2015 FFSA season

Last updated
Football Federation South Australia
Season2015
Champions West Adelaide
2014
2016

The 2015 Football Federation South Australia season was the 109th season of soccer in South Australia, and the third under the National Premier Leagues format.

Contents

League tables

2015 National Premier Leagues SA

NPL South Australia
Season2015
Champions West Adelaide
Premiers West Adelaide
Relegated Port Adelaide Pirates, Modbury Jets, White City, Para Hills Knights
Matches played182
Goals scored611 (3.36 per match)
Top goalscorer Michael Matricciani (22 goals)
Biggest home win Adelaide Blue Eagles 6−0 Modbury Jets
(19 February 2015)
West Adelaide 7−1 Modbury Jets
(18 April 2015)
Biggest away win Adelaide Comets 1−8 Adelaide City
(11 April 2015)
Highest scoring9 goals Adelaide Comets 1−8 Adelaide City
(11 April 2015)
2014
2016

The National Premier League South Australia 2015 season was played over 26 rounds, from February to August 2015.

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification or relegation
1 West Adelaide (C)2614935226+2651 2015 National Premier Leagues Finals
2 Adelaide Blue Eagles 2614845528+2750 2015 South Australia Finals
3 West Torrens Birkalla 2615475740+1749
4 Croydon Kings 2614664938+1148
5 Adelaide City 2614486939+3046
6 Campbelltown City 2613764436+846
7 North Eastern MetroStars 2611694437+739
8 Adelaide Comets 261111434491534
9 South Adelaide 26861242561430
10 Adelaide Raiders 2683154345227
11 Port Adelaide Pirates (R)26761337561927Qualification to the 2015 Relegation play-offs
12 Modbury Jets (R)26761329552627Relegation to the 2016 SA State League 1
13 White City (R)262111326482217
14 Para Hills Knights (R)26351830562614
Source: foxsportspulse.com
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champion; (R) Relegated

Results

Home \ Away ABE ACI ACM ARA CAM CRO MOD NOR PAR PAP SOU WEA WTB WHI
Adelaide Blue Eagles 1–12–02–01–21–46–01–04–25–22–00–04–01–1
Adelaide City 1–40–12–14–06–11–31–14–11–15–12–33–03–3
Adelaide Comets 0–31–82–13–41–31–21–21–00–14–32–21–42–0
Adelaide Raiders 1–11–30–13–13–11–13–02–10–31–21–21–32–2
Campbelltown City 1–10–41–02–10–14–01–23–31–13–10–01–01–0
Croydon Kings 1–12–03–11–20–11–12–12–12–01–11–31–04–1
Modbury Jets 2–11–21–54–21–30–40–23–01–31–10–01–21–0
North Eastern MetroStars 2–34–31–01–00–01–12–03–04–22–40–22–32–2
Para Hills Knights 1–21–20–14–32–52–41–12–02–40–11–11–20–0
Port Adelaide Pirates 1–10–41–21–62–52–42–20–41–01–22–41–33–0
South Adelaide 1–22–31–01–42–30–01–01–43–12–23–23–30–2
West Adelaide 1–13–21–21–01–16–17–11–00–13–03–24–21–1
West Torrens Birkalla 3–13–24–03–03–13–33–01–13–21–24–10–04–2
White City 1–40–21–20–40–00–10–23–31–11–13–30–12–0
Updated to match(es) played on 15 August 2015. Source: [1]
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Leading Goalscorers

RankPlayerClubGoals [2]
1 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Michael Matricciani Campbelltown City 22
2 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Tom Briscoe West Adelaide 20
3 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Kym Harris Adelaide Blue Eagles 19
4 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Elvis Kamsoba Adelaide Raiders 15
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Nicholas Bucco Adelaide City
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Ryan Kitto West Torrens Birkalla
7 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Anthony Costa Adelaide City 14
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Paul Radice West Torrens Birkalla

Finals

Elimination finalsSemifinalsPreliminary finalGrand final
1 Adelaide Blue Eagles 1 Adelaide Blue Eagles 0
2 West Adelaide 1 West Adelaide 3
West Adelaide 5
3 West Torrens Birkalla 0 (5)
West Torrens Birkalla 2
6 Campbelltown City 0 (4)
West Torrens Birkalla 1
Adelaide City 0
4 Croydon Kings 1 (1)
5 Adelaide City 1 (3)

Promotion/Relegation Play-off

Adelaide Olympic 1–1 Port Adelaide Pirates
Port Adelaide Pirates 0–4 Adelaide Olympic

2015 NPL State League

NPL State League
Season2015
Promoted Adelaide United Youth, Adelaide Olympic
Relegated Adelaide Cobras, Seaford Rangers, Noarlunga United, Northern Demons, Eastern United, Gawler
Matches played240
Goals scored1,005 (4.19 per match)
Top goalscorerDonovan Pollock (34 goals)
Biggest home win Adelaide United Youth 13−0 Eastern United
(21 June 2015)
Biggest away win Gawler 0−8 Playford City
(30 May 2015)
Highest scoring Adelaide United Youth 12−3 Adelaide Victory
(29 August 2015)
2014
2016

The 2015 NPL State League was the third edition of the new NPL State League as the second level domestic association football competition in South Australia (and third level within Australia overall). 16 teams competed, all playing each other twice for a total of 30 rounds, with the league and playoff winners at the end of the year promoted to the 2016 National Premier Leagues South Australia.

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification or relegation
1 Adelaide United Youth (P)30213611233+7966Promoted to the 2016 National Premier Leagues South Australia
2 Adelaide Olympic (P)3021365935+2466Qualified for the 2015 Promotion play-offs
3 Cumberland United 3020559240+5265
4 The Cove 3018668448+3660 [lower-alpha 1]
5 Western Strikers 3017496740+2755
6 Adelaide Victory 30164107058+1252
7 Adelaide Hills Hawks 3014887359+1450
8 Playford City 30154118250+3249
9 Sturt Lions 30128106246+1644
10 Salisbury United 30127115546+943 [lower-alpha 1]
11 Adelaide Cobras (R)301041661771634Relegation to the 2016 NPL State League 2
12 Seaford Rangers (R)301021852903832
13 Noarlunga United (R)30841840662628
14 Northern Demons (R)30841838693128
15 Eastern United (R)304125311067513
16 Gawler Eagles (R)300129271421151
Source: socceraust.co.uk
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(P) Promoted; (R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. 1 2 Match involving Salisbury and The Cove was abandoned. The FFSA later awarded Salisbury the win and 3 points.

Results

Home \ Away ACB AHH AOL AUN AVC TCV CUM ESU GAW NLU NTD PLC SBU SFR STU WES
Adelaide Cobras 3–43–10–34–31–10–23–25–33–20–13–41–02–00–44–1
Adelaide Hills Hawks 2–00–10–43–43–21–02–01–13–12–11–10–05–12–21–3
Adelaide Olympic 2–03–31–01–20–11–15–12–03–12–04–32–12–12–01–0
Adelaide United Youth 3–36–23–012–33–05–313–07–04–18–05–05–05–11–11–2
Adelaide Victory 4–11–12–30–21–20–42–09–33–03–02–13–15–11–11–0
The Cove 6–11–26–12–04–42–25–110–01–03–24–32–14–02–23–2
Cumberland United 3–12–20–22–12–11–23–010–25–25–14–24–28–04–20–1
Eastern United 3–41–60–11–23–41–10–53–21–43–10–60–40–22–51–2
Gawler Eagles 0–61–61–61–40–22–61–21–20–30–20–80–42–41–41–5
Noarlunga United 1–03–22–41–00–22–20–40–23–21–22–21–33–10–10–0
Northern Demons 5–04–30–20–20–21–32–22–12–00–31–22–21–02–23–3
Playford City 3–11–10–10–31–25–11–18–12–04–15–03–07–01–03–1
Salisbury United 2–13–41–13–11–13–02–44–02–15–12–02–31–13–10–0
Seaford Rangers 5–53–61–03–52–10–42–53–14–12–04–24–22–32–33–2
Sturt Lions 3–33–41–22–31–02–31–25–18–01–12–02–10–01–01–3
Western Strikers 4–33–11–31–14–22–11–21–010–14–12–13–02–04–00–1
Updated to match(es) played on 29 August 2015. Source: [3]
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Leading Goalscorers

Correct as of conclusion of Round 30

RankPlayerClubGoals
1 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Doni Pollock Adelaide United Youth 34
2 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Fausto Erba Adelaide Olympic 32
3 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Matthew Gaston Playford City Patriots 26
4 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Shomari Sabatho Playford City Patriots 22
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Oliver Grant The Cove 22

2015 SA Regional Leagues

AssociationChampions
Collegiate Soccer League Rostrevor Old Collegians
Port Lincoln Soccer Association South Coast
Riverland Soccer Association Barmera United
Western Border Football Association International Mount Gambier

2015 Women's Premier League

Women's Premier League
Season2015
PremiersMetro United
2014
2016

This was the last season of the Premier League format before the introduction of the NPL. The 9 teams played a double round-robin for a total of 16 games.

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPts
1Metro United (C)1614119517+7843
2 Adelaide City 1613124613+3340
3 West Adelaide 1610154822+2631
4 Fulham United 167363538324
5 Adelaide University 167365157624
6 Para Hills Knights 166373033321
7Sturt Marion165383837+118
8 Cumberland United 1611141647314
9FFSA U15s16101511106953
Source: sportstg.com
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champion

Cup Competitions

2015 Federation Cup

South Australian soccer clubs competed in 2015 for the Federation Cup . Clubs entered from the NPL SA, the State League 1 and State League 2.

This knockout competition was won by Croydon Kings.

The competition also served as the South Australian Preliminary Rounds for the 2015 FFA Cup. In addition to the Croydon Kings, North Eastern MetroStars (as the 2014 National Premier Leagues Champion), and the A-League club Adelaide United qualified for the final rounds, entering at the Round of 32.

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