2020 National Premier Leagues Victoria

The 2020 National Premier Leagues Victoria was the seventh season of the National Premier Leagues Victoria, the top league in Victorian football. Bentleigh Greens are the defending champions, having won their third championship title the previous season. The season started on 13 February and was cancelled on 18 March, due to the impacts from the COVID-19 pandemic in Australia.^[1]

National Premier Leagues Victoria

Season	2020
Dates	13 February – 15 March 2020
Matches played	35
Goals scored	103 (2.94 per match)
Top goalscorer	Brandon Barnes & Hamish Watson (5 goals)
Biggest home win	Oakleigh Cannons 5–0 Oakleigh Cannons (6 March 2020) Avondale 6–1 Melbourne Knights (14 March 2020)
Highest scoring	South Melbourne 5–2 Eastern Lions (23 February 2020)
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Teams

Fourteen teams compete in the league – the top twelve teams from the two teams promoted from the NPL Victoria 2. The promoted teams were Eastern Lions from the Eastern conference and St Albans Saints from the Western conference. They replaced Kingston City and Pascoe Vale.

Stadiums and locations

Note: Table lists in alphabetical order.

Team	Suburb	Stadium	Capacity
Altona Magic	Altona North	Paisley Park Soccer Complex	5,000
Avondale	Avondale Heights	City Vista Recreation Reserve	4,000
Bentleigh Greens	Cheltenham	Kingston Heath Soccer Complex	3,300
Dandenong City	Endeavour Hills	Frank Holohan Soccer Complex	4,000
Dandenong Thunder	Danedenong	George Andrews Reserve	5,000
Eastern Lions	Burwood	George Andrews Reserve	5,000
Green Gully	St Albans	Green Gully Reserve	10,000

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Hume City	5	5	0	0	11	3	+8	15
2	Oakleigh Cannons	5	3	1	1	11	6	+5	10
3	Dandenong Thunder	5	3	1	1	9	7	+2	10
4	Avondale	5	4	0	1	14	4	+10	9
5	Heidelberg United	5	3	0	2	10	6	+4	9
6	Port Melbourne	5	2	3	0	8	4	+4	9
7	St Albans Saints	5	2	3	0	7	3	+4	9
8	South Melbourne	5	1	3	1	7	7	0	6
9	Green Gully	5	2	0	3	7	9	−2	6
10	Bentleigh Greens	5	1	2	2	4	3	+1	5
11	Melbourne Knights	5	0	2	3	7	16	−9	2
12	Dandenong City	5	0	1	4	4	10	−6	1
13	Eastern Lions	5	0	1	4	2	12	−10	1
14	Altona Magic	5	0	1	4	2	13	−11	1

Source: SportsTG
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored

Results

Home \ Away	ALT	AVO	BEN	DCY	DTH	EAS	GRE	HEI	HUM	MBK	OAK	PMS	SAS	SOU
Altona Magic	—	0–2												1–1
Avondale		—								6–1
Bentleigh Greens			—										0–0
Dandenong City		0–3		—				0–1					1–1
Dandenong Thunder			1–0	3–2	—							1–2
Eastern Lions			0–3		0–1	—
Green Gully	0–2						—	2–1	0–1
Heidelberg United	3–1							—
Hume City	2–0		1–0	2–1					—
Melbourne Knights					3–3				2–4	—
Oakleigh Cannons	5–0	3–1					0–3	3–2			—			0–0
Port Melbourne						3–0				1–1		—		1–1
St Albans Saints						0–0	4–2			2–0			—
South Melbourne						5–2		0–3						—

Source: SportsTG
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Season statistics

Scoring

Top scorers

Rank	Player	Club	Goals[2]
1	Brandon Barnes	Dandenong Thunder	5
	Hamish Watson	Melbourne Knights
3	Alex Salmon	Green Gully	4
	Stefan Valentini	Avondale
5	Joe Guest	Oakleigh Cannons	3
	Joe Knowles	Oakleigh Cannons
	Steven Hewitt	Hume City
	Yuta Konagaya	Port Melbourne
	Harry Sawyer	South Melbourne
	Francesco Stella	Port Melbourne

Hat-tricks

Player	For	Against	Result	Date
Harry Sawyer	South Melbourne	Eastern Lions	5–2 (H)[3]	23 February 2020