2018 Football West season

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Football West Season 2018
League Flag of Western Australia.svg National Premier Leagues Western Australia
Sport Association football
Duration2018
NPL WA Season
Champions Perth SC
Premiers Perth SC
State Cup
Cup Winners Armadale
Football West seasons
←  2017
2019  →

The 2018 Football West season was the 118th season of competitive association football in Western Australia and the fifth season since the establishment of the National Premier Leagues WA (NPL). [1]

Contents

NPL premiers Perth SC qualified for the National Premier Leagues finals series.

Pre-season changes

2017 LeaguePromoted to leagueRelegated from league
NPL WA Forrestfield United Mandurah City
State League 1 Gwelup Croatia
Morley-Windmills 		Canning City
Gosnells City
State League 2 ––
Women's State League Stirling Panthers
UWA-Nedlands 		Bassendean Caledonians

League Tables

2018 National Premier Leagues WA

This was the last season using a 14-team format. [2] The bottom 3 teams (which was subject to eligibility requirements) at the end of the season were relegated to the State League 1. [3] Perth Glory Youth was ineligible to receive prize monies in the end of season Top 4 Cup competition.

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification or relegation
1 Perth SC (C)2617455526+2955 2018 National Premier Leagues Finals
2 Perth Glory Youth 2616647232+4054 2018 Western Australia Finals
3 Cockburn City 2614665940+1948
4 Bayswater City 2615295530+2547
5 Inglewood United 2613765038+1246
6 ECU Joondalup 2613584837+1144
7 Floreat Athena 2612595340+1341
8 Sorrento 26104124947+234
9 Stirling Lions 26102145255−332
10 Armadale 2695124852−432
11 Balcatta 2692154059−1929
12 Subiaco AFC (R)2675142946−1726Relegation to the 2019 WA State League 1
13 Forrestfield United (R)2657143458−2422
14 Joondalup United (R)26122321102−815
Source: sportstg.com
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated


Finals

The Top Four Cup is played as a finals competition at the conclusion of the regular season.

Semi-finals
Elimination Final
Grand Final
1 Perth SC 3 (3)2 Perth Glory Youth 1
2 Perth Glory Youth 3 (4)1 Perth SC 4
1 Perth SC 2
3 Cockburn City 1
3 Cockburn City 3 (5)
4 Bayswater City 3 (4)

2018 WA State League 1

The 2018 WA State League 1 was composed of 11 teams playing 20 games over a 22 round season. Rockingham City as Champions were promoted to the National Premier Leagues WA, as they met eligibility criteria. [3] The 9th and 10th placed clubs played in a two-legged promotion/relegation playoff, whilst the last placed team (Joondalup City) were directly relegated to State League Division Two.

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification or relegation
1 Rockingham City (C, P)2016135620+3649Promotion to the 2019 National Premier Leagues WA
2 Gwelup Croatia 2015235228+2447
3 Fremantle City 209383940−130
4 Western Knights 208573842−429
5 Morley-Windmills 208483637−128
6 UWA-Nedlands 208394641+527
7 South West Phoenix 208393756−1927
8 Ashfield 207493538−325
9 Dianella White Eagles (R)2064103137−622Qualification to the 2018 relegation play-offs
10 Mandurah City 2043133044−1415
11 Joondalup City (R)2026122643−1712Relegation to the 2019 WA State League 2
Source: sportstg.com
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated

Promotion/relegation play-off

Semi-finals Final
          
SL1 9 Dianella White Eagles 2 0 2
SL2 3 Swan United 3 3 6
Mandurah City (p) 2 2 4 (5)
Swan United 1 3 4 (3)
SL1 10 Mandurah City 2 3 5
SL2 2 Wanneroo City 1 3 4

2018 WA State League 2

The 2018 WA State League 2 was composed of 11 teams playing 20 games over a 22 round season.

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification or relegation
1 Olympic Kingsway (C, P)2016406317+4652Promotion to the 2019 WA State League 1
2 Wanneroo City 2017125420+3452Qualification to the 2018 promotion play-offs
3 Swan United 2011453927+1237
4 Balga 2010644636+1036
5 Murdoch University Melville 2010374130+1133
6 Quinns 2081113238−625
7 Gosnells City 2064103646−1022
8 Shamrock Rovers 2055101828−1020
9 Curtin University 2054113545−1019
10 Canning City 2032151856−3811
11 Kelmscott Roos 2012171150−395
Source: sportstg.com
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted

2018 Women's Premier League

BankWest Women's Premier League
Season2018
Champions Balcatta
← 2017
2019 →

The highest tier domestic football competition in Western Australia is known as the BankWest Women's Premier League for sponsorship reasons. The 8 teams play each other three times, for a total of 21 matches over the regular season.

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification or relegation
1Queen's Park FC2017309715+8254 Top Four Cup
2 Balcatta (C)1912345827+3139
3Northern Redbacks1911447827+5137
4Fremantle City2010375633+2333
5 Football West NTC U-19 209476326+3731
6Beckenham Angels2072114269−2723Withdrew after end of season
7Stirling Panthers20211711118−1077
8 UWA-Nedlands (R)20101915105−903Relegated to Division 1
Source: sportstg.com
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated

Top Four Cup

Semi-finals Grand Final
      
1 Queen's Park FC3
4 Fremantle City 1
1 Queen's Park FC 0 (1)
2 Balcatta 0 (3)
2 Balcatta 2
3 Northern Redbacks 1

2018 State Cup

Western Australian soccer clubs competed in 2018 for the Football West State Cup . 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 2018 Amateur League competition, and from regional teams from the South West, Goldfields, and Great Southern regions.

This knockout competition was won by Armadale SC, their 1st title. [4]

The competition also served as the Western Australian Preliminary rounds for the 2018 FFA Cup. In addition to the A-League club Perth Glory, the two finalists – Armadale and Gwelup Croatia – qualified for the final rounds, entering at the Round of 32.

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References

  1. ↑ "NPL Western Australia launches from a high". 17 June 2024. Archived from the original on 3 December 2024. Retrieved 18 December 2024.
  2. ↑ "NPLWA Review Report to guide future". www.footballwest.com.au. 18 September 2017. Retrieved 21 September 2017.
  3. 1 2 "Competition Rules; National Premier Leagues – WA" (PDF). www.footballwest.com.au. Retrieved 24 February 2018.
  4. ↑ Peter Simcox (14 July 2018). "Jackson double brings Armadale cup glory". www.footballwest.com.au. Retrieved 6 August 2018.
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