2016 FFSA season

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.

Football Federation South Australia

Season	2016
← 2015 2017 →

League tables

2016 National Premier Leagues SA

NPL South Australia

Season	2016
Champions	Campbelltown City
Premiers	Adelaide City
Relegated	South Adelaide Adelaide Raiders
Matches played	84
Goals scored	312 (3.71 per match)
Top goalscorer	Anthony Costa (15 goals)
Biggest home win	Adelaide City 6−0 Adelaide United
Biggest away win	MetroStars 1−5 Adelaide Blue Eagles
Highest scoring	Adelaide City 7−4 Adelaide Raiders
← 2015 2017 →

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

	Elimination finals					Semifinals					Preliminary final					Grand final
						1	Campbelltown City	0								Adelaide City		0
						2	Adelaide City	2								Campbelltown City		1
											Campbelltown City		4
	3	West Torrens Birkalla	1
											West Torrens Birkalla		0
	6	North Eastern MetroStars	0
						West Torrens Birkalla		2
						Adelaide Blue Eagles		1
	4	Adelaide Blue Eagles	3
	5	Adelaide Comets	2

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

2016 NPL State League 1

NPL State League 1

Season	2016
Promoted	Cumberland United Para Hills Knights
Relegated	Adelaide Hills Playford City
Matches played	84
Goals scored	271 (3.23 per match)
Top goalscorer	Callum Flanagan (11 goals)
Biggest home win	Cumberland United 6−1 White City
Biggest away win	Adelaide Victory 1−5 White City Playford 1−5 Cove
Highest scoring	Cumberland United 6−1 White City Cumberland United 5−2 Salisbury Sturt 5−2 Cove Para Hills 2−5 Adelaide Victory
← 2015 2017 →

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

NPL State League 2

Season	2016
Promoted	Noarlunga United Gawler SC
Matches played	36
Goals scored	145 (4.03 per match)
Top goalscorer	Jaylan Capurso, Kindilon Maclean (6 goals)
Biggest home win	Adelaide Vipers 6−0 Mount Barker United
Biggest away win	Mount Barker United 1−5 Cobras Eastern United 2−6 Cobras Eastern United 0−4 Noarlunga
Highest scoring	Seaford Rangers 7−4 Eastern United
2017 →

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

PS4 Women's National Premier League

Season	2016
Champions	Metro United
Premiers	Metro United
← 2015 2017 →

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-finals					Elimination Final					Grand Final 9 September
	1	Metro United	1								1	Metro United	4
	2	Adelaide City	0								2	Adelaide City	0
						2	Adelaide City	1 (5)
						3	Fulham United	1 (4)
	3	Fulham United	3
	4	Adelaide University	1

Promotion/relegation play-off

9 September 2016

Cumberland United	1–0	Campbelltown City

18 September 2016

Campbelltown City	1–4	Cumberland 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