2015 Capital Football season

Capital Football

Season	2015
Champions	Canberra Olympic
Cup winners	Gungahlin United
Premiers	Canberra FC
← 2014 2016 →

The 2015 Capital Football season was the third season under the new competition format in the Australian Capital Territory. The overall premier for the new structure qualified for the National Premier Leagues finals series, competing with the other state federation champions in a final knockout tournament to decide the National Premier Leagues Champion for 2015.

League Tables

2015 National Premier League ACT

NPL Capital Football

Season	2015
Champions	Canberra Olympic
Premiers	Canberra FC
Matches	64
Goals	303 (4.73 per match)
Top goalscorer	Alex Oloriegbe Thomas James (19 goals)
← 2014 2016 →

The 2015 National Premier League ACT season was played over 18 rounds, from April to August 2015.

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Canberra	16	11	3	2	53	27	+26	36	2015 National Premier Leagues Finals
2	Tigers FC	16	12	1	3	52	27	+25	34 [a]	2015 ACT Finals
3	Belconnen United	16	10	4	2	38	24	+14	34
4	FFA Centre of Excellence	16	8	4	4	38	30	+8	28
5	Canberra Olympic (C)	16	7	4	5	38	21	+17	25	2015 ACT Finals
6	Gungahlin United	16	7	4	5	33	30	+3	25
7	Woden Weston	16	3	2	11	20	40	−20	11
8	Monaro Panthers	16	2	2	12	19	48	−29	8
9	Tuggeranong United	16	0	0	16	12	56	−44	0

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

1. Tigers FC were penalised three competition points due to a breach of NPL playing roster conditions. ^[1]

Finals

	Semi-finals					Preliminary Final					Grand Final
	1	Canberra	2								1	Canberra	1
	2	Tigers FC	1								5	Canberra Olympic	3
						2	Tigers FC	1
						5	Canberra Olympic	4
	3	Belconnen United	2
	5	Canberra Olympic	4

Top Scorers

Rank	Player	Club	Goals [2]
1	Alex Oloriegbe	Tigers FC	19
	Thomas James	Canberra FC
3	Julian Borgna	Tigers FC	11
4	Philippe Bernabo-Madrid	Canberra Olympic	10
5	Robert Cattanach	Canberra Olympic	9
6	Aisosa Ihegie	Belconnen United	8
	Callum Smith	Canberra Olympic
	Jason Ugrinic	Belconnen United
	Nicholas Panetta	FFA Centre of Excellence

2015 ACT Capital League

Capital League

Season	2015
Champions	ANU FC
Premiers	Monaro Panthers B
Matches	64
Goals	234 (3.66 per match)
Top goalscorer	Olaide Yinka-Kehinde (16 goals)
← 2014 2016 →

The 2015 ACT Capital League was the third edition of the new Capital League as the second level domestic association football competition in the ACT. 9 teams competed, all playing each other twice for a total of 16 matches.

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Monaro Panthers B	16	12	2	2	42	21	+21	38	2015 ACT Capital League Finals
2	ANU FC (C)	16	10	4	2	48	21	+27	34
3	Tuggeranong United B	16	8	3	5	34	26	+8	27
4	White Eagles	16	7	4	5	31	19	+12	25
5	Narrabundah	16	5	4	7	26	26	0	19
6	Queanbeyan City	16	4	5	7	20	31	−11	17
7	Canberra Olympic B	16	3	8	5	20	34	−14	17
8	O'Connor Knights	16	3	4	9	20	43	−23	13
9	ADFA Vikings	16	1	4	11	11	31	−20	7

Source: sportstg.com
(C) Champions

Finals

	Semi-finals					Preliminary Final					Grand Final
	1	Monaro Panthers B	1								ANU FC		1(4)
	2	ANU FC	3								White Eagles		1(3)
						Monaro Panthers B		0
						White Eagles		6
	3	Tuggeranong B	0
	4	White Eagles	4

2015 Capital Football Division 1

Capital Football Division 1

Season	2015
Champions	Belconnen United B
Premiers	Weston Molonglo B
Matches	90
Goals	356 (3.96 per match)
Top goalscorer	William Nichols (20 Goals)
← 2014 2016 →

The 2015 ACT Capital Football Division 1 was the first edition of the new Capital League Division 1 as the third level domestic association football competition in the ACT. 10 teams competed, all playing each team twice for a total of 18 rounds.

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Weston Molonglo B	18	13	2	3	55	19	+36	41	2015 Capital Football Division 1 Finals
2	Belconnen United B (C)	18	13	0	5	50	27	+23	39
3	Lanyon United	18	12	2	4	43	20	+23	38
4	UC Pumas	18	11	2	5	41	27	+14	35
5	Canberra City	18	11	1	6	39	34	+5	34
6	ANU FC C	18	6	5	7	39	36	+3	23
7	Goulburn Stags	17	5	3	9	26	33	−7	18
8	Canberra Olympic C	17	4	4	9	32	37	−5	16
9	Burns FC	18	3	1	14	18	52	−34	10
10	Goulburn Strikers	18	0	2	16	13	71	−58	2

Source: sportstg.com
(C) Champions

^NBOne match was postponed and subsequently could not be played.

Finals

	Semi-finals					Preliminary Final					Grand Final
	1	Weston Molonglo B	0								Belconnen Utd B		4
	2	Belconnen Utd B	4								UC Pumas		0
						Weston Molonglo B		2
						UC Pumas		3
	3	Lanyon United	0
	4	UC Pumas	1

2015 Women's Capital League and Division 1

Capital Football
Women's Capital League
and Division 1

Season	2015
Champions	UC Pumas (Div1) Weston Molonglo (CL)
Premiers	Weston Molonglo
Matches	90
Goals	328 (3.64 per match)
Top goalscorer	Lee Dickson (28 goals)
← 2014 2016 →

2015 saw a combined Capital (CL) and Division One (Div1) league for the women with the two divisions splitting into separate finals post the regular season.

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Weston Molonglo	18	15	2	1	69	16	+53	47	2015 CL Finals
2	Olympic Blue	18	14	3	1	67	17	+50	45
3	UC Pumas	18	12	2	4	48	25	+23	38	2015 Div1 Finals
4	Belwest	18	7	4	7	23	25	−2	25
5	Belconnen United	18	6	4	8	28	39	−11	22	2015 CL Finals
6	Gungahlin United	18	5	5	8	33	32	+1	20
7	ANU (Div1)	18	5	3	10	21	44	−23	18	2015 Div1 Finals
8	ANU (CL)	18	4	5	9	19	24	−5	17
9	Goulburn Strikers	18	4	2	12	10	44	−34	14	2015 Div1 Finals
10	Tuggeranong United	18	2	2	14	15	62	−47	8

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

CL Finals

	Semi-finals					Grand Final
	1	Weston Molonglo	2
	4	Gungahlin United	0
						1	Weston Molonglo	2
						2	Olympic Blue	0
	2	Olympic Blue	2
	3	Belconnen United	0

Div 1 Finals

	Semi-finals					Grand Final
	1	UC Pumas	5
	4	Goulburn Strikers	1
						1	UC Pumas	2
						2	Belwest	1
	2	Belwest	2
	3	ANU (Div1)	0

Cup Competitions

2015 Federation Cup

2015 Federation Cup

Tournament details
Dates	14 April – 20 June 2015
Teams	17
Defending champions	Belconnen United
Final positions
Champions	Gungahlin United (8th title, 1st as GUFC)
Runners-up	Belconnen United
Tournament statistics
Matches played	17
Goals scored	81 (4.76 per match)
←  2014 2016  →

2015 was the 53rd edition of the Capital Football Federation Cup. The Federation cup acts as the preliminary rounds for the FFA Cup in the ACT with the Cup winner entering the subsequent FFA Cup round of 32. In 2015, the Federation Cup, which is open to all senior men's teams registered with Capital Football, consisted of two rounds, quarter-finals, semi-finals and a final. NPL clubs entered the tournament in the second round. The Cup ran from 14 April 2015 (first round) till 20 June 2015 (final). Gungahlin clinched the 2015 Cup with a 1–0 victory in extra time over Belconnen, with Daniel Barac scoring the winning goal. ^[3]

2015 Capital Football Federation Cup
Tie no	Home team (tier)	Score	Away team (tier)
Round 1
1	Brindabella Blues (6)	2–1	Goulburn Strikers (4)
2	Canberra City (4)	2–9	ANU FC (3)
3	Narrabundah FC (3)	5–2	O'Connor Knights (3)
Round 2
1	Narrabundah FC (3)	0–5	Gungahlin United (2)
2	Lanyon United (4)	0–5	Monaro Panthers (2)
3	Brindabella Blues (6)	0–6	Canberra Olympic (2)
4	Woden Weston (2)	2–5 ( a.e.t. )	Tuggeranong United (2)
5	ANU FC (3)	1–0	Queanbeyan City (3)
6	Tigers FC (2)	4–3	Canberra FC (2)
7	White Eagles (3)	3–0	Weston-Molonglo (4)
Quarter-finals
1	Gungahlin United (2)	2–1	Canberra Olympic (2)
2	Tigers FC (2)	4–1	White Eagles (3)
3	Monaro Panthers (2)	2–3	Tuggeranong United (2)
4	ANU FC (3)	1–5	Belconnen United (2)
Semi-finals
1	Tuggeranong United (2)	1–2	Belconnen United (2)
2	Tigers FC (2)	0–3	Gungahlin United (2)
Final
1	Belconnen United (2)	0–1 ( a.e.t. )	Gungahlin United (2)

See also

• Australia portal
• Association football portal

• Soccer in the Australian Capital Territory
• Sport in the Australian Capital Territory

References

1. "Cooma Tigers lose Canberra NPL competition points for playing-roster breach". Canberra Times. 4 June 2015. Retrieved 23 August 2015.
2. "PS4 NPL – Capital Football Scoring Summary". Fox Sports Pulse. Retrieved 26 September 2015.
3. Gaskin, Lee (2015-06-20). "Football: Gungahlin United into FFA Cup after beating Belconnen United 1–0 in extra-time". The Canberra Times . Retrieved 2019-02-09.