2018 FFSA season

The 2018 Football Federation South Australia season was the 112th season of soccer in South Australia, and the sixth under the National Premier Leagues format.

Football Federation South Australia

Season	2018
← 2017 2019 →

League tables

2018 National Premier Leagues SA

NPL South Australia

Season	2018
Champions	Campbelltown City
Premiers	Campbelltown City
Relegated	Sturt Lions West Torrens Birkalla
Matches played	132
Goals scored	425 (3.22 per match)
Top goalscorer	Christian Esposito (18 goals)
Biggest home win	Adelaide City 10−0 South Adelaide
Biggest away win	West Torrens 5−0 MetroStars, South Adelaide 5−0 MetroStars
Highest scoring	Adelaide City 10−0 South Adelaide
← 2017 2019 →

The National Premier League South Australia 2018 season was the sixth edition of the NPL SA as the premier domestic association football competition in South Australia (and second level within Australia overall). 12 teams took part, all playing each other twice for a total of 22 rounds.

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Campbelltown City (C)	22	16	3	3	54	24	+30	51	2018 National Premier Leagues Finals
2	North Eastern MetroStars	22	15	1	6	51	27	+24	46	2018 South Australia Finals
3	Adelaide Comets	22	13	5	4	40	26	+14	44
4	Adelaide United Youth[a]	22	10	5	7	42	29	+13	35
5	Adelaide City[b]	22	14	4	4	52	19	+33	28
6	Adelaide Olympic	22	7	7	8	28	25	+3	28
7	West Adelaide	22	8	3	11	30	46	−16	27
8	Para Hills Knights	22	8	1	13	27	38	−11	25
9	South Adelaide Panthers	22	6	3	13	29	55	−26	21
10	Croydon Kings	22	5	4	13	28	39	−11	19
11	Sturt Lions (R)	22	5	4	13	24	48	−24	19	Relegation to the 2019 SA State League 1
12	West Torrens Birkalla (R)	22	4	2	16	20	49	−29	14

Source: sportstg.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.
2. Following a sanction by the independent Disciplinary Committee, Adelaide City had 18 competition points removed for the 2018 season, and a further 6 points for the 2019 season.^[1]

Finals

	Elimination finals					Semifinals					Preliminary final					Grand final
						1	Adelaide City (a.e.t.)	0								Campbelltown City		1
						2	Campbelltown City	0								Adelaide City		0
											Adelaide City		2
	3	North Eastern MetroStars (a.e.t.)	1
											North Eastern MetroStars		0
	6	Adelaide Olympic	0
						North Eastern MetroStars		1
						Adelaide United Youth		0
	4	Adelaide Comets	1
	5	Adelaide United Youth	3

Results

Home \ Away	ACI	ACM	AOL	AUN	CAM	CRO	NOR	PAR	SOU	STU	WEA	WTB
Adelaide City		2–2	3–1	1–1	0–3	3–2	0–2	0–0	10–0	4–0	4–0	4–1
Adelaide Comets	2–1		1–0	0–1	3–2	2–0	1–1	2–1	2–1	3–1	3–1	3–0
Adelaide Olympic	0–3	1–1		0–0	2–2	2–1	3–0	1–0	1–2	2–2	1–2	0–1
Adelaide United Youth	1–3	2–0	2–2		3–0	0–2	2–1	3–2	3–0	3–3	2–1	1–2
Campbelltown City	1–0	0–0	2–1	1–0		2–1	2–1	2–0	4–1	4–1	5–1	3–0
Croydon Kings	1–1	2–3	0–0	2–1	1–0		1–4	1–4	1–3	2–1	0–1	4–4
North Eastern MetroStars	1–2	3–2	1–0	4–3	0–2	2–1		3–0	2–1	5–3	5–2	2–0
Para Hills Knights	0–1	1–3	0–3	1–5	2–4	1–0	2–1		1–4	4–0	1–2	2–1
South Adelaide Panthers	0–2	2–3	1–1	1–1	4–4	1–4	0–5	0–1		2–0	1–4	3–1
Sturt Lions	0–3	2–0	0–1	2–1	1–5	2–1	0–1	1–3	1–0		1–1	3–1
West Adelaide	1–3	1–3	1–3	1–4	0–3	1–1	0–2	1–0	4–1	0–0		3–2
West Torrens Birkalla	0–2	1–1	0–3	0–3	2–3	1–0	0–5	0–1	0–1	2–0	1–2

Updated to match(es) played on 2018. Source: ^[2]
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Leading Goalscorers

Rank	Player	Club	Goals[3]
1	Christian Esposito	North Eastern MetroStars	18
2	Anthony Costa	Adelaide City	17
3	Andreas Wiens	Adelaide Comets	13
4	Dion Kirk	Campbelltown City	12
5	Luigi Di Troia	Campbelltown City	11
	Fausto Erba	Adelaide Olympic

2018 SA State League 1

SA State League 1

Season	2018
Champions	Adelaide Raiders
Premiers	Adelaide Blue Eagles
Promoted	Adelaide Blue Eagles Adelaide Raiders
Relegated	Port Adelaide Pirates The Cove
Matches played	132
Goals scored	429 (3.25 per match)
Top goalscorer	Shaun McGreevy (19 goals)
Biggest home win	Adelaide Blue Eagles 6−0 Port Adelaide Pirates
Biggest away win	Western Strikers 1−7 Modbury Jets
Highest scoring	Seaford Rangers 7−4 Western Strikers
← 2017 2019 →

The 2018 SA State League 1 was the sixth edition of the NPL State League 1 as the second level domestic association football competition in South Australia (and third level within Australia overall). 12 teams competed, all playing each other twice for a total of 22 rounds.

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Adelaide Blue Eagles (P)	22	15	3	4	51	17	+34	48	Promotion to the 2019 NPL South Australia
2	Adelaide Raiders (P, C)	22	14	4	4	41	20	+21	46
3	Noarlunga United	22	11	6	5	43	22	+21	39	Qualification to the 2018 SA State League 1 Finals
4	White City	22	10	7	5	37	24	+13	37
5	Modbury Jets	22	10	5	7	49	37	+12	35
6	Cumberland United	22	5	11	6	21	26	−5	26
7	Seaford Rangers	22	7	4	11	33	46	−13	25
8	Salisbury United	22	6	6	10	36	46	−10	24
9	Western Strikers	22	6	6	10	42	60	−18	24
10	Fulham United	22	6	4	12	31	44	−13	22
11	Port Adelaide Pirates (R)	22	6	4	12	26	44	−18	22	Relegation to the 2019 SA State League 2
12	The Cove (R)	22	4	4	14	19	43	−24	16

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

Finals

	Elimination finals					Semifinals					Preliminary final					Grand final
						1	Adelaide Raiders	4								Adelaide Raiders		3
						2	Adelaide Blue Eagles	0								Adelaide Blue Eagles		1
											Adelaide Blue Eagles (a.e.t.)		4
	3	Adelaide Blue Eagles	0
											Modbury Jets		1
	6	Adelaide Raiders	1
						Cumberland United		0
						Modbury Jets		1
	4
	5

2018 SA State League 2

SA State League 2

Season	2018
Premiers	Playford City
Promoted	Playford City, Adelaide Victory
Matches played	132
Goals scored	529 (4.01 per match)
Top goalscorer	George Katsigiannis (27 goals)
Biggest home win	Eastern 8−0 UniSA, Playford City 8−0 Mount Barker
Biggest away win	Modbury Vista 0−9 Vipers
Highest scoring	Victory 8−2 Hawks, Modbury 1−9 Gawler, Mount Barker 1−9 Victory
← 2017 2019 →

The 2017 SA State League 2 was the second 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). 12 teams competed, all playing each other twice for a total of 22 rounds.

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Playford City (P)	22	16	1	5	61	14	+47	49	Promotion to the 2019 SA State League 1
2	Adelaide Hills Hawks	22	16	1	5	52	27	+25	49	Qualification to the 2018 SA State League 2 Finals
3	Adelaide Vipers	22	15	2	5	58	23	+35	47
4	Adelaide Cobras	22	15	2	5	54	26	+28	47
5	Adelaide Victory (P, C)	22	14	2	6	65	34	+31	44	Promotion to the 2019 SA State League 1
6	Northern Demons	22	13	5	4	48	28	+20	44	Qualification to the 2018 SA State League 2 Finals
7	Adelaide University	22	12	1	9	43	28	+15	37
8	Eastern United	22	9	1	12	39	40	−1	28
9	Gawler Eagles	22	8	1	13	48	55	−7	25
10	Modbury Vista	22	2	1	19	18	85	−67	7
11	Mount Barker United	22	1	2	19	18	92	−74	5
12	University of South Australia	22	1	1	20	25	77	−52	4

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

Finals

	Elimination finals					Semifinals					Preliminary final					Grand final
						1	Adelaide Hills Hawks	1								Playford City		0
						2	Playford City	1								Adelaide Victory		2
											Adelaide Hills Hawks		2
	3	Playford City	2
											Adelaide Victory		4
	6	Adelaide Hills Hawks	0
						Adelaide Vipers		0
						Adelaide Victory		2
	4
	5

2018 Women's NPL

PS4 Women's National Premier League

Season	2018
Champions	Adelaide City
Premiers	Metro United
Matches played	84
Goals scored	303 (3.61 per match)
Top goalscorer	Chrissy Panagaris (27 goals)
Biggest home win	Adelaide City 6–0 Fulham United
Biggest away win	Fulham United 0–10 West Adelaide Fulham United 0–10 Adelaide City
Highest scoring	See biggest away win
← 2017 2019 →

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 third season of the 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	21	17	3	1	72	17	+55	54	2018 Women's NPL Finals
2	Adelaide City (C)	21	17	2	2	77	15	+62	53
3	West Adelaide	21	11	5	5	48	18	+30	38
4	FFSA NTC	21	9	4	8	30	33	−3	31
5	Adelaide University	21	7	4	10	30	39	−9	25
6	Salisbury Inter	21	5	3	13	18	45	−27	18
7	Fulham United	21	3	2	16	13	86	−73	11
8	Cumberland United (R)	21	2	3	16	15	50	−35	9	Relegation to the 2019 State League

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

	Semi-finals					Elimination Final					Grand Final 9 September
	1	Metro United	0								2	Adelaide City	1
	2	Adelaide City	1								1	Metro United	0
						1	Metro United	4
						3	West Adelaide	1
	3	West Adelaide	2
	4	FFSA NTC	0

Cup competitions

2018 Federation Cup

Further information: 2018 FFA Cup preliminary rounds

South Australian soccer clubs competed in 2018 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 Adelaide Comets.

The competition also served as the South Australian Preliminary rounds for the 2018 FFA Cup. In addition to Adelaide Comets, A-League club Adelaide United qualified for the final rounds, entering at the Round of 32.

Awards

The end of year Celebration of Football awards were presented at the Adelaide Convention Centre.^[4]

National Premier Leagues South Australia

Award	Men's	Women's
Player of the Year	Sergio Melta Medal — Allan Welsh (Adelaide Comets)	Shirley Brown Medal — Charlotte Grant (FFSA NTC)
Golden Boot	Christian Esposito (North Eastern MetroStars)	Chrissy Panagaris (Metro United)
Coach of the Year	Martyn Crook Trophy — Joe Mullen (Campbelltown City)	Bob Bush Trophy — Michael Matricciani (FFSA NTC)
Goalkeeper of the Year	Peter Nikolich Trophy — Isaac Richards (Adelaide United)	Evelyn Goldsmith (FFSA NTC)
Rising Star	John Aloisi Rising Star — Louis D'Arrigo (Adelaide United)	Charlotte Grant (FFSA NTC)

Team of the Year

	Men's	Women's
GK	Isaac Richards (Adelaide United)	Evelyn Goldsmith (FFSA NTC)
DEF	Jake Halliday (Campbelltown City) Matthew Halliday (Adelaide City) Iain Fyfe (Campbelltown City) Andrea Dallera (Adelaide Olympic)	Kristy Moore (Metro United) Isabella Scalzi (Metro United) Grace Abbey (Adelaide City) Elena Psaroulis (West Adelaide)
MID	Nicholas Bucco (Adelaide City) Alex Mullen (Campbelltown City) Adam Piscioneri (Campbelltown City)	Charlotte Grant (FFSA NTC) Dylan Holmes (Adelaide City) Maddie Du Rieu (West Adelaide)
FWD	Luigi Di Troia (Campbelltown City) Fausto Erba (Adelaide Olympic) Christian Esposito (MetroStars)	Chrissy Panagaris (Metro United) Daniela Di Bartolo (Adelaide City) Laura Johns (Adelaide University)