2019 Capital Football season

The 2019 Capital Football season saw a new competition format for the top two men’s divisions in the Australian Capital Territory. The Capital League (former second division) became linked to the National Premier League (first division) with the introduction of a two-step plan to establish promotion and relegation between the two divisions, as well as a re-branding of both divisions to National Premier League 1 (NPL1) and National Premier League 2 (NPL2).^[1] The NPL1 Premier qualified for the 2019 National Premier Leagues final series and the Federation Cup winner qualified for the 2019 FFA Cup.

Capital Football

Season	2019
Champions	Gungahlin United
Federation Cup Winners	Tigers FC
Premiers	Canberra Olympic
← 2018 2020 →

2019 National Premier Leagues Capital Football

National Premier Leagues

Season	2019
Dates	5 April 2019 — 14 September 2019
Champions	Gungahlin United
Premiers	Canberra Olympic
Matches played	76
Goals scored	300 (3.95 per match)
Top goalscorer	Stephen Dominici (18 goals)
Biggest home win	Canberra 9–0 Riverina Rhinos (27 July 2019)
Biggest away win	Riverina Rhinos 1–7 Gungahlin United (3 August 2019)
Highest scoring	Canberra Olympic 8–1 Riverina Rhinos (1 June 2019) Gungahlin United 2–7 Canberra Olympic (30 June 2019) Canberra 9–0 Riverina Rhinos (27 July 2019)
Longest winning run	Tigers FC, Gungahlin United (5 matches)
Longest unbeaten run	Canberra Olympic, Gungahlin United (7 matches)
Longest winless run	Riverina Rhinos (16 matches)
Longest losing run	Riverina Rhinos (9 matches)
← 2018 2020 →

Re-branded NPL1 in 2019, this was the ACT’s highest senior men’s division. Nine teams competed, with the team finishing last in NPL1 relegated to NPL2 for the following season.^[2]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Canberra Olympic	16	12	1	3	48	19	+29	37	2019 National Premier Leagues Finals
2	Tigers FC	16	10	2	4	33	22	+11	32	2019 ACT Finals
3	Gungahlin United (C)	16	11	1	4	48	21	+27	28[a]
4	Canberra FC	16	8	2	6	39	27	+12	26
5	Belconnen United	16	7	2	7	29	26	+3	23
6	Tuggeranong United	16	7	0	9	22	28	−6	21
7	Monaro Panthers	16	6	2	8	31	33	−2	20
8	Woden Weston	16	3	3	10	17	40	−23	12
9	Riverina Rhinos (R)	16	1	1	14	12	64	−52	4	Relegation to the 2020 NPL ACT 2

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

1. Capital Football docked six points from Gungahlin United, after the club failed to meet payment arrangements for a historic debt.^[3]

Finals

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

Season statistics

Top scorers

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Stephen Domenici	Canberra Olympic	17
2	Joshua Gulevski	Monaro Panthers	14
	Michael John	Gungahlin United
4	Nicolas Abot	Tigers FC	12
5	Daniel Barac	Canberra	11
	Jeremy Habtemariam	Gungahlin United
	Mark Shields	Tigers FC
8	Riley Angelosante	Gungahlin United	9
9	Nikolas Popovich	Canberra Olympic	8

Reference: ^[4]

2019 National Premier Leagues Capital Football 2

NPL Capital Football 2

Season	2019
Champions	ANU FC
Premiers	Canberra White Eagles
Matches played	72
Goals scored	264 (3.67 per match)
Top goalscorer	Rowan Peterkin (13 goals)
Biggest home win	11–0 ANU FC vs Southern Tablelands 21 July 2019
Biggest away win	0–9 Narrabundah FC vs ANU FC 13 July 2019
Highest scoring	11 goals (see biggest home win)
← 2018 2020 →

Replacing the Capital League, 2019 was the first season of NPL2 as the ACT’s second senior men’s division.^[5] The competition was a double round-robin played over 18 rounds, with no promotion to the NPL1, followed by an end of season finals competition.^[2]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Canberra White Eagles	16	11	3	2	44	15	+29	36	2019 NPL2 ACT Finals
2	O'Connor Knights	16	11	3	2	44	17	+27	36
3	ANU FC (C)	16	11	1	4	52	13	+39	34
4	Queanbeyan City	16	9	2	5	27	22	+5	29
5	Weston Molonglo FC	16	8	3	5	26	22	+4	27
6	Wagga City Wanderers	16	7	1	8	29	27	+2	22
7	Southern Tablelands United	16	3	1	12	15	53	−38	10
8	Narrabundah FC	16	2	2	12	14	43	−29	8
9	Brindabella Blues	16	2	0	14	14	53	−39	6

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

Finals

	Semi-finals					Preliminary Final					Grand Final
	1	Canberra White Eagles	2 (4)								2	O'Connor Knights	1
	2	O'Connor Knights	2 (5)								3	ANU FC	5
						1	Canberra White Eagles	0
						3	ANU FC	1
	3	ANU FC	2
	4	Queanbeyan City	1

2019 Capital Football State League 1

State League 1

Season	2019
Champions	UC Pumas
Premiers	UC Pumas
Matches played	85
Goals scored	434 (5.11 per match)
Top goalscorer	Samuel Isabella (28 goals)
← 2018 2020 →

The 2019 ACT Capital Football Division 1 (also known as State League 1) is the fifth edition of the Capital League Division 1 as ACT's third senior men’s division. The 2019 season consists of 18 rounds with four matches played per round.

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	UC Pumas (C)	18	14	2	2	57	24	+33	44	2019 SL1 Finals
2	ADFA Vikings	18	13	2	3	71	30	+41	41
3	Weston Molonglo B	18	12	4	2	60	23	+37	40
4	Belconnen United B	18	12	0	6	55	28	+27	36
5	Narrabundah B	18	7	2	9	25	52	−27	23
6	Tigers FC B	18	7	1	10	36	56	−20	22
7	Monaro Panthers B	18	6	1	11	33	54	−21	19
8	ANU FC B	18	5	1	12	26	53	−27	16
9	Belsouth	18	3	2	13	35	57	−22	11
10	Canberra City	18	3	1	14	36	57	−21	10

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	UC Pumas	3								1	UC Pumas	2
	2	ADFA Vikings	1								2	ADFA Vikings	0
						2	ADFA Vikings	1
						3	Weston Molonglo	0
	3	Weston Molonglo	1
	4	Belconnen United	0

2019 Women's National Premier Leagues ACT

NPLW Capital Football

Season	2019
Champions	Belconnen United
Premiers	Belconnen United
← 2018 2020 →

The highest tier domestic football competition in the ACT is known as the ACT Women's National Premier Leagues (WNPL). Each team played each other twice for a total of 16 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 (C)	16	15	1	0	105	2	+103	46	2019 ACT WNPL Finals
2	Canberra FC	16	12	2	2	86	10	+76	38
3	Canberra United Academy	16	10	1	5	55	27	+28	31
4	Gungahlin United	16	9	2	5	41	27	+14	29
5	Woden-Weston FC	16	9	1	6	37	33	+4	28
6	Tuggeranong United	16	4	1	11	14	67	−53	13
7	Wagga City Wanderers	16	3	0	13	17	81	−64	9
8	Monaro Panthers	16	2	2	12	20	60	−40	8
9	Canberra Olympic	16	2	2	12	13	75	−62	8

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

Finals

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

2019 Federation Cup

2019 Federation Cup

Tournament details
Dates	5 March–15 June 2019
Teams	17
Defending champions	Canberra FC
Final positions
Champions	Tigers FC (1st title)
Runners-up	Canberra FC
Tournament statistics
Matches played	19
Goals scored	142 (7.47 per match)
Top goal scorer(s)	Sparrow Giampaolo Eljammoudi (3 goals)
← 2018 2020 →

2019 was the 57th edition of the Capital Football Federation Cup. The Federation cup acted as the preliminary rounds for the FFA Cup in the ACT, with the Cup winner entering the subsequent FFA Cup round of 32. Although open to all senior men's teams registered with Capital Football, entry to the competition was staggered, with NPL1 clubs entering the tournament in the second round. The competition ran from 5 March until 15 June.

Tigers FC secured its first Federation Cup title and qualification to the 2019 FFA Cup with a penalty shootout victory over Canberra FC at Deakin Stadium.^[6][7]

2019 Capital Football Federation Cup
Tie no	Home team (tier)	Score	Away team (tier)
Round 1
1	Brindabella Blues (3)	4–3†	Narrabundah FC (3)
2	Southern Tablelands United (3)	0–2	UC Pumas (4)
3	Weston-Molonglo (3)	4–1	Canberra City (4)
4	Wagga City Wanderers (3)	2–5	White Eagles (3)
Round 2
1	Canberra FC (2)	6–1	Brindabella Blues (3)
2	Gungahlin United (2)	4–1	UC Pumas (4)
Gungahlin United removed for fielding an ineligible player.
3	Belconnen United (2)	5–0	Weston-Molonglo (3)
4	Woden-Weston (2)	3–1	White Eagles (3)
5	Tuggeranong United (2)	4–1	O'Connor Knights (3)
6	Canberra Olympic (2)	2–1	Queanbeyan City (3)
7	Riverina Rhinos (2)	0–3	ANU FC (3)
8	Tigers FC (2)	1–0	Monaro Panthers (2)
Quarter-finals
1	Woden-Weston (2)	0–2	Tuggeranong United (2)
2	Canberra Olympic (2)	0–1	Canberra FC (2)
3	Tigers FC (2)	6–1	UC Pumas (4)
4	ANU FC (3)	2–0	Belconnen United (2)
Semi-finals
1	Tuggeranong United (2)	0–2	Tigers FC (2)
2	ANU FC (3)	1–2†	Canberra FC (2)
Final
1	Canberra FC (2)	0–0†	Tigers FC (2)
Tigers FC won 4–2 on penalties.

Notes

• † = After Extra Time

2019 Charity Shield

2019 is the fourth edition of the annual ACT Charity Shield contested to kick off the 2019 Capital Football season. Money raised from the event goes towards a nominated charity, which in 2019 was Salvation Army Canberra.^[8] Canberra FC and Gungahlin United contested the Shield in 2019. The matchup was a replay of the 2018 Federation Cup final.^[9] Canberra FC claimed its second Charity Shield title with a 2–1 victory thanks to an unfortunate own goal winner in the fifty-second minute.^[10]

Canberra FC v Gungahlin United

29 March 2019	Canberra FC	2–1	Gungahlin United	Deakin, Canberra
18:30	Barac 21' Abbas 52' (o.g.)	Report	Griffiths 24'	Stadium: Deakin Stadium

See also

• Australia portal
• Association football portal

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