2012 FFSA season

Football Federation South Australia

Season	2012
Champions	MetroStars
← 2011 2013 →

The Football Federation South Australia 2012 season was the final season under the previous competition format in South Australia. The competition consisted of three divisions across the State of South Australia. At the end of the season, the ten FFSA Super League teams were joined by the top four teams from the FFSA Premier League to form the new National Premier Leagues South Australia. The remaining six FFSA Premier League teams were joined by the ten FFSA State League teams to create the new second tier of South Australian football.

2012 FFSA Super League

FFSA Super League

Season	2012
Champions	Grand Final MetroStars Minor Premiership Croydon Kings
Relegated	None
Matches played	90
Goals scored	270 (3 per match)
Top goalscorer	Kym Harris Michael Matricciani (12 goals each)
Biggest home win	North Eastern MetroStars 6–2 West Torrens Birkalla (25 May 2012) West Torrens Birkalla 6–2 Campbelltown City (18 August 2012)
Biggest away win	Adelaide Comets 0–7 Adelaide Blue Eagles (9 April 2012)
Highest scoring	North Eastern MetroStars 6–2 West Torrens Birkalla (25 May 2012) West Torrens Birkalla 6–2 Campbelltown City (18 August 2012)
Longest winning run	6 games Adelaide Blue Eagles
Longest unbeaten run	9 games Croydon Kings
Longest winless run	7 games Adelaide Comets
Longest losing run	7 games Adelaide Comets
← 2011 2013 NPL SA →

The 2012 FFSA Super League was the seventh and final edition of the FFSA Super League, the top level domestic association football competition in South Australia. 10 teams competed, all playing each other twice for a total of 18 rounds, with the top five at the end of the year qualifying for the McIntyre final five finals system to determine 1st to 5th place. ^[1] The FFSA Super League became defunct at the end of the season, with the FFSA Premier League becoming the top level of domestic football in South Australia, consisting of all teams in the 2012 FFSA Super League, plus the top four teams from the 2012 FFSA Premier League.

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Croydon Kings	18	12	3	3	32	18	+14	39	Qualified for the 2012 FFSA Super League Finals
2	Adelaide Blue Eagles	18	11	2	5	38	17	+21	35
3	North Eastern MetroStars (C)	18	9	4	5	29	20	+9	31
4	Adelaide City	18	9	3	6	29	21	+8	30
5	Adelaide Raiders	18	7	3	8	28	30	−2	24
6	Western Strikers	18	7	2	9	25	27	−2	23
7	West Torrens Birkalla	18	7	1	10	28	33	−5	22
8	Campbelltown City	18	6	3	9	20	33	−13	21
9	Enfield City	18	5	2	11	16	32	−16	17
10	Adelaide Comets	18	5	1	12	25	39	−14	16

Source: https://websites.sportstg.com/comp_info.cgi?c=0-8365-0-192652-0&pool=1001&a=LADDER
(C) Champion

Finals

	Elimination and Qualifying Finals					Semifinals										Grand Final
						1	Croydon Kings	0
	2	Adelaide Blue Eagles	0			3	North Eastern MetroStars	1
	3	North Eastern MetroStars	2
																3	North Eastern MetroStars	1
	Lower round 1					Lower round 2					Lower final					4	Adelaide City	0
											1	Croydon Kings	1
						2	Adelaide Blue Eagles	0			4	Adelaide City	2
	4	Adelaide City	2			4	Adelaide City	1
	5	Adelaide Raiders	0

2012 FFSA Premier League

FFSA Premier League

Season	2012
Champions	Para Hills Knights
Promoted	Para Hills Knights Adelaide Cobras Cumberland United White City Woodville
Matches played	90
Top goalscorer	Aaron Phillips (12 goals)
Biggest home win	Salisbury United 7–1 Playford City Patriots (16 June 2012)
Biggest away win	Adelaide Olympic 1–6 Port Adelaide Pirates (18 August 2012)
Highest scoring	Adelaide Cobras 7–4 Salisbury United (18 August 2012)
← 2011 2013 NPL State League →

The 2012 FFSA Premier League was the seventh and final edition of the FFSA Premier League as the second level domestic association football competition in South Australia. 10 teams competed, all playing each other twice for a total of 18 rounds, with the top four at the end of the year being promoted to the 2013 National Premier Leagues South Australia, and the 5th through 10th placed teams were moved to the new FFSA State League. ^[2]

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Para Hills Knights (P)	18	10	4	4	33	19	+14	34	Promoted to the 2013 National Premier Leagues South Australia
2	Adelaide Cobras (P)	18	10	4	4	32	20	+12	34
3	Cumberland United (P)	18	7	7	4	27	16	+11	28
4	White City (P)	18	8	4	6	31	30	+1	28
5	Modbury Jets	18	7	6	5	24	22	+2	27	Joined the 2013 FFSA State League
6	Port Adelaide Pirates	18	7	4	7	39	29	+10	25
7	Playford City	18	6	6	6	26	32	−6	24
8	South Adelaide	18	7	1	10	30	36	−6	22
9	Adelaide Olympic	18	5	4	9	20	38	−18	19
10	Salisbury United	18	1	4	13	20	40	−20	7

Source: ^{[ citation needed ]}
(P) Promoted

2012 FFSA State League

FFSA State League

Season	2012
Champions	West Adelaide
Promoted	All
Matches played	90
Top goalscorer	Sam Bowman (17 goals)
Biggest home win	Adelaide Hills 9–1 N.A.B. SC (11 August 2012)
Biggest away win	Gawler 1–11 Seaford Rangers (26 May 2012)
Highest scoring	Gawler 1–11 Seaford Rangers (26 May 2012)
← 2011

The 2012 FFSA State League was the seventh and final edition of the FFSA State League as the third level domestic association football competition in South Australia. 10 teams competed, all playing each other twice for a total of 18 rounds. ^[3] At the end of the season N.A.B. SC disbanded, the other nine teams were all promoted to the second division of South Australian football and were joined by the bottom six teams from the FFSA Super League to form a new second tier competition, which had adopted the name "FFSA State League". The new competition was to be run parallel with the other second divisions of state level football around Australia.

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	West Adelaide (P)	18	15	0	3	67	21	+46	45	Promoted to the 2013 FFSA State League
2	Adelaide Hills Hawks (P)	18	13	3	2	60	20	+40	42
3	The Cove (P)	18	12	4	2	42	19	+23	40
4	Northern Demons (P)	18	12	2	4	42	22	+20	38
5	Western Toros (P)	18	7	4	7	34	32	+2	25
6	Noarlunga United (P)	18	7	2	9	33	30	+3	23
7	Seaford Rangers (P)	18	4	3	11	33	41	−8	15
8	N.A.B.	18	3	5	10	35	44	−9	14	Disbanded at end of season and were replaced
9	Gawler Eagles (P)	18	2	2	14	17	89	−72	8	Promoted to the 2013 FFSA State League
10	Sturt Lions (P)	18	2	1	15	15	60	−45	7

Source: ^{[ citation needed ]}
(P) Promoted

2012 Women's Premier League

Women's Premier League

Season	2012
Premiers	Adelaide City FC
← 2011 2013 →

The highest tier domestic football competition in South Australia for women was known for sponsorship reasons as the Adelaide Airport Women's Premier League. The 10 teams played a double round-robin for a total of 18 games.

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Adelaide City (C)	18	15	1	2	64	9	+55	46
2	Adelaide University	18	15	1	2	85	21	+64	46
3	Metro United	18	14	2	2	78	13	+65	44
4	Fulham United	18	11	2	5	70	39	+31	35
5	Cumberland United	18	7	3	8	49	34	+15	24
6	Para Hills Knights	18	6	4	8	29	24	+5	22
7	FFSA U14/15s	18	6	0	12	41	70	−29	18
8	Flinders Flames	18	3	3	12	15	62	−47	12
9	Western Toros	18	3	2	13	28	91	−63	11
10	Sturt Marion	18	0	1	17	13	109	−96	1

Source: sportstg.com
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champion

See also

• 2012 FFSA Premier League
• 2012 FFSA Super League
• 2012 FFSA State League
• National Premier Leagues South Australia
• Football Federation South Australia

References

1. "South Australian Super League 2012 - Fixtures" . Retrieved 22 September 2012.
2. "South Australian Premier League 2012 - Fixtures" . Retrieved 14 May 2014.
3. "South Australian State League 2012 - Fixtures" . Retrieved 15 May 2014.