2016 FFSA season

Football Federation South Australia

Season	2016
← 2015 2017 →

The 2016 Football Federation South Australia season will be the fourth season under the National Premier Leagues competition format in South Australia. The FFSA has announced a restructuring of the league format in South Australia, moving from a 2 tiered system to a 3 tiered system with the introduction of a new 3rd division.^[1]

The 3 leagues will comprise a 12-team National Premier League, a 12-team NPL State League 1, and a 9-team NPL State League 2, which will include SAASL teams Fulham United and Adelaide Vipers and also Collegiate Soccer League team Mount Barker United.^[2] This league structure will remain until the end of the 2018 season, with allowances for new teams entering State League 2.

League Tables

2016 National Premier Leagues South Australia

NPL South Australia

Season	2016
Champions	Campbelltown City
Premiers	Adelaide City
Relegated	South Adelaide Adelaide Raiders
Matches played	84
Goals scored	312 (3.71 per match)
Top goalscorer	Anthony Costa (15 goals)
Biggest home win	Adelaide City 6−0 Adelaide United
Biggest away win	MetroStars 1−5 Adelaide Blue Eagles
Highest scoring	Adelaide City 7−4 Adelaide Raiders
← 2015 2017 →

The National Premier League South Australia 2016 season was played over 22 rounds, with the number of teams in the competition reduced to 12 teams.^[3]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Adelaide City	22	17	2	3	62	27	+35	53	2016 National Premier Leagues Finals
2	Campbelltown City (C)	22	15	4	3	45	19	+26	49	2016 South Australia Finals
3	West Torrens Birkalla	22	12	4	6	42	24	+18	40
4	Adelaide Blue Eagles	22	11	4	7	51	34	+17	37
5	Adelaide Comets	22	11	3	8	41	39	+2	36
6	North Eastern MetroStars	22	11	2	9	39	34	+5	35
7	West Adelaide	22	8	6	8	34	33	+1	30
8	Croydon Kings	22	7	3	12	34	42	−8	24
9	Adelaide United Youth	22	7	1	14	25	43	−18	22
10	Adelaide Olympic	22	6	4	12	38	60	−22	22
11	South Adelaide (R)	22	6	1	15	31	52	−21	19	Relegation to the 2017 NPL State League 1
12	Adelaide Raiders (R)	22	4	0	18	25	60	−35	12

Updated to games played on 13 August 2016.
Source: foxsportspulse.com
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.

Finals

	Semi Finals Week 1					Semi Finals Week 2				Preliminary Final				Grand Final
	1	Adelaide City	2	—		Campbelltown City	1							Adelaide City	0
	2	Campbelltown City	0	—		Adelaide City	2							Campbelltown City	1
										Campbelltown City	4
	3	West Torrens Birkalla	1							West Torrens Birkalla	0
	6	North Eastern MetroStars	0
						West Torrens Birkalla	2
						Adelaide Blue Eagles	1
	4	Adelaide Blue Eagles	3
	5	Adelaide Comets	2

Results

Home ╲ Away

ABE

ACI

ACM

ARA

AOL

AUN

CAM

CRO

NOR

SOU

WEA

WTB

Adelaide Blue Eagles

1–3

4–1

4–0

2–1

1–2

6–3

0–2

Adelaide City

7–4

4–1

6–0

4–3

4–2

3–0

1–0

Adelaide Comets

1–1

2–1

3–1

3–2

1–4

3–2

0–1

Adelaide Raiders

3–2

2–0

1–4

0–1

3–1

1–4

0–1

Adelaide Olympic

4–5

3–3

3–0

0–2

1–1

4–3

3–3

0–3

Adelaide United Youth

2–0

0–3

1–2

2–2

1–3

2–1

1–3

Campbelltown City

1–0

3–1

4–1

1–2

2–1

5–0

1–0

Croydon Kings

0–1

2–3

5–2

2–4

1–1

2–2

1–1

North Eastern MetroStars

1–5

2–3

1–0

1–2

1–2

4–2

2–0

South Adelaide

0–3

4–1

1–2

1–3

2–0

2–0

West Adelaide

2–2

1–2

0–0

4–1

0–0

3–2

2–2

West Torrens Birkalla

2–2

3–1

4–0

2–0

0–2

2–0

0–0

Updated to games played on 13 June 2016.
Source: ^[4]
1 ^{^} The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Leading Goalscorers

Rank	Player	Club	Goals[5]
1	Anthony Costa	Adelaide City	15
2	Yvan Boyokino	Adelaide Blue Eagles	12
3	Nikola Mileusnic	Adelaide City	11
4	Fausto Erba	Adelaide Olympic	10
	Jonathon Rideout	South Adelaide
6	Nicholas Bucco	Adelaide City	7
	Doni Pollock	MetroStars
	Thomas Strain	Campbelltown City
	Rocco Visconte	Croydon Kings
10	Anthony Dimas	Adelaide Blue Eagles	6
	Taro Kawamura	West Torrens Birkalla
	Adam Piscioneri	Campbelltown City
	Daniel Sullivan	South Adelaide
	Fumiya Suzuki	West Torrens Birkalla

2016 NPL State League 1

NPL State League 1

Season	2016
Promoted	Cumberland United Para Hills Knights
Relegated	Adelaide Hills Playford City
Matches played	84
Goals scored	271 (3.23 per match)
Top goalscorer	Callum Flanagan (11 goals)
Biggest home win	Cumberland United 6−1 White City
Biggest away win	Adelaide Victory 1−5 White City Playford 1−5 Cove
Highest scoring	Cumberland United 6−1 White City Cumberland United 5−2 Salisbury Sturt 5−2 Cove Para Hills 2−5 Adelaide Victory
← 2015 2017 →

The 2016 NPL State League 1 was the fourth edition of the NPL State League 1, the second level domestic association football competition in South Australia (and third level within Australia overall). 12 teams competed, playing each other twice for a total of 22 rounds.

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Cumberland United (P)	22	15	3	4	61	24	+37	48	Promotion to the 2017 National Premier Leagues South Australia
2	Para Hills Knights (P)	22	13	4	5	33	27	+6	43
3	White City	22	12	4	6	46	29	+17	40
4	Sturt Lions	22	12	3	7	41	27	+14	39
5	The Cove	22	12	3	7	39	29	+10	39
6	Modbury Jets	22	9	5	8	33	35	−2	32
7	Adelaide Victory	22	9	3	10	40	43	−3	30
8	Salisbury United	22	7	7	8	26	30	−4	28
9	Western Strikers	22	8	3	11	30	36	−6	27
10	Port Adelaide Pirates	22	6	6	10	29	31	−2	24
11	Adelaide Hills Hawks (R)	22	4	5	13	32	51	−19	17	Relegation to the 2017 NPL State League 2
12	Playford City Patriots (R)	22	1	2	19	21	69	−48	5

Updated to games played on 13 August 2016.
Source: foxsportspulse.com
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.

Results

Home ╲ Away

AHH

AVC

TCV

CUM

MOD

PAR

PLC

PAP

SBU

STU

WES

WHI

Adelaide Hills Hawks

1–2

0–2

4–2

1–2

0–1

0–1

4–2

Adelaide Victory

2–2

0–2

2–3

0–2

1–0

1–1

1–5

The Cove

3–1

3–1

1–0

0–2

1–1

1–0

2–1

Cumberland United

0–2

4–1

3–0

5–2

1–0

2–3

6–1

Modbury Jets

2–2

1–0

2–1

4–1

1–0

1–1

0–2

Para Hills Knights

2–5

3–2

2–1

2–1

2–0

3–0

1–1

Playford City Patriots

2–3

1–5

2–4

1–2

1–4

1–1

2–2

Port Adelaide Pirates

2–2

0–1

1–0

3–3

1–0

0–1

1–2

Salisbury United

3–1

1–2

2–2

2–0

1–1

1–2

1–1

Sturt Lions

3–2

5–2

0–2

2–2

1–2

3–0

3–1

Western Strikers

0–0

1–2

5–1

2–1

0–1

1–0

0–1

White City

5–1

1–0

1–0

3–1

2–1

4–2

4–0

Updated to games played on 13 June 2016.
Source: ^[6]
1 ^{^} The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

2016 NPL State League 2

NPL State League 2

Season	2016
Promoted	Noarlunga United Gawler SC
Matches played	36
Goals scored	145 (4.03 per match)
Top goalscorer	Jaylan Capurso, Kindilon Maclean (6 goals)
Biggest home win	Adelaide Vipers 6−0 Mount Barker United
Biggest away win	Mount Barker United 1−5 Cobras Eastern United 2−6 Cobras Eastern United 0−4 Noarlunga
Highest scoring	Seaford Rangers 7−4 Eastern United
2017 →

The 2016 NPL State League 2 will be the first edition of the new NPL State League 2 as the third level domestic association football competition in South Australia (and fourth level within Australia overall). 9 teams will compete, all playing each other twice for a total of 16 matches. New teams include SAASL teams Fulham United and Adelaide Vipers and also Collegiate Soccer League team Mount Barker United.

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Noarlunga United (P)	16	12	2	2	39	13	+26	38	Promotion to the 2017 NPL State League 1
2	Gawler Eagles (P)	16	10	2	4	43	27	+16	32
3	Seaford Rangers	16	8	6	2	35	21	+14	30
4	Adelaide Cobras	16	7	5	4	36	19	+17	26
5	Fulham United	16	6	6	4	28	22	+6	24
6	Adelaide Vipers	16	6	1	9	26	31	−5	19
7	Northern Demons	16	5	3	8	29	31	−2	18
8	Eastern United	16	3	1	12	24	58	−34	10
9	Mount Barker United	16	2	0	14	16	54	−38	6

Updated to games played on 20 August 2016.
Source: foxsportspulse.com
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.

Results

Home ╲ Away	ACB	VIP	ESU	FUL	GAW	MBU	NLU	NTD	SFR
Adelaide Cobras				1–1			1–2	2–2	1–1
Adelaide Vipers	0–3		2–0		1–2	6–0
Eastern United	2–6			1–5				0–4
Fulham United		2–3					1–0	2–1	1–1
Gawler Eagles	0–3		4–1	3–1		4–0
Mount Barker United	1–5		2–3	1–4			0–3
Noarlunga United		2–1	5–0		4–0			2–1	0–0
Northern Demons		2–1			1–1	3–0			2–5
Seaford Rangers		0–0	7–4		5–4	3–0

Updated to games played on 13 June 2016.
Source: ^[7]
1 ^{^} The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

References

1. "League structure confirmed for new Licence Period". Football Federation South Australia. February 13, 2015.
2. "FFSA welcomes 3 clubs in to 2016 State League 1". Football Federation South Australia. April 25, 2015.
3. http://www.socceraust.co.uk/2016/SA/SA.html
4. http://www.socceraust.co.uk/2016/SA/NPL/matrix.html
5. "NPL SA Leading Scorers". SoccerAust. Retrieved 22 May 2016.
6. http://www.socceraust.co.uk/2016/SA/State1/matrix.html
7. http://www.socceraust.co.uk/2016/SA/State2/matrix.html