2015 Football West season

Football West Season 2015
League	National Premier Leagues Western Australia
Sport	Association football
Duration	2015
NPL WA League Season
Premiers	Bayswater City
2015 State Cup
Cup Winners	Sorrento
Football West seasons
←  2014 2016  →

The 2015 Football West season was the second season under the new competition format in Western Australia. 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.

Pre-season changes

2014 League	Promoted to league	Relegated from league
NPL WA	–	–
State League 1	Joondalup United	Wanneroo City
State League 2	–	–
Women's State League	Quinns	Cockburn City

League tables

2015 National Premier Leagues WA

The 2015 National Premier Leagues WA season was played over 22 rounds. This year there was no Finals series, instead with Bayswater City – as the Premiers – competing in the 2015 National Premier Leagues Finals. ^[1]

Bayswater City completed the league season undefeated, the first occurrence since Floreat Athena achieved the feat in 2007.

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Bayswater City (C)	22	19	3	0	64	21	+43	60	2015 National Premier Leagues Finals
2	Perth SC	22	16	2	4	50	23	+27	50
3	Floreat Athena	22	15	3	4	61	34	+27	48
4	Sorrento	22	12	3	7	41	31	+10	39
5	Cockburn City	22	9	3	10	41	50	−9	30
6	Balcatta	22	8	3	11	44	44	0	27
7	Inglewood United	22	8	3	11	28	46	−18	27
8	Stirling Lions	22	8	2	12	42	55	−13	26
9	Subiaco AFC	22	6	2	14	27	36	−9	20
10	ECU Joondalup	22	5	4	13	37	55	−18	19
11	Perth Glory Youth	22	5	3	14	33	48	−15	18
12	Armadale	22	4	3	15	29	54	−25	15

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

Top Scorers

Rank	Player	Club	Goals [2]
1	Gustavo Giron Marulanda	Bayswater City	22
2	Rory Patterson	Cockburn City	20
3	Lewis McMahon	Floreat Athena	14
4	David Heagney	Bayswater City	13
	Ludovic Boi	Floreat Athena
	Tommy Amphlett	ECU Joondalup
7	Mark Pritchard	Perth SC	11

2015 WA State League Division 1

Football West State League Division 1

Season	2015
Champions	Mandurah City
Relegated	Morley-Windmills Swan United
Top goalscorer	–
← 2014 2016 →

The 2015 WA State League Division 1 Season is the second tier domestic football competition in Western Australia. The 12 teams play each other twice, for a total of 22 rounds. Mandurah City were Champions, but didn't meet all of the Football West eligibility criteria to be promoted to the 2016 NPL competition.

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Mandurah City (C)	22	16	4	2	68	27	+41	52
2	Ashfield	22	16	1	5	59	24	+35	49
3	Joondalup United	22	13	4	5	49	28	+21	43
4	Shamrock Rovers	22	12	6	4	59	28	+31	42
5	Western Knights	22	10	4	8	42	35	+7	34
6	Dianella White Eagles	22	12	3	7	49	38	+11	39
7	South West Phoenix	22	7	8	7	36	40	−4	29
8	Gosnells City	22	8	1	13	43	46	−3	25
9	UWA-Nedlands	22	8	1	13	43	67	−24	25
10	Canning City	22	5	2	15	36	57	−21	17
11	Morley-Windmills (R)	22	2	5	15	20	61	−41	11	Qualification to the 2015 relegation play-off
12	Swan United (R)	22	2	3	17	24	77	−53	9	Relegation to the 2016 State League Division 2

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

Promotion/relegation play-off

29 September 2015

Rockingham City	2–1	Morley-Windmills SC
	Report

2 October 2015

Morley-Windmills SC	2–2	Rockingham City (Promoted)

2015 WA State League Division 2

Football West State League Division 2

Season	2015
Champions	Forrestfield United
Promoted	Forrestfield United Rockingham City
Top goalscorer	–
← 2014 2016 →

The 2015 WA State League Division 2 Season is the third tier domestic football competition in Western Australia. The 12 teams play each other twice, for a total of 22 rounds. The top team at the end of the year is promoted to the 2016 WA State League Division 1.

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Forrestfield United (C, P)	22	19	1	2	89	16	+73	58	Promotion to the 2016 State League Division 1
2	Rockingham City (P)	22	17	3	2	61	15	+46	54	Qualification to the 2015 promotion play-off
3	Fremantle City	22	13	2	7	67	25	+42	41
4	Wanneroo City	22	10	5	7	55	38	+17	35
5	Balga	22	11	2	9	46	58	−12	35
6	Olympic Kingsway	22	9	7	6	47	42	+5	34
7	Joondalup City	22	9	4	9	44	33	+11	31
8	Quinns	22	8	3	11	40	59	−19	27
9	Melville City	22	8	2	12	40	47	−7	26
10	Curtin University	22	6	5	11	31	46	−15	23
11	Ellenbrook United	22	4	1	17	25	62	−37	13
12	Kelmscott Roos	22	0	1	21	18	122	−104	1

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

2015 Women's State League Premier Division

Football West Women's State League

Season	2015
Champions	Northern Redbacks (13th title)
Relegated	UWA-Nedlands
Top goalscorer	–
← 2014 2016 →

The highest tier domestic football competition in Western Australia is known as the BankWest Women's State League Premier Division for sponsorship reasons. The 8 teams play each other three times, for a total of 21 rounds, and with a promotion/relegation system for the bottom team with the State League Division 1. Beckenham Angels won the Women's State Cup.

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Northern Redbacks (C)	21	17	2	2	100	21	+79	53
2	Beckenham Angels	21	17	1	3	100	18	+82	52
3	Queen's Park	21	14	2	5	53	24	+29	44
4	Football West NTC U-19	21	10	4	7	48	38	+10	34
5	Melville City	21	8	4	9	43	36	+7	28
6	Quinns	21	5	1	15	32	98	−66	16
7	Balcatta	21	2	5	14	29	74	−45	11
8	UWA-Nedlands (R)	21	1	1	19	7	103	−96	4	Relegation to the 2016 State League Division 1

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

2015 Cool Ridge Cup

Main article: 2015 WA State Challenge Cup

Western Australian soccer clubs competed in 2015 for the Football West State Cup , known that year as the Cool Ridge Cup for sponsorship reasons. 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 2015 Sunday League competition, and from regional teams invited from the South West, Goldfields, Great Southern and Midwest regions. ^{[3] [4]}

This knockout competition was won by Sorrento, their 3rd title. ^[5]

The competition also served as the Western Australian Preliminary Rounds for the 2015 FFA Cup. In addition to the A-League club Perth Glory, the two finalists – Perth SC and Sorrento FC – qualified for the final rounds of the 2015 FFA Cup, entering at the Round of 32, where they were both eliminated.

References

1. "Football West 2015 Calendar" (PDF). www.footballwest.com.au. 21 February 2015. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 November 2014. Retrieved 17 January 2015.
2. "PS4 NPL WA Scoring Summary". Fox Sports Pulse. Retrieved 26 September 2015.
3. "FFA Cup – Football West". footballwest.com.au. Retrieved 4 February 2015.
4. "FFA Cup romance reaching out to regions". footballwest.com.au. Retrieved 5 February 2015.
5. "Report: Harnwell signs off in Gulls Cup win". www.footballwest.com.au. 12 September 2015. Retrieved 13 September 2015.