2016 FFSA season

Football Federation South Australia

Season	2016
← 2015 2017 →

The 2016 Football Federation South Australia season will be the fourth season under the National Premier Leagues competition format in South Australia. The FFSA has announced a restructuring of the league format in South Australia, moving from a 2 tiered system to a 3 tiered system with the introduction of a new 3rd division.

The 3 leagues will comprise a 12-team National Premier League, a 12-team NPL State League 1, and a 9-team NPL State League 2, which will include SAASL teams Fulham United and Adelaide Vipers and also Collegiate Soccer League team Mount Barker United. This league structure will remain until the end of the 2018 season, with allowances for new teams entering State League 2.

League Tables

2016 National Premier Leagues South Australia

NPL South Australia

Season	2016
Matches played	72
Goals scored	268 (3.72 per match)
Top goalscorer	Anthony Costa (12 goals)
Biggest home win	Adelaide City 6−0 Adelaide United
Biggest away win	MetroStars 1−5 Adelaide Blue Eagles
Highest scoring	Adelaide City 7−4 Adelaide Raiders
← 2015 2017 →

The National Premier League South Australia 2016 season will be played over 22 rounds, with the competition to be cut down to 12 teams.

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Adelaide City	12	9	1	2	37	18	+19	28	2016 National Premier Leagues Finals
2	Campbelltown City	12	8	2	2	25	11	+14	26	2016 South Australia Finals
3	West Torrens Birkalla	12	6	3	3	19	10	+9	21
4	Adelaide Comets	12	6	2	4	22	23	−1	20
5	Adelaide Blue Eagles	12	5	3	4	28	19	+9	18
6	Adelaide United Youth	12	5	1	6	16	22	−6	16
7	West Adelaide	12	3	6	3	19	16	+3	15
8	Adelaide Olympic	12	4	3	5	22	29	−7	15
9	North Eastern MetroStars	12	4	2	6	20	24	−4	14
10	Croydon Kings	12	3	2	7	20	27	−7	11
11	South Adelaide	12	3	1	8	22	34	−12	10	Qualification to the 2016 Relegation play-offs
12	Adelaide Raiders	12	3	0	9	18	36	−18	9	Relegation to the 2017 NPL State League 1

Updated to games played on 22 May 2016.
Source: foxsportspulse.com
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.

Results

Home ╲ Away

ABE

ACI

ACM

ARA

AOL

AUN

CAM

CRO

NOR

SOU

WEA

WTB

Adelaide Blue Eagles

1–3

4–1

4–0

2–1

1–2

6–3

Adelaide City

7–4

6–0

4–3

4–2

3–0

1–0

Adelaide Comets

1–1

2–1

3–1

3–2

1–4

3–2

Adelaide Raiders

3–2

2–0

0–1

3–1

1–4

0–1

Adelaide Olympic

3–3

3–0

0–2

1–1

4–3

3–3

0–3

Adelaide United Youth

2–0

0–3

1–2

2–2

2–1

1–3

Campbelltown City

1–0

3–1

4–1

1–2

5–0

1–0

Croydon Kings

0–1

5–2

2–4

1–1

2–2

1–1

North Eastern MetroStars

1–5

2–3

1–2

1–2

4–2

2–0

South Adelaide

0–3

4–1

1–2

2–0

2–0

West Adelaide

2–2

0–0

4–1

0–0

3–2

2–2

West Torrens Birkalla

2–2

3–1

4–0

0–2

2–0

0–0

Updated to games played on 22 May 2016.
Source:
1 ^{^} The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Leading Goalscorers

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Anthony Costa	Adelaide City	12
2	Yvan Boyokino	Adelaide Blue Eagles	10
3	Nikola Mileusnic	Adelaide City	9
4	Fausto Erba	Adelaide Olympic	8
	Jonathon Rideout	South Adelaide
6	Nicholas Bucco	Adelaide City	7
	Doni Pollock	MetroStars
	Thomas Strain	Campbelltown City
9	Taro Kawamura	West Torrens Birkalla	6
	Daniel Sullivan	South Adelaide

2016 NPL State League 1

NPL State League 1

Season	2016
Matches played	66
Goals scored	220 (3.33 per match)
Top goalscorer	Callum Flanagan (9 goals)
Biggest home win	Cumberland 6−1 White City
Biggest away win	Adelaide Victory 1−5 White City Playford 1−5 Cove
Highest scoring	Cumberland 6−1 White City Cumberland 5−2 Salisbury Sturt 5−2 Cove
← 2015 2017 →

The 2016 NPL State League 1 will be the fourth edition of the new NPL State League 1 as the second level domestic association football competition in South Australia (and third level within Australia overall). 12 teams will compete, all playing each other twice for a total of 22 rounds.

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Para Hills Knights	11	8	2	1	20	11	+9	26	Promotion to the 2017 National Premier Leagues South Australia
2	White City	11	7	2	2	25	17	+8	23	Qualification to the 2016 Promotion play-offs
3	Modbury Jets	11	5	4	2	19	13	+6	19
4	Cumberland United	11	6	1	4	28	16	+12	19
5	The Cove	11	6	1	4	18	14	+4	19
6	Western Strikers	11	5	3	3	16	16	0	18
7	Sturt Lions	11	4	2	5	21	20	+1	14
8	Adelaide Victory	11	4	1	6	13	21	−8	13
9	Salisbury United	11	3	3	5	13	18	−5	12
10	Port Adelaide Pirates	11	2	3	6	15	17	−2	9
11	Adelaide Hills	11	2	3	6	17	21	−4	9	Qualification to the 2016 Relegation play-offs
12	Playford City Patriots	11	1	1	9	15	36	−21	4	Relegation to the 2017 NPL State League 2

Updated to games played on 21 May 2016.
Source: foxsportspulse.com
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.

Results

Home ╲ Away

AHH

AVC

TCV

CUM

MOD

PAR

PLC

PAP

SBU

STU

WES

WHI

Adelaide Hills

1–2

0–2

1–2

0–1

4–2

Adelaide Victory

0–2

2–3

1–0

1–1

1–5

The Cove

3–1

3–1

1–0

0–2

1–1

2–1

Cumberland United

0–2

3–0

5–2

2–3

6–1

Modbury Jets

2–2

1–0

2–1

4–1

1–0

1–1

Para Hills Knights

3–2

2–1

2–1

2–0

3–0

1–1

Playford City Patriots

2–3

1–5

2–4

1–4

2–2

Port Adelaide Pirates

2–2

0–1

1–0

3–3

1–2

Salisbury United

3–1

2–2

2–0

1–1

1–2

1–1

Sturt Lions

3–2

5–2

0–2

2–2

1–2

3–0

Western Strikers

0–0

1–2

5–1

2–1

1–0

White City

1–0

1–0

3–1

2–1

4–2

4–0

Updated to games played on 22 May 2016.
Source:
1 ^{^} The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

2016 NPL State League 2

NPL State League 2

Season	2016
Matches played	27
Goals scored	104 (3.85 per match)
Top goalscorer	Dayle Anderson, Jaylan Capurso, Kindilon Maclean, Kegan Osborne (5 goals)
Biggest home win	Adelaide Vipers 6−0 Mount Barker United
Biggest away win	Mount Barker United 1−5 Cobras Eastern United 2−6 Cobras Eastern United 0−4 Noarlunga
Highest scoring	Seaford Rangers 7−4 Eastern United
2017 →

The 2016 NPL State League 2 will be the first edition of the new NPL State League 2 as the third level domestic association football competition in South Australia (and fourth level within Australia overall). 9 teams will compete, all playing each other twice for a total of 16 matches. New teams include SAASL teams Fulham United and Adelaide Vipers and also Collegiate Soccer League team Mount Barker United.

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Noarlunga United	6	4	1	1	11	3	+8	13	Promotion to the 2017 NPL State League 1
2	Seaford Rangers	6	3	3	0	16	7	+9	12	Qualification to the 2016 Promotion play-offs
3	Adelaide Cobras	7	3	2	2	19	10	+9	11
4	Northern Demons	7	3	2	2	14	12	+2	11
5	Adelaide Vipers	7	3	1	3	14	8	+6	10
6	Gawler	6	3	1	2	10	10	0	10
7	Fulham United	5	3	0	2	10	8	+2	9
8	Eastern United	5	1	0	4	9	21	−12	3
9	Mount Barker United	7	0	0	7	4	28	−24	0

Updated to games played on 28 May 2016.
Source: foxsportspulse.com
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.

Results

Home ╲ Away	ACB	VIP	ESU	FUL	GAW	MBU	NLU	NTD	SFR
Adelaide Cobras							1–2	2–2	1–1
Adelaide Vipers			2–0		1–2	6–0
Eastern United	2–6							0–4
Fulham United		2–3					1–0	2–1
Gawler	0–3			3–1		4–0
Mount Barker United	1–5		2–3	1–4			0–3
Noarlunga United		2–1			4–0				0–0
Northern Demons		2–1			1–1				2–5
Seaford Rangers		0–0	7–4			3–0

Updated to games played on 22 May 2016.
Source:
1 ^{^} The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.