2018 Capital Football season

Capital Football

Season	2018
Champions	Canberra FC
Cup Winners	Canberra FC
Premiers	Canberra FC
← 2017 2019 →

The 2018 Capital Football season was the sixth season under the new competition format in the Australian Capital Territory. The league premier for the new structure qualifies for the National Premier Leagues finals series, competing with the other state federation premiers in a final knockout tournament to decide the National Premier Leagues Champion for 2018.

League Tables

2018 National Premier League ACT

NPL Capital Football

Season	2018
Champions	Canberra FC
Premiers	Canberra FC
Matches	72
Goals	279 (3.88 per match)
Top goalscorer	Nicolas Villafane Thomas James (19 goals)
Biggest home win	7–0 Canberra Olympic vs Tigers FC 15 August 2018
Biggest away win	0–7 Riverina Rhinos vs Tigers FC 12 May 2018
Highest scoring	7–2 Canberra FC vs Tigers FC 6 May 2018
← 2017 2019 →

The 2018 National Premier League ACT season was played over 18 rounds from March to August 2018. ^[1] The league ran with nine teams after the FFA cut funding to the FFA Centre of Excellence, which wound up following the conclusion of the 2017 season. ^[2]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Canberra (C)	16	12	2	2	46	13	+33	38	2018 National Premier Leagues Finals
2	Canberra Olympic	16	11	0	5	40	21	+19	33	2018 ACT Finals
3	Tigers FC	16	9	1	6	41	38	+3	28
4	Tuggeranong United	16	8	2	6	32	32	0	26
5	Belconnen United	16	7	3	6	30	29	+1	24
6	Woden-Weston	16	4	6	6	32	36	−4	18
7	Gungahlin United	16	4	4	8	21	25	−4	16
8	Riverina Rhinos	16	5	1	10	20	39	−19	16
9	Monaro Panthers	16	1	3	12	17	46	−29	6

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

Finals

	Semi-finals					Preliminary Final					Grand Final
	1	Canberra FC	3								2	Canberra Olympic	1
	2	Canberra Olympic	5								1	Canberra FC	2
						1	Canberra FC	5
						3	Tigers FC	0
	3	Tigers FC (pen.)	2 (3)
	4	Tuggeranong United	2 (2)

Top Scorers

Reference: ^[3]

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Nicolas Villafane	Tigers FC	19
2	Thomas James	Canberra FC
3	Michael John	Canberra Olympic	12
4	Olaide Yinka-Kehinde	Woden-Weston FC
5	Aisosa Ihegie	Tuggeranong United	10
6	Mark Shields	Tigers FC	9
7	Daniel Barac	Belconnen United	8
8	Samuel Smith	Monaro Panthers
9	Domenic Giampaolo	Canberra Olympic	6
10	Kofi Danning	Canberra FC

2018 ACT Capital League

Capital League

Season	2018
Champions	ANU FC
Premiers	Queanbeyan City
Matches	90
Goals	370 (4.11 per match)
Top goalscorer	Andrew Sellers (22 goals)
Biggest home win	12–2 ANU FC vs Southern Tablelands 8 April 2018
Biggest away win	0–11 Monaro Panthers vs Weston Molonglo 30 June 2018
Highest scoring	14 goals (see biggest home win)
← 2017 2019 →

The 2018 ACT Capital League is the sixth edition of the Capital League as the second level domestic association football competition in the ACT. There were 18 rounds in total with five matches contested per round. The season started on 7 April 2018 and ran until 12 August 2018. ^[4]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Queanbeyan City	18	12	3	3	38	17	+21	39	2018 ACT Capital League Finals
2	White Eagles	18	12	2	4	52	24	+28	38
3	Weston Molonglo	18	10	3	5	60	27	+33	33
4	ANU FC (C)	18	10	3	5	53	21	+32	33
5	O'Connor Knights	18	10	3	5	37	24	+13	33
6	Southern Tablelands United	18	6	2	10	28	57	−29	20
7	Brindabella Blues	18	5	3	10	32	52	−20	18
8	Narrabundah	18	4	3	11	20	45	−25	15
9	Monaro Panthers B	18	4	3	11	22	50	−28	15
10	Canberra Olympic B	18	4	1	13	28	53	−25	13

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

Finals

	Semi-finals					Preliminary Final					Grand Final
	1	Queanbeyan City	2								1	White Eagles	1
	2	White Eagles	3								2	ANU FC	6
						1	Queanbeyan City	1 (2)
						2	ANU FC	1 (4)
	3	Weston Molonglo	1
	4	ANU FC	2

2018 Capital Football Division 1

Capital Football Division 1

Season	2018
Champions	ADFA Vikings
Premiers	Tigers FC
Matches	72
Goals	303 (4.21 per match)
Top goalscorer	Samuel Isabella (25 goals)
Biggest home win	13–0 ADFA Vikings vs Woden Valley 28 April 2018
Biggest away win	5 goals (2 times)
Highest scoring	4–8 Woden Valley vs Belconnen United B 4 August 2018
← 2017 2019 →

The 2018 ACT Capital Football Division 1 is the fourth edition of the Capital League Division 1 as the third level domestic association football competition in the ACT. The 2018 season consisted of 18 rounds with four matches played per round. The season started on 7 April 2018 and ran until 11 August 2018. ^[4]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Tigers FC	18	12	3	3	48	27	+21	39	2018 Capital Football Division 1 Finals
2	Belconnen United B	18	11	2	5	46	28	+18	35
3	ADFA Vikings (C)	18	10	3	5	57	22	+35	33
4	Narrabundah B	18	10	0	8	38	30	+8	30
5	UC Pumas	18	7	4	7	34	29	+5	25
6	ANU FC B	18	6	3	9	27	35	−8	21
7	Lanyon United	18	3	5	10	27	43	−16	14
8	Woden Valley	18	1	4	13	26	89	−63	7

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

Finals

	Semi-finals					Preliminary Final					Grand Final
	1	Tigers FC	3								1	Tigers FC	0
	2	Belconnen United B	1								2	ADFA Vikings	2
						1	Belconnen United B	1
						2	ADFA Vikings	3
	3	ADFA Vikings	4
	4	Narrabundah B	3

2018 Women's National Premier League ACT

NPLW Capital Football

Season	2018
Champions	Belconnen United
Premiers	Belconnen United
Matches	84
Goals	380 (4.52 per match)
Top goalscorer	Aoife Colvill (42 goals)
Biggest home win	16–0 Belconnen United vs Monaro Panthers 19 May 2018
Biggest away win	7 goals (2 times)
Highest scoring	16 goals (see biggest home win)
← 2017 2019 →

The highest tier domestic football competition in the ACT is known as the ACT Women's National Premier League (WNPL). Each team played each other three times for a total of 21 rounds, plus a finals series for the top 4 teams.

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Belconnen United (C)	21	20	1	0	86	6	+80	61	2018 ACT WNPL Finals
2	Canberra United Academy	21	15	1	5	92	38	+54	46
3	Canberra FC	21	14	2	5	47	25	+22	44
4	Canberra Olympic	21	10	1	10	65	57	+8	31
5	Gungahlin United	21	8	4	9	30	34	−4	28
6	Woden-Weston FC	21	6	2	13	32	58	−26	20
7	Monaro Panthers	21	5	0	16	17	86	−69	15
8	Tuggeranong United	21	0	1	20	11	73	−62	1

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

Finals

	Semi-finals					Preliminary Final					Grand Final
	1	Belconnen United	5								Belconnen United		3
	2	CU Academy	2								Canberra FC		1
						CU Academy		2
						Canberra FC		3
	3	Canberra FC	2
	4	Canberra Olympic	0

Cup Competitions

2018 Federation Cup

2018 Federation Cup

Tournament details
Dates	18 March – 16 June 2018
Teams	23
Defending champions	Canberra Olympic
Final positions
Champions	Canberra FC (18th title)
Runners-up	Gungahlin United
Tournament statistics
Matches played	22
Goals scored	95 (4.32 per match)
←  2017 2019  →

2018 was the 56th 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 2018, 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 18 March 2018 (first round) till 16 June 2018 (final). Canberra FC secured its 18th cup title and qualification to the 2018 FFA Cup with a 3–2 victory over Gungahlin with former Sydney FC player Kofi Danning scoring the winning goal at Woden Park. ^[5]

2018 Capital Football Federation Cup
Tie no	Home team (tier)	Score	Away team (tier)
Round 1
1	Gundaroo FC (6)	2–3†	UC Pumas (4)
2	Southern Tablelands United (3)	2–0	Woden Valley (4)
Southern Tablelands United removed from competition for fielding an ineligible player.
3	ANU FC (3)	3–1	White Eagles (3)
4	Queanbeyan City (3)	5–0	Narrabundah FC (3)
5	Burns FC (6)	w/o	Tigers FC (4)
Walkover for Burns FC – Tigers FC removed.
6	Gungahlin Juventus (6)	2–0	Brindabella Blues (4)
7	O'Connor Knights (3)	2–0	Weston-Molonglo (3)
Round 2
1	Queanbeyan City (3)	1–2	Gungahlin United (2)
2	UC Pumas (4)	0–5	Belconnen United (2)
3	Tuggeranong United (2)	1–2	Woden Weston FC (2)
4	Burns FC (6)	1–4	Gungahlin Juventus (6)
5	ANU FC (3)	2–4†	Canberra FC (2)
6	Canberra Olympic (2)	1–0	Tigers FC (2)
7	Riverina Rhinos (2)	0–1	Monaro Panthers (2)
8	Woden Valley (4)	0–9	O'Connor Knights (3)
Quarter-finals
1	Belconnen United (2)	8–5	O'Connor Knights (3)
2	Gungahlin United (2)	6–0	Gungahlin Juventus (6)
3	Monaro Panthers (2)	2–4	Woden Weston FC (2)
4	Canberra FC (2)	2–0	Canberra Olympic (2)
Semi-finals
1	Canberra FC (2)	3–0	Belconnen United (2)
2	Gungahlin United (2)	4–3†	Woden Weston FC (2)
Final
1	Gungahlin United (2)	2–3	Canberra FC (2)

Notes:

• † = After Extra Time

2018 Charity Shield

2018 was the third edition of the annual ACT Charity Shield contested to kick off the 2018 Capital Football season. Money raised from the event goes towards a nominated charity, which in 2018 was Ronald McDonald House Canberra. Canberra Olympic and Tuggeranong United contested the Shield in 2018. ^[6] Olympic claimed its second consecutive Charity Shield title with a 3–1 victory. ^[7]

Canberra Olympic v Tuggeranong United

16 March 2018	Canberra Olympic	3–1	Tuggeranong United	Woden, Canberra
18:30	Popovich 24' Habtemariam 35', 88'	Report	Crkovsk 42'	Stadium: Melrose Synthetic

See also

• Australia portal
• Association football portal

• Soccer in the Australian Capital Territory
• Sport in the Australian Capital Territory
• 2018 National Premier Leagues Capital Football Grand Final

References

1. "NPL – Capital Football 2018 regular rounds". www.sportstg.com. Retrieved 13 January 2019.
2. "FFA to close Centre of Excellence in August". www. theworldgame.sbs.com.au. Retrieved 13 January 2019.
3. "NPL – Capital Football Scoring Summary". www.sportstg.com. Retrieved 13 January 2019.
4. "Men's Capital League Fixtures & Results". www.sportstg.com. Retrieved 13 January 2019.
5. Tiernan, Eamonn (16 June 2018). "Canberra FC down Gungahlin United to book spot in FFA Cup round of 32". The Canberra Times . Retrieved 10 February 2019.
6. "2018 Charity Shield". Capital Football. 12 March 2018. Retrieved 8 February 2019.
7. "Olympic claim 2018 Charity Shield". Capital Football. 20 March 2018. Retrieved 8 February 2019.