2017 Football West season

Football West Season 2017
LeagueWestern Australia National Premier Leagues Western Australia
SportAssociation football
Duration2017
NPL WA League Season
ChampionsBayswater City
PremiersBayswater City
State Cup
Cup WinnersWestern Knights
Football West seasons
← 2016
2018 →

The 2017 Football West season was the 117th season of competitive association football in Western Australia and the fourth season since the establishment of the National Premier Leagues WA (NPL).[1]

NPL premier Bayswater City qualified for the National Premier Leagues finals series, and were eliminated at the quarter-final stage.

Pre-season changes

2016 League Promoted to league Relegated from league
NPL WA Joondalup United
Mandurah City		 –
State League 1 Fremantle City
Joondalup City		 Shamrock Rovers Perth
State League 2 Gwelup Croatia Ellenbrook United SC
Women's State League Bassendean Caledonians Quinns
Melville City (withdrew)

League tables

2017 National Premier Leagues WA

The 2017 National Premier Leagues WA season was played over 26 rounds commencing in February 2017, followed by a Top 4 Finals series. A revised Relegation system for the bottom team will depend on whether the two Division 1 teams that meet NPL WA eligibility criteria finish in the top 4 of the league season. If either come first, the bottom team will be relegated, but if one comes second, third or fourth, then there will be a promotion/relegation playoff.[2]

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Bayswater City (C) 26 17 5 4 55 33 +22 56 2017 National Premier Leagues Finals
2 Inglewood United 26 16 7 3 73 33 +40 55 2017 Western Australia Finals
3 Perth SC 26 17 3 6 62 30 +32 54
4 Sorrento 26 14 5 7 53 34 +19 47
5 Floreat Athena 26 14 5 7 42 31 +11 47
6 ECU Joondalup 26 11 6 9 56 43 +13 39
7 Stirling Lions 26 10 5 11 40 43 −3 35
8 Subiaco AFC 26 11 2 13 39 48 −9 35
9 Cockburn City 26 8 7 11 38 42 −4 31
10 Joondalup United 26 8 7 11 46 60 −14 31
11 Armadale 26 7 6 13 34 51 −17 27
12 Perth Glory Youth 26 5 4 17 28 49 −21 19
13 Balcatta 26 5 4 17 25 54 −29 19
14 Mandurah City (R) 26 3 6 17 21 61 −40 15 Qualification to the 2017 relegation play-off
Source: sportstg.com
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated

Finals

The Top Four Cup, known as the McInerney Ford Top Four Cup for sponsorship reasons, was played as a finals competition at the conclusion of the regular season.

Promotion/relegation play-off

As both Forrestfield United and South West Phoenix met the requirement criteria for NPL WA eligibility,[2] if either came first in the league then they would be promoted to the 2018 NPL Western Australia. But as neither came first, then Forrestfield as the highest of the two – that came either second, third or fourth – played a two-legged Promotion and relegation play-off against Mandurah City.

Forrestfield United3–0Mandurah City
Mandurah City3–3Forrestfield United

Forrestfield United won 6–3 on aggregate, and promoted to the NPLWA in 2018.

2017 WA State League Division 1

Football West State League Division 1
Season2017
ChampionsWestern Knights
PromotedForrestfield United
RelegatedCanning City
Top goalscorer–
← 2016
2018 →

The 2017 Season is for the second tier domestic football competition in Western Australia. Western Knights were champions, having won the league with one week to spare.[3]

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Western Knights (C) 20 13 3 4 47 16 +31 42
2 Forrestfield United (P) 20 11 5 4 48 28 +20 38 Qualification to the 2017 promotion play-offs
3 Dianella White Eagles 20 10 7 3 46 26 +20 37
4 South West Phoenix 20 11 4 5 44 31 +13 37
5 Fremantle City 20 9 3 8 38 39 −1 30
6 UWA-Nedlands 19 8 5 6 37 30 +7 29
7 Ashfield 20 8 1 11 40 46 −6 25
8 Joondalup City 19 8 1 10 31 42 −11 25
9 Rockingham City 20 6 6 8 35 38 −3 24
10 Gosnells City (R) 20 4 3 13 25 44 −19 15 Qualification to the 2017 relegation play-offs
11 Canning City (R) 20 1 2 17 22 73 −51 5 Relegation to the 2018 State League Division 2
Source: sportstg.com
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated

Promotion/relegation play-off

Round 1
23 September, 26 September 		Round 2
30 September, 5 October
          
SL1 10 Gosnells City 3 3 3
SL2 4 Swan United 0 1 1
SL1 10 Gosnells City 1 2 3
SL2 2 Morley-Windmills 3 4 7
SL2 2 Morley-Windmills 1 4 5
SL2 3 Wanneroo City 0 0 0

Morley-Windmills won 7–4 on aggregate, and promoted to the 2018 State League Division 1.

2017 WA State League Division 2

Football West State League Division 2
Season2017
ChampionsGwelup Croatia
PromotedGwelup Croatia
← 2016
2018 →

The 2017 WA State League Division 2 Season was the third tier domestic football competition in Western Australia. The top team at the end of the year was promoted to the 2018 WA State League Division 1, with the second, third and fourth teams qualifying to a two-round promotion/relegation playoff.

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Gwelup Croatia (C, P) 20 16 2 2 79 15 +64 50 Promotion to the 2018 State League Division 1
2 Morley-Windmills (P) 20 11 4 5 48 32 +16 37 Qualification to the 2017 promotion play-offs
3 Wanneroo City 20 10 3 7 42 33 +9 33
4 Swan United 20 10 2 8 55 49 +6 32
5 Kelmscott Roos 20 10 1 9 42 58 −16 31
6 Olympic Kingsway 20 8 5 7 34 31 +3 29
7 Melville City 20 8 4 8 38 33 +5 28
8 Quinns 20 7 4 9 39 41 −2 25
9 Curtin University 20 5 6 9 28 36 −8 21
10 Balga 20 5 2 13 26 57 −31 17
11 Shamrock Rovers 20 3 1 16 23 69 −46 10
Source: sportstg.com
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted

2017 Women's State League Premier Division

Western Australia Football West Women's State League
Season2017
ChampionsQueen's Park FC
← 2016
2018 →

The highest tier domestic football competition in Western Australia is known as the BankWest Women's State League Premier Division for sponsorship reasons. The 7 teams play each other three times, for a total of 18 matches over 21 rounds.

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Queen's Park FC (C) 18 16 1 1 77 14 +63 49
2 Northern Redbacks 18 13 3 2 61 19 +42 42
3 Football West NTC U-19 18 7 3 8 41 35 +6 24
4 Balcatta 17 7 3 7 33 27 +6 24
5 East Fremantle 18 4 7 7 32 42 −10 19
6 Beckenham Angels 17 2 4 11 19 69 −50 10
7 Bassendean Caledonians (R) 18 1 3 14 24 81 −57 6 Qualification to the 2017 relegation play-offs
Source: sportstg.com
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated

Promotion/relegation play-off

Stirling Panthers SC1–1Bassendean Caledonians
Bassendean Caledonians2–1Stirling Panthers SC

Bassendean Caledonians won 3–2 on aggregate, but were still not a part of the Women’s Premier League in 2018.

2017 State Cup

Main article: 2017 Football West State Cup

Western Australian soccer clubs competed in 2017 for the Football West State Cup. Clubs entered from the National Premier Leagues WA, the two divisions of the State League, a limited number of teams from various divisions of the 2017 Amateur League competition, and from regional teams from the South West, Goldfields, and Great Southern regions.

This knockout competition was won by Western Knights, their third title.[4]

The competition also served as the Western Australian Preliminary rounds for the 2017 FFA Cup. In addition to the A-League club Perth Glory, the two finalists – Sorrento FC and Western Knights – qualified for the final rounds, entering at the Round of 32.

References

  1. ^ "NPL Western Australia launches from a high". 17 June 2024. Archived from the original on 3 December 2024. Retrieved 18 December 2024.
  2. ^ a b "Promotion candidates determined by audit". www.footballwest.com.au. 24 August 2017. Retrieved 27 August 2017.
  3. ^ Matthew Corvi (10 September 2017). "Knights claim All Flags State League title". www.footballwest.com.au. Retrieved 10 September 2017.
  4. ^ "Knights win State Cup Final". footballwest.com.au. 22 July 2017. Retrieved 22 July 2017.