2011 Victorian Premier League

The 2011 Victorian Premier League (known as the Alanic Premier League for sponsorship reasons) was the ninety-ninth season of the Victorian Premier League since the first season in 1909. The home and away season began 15 February 2011 and concluded 7 August 2011. Green Gully were the defending champions.

Victorian Premier League
Season2011
ChampionsGreen Gully
PremiersGreen Gully
RelegatedSpringvale White Eagles
St Albans Saints
← 2010
2012 →

The concept of a youth development squad was reintroduced in 2010 with the National Training Centre team playing in midweek fixtures throughout the season but not for competition points. In 2011 the team, mostly comprising players from the Melbourne Victory youth squad, was renamed Victorian Training Centre Football and was eligible to score competition points for its matches but ineligible to qualify for the finals series or be relegated.

Green Gully won the double, winning both the premiership and the Grand Final, defeating Oakleigh Cannons. Green Gully surpassed South Melbourne FC and Brunswick Juventus as the club with the most Victorian championships with nine in total.

Teams

Promotion and relegation

Teams promoted from Victorian State League Division 1:
(After the end of the 2010 season.)

  • St Albans Saints (Champions)
  • Springvale White Eagles (Runners-Up)

Teams relegated to Victorian State League Division 1:
(After the end of the 2010 season.)

  • Altona Magic (11th)
  • Sunshine George Cross (12th)

Regular season

The Victorian Premier League 2011 season was played over 22 rounds, concluding on 7 August 2011, followed by the final series.

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Green Gully 24 13 4 7 51 23 +28 43 VPL 2011 Victorian Premier League Finals
2 Oakleigh Cannons 24 13 4 7 41 29 +12 43
3 Hume City 24 12 6 6 48 32 +16 42
4 South Melbourne 24 12 5 7 39 33 +6 41
5 Heidelberg United 24 12 7 5 53 26 +27 40[lower-alpha 1]
6 Northcote City 24 11 6 7 61 37 +24 39
7 Richmond 24 11 4 9 34 38 −4 37
8 Bentleigh Greens 24 10 6 8 34 34 0 36
9 Dandenong Thunder 24 12 5 7 43 29 +14 35[lower-alpha 2]
10 Melbourne Knights 24 8 7 9 39 33 +6 31
11 Springvale White Eagles 24 3 6 15 24 62 −38 15 Relegation to Victorian State League Division 1
12 St Albans Saints 24 3 4 17 27 58 −31 13
13 VTC Football 24 4 0 20 25 85 −60 12
Updated to match(es) played on Aug 7, 2011. Source: [1]
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
Notes:
  1. Heidelberg Utd was given a 3-point deduction arising from their Round 3 match against Hume City.
  2. South Melbourne lost 6 points as a result their Round 9 fixture against Bentleigh Greens.

Finals
 
  Qualifying Finals Semi Final Preliminary Final Grand Final
                                     
1 Green Gully Cavaliers 3  
    A Hume City FC 0         F Green Gully Cavaliers 3
2 Oakleigh Cannons 3     D Hume City FC 0 (3)   G Oakleigh Cannons 2
3 Hume City FC 4       E Oakleigh Cannons 0 (4)  
B Oakleigh Cannons 1
4 South Melbourne FC 1   C South Melbourne FC 0  
5 Heidelberg United 0

Finals Week 1
14 Aug 2011 Elimination FinalSouth Melbourne FC1–0Heidelberg UnitedSS Anderson Reserve, Port Melbourne
3:00PM Krnčević  66' (pen.)
Petrovic  39' 		Report Armenian  16'
14 Aug 2011 Qualifying FinalOakleigh Cannons3–4Hume City FCJack Edwards Reserve, Oakleigh
6:45PM Diaco  34', ?' (pen.)
Lagana  40'		 Report Cardozo  47'
Own Goal  52'
Ofli  88', 89'
Vlahos 		Referee: Shaun Evans

Finals Week 2
20 Aug 2011 Major Semi FinalGreen Gully Cavaliers3–0Hume City FCGreen Gully Reserve, Keilor Downs
3:00PM Nikolić  10'
Međedević  80'
Sanders  92'
Roganovic 		Report Vlahos
21 Aug 2011 Minor Semi FinalOakleigh Cannons1–0South Melbourne FCJack Edwards Reserve, Oakleigh
6:00PM Goodwin  89'
Tavsancioglu
Robinson
Lagana 		Report Vasilevski

Finals Week 3
27 Aug 2011 Preliminary FinalHume City FC0–0 (a.e.t.)
(2–4 p)		Oakleigh CannonsSS Anderson Reserve, Port Melbourne
7:00PM Riccobene
Bozinovski  35'
Cardozo  107'
Gurkan 		Report Drakos  45'
Groenewald  51'
Penalties

Grand Final
Green Gully Cavaliers3–2 (a.e.t.)Oakleigh Cannons
 Report
AAMI Park, Melbourne

Top goalscorers
Pos Player Club Goals[2] Penalties
1 Richard Cardozzo Hume City 19 1
2 Saso Aleksovski Heidelberg United 16 0
3 Trent Rixon Northcote City 15 2
4 Luke Sherbon Dandenong Thunder 14 2
5 Jason Hayne Green Gully 13 1
6 Osagie Ederaro Heidelberg United 12 1
7 James Kalifatidis Northcote City 11 0
8 Jacob Colosimo Melbourne Knights 10 1
Jesse Krncevic South Melbourne 10 0
Mathew J Sanders Green Gully 10 0
9 Michael Ferrante Richmond 8 2
Goran Zoric Springvale White Eagles 8 0

See also
  • Victorian Premier League
  • Football Federation Victoria

References
  1. "ResultsVault Football: Ladders". Football.resultsvault.com. Archived from the original on 2013-02-01. Retrieved 2013-09-04.
  2. "Victoria Premier League 2011 – Kinds of goals". Socceraust.co.uk. Retrieved 2013-09-04.
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