2019 Capital Football season
# 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). The NPL1 Premier qualified for the 2019 National Premier Leagues final series and the Federation Cup winner qualified for the 2019 FFA Cup.

## 2019 National Premier Leagues Capital Football

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.

| 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 | 2019 ACT Finals |
| 4 | Canberra FC | 16 | 8 | 2 | 6 | 39 | 27 | +12 | 26 | 2019 ACT Finals |
| 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 |

* ↑ Capital Football docked six points from Gungahlin United, after the club failed to meet payment arrangements for a historic debt.

### Finals

| Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Preliminary Final | Preliminary Final | Preliminary Final | Grand Final | Grand 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 |
| 2 | Michael John | Gungahlin United | 14 |
| 4 | Nicolas Abot | Tigers FC | 12 |
| 5 | Daniel Barac | Canberra | 11 |
| 5 | Jeremy Habtemariam | Gungahlin United | 11 |
| 5 | Mark Shields | Tigers FC | 11 |
| 8 | Riley Angelosante | Gungahlin United | 9 |
| 9 | Nikolas Popovich | Canberra Olympic | 8 |

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## 2019 National Premier Leagues Capital Football 2

Replacing the Capital League, 2019 was the first season of NPL2 as the ACT’s second senior men’s division. 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.

| 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 | 2019 NPL2 ACT Finals |
| 3 | ANU FC (C) | 16 | 11 | 1 | 4 | 52 | 13 | +39 | 34 | 2019 NPL2 ACT Finals |
| 4 | Queanbeyan City | 16 | 9 | 2 | 5 | 27 | 22 | +5 | 29 | 2019 NPL2 ACT Finals |
| 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 | |

### Finals

| Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Preliminary Final | Preliminary Final | Preliminary Final | Grand Final | Grand 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

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 | 2019 SL1 Finals |
| 3 | Weston Molonglo B | 18 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 60 | 23 | +37 | 40 | 2019 SL1 Finals |
| 4 | Belconnen United B | 18 | 12 | 0 | 6 | 55 | 28 | +27 | 36 | 2019 SL1 Finals |
| 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 | |

### Finals

| Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Preliminary Final | Preliminary Final | Preliminary Final | Grand Final | Grand 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

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 | 2019 ACT WNPL Finals |
| 3 | Canberra United Academy | 16 | 10 | 1 | 5 | 55 | 27 | +28 | 31 | 2019 ACT WNPL Finals |
| 4 | Gungahlin United | 16 | 9 | 2 | 5 | 41 | 27 | +14 | 29 | 2019 ACT WNPL Finals |
| 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 | |

### Finals

| Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Preliminary Final | Preliminary Final | Preliminary Final | Grand Final | Grand 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 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.

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. Canberra FC and Gungahlin United contested the Shield in 2019. The matchup was a replay of the 2018 Federation Cup final. 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.

