2011 Victorian Premier League

Victorian Premier League

Season	2011
Champions	Green Gully (Champions) Green Gully (Premiers)
Premiers	Green Gully
Relegated	Springvale White Eagles St Albans Saints
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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 (1916-18 not played because of World War I). 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

Bentleigh Greens

Dandenong Thunder

Green Gully

Heidelberg United

Hume City

Melbourne Knights

St Albans Saints

Northcote City

Oakleigh Cannons

South Melbourne

Springvale White Eagles

Richmond

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 the 7th of 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	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	040*
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	035*
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 games played on Aug 7, 2011.
Source:
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.

*Heidelberg Utd was given a 3 point deduction as a result of Tribunal Case TA11004, arising from their Round 3 match against Hume City. South Melbourne lost 6 points as a result of Tribunal Case TA11012 from 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

South Melbourne FC v Heidelberg United

14 Aug 2011 Elimination Final	South Melbourne FC	1 - 0	Heidelberg United	SS Anderson Reserve, Port Melbourne
3:00PM	Krnčević  66' (pen.) Petrovic  39'	Report	Armenian  16'

Oakleigh Cannons v Hume City FC

14 Aug 2011 Qualifying Final	Oakleigh Cannons	3 - 4	Hume City FC	Jack 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

Green Gully Cavaliers v Hume City FC

20 Aug 2011 Major Semi Final	Green Gully Cavaliers	3 - 0	Hume City FC	Green Gully Reserve, Keilor Downs
3:00PM	Nikolić  10' Međedević  80' Sanders  92' Roganovic	Report	Vlahos

Oakleigh Cannons v South Melbourne FC

21 Aug 2011 Minor Semi Final	Oakleigh Cannons	1 - 0	South Melbourne FC	Jack Edwards Reserve, Oakleigh
6:00PM	Goodwin  89' Tavsancioglu Robinson Lagana	Report	Vasilevski

Finals Week 3

Hume City FC v Oakleigh Cannons

27 Aug 2011 Preliminary Final	Hume City FC	0 - 0 (a.e.t.) (2 – 4 p)	Oakleigh Cannons	SS Anderson Reserve, Port Melbourne
7:00PM	Riccobene Bozinovski  35' Cardozo  107' Gurkan	Report	Drakos  45' Groenewald  51'
		Penalties
	Cardozo Pace Nakic Bozinovski		Diaco Tavsancioglu Robinson Goodwin

Grand Final

Green Gully Cavaliers v Oakleigh Cannons

3 Sep 2011 4:00 PM

Green Gully Cavaliers	3 - 2 (a.e.t.)	Oakleigh Cannons
Fleming  23' Basma  52'  95' Kerr Sanders Medjedovic	Report	Doyle  25' Diaco  30' Tavsancioglu Lagana Groenewald Ontong

AAMI Park, Melbourne

Top Goalscorers

Pos	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