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.
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 Bentleigh Greens Dandenong Thunder SC Green Gully Heidelberg United Hume City FC Melbourne Knights Northcote City Oakleigh Cannons Richmond SC South Melbourne FC Springvale White Eagles St Albans Saints VTC Football
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.
Finals
Finals Week 1
Finals Week 2
Finals Week 3
Grand Final
Top goalscorers Player Club Goals 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 National Premier Leagues Victoria
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