2015 National Premier Leagues

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The 2015 National Premier Leagues was the third season of the Australian

ACT, NSW, Northern NSW, Queensland, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria and Western Australia
.

The winners of each respective divisional league competed in a finals playoff tournament at season end, with Blacktown City crowned as National Premier Leagues Champions, which gave them direct qualification for the 2016 FFA Cup Round of 32.[1]

League tables

ACT

This section is transcluded from 2015 Capital Football season. (edit | history)
Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1
Canberra
 16 11 3 2 53 27 +26 36 2015 National Premier Leagues Finals
2 Tigers FC 16 12 1 3 52 27 +25 34[a] 2015 ACT Finals
3 Belconnen United 16 10 4 2 38 24 +14 34
4 FFA Centre of Excellence 16 8 4 4 38 30 +8 28
5 Canberra Olympic (C) 16 7 4 5 38 21 +17 25 2015 ACT Finals
6 Gungahlin United 16 7 4 5 33 30 +3 25
7
Woden Weston
 16 3 2 11 20 40 −20 11
8 Monaro Panthers 16 2 2 12 19 48 −29 8
9 Tuggeranong United 16 0 0 16 12 56 −44 0
Source: foxsportspulse.com
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions
Notes:
  1. ^ Tigers FC were penalised three competition points due to a breach of NPL playing roster conditions.[2]

Finals

Semi-finalsPreliminary FinalGrand Final
1
Canberra
1
2Tigers FC15Canberra Olympic3
2Tigers FC1
5Canberra Olympic4
3Belconnen United2
5Canberra Olympic4

NSW

This section is transcluded from 2015 Football NSW season. (edit | history)
Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Blacktown City 22 15 5 2 54 23 +31 50 2015 National Premier Leagues Finals
2
APIA Leichhardt Tigers
 22 13 6 3 56 31 +25 45 2015 NSW Finals
3 Bonnyrigg White Eagles (C) 22 13 4 5 49 35 +14 43
4 Sydney Olympic 22 13 3 6 45 31 +14 42
5
South Coast Wolves
 22 9 5 8 31 36 −5 32
6
Rockdale City Suns
 22 9 3 10 31 33 −2 30
7 Sydney United 58 22 9 1 12 38 45 −7 28
8 Manly United 22 8 3 11 39 38 +1 27
9 Blacktown Spartans 22 8 3 11 40 51 −11 27
10 Sutherland Sharks 22 7 3 12 36 42 −6 24
11 Parramatta FC 22 5 5 12 22 35 −13 20
12 Marconi Stallions (R) 22 2 1 19 14 55 −41 7 Relegated to the 2016
NPL NSW 2[a]
Source: foxsportspulse.com
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. ^ Promotion and Relegation system based on Club Championship and including points from U20 and U18 teams.[3][4][5]

Finals

Qualifying finalMajor semi-finalPreliminary finalGrand final
1
South Coast Wolves
0

Northern NSW

This section is transcluded from 2015 Northern NSW Football season. (edit | history)
Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1
Edgeworth Eagles
(C) 		18 13 1 4 39 22 +17 40 2015 National Premier Leagues Finals
2 Lambton Jaffas 18 11 4 3 42 22 +20 37 2015 Northern NSW Finals
3
Hamilton Olympic
 18 10 6 2 46 22 +24 36
4 Broadmeadow Magic 18 10 2 6 43 26 +17 32
5
Weston Workers
 18 9 2 7 24 26 −2 29
6 Adamstown Rosebud 18 8 4 6 29 30 −1 28
7 Newcastle Jets Youth 18 5 2 11 34 46 −12 17
8 Maitland 18 4 3 11 21 33 −12 15
9
Charlestown City Blues
 18 4 1 13 18 43 −25 13
10 South Cardiff (R) 18 2 3 13 22 48 −26 9 Relegated to the 2016 NNSW State League 1
Source: foxsportspulse.com
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated

Finals

Semi-finals Grand Final
        
1 Edgeworth (a) 3 0 3
4 Broadmeadow Magic 3 0 3
1 Edgeworth 2
3
Hamilton Olympic
0
2 Lambton Jaffas 1 2 3
3
Hamilton Olympic
 		2 2 4

Queensland

This section is
2015 Football Queensland season. (edit | history
)
Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Moreton Bay United (C) 22 14 5 3 54 25 +29 47 2015 National Premier Leagues Finals
2 Brisbane Strikers 22 14 5 3 49 22 +27 47 2015 Queensland Finals
3 Redlands United 22 12 3 7 50 28 +22 39
4 Olympic FC 22 12 3 7 55 36 +19 39
5 Palm Beach 22 10 5 7 36 26 +10 35
6 Brisbane Roar Youth 22 9 5 8 50 34 +16 32
7
Far North Queensland
 22 9 4 9 49 39 +10 31
8 Northern Fury 22 10 1 11 42 44 −2 31
9 Brisbane City 22 8 2 12 41 52 −11 26
10
Sunshine Coast
 22 7 3 12 33 48 −15 24
11 Western Pride 22 7 2 13 39 57 −18 23
12 South West Queensland Thunder 22 0 2 20 16 97 −81 2
Source: foxsportspulse.com
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions

Finals

Semi-finals Grand Final
      
1 Moreton Bay United 3
4 Olympic 1
1 Moreton Bay United 2
2 Brisbane Strikers 1
2 Brisbane Strikers 2
3 Redlands United 1

South Australia

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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

Finals

Elimination finalsSemifinalsPreliminary finalGrand final
1
Croydon Kings
1 (1)
5Adelaide City1 (3)

Tasmania

This section is transcluded from 2015 Football Federation Tasmania season. (edit | history)
Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Olympia (C) 21 15 3 3 83 14 +69 48 2015 National Premier Leagues Finals
2 South Hobart 21 15 1 5 73 27 +46 46 2015 Victory Cup
3 Hobart Zebras 21 12 5 4 57 24 +33 41
4 Northern Rangers 21 8 7 6 63 34 +29 31
5 Launceston City 21 7 3 11 39 51 −12 24
6 Kingborough Lions United 21 7 2 12 37 60 −23 23
7 Devonport City 21 6 3 12 42 51 −9 21
8 Glenorchy Knights (R) 21 2 0 19 15 148 −133 6 Relegated to the 2016 Tasmanian Championship
Source: foxsportspulse.com
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated

Finals

An end of season finals series for the Victory Cup was held using an expanded format, which included the top six teams from the Victory League as well as the premiers from the Northern Championship (Somerset) and Southern Championship (University of Tasmania). The quarter-final and semi-final matches were decided by random draw.[6]

Quarter-finals Semi-finals Final
         
Kingborough Lions 0
Hobart Zebras 5
Hobart Zebras 3
South Hobart 0
South Hobart 2
Somerset 1
Hobart Zebras 1
Olympia 3
University of Tasmania 5
Launceston City 1
University of Tasmania 4 (2)
Olympia 4 (4)
Olympia 1
Northern Rangers 0

Victoria

This section is transcluded from 2015 Football Federation Victoria season. (edit | history)
Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 South Melbourne 26 18 4 4 58 22 +36 58 2015 National Premier Leagues Finals
2 Bentleigh Greens (C) 26 17 7 2 48 25 +23 58 2015 Victoria Finals
3 Heidelberg United 26 15 6 5 51 29 +22 51
4 Melbourne Knights 26 15 5 6 39 27 +12 50
5 Hume City 26 13 5 8 41 28 +13 44
6
Pascoe Vale
 26 12 4 10 34 30 +4 40
7 Green Gully 26 11 4 11 52 45 +7 37
8 Port Melbourne 26 9 6 11 37 34 +3 33
9 Avondale FC 26 8 7 11 37 42 −5 31
10 Northcote City 26 9 3 14 32 49 −17 30
11 Oakleigh Cannons 26 7 5 14 33 41 −8 26
12 North Geelong Warriors (R) 26 6 3 17 30 52 −22 21 2015 relegation play-offs
13 Werribee City (R) 26 4 6 16 20 50 −30 18 Relegation to the 2016
NPL Victoria 2
14 Dandenong Thunder (R) 26 4 3 19 30 69 −39 15
Source: foxsportspulse.com
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated

Finals

Quarter-finals Semi-finals Final
1 South Melbourne 3
3 Heidelberg United 2 (0) 6
Pascoe Vale
2
6
Pascoe Vale
 		2 (3) 1 South Melbourne 1
2 Bentleigh Greens 3
2 Bentleigh Greens 2
4 Melbourne Knights 2 (0) 5 Hume City 0
5 Hume City 2 (2)

Western Australia

This section is transcluded from 2015 Football West season. (edit | history)
Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Bayswater City (C) 22 19 3 0 64 21 +43 60 2015 National Premier Leagues Finals
2 Perth SC 22 16 2 4 50 23 +27 50
3 Floreat Athena 22 15 3 4 61 34 +27 48
4 Sorrento 22 12 3 7 41 31 +10 39
5 Cockburn City 22 9 3 10 41 50 −9 30
6
Balcatta
 22 8 3 11 44 44 0 27
7 Inglewood United 22 8 3 11 28 46 −18 27
8
Stirling Lions
 22 8 2 12 42 55 −13 26
9 Subiaco AFC 22 6 2 14 27 36 −9 20
10
ECU Joondalup
 22 5 4 13 37 55 −18 19
11 Perth Glory Youth 22 5 3 14 33 48 −15 18
12
Armadale
 22 4 3 15 29 54 −25 15
Source: foxsportspulse.com
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions

Final Series

The winner of each league competition (top of the table) in the NPL competed in a single match knockout tournament to decide the National Premier Leagues Champion for 2015. For the quarter-final stage the participants were matched up based on geographical proximity. The winner also qualified for the 2016 FFA Cup Round of 32.[1]

Club Qualified From Participation
Canberra
 Australian Capital Territory ACT 2nd
Blacktown City New South Wales NSW 1st
Edgeworth Eagles New South Wales Northern NSW 1st
Moreton Bay United Queensland Queensland 1st
West Adelaide South Australia South Australia 1st
Olympia Tasmania Tasmania 1st
South Melbourne Victoria (state) Victoria 2nd
Bayswater City Western Australia Western Australia 2nd


Quarter-finals Semi-finals Grand Final
         
South Australia West Adelaide 1
Western Australia Bayswater City 2
Western Australia Bayswater City 6
Tasmania Olympia 0
Victoria (state) South Melbourne 1
Tasmania Olympia 2
Western Australia Bayswater City 1
New South Wales Blacktown City 3
New South Wales Blacktown City 4
Canberra
1
New South Wales Blacktown City 2
Queensland Moreton Bay United 1
Queensland Moreton Bay United 3
New South Wales Edgeworth Eagles 1

Quarter-finals

South Melbourne Victoria (state)1–2Tasmania Olympia
Lujic 61' Report Nichols 3'
Mala 30' (o.g.)
Hickey Yellow card 22' Yellow-red card 54'
Referee: Lucien Laverdure
Moreton Bay United Queensland3–1New South Wales Edgeworth Eagles
Mendy 40'
Hall 72'
Farina 74' (pen.)		 Report Bizzarri 90+1'
Referee: Alex King
West Adelaide South Australia1–2Western Australia Bayswater City
Coyne 12' (o.g.) Report Heagney 77'
Dixon 80'
Referee: Daniel Elder
Canberra
Mallia 3'
Antelmi 21' Red card 40'
Major 30'
Gibbs 66'		 Report James Red card 48'
Subasic 90'
Referee: Ben Abraham

Semi-finals

Home field advantage was based on a formula relating to the quarter final results - time of winning (normal time, extra time or penalties), goals scored and allowed, and yellow/red cards.

Blacktown City New South Wales2–1Queensland Moreton Bay United
Major 14'
Henderson 30' (o.g.)		 Report Green 63'
Referee: Kurt Ams
Bayswater City Western Australia6–0Tasmania Olympia
Marulanda 28'
Sam
73', 88'		 Report
Referee: Adam Field

Grand Final

Home field advantage was based on a formula relating to the combined quarter-final and semi final results - time of winning (normal time, extra time or penalties), goals scored and allowed, and yellow/red cards.[7]

Bayswater City Western Australia1–3New South Wales Blacktown City
Marulanda
51'		 Report Gibbs 13', 55'
Mallia 26'
Referee: Matthew Cropper

Individual honours

Joey Gibbs from Blacktown City won the John Kosmina Medal for the best player in the NPL Grand Final.[8]

References

  1. ^
    Football Federation Australia
    . 15 September 2014.
  2. ^ "Cooma Tigers lose Canberra NPL competition points for playing-roster breach". Canberra Times. 4 June 2015. Retrieved 23 August 2015.
  3. ^ "COMPETITION REGULATIONS - 2015 COMPETITIONS" (PDF). footballnsw.com.au. Retrieved 30 August 2015.
  4. ^ "NPL NSW MENS 1 CLUB CHAMPIONSHIP" (PDF). footballnsw.com.au. Retrieved 18 August 2015.
  5. ^ "PS4 NPL NSW Men's 1 Round 22 Review". footballnsw.com.au. Retrieved 26 August 2015.
  6. ^ "Victory League Competition Rules 2015" (PDF). footballfedtas.com.au. March 2015. Archived from the original (PDF) on 24 September 2015. Retrieved 23 August 2015.
  7. ^ "PS4 NPL Grand Final details confirmed". Football Federation Australia. 29 September 2015. Retrieved 29 September 2015.
  8. Football Federation Australia
    . 3 October 2015.

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