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 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 – formerly known as the Football West State League Premier Division – was rebranded into what exists today.
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NPL WA traces its origin to the formation of a league by the Perth British Football Association in 1896.[1] By the 1950s, the association was known as the Western Australian Soccer Football Association (WASFA). In, 1960 eight teams formed their own association, the Soccer Federation of Western Australia (SFWA). The WASFA and SFWA ran rival leagues between 1960 and 1962 before the SFWA prevailed.[2] Ahead of the 1991 season, 11 SFWA clubs broke away, forming the Soccer Administration of Western Australia (SAWA). The SAWA ran the rebel Professional Soccer League (PSL) in parallel with the SFWA first division until merging before the 1993 season to form the Professional Soccer Federation of Western Australia (PSF).[3][4]
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.
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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 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 from U12 to U20 age groups. The Perth Glory FC Youth team competes in the Senior category and has additional age restrictions.[5]
Promotion and relegation between the NPL and the State League Division 1 became possible for the first time at the end of the 2015 season, provided the winner of the State Division 1 met Football West's promotion requirements.[5] Two teams were promoted after the 2016 season to expand the league into a 14 team competition.[6] After a further competition review the 2019 NPLWA season returned to a twelve-team competition.[7] In 2020, promotion and relegation was suspended for the season, due to the impacts on the competition from the COVID-19 pandemic in Australia.[8]
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The following 12 clubs are competing in the 2024 NPL WA season.
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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 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 formerly known as the Football West State League Premier Division was rebranded into what exists today National Premier Leagues Western AustraliaFounded1896CountryAustraliaNumber of teams12Level on pyramid2Relegation toState League 1Domestic cup s Football West State Cup Australia CupCurrent championsStirling Macedonia 2023 Current premiersPerth RedStar 2023 Most championshipsPerth SC Azzurri Italia 25 titles TV partnersNPL TVWebsiteFootball West NPLCurrent 2023 NPL WA Contents 1 History 2 Format 3 Clubs 4 Honours 5 Honours pre NPL 1896 2013 6 See also 7 Notes 8 References 9 External linksHistory editThis article appears to be slanted towards recent events Please try to keep recent events in historical perspective and add more content related to non recent events July 2020 NPL WA traces its origin to the formation of a league by the Perth British Football Association in 1896 1 By the 1950s the association was known as the Western Australian Soccer Football Association WASFA In 1960 eight teams formed their own association the Soccer Federation of Western Australia SFWA The WASFA and SFWA ran rival leagues between 1960 and 1962 before the SFWA prevailed 2 Ahead of the 1991 season 11 SFWA clubs broke away forming the Soccer Administration of Western Australia SAWA The SAWA ran the rebel Professional Soccer League PSL in parallel with the SFWA first division until merging before the 1993 season to form the Professional Soccer Federation of Western Australia PSF 3 4 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 with Croatian Australians Spearwood Dalmatinac now part of Cockburn City with Yugoslavian Australians Shamrock Rovers with Irish Australians Dianella White Eagles with Serbian Australians and Stirling Macedonia 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 forced name changes Some clubs reverted back to their former names after 2019 when the National Club Identity Policy was revoked More recently new clubs have begun to be based geographically such as with Armadale SC and Cockburn City 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 Format editIn 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 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 from U12 to U20 age groups The Perth Glory FC Youth team competes in the Senior category and has additional age restrictions 5 Promotion and relegation between the NPL and the State League Division 1 became possible for the first time at the end of the 2015 season provided the winner of the State Division 1 met Football West s promotion requirements 5 Two teams were promoted after the 2016 season to expand the league into a 14 team competition 6 After a further competition review the 2019 NPLWA season returned to a twelve team competition 7 In 2020 promotion and relegation was suspended for the season due to the impacts on the competition from the COVID 19 pandemic in Australia 8 Clubs editThe following 12 clubs are competing in the 2024 NPL WA season 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 Floreat Athena Leederville Litis Stadium 5 000 Inglewood United Inglewood Inglewood Stadium 5 536 Olympic Kingsway Madeley Kingsway Sporting Complex 2 000 Perth Glory Youth Perth Hartfield Park Forrestfield 2 000 Perth RedStar Joondalup RedStar Arena 2 500 Perth SC West Perth Dorrien Gardens 4 000 Stirling Macedonia Balcatta Macedonia Park 5 000 Western Knights Mosman Park Nash Field 1 000Honours editYear Premiership Champions NPL Finals Representation 2014 Bayswater City Bayswater City Bayswater City Quarter Finalist 2015 Bayswater City U Bayswater City Runners up 2016 Perth SC Perth SC Perth SC Semi Finalist 2017 Bayswater City Bayswater City Bayswater City Quarter Finalist 2018 Perth SC Perth SC Perth SC Quarter Finalist 2019 Perth SC Perth SC Perth SC Semi Finalist 2020 a ECU Joondalup b Floreat Athena c d 2021 Perth SC Perth SC e 2022 Floreat Athena Perth RedStar 2023 Perth RedStar Stirling Macedonia Notes U undefeated league season Honours pre NPL 1896 2013 editYear Premiers 1896 Fremantle Wanderers 1897 Fremantle Wanderers 1898 Civil ServiceU 1899 Fremantle Wanderers 1900 Fremantle Wanderers 1901 Fremantle Wanderers 1902 PerthU 1903 Fremantle 1904 Fremantle CorinthiansU 1905 Perth 1906 RangersU 1907 Rangers 1908 City United 1909 Training CollegeU 1910 Claremont 1911 Rangers f 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 UnitedU 1921 Thistle 1922 Perth City UnitedU 1923 ClaremontU 1924 Perth City 1925 Thistle 1926 Fremantle Caledonian 1927 Fremantle CaledonianU 1928 Victoria ParkU 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 ParkU 1938 Victoria Park 1939 Victoria Park f 1940 East Claremont 1941 CaledonianU 1942 1944 No competition due to World War 2 1945 Jolly RogersU 1946 Caledonian f 1947 Caledonian g 1948 North Perth g 1949 Caledonian 1950 Perth City 1951 South Perth 1952 North Perth 1953 AzzurriU 1954 Perth City 1955 North Perth 1956 North Perth 1957 Swan Athletic 1958 East Fremantle Tricolore 1959 Azzurri 1960 WASF AzzurriWASFA North Perth Osborne Year Premiers Champions or Top Four Top Five Cup 1961 WASF WindmillsWASFA Swan ValleyU East Fremantle Tricolore 1962 WASF AzzurriWASFA Perth City Inglewood Morley Windmills 1963 East Fremantle Tricolore Azzurri 1964 East Fremantle TricoloreU North Perth Osborne 1965 East Fremantle Tricolore Swan Athletic h 1966 Cracovia Azzurri h 1967 AzzurriU Azzurri h 1968 Azzurri Kiev 1969 Azzurri East Fremantle Tricolore 1970 East Fremantle Tricolore East Fremantle Tricolore h 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 AzzurriU Forrestfield United 1982 Spearwood DalmatinacU 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 AthenaU 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 SC 2001 Sorrento Perth SC 2002 Perth SC Perth SC 2003 Perth SC Perth SC 2004 Western Knights Western Knights 2005 Perth SC 2006 Sorrento 2007 Floreat AthenaU 2008 Sorrento Perth SC 2009 Western Knights Perth SC 2010 Western Knights Perth SC 2011 Balcatta Perth SC 2012 Bayswater City Sorrento 2013 Stirling Lions Bayswater City Notes U undefeated league season References 10 11 See also editNational Premier Leagues WA WomenNotes edit Premiership not awarded NPL Season Champions Top Four Cup Grand Final Champions NPL finals series cancelled due to the COVID 19 pandemic in Australia 9 Not held a b c after championship playoff a b after zone playoff a b c d round robin formatReferences edit British Association Inquirer and Commercial News Perth 29 May 1896 p 2 Retrieved 29 July 2020 WASFA Records footballwa net Retrieved 29 July 2020 1991 Results footballwa net Retrieved 29 July 2020 1992 Results footballwa net Retrieved 29 July 2020 a b Home Page Football West 19 February 2020 NPLWA expansion for 2017 www footballwest com au 1 December 2016 Retrieved 2 December 2016 NPLWA Review Report to guide future www footballwest com au 18 September 2017 Retrieved 21 September 2017 Bayswater Perth to kick off revamped season Football West 11 June 2020 Retrieved 14 June 2020 Coronavirus forces FFA Cup to be cancelled The World Game SBS 7 July 2020 Retrieved 7 July 2020 Kreider R N 2012 Paddocks to Pitches The Definitive History of Western Australian Football Published by SportsWest Media Competitions at 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