2018 Football West season

Football West Season 2018
LeagueWestern Australia National Premier Leagues Western Australia
SportAssociation football
Duration2018
NPL WA Season
ChampionsPerth SC
PremiersPerth SC
State Cup
Cup WinnersArmadale
Football West seasons
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2019 →

The 2018 Football West season was the fifth season under the current competition format in Western Australia. The NPL premiers Perth SC qualified for the National Premier Leagues finals series.

Pre-season changes

2017 League Promoted to league Relegated from league
NPL WA Forrestfield United Mandurah City
State League 1 Gwelup Croatia
Morley-Windmills		 Canning City
Gosnells City
State League 2 – –
Women's State League Stirling Panthers
UWA-Nedlands		 Bassendean Caledonians

League Tables

2018 National Premier Leagues WA

This was the last season using a 14-team format.[1] The bottom 3 teams (which was subject to eligibility requirements) at the end of the season were relegated to the State League 1.[2] Perth Glory Youth was ineligible to receive prize monies in the end of season Top 4 Cup competition.

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Perth SC (C) 26 17 4 5 55 26 +29 55 2018 National Premier Leagues Finals
2 Perth Glory Youth 26 16 6 4 72 32 +40 54 2018 Western Australia Finals
3 Cockburn City 26 14 6 6 59 40 +19 48
4 Bayswater City 26 15 2 9 55 30 +25 47
5 Inglewood United 26 13 7 6 50 38 +12 46
6 ECU Joondalup 26 13 5 8 48 37 +11 44
7 Floreat Athena 26 12 5 9 53 40 +13 41
8 Sorrento 26 10 4 12 49 47 +2 34
9 Stirling Lions 26 10 2 14 52 55 −3 32
10 Armadale 26 9 5 12 48 52 −4 32
11 Balcatta 26 9 2 15 40 59 −19 29
12 Subiaco AFC (R) 26 7 5 14 29 46 −17 26 Relegation to the 2019 WA State League 1
13 Forrestfield United (R) 26 5 7 14 34 58 −24 22
14 Joondalup United (R) 26 1 2 23 21 102 −81 5
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 is played as a finals competition at the conclusion of the regular season.

Semi-finals
Elimination Final
Grand Final
1Perth SC3 (3)2Perth Glory Youth1
2Perth Glory Youth3 (4)1Perth SC4
1Perth SC2
3Cockburn City1
3Cockburn City3 (5)
4Bayswater City3 (4)

2018 WA State League 1

The 2018 WA State League 1 was composed of 11 teams playing 20 games over a 22 round season. Rockingham City as Champions were promoted to the National Premier Leagues WA, as they met eligibility criteria.[2] The 9th and 10th placed clubs played in a two-legged promotion/relegation playoff, whilst the last placed team (Joondalup City) were directly relegated to State League Division Two.

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Rockingham City (C, P) 20 16 1 3 56 20 +36 49 Promotion to the 2019 National Premier Leagues WA
2 Gwelup Croatia 20 15 2 3 52 28 +24 47
3 Fremantle City 20 9 3 8 39 40 −1 30
4 Western Knights 20 8 5 7 38 42 −4 29
5 Morley-Windmills 20 8 4 8 36 37 −1 28
6 UWA-Nedlands 20 8 3 9 46 41 +5 27
7 South West Phoenix 20 8 3 9 37 56 −19 27
8 Ashfield 20 7 4 9 35 38 −3 25
9 Dianella White Eagles (R) 20 6 4 10 31 37 −6 22 Qualification to the 2018 relegation play-offs
10 Mandurah City 20 4 3 13 30 44 −14 15
11 Joondalup City (R) 20 2 6 12 26 43 −17 12 Relegation to the 2019 WA State League 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

Semi-finals Final
          
SL1 9 Dianella White Eagles 2 0 2
SL2 3 Swan United 3 3 6
Mandurah City (p) 2 2 4 (5)
Swan United 1 3 4 (3)
SL1 10 Mandurah City 2 3 5
SL2 2 Wanneroo City 1 3 4

2018 WA State League 2

The 2018 WA State League 2 was composed of 11 teams playing 20 games over a 22 round season.

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Olympic Kingsway (C, P) 20 16 4 0 63 17 +46 52 Promotion to the 2019 WA State League 1
2 Wanneroo City 20 17 1 2 54 20 +34 52 Qualification to the 2018 promotion play-offs
3 Swan United 20 11 4 5 39 27 +12 37
4 Balga 20 10 6 4 46 36 +10 36
5 Murdoch University Melville 20 10 3 7 41 30 +11 33
6 Quinns 20 8 1 11 32 38 −6 25
7 Gosnells City 20 6 4 10 36 46 −10 22
8 Shamrock Rovers 20 5 5 10 18 28 −10 20
9 Curtin University 20 5 4 11 35 45 −10 19
10 Canning City 20 3 2 15 18 56 −38 11
11 Kelmscott Roos 20 1 2 17 11 50 −39 5
Source: sportstg.com
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted

2018 Women's Premier League

BankWest Women's Premier League
Season2018
ChampionsBalcatta
← 2017
2019 →

The highest tier domestic football competition in Western Australia is known as the BankWest Women's Premier League for sponsorship reasons. The 8 teams play each other three times, for a total of 21 matches over the regular season.

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Queen's Park FC 20 17 3 0 97 15 +82 54 Top Four Cup
2 Balcatta (C) 19 12 3 4 58 27 +31 39
3 Northern Redbacks 19 11 4 4 78 27 +51 37
4 Fremantle City 20 10 3 7 56 33 +23 33
5 Football West NTC U-19 20 9 4 7 63 26 +37 31
6 Beckenham Angels 20 7 2 11 42 69 −27 23 Withdrew after end of season
7 Stirling Panthers 20 2 1 17 11 118 −107 7
8 UWA-Nedlands (R) 20 1 0 19 15 105 −90 3 Relegated to Division 1
Source: sportstg.com
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated

Top Four Cup

Semi-finals Grand Final
      
1 Queen's Park FC 3
4 Fremantle City 1
1 Queen's Park FC 0 (1)
2 Balcatta 0 (3)
2 Balcatta 2
3 Northern Redbacks 1

2018 State Cup

Main article: 2018 Football West State Cup

Western Australian soccer clubs competed in 2018 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 2018 Amateur League competition, and from regional teams from the South West, Goldfields, and Great Southern regions.

This knockout competition was won by Armadale SC, their 1st title.[3]

The competition also served as the Western Australian Preliminary rounds for the 2018 FFA Cup. In addition to the A-League club Perth Glory, the two finalists – Armadale and Gwelup Croatia – qualified for the final rounds, entering at the Round of 32.

References

  1. ^ "NPLWA Review Report to guide future". www.footballwest.com.au. 18 September 2017. Retrieved 21 September 2017.
  2. ^ a b "Competition Rules; National Premier Leagues – WA" (PDF). www.footballwest.com.au. Retrieved 24 February 2018.
  3. ^ Peter Simcox (14 July 2018). "Jackson double brings Armadale cup glory". www.footballwest.com.au. Retrieved 6 August 2018.