2013 FFSA season

Football Federation South Australia
Season 2013
Champions Campbelltown City
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The Football Federation South Australia 2013 season was the first season under the new competition format in South Australia. The competition consists of two divisions across the State of South Australia, created from the teams in the previous three tier structure. The overall premier for the new structure qualifed for the National Premier Leagues finals series, competing with the other state federation champions in a final knockout tournament to decide the National Premier Leagues Champion for 2013.[1]

League Tables

2013 National Premier Leagues South Australia

NPL South Australia
Season 2013
Champions Campbelltown City
Premiers MetroStars
Relegated Adelaide Cobras
Enfield City
Matches played 182
Goals scored 577 (3.17 per match)
Top goalscorer Lloyd Owusu
(20 goals)
Biggest home win

Adelaide City 5-0 Adelaide Cobras
(30 March 2013)

Campbelltown City 5-0 Croydon Kings
(27 July 2013)
Biggest away win Enfield City 0-7 Adelaide City FC (11 May 2013)
Highest scoring Adelaide Comets 1-7 Para Hills Knights
(18 May 2013)
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The National Premier League South Australia 2013 season was played over 26 rounds, beginning on the 21st of February with the regular season concluding on the 16th of August 2013.[2] MetroStars, Adelaide Blue Eagles, Adelaide City, Campbelltown City, Adelaide Raiders and Cumberland United formed the top six teams and therefore qualified for the finals series. The bottom two teams would be relegated to the 2014 FFSA State League.

Pos
 Team Pld
 W
 D
 L
 GF
 GA
 GD
 Pts
Qualification or relegation
1 North Eastern MetroStars 26 20 2 4 48 16+32 62 Qualified for the 2013 SA Finals
2 Adelaide Blue Eagles 26 14 7 5 48 27+21 49
3 Adelaide City 26 15 3 8 58 29+29 48
4 Campbelltown City (C) 26 13 7 6 50 28+22 46 Qualified for the 2013 National Premier Leagues Finals
5 Adelaide Raiders 26 12 5 9 45 40+5 41 Qualified for the 2013 SA Finals
6 Cumberland United 26 11 8 7 38 39−1 41
7 West Torrens Birkalla 26 11 5 10 44 36+8 38
8 Western Strikers 26 10 6 10 40 45−5 36
9 Para Hills Knights 26 10 5 11 47 45+2 35
10 White City 26 9 4 13 45 450 31
11 Croydon Kings 26 7 7 12 32 45−13 28
12 Adelaide Comets 26 6 6 14 35 54−19 24
13 Adelaide Cobras (R) 26 5 4 17 28 62−34 19 Relegated to the 2014 FFSA State League
14 Enfield City (R) 26 2 5 19 19 66−47 0−191 Disbanded at end of season

Updated to games played on 24 August 2013.
Source: sportingpulse.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.

1 Enfield City were deducted 30 points after the FFSA found eight players 'did not meet the definition of an amateur player based on club player payment agreements'.[3]

Finals

  Semi Finals Week 1 Semi Finals Week 2 Preliminary Final Grand Final
                               
  1  Adelaide Blue Eagles  1 —  North Eastern MetroStars  0 (1)    Adelaide Blue Eagles  1
  2  North Eastern MetroStars  1 —  Adelaide Blue Eagles  1 (2)              Campbelltown City  2
                               
                     North Eastern MetroStars  0        
  3  Adelaide City  0              Campbelltown City  1        
  6  Cumberland United  1                        
             Cumberland United  2                
             Campbelltown City  3                
  4  Campbelltown City  3                        
  5  Adelaide Raiders  1                        

2013 NPL State League

NPL State League
Season 2013
Champions West Adelaide
Promoted West Adelaide
South Adelaide
Matches played 240
Goals scored 989 (4.12 per match)
Top goalscorer Andrew Kaine (33 goals)
Biggest home win Port Adelaide Pirates 13–0 Gawler SC
(11 March 2013)
Biggest away win Gawler SC 0–10 West Adelaide
(16 March 2013)
Highest scoring Port Adelaide Pirates 13–0 Gawler SC
(11 March 2013)
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Main article: 2013 NPL State League

The 2013 NPL State League was the first edition of the new NPL State League as the second level domestic association football competition in South Australia. 16 teams competed, all playing each other twice for a total of 30 rounds, with the top two at the end of the year being promoted to the 2014 National Premier Leagues South Australia.[4]

Pos
 Team Pld
 W
 D
 L
 GF
 GA
 GD
 Pts
Qualification or relegation
1 West Adelaide (P) 30 28 2 0 95 13+82 86 Promoted to the 2014 National Premier Leagues South Australia
2 South Adelaide (P) 30 22 3 5 73 31+42 69
3 Modbury Jets 30 20 6 4 76 34+42 66
4 Port Adelaide Pirates 30 21 1 8 117 46+71 64
5 Adelaide Olympic 30 18 2 10 87 45+42 56
6 Salisbury United 30 18 2 10 78 56+22 56
7 Adelaide Hills 30 14 5 11 73 50+23 47
8 Playford City Patriots 30 14 5 11 70 59+11 47
9 Noarlunga United 30 13 3 14 54 44+10 42
10 Seaford Rangers 30 11 4 15 47 85−38 37
11 Eastern United 30 8 9 13 42 64−22 33
12 Western Toros 30 9 4 17 41 80−39 31
13 Northern Demons 30 6 4 20 33 65−32 22
14 The Cove 30 5 3 22 41 74−33 18
15 Gawler 30 2 4 24 28 147−119 10
16 Sturt Lions 30 1 3 26 34 96−62 6

References

  1. ↑ MetroStars making history, Football Federation Australia, 1 August 2013.
  2. ↑ "Fixtures/Results". Football Federation South Australia. 2014-05-14. Retrieved 2014-05-14.
  3. ↑ "Long-term future of Enfield City Soccer Club in doubt after Falcons withdraw from State League". adelaidenow.com.au (Adelaide Now). 12 January 2014. Retrieved 19 May 2014.
  4. ↑ "South Australian State League 2013 - Fixtures". Retrieved 15 May 2014.
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