2015 FFSA season
# 2015 FFSA season

The 2015 Football Federation South Australia season was the 109th season of soccer in South Australia, and the third under the National Premier Leagues format.

## League tables

### 2015 National Premier Leagues SA

The National Premier League South Australia 2015 season was played over 26 rounds, from February to August 2015.

**League Table**

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | West Adelaide (C) | 26 | 14 | 9 | 3 | 52 | 26 | +26 | 51 | 2015 National Premier Leagues Finals |
| 2 | Adelaide Blue Eagles | 26 | 14 | 8 | 4 | 55 | 28 | +27 | 50 | 2015 South Australia Finals |
| 3 | West Torrens Birkalla | 26 | 15 | 4 | 7 | 57 | 40 | +17 | 49 | 2015 South Australia Finals |
| 4 | Croydon Kings | 26 | 14 | 6 | 6 | 49 | 38 | +11 | 48 | 2015 South Australia Finals |
| 5 | Adelaide City | 26 | 14 | 4 | 8 | 69 | 39 | +30 | 46 | 2015 South Australia Finals |
| 6 | Campbelltown City | 26 | 13 | 7 | 6 | 44 | 36 | +8 | 46 | 2015 South Australia Finals |
| 7 | North Eastern MetroStars | 26 | 11 | 6 | 9 | 44 | 37 | +7 | 39 | |
| 8 | Adelaide Comets | 26 | 11 | 1 | 14 | 34 | 49 | −15 | 34 | |
| 9 | South Adelaide | 26 | 8 | 6 | 12 | 42 | 56 | −14 | 30 | |
| 10 | Adelaide Raiders | 26 | 8 | 3 | 15 | 43 | 45 | −2 | 27 | |
| 11 | Port Adelaide Pirates (R) | 26 | 7 | 6 | 13 | 37 | 56 | −19 | 27 | Qualification to the 2015 relegation play-offs |
| 12 | Modbury Jets (R) | 26 | 7 | 6 | 13 | 29 | 55 | −26 | 27 | Relegation to the 2016 SA State League 1 |
| 13 | White City (R) | 26 | 2 | 11 | 13 | 26 | 48 | −22 | 17 | Relegation to the 2016 SA State League 1 |
| 14 | Para Hills Knights (R) | 26 | 3 | 5 | 18 | 30 | 56 | −26 | 14 | Relegation to the 2016 SA State League 1 |

**Results**

| Home \ Away | ABE | ACI | ACM | ARA | CAM | CRO | MOD | NOR | PAR | PAP | SOU | WEA | WTB | WHI |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Adelaide Blue Eagles | | 1–1 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 1–4 | 6–0 | 1–0 | 4–2 | 5–2 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 4–0 | 1–1 |
| Adelaide City | 1–4 | | 0–1 | 2–1 | 4–0 | 6–1 | 1–3 | 1–1 | 4–1 | 1–1 | 5–1 | 2–3 | 3–0 | 3–3 |
| Adelaide Comets | 0–3 | 1–8 | | 2–1 | 3–4 | 1–3 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 4–3 | 2–2 | 1–4 | 2–0 |
| Adelaide Raiders | 1–1 | 1–3 | 0–1 | | 3–1 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 0–3 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 1–3 | 2–2 |
| Campbelltown City | 1–1 | 0–4 | 1–0 | 2–1 | | 0–1 | 4–0 | 1–2 | 3–3 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 |
| Croydon Kings | 1–1 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 1–2 | 0–1 | | 1–1 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 1–3 | 1–0 | 4–1 |
| Modbury Jets | 2–1 | 1–2 | 1–5 | 4–2 | 1–3 | 0–4 | | 0–2 | 3–0 | 1–3 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 1–0 |
| North Eastern MetroStars | 2–3 | 4–3 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | | 3–0 | 4–2 | 2–4 | 0–2 | 2–3 | 2–2 |
| Para Hills Knights | 1–2 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 4–3 | 2–5 | 2–4 | 1–1 | 2–0 | | 2–4 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 0–0 |
| Port Adelaide Pirates | 1–1 | 0–4 | 1–2 | 1–6 | 2–5 | 2–4 | 2–2 | 0–4 | 1–0 | | 1–2 | 2–4 | 1–3 | 3–0 |
| South Adelaide | 1–2 | 2–3 | 1–0 | 1–4 | 2–3 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–4 | 3–1 | 2–2 | | 3–2 | 3–3 | 0–2 |
| West Adelaide | 1–1 | 3–2 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 6–1 | 7–1 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 3–0 | 3–2 | | 4–2 | 1–1 |
| West Torrens Birkalla | 3–1 | 3–2 | 4–0 | 3–0 | 3–1 | 3–3 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 3–2 | 1–2 | 4–1 | 0–0 | | 4–2 |
| White City | 1–4 | 0–2 | 1–2 | 0–4 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 0–2 | 3–3 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 3–3 | 0–1 | 2–0 | |

**Leading Goalscorers**

| Rank | Player | Club | Goals |
| - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Michael Matricciani | Campbelltown City | 22 |
| 2 | Tom Briscoe | West Adelaide | 20 |
| 3 | Kym Harris | Adelaide Blue Eagles | 19 |
| 4 | Elvis Kamsoba | Adelaide Raiders | 15 |
| 4 | Nicholas Bucco | Adelaide City | 15 |
| 4 | Ryan Kitto | West Torrens Birkalla | 15 |
| 7 | Anthony Costa | Adelaide City | 14 |
| 7 | Paul Radice | West Torrens Birkalla | 14 |

**Finals**

| Elimination finals | Elimination finals | Elimination finals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Preliminary final | Preliminary final | Grand final | Grand final | Grand final |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | | | 1 | Adelaide Blue Eagles | 1 | | | Adelaide Blue Eagles | 0 |
| | | | 2 | West Adelaide | 1 | | | West Adelaide | West Adelaide | 3 |
| | | | | | | West Adelaide | 5 | | |
| 3 | West Torrens Birkalla | 0 (5) | | | | West Adelaide | 5 | | |
| 3 | West Torrens Birkalla | 0 (5) | | | | West Torrens Birkalla | West Torrens Birkalla | 2 | | |
| 6 | Campbelltown City | 0 (4) | | | | West Torrens Birkalla | West Torrens Birkalla | 2 | | |
| 6 | Campbelltown City | 0 (4) | West Torrens Birkalla | West Torrens Birkalla | 1 | | | | | |
| | | | Adelaide City | Adelaide City | 0 | | | | | |
| 4 | Croydon Kings | 1 (1) | Adelaide City | Adelaide City | 0 | | | | | |
| 5 | Adelaide City | 1 (3) | | | | | | | | |

### 2015 NPL State League

The 2015 NPL State League was the third edition of the new NPL State League as the second level domestic association football competition in South Australia (and third level within Australia overall). 16 teams competed, all playing each other twice for a total of 30 rounds, with the league and playoff winners at the end of the year promoted to the 2016 National Premier Leagues South Australia.

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Adelaide United Youth (P) | 30 | 21 | 3 | 6 | 112 | 33 | +79 | 66 | Promoted to the 2016 National Premier Leagues South Australia |
| 2 | Adelaide Olympic (P) | 30 | 21 | 3 | 6 | 59 | 35 | +24 | 66 | Qualified for the 2015 promotion play-offs |
| 3 | Cumberland United | 30 | 20 | 5 | 5 | 92 | 40 | +52 | 65 | |
| 4 | The Cove | 30 | 18 | 6 | 6 | 84 | 48 | +36 | 60 | |
| 5 | Western Strikers | 30 | 17 | 4 | 9 | 67 | 40 | +27 | 55 | |
| 6 | Adelaide Victory | 30 | 16 | 4 | 10 | 70 | 58 | +12 | 52 | |
| 7 | Adelaide Hills Hawks | 30 | 14 | 8 | 8 | 73 | 59 | +14 | 50 | |
| 8 | Playford City | 30 | 15 | 4 | 11 | 82 | 50 | +32 | 49 | |
| 9 | Sturt Lions | 30 | 12 | 8 | 10 | 62 | 46 | +16 | 44 | |
| 10 | Salisbury United | 30 | 12 | 7 | 11 | 55 | 46 | +9 | 43 | |
| 11 | Adelaide Cobras (R) | 30 | 10 | 4 | 16 | 61 | 77 | −16 | 34 | Relegation to the 2016 NPL State League 2 |
| 12 | Seaford Rangers (R) | 30 | 10 | 2 | 18 | 52 | 90 | −38 | 32 | Relegation to the 2016 NPL State League 2 |
| 13 | Noarlunga United (R) | 30 | 8 | 4 | 18 | 40 | 66 | −26 | 28 | Relegation to the 2016 NPL State League 2 |
| 14 | Northern Demons (R) | 30 | 8 | 4 | 18 | 38 | 69 | −31 | 28 | Relegation to the 2016 NPL State League 2 |
| 15 | Eastern United (R) | 30 | 4 | 1 | 25 | 31 | 106 | −75 | 13 | Relegation to the 2016 NPL State League 2 |
| 16 | Gawler Eagles (R) | 30 | 0 | 1 | 29 | 27 | 142 | −115 | 1 | Relegation to the 2016 NPL State League 2 |

* 1 2 Match involving Salisbury and The Cove was abandoned. The FFSA later awarded Salisbury the win and 3 points.

**Results**

| Home \ Away | ACB | AHH | AOL | AUN | AVC | TCV | CUM | ESU | GAW | NLU | NTD | PLC | SBU | SFR | STU | WES |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Adelaide Cobras | | 3–4 | 3–1 | 0–3 | 4–3 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 3–2 | 5–3 | 3–2 | 0–1 | 3–4 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 0–4 | 4–1 |
| Adelaide Hills Hawks | 2–0 | | 0–1 | 0–4 | 3–4 | 3–2 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 5–1 | 2–2 | 1–3 |
| Adelaide Olympic | 2–0 | 3–3 | | 1–0 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 5–1 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 4–3 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 |
| Adelaide United Youth | 3–3 | 6–2 | 3–0 | | 12–3 | 3–0 | 5–3 | 13–0 | 7–0 | 4–1 | 8–0 | 5–0 | 5–0 | 5–1 | 1–1 | 1–2 |
| Adelaide Victory | 4–1 | 1–1 | 2–3 | 0–2 | | 1–2 | 0–4 | 2–0 | 9–3 | 3–0 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 5–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 |
| The Cove | 6–1 | 1–2 | 6–1 | 2–0 | 4–4 | | 2–2 | 5–1 | 10–0 | 1–0 | 3–2 | 4–3 | 2–1 | 4–0 | 2–2 | 3–2 |
| Cumberland United | 3–1 | 2–2 | 0–2 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 1–2 | | 3–0 | 10–2 | 5–2 | 5–1 | 4–2 | 4–2 | 8–0 | 4–2 | 0–1 |
| Eastern United | 3–4 | 1–6 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 3–4 | 1–1 | 0–5 | | 3–2 | 1–4 | 3–1 | 0–6 | 0–4 | 0–2 | 2–5 | 1–2 |
| Gawler Eagles | 0–6 | 1–6 | 1–6 | 1–4 | 0–2 | 2–6 | 1–2 | 1–2 | | 0–3 | 0–2 | 0–8 | 0–4 | 2–4 | 1–4 | 1–5 |
| Noarlunga United | 1–0 | 3–2 | 2–4 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 2–2 | 0–4 | 0–2 | 3–2 | | 1–2 | 2–2 | 1–3 | 3–1 | 0–1 | 0–0 |
| Northern Demons | 5–0 | 4–3 | 0–2 | 0–2 | 0–2 | 1–3 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 0–3 | | 1–2 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 3–3 |
| Playford City | 3–1 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 0–3 | 1–2 | 5–1 | 1–1 | 8–1 | 2–0 | 4–1 | 5–0 | | 3–0 | 7–0 | 1–0 | 3–1 |
| Salisbury United | 2–1 | 3–4 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 2–4 | 4–0 | 2–1 | 5–1 | 2–0 | 2–3 | | 1–1 | 3–1 | 0–0 |
| Seaford Rangers | 5–5 | 3–6 | 1–0 | 3–5 | 2–1 | 0–4 | 2–5 | 3–1 | 4–1 | 2–0 | 4–2 | 4–2 | 2–3 | | 2–3 | 3–2 |
| Sturt Lions | 3–3 | 3–4 | 1–2 | 2–3 | 1–0 | 2–3 | 1–2 | 5–1 | 8–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | | 1–3 |
| Western Strikers | 4–3 | 3–1 | 1–3 | 1–1 | 4–2 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 10–1 | 4–1 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 4–0 | 0–1 | |

**Leading Goalscorers**

Correct as of conclusion of Round 30

| Rank | Player | Club | Goals |
| - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Doni Pollock | Adelaide United Youth | 34 |
| 2 | Fausto Erba | Adelaide Olympic | 32 |
| 3 | Matthew Gaston | Playford City Patriots | 26 |
| 4 | Shomari Sabatho | Playford City Patriots | 22 |
| 4 | Oliver Grant | The Cove | 22 |

### 2015 SA Regional Leagues

| Association | Champions |
| - | - |
| Collegiate Soccer League | Rostrevor Old Collegians |
| Port Lincoln Soccer Association | South Coast |
| Riverland Soccer Association | Barmera United |
| Western Border Football Association | International Mount Gambier |

### 2015 Women's Premier League

This was the last season of the Premier League format before the introduction of the NPL. The 9 teams played a double round-robin for a total of 16 games.

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Metro United (C) | 16 | 14 | 1 | 1 | 95 | 17 | +78 | 43 |
| 2 | Adelaide City | 16 | 13 | 1 | 2 | 46 | 13 | +33 | 40 |
| 3 | West Adelaide | 16 | 10 | 1 | 5 | 48 | 22 | +26 | 31 |
| 4 | Fulham United | 16 | 7 | 3 | 6 | 35 | 38 | −3 | 24 |
| 5 | Adelaide University | 16 | 7 | 3 | 6 | 51 | 57 | −6 | 24 |
| 6 | Para Hills Knights | 16 | 6 | 3 | 7 | 30 | 33 | −3 | 21 |
| 7 | Sturt Marion | 16 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 38 | 37 | +1 | 18 |
| 8 | Cumberland United | 16 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 16 | 47 | −31 | 4 |
| 9 | FFSA U15s | 16 | 1 | 0 | 15 | 11 | 106 | −95 | 3 |

## Cup Competitions

### 2015 Federation Cup

South Australian soccer clubs competed in 2015 for the Federation Cup. Clubs entered from the NPL SA, the State League 1 and State League 2.

This knockout competition was won by Croydon Kings.

The competition also served as the South Australian Preliminary Rounds for the 2015 FFA Cup. In addition to the Croydon Kings, North Eastern MetroStars (as the 2014 National Premier Leagues Champion), and the A-League club Adelaide United qualified for the final rounds, entering at the Round of 32.

