2022 National Premier Leagues

National Premier Leagues

Season	2022
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The 2022 National Premier Leagues was the tenth season of the Australian National Premier Leagues football competition. The league competition was played by eight separate state and territory member federations. The divisions are ACT, NSW, Northern NSW, Queensland, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria and Western Australia.

League tables

ACT

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Canberra Croatia	21	14	5	2	56	16	+40	44 [a]	2022 NPL ACT Finals
2	Gungahlin United	21	12	4	5	49	30	+19	40
3	Monaro Panthers (C)	21	9	8	4	34	18	+16	35
4	O'Connor Knights	21	8	3	10	36	46	−10	27
5	Canberra Olympic	21	7	5	9	35	45	−10	26
6	Cooma Tigers	21	4	10	7	30	41	−11	22
7	West Canberra Wanderers	21	4	5	12	25	44	−19	17
8	Belconnen United (R)	21	4	4	13	25	50	−25	16	Relegation to the 2023 NPL ACT 2

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

1. Canberra Croatia were deducted 3 points for crowd issues. ^[1]

Finals

	Semi-finals					Preliminary final					Grand final
	1	Canberra Croatia	3								Canberra Croatia		1
	2	Gungahlin United	2								Monaro Panthers		2
						Gungahlin United		0
						Monaro Panthers		2
	3	Monaro Panthers	2
	4	O'Connor Knights	0

NSW

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Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Sydney Olympic	22	12	5	5	40	27	+13	41	2022 NPL NSW Finals
2	Manly United	22	12	5	5	36	24	+12	41
3	Blacktown City (C)	22	12	4	6	43	25	+18	40
4	Marconi Stallions	22	11	7	4	43	31	+12	40
5	APIA Leichhardt Tigers	22	10	5	7	41	33	+8	35
6	Rockdale Ilinden	22	10	5	7	39	36	+3	35
7	Sydney FC Youth	22	8	8	6	53	45	+8	32
8	Sydney United 58	22	8	5	9	32	42	−10	29
9	Wollongong Wolves	22	4	8	10	37	42	−5	20
10	Mt Druitt Town Rangers	22	4	7	11	37	52	−15	19
11	Northbridge Bulls	22	5	3	14	32	57	−25	18
12	Sutherland Sharks	22	3	4	15	28	47	−19	13

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

Finals

	Qualifying Final					Major Semi-Final					Preliminary final					Grand Final
						1	Sydney Olympic	1 (3)								2	Manly United	0
						2	Manly United	1 (4)								3	Blacktown City	2
	2	Manly United (a.e.t.)	2								1	Sydney Olympic	1 (4)
	3	Blacktown City	1			Minor Semi-Final					3	Blacktown City	1 (5)
						3	Blacktown City	2
	4	Marconi Stallions	0			5	APIA Leichhardt	0
	5	APIA Leichhardt	1

Northern NSW

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Maitland FC	20	13	3	4	57	32	+25	42	2022 NPL Northern NSW Finals
2	Broadmeadow Magic	20	13	2	5	49	17	+32	41
3	Lambton Jaffas (C)	20	11	5	4	44	18	+26	38
4	Charlestown Azzurri	20	9	7	4	44	30	+14	34
5	Newcastle Olympic	20	10	4	6	37	25	+12	34
6	Valentine Phoenix	20	10	1	9	30	34	−4	31
7	Edgeworth FC	20	10	2	8	33	35	−2	32
8	Weston Workers	20	8	2	10	32	34	−2	26
9	Cooks Hill United	20	6	3	11	36	43	−7	21
10	Adamstown Rosebud	20	2	2	16	19	64	−45	8
11	Lake Macquarie City	20	2	1	17	15	64	−49	7

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

Finals

	Qualifying final					Major semi-final					Preliminary final					Grand final
						1	Maitland FC	4								Maitland FC		0
							Broadmeadow Magic	1								Lambton Jaffas		1
	2	Broadmeadow Magic	2								Broadmeadow Magic		1
	3	Lambton Jaffas	1			Minor semi-final					Lambton Jaffas		2
						Lambton Jaffas		2
	4	Charlestown Azzurri	0			Newcastle Olympic		0
	5	Newcastle Olympic (a.e.t.)	1

Queensland

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Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Lions FC	22	16	3	3	74	32	+42	51	2022 NPL Queensland Finals
2	Gold Coast Knights (C)	22	11	6	5	44	27	+17	39
3	Peninsula Power	22	12	3	7	50	35	+15	39
4	Olympic FC	22	11	5	6	54	37	+17	38
5	Brisbane City	22	10	3	9	49	40	+9	33
6	Gold Coast United	22	9	5	8	37	34	+3	32
7	Eastern Suburbs	22	9	4	9	41	49	−8	31
8	Sunshine Coast Wanderers	22	7	9	6	37	38	−1	30
9	Moreton Bay United	22	8	4	10	49	38	+11	28
10	Logan Lightning (R)	22	7	5	10	32	52	−20	26	Relegation to the 2023 Queensland Premier League 1
11	Brisbane Roar Youth	22	4	4	14	29	58	−29	16
12	Capalaba (R)	22	0	5	17	24	80	−56	5	Relegation to the 2023 Queensland Premier League 1

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

Finals

	Semi-finals					Grand final
	1	Lions FC	2
	4	Olympic FC	3
						4	Olympic FC	0
						2	Gold Coast Knights	2
	2	Gold Coast Knights	3
	3	Peninsula Power	2

South Australia

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Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Adelaide City (C)	22	15	6	1	55	17	+38	51	Qualification for Finals
2	Campbelltown City	22	16	2	4	44	27	+17	50
3	Adelaide Comets	22	14	3	5	47	21	+26	45
4	North Eastern MetroStars	22	13	2	7	38	25	+13	41
5	Adelaide United Youth	22	10	2	10	55	55	0	32
6	Croydon FC	22	9	3	10	28	27	+1	30
7	FK Beograd	22	8	5	9	35	39	−4	29
8	Sturt Lions	22	7	4	11	29	44	−15	25
9	South Adelaide Panthers	22	6	4	12	38	49	−11	22
10	Adelaide Olympic	22	5	5	12	32	45	−13	20
11	Cumberland United (R)	22	5	2	15	24	53	−29	17	Relegation to SA State League 1
12	West Torrens Birkalla (R)	22	3	4	15	24	47	−23	13

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

Finals

	Elimination finals					Semifinals						Preliminary final					Grand final
						1	Adelaide City	0	3								1	Adelaide City	2
						2	Campbelltown City	0	2								3	Adelaide Comets	1
												2	Campbelltown City	0
	3	Adelaide Comets	1
												3	Adelaide Comets	1
	6	Croydon FC	0
						3	Adelaide Comets (p)		0 (6)
						4	North Eastern MetroStars		0 (5)
	4	North Eastern MetroStars	2
	5	Adelaide United Youth	1

Tasmania

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Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Devonport City (C)	21	19	1	1	71	11	+60	58
2	South Hobart	21	14	3	4	64	23	+41	45
3	Kingborough Lions United	21	13	2	6	53	32	+21	41
4	Glenorchy Knights	21	13	1	7	45	25	+20	40
5	Launceston City	21	9	2	10	31	44	−13	29
6	Clarence Zebras	21	5	2	14	35	52	−17	17
7	Olympia Warriors	21	3	0	18	21	66	−45	9
8	Riverside Olympic	21	1	3	17	12	79	−67	6

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

Victoria

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Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	South Melbourne	26	20	2	4	59	20	+39	62	2022 NPL Victoria Finals
2	Port Melbourne	26	17	5	4	45	23	+22	56
3	Oakleigh Cannons	26	16	3	7	58	29	+29	51
4	Green Gully	26	14	3	9	43	30	+13	45
5	Bentleigh Greens	26	12	6	8	47	33	+14	42
6	Heidelberg United	26	13	3	10	50	43	+7	42
7	Avondale	26	12	4	10	49	38	+11	40
8	Dandenong Thunder	26	11	5	10	37	34	+3	38
9	Melbourne Knights	26	9	3	14	36	40	−4	30
10	St Albans Saints	26	8	6	12	25	38	−13	30
11	Altona Magic	26	8	3	15	21	38	−17	27
12	Hume City	26	7	5	14	33	48	−15	26
13	Dandenong City (R)	26	5	5	16	24	60	−36	20	Relegation to the 2023 NPL Victoria 2
14	Eastern Lions (R)	26	1	5	20	17	70	−53	8

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

Finals

	Elimination finals					Preliminary finals					Grand final
						1	South Melbourne	1
	4	Green Gully	2			4	Green Gully	0
	5	Bentleigh Greens	0								1	South Melbourne	0
											3	Oakleigh Cannons	5
						2	Port Melbourne	1
	3	Oakleigh Cannons	3 (3)			3	Oakleigh Cannons (a.e.t.)	2
	6	Heidelberg United	3 (1)

Western Australia

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Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Floreat Athena	22	14	5	3	54	35	+19	47	2022 NPL WA Finals
2	Perth RedStar (C)	22	15	0	7	62	32	+30	45
3	Stirling Macedonia	22	13	4	5	29	22	+7	43
4	Sorrento FC	22	12	4	6	50	34	+16	40
5	Bayswater City	22	11	6	5	51	37	+14	39
6	Inglewood United	22	9	3	10	26	27	−1	30
7	Armadale SC	22	8	5	9	39	44	−5	29
8	Perth Glory Youth	22	8	4	10	32	39	−7	28
9	Perth SC	22	7	6	9	35	29	+6	27
10	Cockburn City	22	5	7	10	29	38	−9	22
11	Balcatta FC	22	3	4	15	17	51	−34	13
12	Gwelup Croatia (R)	22	1	4	17	18	54	−36	7	Relegation to the 2023 WA State League 1

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

Finals

	Semi-finals					Preliminary Final					Grand Final
	1	Floreat Athena	2								Floreat Athena		2
	2	Perth RedStar	1								Perth RedStar		3
						Perth RedStar		3
						Sorrento FC		2
	3	Stirling Macedonia	0
	4	Sorrento FC	2

References

1. Corliss, Ely (28 August 2022). "Capital Football NPL: How Czech Republic made a Canberra Croatia FC young gun". Canberra Times . Retrieved 30 June 2024.

External links

• Official website