Tasmanian football championship

Tasmanian football championship
Sport	Football
Founded	1910
No. of teams	?
Country	Australia
Most recent champion(s)	Clarence

The Tasmanian association football championship describes the method of determining the best association football (soccer) club in Tasmania, Australia. The championship has been decided using three different formats; a statewide league, a playoff between Northern and Southern league Champions and lastly a statewide finals system with top teams from Northern and Southern leagues.

Formats

The Tasmanian Statewide League

The Tasmanian Statewide League was the highest state-level association football competition in Tasmania prior to being disbanded in 2000. Nationally, it was on par with Australia's other state leagues, below the National Soccer League. It was administered by the Football Federation Tasmania (FFT) (at the time named Soccer Tasmania), the state's governing body.

The State League began in 1978, and replaced the former system of Northern champions playing off against southern champions which had continued since 1910. The league was briefly suspended from 1982 until 1987, but then resumed for the next 12 years.

Resumption of Championship Playoff

In 2000, the State League ended, and the Southern and Northern Premier Leagues became the state's highest level of football competition. The state championship format reverted to two regional leagues determining a Southern and Northern champion, who then, at the end of the regular season, play-off for the state championship.

Statewide Finals System

In 2009 the series changed to an eight team knock out series played over three weeks involving the top four teams from each of the Northern and Southern Premier League.

NPL Tasmania

A new eight-team statewide league, known as the NPL Tasmania, commenced in 2013.^[1] The Football Federation Tasmania announced a partnership with Melbourne Victory, with the new state league being branded the Victory League between 2012-2015.^[2] Since 2016 the league has been known as NPL Tasmania to conform with the barnding of the other divisions in the National Premier Leagues.

The league forms a conference within the National Premier Leagues (NPL). The NPL Tasmania Champion enters a national play-off series at the conclusion of the regular season against the champions of other NPL conferences.

Statewide League Seasons

Year	Champion	Runner up
1978	White Eagle	Glenorchy Croatia
1979	Rapid	Caledonians
1980	Rapid	Glenorchy Croatia
1981	Brighton Caledonians	Launceston Juventus
1988	White Eagle	Hobart Olympia
1989	White Eagle	Hobart Juventus
1990	White Eagle	Hobart Juventus
1991	White Eagle	Hobart Juventus
1992	Devonport City	White Eagle
1993	Devonport City	White Eagle
1994	Devonport City	Launceston Juventus
1995	White Eagle	Launceston Juventus
1996	White Eagle	Devonport City
1997	New Town Eagles	Devonport City
1998	Devonport City	Glenorchy Knights
1999	University	Launceston City

Overall Tasmanian State Champions

Season	Champions
1910	Hobart
1911	Westralia
1912	St. George vs Tamar
1913	Corinthians vs Tamar
1914	Corinthians vs Elphin
SUSPENDED 1915-1919 FOR World War I
1919	South Hobart
1920	South Hobart vs Elphin ?-?
1921	South Hobart vs Tamar ?-?
1922	South Hobart vs North Esk 5-1
1923	South Hobart vs Elphin 4-2
1924	Sandy Bay vs Elphin 6-1
1925	Sandy Bay vs Paton & Baldwins 2-0
1926	Paton & Baldwins vs South Hobart 2-1
1927	Sandy Bay vs Elphin 2-1
1928	Hobart Athletic vs Elphin 5-0
1929	South Hobart vs Invermay 2-1
1930	Paton & Baldwins vs Hobart Athletic 3-0
1931	Cascades vs Tamar 2-1
1932	Cascades vs Tamar 8-3
1933	Sandy Bay vs Tamar 3-0
1934	Cascades vs Tamar 9-3
1935	Cascades vs Thistle 8-1
1936	Sandy Bay vs Paton & Baldwins 1-0
1937	South Hobart vs Invermay ?-?
1938	Sandy Bay vs Invermay ?-?
1939	Sandy Bay vs Paton & Baldwins 3-3 (Sandy Bay retain as previous holders)
SUSPENDED 1939-1946 FOR World War II
1946	South Hobart vs Invermay 4-2
1947	South Hobart vs Invermay 5-0
1948	South Hobart vs Invermay 1-0
1949	Invermay vs Metro 5-4
1950	Metro vs Invermay 6-1
1951	Metro vs Invermay 2-1
1952	Metro vs Paton & Baldwins 2-1
1953	Caledonians vs South Launceston 3-1
1954	Metro vs Paton & Baldwins 3-2
1955	Caledonians vs Papermakers 7-2
1956	Caledonians vs Burnie Celtic 6-1
1957	Caledonians vs APPM 6-0
1958	Caledonians vs Paton & Baldwins 3-1
1959	South Hobart vs Launceston Juventus 3-2
1960	Caledonians vs Launceston Juventus 6-1
1961	Launceston Juventus vs Rapid 2-1
1962	Hobart Rangers vs Burnie Rovers 7-0
1963	Launceston Juventus vs Ulverstone 4-2
1964	Rapid vs Launceston United 6-1
1965	Hobart Olympia vs Launceston Juventus 3-3 (4:3 on corners)
1966	Hobart Olympia vs Launceston Juventus 3-1
1967	Launceston United vs Hobart Olympia 1-0
1968	Hobart Olympia vs Launceston Juventus 3-1
1969	Hobart Juventus vs Launceston Juventus 2(4)-4(1) 6-5 (agg)
1970	Glenorchy Croatia vs Georgetown 4(3)-1(1) 7-2 (agg)
1971	Hobart Juventus vs Launceston Juventus 6(6)-2(1) 12-3 (agg)
1972	Hobart Juventus vs Launceston Juventus 2(3)-3(0) 5-3 (agg)
1973	Hobart Juventus vs Riverside Olympic 8(5)-1(4) 13-5 (agg)
1974	Glenorchy Croatia vs Devonport City 3(2)-0(1) 5-1 (agg)
1975	Glenorchy Croatia vs Launceston Juventus 1(4)-1(2) 5-3 (agg)
1976	Rapid vs Launceston Juventus 3(3)-2(4) 6-6 (agg) 12-11 on pens
1977	White Eagle vs Devonport City 2(2)-2(1) 4-3 (agg)
Tasmanian State League Inaugurated
1978	White Eagle no final - finished first
1979	Rapid no final - finished first
1980	Rapid no final - finished first
1981	Brighton Caledonians no final - finished first
Tasmanian State League Suspended
North-South play-off resumes
1982	Rapid vs Devonport City 1(2) - 1(0) 3-1 (agg)
1983	Hobart Juventus vs Devonport City 3-0
1984	Hobart Juventus vs Georgetown 1(2)-0(0) 3-0 (agg)
1985	Hobart Juventus vs Georgetown 1(3)-1(0) 4-1 (agg)
1986	Ulverstone vs White Eagle 2(0)-0(1) 2-1(agg)
1987	Hobart Olympia vs Ulverstone 3(2)-1(2) 5-3 (agg)
Tasmanian State League Resumed
1988	White Eagle no final - finished first
1989	White Eagle no final - finished first
1990	White Eagle no final - finished first
1991	White Eagle no final - finished first
1992	Glenorchy Croatia vs Devonport City 2-0
1993	Hobart Juventus vs Devonport City 2-1
1994	Devonport City vs White Eagle 3-2
1995	White Eagle vs Launceston Juventus 3-0
1996	Hobart Olympia vs White Eagle 2-1
1997	New Town Eagles vs Devonport City 5-1
1998	New Town Eagles vs Glenorchy Knights 4-2
1999	Glenorchy Knights vs Hobart Olympic 4-3
Tasmanian State League Defunct
2000	No play-off
North-South Play-off Resumed
2001	University vs Launceston City 1(3)-0(2) 4-2(agg)
2002	South Hobart vs Devonport City 3(2)-2(2) 5-4(agg)
2003	Devonport City vs University 2-1
2004	Devonport City vs Hobart Zebras 2-1
2005	Glenorchy Knights vs Launceston City 4-2
2006	Somerset vs Glenorchy Knights 2-2 (3-1 on pen)
2007	Somerset vs Hobart Zebras 1-3
2008	South Hobart vs Devonport City 3-0
2009	Clarence United vs South Hobart 3-1
2010	South Hobart vs Northern Rangers 1-0
2011	South Hobart vs New Town Eagles 3-1
2012	South Hobart vs Northern Rangers 2-1
Top Flight becomes NPL Tasmania
2013	South Hobart vs Devonport City 3-1
2014	South Hobart vs Northern Rangers 3-1

Total Tasmanian Championships

1. South Hobart	18
2. Hobart Zebras (Juventus)	9
3. Newtown Eagles (White Eagle)	8
4. Hobart Olympic (Olympia)	7
4. Sandy Bay	7
6. Kingborough Lions (Caledonians)	6
6. Glenorchy Knights (Croatia)	6
8. Rapid	5
9. Devonport City	4
9. Metro	4
9. Cascades	4
12. Launceston City FC (Launceston Juventus)	3
13. Corinthians	2
13. Paton & Baldwins	2
13. Somerset	2
13. University	2
16. Brighton Caledonians	1
16. Invermay	1
16. Hobart Athletic	1
16. Hobart	1
16. Hobart Rangers	1
16. St. George	1
16. Ulverstone	1
16. Westralia	1
16. Clarence United	1

References

↑ "Clubs get T-League chance". The Mercury. 2012-03-07. Retrieved 2012-03-07.
↑ "FFT - Melbourne Victory FC partnership announced!". 2012-07-25. Retrieved 2012-07-25.

External links

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Northern Championship	Burnie United Devonport City B Launceston City B Launceston United Northern Rangers B Riverside Olympic Somerset Ulverstone

Southern Championship	Beachside FC Derwent United Glenorchy Knights Hobart United Metro Claremont Nelson Eastern Suburbs New Town Eagles Southern FC Taroona University

Other Clubs	Barnstoneworth SC Brighton DOSA Peninsula Pirates Huon Valley SC Woodbridge SC

Seasons	2013 2014 2015 2016

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