2013 Victorian Premier League

The 2013 Victorian Premier League was the one-hundred first season of the top tier of club football in Victoria. The home and away season commenced on 6 April 2013. Dandenong Thunder were the defending champions.

Victorian Premier League
Season2013
ChampionsNorthcote City
PremiersNorthcote City
RelegatedRichmond
Southern Stars
← 2012

On 15 September 2013 Victoria Police arrested up to ten people, including Southern Stars players David Obaze, Nick McKoy and Joe Woolley and coach, Zaya Younan. Later in September criminal charges were laid via the Victoria Police and the FFA handed Noel, Woolley, David Obaze, Nicholas McKoy and coach Zia Younan initial suspensions which prevented them from being involved in any football-related activity in Australia while the investigation was ongoing. Those bans were also extended worldwide by FIFA. Two British footballers, Reiss Noel and Joe Woolley received life-time bans from FIFA due to the incident.[1]

Gerry Subramaniam, a Malaysian national and the Australian ring-leader of the betting syndicate behind the match fixing, was sentenced to three years jail in Australia, to be followed by deportation to Malaysia.[2]

Southern Stars were suspended from the competition. All of their matches were declared No Result and were recorded as 0-0 draws with no points awarded. Bentleigh Greens forfeited their Round 22 match against Southern Stars who were awarded 1 point.

Teams
Team Home city Home ground
Bentleigh GreensCheltenham, MelbourneKingston Heath Soccer Complex
Dandenong ThunderDandenong, MelbourneGeorge Andrews Reserve
Green GullyKeilor, MelbourneGreen Gully Reserve
Southern Stars FCDingley, MelbourneKingston Heath Soccer Complex
Hume CityCity of Hume, MelbourneJohn Ilhan Memorial Reserve
Melbourne KnightsSunshine North, MelbourneKnights Stadium
Northcote CityThornbury, MelbourneJohn Cain Memorial Reserve
Oakleigh CannonsOakleigh, MelbourneJack Edwards Reserve
Richmond SCRichmond, MelbourneKevin Bartlett Reserve
South Melbourne FCAlbert Park, MelbourneLakeside Stadium
Pascoe ValeCoburg North, MelbourneCB Smith Reserve
Port MelbournePort Melbourne, MelbourneSS Anderson Reserve

Promotion and relegation

Teams promoted from Victorian State League Division 1:
(After the end of the 2012 season.)

Teams relegated to Victorian State League Division 1:
(After the end of the 2012 season.)

Regular season

The Victorian Premier League 2012 season was played over 22 rounds, beginning on 23 March and concluding on 16 September 2012, followed by the final series.

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Northcote City 22 13 7 2 50 18 +32 46 VPL 2012 Victorian Premier League Finals
2 Melbourne Knights 22 11 6 5 31 26 +5 39
3 Bentleigh Greens 22 9 9 4 39 24 +15 36
4 South Melbourne 22 9 6 7 40 33 +7 33
5 Green Gully Cavaliers 22 9 6 7 32 28 +4 33
6 Port Melbourne Sharks 22 9 5 8 24 28 −4 32
7 Dandenong Thunder 22 8 4 10 28 30 −2 28
8 Oakleigh Cannons 22 7 4 11 33 37 −4 25
9 Hume City 22 7 4 11 26 46 −20 25
10 Pascoe Vale 22 4 8 10 21 30 −9 20
11 Richmond 22 2 7 13 24 48 −24 13 Relegation to Victorian State League Division 1
12 Southern Stars 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Updated to match(es) played on 22 September 2013. Source: [3]
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.

Finals
 
  Qualifying/Elimination Finals Semi Final Preliminary Final Grand Final
                                     
1 Northcote City 1  
    A Bentleigh Greens 2         F Bentleigh Greens 1 (2)
2 Melbourne Knights 2     D Northcote City 5   G Northcote City 1 (3)
3 Bentleigh Greens 4       E South Melbourne 0  
B Melbourne Knights 0
4 South Melbourne 1   C South Melbourne 1  
5 Green Gully Cavaliers 2

Finals Week 1
29 September 2013 Elimination FinalSouth Melbourne1 - 0Green Gully CavaliersLakeside Stadium, Albert Park
5:00PM Holmes  90' Referee: Perry Mur
29 September 2013 Qualifying FinalMelbourne Knights2 - 4Bentleigh GreensKnights Stadium, Sunshine North
3:00PM Barisic  45' (pen.)
Talajic  61'		 Sherbon  31', 39', 70'
Stirton  51'

Finals Week 2
4 October 2013 Major Semi FinalNorthcote City1 - 2 (a.e.t.)Bentleigh GreensSS Anderson Reserve, City of Port Phillip
6:00PM Kalifatidis  83' De Vries  79', 102'
4 October 2013 Minor Semi FinalMelbourne Knights0 - 1South MelbourneKnights Stadium, Sunshine North
7:30PM Rixon  67' Referee: Lewis Guiseffi

Finals Week 3
13 October 2014 Preliminary FinalNorthcote City5 - 0South MelbourneSS Anderson Reserve, City of Port Phillip
3:00PM Kalifatidis  5'
Gavalas  31' (o.g.)
Lujic  (55), 78'
Kounavelis 60'		 Referee: Shaun Evans

Grand Final
Bentleigh Greens2 - 3 (a.e.t.)Northcote City
De Vries  88'
Sherbon  93'		 Report Kounavelis  63'
Lujic  104'
Gasparis  108 '
AAMI Park, Melbourne
Referee: Lucien Laverdure

Top goalscorers
Pos Player Club Goals[4]
1 Milos Lujic Northcote City 19
2 Luke Flynn Bentleigh Greens 15
3 Dusan Bosnjak Oakleigh Cannons 13
4 Luke Hopper South Melbourne 10
5 Thomas Cahill Richmond SC 9
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See also
  • Victorian Premier League
  • Football Federation Victoria

References
  1. http://www.abc.net.au/news/2014-03-18/fifa-extends-british-footballers-australia-wide-bans-globally/5327842
  2. http://www.abc.net.au/news/2014-04-24/match-fixing-ringleader-sentenced/5408756?WT.ac=localnews
  3. "Ladder for Men's Victorian Premier League". SportingPulse.
  4. "Competition Statistics for Men's Victorian Premier League". SportingPulse.
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