Football West Amateur League Premier Division

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Football West Amateur League Premier Division
CountryAustralia
Number of teams12
Level on pyramid 5
Promotion to State League Division 2
Relegation toAmateur League Division 1
Current championsNorth Perth United (2020)
Website Football West

The Football West Amateur League Premier Division is a regional Australian association football league comprising teams from Western Australia. The league sits at Level 4 on the Western Australian league system (Level 5 of the overall Australian league system). The competition is administered by Football West, the governing body of the sport in the state.

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Format

The league operates with a promotion and relegation system, with relegation to the Amateur League Division 1, and potential for promotion to the State League Division 2 for the top team each year.

In 2020, promotion and relegation was suspended for the season, due to the impacts on the competition from the COVID-19 pandemic in Australia. [1]

Clubs

The following 12 clubs competed in the 2020 Season:

Club
Hamersley Rovers
Jaguar FC
Joondalup United (Amateurs)
Kwinana United SC
Leeming Strikers
Maddington White City
North Perth United
Queens Park
Quinns FC (Amateurs)
South West Phoenix
UWA-Nedlands (Amateurs)
Wembley Downs SC

Honours

Notes

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