2013 National Premier Leagues South Australia

NPL South Australia
Season 2013
Champions Campbelltown City
Premiers MetroStars
Relegated Adelaide Cobras
Enfield City
Matches played 182
Goals scored 577 (3.17 per match)
Top goalscorer Lloyd Owusu
(20 goals)
Biggest home win

Adelaide City 5-0 Adelaide Cobras
(30 March 2013)

Campbelltown City 5-0 Croydon Kings
(27 July 2013)
Biggest away win Enfield City 0-7 Adelaide City FC (11 May 2013)
Highest scoring Adelaide Comets 1-7 Para Hills Knights
(18 May 2013)
2014 →

The National Premier Leagues South Australia 2013 was the first season under the new competition format in South Australia. The league consists of 14 teams across the State of South Australia, all playing each other twice for a total of 26 rounds, with the final series winners qualifying for the 2013 National Premier Leagues Finals and the bottom two at the end of the year being relegated to the 2014 FFSA State League

Para Hills Knights, Adelaide Cobras, Cumberland United and White City Woodville joined from the 2012 FFSA State League.

Teams

Club Location Home Ground Capacity
Adelaide Blue Eagles Marden Marden Sports Complex 6,000
Adelaide City Oakden Adelaide City Park 5,500
Adelaide Cobras Plympton Weigall Oval 4,000
Adelaide Comets Mile End Santos Stadium 8,000
Adelaide Raiders Gepps Cross Croatian Sports Centre 1,500
Campbelltown City Newton Newton Sportsground 1,000
Croydon Kings Croydon Polonia Reserve 2,000
Cumberland United Clarence Gardens A.A. Bailey Reserve 3,000
Enfield City Blair Athol Rushworth Reserve 3,000
North Eastern MetroStars Klemzig T.K. Shutter Reserve 3,000
Para Hills Knights Para Hills The Paddocks 1,000
Western Strikers Royal Park Carnegie Reserve 1,000
West Torrens Birkalla Novar Gardens Camden Sports Complex 3,000
White City Woodville West Frank Mitchell Park 3,000

Regular season

The National Premier League South Australia 2013 season was played over 26 rounds, beginning on the 21st of February with the regular season concluding on the 16th of August 2013.[1]

MetroStars, Adelaide Blue Eagles, Adelaide City, Campbelltown City, Adelaide Raiders and Cumberland United formed the top six teams and therefore qualified for the finals series.

Pos
 Team Pld
 W
 D
 L
 GF
 GA
 GD
 Pts
Qualification or relegation
1 North Eastern MetroStars 26 20 2 4 48 16+32 62 Qualified for the 2013 SA Finals
2 Adelaide Blue Eagles 26 14 7 5 48 27+21 49
3 Adelaide City 26 15 3 8 58 29+29 48
4 Campbelltown City (C) 26 13 7 6 50 28+22 46 Qualified for the 2013 National Premier Leagues Finals
5 Adelaide Raiders 26 12 5 9 45 40+5 41 Qualified for the 2013 SA Finals
6 Cumberland United 26 11 8 7 38 39−1 41
7 West Torrens Birkalla 26 11 5 10 44 36+8 38
8 Western Strikers 26 10 6 10 40 45−5 36
9 Para Hills Knights 26 10 5 11 47 45+2 35
10 White City 26 9 4 13 45 450 31
11 Croydon Kings 26 7 7 12 32 45−13 28
12 Adelaide Comets 26 6 6 14 35 54−19 24
13 Adelaide Cobras (R) 26 5 4 17 28 62−34 19 Relegated to the 2014 FFSA State League
14 Enfield City (R) 26 2 5 19 19 66−47 0−191 Disbanded at end of season

Updated to games played on 24 August 2013.
Source: sportingpulse.com
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.

1 Enfield City were deducted 30 points after the FFSA found eight players 'did not meet the definition of an amateur player based on club player payment agreements'.[2]

Results

Home ╲ Away ABE ACI ACBACMARACAMCROCUMENFNORPARWESWTBWHI
Adelaide Blue Eagles 3–3 0–1 4–3 0–0 1–0 4–1 4–3 3–0 0–1 3–0 2–1 2–1 4–2
Adelaide City 0–1 5–0 3–0 3–1 0–1 2–1 1–3 2–0 1–2 3–1 3–2 2–1 2–1
Adelaide Cobras 0–0 0–5 2–1 1–5 1–3 0–1 1–1 2–0 0–4 2–3 3–4 0–2 1–3
Adelaide Comets 0–4 2–1 1–2 0–1 2–2 2–2 0–0 2–2 0–4 1–7 3–1 1–2 2–3
Adelaide Raiders 0–0 0–2 3–1 0–0 1–2 0–0 1–2 3–1 0–3 5–3 3–3 4–3 1–0
Campbelltown City 3–0 0–0 4–2 3–0 2–3 5–0 0–0 2–0 0–1 2–2 3–1 3–0 2–3
Croydon Kings 1–1 0–1 3–1 3–1 0–1 0–1 1–1 2–0 2–3 1–3 1–1 3–2 1–3
Cumberland United 0–4 3–2 2–0 0–4 2–1 1–3 2–0 3–0 1–0 1–0 2–2 1–1 1–3
Enfield City 0–0 0–7 1–1 1–5 2–5 0–0 3–0 0–4 0–1 1–5 0–2 1–2 0–5
North Eastern MetroStars 0–2 2–0 3–0 2–2 2–0 3–2 2–0 1–2 3–1 2–0 1–2 2–0 1–0
Para Hills Knights 1–0 0–3 2–1 3–0 3–2 2–2 2–3 0–0 2–1 0–0 0–1 1–4 1–1
Western Strikers 3–4 3–2 2–2 1–0 2–3 1–3 1–1 1–1 0–1 0–2 2–1 0–2 0–2
West Torrens Birkalla 2–1 1–1 3–0 0–1 2–0 3–1 1–1 5–1 3–2 0–1 2–1 1–2 0–2
White City 0–1 1–4 1–4 2–1 1–2 1–1 2–4 4–1 2–2 1–2 2–4 0–1 1–1

Updated to games played on 26 September 2013.
Source: sportingpulse.com
1 ^ The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Finals

  Semi Finals Week 1 Semi Finals Week 2 Preliminary Final Grand Final
                               
  1  Adelaide Blue Eagles  1 —  North Eastern MetroStars  0 (1)    Adelaide Blue Eagles  1
  2  North Eastern MetroStars  1 —  Adelaide Blue Eagles  1 (2)              Campbelltown City  2
                               
                     North Eastern MetroStars  0        
  3  Adelaide City  0              Campbelltown City  1        
  6  Cumberland United  1                        
             Cumberland United  2                
             Campbelltown City  3                
  4  Campbelltown City  3                        
  5  Adelaide Raiders  1                        

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Fixtures/Results". Football Federation South Australia. 2014-05-14. Retrieved 2014-05-14.
  2. ↑ "Long-term future of Enfield City Soccer Club in doubt after Falcons withdraw from State League". adelaidenow.com.au (Adelaide Now). 12 January 2014. Retrieved 19 May 2014.
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