National Premier Leagues Capital Football

National Premier Leagues Capital Football
Country Australia
Confederation AFC
Number of teams 9
Level on pyramid 2
Relegation to ACT State League
Domestic cup(s) FFA Cup
2015 Capital Football season

The National Premier Leagues Capital Football is a soccer competition contested by clubs affiliated to Capital Football. It is the highest level competition in the Australian Capital Territory (ACT) region. It is a subdivision of the National Premier Leagues.[1][2]

Format

The competition is contested by primarily amateur clubs in one league, each team playing each other twice throughout the regular season. The highest placed team is declared League Champions, and the four highest placed teams enter a finals series to determine the Premiers.[3]

Premier League clubs are generally also required to field teams in age-limited divisions of Premier Pathway League, Premier U18 and Premier U16. Many clubs also field teams in lower State League divisions.

A cup competition is contested by Premier League teams and other teams from the region, known as the Federation Cup. It is normally played during the pre-season.

History

The competition has been dominated in recent years by Canberra FC and Belconnen United, both regularly reaching the finals and finishing strongly in the cup and league competitions.

The competition was restructured after the 2006 season, based on criterion requiring a development pathway within clubs where each club must field a team in a reserves and Under-18 divisions. Nine teams contested in the Premier League in 2007, cutting Gungahlin Juventus, White Eagles and reigning premier Cooma Tigers from the top tier.[4]

The same nine teams remained in the Premier League for 2008 and 2009. The pathway system was expanded to include a Premier U16 competition, with all nine clubs required to field a team from their club or an affiliated club. Capital Football initially revoked the licence of Queanbeyan City for the 2009 season, citing a non-compliance with the developmental and administrative standards expected for the league.[5] However, Queanbeyan were reinstated on appeal and following the presentation of further evidence demonstrating these standards could be met.[6]

At the close of the 2009 season, the licences of all participating clubs were reviewed and expressions of interest sought for new additional entrants to the competition for 2010–2012.

Current Clubs (2015)

Club Location
Belconnen United
Canberra FC
Gungahlin United
Canberra Olympic
Tigers FC
FFA Centre of Excellence
Monaro Panthers
Tuggeranong United
Woden Weston FC

Former clubs

Club Location
Australian National University
Goulburn Strikers
Queanbeyan City
HNK O'Connor Knights
Canberra City
Canberra White Eagles
Weston Creek
Narrabundah
Burns

Competition history

Year League Winner Grand Final Federation Cup
2000 Gungahlin JuventusBelconnen United 1 def. Gungahlin Juventus 0Gungahlin Juventus
2001 Canberra DeakinGungahlin Juventus 2 def. Canberra Deakin 1Gungahlin Juventus
2002 Canberra DeakinBelconnen United 2 def. Canberra Olympic 1Canberra Deakin
2003 Canberra DeakinCanberra Deakin 1 def. Canberra Olympic 0Gungahlin Juventus
2004 Canberra DeakinCanberra Deakin 4 def. Gungahlin Juventus 1Canberra Deakin
2005 Canberra DeakinCanberra Deakin 1 def. O'Connor Knights 0Canberra City
2006 Canberra OlympicCooma 2 def. Canberra Olympic 1Canberra Deakin
2007 CanberraCanberra 5 def. Belconnen United 4 (aet)Canberra
2008 CanberraBelconnen United 4 def. Canberra 1O'Connor Knights
2009 CanberraCanberra 2 def. Belconnen United 1Canberra
2010 CanberraCanberra 6 def. Belconnen United 0Canberra
2011 CanberraCanberra 8 def. Canberra Olympic 5Canberra
2012 Belconnen UnitedCooma 2 def. Belconnen United 1Canberra
2013 CanberraCanberra Olympic 2 def. Canberra 0Tuggeranong United

References

  1. ↑ "NPL Home". National Premier Leagues. Football Federation Australia. Retrieved 13 February 2015.
  2. ↑ Gibbs, Russ. "PS4 NPL Capital Football 2015 Preview". PlayStation 4 National Premier Leagues. Football Federation Australia. Retrieved 13 February 2015.
  3. ↑ Mens League Rules and Regulations, 2008, Capital Football
  4. ↑ "Clubs on notice to lift game or be cut loose". Canberra Times. 9 December 2006. Retrieved 15 June 2007.
  5. ↑ "Queanbeyan City’s PL Licence Reviewed". Capital Football. October 2008. Retrieved 9 January 2009.
  6. ↑ "Queanbeyan City Reinstated in Premier League". Capital Football. December 2008. Retrieved 9 January 2009.

External links

Current Clubs (2015)

Former Clubs