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.
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.
Stadiums and locations
TeamLocationStadiumAlameinGlen IrisDorothy Laver West ReserveBentleigh GreensCheltenhamKingston Heath Soccer ComplexBoroondara-Carey EaglesBulleenDavid Barro StadiumBox Hill UnitedBox HillWembley ParkBrunswick JuventusFawknerCB Smith ReserveBulleen LionsBulleenDavid Barro StadiumEssendon RoyalsEssendonCross Keys ReserveFV EmergingBundooraHome of the MatildasHeidelberg UnitedHeidelberg WestOlympic ParkPreston Lions FCReservoirB.T. Connor ReserveSouth MelbourneAlbert ParkLakeside StadiumSpring HillsCaroline SpringsSpringside Recreationa Reserve
Regular season League table
Results
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.
Bracket
Semi-finals
Grand Final
Regular season statistics Top scorers RankPlayerClubGoals 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 PurseyPreston LionsBentleigh Greens4–3 (H)25 April 2025 Sawa MatsudaHeidelberg UnitedPreston Lions4–2 (H)17 May 2025Essendon Royals3–2 (H)31 May 2025 Josephine AulicinoBox Hill UnitedFV Academy5–1 (H)8 August 2025 Danella ButrusBulleen LionsBrunswick Juventus8–0 (H)30 August 2025
Discipline Player Most yellow cards: 6 Maddison Rakic (Bulleen Lions) Most red cards: 1 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.
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 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