2016 Capital Football season

The 2016 Capital Football season was the fourth season under the new competition format in the Australian Capital Territory. The overall premier for the new structure 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 2016.

Capital Football

Season	2016
Champions	Canberra Olympic
Cup winners	Canberra Olympic
Premiers	Canberra Olympic
← 2015 2017 →

League Tables

2016 National Premier League ACT

NPL Capital Football

Season	2016
Champions	Canberra Olympic
Premiers	Canberra Olympic
Matches played	90
Goals scored	383 (4.26 per match)
Top goalscorer	Stephen Domenici (21 goals)
Biggest home win	8–1, (2 times)
Biggest away win	0–6 Monaro Panthers vs Tigers FC 24 July 2016
Highest scoring	10 goals, (4 times)
← 2015 2017 →

The 2016 National Premier League ACT season was played over 18 rounds, from April to August 2016.

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Canberra Olympic (C)	18	15	0	3	50	16	+34	45	2016 National Premier Leagues Finals
2	Tigers FC	18	13	3	2	61	28	+33	42	2016 ACT Finals
3	Belconnen United	18	11	2	5	49	24	+25	35
4	Canberra	18	10	2	6	44	31	+13	32
5	Gungahlin United	18	6	4	8	20	29	−9	22
6	FFA Centre of Excellence	18	7	1	10	51	48	+3	22
7	Tuggeranong United	18	6	3	9	26	35	−9	21
8	Canberra United Academy (R)	18	6	0	12	44	68	−24	18	Disbanded at end of season
9	Monaro Panthers	18	4	2	12	22	49	−27	14
10	Woden Weston	18	3	1	14	16	55	−39	10

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

Finals

	Semi-finals					Preliminary Final					Grand Final
	1	Canberra Olympic	2 (5)								1	Canberra Olympic	3
	2	Tigers FC	2 (3)								4	Canberra FC	0
						2	Tigers FC	1
						4	Canberra FC	5
	3	Belconnen United	0
	4	Canberra FC	4

Top Scorers

Reference:^[1]

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Stephen Domenici	Tigers FC	21
2	Thomas James	Canberra FC	18
3	Philippe Bernabo-Madrid	Canberra Olympic	16
4	Jason Ugrinic	Belconnen United	13
5	Joshua Gulevski	Canberra United Academy	11
6	Nicolas Abot	Tigers FC	10
7	Domenic Giampaolo	Canberra FC	9
8	Aisosa Ihegie	Belconnen United	8
9	Andrew Slavich	Tuggeranong United	7
	Dustin Wells	Belconnen United

2016 ACT Capital League

Capital League

Season	2016
Champions	ANU FC
Premiers	ANU FC
Matches played	68
Goals scored	275 (4.04 per match)
Top goalscorer	Daniel Crkovski (17 goals)
Biggest home win	6–0 (2 times)
Biggest away win	1–7 Weston Molonglo vs Queanbeyan City 9 April 2016
Highest scoring	3–6 Tuggeranong United B vs Canberra Olympic B 30 April 2016
← 2015 2017 →

The 2016 ACT Capital League was the fourth edition of the new Capital League as the second level domestic association football competition in the ACT.

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	ANU FC (C)	17	12	2	3	48	22	+26	38	2016 ACT Capital League Finals
2	White Eagles	17	10	1	6	40	25	+15	31
3	Queanbeyan City	17	9	3	5	48	31	+17	30
4	Canberra Olympic B	17	7	5	5	35	32	+3	26
5	Weston Molonglo	17	8	1	8	27	42	−15	25
6	Narrabundah	17	4	5	8	25	32	−7	17
7	O'Connor Knights	17	4	2	11	25	40	−15	14
8	Tuggeranong United B	17	4	1	12	27	51	−24	13

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

Finals

	Semi-finals					Preliminary Final					Grand Final
	1	ANU FC	3								ANU FC		6
	2	White Eagles	2								Queanbeyan City		3
						White Eagles		0
						Queanbeyan City		2
	3	Queanbeyan City	2(3)
	4	Canberra Olympic B	2(1)

2016 Capital Football Division 1

Capital Football Division 1

Season	2016
Champions	Belconnen United B
Premiers	ANU FC C
Matches played	90
Goals scored	395 (4.39 per match)
Top goalscorer	Daniel Sparrow (14 Goals)
← 2015 2017 →

The 2016 ACT Capital Football Division 1 was the second edition of the new Capital League Division 1 as the third level domestic association football competition in the ACT. 10 teams competed, all playing each team twice for a total of 18 rounds.

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	ANU FC C	18	14	1	3	58	28	+30	43	2015 Capital Football Division 1 Finals
2	Belconnen United B (C)	18	12	2	4	57	32	+25	38
3	Lanyon United	18	12	1	5	42	29	+13	37
4	ADFA Vikings	18	10	3	5	34	24	+10	33
5	UC Pumas	18	10	2	6	43	32	+11	32
6	Brindabella Blues	18	8	3	7	41	33	+8	27
7	Goulburn Strikers	18	4	5	9	30	40	−10	17
8	Canberra City	18	3	5	10	38	53	−15	14
9	Goulburn Stags	18	3	1	14	32	55	−23	10
10	Belwest Foxes	18	2	1	15	20	69	−49	7

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

Finals

	Semi-finals					Preliminary Final					Grand Final
	1	ANU FC C	0								Belconnen Utd B		2
	2	Belconnen Utd B	1								ADFA Vikings		0
						ANU FC C		0
						ADFA Vikings		1
	3	Lanyon United	2(12)
	4	ADFA Vikings	2(13)

2016 Women's Premier League

Capital Football
Women's Premier League

Season	2016
Champions	Belconnen United
Premiers	Belconnen United
Matches played	45
Goals scored	226 (5.02 per match)
Top goalscorer	Brittany Palombi (20 goals)
← 2015 2017 →

The highest tier domestic football competition in the ACT is known as the Women's Premier League. The 6 teams played each other three times, 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)	15	14	0	1	67	7	+60	42	2016 Capital Football WPL Finals
2	Canberra	15	9	4	2	45	18	+27	31
3	Gungahlin United	15	9	3	3	55	19	+36	30
4	Tuggeranong United	15	5	0	10	37	40	−3	15
5	Woden Weston	15	4	1	10	19	33	−14	13
6	Canberra United Academy	15	0	0	15	5	111	−106	0

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

Finals

	Semi-finals					Preliminary Final					Grand Final
	1	Belconnen United	4								Belconnen United		1
	2	Canberra FC	5								Canberra FC		0
						Canberra FC		2
						Gungahlin United		0
	3	Gungahlin United	5
	4	Tuggeranong United	0

Cup Competitions

2016 Federation Cup

2016 Federation Cup

Tournament details
Dates	26 April – 18 June 2016
Teams	19
Defending champions	Gungahlin United
Final positions
Champions	Canberra Olympic (5th title)
Runners-up	Tigers FC
Tournament statistics
Matches played	18
Goals scored	76 (4.22 per match)
← 2015 2017 →

2016 was the 54th 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 2016, 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 26 April 2016 (first round) till 18 June 2016 (final). Olympic defeated Tigers FC in the final 3–1 at Deakin Stadium to clinch the Federation Cup and qualify for the 2016 FFA Cup.^[2]

2016 Capital Football Federation Cup
Tie no	Home team (tier)	Score	Away team (tier)
Round 1
1	Lanyon United (4)	1–2	O'Connor Knights (3)
2	Goulburn Stags (4)	2–1	Canberra City (4)
3	Brindabella Blues (4)	6–0	Goulburn Strikers (4)
Round 2
1	Belconnen United (2)	8–1	ANU FC (3)
2	Tigers FC (2)	6–0	Goulburn Stags (4)
3	White Eagles (3)	5–0	Queanbeyan City (3)
4	Tuggeranong United (2)	1–1 (4–1 (p))	Monaro Panthers (2)
5	Narrabundah FC (3)	0–6	Canberra FC (2)
6	Woden Weston (2)	2–0	Brindabella Blues (4)
7	Canberra Olympic (2)	2–2 (4–1 (p))	Gungahlin United (2)
8	Weston-Molonglo (3)	1–0	O'Connor Knights (3)
Quarter-finals
1	Belconnen United (2)	1–1 (4–1 (p))	Canberra FC (2)
2	White Eagles (3)	0–3	Tuggeranong United (2)
3	Woden Weston (2)	0–3	Canberra Olympic (2)
4	Weston-Molonglo (3)	2–5	Tigers FC (2)
Semi-finals
1	Belconnen United (2)	1–4	Canberra Olympic (2)
2	Tigers FC (2)	4–1	Tuggeranong United (2)
Final
1	Canberra Olympic (2)	3–1	Tigers FC (2)

2016 Charity Shield

2016 was the first edition of the annual ACT Charity Shield contested to kick off the 2016 Capital Football season. Money raised from the event goes towards a nominated charity, which in 2016 was The House with No Steps. Canberra FC and Gungahlin United contested the Shield in 2016.^[3] Canberra FC claimed the inaugural Charity Shield title with a 4–1 victory.^[4]

Canberra FC v Gungahlin United

18 March 2016	Canberra FC	4–1	Gungahlin United	Gungahlin, Canberra
18:00	Deeley 5' Keir 29', 62' Jadric 72'	Report	Walsh 68'	Stadium: Gungahlin Enclosed Oval

See also

• Australia portal
• Association football portal

• Soccer in the Australian Capital Territory
• Sport in the Australian Capital Territory