Format
The champions and runners-up of State League Division 1 are promoted to the highest footballing competition in Victoria, the Victorian Premier League, while the two teams that finish on the bottom of the Premier League will be relegated to Division 1. The champions of the Victorian State League Division 2 South-East and North-West, the third tier in Victoria and the fourth nationally, are promoted to Victorian State League Division 1 the next season, whilst the two teams finishing on the bottom of the ladder are relegated to Division 2 in their respective zones. The two teams finishing tenth in Division 2 South-East and North-West enter a playoff at the end of the season, the winner of which goes on to face the tenth placed team in Division 1. The winner of this playoff plays in Division 1 next season, whilst the loser is either relegated to or remains in (depending on which league they were in for the previous season) Division 2.
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