Football Victoria

Football Victoria
SportAssociation football
JurisdictionVictoria, Australia
AbbreviationFV
Founded20 March 1884; 142 years ago (1884-03-20)
AffiliationFootball Australia
HeadquartersThe Home of the Matildas
LocationBundoora, Victoria, Australia
PresidentAngela Williams
CEODan Birrell
Official website
footballvictoria.com.au

Football Victoria is the state governing body for soccer in Victoria, Australia. It is affiliated with Football Australia, the sport's national governing body.

History

A meeting was held at the Young and Jackson Hotel by the Anglo-Australian Football Club on 28 February 1884 where twenty-five gentlemen were present to dissolve the club in place of the creation of a Victorian association after the formation of six or eight new clubs in various suburbs. A cup competition valued at £25 was also proposed. Clubs from Carlton, Richmond, South Melbourne, South Yarra, and Williamstown met at the Young and Jackson Hotel and all unanimously agreed to form the association as the Anglo-Australian Football Association on 20 March 1884. One week later, the rules were finalised and entries began for their inaugural cup competition; the George and George Challenge Cup.

In late 1890s, the depression had curtailed the growth of the game until it was restarted by Harry Dockery with the formation of 'British Association football' that culminated in 1909 Victorian soccer season. The Dockety Challenge cup started that same year.

The league was abandoned in 1916 due to World War 1, with estimates of 90 percent of players enlisting. The Victorian Amateur British Football Association (WABFA) would resume the Victorian Soccer League after the war in 1919 and would continue until 1952.

In 1956, the governing body was renamed the Victorian Amateur Soccer Football Association (VASFA) until it became Victorian Soccer Federation (VSF) in 1962. In 1958 the original Victorian Soccer League is dissolved and the Victorian State League is created.

In 2009, player registrations for soccer in Victoria passed 50,000, the highest number in the federation's history.

In 2018, the federation was renamed from "Football Federation Victoria" to "Football Victoria".

In 2025, Football Victoria had subsumed the Victorian Regional Leagues structure into its purview, abolishing the regional associations.

Competitions

Current

Regional leagues

There are separate regional leagues previously organised by associations are now administered by Football Victoria:

Defunct

Tournaments

Notes

  1. ↑ An article from The Age suggests six new clubs were set be formed. Articles from The Argus and The Leader suggest eight new clubs were set to be formed.

References

  1. ↑ "FOOTBALL". The Age. No. 9058. Victoria, Australia. 28 February 1884. p. 6. Retrieved 23 July 2026 – via National Library of Australia.
  2. 1 2 "FOOTBALL". The Age. No. 9059. Victoria, Australia. 29 February 1884. p. 7. Retrieved 23 July 2026 – via National Library of Australia.
  3. ↑ "FOOTBALL". The Argus. No. 11, 760. Victoria, Australia. 29 February 1884. p. 7. Retrieved 23 July 2026 – via National Library of Australia.
  4. 1 2 "FOOTBALL". The Leader. No. 1471. Victoria, Australia. 1 March 1884. p. 19. Retrieved 23 July 2026 – via National Library of Australia.
  5. ↑ "FOOTBALL". The Age. No. 9078. Victoria, Australia. 22 March 1884. p. 10. Retrieved 23 July 2026 – via National Library of Australia.
  6. ↑ "FOOTBALL". The Argus. No. 11, 785. Victoria, Australia. 29 March 1884. p. 12. Retrieved 23 July 2026 – via National Library of Australia.
  7. ↑ "FOOTBALL GOSSIP". The Australasian. Vol. XXXVI, no. 943. Victoria, Australia. 26 April 1884. p. 14. Retrieved 23 July 2026 – via National Library of Australia.
  8. ↑ "BRITISH ASSOCIATION FOOTBALL". The Australasian. Vol. XXXVII, no. 960. Victoria, Australia. 23 August 1884. p. 23. Retrieved 2 November 2026 – via National Library of Australia.
  9. ↑ "BRITISH ASSOCIATION FOOTBALL". The Age. No. 16648. Victoria, Australia. 22 July 1908. p. 11. Retrieved 31 October 2026 – via National Library of Australia.
  10. ↑ "The Story of Football in Victoria: Part 3 | Football Victoria". footballvictoria.com.au. 8 October 2021. Retrieved 31 October 2026.
  11. ↑ "The Story of Football in Victoria: Part 4 | Football Victoria". footballvictoria.com.au. 8 October 2021. Retrieved 31 October 2026.
  12. ↑ "Life Members | Football Victoria". footballvictoria.com.au. 18 October 2021. Retrieved 31 October 2026.
  13. ↑ "The Story of Football in Victoria: Part 5 | Football Victoria". footballvictoria.com.au. 8 October 2021. Retrieved 31 October 2026.
  14. ↑ Archived 28 September 2011 at the Wayback Machine
  15. ↑ "FFV rebrands as Football Victoria, unveils visual identity". Football Victoria. 19 October 2018. Retrieved 20 October 2018.
  16. ↑ "A new era of unity for Victorian Football". Football Victoria. 2 December 2025. Retrieved 30 May 2026.
  17. ↑ "Metropolitan League, Metropolitan Masters and Women's State League Finals, proudly supported by VRGF". Football Victoria. 2 September 2022.
  18. ↑ "A new era of unity for Victorian Football | Football Victoria". footballvictoria.com.au. 2 December 2025. Retrieved 7 November 2026.