2015 National Premier Leagues

National Premier Leagues
Season	2015
Champions	Blacktown City (1st Title)
Finalists	Bayswater City; Blacktown City; Canberra; Edgeworth; Moreton Bay United; Olympia; South Melbourne ; West Adelaide
	← 2014 2016 →

The 2015 National Premier Leagues was the third season of the Australian National Premier Leagues football competition. The league competition was played amongst eight separate divisions, divided by FFA state and territory member federations. The divisions are 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 edit

ACT edit

Pos	Team v t e	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	2015 ACT Finals
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:

^ Tigers FC were penalised three competition points due to a breach of NPL playing roster conditions.^[2]

Finals edit


Semi-finals			Preliminary Final			Grand Final



1	Canberra	2				1	Canberra	1

2	Tigers FC	1				5	Canberra Olympic	3

			2	Tigers FC	1

			5	Canberra Olympic	4

3	Belconnen United	2

5	Canberra Olympic	4

NSW edit

Pos	Team v t e	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:

^ Promotion and Relegation system based on Club Championship and including points from U20 and U18 teams.^[3]^[4]^[5]

Finals edit


Qualifying final			Major semi-final			Preliminary final			Grand final



			1	Blacktown City	2				1	Blacktown City	0

			3	Bonnyrigg White Eagles	4				3	Bonnyrigg White Eagles	2

2	APIA Leichhardt Tigers	1				1	Blacktown City	6

3	Bonnyrigg White Eagles	3	Minor semi-final			2	APIA Leichhardt Tigers	1



			2	APIA Leichhardt Tigers	1

4	Sydney Olympic	2	4	Sydney Olympic	0

5	South Coast Wolves	0

Northern NSW edit

Pos	Team v t e	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 edit

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 edit

Pos	Team v t e	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 edit

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 edit

Pos	Team v t e	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 edit


Elimination finals			Semifinals			Preliminary final		Grand final



			1	Adelaide Blue Eagles	1			Adelaide Blue Eagles	0

			2	West Adelaide	1			West Adelaide	3

						West Adelaide	5
3	West Torrens Birkalla	0 (5)
						West Torrens Birkalla	2
6	Campbelltown City	0 (4)
			West Torrens Birkalla		1

			Adelaide City		0
4	Croydon Kings	1 (1)

5	Adelaide City	1 (3)

Tasmania edit

Pos	Team v t e	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 edit

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 edit

Pos	Team v t e	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	Relegation to the 2016 NPL Victoria 2

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

Finals edit

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 edit

Pos	Team v t e	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 edit

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	ACT	2nd
Blacktown City	NSW	1st
Edgeworth Eagles	Northern NSW	1st
Moreton Bay United	Queensland	1st
West Adelaide	South Australia	1st
Olympia	Tasmania	1st
South Melbourne	Victoria	2nd
Bayswater City	Western Australia	2nd

Quarter-finals		Semi-finals		Grand Final

West Adelaide	1

Bayswater City	2
		Bayswater City	6

		Olympia	0
South Melbourne	1

Olympia	2
				Bayswater City	1

				Blacktown City	3
Blacktown City	4

Canberra	1
		Blacktown City	2

		Moreton Bay United	1
Moreton Bay United	3

Edgeworth Eagles	1

Quarter-finals edit

19 September 2015

16:00 AEST

South Melbourne	1–2	Olympia
Lujic 61'	Report	Nichols 3' Mala 30' (o.g.) Hickey 22' 54'

Lakeside Stadium, Melbourne

Referee: Lucien Laverdure

19 September 2015

19:30 AEST

Moreton Bay United	3–1	Edgeworth Eagles
Mendy 40' Hall 72' Farina 74' (pen.)	Report	Bizzarri 90+1'

QSAC, Brisbane

Referee: Alex King

20 September 2015

14:30 ACST

West Adelaide	1–2	Bayswater City
Coyne 12' (o.g.)	Report	Heagney 77' Dixon 80'

Adelaide Shores Football Centre, Adelaide

Referee: Daniel Elder

20 September 2015

16:00 AEST

Blacktown City	4–1	Canberra
Mallia 3' Antelmi 21' 40' Major 30' Gibbs 66'	Report	James 48' Subasic 90'

Lilys Homes Stadium, Sydney

Referee: Ben Abraham

Semi-finals edit

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.

26 September 2015

19:30 AEST

Blacktown City	2–1	Moreton Bay United
Major 14' Henderson 30' (o.g.)	Report	Green 63'

Lilys Homes Stadium, Sydney

Referee: Kurt Ams

27 September 2015

14:30 AWST

Bayswater City	6–0	Olympia
Heagney 12', 64', 74' Marulanda 28' Sam 73', 88'	Report

Frank Drago Reserve, Perth

Referee: Adam Field

Grand Final edit

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]

3 October 2015

18:30 AWST

Bayswater City	1–3	Blacktown City
Marulanda 51'	Report	Gibbs 13', 55' Mallia 26'

Dorrien Gardens, Perth

Referee: Matthew Cropper

Individual honours edit

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

References edit

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

External links edit

Official website

[table_hth_CT0.65796942806708-3] Tigers FC were penalised three competition points due to a breach of NPL playing roster conditions.^[2]

[table_note_res_R0.64308044763425-7] Promotion and Relegation system based on Club Championship and including points from U20 and U18 teams.^[3]^[4]^[5]

[FFA_Cup-1] "FFA Cup spot the reward in PS4 NPL Finals series". 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.

[NSW_comprules-4] "COMPETITION REGULATIONS - 2015 COMPETITIONS" (PDF). footballnsw.com.au. Retrieved 30 August 2015.

[NPL1CC-5] "NPL NSW MENS 1 CLUB CHAMPIONSHIP" (PDF). footballnsw.com.au. Retrieved 18 August 2015.

[NPL1review-6] "PS4 NPL NSW Men's 1 Round 22 Review". footballnsw.com.au. Retrieved 26 August 2015.

[2015Regs-8] "Victory League Competition Rules 2015" (PDF). footballfedtas.com.au. March 2015. Archived from the original (PDF) on 24 September 2015. Retrieved 23 August 2015.

[9] "PS4 NPL Grand Final details confirmed". Football Federation Australia. 29 September 2015. Retrieved 29 September 2015.

[10] "Blacktown crowned PS4 NPL champions". Football Federation Australia. 3 October 2015.

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