Football West State League Division 1

Football West State League Division 1
Country	Australia
Number of teams	12
Level on pyramid	3
Promotion to	NPL
Relegation to	State League 2
Domestic cup(s)	FFA Cup WA State Challenge Cup
Current champions	Mandurah City FC (2015)
2016 WA State League Division 1

The Football West State League Division 1 is a regional Australian semi-professional association football league comprising teams from Western Australia. The league sits at Level 2 on the Western Australian league system (Level 3 of the overall Australian league system). The competition is administered by Football West, the governing body of the sport in the state. The league has been officially called the All Flags State League Division 1 due to sponsorship arrangements since 2011.^[1]

Format

The league operates with a promotion and relegation system. Promotion for the Champion of the Division to the National Premier Leagues Western Australia (NPL WA) was introduced for the 2015 season, but is subject to eligibility criteria.^[2] Mandurah City were the 2015 champions but did not meet all of the Football West eligibility criteria to be promoted to the 2016 National Premier Leagues WA.

The team that finishes bottom of the table is relegated to the Football West State League Division 2, with potential relegation to Division 2 for the second bottom team via a promotion/relegation playoff.

Clubs

The following 12 clubs will compete in the 2016 WA State League Division 1 season:

Club
Ashfield
Canning City
Dianella White Eagles
Forrestfield United
Gosnells City
Joondalup United
Mandurah City
Rockingham City
Shamrock Rovers
South West Phoenix
UWA-Nedlands
Western Knights

References

↑ "Football West: All Flags State League". www.footballwest.com.au. Retrieved 2015-12-01.
↑ http://www.foxsportspulse.com/assoc_page.cgi?client=1-10183-0-0-0&sID=317238&&news_task=DETAIL&articleID=27660047

External links

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

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Soccer in Western Australia

Football West

NPL - WA	Armadale Balcatta Bayswater City Cockburn City ECU Joondalup Floreat Athena Inglewood United Perth SC Perth Glory Sorrento Stirling Lions Subiaco AFC

State League Division 1	Ashfield Canning City Dianella White Eagles Forrestfield United Gosnells City Joondalup United Mandurah City Rockingham City Shamrock Rovers South West Phoenix UWA-Nedlands Western Knights

State League Division 2	Balga SC Curtin University Ellenbrook United Fremantle United Joondalup City Kelmscott Roos Melville City Morley-Windmills Olympic Kingsway Quinns Swan United Wanneroo City

Amateur League Premier Division	BB United Belmont Villa Fremantle Croatia Gwelup Croatia Hamersley Rovers Kingsley North Lake Perth Royals North Perth United South Perth United Southern Spirit Wembley Downs

Other Teams	Whitfords City Queen's Park Kwinana United Beckenham Angels Northern Redbacks

League Seasons	2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016

WA State Cup	2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016

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