2024 Victoria Premier League 1

Victoria Premier League 1

Season	2024
Dates	9 February – 18 August 2024
Champions	Melbourne Victory Youth
Promoted	Melbourne Victory Youth Preston Lions
Relegated	North Geelong Warriors Werribee City
Matches played	182
Goals scored	645 (3.54 per match)
Top goalscorer	Archibald Macphee (16) Michael Domfeh
Biggest home win	Western United Youth 7-0 Langwarrin (28 April 2024)
Biggest away win	Bentleigh Greens 1-7 Western United Youth (1 March 2024)
Highest scoring	Bulleen Lions 5-5 Melbourne Victory Youth (29 July 2024)
← 2023 (NPL Victoria 2) 2025 → All statistics correct as of 18 August 2024.

The 2024 Victoria Premier League 1 was the first season of the newly renamed Victoria Premier League 1, the third-tier competition in Victorian football.[1] The season was won by Melbourne Victory Youth, who along with Preston Lions, were promoted to National Premier Leagues Victoria. North Geelong Warriors and Werribee City were relegated to the Victoria Premier League 2.[2][3]

Teams

14 teams competed in the 2024 Victoria Premier League 1.

Bulleen

Langwarrin

Preston

Melbourne City

Northcote

Eastern Lions

Brunswick

Werribee

Kingston

Western United

Bentleigh

North Geelong

George Cross

Melbourne Victory

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Locations of 2024 VPL1 Victoria clubs.

Team	Location	Stadium	Capacity
Bentleigh Greens	Cheltenham	Kingston Heath Soccer Complex	3,300
Brunswick City	Brunswick West	Dunstan Reserve	1,000
Bulleen Lions	Bulleen	David Barro Stadium	3,000
Caroline Springs George Cross	Fraser Rise	City Vista Recreation Reserve	3,000
Eastern Lions	Burwood	Gardiners Reserve	1,500
Kingston City	Clayton South	The Grange Reserve	2,000
Langwarrin	Langwarrin South	Lawton Park Reserve	5,000
Melbourne City Youth	Cranbourne East	CFA Melbourne	1,500
Melbourne Victory Youth	Epping	Epping Stadium	10,000
Northcote City	Thornbury	John Cain Memorial Park	5,000
North Geelong Warriors	Lara	Elcho Park	5,000
Preston Lions	Reservoir	B.T. Connor Reserve	5,000
Werribee City	Werribee	Galvin Park Reserve	1,000
Western United Youth	Tarniet	Wyndham Regional Football Facility	5,000

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion, qualification or relegation
1	Melbourne Victory Youth (C, P)	26	15	7	4	66	39	+27	52	Promotion to the NPL Victoria
2	Preston Lions (P)	26	15	5	6	53	39	+14	50
3	Western United Youth	26	15	4	7	78	41	+37	49
4	Northcote City	26	13	7	6	51	37	+14	46
5	Melbourne City Youth	26	11	8	7	55	41	+14	41
6	Bulleen Lions	26	9	10	7	42	43	−1	37
7	Caroline Springs George Cross	26	10	6	10	39	39	0	36
8	Bentleigh Greens	26	10	5	11	42	45	−3	35
9	Langwarrin SC	26	9	7	10	46	53	−7	34
10	Eastern Lions	26	8	6	12	32	47	−15	30
11	Brunswick City	26	8	5	13	43	46	−3	29
12	Kingston City	26	7	7	12	39	54	−15	28
13	Werribee City (R)	26	3	9	14	30	64	−34	18	Relegation to VPL 2
14	North Geelong Warriors (R)	26	4	4	18	29	57	−28	16

Source: [1]
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated

Statistics

Top Scorers

There were two top goal scorers in the 2024 VPL1. the two top goal scorers were Archibald Macphee and Michael Domfeh.[4][5][6]

Rank	Player	Club	Goals	Games	GPG
1	Archibald Macphee	Langwarrin	16	26	0.62
	Michael Domfeh	Northcote City
3	Adem Duratovic	Melbourne Victory Youth	14	25	0.56
4	Jake Najdovski	Western United Youth	13	13	1.0
	Nicolas Koek	Western United Youth		24	0.54
	Dylan Allshorn	Brunswick City		25	0.52
7	Tommaso Minutoli	Melbourne Victory Youth	12	18	0.66
	Cooper Legrand	Kingston City		25	0.48

Discipline

Yellow Cards

There were three people who got the most yellow cards.[7] The three player all got 10 yellow cards each, they were James Wilson (20 games), Triantafilos Skapetis (23 games), and Gregory Zacharias (23 games).[8][9][10]

Rank	Player	Club	YC	Games	YCPG
1	James Wilson	Bulleen Lions	10	20	0.5
	Triantafilos Skapetis	Northcote City		23	0.43
	Gregory Zacharias	Eastern Lions

Red Card

Joseph Adoo-Peters was the player with the Highest amount of red cards in the 2024 VPL1 season.[11][12]

Rank	Player	Club	RC	Games	RCPG
1	Joseph Adoo-Peters	Caroline Springs George Cross	3	19	0.16
2	Matthew Stosic	North Geelong Warriors	2	19	0.11
	James Wilson	Bulleen Lions		20	0.1
	Zachary Bates	Northcote City		21	0.09

References

1. Deliyannis, James (2023-10-12). "Changes continue in Australian football". NEOS KOSMOS. Retrieved 2024-08-18.
2. "Ladder for VPL 1 Men". GameDay. Retrieved 2024-08-18.
3. tlusk (2024-08-10). "VPL Report: VPL1 Title and Promotion to NPL Vic Secured". Melbourne Victory. Retrieved 2024-08-18.
4. "Competition Stats for VPL 1 Men - Top Goal Scorers". GameDay. Retrieved 2024-08-19.
5. "Archibald Joseph Macphee - Player Statistics". GameDay. Retrieved 2024-08-19.
6. "Michael Domfeh - Player Statistics". GameDay. Retrieved 2024-08-19.
7. "Competition Stats for VPL 1 Men - Yellow Cards". GameDay. Retrieved 2024-08-19.
8. "James Wilson - Player Statistics". GameDay. Retrieved 2024-08-19.
9. "Triantafilos Skapetis - Player Statistics". GameDay. Retrieved 2024-08-19.
10. "Gregory Zacharias - Player Statistics". GameDay. Retrieved 2024-08-19.
11. "Competition Stats for VPL 1 Men - Red Cards". GameDay. Retrieved 2024-08-19.
12. "Joseph Adoo-Peters - Player Statistics". GameDay. Retrieved 2024-08-19.

External links

• Football Victoria official website