Football West State League

The Football West State League is the highest state level football (soccer) competition in Western Australia. Nationally, it is one grade lower than the A-League and Perth Glory is the team that represents the state in the league. It is conducted by the Football West, the state's football (soccer) governing body which is sanctioned by FIFA.

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History

Several of the clubs currently playing in the league were formed as the soccer arm of cultural associations of recently migrated Australians, with certain teams having associations with particularly nationalities eg. Swan United (formerly Swan Italian Club), Bayswater City and Perth SC (formerly Perth Italia/ with Italian Australians, Morley Windmills with Dutch Australians, Floreat Athena with Greek Australians, Fremantle Spirit with Portuguese Australians, Inglewood United with Ukrainian Australians, Western Knights (formerly North Perth Croatia) and Cockburn City with Croatian Australians, Shamrock Rovers with Irish Australians, Dianella White Eagles with Serbian Australians and Stirling Lions with Macedonian Australians. In 1994 clubs were forced by the sport's governing body to remove all references to ethnicities from their names, which resulted in several named changes, including North Perth Croatia to Western Knights, Benfica United to Fremantle Spirit, Swan Italian Club to Swan United, Stirling Macedonia to Stirling Lions, Bayswater Inter to Bayswater United, Dianella Serbia to Dianella White Eagles, Inglewood Kiev to Inglewood United and Perth Italia to Perth SC. It is only recently that clubs have begun to be based geographically, with Mandurah City and ECU Joondalup recently established clubs.

2011 - Clubs & Leagues

State League Premier Division

State League First Division

Sunday League Premier Division

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National teams
Current national leagues
Former leagues
Cup competitions
Australian Cup (defunct) • FFA Cup (proposed)
Domestic leagues
Australian Capital Territory • New South Wales (Northern, Southern) • Queensland • South Australia • Tasmania (Northern, Southern) • Victoria • Western Australia
Soccer in Australia by state and territory