The 2016 Football Federation South Australia season was the 110th season of soccer in South Australia, and the fourth under the National Premier Leagues format.

League tables

2016 National Premier Leagues SA

The National Premier League South Australia 2016 season was played over 22 rounds, with the number of teams in the competition reduced to 12 teams.[1]

League Table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Adelaide City 22 17 2 3 62 27 +35 53 2016 National Premier Leagues Finals
2 Campbelltown City (C) 22 15 4 3 45 19 +26 49 2016 South Australia Finals
3 West Torrens Birkalla 22 12 4 6 42 24 +18 40
4 Adelaide Blue Eagles 22 11 4 7 51 34 +17 37
5 Adelaide Comets 22 11 3 8 41 39 +2 36
6 North Eastern MetroStars 22 11 2 9 39 34 +5 35
7 West Adelaide 22 8 6 8 34 33 +1 30
8 Croydon Kings 22 7 3 12 34 42 −8 24
9 Adelaide United Youth[a] 22 7 1 14 25 43 −18 22
10 Adelaide Olympic 22 6 4 12 38 60 −22 22
11 South Adelaide (R) 22 6 1 15 31 52 −21 19 Relegation to the 2017 SA State League 1
12 Adelaide Raiders (R) 22 4 0 18 25 60 −35 12
Source: foxsportspulse.com
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. ^ Adelaide United Youth cannot qualify for the National Premier Leagues finals series.

Finals

Results

Home \ Away ABE ACI ACM ARA AOL AUN CAM CRO NOR SOU WEA WTB
Adelaide Blue Eagles 1–3 4–1 4–0 2–1 1–2 6–3 0–2
Adelaide City 7–4 4–1 6–0 4–3 4–2 3–0 1–0
Adelaide Comets 1–1 2–1 3–1 3–2 1–4 3–2 0–1
Adelaide Raiders 3–2 2–0 1–4 0–1 3–1 1–4 0–1
Adelaide Olympic 4–5 3–3 3–0 0–2 1–1 4–3 3–3 0–3
Adelaide United Youth 2–0 0–3 1–2 2–2 1–3 2–1 1–3
Campbelltown City 1–0 3–1 4–1 1–2 2–1 5–0 1–0
Croydon Kings 0–1 2–3 5–2 2–4 1–1 2–2 1–1
North Eastern MetroStars 1–5 2–3 1–0 1–2 1–2 4–2 2–0
South Adelaide 0–3 4–1 1–2 1–3 2–0 2–0
West Adelaide 2–2 1–2 0–0 4–1 0–0 3–2 2–2
West Torrens Birkalla 2–2 3–1 4–0 2–0 0–2 2–0 0–0
Updated to match(es) played on 13 June 2016. Source: [2]
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Leading Goalscorers

Rank Player Club Goals[3]
1 Australia Anthony Costa Adelaide City 15
2 Australia Yvan Boyokino Adelaide Blue Eagles 12
3 Australia Nikola Mileusnic Adelaide City 11
4 Australia Fausto Erba Adelaide Olympic 10
Australia Jonathon Rideout South Adelaide
6 Australia Nicholas Bucco Adelaide City 7
Australia Doni Pollock MetroStars
Australia Thomas Strain Campbelltown City
Australia Rocco Visconte Croydon Kings
10 Australia Anthony Dimas Adelaide Blue Eagles 6
Australia Taro Kawamura West Torrens Birkalla
Australia Adam Piscioneri Campbelltown City
Australia Daniel Sullivan South Adelaide
Australia Fumiya Suzuki West Torrens Birkalla

2016 NPL State League 1

The 2016 NPL State League 1 was the fourth edition of the NPL State League 1, the second level domestic association football competition in South Australia (and third level within Australia overall). 12 teams competed, playing each other twice for a total of 22 rounds.

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Cumberland United (P) 22 15 3 4 61 24 +37 48 Promotion to the 2017 National Premier Leagues South Australia
2 Para Hills Knights (P) 22 13 4 5 33 27 +6 43
3 White City 22 12 4 6 46 29 +17 40
4 Sturt Lions 22 12 3 7 41 27 +14 39
5 The Cove 22 12 3 7 39 29 +10 39
6 Modbury Jets 22 9 5 8 33 35 −2 32
7 Adelaide Victory 22 9 3 10 40 43 −3 30
8 Salisbury United 22 7 7 8 26 30 −4 28
9 Western Strikers 22 8 3 11 30 36 −6 27
10 Port Adelaide Pirates 22 6 6 10 29 31 −2 24
11 Adelaide Hills Hawks 22 4 5 13 32 51 −19 17 Qualification to the 2016 relegation play-offs
12 Playford City (R) 22 1 2 19 21 69 −48 5 Relegation to the 2017 NPL State League 2
Source: foxsportspulse.com
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(P) Promoted; (R) Relegated

2016 NPL State League 2

The 2016 NPL State League 2 was the first edition of the new NPL State League 2 as the third level domestic association football competition in South Australia (and fourth level within Australia overall). 9 teams took part, all playing each other twice for a total of 16 matches. New teams included SAASL teams Fulham United and Adelaide Vipers and also Collegiate Soccer League team Mount Barker United.

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Noarlunga United (P) 16 12 2 2 39 13 +26 38 Promotion to the 2017 NPL State League 1
2 Gawler Eagles 16 10 2 4 43 27 +16 32 Qualification to the 2016 promotion play-offs
3 Seaford Rangers 16 8 6 2 35 21 +14 30
4 Adelaide Cobras 16 7 5 4 36 19 +17 26
5 Fulham United 16 6 6 4 28 22 +6 24
6 Adelaide Vipers 16 6 1 9 26 31 −5 19
7 Northern Demons 16 5 3 8 29 31 −2 18
8 Eastern United 16 3 1 12 24 58 −34 10
9 Mount Barker United 16 2 0 14 16 54 −38 6
Source: foxsportspulse.com
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(P) Promoted

2016 SA Regional Leagues

Association Champions
Collegiate Soccer League Adelaide Uni Grads Red
Limestone Coast Football Association Gambier Centrals
Port Lincoln Soccer Association Sekol Masters
Riverland Soccer Association Renmark Olympic

2016 Women's NPL

The highest tier domestic football competition in South Australia for women was known for sponsorship reasons as the PS4 Women's National Premier League. This was the inaugural season of a new NPL format. The 8 teams played a triple round-robin for a total of 21 games.

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Metro United (C) 21 17 3 1 53 15 +38 54 2017 Women's NPL Finals
2 Adelaide City 21 15 2 4 51 15 +36 47
3 Fulham United 21 11 1 9 29 33 −4 34
4 Adelaide University 21 10 4 7 69 52 +17 34
5 West Adelaide 21 9 5 7 37 31 +6 32
6 Sturt Marion 21 7 2 12 32 52 −20 23
7 Cumberland United 21 3 3 15 16 54 −38 12 Qualification to the 2016 relegation play-offs
8 Para Hills Knights (R) 21 1 2 18 16 51 −35 5 Relegation to the 2018 Women's State League 1
Source: sportstg.com
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated

Finals

Semi-finalsElimination FinalGrand Final
9 September
1Metro United11Metro United4
2Adelaide City02Adelaide City0
2Adelaide City1 (5)
3Fulham United1 (4)
3Fulham United3
4Adelaide University1

Promotion/relegation play-off

Cumberland United1–0Campbelltown City
Campbelltown City1–4Cumberland United

Cup competitions

2016 Federation Cup

South Australian soccer clubs competed in 2016 for the Federation Cup. Clubs entered from the NPL SA, the State League 1, State League 2, South Australian Amateur Soccer League and South Australian Collegiate Soccer League.

This knockout competition was won by North Eastern MetroStars.

The competition also served as the South Australian Preliminary rounds for the 2016 FFA Cup. In addition to the MetroStars, the A-League club Adelaide United qualified for the final rounds, entering at the Round of 32.

Further information: 2016 FFA Cup preliminary rounds

References

  1. ^ "South Australia Season Index 2016".
  2. ^ "South Australia PS4 National Premier League 2016 - Result matrix".
  3. ^ "NPL SA Leading Scorers". SoccerAust. Retrieved 22 May 2016.
Allikas: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2016_FFSA_season
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