League Honours: Men's National Premier Leagues
1909-1956 | 1958-1990 | 1991-2013 | 2014-2024 | Summary
While the game of British Association Football in Victoria can trace its origins to as early as 1883, league competition did not begin in earnest until 1909, when six teams played a full home-and-away round to determine an inaugural champion, Carlton United. Apart from three years during the Great War (1916-1919), the league's composition expanded, had its first Grand Finals and Playoffs to determine a champion (1920, 1923, 1928 and 1947) and endured a district split (1926-1927) before surviving the turmoil of the Second World War. A wave of migrant clubs would form post WWII, though not before the league saw its first ever regional champion in Yallourn (1951) which preceded the greatest ever club dynasty in metropolitan Melbourne, as Juventus claimed five successive championships (1952-1956).
| Season | Champion | Runner-up | Reserves |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1909 | Carlton United | St Kilda | |
| 1910 | Carlton United | St Kilda | |
| 1911 | Williamstown | Carlton United | |
| 1912 | Williamstown-Yarraville | Burns | |
| 1913 | Yarraville | Burns | |
| 1914 | Melboume Thistle | Birmingham Victoria | |
| 1915 | Melboume Thistle | Northumberland & Durham | |
| 1916 | No competition held | ||
| 1917 | No competition held | ||
| 1918 | No competition held | ||
| 1919 | Northumberland & Durham | Footscray Thistle | |
| 1920 | Northumberland & Durham | St Kilda | |
| 1921 | Windsor | Northumberland & Durham | |
| 1922 | Northumberland & Durham | Preston | |
| 1923 | St Kilda | Footscray Thistle | Not known |
| 1924 | Footscray Thistle | St Kilda | Newport |
| 1925 | Melbourne Thistle | Footscray Thistle | Not known |
| 1926 | Footscray Thistle | Preston | Footscray Thistle |
| 1927 | Prahran | Footscray Thistle | South Melbourne |
| 1928 | Naval Depot | Footscray Thistle | Not known |
| 1929 | Footscray Thistle | Naval Depot | Naval Depot |
| 1930 | Footscray Thistle | Royal Caledonians | Not known |
| 1931 | Brunswick | Royal Caledonians | Brighton |
| 1932 | Footscray Thistle | Royal Caledonians | Royal Caledonians |
| 1933 | Royal Caledonians | South Yarra | Royal Caledonians |
| 1934 | Hakoah | Royal Caledonians | Royal Caledonians |
| 1935 | Hakoah | Royal Caledonians | South Yarra |
| 1936 | Moreland | Royal Caledonians | Not known |
| 1937 | Moreland | Prahran | South Yarra |
| 1938 | Hakoah | Nobels | South Yarra |
| 1939 | Prahran | Nobels | Nobels |
| 1940 | Nobels | South Melbourne United | Nobels |
| 1941 | Moreland | Prahran | Not known |
| 1942 | Prahran | Moreland-Hakoah | Not known |
| 1943 | Moreland-Hakoah | Prahran | Not known |
| 1944 | Prahran | Brighton | Not known |
| 1945 | Prahran | Brighton | Not known |
| 1946 | Moreland | Prahran | Not known |
| 1947 | Sunshine United | Moreland | Brighton |
| 1948 | Box Hill | Sunshine United | Brighton |
| 1949 | Brighton | Park Rangers | Brighton |
| 1950 | Sunshine United | Box Hill | Park Rangers |
| 1951 | Yallourn | Sunshine United | Park Rangers |
| 1952 | Juventus | Brighton | Juventus |
| 1953 | Juventus | Hakoah | Juventus |
| 1954 | Juventus | Hakoah | Juventus |
| 1955 | Juventus | Polonia | Juventus |
| 1956 | Juventus | Hakoah | Juventus |
| 1957 | J.U.S.T. | Moreland | Juventus |