2011 Victorian Premier League
# 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.

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.

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Green Gully (C) | 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 | VPL 2011 Victorian Premier League Finals |
| 3 | Hume City | 24 | 12 | 6 | 6 | 48 | 32 | +16 | 42 | VPL 2011 Victorian Premier League Finals |
| 4 | South Melbourne | 24 | 12 | 5 | 7 | 39 | 33 | +6 | 41 | VPL 2011 Victorian Premier League Finals |
| 5 | Heidelberg United | 24 | 12 | 7 | 5 | 53 | 26 | +27 | 40 | VPL 2011 Victorian Premier League Finals |
| 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 | |
| 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 | Relegation to Victorian State League Division 1 |
| 13 | VTC Football | 24 | 4 | 0 | 20 | 25 | 85 | −60 | 12 | |

* ↑ Heidelberg Utd was given a 3-point deduction arising from their Round 3 match against Hume City.
* ↑ South Melbourne lost 6 points as a result their Round 9 fixture against Bentleigh Greens.

## Finals

| Qualifying Finals | Qualifying Finals | Qualifying Finals | Semi Final | Semi Final | Semi Final | Preliminary Final | Preliminary Final | Preliminary Final | Grand Final | Grand Final | Grand Final |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | | | 1 | Green Gully Cavaliers | 3 | | | | Green Gully Cavaliers | 3 |
| | | | | Hume City FC | 0 | | | | Oakleigh Cannons | Oakleigh Cannons | 2 |
| 2 | Oakleigh Cannons | 3 | | | | Hume City FC | Hume City FC | 0 (3) | | | |
| 3 | Hume City FC | 4 | | | | Oakleigh Cannons | Oakleigh Cannons | 0 (4) | | | |
| | | | Oakleigh Cannons | Oakleigh Cannons | 1 | | | | | | |
| | | | South Melbourne FC | South Melbourne FC | 0 | | | | | | |
| 4 | South Melbourne FC | 1 | | | | | | | | | |
| 5 | Heidelberg United | 0 | | | | | | | | | |

## 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 |
| 8 | Jesse Krncevic | South Melbourne | 10 | 0 |
| 8 | Mathew J Sanders | Green Gully | 10 | 0 |
| 9 | Michael Ferrante | Richmond | 8 | 2 |
| 9 | Goran Zoric | Springvale White Eagles | 8 | 0 |
