The 2018 Capital Football season was the sixth season under the new competition format in the Australian Capital Territory. The league premier for the new structure qualifies for the National Premier Leagues finals series, competing with the other state federation premiers in a final knockout tournament to decide the National Premier Leagues Champion for 2018.

League Tables

2018 National Premier League ACT

The 2018 National Premier League ACT season was played over 18 rounds from March to August 2018.[1] The league ran with nine teams after the FFA cut funding to the FFA Centre of Excellence, which wound up following the conclusion of the 2017 season.[2]

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Canberra (C) 16 12 2 2 46 13 +33 38 2018 National Premier Leagues Finals
2 Canberra Olympic 16 11 0 5 40 21 +19 33 2018 ACT Finals
3 Tigers FC 16 9 1 6 41 38 +3 28
4 Tuggeranong United 16 8 2 6 32 32 0 26
5 Belconnen United 16 7 3 6 30 29 +1 24
6 Woden-Weston 16 4 6 6 32 36 −4 18
7 Gungahlin United 16 4 4 8 21 25 −4 16
8 Riverina Rhinos 16 5 1 10 20 39 −19 16
9 Monaro Panthers 16 1 3 12 17 46 −29 6
Source: sportstg.com
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions

Finals

Top Scorers

Reference:[3]

Rank Player Club Goals
1 Argentina Nicolas Villafane Tigers FC 19
2 England Thomas James Canberra FC
3 Australia Michael John Canberra Olympic 12
4 Nigeria Olaide Yinka-Kehinde Woden-Weston FC
5 Australia Aisosa Ihegie Tuggeranong United 10
6 Australia Mark Shields Tigers FC 9
7 Australia Daniel Barac Belconnen United 8
8 Australia Samuel Smith Monaro Panthers
9 Australia Domenic Giampaolo Canberra Olympic 6
10 Australia Kofi Danning Canberra FC

2018 ACT Capital League

The 2018 ACT Capital League is the sixth edition of the Capital League as the second level domestic association football competition in the ACT. There were 18 rounds in total with five matches contested per round. The season started on 7 April 2018 and ran until 12 August 2018.[4]

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Queanbeyan City 18 12 3 3 38 17 +21 39 2018 ACT Capital League Finals
2 White Eagles 18 12 2 4 52 24 +28 38
3 Weston Molonglo 18 10 3 5 60 27 +33 33
4 ANU FC (C) 18 10 3 5 53 21 +32 33
5 O'Connor Knights 18 10 3 5 37 24 +13 33
6 Southern Tablelands United 18 6 2 10 28 57 −29 20
7 Brindabella Blues 18 5 3 10 32 52 −20 18
8 Narrabundah 18 4 3 11 20 45 −25 15
9 Monaro Panthers B 18 4 3 11 22 50 −28 15
10 Canberra Olympic B 18 4 1 13 28 53 −25 13
Source: sportstg.com
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions

Finals

Semi-finalsPreliminary FinalGrand Final
1Queanbeyan City21White Eagles1
2White Eagles32ANU FC6
1Queanbeyan City1 (2)
2ANU FC1 (4)
3Weston Molonglo1
4ANU FC2

2018 Capital Football Division 1

The 2018 ACT Capital Football Division 1 is the fourth edition of the Capital League Division 1 as the third level domestic association football competition in the ACT. The 2018 season consisted of 18 rounds with four matches played per round. The season started on 7 April 2018 and ran until 11 August 2018.[4]

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Tigers FC 18 12 3 3 48 27 +21 39 2018 Capital Football Division 1 Finals
2 Belconnen United B 18 11 2 5 46 28 +18 35
3 ADFA Vikings (C) 18 10 3 5 57 22 +35 33
4 Narrabundah B 18 10 0 8 38 30 +8 30
5 UC Pumas 18 7 4 7 34 29 +5 25
6 ANU FC B 18 6 3 9 27 35 −8 21
7 Lanyon United 18 3 5 10 27 43 −16 14
8 Woden Valley 18 1 4 13 26 89 −63 7
Source: sportstg.com
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions

Finals

2018 Women's National Premier League ACT

The highest tier domestic football competition in the ACT is known as the ACT Women's National Premier League (WNPL). Each team played each other three times for a total of 21 rounds, plus a finals series for the top 4 teams.

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Belconnen United (C) 21 20 1 0 86 6 +80 61 2018 ACT WNPL Finals
2 Canberra United Academy 21 15 1 5 92 38 +54 46
3 Canberra FC 21 14 2 5 47 25 +22 44
4 Canberra Olympic 21 10 1 10 65 57 +8 31
5 Gungahlin United 21 8 4 9 30 34 −4 28
6 Woden-Weston FC 21 6 2 13 32 58 −26 20
7 Monaro Panthers 21 5 0 16 17 86 −69 15
8 Tuggeranong United 21 0 1 20 11 73 −62 1
Source: sportstg.com
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
Notes:
(C) Champions

Finals

Cup Competitions

2018 Federation Cup

2018 was the 56th edition of the Capital Football Federation Cup. The Federation cup acts as the preliminary rounds for the FFA Cup in the ACT with the Cup winner entering the subsequent FFA Cup round of 32. In 2018, the Federation Cup, which is open to all senior men's teams registered with Capital Football, consisted of two rounds, quarter-finals, semi-finals and a final. NPL clubs entered the tournament in the second round. The Cup ran from 18 March 2018 (first round) till 16 June 2018 (final). Canberra FC secured its 18th cup title and qualification to the 2018 FFA Cup with a 3–2 victory over Gungahlin with former Sydney FC player Kofi Danning scoring the winning goal at Woden Park.[5]

2018 Capital Football Federation Cup
Tie no Home team (tier) Score Away team (tier)
Round 1
1 Gundaroo FC (6) 2–3† UC Pumas (4)
2 Southern Tablelands United (3) 2–0 Woden Valley (4)
Southern Tablelands United removed from competition for fielding an ineligible player.
3 ANU FC (3) 3–1 White Eagles (3)
4 Queanbeyan City (3) 5–0 Narrabundah FC (3)
5 Burns FC (6) w/o Tigers FC (4)
Walkover for Burns FC – Tigers FC removed.
6 Gungahlin Juventus (6) 2–0 Brindabella Blues (4)
7 O'Connor Knights (3) 2–0 Weston-Molonglo (3)
Round 2
1 Queanbeyan City (3) 1–2 Gungahlin United (2)
2 UC Pumas (4) 0–5 Belconnen United (2)
3 Tuggeranong United (2) 1–2 Woden Weston FC (2)
4 Burns FC (6) 1–4 Gungahlin Juventus (6)
5 ANU FC (3) 2–4† Canberra FC (2)
6 Canberra Olympic (2) 1–0 Tigers FC (2)
7 Riverina Rhinos (2) 0–1 Monaro Panthers (2)
8 Woden Valley (4) 0–9 O'Connor Knights (3)
Quarter-finals
1 Belconnen United (2) 8–5 O'Connor Knights (3)
2 Gungahlin United (2) 6–0 Gungahlin Juventus (6)
3 Monaro Panthers (2) 2–4 Woden Weston FC (2)
4 Canberra FC (2) 2–0 Canberra Olympic (2)
Semi-finals
1 Canberra FC (2) 3–0 Belconnen United (2)
2 Gungahlin United (2) 4–3† Woden Weston FC (2)
Final
1 Gungahlin United (2) 2–3 Canberra FC (2)
Notes:
  • † = After Extra Time

2018 Charity Shield

2018 was the third edition of the annual ACT Charity Shield contested to kick off the 2018 Capital Football season. Money raised from the event goes towards a nominated charity, which in 2018 was Ronald McDonald House Canberra. Canberra Olympic and Tuggeranong United contested the Shield in 2018.[6] Olympic claimed its second consecutive Charity Shield title with a 3–1 victory.[7]

16 March 2018 Canberra Olympic 3–1 Tuggeranong United Woden, Canberra
18:30
  • Popovich 24'
  • Habtemariam 35', 88'
 Report
  • Crkovsk 42'
 Stadium: Melrose Synthetic

See also

References

  1. ^ "NPL – Capital Football 2018 regular rounds". www.sportstg.com. Retrieved 13 January 2019.
  2. ^ "FFA to close Centre of Excellence in August". www. theworldgame.sbs.com.au. Retrieved 13 January 2019.
  3. ^ "NPL – Capital Football Scoring Summary". www.sportstg.com. Retrieved 13 January 2019.
  4. ^ a b "Men's Capital League Fixtures & Results". www.sportstg.com. Retrieved 13 January 2019.
  5. ^ Tiernan, Eamonn (16 June 2018). "Canberra FC down Gungahlin United to book spot in FFA Cup round of 32". The Canberra Times. Retrieved 10 February 2019.
  6. ^ "2018 Charity Shield". Capital Football. 12 March 2018. Retrieved 8 February 2019.
  7. ^ "Olympic claim 2018 Charity Shield". Capital Football. 20 March 2018. Retrieved 8 February 2019.
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