stadium 10,000

League table
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1 Preston Lions 14 9 3 2 34 14 +20 30
2 Doveton SC 14 10 0 4 32 27 +5 30
3 Western United Youth 14 8 5 1 31 18 +13 29
4 Box Hill United 14 8 2 4 29 19 +10 26
5 Melbourne City Youth 14 8 1 5 37 19 +18 25
6 Melbourne Victory Youth 14 5 6 3 26 16 +10 21
7 Nunawading City 14 7 0 7 31 29 +2 21
8 Geelong SC 14 5 3 6 23 19 +4 18
9 North Sunshine Eagles 14 4 2 8 33 34 −1 14
10 Whittlesea Ranges 14 3 2 9 13 34 −21 11
11 Springvale White Eagles 14 2 3 9 19 37 −18 9
12 Ballarat City 14 1 1 12 12 54 −42 4
Source: sportstg.com
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored

Results
Home \ Away BAL BOX DOV GEE MCY MVC NOR NUN PRE SPR WES WHI
Ballarat City — 2–2 1–4 1–2 0–7 2–4 0–1 1–6
Box Hill United 2–0 — 1–1 3–2 2–3 2–1 2–1 1–0 4–0
Doveton SC 3–2 — 3–1 0–4 2–1 4–3 3–1 0–2 4–1
Geelong SC 4–0 3–1 0–1 — 0–1 4–2 1–2 1–2
Melbourne City Youth 6–0 4–1 — 4–2 0–1 1–3 3–0
Melbourne Victory Youth 1–1 — 1–0 1–1 2–2 2–2 1–2
North Sunshine Eagles 7–0 2–4 3–2 2–3 0–1 — 1–2 3–1
Nunawading City 6–1 5–0 0–4 1–4 4–1 — 4–0 2–3
Preston Lions 2–0 2–1 1–0 1–1 5–1 — 1–4 2–1
Springvale White Eagles 1–2 0–2 1–2 3–3 4–1 0–10 — 1–2
Western United Youth 2–1 1–1 3–3 2–2 1–1 2–0 — 2–1
Whittlesea Ranges 0–2 0–4 1–5 2–1 1–1 1–1 1–3 —
Source: SportsTG
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Season statistics

Top scorers
Rank Player Club Goals[2]
1 Manyluak Aguek Western United Youth 12
Max Caputo Melbourne City Youth
3 Daniel Maclennan Nunawading City 10
4 Christopher Davies Preston Lions 9
Stuart Edgar Box Hill United
6 Samuel Catherine Doveton SC 8
Jakub Mlcak North Sunshine Eagles

Player
  • Most yellow cards: 6[3]
    • James Haran (Preston Lions)
    • Damien Miskulin (Doveton SC)
  • Most red cards: 1[4] 13 players

References
  1. "Metro Melbourne 2021 season status". Football Victoria. 3 September 2021. Retrieved 3 September 2021.
  2. "Season Stats – Scoring Summary". SportsTG. Retrieved 20 July 2021.
  3. "Season Stats – Yellow Cards". SportsTG.
  4. "Season Stats – Red Cards". SportsTG.
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