2018 Capital Football season
# 2018 Capital Football season

The 2018 Capital Football season was the sixth season under the new competition format in the Australian Capital Territory. The league premier for the new structure qualifies for the National Premier Leagues finals series, competing with the other state federation premiers in a final knockout tournament to decide the National Premier Leagues Champion for 2018.

## League Tables

### 2018 National Premier League ACT

The 2018 National Premier League ACT season was played over 18 rounds from March to August 2018. The league ran with nine teams after the FFA cut funding to the FFA Centre of Excellence, which wound up following the conclusion of the 2017 season.

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Canberra (C) | 16 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 46 | 13 | +33 | 38 | 2018 National Premier Leagues Finals |
| 2 | Canberra Olympic | 16 | 11 | 0 | 5 | 40 | 21 | +19 | 33 | 2018 ACT Finals |
| 3 | Tigers FC | 16 | 9 | 1 | 6 | 41 | 38 | +3 | 28 | 2018 ACT Finals |
| 4 | Tuggeranong United | 16 | 8 | 2 | 6 | 32 | 32 | 0 | 26 | 2018 ACT Finals |
| 5 | Belconnen United | 16 | 7 | 3 | 6 | 30 | 29 | +1 | 24 | |
| 6 | Woden-Weston | 16 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 32 | 36 | −4 | 18 | |
| 7 | Gungahlin United | 16 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 21 | 25 | −4 | 16 | |
| 8 | Riverina Rhinos | 16 | 5 | 1 | 10 | 20 | 39 | −19 | 16 | |
| 9 | Monaro Panthers | 16 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 17 | 46 | −29 | 6 | |

**Finals**

| Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Preliminary Final | Preliminary Final | Preliminary Final | Grand Final | Grand Final | Grand Final |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Canberra FC | 3 | | | | 2 | Canberra Olympic | 1 |
| 2 | Canberra Olympic | 5 | | | | 1 | Canberra FC | 2 |
| | | | 1 | Canberra FC | 5 | | | |
| | | | 3 | Tigers FC | 0 | | | |
| 3 | Tigers FC (pen.) | 2 (3) | | | | | | |
| 4 | Tuggeranong United | 2 (2) | | | | | | |

**Top Scorers**

Reference:

| Rank | Player | Club | Goals |
| - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Nicolas Villafane | Tigers FC | 19 |
| 2 | Thomas James | Canberra FC | 19 |
| 3 | Michael John | Canberra Olympic | 12 |
| 4 | Olaide Yinka-Kehinde | Woden-Weston FC | 12 |
| 5 | Aisosa Ihegie | Tuggeranong United | 10 |
| 6 | Mark Shields | Tigers FC | 9 |
| 7 | Daniel Barac | Belconnen United | 8 |
| 8 | Samuel Smith | Monaro Panthers | 8 |
| 9 | Domenic Giampaolo | Canberra Olympic | 6 |
| 10 | Kofi Danning | Canberra FC | 6 |

### 2018 ACT Capital League

The 2018 ACT Capital League is the sixth edition of the Capital League as the second level domestic association football competition in the ACT. There were 18 rounds in total with five matches contested per round. The season started on 7 April 2018 and ran until 12 August 2018.

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Queanbeyan City | 18 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 38 | 17 | +21 | 39 | 2018 ACT Capital League Finals |
| 2 | White Eagles | 18 | 12 | 2 | 4 | 52 | 24 | +28 | 38 | 2018 ACT Capital League Finals |
| 3 | Weston Molonglo | 18 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 60 | 27 | +33 | 33 | 2018 ACT Capital League Finals |
| 4 | ANU FC (C) | 18 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 53 | 21 | +32 | 33 | 2018 ACT Capital League Finals |
| 5 | O'Connor Knights | 18 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 37 | 24 | +13 | 33 | |
| 6 | Southern Tablelands United | 18 | 6 | 2 | 10 | 28 | 57 | −29 | 20 | |
| 7 | Brindabella Blues | 18 | 5 | 3 | 10 | 32 | 52 | −20 | 18 | |
| 8 | Narrabundah | 18 | 4 | 3 | 11 | 20 | 45 | −25 | 15 | |
| 9 | Monaro Panthers B | 18 | 4 | 3 | 11 | 22 | 50 | −28 | 15 | |
| 10 | Canberra Olympic B | 18 | 4 | 1 | 13 | 28 | 53 | −25 | 13 | |

**Finals**

| Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Preliminary Final | Preliminary Final | Preliminary Final | Grand Final | Grand Final | Grand Final |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Queanbeyan City | 2 | | | | 1 | White Eagles | 1 |
| 2 | White Eagles | 3 | | | | 2 | ANU FC | 6 |
| | | | 1 | Queanbeyan City | 1 (2) | | | |
| | | | 2 | ANU FC | 1 (4) | | | |
| 3 | Weston Molonglo | 1 | | | | | | |
| 4 | ANU FC | 2 | | | | | | |

### 2018 Capital Football Division 1

The 2018 ACT Capital Football Division 1 is the fourth edition of the Capital League Division 1 as the third level domestic association football competition in the ACT. The 2018 season consisted of 18 rounds with four matches played per round. The season started on 7 April 2018 and ran until 11 August 2018.

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Tigers FC | 18 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 48 | 27 | +21 | 39 | 2018 Capital Football Division 1 Finals |
| 2 | Belconnen United B | 18 | 11 | 2 | 5 | 46 | 28 | +18 | 35 | 2018 Capital Football Division 1 Finals |
| 3 | ADFA Vikings (C) | 18 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 57 | 22 | +35 | 33 | 2018 Capital Football Division 1 Finals |
| 4 | Narrabundah B | 18 | 10 | 0 | 8 | 38 | 30 | +8 | 30 | 2018 Capital Football Division 1 Finals |
| 5 | UC Pumas | 18 | 7 | 4 | 7 | 34 | 29 | +5 | 25 | |
| 6 | ANU FC B | 18 | 6 | 3 | 9 | 27 | 35 | −8 | 21 | |
| 7 | Lanyon United | 18 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 27 | 43 | −16 | 14 | |
| 8 | Woden Valley | 18 | 1 | 4 | 13 | 26 | 89 | −63 | 7 | |

**Finals**

| Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Preliminary Final | Preliminary Final | Preliminary Final | Grand Final | Grand Final | Grand Final |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Tigers FC | 3 | | | | 1 | Tigers FC | 0 |
| 2 | Belconnen United B | 1 | | | | 2 | ADFA Vikings | 2 |
| | | | 1 | Belconnen United B | 1 | | | |
| | | | 2 | ADFA Vikings | 3 | | | |
| 3 | ADFA Vikings | 4 | | | | | | |
| 4 | Narrabundah B | 3 | | | | | | |

### 2018 Women's National Premier League ACT

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 (C) | 21 | 20 | 1 | 0 | 86 | 6 | +80 | 61 | 2018 ACT WNPL Finals |
| 2 | Canberra United Academy | 21 | 15 | 1 | 5 | 92 | 38 | +54 | 46 | 2018 ACT WNPL Finals |
| 3 | Canberra FC | 21 | 14 | 2 | 5 | 47 | 25 | +22 | 44 | 2018 ACT WNPL Finals |
| 4 | Canberra Olympic | 21 | 10 | 1 | 10 | 65 | 57 | +8 | 31 | 2018 ACT WNPL Finals |
| 5 | Gungahlin United | 21 | 8 | 4 | 9 | 30 | 34 | −4 | 28 | |
| 6 | Woden-Weston FC | 21 | 6 | 2 | 13 | 32 | 58 | −26 | 20 | |
| 7 | Monaro Panthers | 21 | 5 | 0 | 16 | 17 | 86 | −69 | 15 | |
| 8 | Tuggeranong United | 21 | 0 | 1 | 20 | 11 | 73 | −62 | 1 | |

**Finals**

| Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Preliminary Final | Preliminary Final | Preliminary Final | Grand Final | Grand Final | Grand Final |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Belconnen United | 5 | | | | Belconnen United | Belconnen United | 3 |
| 2 | CU Academy | 2 | | | | Canberra FC | Canberra FC | 1 |
| | | | CU Academy | CU Academy | 2 | | | |
| | | | Canberra FC | Canberra FC | 3 | | | |
| 3 | Canberra FC | 2 | | | | | | |
| 4 | Canberra Olympic | 0 | | | | | | |

## Cup Competitions

### 2018 Federation Cup

2018 was the 56th 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 2018, the Federation Cup, which is open to all senior men's teams registered with Capital Football, consisted of two rounds, quarter-finals, semi-finals and a final. NPL clubs entered the tournament in the second round. The Cup ran from 18 March 2018 (first round) till 16 June 2018 (final). Canberra FC secured its 18th cup title and qualification to the 2018 FFA Cup with a 3–2 victory over Gungahlin with former Sydney FC player Kofi Danning scoring the winning goal at Woden Park.

2018 Capital Football Federation Cup :

| Tie no | Home team (tier) | Score | Away team (tier) |
| - | - | - | - |
| Round 1 ||||
| 1 | Gundaroo FC (6) | 2–3† | UC Pumas (4) |
| 2 | Southern Tablelands United (3) | 2–0 | Woden Valley (4) |
| Southern Tablelands United removed from competition for fielding an ineligible player. ||||
| 3 | ANU FC (3) | 3–1 | White Eagles (3) |
| 4 | Queanbeyan City (3) | 5–0 | Narrabundah FC (3) |
| 5 | Burns FC (6) | w/o | Tigers FC (4) |
| Walkover for Burns FC – Tigers FC removed. ||||
| 6 | Gungahlin Juventus (6) | 2–0 | Brindabella Blues (4) |
| 7 | O'Connor Knights (3) | 2–0 | Weston-Molonglo (3) |
| Round 2 ||||
| 1 | Queanbeyan City (3) | 1–2 | Gungahlin United (2) |
| 2 | UC Pumas (4) | 0–5 | Belconnen United (2) |
| 3 | Tuggeranong United (2) | 1–2 | Woden Weston FC (2) |
| 4 | Burns FC (6) | 1–4 | Gungahlin Juventus (6) |
| 5 | ANU FC (3) | 2–4† | Canberra FC (2) |
| 6 | Canberra Olympic (2) | 1–0 | Tigers FC (2) |
| 7 | Riverina Rhinos (2) | 0–1 | Monaro Panthers (2) |
| 8 | Woden Valley (4) | 0–9 | O'Connor Knights (3) |
| Quarter-finals ||||
| 1 | Belconnen United (2) | 8–5 | O'Connor Knights (3) |
| 2 | Gungahlin United (2) | 6–0 | Gungahlin Juventus (6) |
| 3 | Monaro Panthers (2) | 2–4 | Woden Weston FC (2) |
| 4 | Canberra FC (2) | 2–0 | Canberra Olympic (2) |
| Semi-finals ||||
| 1 | Canberra FC (2) | 3–0 | Belconnen United (2) |
| 2 | Gungahlin United (2) | 4–3† | Woden Weston FC (2) |
| Final ||||
| 1 | Gungahlin United (2) | 2–3 | Canberra FC (2) |

**Notes**

* † = After Extra Time

### 2018 Charity Shield

2018 was the third edition of the annual ACT Charity Shield contested to kick off the 2018 Capital Football season. Money raised from the event goes towards a nominated charity, which in 2018 was Ronald McDonald House Canberra. Canberra Olympic and Tuggeranong United contested the Shield in 2018. Olympic claimed its second consecutive Charity Shield title with a 3–1 victory.

