Southern Championship

Southern Championship

Country	Australia
Founded	1900
Number of teams	9
Level on pyramid	3
Relegation to	Southern League 1
Domestic cup(s)	Milan Lakoseljac Cup FFA Cup
Current champions	University of Tasmania
2016 Football Federation Tasmania season

The Southern Championship is an association football league in Southern Tasmania. It is jointly with the Northern Championship, the second highest level soccer competition in Tasmania. Nationally, it sits below the A-League and NPL Tasmania. It is controlled by the Football Federation Tasmania (FFT).

Prior to the 2015 season it was known as the Southern Premier League and for sponsorship reasons as the Forestry Tasmania Southern Premier League Between 2001-2012 the Southern and Northern Premier Leagues were jointly the state's highest level of soccer competition (but still nationally below the NSL and A-League). During this period the two regional leagues determined a southern and northern champion, who then had a play-off for the state championship.

2015 clubs

Team	Coach	Home Ground	Location
Clarence United	Ronnie Bolton	Wentworth Park	Clarence
Nelson	Unknown	North Warrane	Warrane
Metro	Danny Prestige	North Chigwell	Claremont
Hobart United	unknown	Gunner Park	Pontville
Southern FC	Micheal Trotter	Sherburd Park	Blackmans Bay
Taroona	Andrew Tye	Kelveden Park	Taroona
New Town Eagles	Andrew Leszczynski	Clare Street	New Town
Beachside	unknown	Sandown Park	Sandy Bay
University of Tasmania	unknown	Olinda Grove	Mount Nelson

Champions

Season Champions 1900 Trinity 1901 Trinity 1902 Gunners 1903-1909 : unknown 1910 Hobart 1911 Westralia 1912 St. George 1913 Corinthians 1914 Corinthians 1914-1918 : World War 1 1919 South Hobart 1920 South Hobart 1921 South Hobart 1922 South Hobart 1923 South Hobart 1924 Sandy Bay 1925 Sandy Bay 1926 South Hobart 1927 Sandy Bay 1928 Hobart Athletic 1929 South Hobart 1930 Hobart Athletic 1931 Cascades 1932 Cascades 1933 Sandy Bay 1934 Cascades 1935 Cascades 1936 Sandy Bay 1937 South Hobart 1938 Sandy Bay 1939 Sandy Bay 1940-1945 : World War 2 1946 South Hobart 1947 South Hobart 1948 South Hobart

Season Champions 1949 Metro Claremont 1950 Metro Claremont 1951 Metro Claremont 1952 Metro Claremont 1953 Caledonians 1954 Metro Claremont 1955 Caledonians 1956 Caledonians 1957 Caledonians 1958 Caledonians 1959 South Hobart 1960 Caledonians 1961 Rapid 1962 Hobart Rangers 1963 Olympia 1964 Rapid 1965 Olympia 1966 Olympia 1967 Olympia 1968 Olympia 1969 Hobart Juventus 1970 Croatia 1971 Hobart Juventus 1972 Hobart Juventus 1973 Hobart Juventus 1974 Croatia 1975 Croatia 1976 Rapid 1977 White Eagles 1978 South Hobart 1979 Hobart Juventus 1980 South Hobart

Season Champions 1981 White Eagles 1982 Rapid 1983 Hobart Juventus 1984 Hobart Juventus 1985 Hobart Juventus 1986 White Eagles 1987 Olympia 1988 Olympia 1989 White Eagles 1990 Taroona 1991 University 1992 University 1993 University 1994 University 1995 Phoenix 1996 University 1997 New Town Eagles 1998 Clarence United 1999 Kingborough Lions 2000 Glenorchy Knights 2001 University 2002 South Hobart 2003 University 2004 Glenorchy Knights 2005 Glenorchy Knights 2006 Glenorchy Knights 2007-2009 : incomplete 2010 South Hobart 2011 South Hobart

Total Southern Championships

1. South Hobart	15
2. Hobart Zebras (Juventus)	9
3. University	8
4. Hobart Olympic (Olympia)	7
4. Sandy Bay	7
4. Kingborough Lions (Caledonians)	7
7. Glenorchy Knights (Croatia)	6
8. Metro	5
8. Rapid	5
10. Cascades	4
11. New Town Eagles (White Eagles)	3
11. Hobart Athletic	3
13. Corinthians	2
13. Trinity	2
15. Brighton Caledonians	1
15. Hobart Rangers	1
15. St. George	1
15. Westralia	1
15. Taroona SC	1
15. Gunners	1

Promotion and relegation

Over its history, the format of promotion and relegation has varied. There is currently no promotion to the NPL Tasmania and no relegation to the Southern League One.

Previous relegation formats

Between 2006 and 2012 there was no promotion to a higher league, as it was the highest league in Tasmania (equally high as the Northern Tasmanian Premier League). In this period, promotion and relegation occurred to the Southern League One. The bottom-finishing club in the Premier League was relegated to Southern League One the following year and was replaced by the top-finishing club from League One.

Prior to 2006, at the conclusion of each season the bottom Premier League Club had a home and away play-off against the highest-placed League One Club to determine who would play in the Southern Tasmanian Premier League for the following season. As League One previously contained a mix of independent clubs and reserve teams from Premier League clubs (although currently has only independent clubs), the play-off only occurred if an independent club finished top of League One. If a Premier League Club's reserve team finished highest, then the bottom-placed Premier League club stayed in the league the following season.

Season	Relegated club(s) (in League One the following season)	Promoted from League One (in Premier League the following season)
2005		Hobart United
2006	Hobart United
2008	Metro
2009	University	Taroona
2010	Taroona SC	Beachside
2011	Beachside	University

Individual awards

The Vic Tuting Medal is presented to the best and fairest player at the end of the season.^[1]

Season	Winner	Club
2008	Ben Crosswell	Tilford Zebras
2009	Josh Fielding	Glenorchy Knights
2010	Josh Fielding	Glenorchy Knights
2011	Jonathon Ladic	Tilford Zebras

External links

• Football Federation Tasmania - official website
• Football Federation Tasmania - champions stats

References

1. http://walterplessonsoccer.blogspot.com/2010/10/josh-fielding-wins-back-to-back-vic.html