2019 FFSA season

State League 1
Season	2019
Champions	Cumberland United
Premiers	Modbury Jets
Promoted	Cumberland United, Modbury Jets
Matches played	132
Top goalscorer	Joshua Farrell; (16 goals)
	← 2018 2020 →

National Premier Leagues
Season	2019
Champions	Campbelltown City
Premiers	Campbelltown City
Matches played	132
Goals scored	414 (3.14 per match)
Top goalscorer	Christos Pounendis; (19 goals)
	← 2018 2020 →

Football South Australia
Season	2019
	← 2018 2020 FSA →

The 2019 Football Federation South Australia season was the 113th season of soccer in South Australia, and the seventh under the National Premier Leagues format.

2019 National Premier Leagues South Australia[edit]

The 2019 National Premier Leagues South Australia season was played over 22 rounds, beginning on 22 February with the regular season concluding on 17 August.

League table[edit]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Campbelltown City (C)	22	13	4	5	51	32	+19	43	Qualification for National Premier Leagues Finals
2	Adelaide Comets	22	11	5	6	43	26	+17	38	Qualification for Finals
3	Adelaide Raiders	22	11	3	8	44	35	+9	36
4	Adelaide Olympic	22	9	8	5	39	32	+7	35
5	Adelaide Blue Eagles	22	10	5	7	33	33	0	35
6	North Eastern MetroStars	22	10	4	8	46	31	+15	34
7	Croydon Kings	22	8	9	5	33	25	+8	33
8	Adelaide United Youth^[a]	22	8	6	8	38	33	+5	30
9	Para Hills Knights	22	7	7	8	31	34	−3	28
10	Adelaide City	22	5	9	8	29	42	−13	18^[b]
11	West Adelaide (R)	22	3	7	12	25	48	−23	16	Relegation to SA State League 1
12	South Adelaide (R)	22	1	5	16	24	65	−41	8	Relegation to SA State League 1

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

^ Adelaide United Youth cannot qualify for the National Premier Leagues finals series.
^ Following a sanction by the independent Disciplinary Committee, Adelaide City had 18 competition points removed for the 2018 season, and a further 6 points for the 2019 season.^[1]

Matches[edit]

Home \ Away	ABE	ACI	ACO	ADO	ADR	ADL	CAM	CRO	NMS	PHK	STH	WST
Adelaide Blue Eagles		3–3	2–1	0–4	1–0		0–2	2–1	0–2	3–1	4–0	1–1
Adelaide City	1–1		1–2	3–1	3–2	2–0	2–2	0–4	1–0	1–2	1–0	0–0
Adelaide Comets	2–1	5–0		1–2	6–0	2–1	4–1	0–2	1–4	1–1	6–0
Adelaide Olympic	1–3	1–1	2–0		1–2	1–1	2–1	1–0	3–1	2–2	3–2	1–1
Adelaide Raiders	1–3	2–2	0–2	1–1		0–2	2–5	5–1	0–1	2–1	4–0	4–1
Adelaide United Youth	0–1	2–2	1–3	2–0	1–3		3–4	1–1	3–2	3–0	1–1	4–2
Campbelltown City	2–3	3–3	3–0	4–1	0–1	1–2		2–1	2–0	3–1	5–1	1–0
Croydon Knights	1–0	2–0	0–0	1–1	1–1	2–1	2–3		1–1	0–0	3–3	1–0
North Eastern MetroStars	5–0	4–2	1–1	1–2	0–2	1–1	1–2	1–4		4–1	3–3	4–1
Para Hills Knights	2–1	2–0	0–0	3–3	0–2	0–3	0–0	1–1	1–2		4–1	2–1
South Adelaide	0–1	1–1	2–3	1–5	1–3	3–1	2–4	1–1	0–4	0–2		1–2
West Adelaide	1–1	3–0	1–1	1–1	2–7	0–3	1–1	1–3	0–4	1–5	4–1

Updated to match(es) played on unknown. Source: ^{[citation needed]}
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Finals[edit]


Elimination finals			Semifinals			Preliminary final		Grand final



			1	Campbelltown City	0			Campbelltown City	3

			2	Adelaide Comets	1			Adelaide Comets	0

						Adelaide Comets	4
3	Adelaide Raiders	0
						North Eastern MetroStars	0
6	North Eastern MetroStars	4
			Adelaide Olympic		1

			North Eastern MetroStars		2
4	Adelaide Olympic	2

5	Adelaide Blue Eagles	0

Top Goalscorers[edit]

As of 17 August 2019 ^[2]

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Christos Pounendis	Adelaide Olympic	19
2	Terence Carter	Adelaide Raiders	17
3	Andreas Wiens	Adelaide Comets	12
4	Luigi Ditroia	Campbelltown City	11
5	Christian Esposito	North Eastern MetroStars	10
	Emanuele Testardi	Adelaide Blue Eagles
	Nathan Munro	Croydon Kings
	Yohei Matsumoto	Campbelltown City

2019 State League 1 South Australia[edit]

Promotion to the 2020 NPL was awarded to the Premiers (highest placed team during the regular season), as well as the Champions (winner of the Grand Final).^[3]

League table[edit]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion, qualification or relegation
1	Modbury Jets (P)	22	17	4	1	56	15	+41	55	Promotion to National Premier Leagues SA
2	Sturt Lions	22	12	7	3	41	21	+20	43	Qualification for Finals
3	White City	22	13	4	5	42	25	+17	43
4	Cumberland United (P)	22	11	1	10	40	30	+10	34
5	West Torrens Birkalla	22	10	4	8	30	27	+3	34
6	Western Strikers	22	9	6	7	40	31	+9	33
7	Fulham United	22	9	4	9	35	34	+1	31
8	Seaford Rangers	22	9	3	10	42	47	−5	30
9	Playford City Patriots	22	8	5	9	39	43	−4	29
10	Adelaide Victory	22	6	4	12	28	43	−15	22
11	Noarlunga United (R)	22	3	4	15	20	58	−38	13	Relegation to SA State League 2
12	Salisbury United (R)	22	0	4	18	20	59	−39	4	Relegation to SA State League 2

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

Finals[edit]


Elimination finals			Semifinals			Preliminary final		Grand final



			1	Sturt Lions	1			Modbury Jets	1

			2	Modbury Jets	1			Cumberland United	2

						Sturt Lions	2
3	Modbury Jets	1
						Cumberland United	3
6	Sturt Lions	0
			Cumberland United		2

			Western Strikers		1
4

5

Top Goalscorers[edit]

As of 17 August 2019 ^[4]

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Joshua Farrell	Modbury Jets	16
1	Shaun McGreevy	Modbury Jets	16
3	Jonathon Rideout	Seaford Rangers	15
4	Dylan D'Agostino	Western Strikers	13
5	Jordan Pegorano	Cumberland United	10
5	Kegan Osborne	Playford City Patriots	10

2019 South Australian State League 2[edit]

State League 2
Season	2019
Champions	Adelaide Hills
Premiers	Adelaide Hills
Promoted	Adelaide Hills, Adelaide Vipers
← 2018 2020 →

Promotion to the 2020 State League 1 was awarded to the Premiers (highest placed team during the regular season), as well as the Champions (winner of the Grand Final).^[5]

League table[edit]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Adelaide Hills (P)	22	16	4	2	76	25	+51	52	Promoted to the 2020 South Australian State League 1
2	Gawler	22	14	2	6	53	33	+20	44	2019 South Australian State League 2 Finals
3	Port Adelaide	22	11	5	6	50	27	+23	38	2019 South Australian State League 2 Finals
4	Adelaide Vipers (P)	22	12	2	8	53	36	+17	38	Promoted to the 2020 South Australian State League 1
5	Northern Demons	22	11	4	7	45	30	+15	37	2019 South Australian State League 2 Finals
6	Adelaide Cobras	22	11	4	7	41	33	+8	37	2019 South Australian State League 2 Finals
7	Eastern United	22	11	4	7	33	26	+7	37
8	The Cove	22	10	5	7	44	35	+9	35
9	Adelaide University	22	6	4	12	38	43	−5	22
10	University of South Australia (R)	22	5	2	15	23	63	−40	17	Relegated to Collegiate League 1
11	Modbury Vista	22	2	4	16	22	61	−39	10
12	Mount Barker United	22	1	4	17	23	89	−66	7

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

Finals[edit]


Elimination finals			Semifinals			Preliminary final		Grand final



			1	Gawler	1			Adelaide Hills (a.e.t.)	3

			2	Adelaide Hills	2			Adelaide Vipers	1

						Gawler	0
3	Adelaide Hills	0
						Adelaide Vipers	3
6	Gawler	0
			Adelaide Vipers		2

			Adelaide Cobras		0
4

5

Top Goalscorers[edit]

As of 17 August 2019 ^[6]

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Iradi Baragomwa	Gawler	23
2	Daniel Hosking	Adelaide Hills	22
3	Nicholas Stefanopoulos	Adelaide Vipers	16
4	Andrew Orphanou	Adelaide Cobras	15
4	Callum Hutchins	Adelaide Hills	15
6	Lewis Farquhar	Adelaide Hills	14

2019 Women's NPL[edit]

PS4 Women's National Premier League
Season	2019
Champions	Adelaide City
Premiers	Adelaide City
← 2018 2020 →

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 fourth season of the NPL format. The 8 teams played a triple round-robin for a total of 21 games.

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Adelaide City (C)	21	18	1	2	101	21	+80	55	2019 Women's NPL Finals
2	West Adelaide	21	15	1	5	43	19	+24	46
3	Salisbury Inter	21	11	2	8	43	53	−10	35
4	Adelaide University	21	9	5	7	28	27	+1	32
5	Metro United	21	8	3	10	37	46	−9	27
6	Fulham United	21	5	4	12	28	62	−34	19
7	Adelaide Comets	21	2	7	12	21	41	−20	13
8	FFSA NTC	21	3	3	15	27	59	−32	12

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


Semi-finals			Elimination Final			Grand Final 9 September



1	Adelaide City	0				2	West Adelaide	1

2	West Adelaide	1				1	Adelaide City	2

			2	Adelaide City	5

			3	Salisbury Inter	1

3	Salisbury Inter	2

4	Adelaide University	1

Cup competitions[edit]

2019 Federation Cup[edit]

South Australian soccer clubs competed in 2019 for the Federation Cup. Clubs entered from the NPL SA, the State League 1, State League 2, South Australian Amateur Soccer League and South Australian Collegiate Soccer League.

This knockout competition was won by Adelaide Olympic.

The competition also served as the South Australian preliminary rounds for the 2019 FFA Cup. In addition to Adelaide Olympic, A-League club Adelaide United qualified for the final rounds, entering at the Round of 32.

References[edit]

^ "Adelaide City FC Outcome". FFSA. 23 December 2018. Archived from the original on 16 March 2019. Retrieved 24 September 2019.
^ "National Premier Leagues Goals". SportsTG.
^ "BORAL Final Series 2019 - The Preliminary Round Review". FFSA. 9 December 2019. Retrieved 22 December 2019.
^ "State League 1 Goals". SportsTG.
^ "BORAL Final Series 2019 - The Preliminary Round Review". FFSA. 9 December 2019. Retrieved 22 December 2019.
^ "State League 2 Goals". SportsTG.

[table_note_AUY0.58532091117712-1] Adelaide United Youth cannot qualify for the National Premier Leagues finals series.

[table_hth_AC0.58532091117712-3] Following a sanction by the independent Disciplinary Committee, Adelaide City had 18 competition points removed for the 2018 season, and a further 6 points for the 2019 season.^[1]

[2] "Adelaide City FC Outcome". FFSA. 23 December 2018. Archived from the original on 16 March 2019. Retrieved 24 September 2019.

[4] "National Premier Leagues Goals". SportsTG.

[5] "BORAL Final Series 2019 - The Preliminary Round Review". FFSA. 9 December 2019. Retrieved 22 December 2019.

[6] "State League 1 Goals". SportsTG.

[7] "BORAL Final Series 2019 - The Preliminary Round Review". FFSA. 9 December 2019. Retrieved 22 December 2019.

[8] "State League 2 Goals". SportsTG.

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