Soccer in Western Australia

Soccer in Western Australia is governed by Football West. In 1896, the first governing body was formed. Football West runs the NPL WA (the states premier competition), State Leagues, Sunday League and Metropolitan League.

National representation

In 1994, a group of businessmen led by Joe Claudio formed the Perth Kangaroos IFC. The club competed in the 1994 Singapore Professional Soccer League. The Kangaroos finished the league season undefeated and easily won the Singapore league title. However, with dwindling support and resources, the experiment proved to be a financial disaster and Perth Kangaroos IFC soon folded.

Perth Glory FC are the only West Australian team to compete in the current national A-League and also participated in the now defunct National Soccer League since 1996. Perth Glory also have a side competing in the W-League which is run by Football West.

Football competitions in WA

Leagues

League Structure (Men)
National Premier Leagues Western Australia Football West State League Division 1 Football West State League Division 2 Football West Amateur League Premier Division Amateur League - 6 lower Divisions Metropolitan League - 6 lower Divisions Leagues run in parallel by other Regional Associations throughout the state

The NPL WA is the highest league in WA, one step below the national A-League, and is a division within the National Premier Leagues structure. The League Champion (top of the table) at the end of the season enters a national play-off series against the NPL champions of other states to determine the overall NPL Champion.

League Structure (Women)
WA Women's State League Premier Division WA Women's State League First Division Metropolitan League - 6 lower Divisions

Knockout Cups

The premier male knockout cup competition is the Football West State Cup, run by Football West. Since 2014 the two State Cup finalists also qualify for the national FFA Cup competition.

Other Cup competitions include the Amateur Cup for the Men's Amateur Divisions, the Metropolitan Cup for the Men's Metropolitan Divisions, the Women's State Cup, and the Women's Metropolitan Cup for the Women's Metropolitan Divisions.

References

Soccer in Australia

Football Federation Australia

National teams	Men's Men's U-23 Men's U-20 Men's U-17 Men's Beach Men's Paralympic Women's Women's U-20 Women's U-17

Current competitions	A-League Youth League W-League National Premier Leagues FFA Cup FFA State Institute Challenge Kanga Cup

Defunct competitions	National Soccer League NSL Cup National Youth League (1984–2004) Women's National Soccer League Australia Cup

Lists	Clubs Venues (stadiums by capacity) Champions

Other	League system Professional Footballers Australia Football Hall of Fame Women's soccer in Australia

Soccer in Australia by state and territory

Australian Capital Territory	Capital Football

New South Wales	Northern NSW Football Football NSW

Northern Territory	Football Federation Northern Territory

Queensland	Football Queensland

South Australia	Football Federation South Australia

Tasmania	Football Federation Tasmania

Victoria	Football Federation Victoria

Western Australia	Football West

Soccer in Western Australia

Football West

NPL - WA	Armadale Balcatta Bayswater City Cockburn City ECU Joondalup Floreat Athena Inglewood United Joondalup United Mandurah City Perth SC Perth Glory Sorrento Stirling Lions Subiaco AFC

State League Division 1	Ashfield Canning City Dianella White Eagles Forrestfield United Fremantle United Gosnells City Rockingham City South West Phoenix UWA-Nedlands Western Knights

State League Division 2	Balga SC Curtin University Ellenbrook United Joondalup City Kelmscott Roos Melville City Morley-Windmills Olympic Kingsway Quinns Shamrock Rovers Swan United Wanneroo City

Amateur League Premier Division	Belmont Villa Fremantle Croatia Gwelup Croatia Hamersley Rovers Kingsley Kwinana United North Lake North Perth United Perth Royals Southern Spirit Subiaco AFC Wembley Downs

Other Teams	WA state team Perth Kangaroos Bassendean Caledonian BB United Beckenham Angels Northern Redbacks Queen's Park South Perth United Whitfords City

League Seasons	2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017

WA State Cup	2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016

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