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
Website http://www.foxsportspulse.com/assoc_page.cgi?c=0-10181-0-0-0
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 also required to field teams in age-limited divisions of Premier League U20, Premier League U18 and Premier League U16. All NPL clubs also field junior NPL teams at U16, U14 and U13 age groups.

A cup competition is contested by Premier League teams and other teams from the region, known as the Westfield FFA Cup Qualifiers for which the winner is awarded the Federation Cup. The winners of the Federation Cup gain entry into the national Westfield FFA Cup competition.

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.

In 2016 the league was expanded to 10 teams with the addition of the Canberra United Academy team.[7]

Current Clubs (2016)

Club Location
Belconnen United
Canberra FC
Canberra Olympic
Canberra United Academy
Tigers FC
FFA Centre of Excellence
Gungahlin United
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

Honours

Year League Winner Champions
2000 Gungahlin JuventusBelconnen United
2001 Canberra DeakinGungahlin Juventus
2002 Canberra DeakinBelconnen United
2003 Canberra DeakinCanberra Deakin
2004 Canberra DeakinCanberra Deakin
2005 Canberra DeakinCanberra Deakin
2006 Canberra OlympicCooma
2007 CanberraCanberra
2008 CanberraBelconnen United
2009 CanberraCanberra
2010 CanberraCanberra
2011 CanberraCanberra
2012 Belconnen UnitedCooma
2013 Canberra OlympicCanberra Olympic
2014 Cooma TigersBelconnen United
2015 Canberra FCCanberra Olympic

See Also

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. ↑ Men's 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.
  7. ↑ "Academy". Capital Football. Retrieved 9 Feb 2016.

External links

Current Clubs (2015)

Former Clubs


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