オーストラリア NPL2ビクトリア

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The Victoria Premier League 1 (formerly National Premier Leagues Victoria 2, 2014-2024), commonly referred to as VPL 1, is a semi-professional soccer league in Victoria, Australia. The league is the second-highest in the Victorian league system, behind the National Premier Leagues Victoria, and forms the third tier of the overall Australian league system.

Originally founded as NPL 1 in 2014, it has undergone several changes in competition structure since its inception. Comprising 14 teams in its first season, the league then featured 20 teams divided into two geographic East and West conferences from 2015–19. With the creation of NPL Victoria 3 in 2020, a state-wide second division was re-founded, comprising 12 clubs. Beginning from the 2024 season, NPL Victoria 2 and NPL Victoria 3 have reverted to Victoria Premier League, the name prior to the formation of the National Premier Leagues.

In the 2024 season, Football Victoria has included a provision where relegation of the bottom two teams is suspended for that season, under the condition that a National Second Division commences in 2025. Under this provision, the bottom placed team may be relegated in the 2025 season.

The competition is administered by Football Victoria, the governing body of the sport in the state.

History

Avondale FC were the inaugural champions of the National Premier Leagues Victoria 1 division in 2014, while North Geelong finished the season as runners up with both sides earning promotion to the National Premier Leagues Victoria.

On 6 November 2014, Football Federation Victoria announced Melbourne City FC NPL and Melbourne Victory FC Youth would join the league in 2015. Eastern Lions SC, Murray United FC, Nunawading City FC and Moreland City FC all also joined the expanded competition for the 2015 season. FC Bulleen Lions and Richmond SC were the two clubs to achieve automatic promotion in the revamped league in 2015 by winning their respective conferences. Melbourne Victory joined them by beating NPL2 West runner up Moreland Zebras FC in the NPL2 preliminary promotion playoff, and then North Geelong in the promotion playoff, with North Geelong joining automatically relegated sides Werribee City FC and Dandenong Thunder SC in NPL2 for 2016.

In 2016, St Albans Saints SC and Kingston City FC won automatic promotion by winning their respective West and East conferences, while North Geelong immediately bounced back into the top-flight, beating Dandenong Thunder in the NPL2 playoff and Richmond in the NPL promotion-relegation playoff. Richmond, Melbourne Victory and Northcote City FC were the relegated sides from NPL, joining the NPL2 for 2017.

「オーストラリア NPL2ビクトリア」とは、オーストラリアで開催されるサッカートーナメントの一つです。このトーナメントは、NPL2ビクトリアという地域リーグの中で行われます。NPL2ビクトリアは、オーストラリアのビクトリア州を拠点とするクラブチームが参加するリーグであり、トップクラブ同士が対戦し、優勝を争います。

「オーストラリア NPL2ビクトリア」は、プロフェッショナルリーグではなく、アマチュアリーグですが、そのレベルは非常に高く、オーストラリアのサッカー界で重要な位置を占めています。トーナメントは通常、シーズンごとに開催され、数ヶ月にわたって行われます。各クラブは、ホームアンドアウェイの方式で対戦し、勝ち点を競い合います。

「オーストラリア NPL2ビクトリア」は、若手選手の育成やトップクラブへのスカウトの機会を提供する場でもあります。多くの有望な若手選手が参加し、将来のオーストラリア代表選手やプロサッカー選手としてのキャリアを築くためのステップとして注目されています。

このトーナメントは、オーストラリアのサッカーファンにとっても大変魅力的なものであり、多くの観客が試合を観戦に訪れます。また、地元のクラブチームのサポーターにとっては、彼らのチームが優勝を目指す舞台となり、熱狂的な応援が繰り広げられます。

「オーストラリア NPL2ビクトリア」は、オーストラリアのサッカー文化や競技レベルを体験する絶好の機会です。サッカーファンや若手選手にとって、このトーナメントは大いに刺激となり、成長の場となることでしょう。