2013 National Premier Leagues

National Premier Leagues

Season	2013
Champions	Sydney United 58
Finalists	Campbelltown City Canberra Olympic South Hobart Sydney United 58
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The 2013 National Premier Leagues was the inaugural season of the Australian National Premier Leagues football competition. It began on 22 February 2013 and concluded on 13 October 2013. The National Premier Leagues was contested by clubs from five divisions. The divisions were ACT, NSW, Queensland, South Australia and Tasmania. The winners of each respective divisional league then competed in a finals playoff tournament at season end, culminating to the Grand Final. Sydney United 58 were crowned National Premier Leagues Champions.

League tables

ACT

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Canberra	23	18	0	5	86	22	+64	54	2013 National Premier Leagues Finals
2	Belconnen United	23	15	2	6	49	33	+16	47	2013 ACT Finals
3	Canberra Olympic (C)	23	13	6	4	47	25	+22	45
4	Woden Valley	23	13	2	8	58	45	+13	41
5	Cooma Tigers	23	10	1	12	28	54	−26	31
6	Australian Institute of Sport	16	7	3	6	23	26	−3	24
7	Canberra City	23	6	1	16	41	61	−20	19
8	Monaro Panthers	23	6	1	16	30	78	−48	19
9	Tuggeranong United	23	3	2	18	30	71	−41	11

Updated to games played on 1 September 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.

Finals

	Semi Finals					Preliminary Final					Grand Final
	1	Canberra FC	4
	2	Belconnen United	0								1	Canberra FC	0
						2	Belconnen United	2			3	Canberra Olympic	2
						3	Canberra Olympic	4
	3	Canberra Olympic	3
	4	Woden Valley	1

NSW

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Sydney United 58	22	14	3	5	46	30	+16	45	2013 National Premier Leagues Finals
2	Sutherland Sharks	22	13	5	4	47	26	+21	44	2013 NSW Finals
3	Bonnyrigg White Eagles (C)	22	13	4	5	44	30	+14	43
4	Rockdale City Suns	22	11	6	5	37	21	+16	39
5	Marconi Stallions	22	11	4	7	29	26	+3	37
6	Blacktown City	22	10	6	6	44	32	+12	36
7	Sydney Olympic	22	8	5	9	30	29	+1	29
8	Manly United	22	6	8	8	34	35	−1	26
9	Blacktown Spartans	22	6	5	11	28	31	−3	23
10	Central Coast Mariners Academy (R)	22	4	3	15	30	62	−32	15	Relegated to the 2014 NPL NSW 2
11	APIA Leichhardt Tigers	22	2	8	12	29	48	−19	14
12	South Coast Wolves	22	3	5	14	28	53	−25	14

Updated to games played on 18 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.

Finals

	Qualifying Finals					Semi Finals					Preliminary Finals					Grand Final
						1	Sydney United 58	1 (3)
						3	Bonnyrigg White Eagles	1 (5)								3	Bonnyrigg White Eagles	1
	2	Sutherland Sharks	2								1	Sydney United 58	2 (3)			4	Rockdale City Suns	0
	3	Bonnyrigg White Eagles	5								4	Rockdale City Suns	2 (4)
						2	Sutherland Sharks	1
	4	Rockdale City Suns	1 (4)		4	Rockdale City Suns	2
	5	Marconi Stallions	1 (2)

Queensland

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Olympic FC (C)	22	18	1	3	90	39	+51	55	2013 National Premier Leagues Finals
2	Brisbane City	22	15	2	5	62	37	+25	47	2013 Queensland Finals
3	Sunshine Coast	22	15	1	6	61	22	+39	46
4	Brisbane Strikers	22	14	0	8	63	38	+25	42
5	Redlands United	22	12	3	7	72	39	+33	39
6	Moreton Bay United	22	11	3	8	39	44	−5	36
7	Northern Fury	22	9	5	8	48	43	+5	32
8	Western Pride	22	8	3	11	41	49	−8	27
9	Palm Beach	22	7	1	14	41	62	−21	22
10	Far North Queensland	22	4	4	14	30	68	−38	16
11	Central Queensland (R)	22	4	1	17	42	110	−68	13	Disbanded at end of season
12	Queensland Academy of Sport (R)	22	2	2	18	23	61	−38	8	Team withdrew to join NPL Queensland Youth competition

Updated to games played on 25 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.

Finals

	Semi Finals					Grand Final
	1	Olympic	2
	4	Brisbane Strikers	0
						1	Olympic	3 (3)
						2	Brisbane City	3 (0)
	2	Brisbane City	2
	3	Sunshine Coast	0

South Australia

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	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	2013 National Premier Leagues Finals
5	Adelaide Raiders	26	12	5	9	45	40	+5	41	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	45	0	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 NPL State League
14	Enfield City (R)	26	2	5	19	19	66	−47	0−19^1	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'.^[1]

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

Tasmania

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	South Hobart (C)	21	18	2	1	79	25	+54	56	2013 National Premier Leagues Finals
2	Devonport City	21	13	2	6	68	38	+30	41	2013 Tasmania Finals
3	Hobart Zebras	21	11	6	4	68	41	+27	39
4	Olympia	21	10	4	7	51	35	+16	34
5	Northern Rangers	21	7	6	8	56	39	+17	27
6	Kingborough Lions United	21	6	5	10	40	55	−15	23
7	Glenorchy Knights	21	4	4	13	30	56	−26	16
8	Launceston City	21	0	1	20	14	117	−103	1

Updated to games played on 18 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.
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Finals

	Semi Finals					Grand Final
	1	South Hobart	2
	4	Olympia	0
						1	South Hobart	3
						2	Devonport City	1
	2	Devonport City	4
	3	Hobart Zebras	2			Third Place
						3	Hobart Zebras	2
						4	Olympia	3

Results

ACT

Home ╲ Away

AIS

BEL

CAN

CAC

CAO

COO

MON

TUG

WOD

AIS

BEL

CAN

CAC

CAO

COO

MON

TUG

WOD

Australian Institute of Sport

3–3

1–3

3–0

0–0

4–0

3–1

3–0

0–3

Belconnen United

3–0

3–1

3–2

0–1

2–0

3–2

2–0

2–1

3–1

0–0

3–0

0–2

Canberra

4–1

2–0

4–0

1–0

0–1

9–0

8–1

9–0

3–4

2–1

0–2

Canberra City

2–2

2–4

0–4

2–5

1–2

1–4

2–3

2–0

0–6

1–4

4–2

2–3

Canberra Olympic

2–1

3–1

1–0

2–1

4–3

0–0

3–2

1–2

2–1

5–0

1–0

2–2

Cooma

1–2

2–1

2–7

1–0

2–1

2–3

3–1

5–4

0–1

3–7

Monaro Panthers

1–2

4–1

2–5

0–8

1–8

0–5

4–2

2–0

0–2

2–5

0–1

3–2

2–0

Tuggeranong United

1–2

1–3

0–7

1–2

3–3

1–5

1–0

1–3

2–3

0–3

2–2

Woden Valley

2–1

1–2

4–1

1–2

1–1

1–0

4–1

2–1

9–0

6–3

Updated to games played on 1 September 2013.
Source: sportingpulse.com
1 ^{^} The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

NSW

Home ╲ Away

API

BLC

BLS

BWE

CCM

MAN

MAR

ROC

SCW

SUT

SYO

SYU

APIA Leichhardt Tigers

3–3

0–2

1–3

1–1

1–1

0–1

1–3

1–1

1–1

0–2

1–5

Blacktown City

2–1

1–0

4–1

3–5

0–0

3–0

0–1

2–2

3–4

3–0

3–1

Blacktown Spartans

1–1

3–3

2–1

4–0

1–1

2–1

1–2

3–1

0–1

4–2

1–3

Bonnyrigg White Eagles

4–2

1–1

3–0

5–1

2–2

0–1

1–1

1–0

3–2

2–0

2–0

Central Coast Mariners Academy

1–3

0–3

2–1

3–4

2–2

0–1

1–6

4–3

2–5

0–1

2–4

Manly United

2–2

0–3

1–0

0–1

1–2

0–2

1–3

4–2

1–2

3–1

3–0

Marconi Stallions

2–1

2–2

1–0

0–2

4–1

0–3

1–0

3–1

1–2

0–0

3–0

Rockdale City Suns

1–0

0–2

1–0

0–0

3–0

4–2

0–0

0–1

2–0

0–0

2–3

South Coast Wolves

4–4

1–0

2–1

1–4

2–2

1–2

4–1

1–1

0–4

0–4

1–2

Sutherland Sharks

4–2

2–0

3–1

4–0

1–0

1–1

2–3

2–2

3–1

2–1

1–1

Sydney Olympic

1–2

2–1

1–1

4–0

2–1

5–0

1–1

0–4

2–0

0–0

2–3

Sydney United

3–1

4–1

0–0

2–4

3–0

0–0

2–1

3–2

4–0

2–0

1–0

Updated to games played on 18 August 2013.
Source: sportingpulse.com
1 ^{^} The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Queensland

Home ╲ Away

BRC

BRS

CEN

FAR

MOR

NOR

OLY

PAL

QAS

RED

SUN

WES

Brisbane City

3–5

8–1

1–1

1–0

5–0

2–6

4–2

3–0

2–0

1–6

3–2

Brisbane Strikers

2–0

8–1

5–1

7–0

0–2

2–7

3–0

1–2

2–1

3–0

3–2

Central Queensland

1–2

3–4

3–4

1–2

1–6

3–9

0–5

3–2

0–5

0–7

4–2

Far North Queensland

0–7

0–4

1–4

0–2

4–1

1–1

0–3

2–5

2–4

1–5

2–2

Moreton Bay United

1–3

2–1

5–4

2–3

3–0

1–3

3–2

3–2

1–4

2–0

1–0

Northern Fury

2–4

0–3

2–2

1–1

2–2

6–3

2–2

6–1

4–2

0–2

3–0

Olympic FC

1–3

6–2

7–0

4–2

3–1

5–3

3–1

5–2

2–1

4–1

4–5

Palm Beach

0–2

3–2

5–4

3–2

0–1

1–2

0–6

3–2

4–7

1–3

0–1

Queensland Academy of Sport

0–2

0–2

0–3

2–3

2–2

0–3

0–2

0–3

1–5

0–2

1–2

Redlands United

3–3

3–0

11–2

2–0

3–1

0–0

3–5

7–1

3–1

3–3

1–3

Sunshine Coast

0–1

2–0

9–0

4–0

1–2

2–1

2–3

4–0

1–0

1–0

2–0

Western Pride

4–2

0–4

6–2

3–0

2–2

0–2

0–1

4–2

2–2

1–4

0–4

Updated to games played on 25 August 2013.
Source: sportingpulse.com
1 ^{^} The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

South Australia

Home ╲ Away

ABE

ACI

ACB

ACM

ARA

CAM

CRO

CUM

ENF

NOR

PAR

WES

WTB

WHI

Adelaide Blue Eagles

3–3

0–1

4–3

0–0

1–0

4–1

4–3

3–0

0–1

3–0

2–1

2–1

4–2

Adelaide City

0–1

5–0

3–0

3–1

0–1

2–1

1–3

2–0

1–2

3–1

3–2

2–1

2–1

Adelaide Cobras

0–0

0–5

2–1

1–5

1–3

0–1

1–1

2–0

0–4

2–3

3–4

0–2

1–3

Adelaide Comets

0–4

2–1

1–2

0–1

2–2

2–2

0–0

2–2

0–4

1–7

3–1

1–2

2–3

Adelaide Raiders

0–0

0–2

3–1

0–0

1–2

0–0

1–2

3–1

0–3

5–3

3–3

4–3

1–0

Campbelltown City

3–0

0–0

4–2

3–0

2–3

5–0

0–0

2–0

0–1

2–2

3–1

3–0

2–3

Croydon Kings

1–1

0–1

3–1

3–1

0–1

0–1

1–1

2–0

2–3

1–3

1–1

3–2

1–3

Cumberland United

0–4

3–2

2–0

0–4

2–1

1–3

2–0

3–0

1–0

1–0

2–2

1–1

1–3

Enfield City

0–0

0–7

1–1

1–5

2–5

0–0

3–0

0–4

0–1

1–5

0–2

1–2

0–5

North Eastern MetroStars

0–2

2–0

3–0

2–2

2–0

3–2

2–0

1–2

3–1

2–0

1–2

2–0

1–0

Para Hills Knights

1–0

0–3

2–1

3–0

3–2

2–2

2–3

0–0

2–1

0–0

0–1

1–4

1–1

Western Strikers

3–4

3–2

2–2

1–0

2–3

1–3

1–1

1–1

0–1

0–2

2–1

0–2

0–2

West Torrens Birkalla

2–1

1–1

3–0

0–1

2–0

3–1

1–1

5–1

3–2

0–1

2–1

1–2

0–2

White City

0–1

1–4

1–4

2–1

1–2

1–1

2–4

4–1

2–2

1–2

2–4

0–1

1–1

Updated to games played on 26 September 2013.
Source: sportingpulse.com
1 ^{^} The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Tasmania

Home ╲ Away

DEV

GLE

HOB

KIN

LAU

NOR

OLY

SOU

DEV

GLE

HOB

KIN

LAU

NOR

OLY

SOU

Devonport City

4–0

5–2

2–1

7–1

5–2

5–0

1–2

1–1

4–0

9–0

1–3

Glenorchy Knights

2–3

3–3

2–1

4–0

0–5

0–1

1–7

0–2

3–2

1–4

Hobart Zebras

6–1

3–1

5–1

10–0

3–2

1–5

1–2

3–0

6–2

2–3

2–2

Kingborough Lions United

5–4

3–1

2–3

4–1

1–1

1–5

2–3

2–3

3–3

1–1

1–1

Launceston City

2–3

3–3

1–3

0–4

0–6

0–2

0–11

0–2

1–5

0–3

Northern Rangers

1–1

2–2

4–4

1–2

5–0

3–3

1–2

3–4

1–3

7–0

2–3

Olympia

2–1

2–1

1–1

1–1

9–0

0–1

2–4

2–4

2–0

2–3

South Hobart

3–1

3–3

1–3

6–1

9–0

2–1

3–2

1–0

7–0

2–1

Updated to games played on 18 August 2013.
Source: sportingpulse.com
1 ^{^} The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Finals

The winner of each league competition (top of the table) in the NPL (with the exception of South Australia, where their entrant was the winner of the Finals Series) played each other in a final knockout tournament to decide the National Premier Leagues Champion for 2013.^[2]

The participants were matched up based on geographical proximity, as if the three Federations not participating that season (Northern NSW Football, Football Federation Victoria and Football West) were doing so. Where a team would have played a non-participating Federation that team received a bye to the next round. The series was played over three rounds using a single match home or away knock-out format.

Club	Qualified From	Participation
Canberra FC	ACT	1st
Sydney United 58	NSW	1st
No Participant	Northern NSW
Olympic	Queensland	1st
Campbelltown City	South Australia	1st
South Hobart	Tasmania	1st
No Participant	Victoria
No Participant	Western Australia

Quarter Finals

Semi Finals

Grand Final

No Participant

South Hobart

South Hobart

3

Campbelltown City

1

Campbelltown City

No Participant

South Hobart

0

Sydney United 58

2

Olympic

No Participant

Olympic

3

Sydney United 58

4

Sydney United 58

2

Canberra FC

1

Quarter Finals

Olympic v No Participant

28 September 2013

Olympic	BYE	No Participant

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No Participant v South Hobart

28 September 2013

No Participant	BYE	South Hobart

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Campbelltown City v No Participant

29 September 2013

Campbelltown City	BYE	No Participant

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Sydney United 58 v Canberra FC

29 September 2013 15:00 AEST

Sydney United 58	2–1	Canberra FC
Pavlović  4' Bilic  65'	Report	Spaleta  20'

Sydney United Sports Centre, Edensor Park Referee: Stephen Lucas

Semi Finals

Olympic v Sydney United 58

5 October 2013 18:00 AEST

Olympic	3–4	Sydney United 58
Sherlock  5' (o.g.) McLean  37' Efstathis  64'	Report	Yamayuchi  9' Pavlović  14', 49', 70'

Queensland Sport and Athletics Centre, Nathan Attendance: 930 Referee: Matthew Skinner

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South Hobart v Campbelltown City

6 October 2013 12:00 AEST

South Hobart	3–1	Campbelltown City
Templin  24' Hunt  79' Morton  86'	Report	Totani  88'

South Hobart Ground, South Hobart Attendance: 600 Referee: Brenton Kopra

Grand Final

South Hobart v Sydney United 58

13 October 2013 14:00 AEST

South Hobart	0–2	Sydney United 58
	Report	Trifiro  11' Haydar  15'

KGV Park, Glenorchy Attendance: 1,150 Referee: Chris Young

Individual honours

Glen Trifiro of Sydney United 58 received the John Kosmina Medal for best player in the NPL Grand Final.^[3]

References

1. "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.
2. MetroStars making history, Football Federation Australia, 1 August 2013.
3. Walter Pless. "Glen Trifiro worthy winner of John Kosmina Medal". Walterpless.com.au. Retrieved 2013-11-01.

External links

• Official website