National Premier Leagues Western Australia

National Premier Leagues Western Australia
Country Australia
Founded 1896
Number of teams 12
Level on pyramid 2
Relegation to State League 1
Domestic cup(s) FFA Cup
WA State Challenge Cup
Current premiers 2015 Bayswater City
Most championships Perth SC (Azzurri, Italia) (22 titles)
Website http://www.footballwest.com.au/
2016 National Premier Leagues

The National Premier Leagues Western Australia is a regional Australian semi-professional soccer league comprising teams from Western Australia. The league name is often abbreviated to NPL Western Australia or NPL WA. As a subdivision of the National Premier Leagues, the league is sits at the highest level of the Western Australian league system (Level 2 of the overall Australian league system). The competition is administered by Football West, the governing body of the sport in the state. In 2014, the league, formally known as the Football West State League Premier Division was rebranded into what exists today.

History

Several of the clubs currently playing in the league were formed as the soccer arm of cultural associations of recently migrated Australians, with certain teams having associations with particularly nationalities e.g. Swan Italian Club (now Swan United), Bayswater Inter (now Bayswater City) and Perth Italia (now Perth SC) with Italian Australians, Morley Windmills with Dutch Australians, Floreat Athena with Greek Australians, Benfica United (now Fremantle Spirit) with Portuguese Australians, Inglewood Kiev (now Inglewood United) with Ukrainian Australians, North Perth Croatia (now Western Knights) and Cockburn City with Croatian Australians, Shamrock Rovers with Irish Australians, Dianella White Eagles with Serbian Australians and Stirling Macedonia (now Stirling Lions) with Macedonian Australians. In 1994 clubs were forced by the sport's governing body to remove all references to ethnicities from their names, which resulted in several name changes. It is only recently that clubs have begun to be based geographically, with Mandurah City and ECU Joondalup recently established clubs.

The West Australian National Training Centre included a team for the 2011-2013 seasons. They did not play for competition points, and were mostly used for development of the upcoming youth players.

Current Format

In 2013 Football Federation of Australia introduced the new second tier competition for football in Australia, the National Premier Leagues. In 2014 Football West then reorganised the former State Premier League league into the National Premier Leagues Western Australia conference and the State League (Division One and Division Two). The NPL WA competition fields a Senior first team, as well as youth teams in the U20, U18, U16, U15, U14, U13 and U12 age groups. The Perth Glory FC Youth team competes in the Senior category - effectively as Perth Glory's reserve side - and has additional age restrictions.[1]

There is a freeze in promotion and relegation between the NPL and the State League Division 1 until the end of the 2015 season, as there are plans for an expansion of teams in the NPL WA competition.[1]

Clubs

Club Location Ground Capacity
Armadale Armadale Alfred Skeet Oval 500
Balcatta Balcatta Grindleford Reserve 1,000
Bayswater City Bayswater Frank Drago Reserve 5,000
Cockburn City Cockburn Dalmatinac Park 2,000
ECU Joondalup Joondalup ECU Joondalup Football Stadium 2,500
Floreat Athena Floreat Litis Stadium 10,000
Inglewood United Inglewood Inglewood Stadium 5,536
Perth Glory Youth Perth Inglewood Stadium 5,536
Perth West Perth Dorrien Gardens 2,000
Sorrento Sorrento Percy Doyle Reserve 5,000
Stirling Lions Stirling Macedonia Park 7,000 [2]
Subiaco AFC Subiaco Rosalie Park 250

Honours

Competition and Year Premiers
1896 Fremantle Wanderers
1897 Fremantle Wanderers
1898 Civil Service U
1899 Fremantle Wanderers
1900 Fremantle Wanderers
1901 Fremantle Wanderers
1902 Perth U
1903 Fremantle
1904 Fremantle Corinthians U
1905 Perth
1906 Rangers U
1907 Rangers
1908 City United
1909 Training College U
1910 Claremont
1911 Rangers 1
1912 Claremont
1913 Perth City United
1914 Thistle
1915 Thistle
1916 jointly Claremont and Thistle
1917-1918 No competition due to World War 1
1919 Claremont
1920 Perth City United U
1921 Thistle
1922 Perth City United U
1923 Claremont U
1924 Perth City
1925 Thistle
1926 Fremantle Caledonian
1927 Fremantle Caledonian U
1928 Victoria Park U
1929 Victoria Park
1930 Northern Casuals
1931 Victoria Park
1932 Northern Casuals
1933 Caledonian
1934 Victoria Park
1935 Victoria Park
1936 Victoria Park
1937 Victoria Park U
1938 Victoria Park
1939 Victoria Park 1
1940 East Claremont
1941 Caledonian U
1942 - 1944 No competition due to World War 2
1945 Jolly Rogers U
1946 Caledonian 1
1947 Caledonian 2
1948 North Perth 2
1949 Caledonian
1950 Perth City
1951 South Perth
1952 North Perth
1953 Azzurri U
1954 Perth City
1955 North Perth
1956 North Perth
1957 Swan Athletic
1958 East Fremantle Tricolore
1959 Azzurri

Competition and Year Premiers Champions
(or Top Four/Top Five Cup)
1960 WASF : Azzurri
WASFA : North Perth-Osborne
-
1961 WASF : Windmills
WASFA : Swan Valley U
East Fremantle Tricolore
1962 WASF : Azzurri
WASFA : Perth City-Inglewood
Morley Windmills
1963 East Fremantle Tricolore Azzurri
1964 East Fremantle Tricolore U North Perth-Osborne
1965 East Fremantle Tricolore Swan Athletic 3
1966 Cracovia Azzurri 3
1967 Azzurri U Azzurri 3
1968 Azzurri Kiev
1969 Azzurri East Fremantle Tricolore
1970 East Fremantle Tricolore East Fremantle Tricolore 3
1971 Azzurri Bayswater United
1972 East Fremantle Tricolore Azzurri
1973 Windmills -
1974 Ascot Azzurri
1975 Azzurri Floreat Athena
1976 Azzurri Azzurri
1977 Athena -
1978 Olympic Kingsway Olympic Kingsway
1979 Spearwood Dalmatinac Olympic Kingsway
1980 Olympic Kingsway Olympic Kingsway
1981 Perth Azzurri U Forrestfield United
1982 Spearwood Dalmatinac U Spearwood Dalmatinac
1983 West Perth Macedonia West Perth Macedonia
1984 West Perth Macedonia Floreat Athena
1985 West Perth Macedonia -
1986 Spearwood Dalmatinac Stirling Macedonia
1987 Stirling Macedonia -
1988 Floreat Athena Floreat Athena
1989 Floreat Athena Perth Italia
1990 Floreat Athena U Perth Italia
1991 Floreat Athena Perth Italia
1992 Perth Italia Stirling Macedonia
1993 Perth Italia Perth Italia
1994 Stirling Macedonia Stirling Macedonia
1995 Stirling Macedonia Stirling Macedonia
1996 Inglewood Falcons Stirling Macedonia
1997 Floreat Athena -
1998 Western Knights Western Knights
1999 ECU Joondalup Sorrento
2000 Fremantle City Perth
2001 Sorrento Perth
2002 Perth Perth
2003 Perth Perth
2004 Western Knights Western Knights
2005 Perth -
2006 Sorrento -
2007 Floreat Athena U -
2008 Sorrento Perth
2009 Western Knights Perth
2010 Western Knights Perth
2011 Balcatta Perth
2012 Bayswater City Sorrento
2013 Stirling Lions Bayswater City
2014 Bayswater City Bayswater City
2015 Bayswater City U -
2016 TBD TBD

1 after championship playoff.
2 after zone playoff.
3 round-robin format.
U undefeated league season

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