2015 FFSA season

Football Federation South Australia
Season2015
ChampionsWest Adelaide
← 2014
2016 →

The 2015 Football Federation South Australia season was the 109th season of soccer in South Australia, and the third under the National Premier Leagues format.

League tables

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2015 National Premier Leagues SA

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NPL South Australia
Season2015
ChampionsWest Adelaide
PremiersWest Adelaide
RelegatedPort Adelaide Pirates, Modbury Jets, White City, Para Hills Knights
Matches played182
Goals scored611 (3.36 per match)
Top goalscorerMichael Matricciani (22 goals)
Biggest home winAdelaide Blue Eagles 6−0 Modbury Jets
(19 February 2015)
West Adelaide 7−1 Modbury Jets
(18 April 2015)
Biggest away winAdelaide Comets 1−8 Adelaide City
(11 April 2015)
Highest scoring9 goals Adelaide Comets 1−8 Adelaide City
(11 April 2015)
← 2014
2016 →

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

League Table

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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

Results

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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

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

Finals

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Promotion/relegation play-off

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Adelaide Olympic1–1Port Adelaide Pirates
Port Adelaide Pirates0–4Adelaide Olympic

2015 NPL State League

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NPL State League
Season2015
PromotedAdelaide United Youth, Adelaide Olympic
RelegatedAdelaide Cobras, Seaford Rangers, Noarlunga United, Northern Demons, Eastern United, Gawler
Matches played240
Goals scored1,005 (4.19 per match)
Top goalscorerDonovan Pollock (34 goals)
Biggest home winAdelaide United Youth 13−0 Eastern United
(21 June 2015)
Biggest away winGawler 0−8 Playford City
(30 May 2015)
Highest scoringAdelaide United Youth 12−3 Adelaide Victory
(29 August 2015)
← 2014
2016 →

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

Results

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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

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Correct as of conclusion of Round 30

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

2015 SA Regional Leagues

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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

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Women's Premier League
Season2015
PremiersMetro 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

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2015 Federation Cup

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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.

Further information: 2015 FFA Cup preliminary rounds

References

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  1. ^ "South Australia National Premier League 2015 - Result matrix".
  2. ^ "PS4 NPL SA Scoring Summary". Fox Sports Pulse. Retrieved 26 September 2015.
  3. ^ "South Australia NPL - State League 2015 - Result matrix".
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