National Premier Leagues South Australia

National Premier Leagues South Australia
Country	Australia
Founded	2005
Number of teams	12
Level on pyramid	2
Relegation to	State League 1
Domestic cup(s)	FFA Cup Federation Cup
Current champions	West Adelaide (2015)
Current premiers	MetroStars
Website	ffsa.com.au
2016 FFSA season

The National Premier Leagues South Australia (often abbreviated to NPL South Australia or NPL SA) is a semi-professional football competition in the Australian state of South Australia. The league is a subdivision of the second tier National Premier Leagues, which sits below the A-League on the national pyramid. The competition is controlled by Football Federation South Australia, the governing body for the sport in the state.

History

In 2012 it was announced that the FFSA Premier League was to become the top tier of South Australian football (below the national A-League) after the disbandment of the now defunct FFSA Super League. It was announced that the competition would consist of 14 teams. These teams would be made up of the 10 teams from the defunct Super League with the remaining 4 spots being filled by the top 4 teams from the 2012 Premier League season.

In 2013 the league joined the National Premier Leagues and was named correspondingly to NPL SA. The top placed team after the completion of the season will enterer into the National Premier Leagues finals and will play-off against other top placed teams from interstate conferences to determine a nationwide champion.

Format

Since 2012 two teams have been relegated from the Premier League to the FFSA State League, replaced by the top two teams from the FFSA State League in the year prior.

Clubs for 2016 season

Club	Location	Home Ground
Adelaide Blue Eagles	Marden	Marden Sports Complex
Adelaide City	Oakden	Adelaide City Park
Adelaide Comets	Mile End	Santos Stadium
Adelaide Raiders	Gepps Cross	Croatian Sports Centre
Adelaide Olympic	Angle Park	Elite Systems Football Centre
Adelaide United Youth	Angle Park	Elite Systems Football Centre
Campbelltown City	Newton	Newton Sportsground
Croydon Kings	Croydon Park	Polonia Reserve
North Eastern MetroStars	Klemzig	T.K. Shutter Reserve
South Adelaide	Plympton	Adelaide Airport Stadium
West Adelaide	West Beach	Adelaide Shores Football Centre
West Torrens Birkalla	Novar Gardens	Camden Sports Complex

Honours

Year	League	Premiers	Champions
2006	FFSA Super League	Adelaide City	not held ¹
2007	FFSA Super League	Adelaide City	not held ¹
2008	FFSA Super League	Adelaide City	Adelaide City
2009	FFSA Super League	North Eastern MetroStars	North Eastern MetroStars
2010	FFSA Super League	North Eastern MetroStars	Adelaide City
2011	FFSA Super League	North Eastern MetroStars	Adelaide Blue Eagles
2012	FFSA Super League	Croydon Kings	North Eastern MetroStars
2013	NPL-SA	North Eastern MetroStars	Campbelltown City
2014	NPL-SA	North Eastern MetroStars	Croydon Kings
2015	NPL-SA	West Adelaide	Adelaide Blue Eagles

Note: Prior to 2013, FFSA Super League was the top tier competition in South Australia.

¹Final Series was introduced in 2008.

External links

National Premier Leagues

ACT NSW Northern NSW Queensland South Australia Tasmania Victoria Western Australia

Seasons	2013 2014 2015 2016

Associated	A-League FFA Cup

Awards	John Kosmina Medal

Soccer in Australia

Football Federation Australia

National teams	Men's Men's U-23 Men's U-20 Men's U-17 Men's Beach Men's Paralympic Women's Women's U-20 Women's U-17

Current competitions	A-League Youth League W-League National Premier Leagues FFA Cup FFA State Institute Challenge Kanga Cup

Defunct competitions	National Soccer League NSL Cup National Youth League (1984–2004) Women's National Soccer League Australia Cup

Lists	Clubs Venues (stadiums by capacity) Champions

Other	League system Professional Footballers Australia Football Hall of Fame Women's soccer in Australia

Soccer in South Australia

Football Federation South Australia

NPL	Adelaide Blue Eagles Adelaide City Adelaide Comets Adelaide Raiders Campbelltown City Croydon Kings Modbury Jets North Eastern MetroStars Para Hills Knights Port Adelaide Pirates South Adelaide West Adelaide West Torrens Birkalla White City

State League 1	Adelaide Cobras Adelaide Hills Hawks Adelaide Olympic Adelaide United Youth Adelaide Victory The Cove Cumberland United Eastern United Gawler Noarlunga United Playford City Patriots Northern Demons Salisbury United Seaford Rangers Sturt Lions Western Strikers

State League 2	Adelaide Vipers Fulham United Mount Barker United

Other Competitions	FFSA Federation Cup Amateur League FFSA Super League (defunct)

Seasons	1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016

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