2013 National Premier Leagues

The 2013 National Premier Leagues was the inaugural season of the Australian National Premier Leagues football competition. It began on 22 February 2013 and concluded on 13 October 2013. The National Premier Leagues was contested by clubs from five divisions. The divisions were ACT, NSW, Queensland, South Australia and Tasmania. The winners of each respective divisional league then competed in a finals playoff tournament at season end, culminating in a grand final.

National Premier Leagues

Season	2013
Champions	Sydney United 58 (1st Title)
Finalists	Campbelltown City Canberra Olympic South Hobart Sydney United 58
2014 →

Sydney United 58 were crowned National Premier Leagues Champions.

League tables

ACT

Main article: 2013 Capital Football season

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Canberra	23	18	0	5	86	22	+64	54	2013 National Premier Leagues Finals
2	Belconnen United	23	15	2	6	49	33	+16	47	2013 ACT Finals
3	Canberra Olympic (C)	23	13	6	4	47	25	+22	45
4	Woden Valley	23	13	2	8	58	45	+13	41
5	Cooma Tigers	23	10	1	12	46	54	−8	31
6	Australian Institute of Sport	16	7	3	6	28	26	+2	24
7	Canberra City	23	6	1	16	41	61	−20	19
8	Monaro Panthers	23	6	1	16	30	78	−48	19
9	Tuggeranong United	23	3	2	18	30	71	−41	11

Source: sportingpulse.com
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions

Finals

	Semi-finals					Preliminary final					Grand final
	1	Canberra FC	4								1	Canberra FC	0
	2	Belconnen United	0								3	Canberra Olympic	2
						2	Belconnen United	2
						3	Canberra Olympic	4
	3	Canberra Olympic	3
	4	Woden Valley	1

NSW

Main article: 2013 Football NSW season

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Sydney United 58	22	14	3	5	46	30	+16	45	2013 National Premier Leagues Finals
2	Sutherland Sharks	22	13	5	4	47	26	+21	44	2013 NSW Finals
3	Bonnyrigg White Eagles (C)	22	13	4	5	44	30	+14	43
4	Rockdale City Suns	22	11	6	5	37	21	+16	39
5	Marconi Stallions	22	11	4	7	29	26	+3	37
6	Blacktown City	22	10	6	6	44	32	+12	36
7	Sydney Olympic	22	8	5	9	30	29	+1	29
8	Manly United	22	6	8	8	34	35	−1	26
9	Blacktown Spartans	22	6	5	11	28	31	−3	23
10	Central Coast Mariners Academy (R)	22	4	3	15	30	62	−32	15	Relegated to the 2014 NPL NSW 2
11	APIA Leichhardt Tigers	22	2	8	12	29	48	−19	14
12	South Coast Wolves	22	3	5	14	28	53	−25	14

Source: sportingpulse.com
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated

Finals

	Qualifying final					Major semi-final					Preliminary final					Grand final
						1	Sydney United 58	1 (3)								3	Bonnyrigg White Eagles	1
						3	Bonnyrigg White Eagles	1 (5)								4	Rockdale City Suns	0
	2	Sutherland Sharks	2								1	Sydney United 58	2 (3)
	3	Bonnyrigg White Eagles	5			Minor semi-final					4	Rockdale City Suns	2 (4)
						2	Sutherland Sharks	1
	4	Rockdale City Suns	1 (4)			4	Rockdale City Suns	2
	5	Marconi Stallions	1 (2)

Queensland

Main article: 2013 Football Queensland season

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Olympic FC (C)	22	18	1	3	90	39	+51	55	2013 National Premier Leagues Finals
2	Brisbane City	22	15	2	5	62	37	+25	47	2013 Queensland Finals
3	Sunshine Coast	22	15	1	6	61	22	+39	46
4	Brisbane Strikers	22	14	0	8	63	38	+25	42
5	Redlands United	22	12	3	7	72	39	+33	39
6	Moreton Bay United	22	11	3	8	39	44	−5	36
7	Northern Fury	22	9	5	8	48	43	+5	32
8	Western Pride	22	8	3	11	41	49	−8	27
9	Palm Beach	22	7	1	14	41	62	−21	22
10	Far North Queensland	22	4	4	14	30	68	−38	16
11	Central Queensland (R)	22	4	1	17	42	110	−68	13	Disbanded at end of season
12	Queensland Academy of Sport (R)	22	2	2	18	23	61	−38	8	Team withdrew to join NPL Queensland Youth competition

Source: sportingpulse.com
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated

Finals

	Semi-finals					Grand final
	1	Olympic	2
	4	Brisbane Strikers	0
						1	Olympic	3 (3)
						2	Brisbane City	3 (0)
	2	Brisbane City	2
	3	Sunshine Coast	0

South Australia

Main article: 2013 FFSA season

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	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	2013 National Premier Leagues Finals
5	Adelaide Raiders	26	12	5	9	45	40	+5	41	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 SA State League
14	Enfield City (R)	26	2	5	19	19	66	−47	−19[a]	Disbanded at end of season

Source: sportingpulse.com
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (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'.^[1]

Finals

	Elimination finals					Semifinals						Preliminary final					Grand final
						1	North Eastern MetroStars	1	0 (1)								Adelaide Blue Eagles		1
						2	Adelaide Blue Eagles	1	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

Tasmania

Main article: 2013 Football Federation Tasmania season

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	South Hobart (C)	21	18	2	1	79	25	+54	56	2013 National Premier Leagues Finals
2	Devonport City	21	13	2	6	68	38	+30	41	2013 Tasmania Finals
3	Hobart Zebras	21	11	6	4	68	41	+27	39
4	Olympia	21	10	4	7	51	35	+16	34
5	Northern Rangers	21	7	6	8	56	39	+17	27
6	Kingborough Lions United	21	6	5	10	40	55	−15	23
7	Glenorchy Knights	21	4	4	13	30	56	−26	16
8	Launceston City	21	0	1	20	14	117	−103	1

Source: sportingpulse.com
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions

Finals

	Semi-finals					Grand final
	1	South Hobart	2
	4	Olympia	0
						1	South Hobart	3
						2	Devonport City	1
	2	Devonport City	4
	3	Hobart Zebras	2			Third place
						3	Hobart Zebras	2
						4	Olympia	3

Results

ACT

Home \ Away	AIS	BEL	CAN	CAC	CAO	COO	MON	TUG	WOD	AIS	BEL	CAN	CAC	CAO	COO	MON	TUG	WOD
Australian Institute of Sport		3–3	1–3	3–0	0–0	4–0	3–1	3–0	0–3
Belconnen United	3–0		3–1	3–2	0–1	2–0	3–2	2–0	2–1				3–1	0–0		3–0		0–2
Canberra	4–1	2–0		4–0	1–0	0–1	9–0	8–1	9–0		3–4			2–1				0–2
Canberra City	2–2	2–4	0–4		2–5	1–2	1–4	2–3	2–0			0–6			1–4		4–2	2–3
Canberra Olympic	2–1	3–1	1–0	2–1		4–3	0–0	3–2	1–2				2–1		5–0		1–0	2–2
Cooma	1–2	2–1	2–7	1–0	2–1		2–3	3–1	5–4		0–1							3–7
Monaro Panthers	1–2	4–1	2–5	0–8	1–8	0–5		4–2	2–0			0–2	2–5	0–1	3–2		2–0
Tuggeranong United	1–2	1–3	0–7	1–2	3–3	1–5	1–0		1–3		2–3	0–3			2–2
Woden Valley	2–1	1–2	4–1	1–2	1–1	1–0	4–1	2–1								9–0	6–3

Source: sportingpulse.com
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

NSW

Home \ Away	API	BLC	BLS	BWE	CCM	MAN	MAR	ROC	SCW	SUT	SYO	SYU
APIA Leichhardt Tigers		3–3	0–2	1–3	1–1	1–1	0–1	1–3	1–1	1–1	0–2	1–5
Blacktown City	2–1		1–0	4–1	3–5	0–0	3–0	0–1	2–2	3–4	3–0	3–1
Blacktown Spartans	1–1	3–3		2–1	4–0	1–1	2–1	1–2	3–1	0–1	4–2	1–3
Bonnyrigg White Eagles	4–2	1–1	3–0		5–1	2–2	0–1	1–1	1–0	3–2	2–0	2–0
Central Coast Mariners Academy	1–3	0–3	2–1	3–4		2–2	0–1	1–6	4–3	2–5	0–1	2–4
Manly United	2–2	0–3	1–0	0–1	1–2		0–2	1–3	4–2	1–2	3–1	3–0
Marconi Stallions	2–1	2–2	1–0	0–2	4–1	0–3		1–0	3–1	1–2	0–0	3–0
Rockdale City Suns	1–0	0–2	1–0	0–0	3–0	4–2	0–0		0–1	2–0	0–0	2–3
South Coast Wolves	4–4	1–0	2–1	1–4	2–2	1–2	4–1	1–1		0–4	0–4	1–2
Sutherland Sharks	4–2	2–0	3–1	4–0	1–0	1–1	2–3	2–2	3–1		2–1	1–1
Sydney Olympic	1–2	2–1	1–1	4–0	2–1	5–0	1–1	0–4	2–0	0–0		2–3
Sydney United	3–1	4–1	0–0	2–4	3–0	0–0	2–1	3–2	4–0	2–0	1–0

Source: sportingpulse.com
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Queensland

Home \ Away	BRC	BRS	CEN	FAR	MOR	NOR	OLY	PAL	QAS	RED	SUN	WES
Brisbane City		3–5	8–1	1–1	1–0	5–0	2–6	4–2	3–0	2–0	1–6	3–2
Brisbane Strikers	2–0		8–1	5–1	7–0	0–2	2–7	3–0	1–2	2–1	3–0	3–2
Central Queensland	1–2	3–4		3–4	1–2	1–6	3–9	0–5	3–2	0–5	0–7	4–2
Far North Queensland	0–7	0–4	1–4		0–2	4–1	1–1	0–3	2–5	2–4	1–5	2–2
Moreton Bay United	1–3	2–1	5–4	2–3		3–0	1–3	3–2	3–2	1–4	2–0	1–0
Northern Fury	2–4	0–3	2–2	1–1	2–2		6–3	2–2	6–1	4–2	0–2	3–0
Olympic FC	1–3	6–2	7–0	4–2	3–1	5–3		3–1	5–2	2–1	4–1	4–5
Palm Beach	0–2	3–2	5–4	3–2	0–1	1–2	0–6		3–2	4–7	1–3	0–1
Queensland Academy of Sport	0–2	0–2	0–3	2–3	2–2	0–3	0–2	0–3		1–5	0–2	1–2
Redlands United	3–3	3–0	11–2	2–0	3–1	0–0	3–5	7–1	3–1		3–3	1–3
Sunshine Coast	0–1	2–0	9–0	4–0	1–2	2–1	2–3	4–0	1–0	1–0		2–0
Western Pride	4–2	0–4	6–2	3–0	2–2	0–2	0–1	4–2	2–2	1–4	0–4

Source: sportingpulse.com
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

South Australia

Home \ Away	ABE	ACI	ACB	ACM	ARA	CAM	CRO	CUM	ENF	NOR	PAR	WES	WTB	WHI
Adelaide Blue Eagles		3–3	0–1	4–3	0–0	1–0	4–1	4–3	3–0	0–1	3–0	2–1	2–1	4–2
Adelaide City	0–1		5–0	3–0	3–1	0–1	2–1	1–3	2–0	1–2	3–1	3–2	2–1	2–1
Adelaide Cobras	0–0	0–5		2–1	1–5	1–3	0–1	1–1	2–0	0–4	2–3	3–4	0–2	1–3
Adelaide Comets	0–4	2–1	1–2		0–1	2–2	2–2	0–0	2–2	0–4	1–7	3–1	1–2	2–3
Adelaide Raiders	0–0	0–2	3–1	0–0		1–2	0–0	1–2	3–1	0–3	5–3	3–3	4–3	1–0
Campbelltown City	3–0	0–0	4–2	3–0	2–3		5–0	0–0	2–0	0–1	2–2	3–1	3–0	2–3
Croydon Kings	1–1	0–1	3–1	3–1	0–1	0–1		1–1	2–0	2–3	1–3	1–1	3–2	1–3
Cumberland United	0–4	3–2	2–0	0–4	2–1	1–3	2–0		3–0	1–0	1–0	2–2	1–1	1–3
Enfield City	0–0	0–7	1–1	1–5	2–5	0–0	3–0	0–4		0–1	1–5	0–2	1–2	0–5
North Eastern MetroStars	0–2	2–0	3–0	2–2	2–0	3–2	2–0	1–2	3–1		2–0	1–2	2–0	1–0
Para Hills Knights	1–0	0–3	2–1	3–0	3–2	2–2	2–3	0–0	2–1	0–0		0–1	1–4	1–1
Western Strikers	3–4	3–2	2–2	1–0	2–3	1–3	1–1	1–1	0–1	0–2	2–1		0–2	0–2
West Torrens Birkalla	2–1	1–1	3–0	0–1	2–0	3–1	1–1	5–1	3–2	0–1	2–1	1–2		0–2
White City	0–1	1–4	1–4	2–1	1–2	1–1	2–4	4–1	2–2	1–2	2–4	0–1	1–1

Source: sportingpulse.com
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Tasmania

Home \ Away	DEV	GLE	HOB	KIN	LAU	NOR	OLY	SOU	DEV	GLE	HOB	KIN	LAU	NOR	OLY	SOU
Devonport City		4–0	5–2	2–1	7–1	5–2	5–0	1–2			1–1	4–0	9–0			1–3
Glenorchy Knights	2–3		3–3	2–1	4–0	0–5	0–1	1–7	0–2				3–2	1–4
Hobart Zebras	6–1	3–1		5–1	10–0	3–2	1–5	1–2		3–0			6–2		2–3	2–2
Kingborough Lions United	5–4	3–1	2–3		4–1	1–1	1–5	2–3		2–3	3–3			1–1	1–1
Launceston City	2–3	3–3	1–3	0–4		0–6	0–2	0–11				0–2			1–5	0–3
Northern Rangers	1–1	2–2	4–4	1–2	5–0		3–3	1–2	3–4		1–3		7–0			2–3
Olympia	2–1	2–1	1–1	1–1	9–0	0–1		2–4	2–4	2–0				2–3
South Hobart	3–1	3–3	1–3	6–1	9–0	2–1	3–2			1–0		7–0			2–1

Source: sportingpulse.com
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Final Series

The winner of each league competition (top of the table) in the NPL (with the exception of South Australia, where their entrant was the winner of the Finals series) played each other in a final knockout tournament to decide the National Premier Leagues Champion for 2013.^[2]

The participants were matched up based on geographical proximity, as if the three Federations not participating that season (Northern NSW Football, Football Federation Victoria and Football West) were doing so. Where a team would have played a non-participating Federation that team received a bye to the next round. The series was played over three rounds using a single match home or away knock-out format.

Club	Qualified From	Participation
Canberra FC	ACT	1st
Sydney United 58	NSW	1st
Olympic FC	Queensland	1st
Campbelltown City	South Australia	1st
South Hobart	Tasmania	1st

Quarter-finals

Semi-finals

Grand final

No Participant

South Hobart

South Hobart

3

Campbelltown City

1

Campbelltown City

No Participant

South Hobart

0

Sydney United 58

2

Olympic FC

No Participant

Olympic FC

3

Sydney United 58

4

Sydney United 58

2

Canberra FC

1

Quarter-finals

29 September 2013

15:00 AEST

Sydney United 58	2–1	Canberra FC
Pavlović 4' Bilic 65'	Report	Spaleta 20'

Sydney United Sports Centre, Edensor Park

Referee: Stephen Lucas

Notes:

• Byes to Campbelltown City, Olympic and South Hobart.

Semi-finals

5 October 2013

18:00 AEST

Olympic FC	3–4	Sydney United 58
Sherlock 5' (o.g.) McLean 37' Efstathis 64'	Report	Yamayuchi 9' Pavlović 14', 49', 70'

Queensland Sport & Athletics Centre, Nathan

Attendance: 930

Referee: Matthew Skinner

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6 October 2013

12:00 AEST

South Hobart	3–1	Campbelltown City
Templin 24' Hunt 79' Morton 86'	Report	Totani 88'

South Hobart Ground, South Hobart

Attendance: 600

Referee: Brenton Kopra

Grand final

Main article: 2013 National Premier Leagues Grand Final

13 October 2013

14:00 AEST

South Hobart	0–2	Sydney United 58
	Report	Trifiro 11' Haydar 15'

KGV Park, Glenorchy

Attendance: 1,150

Referee: Chris Young

Individual honours

Glen Trifiro of Sydney United 58 received the John Kosmina Medal for best player in the NPL grand final.^[3]