Victorian Soccer League

The Victorian Soccer League was an Australian soccer league based in Victoria that was founded in 1912 and administered by Football Victoria. It consisted of up to four divisions, through multiple structure changes to the league. The league folded in 1957 after the introduction of the Victorian State League, which currently serves as Victoria's top-flight league now named the National Premier Leagues Victoria.

History

After the Victorian Amateur League and Victorian Junior League folded after its first three league seasons of soccer in Victoria, in 1912 two divisions were introduced under the Victorian Soccer League following the formation of five new clubs in the state; Birmingham Victoria, Footscray United, Moorabbin, Melbourne Thistle, Sunshine. Williamstown were the inaugural champions of the league in 1912 and went back-to-back as renamed Yarraville in 1913. In 1914, the second division was split into two groups.