2025 National Premier Leagues Victoria Women

National Premier Leagues Victoria Women
Season2025
Dates14 March 2025 – 13 September 2025
ChampionsBox Hill United
PremiersHeidelberg United
Matches132
Goals457 (3.46 per match)
Top goalscorerSawa Matsuda (18)
Biggest home winBulleen Lions 8–0 Brunswick Juventus
(30 August 2025)
Biggest away winBoroondara-Carey Eagles 0–5 South Melbourne
(30 August 2025)
Highest scoringSouth Melbourne 7–2 FV Academy
(22 March 2025)
Box Hill United 7–2 Preston Lions
(30 August 2025)
Longest winning run9 matches
Box Hill United
Heidelberg United
Longest unbeaten run13 matches
Heidelberg United
Longest winless run9 matches
Bentleigh Greens
Longest losing run9 matches
Bentleigh Greens
← 2024
2026 →
All statistics correct as of 13 September 2025.
(Note: Longest runs only include regular season results)

The 2025 National Premier Leagues Victoria Women, known commonly as the NPL VIC Women or NPLV Women, was the eighth season of the National Premier Leagues Victoria Women under the NPL format, and the 25th season of top-flight Victorian Women's football overall.

Teams

Twelve teams competed in the league – the top eleven teams from the previous season and the team promoted from the VPL Women's. The promoted team was Spring Hills. They replaced Calder United who were relegated to the VPL Women's after seven seasons.[1]

Casey Comets were originally planned to be promoted to the league, replacing Brunswick Juventus, but withdrew their acceptance of promotion into the league. After working through the Order of Merit process, Brunswick Juventus was offered the opportunity to remain in the competition which they accepted.[2]

Stadiums and locations

Locations of the 2025 NPL VIC Women clubs.
Team Location Stadium
Alamein Glen Iris Dorothy Laver West Reserve
Bentleigh Greens Cheltenham Kingston Heath Soccer Complex
Boroondara-Carey Eagles Bulleen David Barro Stadium
Box Hill United Box Hill Wembley Park
Brunswick Juventus Fawkner CB Smith Reserve
Bulleen Lions Bulleen David Barro Stadium
Essendon Royals Essendon Cross Keys Reserve
FV Emerging Bundoora Home of the Matildas
Heidelberg United Heidelberg West Olympic Park
Preston Lions FC Reservoir B.T. Connor Reserve
South Melbourne Albert Park Lakeside Stadium
Spring Hills Caroline Springs Springside Recreationa Reserve

Regular season

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Heidelberg United 22 16 2 4 52 31 +21 50 Qualification for finals series
2 Bulleen Lions 22 14 3 5 57 29 +28 45
3 Box Hill United (C) 21 12 4 5 46 29 +17 40
4 Essendon Royals 22 12 2 8 49 38 +11 38
5 South Melbourne 22 10 7 5 43 25 +18 37
6 Alamein 22 11 2 9 33 28 +5 35
7 Boroondara-Carey Eagles 22 9 2 11 32 39 −7 29
8 Spring Hills 22 7 7 8 31 31 0 28
9 Preston Lions FC 22 6 5 11 34 43 −9 23
10 FV Academy 22 5 5 12 33 65 −32 20
11 Benleigh Greens (R) 21 4 2 15 27 40 −13 14 Relegation to VPLW
12 Brunswick Juventus (R) 22 4 1 17 20 59 −39 13
Updated to match(es) played on 13 September 2025. Source: NPL VIC Women
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated

Results

Home \ Away ALA BEN BOR BOX BRU BUL ESS FVE HEI PRE SOM SPR
Alamein — 1–3 2–1 3–1 4–0 1–3 1–2 5–1 1–1 2–0 0–3 0–0
Bentleigh Greens 1–0 — 1–2 0–1 1–0 0–1 1–2 1–2 1–2 0–1 1–1 2–2
Boroondara-Carey Eagles 3–0 1–2 — 0–2 5–1 0–1 2–1 1–0 2–3 2–0 0–5 1–1
Box Hill United 2–1 1–0 3–2 — 5–0 1–1 2–2 5–1 2–0 7–2 1–4 1–0
Brunswick Juventus 0–2 2–1 1–3 0–2 — 1–3 0–1 3–0 1–2 0–0 3–2 2–1
Bulleen Lions 0–1 4–2 3–0 2–1 8–0 — 3–5 5–0 1–2 0–3 3–3 3–1
Essendon Royals 2–4 3–2 5–0 2–2 2–0 1–0 — 3–0 0–3 1–3 3–0 1–3
FV Academy 0–2 4–2 3–1 2–2 4–2 2–6 1–5 — 2–5 2–2 0–0 2–2
Heidelberg United 4–1 3–1 4–0 3–0 2–0 1–4 3–2 4–2 — 4–2 1–5 2–1
Preston Lions FC 0–1 4–3 0–3 1–3 5–1 2–3 3–4 1–1 2–1 — 1–1 1–2
South Melbourne 1–0 1–0 1–1 0–1 3–1 2–2 2–1 7–2 0–1 1–0 — 1–1
Spring Hills 0–1 3–2 0–2 3–2 3–2 0–1 3–1 1–2 1–1 1–1 2–0 —
Updated to match(es) played on 30 August 2025. Source: NPL VIC Women
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Finals series

The finals series ran over two weeks, and involved the top four teams from the regular season. In the first week of fixtures, the four teams would play semi-finals with first playing fourth and second playing third. The two winners of those matches would meet in the Grand Final.[3]

Bracket

Semi-finals Grand Final
      
1 Heidelberg United 1
4 Essendon Royals 0
1 Heidelberg United 1
3 Box Hill United 2
2 Bulleen Lions 1
3 Box Hill United 3

Semi-finals

Bulleen Lions1-3Box Hill United
  • Butrus 17'
 Report
  • Pollicina 25'
  • Aulicino 45+3'
  • Techera 83'
David Barro Stadium, Bulleen
Referee: Courtney Van Diesen
Heidelberg United1-0Essendon Royals
  • Matsuda 10'
 Report
Referee: Angelique Mangion

Grand Final

Heidelberg United1-2Box Hill United
  • Karic 68'
 Report
  • Rossi 56', 60'
Referee: Shab Saban

Regular season statistics

Top scorers

Rank Player Club Goals[4]
1 Sawa Matsuda Heidelberg United 18
2 Danella Butrus Bulleen Lions 13
3 Airi Fujiwara Essendon Royals 12
4 Valentine Pursey Preston Lions 10
5 Josephine Aulicino Box Hill United 9
6 Emma Langley Brunswick Juventus 8
7 Zoe Houghton Alamein 7
Candela Ferreyra Bas Boroondara-Carey Eagles
Priya Savarirayan
Carina Rossi Box Hill United
Katie Cox
Hollie Masey Bulleen Lions
Fiorina Iaria FV Academy
Nikki Furukawa South Melbourne

Clean sheets

Rank Player Club Clean sheets
1 Zara Board Essendon Royals 6
2 Chloe McKenzie Box Hill United 5
Emily Shields Bulleen Lions
4 Olivia Cowan Alamein 4
Mia Mossman Boroondara-Carey Eagles

Hat-tricks

Player For Against Result Date
Valentine Pursey Preston Lions Bentleigh Greens 4–3 (H)[5] 25 April 2025
Sawa Matsuda Heidelberg United Preston Lions 4–2 (H)[6] 17 May 2025
Essendon Royals 3–2 (H)[7] 31 May 2025
Josephine Aulicino Box Hill United FV Academy 5–1 (H)[8] 8 August 2025
Danella Butrus Bulleen Lions Brunswick Juventus 8–0 (H)[9] 30 August 2025

Discipline

Player

  • Most yellow cards: 6[10]
    • Maddison Rakic (Bulleen Lions)
  • Most red cards: 1[11]
    • Amelia Tartaglia (FV Academy)
    • Grace Cagnina (Bulleen Lions)
    • Catherine Renehan (Bulleen Lions)
    • Eri Narita (Preston Lions)
    • Ellen Turner (Boroondara-Carey Eagles)
    • Akeisha Sandhu (South Melbourne)
    • Alana Burn (South Melbourne)
    • Teresa Morrissey (Box Hill United)

Club

  • Most yellow cards: 21
    • Brunswick Juventus
    • South Melbourne
  • Fewest yellow cards: 11
    • Bentleigh Greens
  • Most red cards: 2
    • Bulleen Lions
    • South Melbourne
  • Fewest red cards: 0
    • Six teams

End-of-season awards

The following awards were announced at the Victorian Football Gala night that took place on 19 September 2025.[12]

  • NPLW Gold Medal – Aleksandra Sinclair (Spring Hills) & Danella Butrus (Bulleen Lions)
  • Players' Player – Keely Lockhart (Heidelberg United)
  • Golden Boot – Sawa Matsuda (Heidelberg United) (18 goals)
  • Goalkeeper of the Year – Peyton Woodward (Brunswick Juventus)
  • Coach of the Year – Dennis Georgakopoulos (Heidelberg United)
  • Goal of the Year – Danella Butrus (Bulleen Lions)
  • NPLW Media Player of the Year – Danella Butrus (Bulleen Lions)
  • NPLW Referee of the Year – Shab Saban
  • NPLW Assistant Referee of the Year – Daphne Gounaris
Team of the Season[13]
Goalkeeper Payton Woodward
(Brunswick Juventus)
Defenders Hayley Geurts
(Boroondara-Carey Eagles) 		Rosie Wild
(Heidelberg United) 		Cameron Barreiro
(Heidelberg United)
Midfielders Asuka Miyata
(Heidelberg United) 		Aleksandra Sinclair
(Spring Hills) 		Tiffany Eliadis
(Bulleen Lions) 		Danella Butrus
(Bulleen Lions)
Forwards Airi Fujiwara
(Essendon Royals) 		Sawa Matsuda
(Heidelberg United) 		Josephine Aulicino
(Box Hill United)

Notes and references

  1. ^ "NPLW Decleration of Provisional League Structures" (PDF). Football Victoria.
  2. ^ "NPLW 2025 League Structure Update: Casey Comets FC". Football Victoria. 7 November 2024.
  3. ^ "Advanced Competitions - Rules of Competition 2024" (PDF). www.footballvictoria.com.au.
  4. ^ "NPL VIC Women Scoring Summary". mygameday.app.
  5. ^ Yap, Kieran (30 April 2025). "NPLW Vic Round Six: Butrus wonder goal helps Bulleen return to the winners list". Impetus Football.
  6. ^ "NPLW Vic Round 9: Groba stars for Royals in 5-1 win". Impetus Football. 22 May 2025.
  7. ^ Yap, Kieran (4 June 2025). "NPLW Vic Round 11: Karaparidis turns on style on Box Hill win". Impetus Football.
  8. ^ "2025 Women's National Premier Leagues Victoria Results: Round 16". ozfootball.net.
  9. ^ Yap, Kieran (2 September 2025). "NPLW Vic R22: Goals galore in the final round of the season". Impetus Football.
  10. ^ "Competition Statistics for NPL VIC Women - GameDay". mygameday.app.
  11. ^ "Competition Statistics for NPL VIC Women - GameDay". mygameday.app.
  12. ^ "2025 season celebrated in style at 2025 Victorian Football Gala, proudly presented by Senol". Football Victoria. 19 September 2025.
  13. ^ @nplvictoria; (23 September 2025). "After celebrating the individual honours at the Victorian Football Gala, it's time to unveil the 2025 NPLW Team of the Season!" – via Instagram.
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