National Premier Leagues Western Australia
The National Premier Leagues Western Australia is a regional Australian semi-professional soccer league comprising teams from Western Australia. As a subdivision of the National Premier Leagues, the league is sits at the highest level of the Western Australian league system (Level 2 of the overall Australian league system). The competition is administered by Football West, the governing body of the sport in the state. In 2014, the league, formally known as the Football West State League Premier Division was rebranded into what exists today.
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 e.g. Swan Italian Club (now Swan United), Bayswater Inter (now Bayswater City) and Perth Italia (now Perth SC) with Italian Australians, Morley Windmills with Dutch Australians, Floreat Athena with Greek Australians, Benfica United (now Fremantle Spirit) with Portuguese Australians, Inglewood Kiev (now Inglewood United) with Ukrainian Australians, North Perth Croatia (now Western Knights) and Cockburn City with Croatian Australians, Shamrock Rovers with Irish Australians, Dianella White Eagles with Serbian Australians and Stirling Macedonia (now 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 name changes. It is only recently that clubs have begun to be based geographically, with Mandurah City and ECU Joondalup recently established clubs.
The West Australian National Training Centre included a team for the 2011-2013 seasons. They did not play for competition points, and were mostly used for development of the upcoming youth players.
In 2013 Football Federation of Australia introduced the new second tier competition for football in Australia, the National Premier Leagues. In 2014 Football West then reorganised the former State Premier League league into the National Premier Leagues Western Australia conference and the Divisions one and two. There is a freeze in promotion and relegation between the NPL and the State League Division 1 for two seasons until the 2016 season, as there are plans for an expansion of teams in the NPL WA competition.[1]
Clubs
Club |
Location |
Ground |
Capacity |
Armadale |
Armadale |
Alfred Skeet Oval |
500 |
Balcatta |
Balcatta |
Grindleford Reserve |
1,000 |
Bayswater City |
Bayswater |
Frank Drago Reserve |
5,000 |
Cockburn City |
Cockburn |
Dalmatinac Park |
2,000 |
ECU Joondalup |
Joondalup |
ECU Joondalup Football Stadium |
2,500 |
Floreat Athena |
Floreat |
Litis Stadium |
10,000 |
Inglewood United |
Inglewood |
Intiga Stadium |
5,536 |
Perth Glory Youth |
Perth |
Intiga Stadium |
5,536 |
Perth |
West Perth |
Dorrien Gardens |
2,000 |
Sorrento |
Sorrento |
Percy Doyle Reserve |
5,000 |
Stirling Lions |
Stirling |
Macedonia Park |
7,000 [2] |
Subiaco AFC |
Subiaco |
Rosalie Park |
250 |
Honours
Competition and Year | Premiers |
1896 | Fremantle Wanderers |
1897 | Fremantle Wanderers |
1898 | Civil Service |
1899 | Fremantle Wanderers |
1900 | Fremantle Wanderers |
1901 | Fremantle Wanderers |
1902 | Perth |
1903 | Fremantle |
1904 | Fremantle Corinthians |
1905 | Perth |
1906 | Rangers |
1907 | Rangers |
1908 | City United |
1909 | Training College |
1910 | Claremont |
1911 | Rangers 1 |
1912 | Claremont |
1913 | Perth City United |
1914 | Thistle |
1915 | Thistle |
1916 | jointly Claremont and Thistle |
1917-1918 | No competition due to World War 1 |
1919 | Claremont |
1920 | Perth City United |
1921 | Thistle |
1922 | Perth City United |
1923 | Claremont |
1924 | Perth City |
1925 | Thistle |
1926 | Fremantle Caledonian |
1927 | Fremantle Caledonian |
1928 | Victoria Park |
1929 | Victoria Park |
1930 | Northern Casuals |
1931 | Victoria Park |
1932 | Northern Casuals |
1933 | Caledonian |
1934 | Victoria Park |
1935 | Victoria Park |
1936 | Victoria Park |
1937 | Victoria Park |
1938 | Victoria Park |
1939 | Victoria Park 1 |
1940 | East Claremont |
1941 | Caledonian |
1942 - 1944 | No competition due to World War 2 |
1945 | Jolly Rogers |
1946 | Caledonian 1 |
1947 | Caledonian 2 |
1948 | North Perth 2 |
1949 | Caledonian |
1950 | Perth City |
1951 | South Perth |
1952 | North Perth |
1953 | Azzurri |
1954 | Perth City |
1955 | North Perth |
1956 | North Perth |
1957 | Swan Athletic |
1958 | East Fremantle Tricolore |
1959 | Azzurri |
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- 1 after championship playoff.
- 2 after zone playoff.
- 3 round-robin format.
References :[3] [4]
References
External links
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| State League Division 1 | |
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| State League Division 2 |
- Balga SC
- Curtin University
- Ellenbrook United
- Forrestfield United
- Fremantle United
- Joondalup City
- Joondalup United
- Kelmscott Roos
- Melville City
- Olympic Kingsway
- Quinns
- Rockingham City
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| Sunday League Premier Division |
- BB United
- Fremantle Croatia
- Gwelup Croatia
- Hamersley Rovers
- Kingsley
- Kwinana United
- Perth Royals
- North Perth United
- Queen's Park
- South Perth United
- Southern Spirit
- Whitfords City
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| WA State Cup | |
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