2013 FFSA season

The Football Federation South Australia 2013 season was the first season under the new competition format in South Australia. The competition consists of two divisions across the State of South Australia, created from the teams in the previous three tier structure: the National Premier Leagues South Australia and the FFSA State League.

Football Federation South Australia
Season2013
ChampionsCampbelltown City
← 2012
2014 →

The overall champion for the new structure (Campbelltown City) qualified for the National Premier Leagues finals series, competing with the other state federation champions in a final knockout tournament to decide the National Premier Leagues Champion for 2013.[1]

League Tables

2013 National Premier Leagues SA
NPL South Australia
Season2013
ChampionsCampbelltown City
PremiersMetroStars
RelegatedAdelaide Cobras
Enfield City
Matches played182
Goals scored577 (3.17 per match)
Top goalscorerLloyd Owusu
(20 goals)
Biggest home win
Biggest away winEnfield City 0-7 Adelaide City FC (11 May 2013)
Highest scoringAdelaide Comets 1-7 Para Hills Knights
(18 May 2013)
← 2012 FFSA Super League
2014 →

The National Premier League South Australia 2013 season was played by 14 teams over 26 rounds, from February to August 2013.

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 North Eastern MetroStars 26 20 2 4 48 16 +32 62 Qualified for the 2013 SA Finals
2 Adelaide Blue Eagles 26 14 7 5 48 27 +21 49
3 Adelaide City 26 15 3 8 58 29 +29 48
4 Campbelltown City (C) 26 13 7 6 50 28 +22 46 Qualified for the 2013 National Premier Leagues Finals
5 Adelaide Raiders 26 12 5 9 45 40 +5 41 Qualified for the 2013 SA Finals
6 Cumberland United 26 11 8 7 38 39 −1 41
7 West Torrens Birkalla 26 11 5 10 44 36 +8 38
8 Western Strikers 26 10 6 10 40 45 −5 36
9 Para Hills Knights 26 10 5 11 47 45 +2 35
10 White City 26 9 4 13 45 45 0 31
11 Croydon Kings 26 7 7 12 32 45 −13 28
12 Adelaide Comets 26 6 6 14 35 54 −19 24
13 Adelaide Cobras (R) 26 5 4 17 28 62 −34 19 Relegated to the 2014 FFSA State League
14 Enfield City (R) 26 2 5 19 19 66 −47 −19[lower-alpha 1] Disbanded at end of season
Source: sportingpulse.com
(C) Champion; (R) Relegated.
Notes:
  1. Enfield City were deducted 30 points after the FFSA found eight players 'did not meet the definition of an amateur player based on club player payment agreements'.[2]

Finals
  Semi Finals Week 1 Semi Finals Week 2 Preliminary Final Grand Final
                               
  1  Adelaide Blue Eagles  1 —  North Eastern MetroStars  0 (1)    Adelaide Blue Eagles  1
  2  North Eastern MetroStars  1 —  Adelaide Blue Eagles  1 (2)              Campbelltown City  2
                               
                     North Eastern MetroStars  0        
  3  Adelaide City  0              Campbelltown City  1        
  6  Cumberland United  1                        
             Cumberland United  2                
             Campbelltown City  3                
  4  Campbelltown City  3                        
  5  Adelaide Raiders  1                        

2013 NPL State League
NPL State League
Season2013
ChampionsWest Adelaide
PromotedWest Adelaide
South Adelaide
Matches played240
Goals scored989 (4.12 per match)
Top goalscorerAndrew Kaine (33 goals)
Biggest home winPort Adelaide Pirates 13–0 Gawler SC
(11 March 2013)
Biggest away winGawler SC 0–10 West Adelaide
(16 March 2013)
Highest scoringPort Adelaide Pirates 13–0 Gawler SC
(11 March 2013)
← 2012 FFSA Premier League
2014 →

The 2013 NPL State League was the first edition of the new NPL State League as the second level domestic association football competition in South Australia. 16 teams competed, all playing each other twice for a total of 30 rounds, with the top two at the end of the year being promoted to the 2014 National Premier Leagues South Australia.[3]

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 West Adelaide (P) 30 28 2 0 95 13 +82 86 Promoted to the 2014 National Premier Leagues South Australia
2 South Adelaide (P) 30 22 3 5 73 31 +42 69
3 Modbury Jets 30 20 6 4 76 34 +42 66
4 Port Adelaide Pirates 30 21 1 8 117 46 +71 64
5 Adelaide Olympic 30 18 2 10 87 45 +42 56
6 Salisbury United 30 18 2 10 78 56 +22 56
7 Adelaide Hills Hawks 30 14 5 11 73 50 +23 47
8 Playford City 30 14 5 11 70 59 +11 47
9 Noarlunga United 30 13 3 14 54 44 +10 42
10 Seaford Rangers 30 11 4 15 47 85 −38 37
11 Eastern United 30 8 9 13 42 64 −22 33
12 Western Toros 30 9 4 17 41 80 −39 31
13 Northern Demons 30 6 4 20 33 65 −32 22
14 The Cove 30 5 3 22 41 74 −33 18
15 Gawler Eagles 30 2 4 24 28 147 −119 10
16 Sturt Lions 30 1 3 26 34 96 −62 6
Source:
(P) Promoted.

2013 Women's Premier League
Women's Premier League
Season2013
PremiersAdelaide City FC
← 2012
2014 →

The highest tier domestic football competition in South Australia for women was known for sponsorship reasons as the Adelaide Airport Women's Premier League. The 8 teams played a triple round-robin for a total of 21 games.

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1 Adelaide City (C) 21 16 3 2 79 19 +60 51
2 Metro United 21 17 0 4 62 33 +29 51
3 Adelaide University 21 12 3 6 77 49 +28 39
4 FFSA U14/15s 21 11 2 8 82 63 +19 35
5 Fulham United 21 8 4 9 65 84 −19 28
6 Sturt Marion 21 7 4 10 36 47 −11 25
7 Para Hills Knights 21 3 1 17 25 60 −35 10
8 Cumberland United 21 0 3 18 13 84 −71 3
Source: sportstg.com
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champion.

See also

References
  1. MetroStars making history Archived 7 August 2014 at the Wayback Machine, Football Federation Australia, 1 August 2013.
  2. "Long-term future of Enfield City Soccer Club in doubt after Falcons withdraw from State League". adelaidenow.com.au. Adelaide Now. 12 January 2014. Retrieved 19 May 2014.
  3. "South Australian State League 2013 - Fixtures". Retrieved 15 May 2014.
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