2020 Football South Australia season

Football South Australia

Season	2020
← 2019 FFSA 2021 →

The 2020 Football South Australia season was the 114th season of soccer in South Australia, and the eighth under the National Premier Leagues format.

All NPL and grassroots competitions were suspended for one month due to the impacts from the COVID-19 pandemic in Australia, effective 18 March to 14 April, ^[1] and subsequently extended. ^[2] Competitions were able to be resumed effective 25 June, subject to conditions. ^[3] The South Australian season was temporarily suspended in mid-November for a minimum of two weeks, with the NPLSA in the middle of its finals series. ^[4]

Men's Competitions

2020 National Premier Leagues South Australia

NPL South Australia

Season	2020
Dates	21 February–11 December
Champions	Campbelltown City
Premiers	Adelaide Comets
Relegated	Modbury Jets Para Hills Knights
Matches played	132
Goals scored	387 (2.93 per match)
Top goalscorer	Allan Welsh (18 Goals)
← 2019 FFSA 2021 →

The 2020 National Premier Leagues South Australia was the eigth season of soccer under the competition format in South Australia. It is the first tier of South Australian soccer and the second tier of Australian soccer. Each team plays each other twice, resulting in 22 rounds. The season began on 21 February and was suspended from 14 March to 27 June, due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Australia, with the regular season resuming on 3 July, ^[5] and further suspended on 17 November. The Premier was planned to compete in the 2020 National Premier Leagues finals series, however the competition was cancelled in July. ^[6]

League Table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Adelaide Comets	22	14	2	6	45	24	+21	44	2020 NPL SA Finals
2	Campbelltown City (C)	22	13	4	5	36	27	+9	43
3	North Eastern MetroStars	22	12	5	5	52	32	+20	41
4	Croydon Kings	22	11	3	8	42	32	+10	36
5	Adelaide Raiders	22	9	7	6	30	27	+3	34
6	Adelaide City	22	8	7	7	27	23	+4	31
7	Cumberland United	22	9	4	9	31	43	−12	31
8	Adelaide Olympic	22	8	4	10	32	32	0	28
9	Adelaide Blue Eagles	22	6	9	7	25	27	−2	27
10	Adelaide United Youth	22	5	9	8	26	30	−4	24
11	Modbury Jets (R)	22	4	4	14	23	48	−25	16	Relegation to the 2021 State League 1 South Australia
12	Para Hills Knights (R)	22	3	2	17	18	42	−24	11

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

Finals

	Elimination finals					Semifinals						Preliminary final					Grand final
						1	Adelaide Comets	0	3								1	Adelaide Comets	1
						2	Campbelltown City	0	0								2	Campbelltown City	3
												2	Campbelltown City	4
	4	Croydon Kings	2
												6	Adelaide City	0
	5	Adelaide Raiders	0
						4	Croydon Kings		1
						6	Adelaide City		3
	3	North Eastern MetroStars	1
	6	Adelaide City	4

2020 State League 1 South Australia

State League 1

Season	2020
Champions	Sturt Lions
Premiers	South Adelaide Panthers
Promoted	South Adelaide Panthers Sturt Lions
← 2019 FFSA 2021 →

Similar to the previous year, promotion to the 2021 NPL is awarded to the Premiers (highest placed team during the regular season), as well as the Champions (winner of the Grand Final). The finals series was suspended on 17 November.

League Table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	South Adelaide Panthers (P)	22	14	7	1	62	26	+36	49	Promoted to the 2021 National Premier Leagues SA
2	Sturt Lions (C, P)	22	13	6	3	48	18	+30	45	2020 SA State League 1 Finals
3	West Adelaide	22	14	3	5	54	33	+21	45
4	White City Woodville	22	12	6	4	42	27	+15	42
5	Playford City Patriots	22	12	2	8	37	27	+10	38
6	Western Strikers	22	10	3	9	38	38	0	33
7	Adelaide Hills Hawks	22	10	2	10	42	43	−1	32
8	West Torrens Birkalla	22	8	5	9	49	49	0	29
9	Fulham United	22	6	4	12	31	38	−7	22
10	Adelaide Victory	22	5	3	14	42	65	−23	18
11	Adelaide Vipers (R)	22	4	4	14	27	56	−29	16	Relegated to the 2021 SA State League 2
12	Seaford Rangers (R)	22	0	3	19	27	79	−52	3

Source: sportstg.com
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champion; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated

Finals

	Elimination finals					Semifinals					Preliminary final					Grand final
						1	South Adelaide Panthers	0								Sturt Lions		2
						2	Sturt Lions	3								White City Woodville		0
											South Adelaide Panthers		1
	3	South Adelaide Panthers	4
											White City Woodville		3
	6	Sturt Lions	3
						West Adelaide		1
						White City Woodville		2
	4
	5

2020 State League 2 South Australia

State League 2

Season	2020
Champions	Eastern United
Premiers	Adelaide Cobras
Promoted	Adelaide Cobras; Eastern United
← 2019 FFSA 2021 →

Similar to the previous year, promotion to the 2021 SL1 is awarded to the Premiers (highest placed team during the regular season), as well as the Champions (winner of the Grand Final). The finals series was suspended on 17 November.

League Table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Adelaide Cobras (P)	22	14	4	4	48	29	+19	46	Promoted to the 2021 State League 1
2	Eastern United (C, P)	22	13	5	4	51	28	+23	44	2020 State League 2 Finals
3	Modbury Vista	22	15	3	4	57	27	+30	42 [lower-alpha 1]
4	Port Adelaide Pirates	22	11	3	8	45	33	+12	36
5	Adelaide University	22	10	5	7	43	41	+2	35
6	Gawler SC	22	11	3	8	51	38	+13	33 [lower-alpha 2]
7	Noarlunga United	22	9	5	8	38	37	+1	32
8	Pontian Eagles	22	8	5	9	41	40	+1	29
9	The Cove	22	8	5	9	34	35	−1	29
10	Northern Demons	22	6	2	14	28	47	−19	20
11	Salisbury United	22	6	1	15	39	49	−10	19
12	Mount Barker United	22	0	1	21	18	89	−71	1

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

1. Following a sanction by the independent Disciplinary Committee, Modbury Vista had 6 competition points removed for the 2020 season, after a disturbance in a match against Gawler. ^[7]
2. Following a sanction by the independent Disciplinary Committee, Gawler SC had 3 competition points removed for the 2020 season, after a disturbance in a match against Modbury Vista. ^[7]

Finals

	Elimination finals					Semifinals					Preliminary final					Grand final
						1	Adelaide Cobras	3								Adelaide Cobras		0
						2	Eastern United	3								Eastern United (a.e.t.)		1
											Eastern United		3
	3	Adelaide Cobras	3
											Gawler SC		2
	6	Eastern United	2
						Gawler SC		2
						Adelaide University		0
	4
	5

Women's Competitions

2020 Women's National Premier Leagues South Australia

PS4 WNPL South Australia

Season	2020
Champions	Metro United
Premiers	Adelaide City
← 2019 FFSA 2021 →

The highest tier domestic football competition in South Australia for women was known for sponsorship reasons as the PS4 Women's National Premier League. This was the fifth season of the NPL format. The 8 teams played a double round-robin for a total of 14 games. After three months off due to the impacts from the COVID-19 pandemic, the season resumed on 26 June. ^[8]

League Table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Adelaide City	14	13	0	1	75	14	+61	39	2020 Women's NPL Finals
2	Salisbury Inter	14	10	1	3	50	24	+26	31
3	West Adelaide	14	9	1	4	39	17	+22	28
4	Metro United (C)	14	8	0	6	19	28	−9	24
5	FFSA NTC	14	4	3	7	19	34	−15	15
6	Fulham United	14	4	0	10	16	50	−34	12
7	Adelaide University	14	2	2	10	12	35	−23	8
8	Adelaide Comets	14	1	3	10	14	42	−28	6

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

Finals

	Semi Finals					Elimination Final					Grand Final
	1	Adelaide City	3								Adelaide City		1
	2	Salisbury Inter	1								Metro United		2
						Salisbury Inter		2
						Metro United (a.e.t.)		3
	3	West Adelaide	0
	4	Metro United	1

Cup Competitions

2020 Federation Cup

South Australian soccer clubs commenced the 2020 FFA Cup preliminary rounds in March, only to see it suspended due to the impacts from the pandemic, ^[1] and ultimately cancelled before any games were played. The preliminary rounds would have doubled as the SA qualifiers for the 2020 FFA Cup, but that competition was also cancelled. ^[6]

References

1. "Grassroots football temporarily suspended". Football Federation Australia. 17 March 2020. Retrieved 17 March 2020.
2. "Extension of the suspension of grassroots football in Australia". Football Federation Australia. 1 April 2020. Retrieved 27 April 2020.
3. "Return To Competitions Requirements". Football South Australia. 23 June 2020. Retrieved 28 June 2020.
4. "COVID-19 Update – Community Sport Temporarily Suspended". Football South Australia. 17 November 2020. Retrieved 18 November 2020.
5. "Thank you to our Corporate Partners". Football South Australia. 24 June 2020. Retrieved 28 June 2020.
6. "Coronavirus forces FFA Cup to be cancelled". The World Game . SBS. 7 July 2020. Retrieved 7 July 2020.
7. "Media Release: Modbury Vista and Gawler Disciplinary Hearing". FFSA. 2 October 2020. Retrieved 7 November 2020.
8. "WNPLSA fixtures confirmed as #FootballReturns approaches". Football South Australia. 17 June 2020. Retrieved 30 June 2020.