2016 Football West season

The 2016 Football West season was the third season under the new competition format in Western Australia. The overall premier for the new structure – Perth – qualified for the National Premier Leagues finals series, competing with the other Federation champions in a final knockout tournament to decide the National Premier Leagues Champion for 2016.

Football West Season 2016
LeagueWestern Australia National Premier Leagues Western Australia
SportAssociation football
Duration2016
NPL WA League Season
ChampionsPerth
PremiersPerth
Cool Ridge Cup
Cup WinnersFloreat Athena

Pre-season changes
2015 LeaguePromoted to leagueRelegated from league
NPL WA––
State League 1Forrestfield United
Rockingham City		Morley-Windmills
Swan United
State League 2––
Women's State LeagueFremantle CityUWA-Nedlands

League tables

2016 National Premier Leagues WA

The 2016 National Premier Leagues WA season was played over 22 rounds commencing 19 March 2016, followed by the return of a Top 4 Finals series. Despite the flagged return of a promotion/relegation system for the bottom team,[1] it was determined after the season ended that no State League Division One club met all the criteria for promotion, and that the teams in the 2017 season would remain unchanged.[2] This decision was changed 3 weeks later, with Football West stating that both Joondalup United and Mandurah City would be promoted, and their overall promotion criteria would be reviewed.[3]

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Perth SC (C) 22 13 4 5 39 23 +16 43 2016 National Premier Leagues Finals
2 Inglewood United 22 13 3 6 44 32 +12 42 2016 Western Australia Finals
3 ECU Joondalup 22 13 2 7 38 29 +9 41
4 Floreat Athena 22 11 5 6 50 32 +18 38
5 Bayswater City 22 12 2 8 43 31 +12 38
6 Sorrento 22 11 5 6 30 28 +2 38
7 Stirling Lions 22 11 1 10 51 32 +19 34
8 Balcatta 22 8 1 13 37 50 −13 25
9 Cockburn City 22 5 7 10 37 47 −10 22
10 Perth Glory Youth 22 6 3 13 23 40 −17 21
11 Armadale 22 6 1 15 26 41 −15 19
12 Subiaco AFC 22 5 2 15 20 53 −33 17
Source: foxsportspulse.com
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions

Finals
Semi-finalsPreliminary FinalGrand Final
1Perth1 (5)1Perth1
2Inglewood United1 (4)2Inglewood United0
2Inglewood United3 (6)
3ECU Joondalup3 (5)
3ECU Joondalup5
4Floreat Athena4

2016 WA State League Division 1
Football West State League Division 1
Season2016
ChampionsJoondalup United
Top goalscorer–
← 2015
2017 →

The 2016 WA State League Division 1 Season was the second tier domestic football competition in Western Australia. It was decided after the season ended that no club met all the criteria for promotion to the NPL for the following season,[2] but that decision was reversed three weeks later.[3]

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Joondalup United (C, P) 22 16 2 4 63 27 +36 50 Promotion to the 2017 NPL Western Australia
2 Mandurah City (P) 22 14 6 2 51 24 +27 48
3 Forrestfield United 22 13 0 9 64 39 +25 39
4 Western Knights 22 11 4 7 47 35 +12 37
5 Ashfield 22 10 2 10 39 31 +8 32
6 Canning City 22 9 5 8 33 30 +3 32
7 Rockingham City 22 9 5 8 32 31 +1 32
8 UWA-Nedlands 22 9 5 8 46 57 −11 32
9 South West Phoenix 22 5 9 8 31 44 −13 24
10 Gosnells City 22 6 4 12 28 51 −23 22
11 Dianella White Eagles 22 4 2 16 37 65 −28 14 Qualification to the 2016 relegation play-offs
12 Shamrock Rovers (R) 22 3 2 17 27 64 −37 11 Relegation to the 2017 State League Division 2
Source: socceraust.co.uk
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated

Promotion/relegation play-off
Dianella White Eagles3–0Joondalup City
Dianella Reserve
Joondalup City2–1Dianella White Eagles
Iluka Sports Complex

Dianella wins 4–2 on aggregate, and stays in Division 1 in 2017.

2016 WA State League Division 2
Football West State League Division 2
Season2016
← 2015
2017 →

The 2016 WA State League Division 2 Season was the third tier domestic football competition in Western Australia. The top team at the end of the year is promoted to the 2017 WA State League Division 1, with the second team qualifying to a promotion/relegation playoff.

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Fremantle City (C, P) 22 17 4 1 59 19 +40 55 Promotion to the 2017 State League Division 1
2 Joondalup City 22 15 2 5 51 33 +18 47 Qualification to the 2016 promotion play-offs
3 Balga 22 14 3 5 49 28 +21 45
4 Quinns 22 11 2 9 45 37 +8 35
5 Melville City 22 8 6 8 38 38 0 30
6 Swan United 22 8 6 8 33 41 −8 30
7 Morley-Windmills 22 9 1 12 44 43 +1 28
8 Olympic Kingsway 22 8 3 11 35 37 −2 27
9 Kelmscott Roos 22 8 2 12 34 36 −2 26
10 Curtin University 22 7 5 10 30 41 −11 26
11 Wanneroo City 22 7 3 12 31 37 −6 24
12 Ellenbrook United (R) 22 1 1 20 11 70 −59 4 Relegation to the 2017 Amateur League Premier Division
Source: socceraust.co.uk
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated

2016 Women's State League Premier Division
Western Australia Football West Women's State League
Season2016
ChampionsNorthern Redbacks
RelegatedQuinns
← 2015
2017 →

The highest tier domestic football competition in Western Australia is known as the BankWest Women's State League Premier Division for sponsorship reasons. The 8 teams play each other three times, for a total of 21 rounds, and with a promotion/relegation system for the bottom team with the State League Division 1.

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Northern Redbacks (C) 21 17 2 2 85 22 +63 53
2 Beckenham Angels 21 15 0 6 80 39 +41 45
3 Queen's Park 21 14 2 5 62 18 +44 44
4 Football West NTC U-19 21 12 2 7 52 41 +11 38
5 Melville City 21 10 2 9 40 32 +8 32
6 Balcatta 21 5 5 11 28 50 −22 20
7 East Fremantle 21 2 3 16 17 71 −54 9
8 Quinns (R) 21 1 0 20 20 111 −91 3 Relegation to the 2017 State League Division 1
Source: foxsportspulse.com
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated

2016 Cool Ridge Cup
Main article: 2016 WA State Challenge Cup

Western Australian soccer clubs competed in 2016 for the Football West State Cup, known that year as the Cool Ridge Cup for sponsorship reasons. Clubs entered from the National Premier Leagues WA, the two divisions of the State League, a limited number of teams from various divisions of the 2016 Sunday League competition, and from regional teams invited from the South West, Goldfields, Great Southern and Midwest regions.[4]

This knockout competition was won by Floreat Athena, their 6th title.[5]

The competition also served as the Western Australian Preliminary rounds for the 2016 FFA Cup. In addition to the A-League club Perth Glory, the two finalists – Cockburn City and Floreat Athena – qualified for the final rounds of the 2016 FFA Cup, entering at the Round of 32.

References
  1. "Annexe 1 State League" (PDF). footballwest.com.au. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 November 2016. Retrieved 6 September 2016.
  2. "NPLWA unchanged in 2017 season". www.footballwest.com.au. 12 November 2016. Retrieved 14 November 2016.
  3. "NPLWA expansion for 2017". www.footballwest.com.au. 1 December 2016. Retrieved 2 December 2016.
  4. "Westfield FFA Cup entries for 2016". footballwest.com.au. 2 February 2016. Retrieved 3 February 2016.
  5. "Stynes strikes late for last-gasp Athena". www.footballwest.com.au. 23 July 2016. Retrieved 23 July 2016.
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