The 2023 National Premier Leagues Victoria Women, known commonly as the NPL Victoria Women's or NPLV Women's, is the ongoing sixth season of the National Premier Leagues Victoria Women under the NPL format, and the 23rd season of top-flight Victorian Women's football overall.
Teams
Eleven teams are competing in the league – the eight teams from the previous season and the three teams promoted from the VPL Women's. This was the first time teams could be promoted since the restructuring of the women's divisions for the 2020 season. The promoted teams are Preston Lions FC, Boroondara-Carey Eagles, and Southern United.
Stadiums and locations
TeamLocationStadium AlameinGlen IrisDorothy Laver West Reserve Bayside UnitedCheltenhamKingston Heath Soccer Complex Boroondara-Carey EaglesBulleenDavid Barro Stadium Box Hill UnitedBox HillWembley Park Bulleen LionsBulleenDavid Barro Stadium Calder UnitedKeilor ParkKeilor Park Recreation Reserve FV EmergingWantirna SouthKnox Regional Football Centre Heidelberg UnitedHeidelberg WestOlympic Park Preston Lions FCReservoirB.T. Connor Reserve South MelbourneAlbert ParkLakeside Stadium Southern UnitedClyde NorthSelandra Recreation Reserve
League table
Results The fixtures were released on 1 December 2022.
Season statistics Top scorers
RankPlayerClubGoals1 Kurea OkinoBoroondara-Carey Eagles312 Danielle WiseSouth Melbourne153 Sidney AllenAlamein134 Kayla DeaverBayside United11 Nicole BlackettHeidelberg United Raquel DeralasCalder United Tayla ChristensenSouth Melbourne8 Asuka DoiBox Hill United10 Keiwa HiedaCalder United10 Kaitlyn TorpeyPreston Lions FC9 Melindaj BarbieriBox Hill United
Hat-tricks Player For Against Result Date Kurea OkinoBoroondara-Carey EaglesBox Hill United1–5 (A)31 March 2023 Sidney AllenAlameinSouthern United5–1 (H)1 April 2023 Emilie KeppensFV EmergingBayside United4–4 (H)7 April 2023 Kurea OkinoBoroondara-Carey EaglesAlamein3–0 (H)8 April 2023 Nicole BlackettHeidelberg UnitedSouthern United6–1 (H)6 May 2023 Georgia BeaumontHeidelberg UnitedBoroondara-Carey Eagles4–5 (H)12 May 2023 Margot RobinneBoroondara-Carey EaglesFV Emerging3–2 (H)20 May 2023 Raquel DeralasCalder UnitedBayside United6–2 (H)27 May 2023Alamein6–2 (H)10 June 2023 Kurea OkinoBoroondara-Carey EaglesBox Hill United7–0 (H)17 June 2023Calder United3–4 (A)8 July 2023 Maja MarkovskiBulleen LionsBayside United4–2 (H)8 July 2023 Kurea OkinoBoroondara-Carey EaglesSouthern United4–1 (H)15 July 2023 Melindaj BarbieriBox Hill UnitedPreston Lions FC1–5 (A)18 August 2023
Top assists
RankPlayerClubAssists1 Sidney AllenAlamein92 Anika DovastonFV Emerging8 Becky LimBoroondara-Carey Eagles Miri NishimuraPreston Lions5 Kristina HallBoroondara-Carey Eagles7 Kiewa HiedaCalder United7 Hayley GeurtsBoroondara-Carey Eagles6 Ashleigh LefevreAlamein Margot RobinneBoroondara-Carey Eagles Rebecca SaberAlamein
Clean sheets
RankPlayerClubCleansheets1 Natalie PicakCalder United6 Gaby GartonBulleen Lions3 Christine FonuaPreston Lions FC54 Coco MajstorovicBayside United45 Ava WaltersBox Hill United3 Deanna BottalicoBoroondara-Carey Eagles7 Zara BoardSouth Melbourne2 Natasha StathopoulosHeidelberg United Melissa MaizelsHeidelberg United Kate BeanAlamein Alyssa Dall'OsteCalder United Miranda TemplemanSouth Melbourne
Discipline Player Most yellow cards: 5 Elsa Sousa (Bayside United) Leia Varley (South Melbourne) Maddison Rakic (Bayside United)
Most red cards: 1 Rebecca Saber (Alamein) Bella Stringfellow (South Melbourne) Bronwyn Maidment (Southern United) Elsa Sousa (Bayside United) Karina Tolios (Heidelberg United) Lisa Fonua (Preston Lions) Kayla Deaver (Bayside United) Alyssa Rose (Southern United) Annabelle Yates (FV Emerging) Katrina Nikpour (Heidelberg United)
Club Most yellow cards: 24 Bayside United
Fewest yellow cards: 7 Boroondara-Carey Eagles Bulleen Lions
Most red cards: 2 Bayside United Southern United
Fewest red cards: 0 Five teams
Finals Series South Melbourne would beat Bulleen Lions 4-2 in the NPL Victoria Women's Grand Final.
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