2026 Victoria Premier League 1

Victoria Premier League 1

Season	2026
Dates	13 February – 30 August 2026
Champions	Melbourne Knights
Promoted	Melbourne Knights
Relegated	North Sunshine Eagles Port Melbourne Western United Youth (folded)
Matches	48
Goals	165 (3.44 per match)
← 2025 2027 → All statistics correct as of 29 March 2026.

The 2026 Victoria Premier League 1 is the fourth season of the Victoria Premier League 1, the third-tier competition in Australian football and the second-tier in Victorian football.

Teams

Bulleen

Langwarrin

Northcote

Brunswick C

Western United

Manningham

Nth Sunshine

Srbija

Knights

Port Melbourne

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Melbourne Victory

North Geelong

Eltham

Juventus

Locations of 2026 VPL 1 clubs within metropolitan Melbourne.

14 teams competed in the 2026 Victoria Premier League 1 in 2026.

Team	Location	Stadium	Capacity
Brunswick City	Brunswick West	Dunstan Reserve	1,000
Brunswick Juventus	Fawkner	CB Smith Reserve	2,000
Bulleen Lions	Bulleen	David Barro Stadium	3,000
Eltham Redbacks	Eltham North	Eltham North Reserve	1,000
Langwarrin	Langwarrin South	Lawton Park Reserve	5,000
Manningham United Blues	Templestowe	Pettys Reserve	1,000
Melbourne Knights	Sunshine North	Knights Stadium	15,000
Melbourne Srbija	Burnley	Kevin Bartlett Reserve	2,500
Melbourne Victory	Bundoora	The Home of the Matildas	3,000
Northcote City	Thornbury	John Cain Memorial Park	5,000
North Geelong Warriors	Lara	Elcho Park	5,000
North Sunshine Eagles	St Albans	Larisa Reserve	1,000
Port Melbourne	Port Melbourne	SS Anderson Reserve	1,000
Western United	Tarneit	Wyndham Regional Football Facility	5,000

Regular season

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion, qualification or relegation
1	Melbourne Knights (C, P)	23	15	3	5	41	17	+24	48	Promotion to the NPL Victoria
2	Brunswick Juventus	23	14	2	7	39	26	+13	44
3	Northcote City	23	13	4	6	37	24	+13	43	Qualification for the promotional play-offs
4	Melbourne Victory Youth (Q)	23	12	4	7	51	32	+19	40
5	Bulleen Lions (Q)	23	11	6	6	41	29	+12	39
6	Eltham Redbacks	23	10	5	8	51	35	+16	35
7	Melbourne Srbija	23	10	3	10	25	25	0	33
8	Manningham United Blues	23	9	3	11	32	45	−13	30
9	North Geelong Warriors	23	9	1	13	31	48	−17	28
10	Brunswick City	23	8	3	12	40	47	−7	27
11	Langwarrin SC	23	6	5	12	39	51	−12	23
12	North Sunshine Eagles (R)	24	5	5	14	29	38	−9	20	Relegation to the Victoria Premier League 2
13	Port Melbourne (R)	23	4	4	15	12	51	−39	16
14	Western United Youth	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Club folded; results expunged

Updated to match(es) played on 23 August 2026. Source: Dribl
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted; (Q) Qualified for the phase indicated; (R) Relegated

Results

Teams play each other twice (once at home and once away).

Home \ Away	BCY	BJV	BUL	ERB	LAN	MUB	MEK	MSB	MVC	NGW	NSE	NOR	PTM
Brunswick City		0–3	0–2	3–1	3–1	3–1	0–3		3–2	4–0	1–1	2–4	5–0
Brunswick Juventus	7–2		1–5	2–1	3–0		0–1	1–1	2–1	3–0	1–2	1–0	3–0
Bulleen Lions	1–1	1–2		1–3	3–1	1–2	2–0	0–0	2–4	3–0	2–1		1–0
Eltham Redbacks	2–2	2–0	2–2		2–1	5–0		0–2	3–3	3–1	3–2	1–1	8–0
Langwarrin SC	3–4	0–1	2–2	1–6		4–1	1–4	3–1	3–3		1–2	1–3	5–0
Manningham United Blues	3–2	1–0	3–1	2–1	4–0		1–5	1–2	0–3	2–3	1–0	0–2	0–1
Melbourne Knights	2–0	0–1	3–1	4–0	0–2	0–0		2–0	3–1	2–1	2–1	3–0	2–0
Melbourne Srbija	2–1	1–0	0–1	1–2	0–0	0–1	2–0		2–1	1–0	3–2	1–2	0–1
Melbourne Victory Youth	4–1	4–0	2–2	2–1	3–3	4–0	1–2	1–0		2–1	1–0	0–1
North Geelong Warriors	1–0	3–4	0–4	3–2	2–4	1–3	1–0	2–1	0–2		3–0	2–1	1–1
North Sunshine Eagles	2–0	0–0	0–1	1–1	0–1	2–2	1–1	1–2	1–4	3–4		0–2	1–0
Northcote City	1–0	1–2	1–1	1–0	3–1	3–3	0–1	2–3	1–0	3–0	2–1		0–0
Port Melbourne	1–3	0–2	1–2	0–2	1–1	2–1	1–1	1–0	1–3	0–2	0–5	1–3

Updated to match(es) played on 23 August 2026. Source: Dribl
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
For upcoming matches, an "a" indicates there is an article about the rivalry between the two participants.

Promotional play-offs

Teams placed third, fourth, fifth, and sixth in the regular season compete in the play-offs. The winner will be promoted to the National Premier Leagues Victoria in 2026.

Bracket

	Semi-finals					Final
	3	3rd Placed Team
	6	6th Placed Team
						Winner of Semi-Final 1
						Winner of Semi-Final 2
	4	4th Placed Team
	5	6th Placed Team

Semi-finals

TBD

TBD AEST (UTC+10:00)

3rd Placed Team	v	6th Placed Team

TBD, TBD

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TBD

17:00 AEST (UTC+10:00)

4th Placed Team	v	5th Placed Team

TBD, TBD

Final

TBD

17:00 AEST (UTC+10:00)

Winner of Semi-Final 1	v	Winner of Semi-Final 2

TBD, TBD

Statistics

As of 29 March 2026

Top goal scorers

Thierry Swaby scored the most goals.

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Thierry Swaby	Northcote City	7
2	Triantafilos Skapetis	Brunswick City	6
	Yianni Panakos	Manningham United Blues
4	Robert Harding	Manningham United Blues	5

Discipline

Yellow Cards

James Xydias, George Tsalikidis, and Josh Dennett all have the most yellow cards with 4.

Rank	Player	Club	YC
1	James Xydias	Brunswick Juventus	4
	George Tsalikidis	Manningham United Blues
	Josh Dennett	Eltham Redbacks
4	Five Different Players	Various Clubs	3

Red Cards

Eight different players have the most Red cards. they all have only 1 red card.