Football Victoria (FV) provided Clubs with an update on League Structures and Key Information ahead of the 2025 Season.
2025 SEASON CALENDAR
The 2025 Season Calendar has now been finalised and published on the FV Website. Please use the link below to access the Season Calendar:
Some of the key takeaways from the 2025 Season Calendar to note are below:
- All Competitions will begin the week after Easter (26th / 27th Weekend of April).
- This excludes State League Men’s & CPL Girls who will begin earlier having a Catch-Up Round across the Easter Weekend.
- MiniRoos Competitions will have a catch up round on the Kings Birthday Weekend.
- Junior Competitions & MiniRoos Competitions will have the second week of the Term 2 School Holidays as a Catch-Up Round.
2025 LEAGUE STRUCTURE INFORMATION
To assist Clubs with planning, FV would like to highlight the below information pertaining to League Structures for the 2025 Season.
- Under 21
- The Under 21’s competition will be changing from a Junior Competition to a Senior Competition.
- This Competition will see a name change from Boys’ 21’s to Metropolitan Men’s Under 21’s.
- The registration type of this Competition will also change from a Junior Boys Product to a Senior Men’s Product.
- Women’s Metropolitan League & Women’s Masters League
- The 2025 season will see the introduction of a Women’s Metropolitan League and Women’s Masters League (over 30’s).
- These Competitions will aim to cater to social footballers who may have limitations on time commitments for regular training and are looking for a more casual football offering prioritising inclusivity and the enjoyment of playing over intense competition and ladder advancement.
- This will be pending Team Entry numbers and League viability.
2025 KEY DATES
Please see the below key dates for Junior and MiniRoos Competitions:
- Amateur Player Registrations
- Opens Monday, 13th January 2025
- Junior Online Team Entry Period
- Opens Week of 23rd February 2025
- Junior Fixture Release
- Week of 6th April 2025
- MiniRoos Online Team Entry Period
- Opens Week of 9th March 2025
- MiniRoos Fixture Release
- Week of 13th April 2025
2025 PLAYING KITS
In line with the Rules of Competition all playing kits for the 2025 Season will be subject to approval from FV Competitions.
Clubs will have the opportunity to attach images of their kits for approval in the Club Season Starter Pack JotForm early next year.
As a reminder, predominately black playing kits will not be permitted unless approved by FV Competitions (ensuring the playing numbers are clearly visible on the back of the jersey).
In the interim, if your Club is looking to have a predominately black playing kit ready for approval, please send clear images into competitions@footballvictoria.com.au of the front and back of the kit.
If you have any questions please don’t hesitate to reach out to the Competitions department if need be via email competitions@footballvictoria.com.au or call 9474 1800 and press ‘2’ for Competitions then ‘2’ for Community Competitions when prompted.
