2017 Capital Football season

The 2017 Capital Football season was the fifth 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 2017.

Capital Football

Season	2017
Champions	Belconnen United
Cup winners	Canberra Olympic
Premiers	Canberra Olympic
← 2016 2018 →

League Tables

2017 National Premier League ACT

NPL Capital Football

Season	2017
Champions	Belconnen United
Premiers	Canberra Olympic
Matches played	90
Goals scored	378 (4.2 per match)
Top goalscorer	Stephen Domenici (28 goals)
Biggest home win	12–0 FFA Centre of Excellence vs Riverina Rhinos 5 August 2017
Biggest away win	2–8 Woden Weston FC vs Canberra Olympic 13 May 2017
Highest scoring	12 goals (see biggest home win)
← 2016 2018 →

The 2017 National Premier League ACT season was played over 18 rounds between April and August 2017.

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Canberra Olympic	18	15	2	1	66	22	+44	47	2017 National Premier Leagues Finals
2	FFA Centre of Excellence	18	11	3	4	53	17	+36	36
3	Belconnen United (C)	18	11	1	6	55	24	+31	34	2017 ACT Finals
4	Gungahlin United	18	10	2	6	32	32	0	32
5	Canberra	18	9	4	5	45	21	+24	31
6	Tigers FC	18	9	0	9	40	37	+3	27
7	Tuggeranong United	18	8	2	8	30	34	−4	26
8	Woden Weston	18	4	2	12	31	52	−21	14
9	Riverina Rhinos	18	1	4	13	15	71	−56	7
10	Monaro Panthers	18	1	2	15	11	62	−51	5

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

Finals

	Semi-finals					Preliminary Final					Grand Final
	1	Canberra Olympic	2 (2)								2	Belconnen United	2
	2	Belconnen United (pen.)	2 (4)								1	Canberra Olympic	1
						1	Canberra Olympic	2
						3	Gungahlin United	0
	3	Gungahlin United	3
	4	Canberra FC	0

Top Scorers

Reference:^[1]

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Stephen Domenici	Canberra Olympic	28
2	Jason Ugrinic	Belconnen United	22
3	Nicolas Abot	Tigers FC	15
4	Mirza Muratovic	FFA Centre of Excellence	13
5	Daniel Crkovski	Woden-Weston FC	12
6	Thomas James	Tigers FC
7	Jason O'Dwyer	Gungahlin United	8
8	Dustin Wells	Belconnen United	7
9	Michael Rinaudo	Gungahlin United
10	Nikolaos Kalfas	Canberra FC

2017 ACT Capital League

Capital League

Season	2017
Champions	ANU FC
Premiers	ANU FC
Matches played	68
Goals scored	317 (4.66 per match)
Top goalscorer	Andrew Manley (20 goals)
Biggest home win	11–1 Weston Molonglo FC vs Tigers FC 5 August 2017
Biggest away win	0–7 Queanbeyan City vs ANU FC 17 June 2017
Highest scoring	12 goals (see biggest home win)
← 2016 2018 →

The 2017 ACT Capital League was the fifth edition of the Capital League as the second level domestic association football competition in the ACT. Each team played each other twice for a total of 16 rounds, with the season running from April to September 2017.^[2]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	ANU FC (C)	18	13	2	3	71	28	+43	41	2017 ACT Capital League Finals
2	O'Connor Knights	18	11	3	4	53	34	+19	36
3	Weston Molonglo	18	10	2	6	48	31	+17	32
4	Canberra Olympic B	18	8	4	6	31	37	−6	28
5	White Eagles	18	8	2	8	35	31	+4	26
6	Narrabundah	18	5	2	11	32	46	−14	17
7	Queanbeyan City	18	5	1	12	18	40	−22	16
8	Tigers B	18	3	2	13	29	70	−41	11

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	1								1	O'Connor Knights	1
	2	O'Connor Knights	2								2	ANU FC	5
						1	ANU FC	5
						2	Weston Molonglo	3
	3	Weston Molonglo	4
	4	Canberra Olympic	1

2017 Capital Football Division 1

Capital Football Division 1

Season	2017
Champions	Narrabundah B
Premiers	Narrabundah B
Matches played	90
Goals scored	410 (4.56 per match)
Top goalscorer	Daniel Sparrow, Josh Sands, Michael Salmon (14 goals)
Biggest home win	11–1 ANU FC vs Tuggeranong United 27 May 2017
Biggest away win	1–11 Monaro Panthers vs ADFA Vikings 8 April 2017
Highest scoring	12 goals (see biggest home/away win)
← 2016 2018 →

The 2017 ACT Capital Football Division 1 was the third edition of the Capital League Division 1 as the third level domestic association football competition in the ACT. Each team played each other twice for a total of 18 rounds, with the season running from April to September 2017.^[2]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Narrabundah B (C)	16	15	0	1	54	11	+43	45	2017 Capital Football Division 1 Finals
2	UC Pumas	16	13	1	2	47	26	+21	40
3	Belconnen United B	16	10	4	2	47	26	+21	34
4	ANU FC C	16	8	3	5	42	28	+14	27
5	Weston Molonglo B	16	6	4	6	35	32	+3	22
6	Goulburn Strikers	16	5	5	6	39	35	+4	20
7	ADFA Vikings	16	5	3	8	38	36	+2	18
8	Lanyon United	16	5	3	8	31	36	−5	18
9	Tuggeranong United B	16	4	2	10	34	65	−31	14
10	Brindabella Blues	16	2	2	12	21	39	−18	8
11	Monaro Panthers B	16	1	1	14	22	76	−54	4

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	Narrabundah B	1								1	Narrabundah B	3
	2	UC Pumas FC	0								2	Belconnen Utd B	1
						1	UC Pumas FC	0
						2	Belconnen Utd B	1
	3	Belconnen Utd B	4
	4	ANU FC C	0

2017 Women's Premier League

Women's National Premier League

Season	2017
Champions	Canberra FC
Premiers	Belconnen United
Matches played	84
Goals scored	433 (5.15 per match)
Top goalscorer	Madelyn Whittall (32 goals)
Biggest home win	13–0 Belconnen United vs Canberra Olympic 29 April 2017
Biggest away win	2–15 Canberra Olympic vs Canberra United Academy 2 April 2017
Highest scoring	17 goals (see biggest away win)
← 2016 2018 →

The highest tier domestic football competition in the ACT is known as the ACT Women's National Premier League (WNPL). Each team played each other three times for a total of 21 rounds, 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	21	19	1	1	106	5	+101	58	2017 ACT WNPL Finals
2	Gungahlin United	21	13	2	6	74	30	+44	41
3	Canberra (C)	21	12	3	6	56	32	+24	39
4	Woden Weston	21	11	3	7	48	36	+12	36
5	Canberra United Academy	20	11	0	9	66	48	+18	33
6	Tuggeranong United	21	8	1	12	44	60	−16	25
7	Monaro Panthers	21	2	3	16	22	100	−78	9
8	Canberra Olympic	20	0	1	19	17	122	−105	1

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

• Canberra United Academy and Canberra Olympic final game washed out.
  (C) Champions

Finals

	Semi-finals					Preliminary Final					Grand Final
	1	Belconnen United	3								Belconnen United		1(1)
	2	Gungahlin United	2								Canberra		1(3)
						Gungahlin United		0
						Canberra		1
	3	Canberra	2
	4	Woden Weston	1

Cup Competitions

2017 Federation Cup

2017 Federation Cup

Tournament details
Dates	11 April – 17 June 2017
Teams	20
Defending champions	Canberra Olympic
Final positions
Champions	Canberra Olympic (6th title)
Runners-up	Tuggeranong United
Tournament statistics
Matches played	19
Goals scored	91 (4.79 per match)
← 2016 2018 →

2017 was the 55th 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 2017, the Federation Cup, which was open to all senior men's teams registered with Capital Football, consisted of two rounds, quarter-finals, semi-finals and a final, running from April to June 2017. Olympic won the Cup final 2–0 to lift back-to-back Federation Cups, thanks to a brace from Robbie Cattanach at Deakin Stadium.^[3]

2017 Capital Football Federation Cup
Tie no	Home team (tier)	Score	Away team (tier)
Round 1
1	Lanyon United (-)	2–0	Narrabundah FC (3)
2	White Eagles (3)	7–1	Burns FC (-)
3	Weston Molonglo (3)	5–3	Brindabella Blues (3)
4	Goulburn Strikers (-)	4–3†	Goulburn Stags (-)
Round 2
1	Riverina Rhinos (2)	2–0	Weston Molonglo (3)
2	Lanyon United (-)	0–2	Tuggeranong United (2)
3	Woden Weston (2)	4–1	Queanbeyan City (3)
4	Canberra Olympic (2)	6–0	Goulburn Strikers (-)
5	White Eagles (3)	0–5	Canberra FC (2)
6	Tigers FC (2)	3–1	ANU FC (3)
7	Belconnen United (2)	1–1†	Monaro Panthers (2)
Monaro Panthers advance 3–1 on penalties.
8	O'Connor Knights (3)	1–7	Gungahlin United (2)
Quarter-finals
1	Canberra Olympic (2)	3–0	Woden Weston (2)
2	Gungahlin United (2)	1–4	Monaro Panthers (2)
3	Tuggeranong United (2)	8–2	Riverina Rhinos (2)
4	Canberra FC (2)	3–1	Tigers FC (2)
Semi-finals
1	Canberra FC (2)	1–3	Canberra Olympic (2)
2	Monaro Panthers (2)	1–3	Tuggeranong United (2)
Final
1	Canberra Olympic (2)	2–0	Tuggeranong United (2)

Notes:

• † = After Extra Time

2017 Charity Shield

2017 was the second edition of the annual ACT Charity Shield contested to kick off the 2017 Capital Football season. Money raised from the event goes towards a nominated charity, which in 2017 was CanTeen Australia.

Canberra Olympic v Tigers FC

18 March 2017	Canberra Olympic	5–2	Tigers FC	Gungahlin, Canberra
18:00	Gulevsk 5' Domenici 28', 71' Cattanach 49' Gulevsk 58'	Report	Barac 32' Abot 69'	Stadium: Gungahlin Enclosed Oval

See also

• Australia portal
• Association football portal

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