| Victorian seasons 1991-2018 | ||||
| 1990 witnessed the most turbulent Victorian State League season
on record, with 18 clubs battling it out in a war of attrition over 34 rounds of
football and several double-header round weekends. Ultimately, 1991 witnessed
a new dawn as the Victorian Premier League was born, with a reduced 14 clubs
and 26 rounds of competition. Brunswick Juventus would win the league on the
final day of the season. Change would come as early as the following season, as a Finals Series was introduced to determine the champion team. The league contracted in 1999, abolishing the Finals Series in the process only to reintroduce it again two seasons later. It expanded once more as the National Soccer League folded and the remaining Victorian clubs returned to the fold. Experiments with institute teams (AIS and VTC) have come and gone and what would be the final ever Premier League season witnessed its lowest point as Southern Stars were turfed from the league after the penultimate round due to a match-fixing scandal. FFA’s attempt at creating a uniform second tier to underpin the fledgling A-League resulted in the creation of a National Premier League in 2014, with Victoria once again settling on 14 teams and abolishing the Finals Series, only to see history repeat as itself once more as it re-introduced the format again in 2015. The story continues. Below is a summary of the champions, premiers, best-and-fairest winners and leading goalscorers from every season of the Victorian Premier League (1991-2012) and National Premier Leagues Victoria (2014-2018). The links will navigate to the full season records compiled by John Punshon as part of the Victorian League Archive on OzFootball. |
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| Season | Champion | Premier | Player of the Year (Gold Medal) | Leading Goalscorer (Golden Boot) |
| 2018 | Heidelberg United | Heidelberg United | Tyson Holmes (Bentleigh Greens) | Brandon Barnes (Dandenong Thunder) 22 |
| 2017 | Bentleigh Greens | Heidelberg United | Massimo Murdocca (Avondale) | Kenny Athiu (Heidelberg United) 19 |
| 2016 | South Melbourne | Bentleigh Greens | Nick Hegarty (Hume City) | Milos Lujic (South Melbourne) 25 |
| 2015 | Bentleigh Greens | South Melbourne | Kamal Ibrahim (Port Melbourne Sharks) | Milos Lujic (South Melbourne) 20 |
| 2014 | South Melbourne | N/A | Milos Lujic (South Melbourne) | Milos Lujic (South Melbourne) 22 |
| 2013 | Northcote City | Northcote City | Marijan Cvitkovic (Melbourne Knights) | Milos Lujic (Northcote City) 18 |
| 2012 | Dandenong Thunder | Dandenong Thunder | Nick Hegarty (Hume City) | Luke Sherbon (Dandenong Thunder) 17 |
| 2011 | Green Gully | Green Gully | Jason Trifiro (Northcote City) | Richie Cardozo (Hume City) 19 |
| 2010 | Green Gully | Richmond | Fernando De Moraes (South Melbourne) | Trent Rixon (Northcote City) 19 |
| 2009 | Altona Magic | Dandenong Thunder | Ross Thompson (Hume City) | Joey Di Iorio (Dandenong Thunder) 17 |
| 2008 | Altona Magic | Green Gully | Graham Hockless (Heidelberg United) | Pablo Cardozo (Richmond) 20 |
| 2007 | Preston Lions | Preston Lions | Terry Antoniadis (Western Suburbs) | Esala Masi (Oakleigh Cannons) 15 |
| 2006 | South Melbourne | Oakleigh Cannons | Sash Becvinovski (Altona Magic) | Sash Becvinovski (Altona Magic) 17 |
| 2005 | Green Gully | Green Gully | Anthony Magnacca (Preston Lions) | Michael Curcija (Essendon Royals) 15 |
| 2004 | Bulleen Zebras * | Green Gully | Doug Mladenovic (Altona Magic) | Michael Curcija (Essendon Royals) 17 |
| Ricky Diaco (Frankston Pines) | ||||
| 2003 | Green Gully | Preston Lions | Chris Emsovski (Preston Lions) | Joe Tricarico (Whittlesea Stallions) ^ 16 |
| 2002 | Preston Lions | Fawkner Blues | Jim Kourtis (Bentleigh Greens) | Juan Nilo (Bentleigh Greens) 13 |
| 2001 | Heidelberg United | Port Melbourne Sharks | Chris Emsovski (Preston Lions) | Peter Psarros (Port Melbourne Sharks) 15 |
| Zoran Todorovski (Altona Magic) | Zoran Todorovski (Altona Magic) 15 | |||
| 2000 | Green Gully | N/A | Damian Vojtek (St Albans Saints) | Danny Gnjidic (Bulleen Zebras) 18 |
| 1999 | Green Gully | N/A | George Jolevski (Melbourne Raiders) ^ | Peter Kakos (Port Melbourne Sharks) 23 |
| 1998 | Bulleen Inter Kings * | St Albans Saints | George Jolevski (Thomastown Zebras) ^ | Sash Becvinovski (Altona Magic) 23 |
| 1997 | Altona Magic | Altona Magic | George Jolevski (Altona Magic) | Saso Markovski (Sunshine Georgies) 25 † |
| 1996 | Altona Magic | Altona Magic | Ike Alagiozidis (Bentleigh Greens) | Bobby Despotovski (Heidelberg United) 25 |
| 1995 | AItona Magic | Port Melbourne Sharks | George Svigos (Port Melbourne Sharks) | Nick Tsaltas (Port Melbourne Sharks) 18 |
| Tom Pondeljak (St Albans Saints) | ||||
| 1994 | Preston Lions | Preston Lions | Josip Skoko (North Geelong Warriors) | Peter Psarros (Port Melbourne Sharks) 23 * |
| Nick Van Egmond (Croydon City) | ||||
| 1993 | Bulleen Lions | Bulleen Lions | Steve Douglas (Albion Rovers) | Carlos Retre (Fawkner Blues) 22 * |
| 1992 | North Geelong Warriors | North Geelong Warriors | Bogdan Bonk (North Geelong Warriors) | Sash Becvinovski (Green Gully) 17 * |
| 1991 | Brunswick Juventus * | N/A | Fabio Incantalupo (Bulleen Lions) | Sash Becvinovski (Green Gully) 17 |
| Notes | ||||
| Brunswick Juventus, Bulleen Inter Kings and Bulleen Zebras are all former incarnations of Moreland Zebras. | ||||
| Thomastown Zebras renamed to Melbourne Raiders, who utlimately amalgamated with Whittlesea Stallions to form Whittlesea Ranges. | ||||
| Sunshine Georgies reverted to Sunshine George Cross and utlimately renamed to Caroline Springs George Cross. | ||||