2015 FFSA season

NPL State League
Season	2015
Promoted	Adelaide United Youth, Adelaide Olympic
Relegated	Adelaide Cobras, Seaford Rangers, Noarlunga United, Northern Demons, Eastern United, Gawler
Matches played	240
Goals scored	1,005 (4.19 per match)
Top goalscorer	Donovan Pollock (34 goals)
Biggest home win	Adelaide United Youth 13−0 Eastern United; (21 June 2015)
Biggest away win	Gawler 0−8 Playford City; (30 May 2015)
Highest scoring	Adelaide United Youth 12−3 Adelaide Victory; (29 August 2015)
	← 2014 2016 →

NPL South Australia
Season	2015
Champions	West Adelaide
Premiers	West Adelaide
Relegated	Port Adelaide Pirates, Modbury Jets, White City, Para Hills Knights
Matches played	182
Goals scored	611 (3.36 per match)
Top goalscorer	Michael Matricciani (22 goals)
Biggest home win	Adelaide Blue Eagles 6−0 Modbury Jets; (19 February 2015) ; West Adelaide 7−1 Modbury Jets; (18 April 2015)
Biggest away win	Adelaide Comets 1−8 Adelaide City; (11 April 2015)
Highest scoring	9 goals Adelaide Comets 1−8 Adelaide City; (11 April 2015)
	← 2014 2016 →

Football Federation South Australia
Season	2015
Champions	West Adelaide
	← 2014 2016 →

The Football Federation South Australia 2015 season was the third season under the National Premier Leagues competition format in South Australia. The competition consisted of two divisions across the State of South Australia. The overall premier for the new structure qualified for the National Premier Leagues finals series, competing with the other state federation champions in a final knockout tournament to decide the National Premier Leagues Champion for 2015.

League tables

2015 National Premier Leagues SA

The National Premier League South Australia 2015 season was played over 26 rounds, from February to August 2015.

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	West Adelaide (C)	26	14	9	3	52	26	+26	51	2015 National Premier Leagues Finals
2	Adelaide Blue Eagles	26	14	8	4	55	28	+27	50	2015 South Australia Finals
3	West Torrens Birkalla	26	15	4	7	57	40	+17	49
4	Croydon Kings	26	14	6	6	49	38	+11	48
5	Adelaide City	26	14	4	8	69	39	+30	46
6	Campbelltown City	26	13	7	6	44	36	+8	46
7	North Eastern MetroStars	26	11	6	9	44	37	+7	39
8	Adelaide Comets	26	11	1	14	34	49	−15	34
9	South Adelaide	26	8	6	12	42	56	−14	30
10	Adelaide Raiders	26	8	3	15	43	45	−2	27
11	Port Adelaide Pirates (R)	26	7	6	13	37	56	−19	27	Qualification to the 2015 Relegation play-offs
12	Modbury Jets (R)	26	7	6	13	29	55	−26	27	Relegation to the 2016 SA State League 1
13	White City (R)	26	2	11	13	26	48	−22	17
14	Para Hills Knights (R)	26	3	5	18	30	56	−26	14

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

Results

Home \ Away	ABE	ACI	ACM	ARA	CAM	CRO	MOD	NOR	PAR	PAP	SOU	WEA	WTB	WHI
Adelaide Blue Eagles		1–1	2–0	2–0	1–2	1–4	6–0	1–0	4–2	5–2	2–0	0–0	4–0	1–1
Adelaide City	1–4		0–1	2–1	4–0	6–1	1–3	1–1	4–1	1–1	5–1	2–3	3–0	3–3
Adelaide Comets	0–3	1–8		2–1	3–4	1–3	1–2	1–2	1–0	0–1	4–3	2–2	1–4	2–0
Adelaide Raiders	1–1	1–3	0–1		3–1	3–1	1–1	3–0	2–1	0–3	1–2	1–2	1–3	2–2
Campbelltown City	1–1	0–4	1–0	2–1		0–1	4–0	1–2	3–3	1–1	3–1	0–0	1–0	1–0
Croydon Kings	1–1	2–0	3–1	1–2	0–1		1–1	2–1	2–1	2–0	1–1	1–3	1–0	4–1
Modbury Jets	2–1	1–2	1–5	4–2	1–3	0–4		0–2	3–0	1–3	1–1	0–0	1–2	1–0
North Eastern MetroStars	2–3	4–3	1–0	1–0	0–0	1–1	2–0		3–0	4–2	2–4	0–2	2–3	2–2
Para Hills Knights	1–2	1–2	0–1	4–3	2–5	2–4	1–1	2–0		2–4	0–1	1–1	1–2	0–0
Port Adelaide Pirates	1–1	0–4	1–2	1–6	2–5	2–4	2–2	0–4	1–0		1–2	2–4	1–3	3–0
South Adelaide	1–2	2–3	1–0	1–4	2–3	0–0	1–0	1–4	3–1	2–2		3–2	3–3	0–2
West Adelaide	1–1	3–2	1–2	1–0	1–1	6–1	7–1	1–0	0–1	3–0	3–2		4–2	1–1
West Torrens Birkalla	3–1	3–2	4–0	3–0	3–1	3–3	3–0	1–1	3–2	1–2	4–1	0–0		4–2
White City	1–4	0–2	1–2	0–4	0–0	0–1	0–2	3–3	1–1	1–1	3–3	0–1	2–0

Updated to match(es) played on 15 August 2015. Source: ^[1]
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Leading Goalscorers

Rank	Player	Club	Goals^[2]
1	Michael Matricciani	Campbelltown City	22
2	Tom Briscoe	West Adelaide	20
3	Kym Harris	Adelaide Blue Eagles	19
4	Elvis Kamsoba	Adelaide Raiders	15
	Nicholas Bucco	Adelaide City
	Ryan Kitto	West Torrens Birkalla
7	Anthony Costa	Adelaide City	14
7	Paul Radice	West Torrens Birkalla	14

Finals


Elimination finals	Semifinals	Preliminary final	Grand final



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Promotion/Relegation Play-off

4 September 2015

19:30

Adelaide Olympic	1–1	Port Adelaide Pirates

11 September 2015

19:00

Port Adelaide Pirates	0–4	Adelaide Olympic

2015 NPL State League

The 2015 NPL State League was the third edition of the new NPL State League as the second level domestic association football competition in South Australia (and third level within Australia overall). 16 teams competed, all playing each other twice for a total of 30 rounds, with the league and playoff winners at the end of the year promoted to the 2016 National Premier Leagues South Australia.

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Adelaide United Youth (P)	30	21	3	6	112	33	+79	66	Promoted to the 2016 National Premier Leagues South Australia
2	Adelaide Olympic (P)	30	21	3	6	59	35	+24	66	Qualified for the 2015 Promotion play-offs
3	Cumberland United	30	20	5	5	92	40	+52	65
4	The Cove	30	18	6	6	84	48	+36	60^[a]
5	Western Strikers	30	17	4	9	67	40	+27	55
6	Adelaide Victory	30	16	4	10	70	58	+12	52
7	Adelaide Hills Hawks	30	14	8	8	73	59	+14	50
8	Playford City	30	15	4	11	82	50	+32	49
9	Sturt Lions	30	12	8	10	62	46	+16	44
10	Salisbury United	30	12	7	11	55	46	+9	43^[a]
11	Adelaide Cobras (R)	30	10	4	16	61	77	−16	34	Relegation to the 2016 NPL State League 2
12	Seaford Rangers (R)	30	10	2	18	52	90	−38	32
13	Noarlunga United (R)	30	8	4	18	40	66	−26	28
14	Northern Demons (R)	30	8	4	18	38	69	−31	28
15	Eastern United (R)	30	4	1	25	31	106	−75	13
16	Gawler Eagles (R)	30	0	1	29	27	142	−115	1

Source: socceraust.co.uk
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(P) Promoted; (R) Relegated
Notes:

^ ^a ^b Match involving Salisbury and The Cove was abandoned. The FFSA later awarded Salisbury the win and 3 points.

Results

Home \ Away	ACB	AHH	AOL	AUN	AVC	TCV	CUM	ESU	GAW	NLU	NTD	PLC	SBU	SFR	STU	WES
Adelaide Cobras		3–4	3–1	0–3	4–3	1–1	0–2	3–2	5–3	3–2	0–1	3–4	1–0	2–0	0–4	4–1
Adelaide Hills Hawks	2–0		0–1	0–4	3–4	3–2	1–0	2–0	1–1	3–1	2–1	1–1	0–0	5–1	2–2	1–3
Adelaide Olympic	2–0	3–3		1–0	1–2	0–1	1–1	5–1	2–0	3–1	2–0	4–3	2–1	2–1	2–0	1–0
Adelaide United Youth	3–3	6–2	3–0		12–3	3–0	5–3	13–0	7–0	4–1	8–0	5–0	5–0	5–1	1–1	1–2
Adelaide Victory	4–1	1–1	2–3	0–2		1–2	0–4	2–0	9–3	3–0	3–0	2–1	3–1	5–1	1–1	1–0
The Cove	6–1	1–2	6–1	2–0	4–4		2–2	5–1	10–0	1–0	3–2	4–3	2–1	4–0	2–2	3–2
Cumberland United	3–1	2–2	0–2	2–1	2–1	1–2		3–0	10–2	5–2	5–1	4–2	4–2	8–0	4–2	0–1
Eastern United	3–4	1–6	0–1	1–2	3–4	1–1	0–5		3–2	1–4	3–1	0–6	0–4	0–2	2–5	1–2
Gawler Eagles	0–6	1–6	1–6	1–4	0–2	2–6	1–2	1–2		0–3	0–2	0–8	0–4	2–4	1–4	1–5
Noarlunga United	1–0	3–2	2–4	1–0	0–2	2–2	0–4	0–2	3–2		1–2	2–2	1–3	3–1	0–1	0–0
Northern Demons	5–0	4–3	0–2	0–2	0–2	1–3	2–2	2–1	2–0	0–3		1–2	2–2	1–0	2–2	3–3
Playford City	3–1	1–1	0–1	0–3	1–2	5–1	1–1	8–1	2–0	4–1	5–0		3–0	7–0	1–0	3–1
Salisbury United	2–1	3–4	1–1	3–1	1–1	3–0	2–4	4–0	2–1	5–1	2–0	2–3		1–1	3–1	0–0
Seaford Rangers	5–5	3–6	1–0	3–5	2–1	0–4	2–5	3–1	4–1	2–0	4–2	4–2	2–3		2–3	3–2
Sturt Lions	3–3	3–4	1–2	2–3	1–0	2–3	1–2	5–1	8–0	1–1	2–0	2–1	0–0	1–0		1–3
Western Strikers	4–3	3–1	1–3	1–1	4–2	2–1	1–2	1–0	10–1	4–1	2–1	3–0	2–0	4–0	0–1

Updated to match(es) played on 29 August 2015. Source: ^[3]
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Leading Goalscorers

Correct as of conclusion of Round 30

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Doni Pollock	Adelaide United Youth	34
2	Fausto Erba	Adelaide Olympic	32
3	Matthew Gaston	Playford City Patriots	26
4	Shomari Sabatho	Playford City Patriots	22
4	Oliver Grant	The Cove	22

2015 SA Regional Leagues

Association	Champions
Collegiate Soccer League	Rostrevor Old Collegians
Port Lincoln Soccer Association	South Coast
Riverland Soccer Association	Barmera United
Western Border Football Association	International Mount Gambier

2015 Women's Premier League

Women's Premier League
Season	2015
Premiers	Metro United
← 2014 2016 →

This was the last season of the Premier League format before the introduction of the NPL. The 9 teams played a double round-robin for a total of 16 games.

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Metro United (C)	16	14	1	1	95	17	+78	43
2	Adelaide City	16	13	1	2	46	13	+33	40
3	West Adelaide	16	10	1	5	48	22	+26	31
4	Fulham United	16	7	3	6	35	38	−3	24
5	Adelaide University	16	7	3	6	51	57	−6	24
6	Para Hills Knights	16	6	3	7	30	33	−3	21
7	Sturt Marion	16	5	3	8	38	37	+1	18
8	Cumberland United	16	1	1	14	16	47	−31	4
9	FFSA U15s	16	1	0	15	11	106	−95	3

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

Cup Competitions

2015 Federation Cup

South Australian soccer clubs competed in 2015 for the Federation Cup. Clubs entered from the NPL SA, the State League 1 and State League 2.

This knockout competition was won by Croydon Kings.

The competition also served as the South Australian Preliminary Rounds for the 2015 FFA Cup. In addition to the Croydon Kings, North Eastern MetroStars (as the 2014 National Premier Leagues Champion), and the A-League club Adelaide United qualified for the final rounds, entering at the Round of 32.

References

^ http://www.socceraust.co.uk/2015/SA/NPL/matrix.html
^ "PS4 NPL SA Scoring Summary". Fox Sports Pulse. Retrieved 26 September 2015.
^ http://www.socceraust.co.uk/2015/SA/State/matrix.html

External links

[table_hth_TCV0.54542990240521-3] Match involving Salisbury and The Cove was abandoned. The FFSA later awarded Salisbury the win and 3 points.

[1] ttp://www.socceraust.co.uk/2015/SA/NPL/matrix.html

[PS4_NPL_SA_statistics-2] "PS4 NPL SA Scoring Summary". Fox Sports Pulse. Retrieved 26 September 2015.

[4] ttp://www.socceraust.co.uk/2015/SA/State/matrix.html

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