2020 National Premier Leagues

National Premier Leagues
Season	2020
Champions	No Champions; (Finals Series cancelled)
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The 2020 National Premier Leagues was the eighth season of the Australian National Premier Leagues football competition. The league competition was played by eight separate state and territory member federations, namely the ACT, NSW, Northern NSW, Queensland, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria and Western Australia.

Effects of the 2019–20 coronavirus pandemic

The season commenced in February, with the first games played in the Queensland competition.^[1]

The competition was suspended for one month due to the impacts from the COVID-19 pandemic in Australia, effective 18 March to 14 April,^[2] and subsequently extended.^[3] Apart from Victoria, competitions resumed in the various member federations between late June and late July.^[4]^[5] In Victoria, preliminary plans for the resumption of competitions for the 2021 season were released in October 2020, confirming that the current season had effectively ended.^[6] The South Australian season was temporarily suspended in mid-November for a minimum of two weeks, with the NPLSA in the middle of its finals series.^[7]

It was announced on 3 July that the finals series for the 2020 competition had been cancelled.^[8]

League tables

ACT

Stage 2

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation^[a]
1	Canberra Croatia (C)	3	3	0	0	9	0	+9	9	2020 ACT Grand Final
2	Gungahlin United	3	1	1	1	4	7	−3	4	2020 ACT Grand Final
3	Tigers FC	3	1	0	2	2	6	−4	3
4	Belconnen United	3	0	1	2	3	5	−2	1

5	Woden Weston	3	2	1	0	6	2	+4	7
6	Monaro Panthers	3	2	0	1	9	2	+7	6
7	Canberra Olympic	3	1	1	1	3	7	−4	4
8	Tuggeranong United	3	0	0	3	1	8	−7	0

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

^ Teams were split into two groups (Top Four and Bottom Four) after the first 7 matches in the first Stage.

Finals

Grand Final

1	Canberra Croatia	3

2	Gungahlin United	1

NSW

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Rockdale City Suns	11	7	3	1	20	9	+11	24	2020 NSW Finals
2	Wollongong Wolves	11	8	0	3	24	14	+10	24
3	Sydney United 58 (C)	11	7	1	3	26	20	+6	22
4	Sydney Olympic	11	6	3	2	17	10	+7	21
5	Sydney FC Youth	11	6	1	4	26	19	+7	19
6	Blacktown City	11	4	3	4	19	15	+4	15
7	Marconi Stallions	11	4	2	5	14	14	0	14
8	Manly United	11	3	3	5	14	18	−4	12
9	North Shore Mariners	11	2	4	5	11	18	−7	10
10	Mt Druitt Town Rangers	11	2	3	6	11	22	−11	9
11	Western Sydney Wanderers Youth (R)	11	2	2	7	14	22	−8	8	Temporarily promoted from NPL NSW 2 mid-season^[a]
12	APIA Leichhardt	11	2	1	8	12	27	−15	7
13	Sutherland Sharks	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Withdrew^[b]

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

^ Promoted from NPL2 mid-season due to the withdrawal of Sutherland Sharks.^[9] This was a temporary measure for the 2020 season only.^[10]
^ Withdrew during the season hiatus caused by the COVID-19 pandemic in Australia.^[11]

Finals

Semi-finals			Grand Final

1	Rockdale City Suns	3

4	Sydney Olympic	0
			Rockdale City Suns	3 (2)

			Sydney United 58	3 (4)
2	Wollongong Wolves	1

3	Sydney United 58	3

Northern NSW

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Edgeworth FC (C)	13	11	0	2	33	8	+25	33	2020 NNSW Finals
2	Broadmeadow Magic	13	8	2	3	29	16	+13	26
3	Newcastle Olympic	13	7	2	4	26	18	+8	23
4	Charlestown Azzurri	13	7	2	4	16	11	+5	23
5	Maitland FC	13	7	1	5	24	16	+8	22
6	Lambton Jaffas	13	5	4	4	25	18	+7	19
7	Weston Workers	13	5	3	5	21	19	+2	18
8	Valentine Phoenix	13	3	3	7	12	29	−17	12
9	Adamstown Rosebud	13	1	2	10	11	40	−29	5
10	Lake Macquarie City	13	1	1	11	11	33	−22	4

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

Finals


Qualifying final			Major semi-final			Preliminary final			Grand final



			1	Edgeworth FC	3 (4)				1	Edgeworth FC	1

			2	Broadmeadow Magic	3 (3)				5	Maitland FC	0

2	Broadmeadow Magic	3				2	Broadmeadow Magic	0

3	Newcastle Olympic	1	Minor semi-final			5	Maitland FC	2



			3	Newcastle Olympic	0

4	Charlestown Azzurri	1 (3)	5	Maitland FC	4

5	Maitland FC (p)	1 (5)

Queensland

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation^[a]
1	Peninsula Power	24	19	1	4	54	25	+29	58	2020 Queensland Finals
2	Olympic FC	24	16	5	3	54	21	+33	53
3	Gold Coast Knights	24	15	6	3	57	27	+30	51
4	Lions FC (C)	24	14	4	6	64	26	+38	46
5	Moreton Bay United	24	9	5	10	46	55	−9	32
6	Brisbane Strikers	24	7	7	10	33	42	−9	28
7	Eastern Suburbs	24	7	8	9	46	50	−4	29
8	Brisbane Roar Youth	24	9	3	12	42	41	+1	30
9	Sunshine Coast Wanderers	24	7	4	13	41	55	−14	25
10	Redlands United	24	7	2	15	32	64	−32	23
11	Gold Coast United	24	5	8	11	37	47	−10	23
12	Capalaba	24	6	2	16	35	72	−37	20
13	Brisbane City (R)	24	5	5	14	37	53	−16	20	Relegation to the 2021 Queensland Premier League
14	Magpies Crusaders United	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Withdrew^[b]

Source: sportstg.com
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) number of wins; 3) goal difference; 4) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated
Notes:

^ Games against Mackay & Whitsundays Magpies Crusaders United now counted as byes.
^ Withdrew during the season hiatus caused by the COVID-19 pandemic in Australia.^[12]

Finals

Semi-finals			Grand Final

2	Olympic FC	2

3	Gold Coast Knights	1
			Olympic FC	0

			Lions FC	1
1	Peninsula Power	1

4	Lions FC	4

South Australia

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Adelaide Comets	22	14	2	6	45	24	+21	44	2020 National Premier Leagues SA Finals
2	Campbelltown City (C)	22	13	4	5	36	27	+9	43
3	North Eastern MetroStars	22	12	5	5	52	32	+20	41
4	Croydon Kings	22	11	3	8	42	32	+10	36
5	Adelaide Raiders	22	9	7	6	30	27	+3	34
6	Adelaide City	22	8	7	7	27	23	+4	31
7	Cumberland United	22	9	4	9	31	43	−12	31
8	Adelaide Olympic	22	8	4	10	32	32	0	28
9	Adelaide Blue Eagles	22	6	9	7	25	27	−2	27
10	Adelaide United Youth	22	5	9	8	26	30	−4	24
11	Modbury Jets (R)	22	4	4	14	23	48	−25	16	Relegation to SA State League 1
12	Para Hills Knights (R)	22	3	2	17	18	42	−24	11	Relegation to SA State League 1

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

Finals


Elimination finals			Semifinals				Preliminary final			Grand final



			1	Adelaide Comets	0	3				1	Adelaide Comets	1

			2	Campbelltown City	0	0				2	Campbelltown City	3

							2	Campbelltown City	4
4	Croydon Kings	2
							6	Adelaide City	0
5	Adelaide Raiders	0
			4	Croydon Kings		1

			6	Adelaide City		3
3	North Eastern MetroStars	1

6	Adelaide City	4

Tasmania

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Devonport City (C)	14	13	1	0	28	9	+19	40
2	Glenorchy Knights	14	10	1	3	37	13	+24	31
3	South Hobart	14	7	2	5	30	24	+6	23
4	Kingborough Lions United	14	6	3	5	26	34	−8	21
5	Olympia Warriors	14	6	1	7	32	27	+5	19
6	Clarence Zebras	14	4	2	8	20	32	−12	14
7	Riverside Olympic	14	2	3	9	17	32	−15	9
8	Launceston City	14	1	1	12	13	32	−19	4

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

Victoria

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Hume City	5	5	0	0	11	3	+8	15
2	Oakleigh Cannons	5	3	1	1	11	6	+5	10
3	Dandenong Thunder	5	3	1	1	9	7	+2	10
4	Avondale	5	4	0	1	14	4	+10	9^[a]
5	Heidelberg United	5	3	0	2	10	6	+4	9
6	Port Melbourne	5	2	3	0	8	4	+4	9
7	St Albans Saints	5	2	3	0	7	3	+4	9
8	South Melbourne	5	1	3	1	7	7	0	6
9	Green Gully	5	2	0	3	7	9	−2	6
10	Bentleigh Greens	5	1	2	2	4	3	+1	5
11	Melbourne Knights	5	0	2	3	7	16	−9	2
12	Dandenong City	5	0	1	4	4	10	−6	1
13	Eastern Lions	5	0	1	4	2	12	−10	1
14	Altona Magic	5	0	1	4	2	13	−11	1

Source: sportstg.com
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored
Notes:

^ Avondale were deducted 3 points for breach of regulations.^[13]

Western Australia

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation^[a]
1	ECU Joondalup (C)	5	3	1	1	15	4	+11	10	Finals series
2	Cockburn City	5	3	1	1	11	8	+3	10
3	Floreat Athena	5	3	0	2	9	6	+3	9
4	Gwelup Croatia	5	2	1	2	10	7	+3	7
5	Sorrento	5	1	1	3	6	16	−10	4
6	Armadale	5	1	0	4	7	17	−10	3

7	Perth SC	5	3	1	1	15	5	+10	10	Finals series
8	Balcatta	5	3	0	2	10	8	+2	9
9	Perth Glory Youth	5	2	2	1	8	6	+2	8
10	Inglewood United	5	2	1	2	7	6	+1	7
11	Bayswater City	5	2	1	2	6	10	−4	7
12	Rockingham City	5	0	1	4	4	15	−11	1

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

^ Teams were split into two groups (Upper Table and Lower Table) after each played 11 matches in the first Stage.

Finals

Semi-finals			Grand Final

U1	ECU Joondalup	1

L1	Perth SC (a.e.t.)	3
			L1	Perth SC	0

			U2	Floreat Athena	4
U2	Cockburn City	0

U3	Floreat Athena	2

References

^ "National Premier Leagues (NPL) 2020 action to commence this weekend". Football Federation Australia. 5 February 2020. Retrieved 14 February 2020.
^ "Grassroots football temporarily suspended". Football Federation Australia. 17 March 2020. Retrieved 17 March 2020.
^ "Extension of the suspension of grassroots football in Australia". Football Federation Australia. 1 April 2020. Retrieved 27 April 2020.
^ "Thank you to our Corporate Partners". Football South Australia. 24 June 2020. Retrieved 28 June 2020.
^ "MANLY UNITED SET FOR NPL NSW KICK-OFF". Football NSW. 22 June 2020. Retrieved 28 June 2020.
^ "2021 Start Up". Football Victoria. 16 October 2020. Retrieved 18 October 2020.
^ "COVID-19 Update – Community Sport Temporarily Suspended". Football South Australia. 17 November 2020. Retrieved 18 November 2020.
^ "Coronavirus forces FFA Cup to be cancelled". The World Game. SBS. 7 July 2020. Retrieved 7 July 2020.
^ "Wanderers to play in NSW National Premier League 1 competition". Western Sydney Wanderers FC. 15 July 2020. Retrieved 15 July 2020.
^ Mark Stavroulakis (20 July 2020). "NPL NSW MEN'S TOP TIER FIXTURES ANNOUNCED". Football NSW. Retrieved 25 July 2020.
^ Mark Stavroulakis (1 July 2020). "FOOTBALL NSW ANNOUNCE RETURN OF 2020 NPL SENIOR COMPETITIONS". Football NSW. Retrieved 15 July 2020.
^ "2020 NPL MEN'S, NPL WOMEN'S AND FQPL SENIOR COMPETITION STRUCTURES CONFIRMED". footballqueensland.com.au. 23 June 2020. Retrieved 16 July 2020.
^ Lynch, Joey (12 February 2020). "NPL Victoria club Avondale FC sanctioned for licence agreement violations". FTBL.com.au.

External links

Official website

[9] Teams were split into two groups (Top Four and Bottom Four) after the first 7 matches in the first Stage.

[table_note_res_V0.45474332592205-12] Promoted from NPL2 mid-season due to the withdrawal of Sutherland Sharks.^[9] This was a temporary measure for the 2020 season only.^[10]

[table_note_res_W0.45474332592205-14] Withdrew during the season hiatus caused by the COVID-19 pandemic in Australia.^[11]

[15] Games against Mackay & Whitsundays Magpies Crusaders United now counted as byes.

[table_note_res_W0.15714969865845-17] Withdrew during the season hiatus caused by the COVID-19 pandemic in Australia.^[12]

[table_hth_AVO0.17975952298369-19] Avondale were deducted 3 points for breach of regulations.^[13]

[20] Teams were split into two groups (Upper Table and Lower Table) after each played 11 matches in the first Stage.

[1] "National Premier Leagues (NPL) 2020 action to commence this weekend". Football Federation Australia. 5 February 2020. Retrieved 14 February 2020.

[FFAcorona1-2] "Grassroots football temporarily suspended". Football Federation Australia. 17 March 2020. Retrieved 17 March 2020.

[FFAcorona2-3] "Extension of the suspension of grassroots football in Australia". Football Federation Australia. 1 April 2020. Retrieved 27 April 2020.

[4] "Thank you to our Corporate Partners". Football South Australia. 24 June 2020. Retrieved 28 June 2020.

[5] "MANLY UNITED SET FOR NPL NSW KICK-OFF". Football NSW. 22 June 2020. Retrieved 28 June 2020.

[6] "2021 Start Up". Football Victoria. 16 October 2020. Retrieved 18 October 2020.

[7] "COVID-19 Update – Community Sport Temporarily Suspended". Football South Australia. 17 November 2020. Retrieved 18 November 2020.

[Cancel2020-8] "Coronavirus forces FFA Cup to be cancelled". The World Game. SBS. 7 July 2020. Retrieved 7 July 2020.

[covidprom-10] "Wanderers to play in NSW National Premier League 1 competition". Western Sydney Wanderers FC. 15 July 2020. Retrieved 15 July 2020.

[tempprom-11] Mark Stavroulakis (20 July 2020). "NPL NSW MEN'S TOP TIER FIXTURES ANNOUNCED". Football NSW. Retrieved 25 July 2020.

[covidwith-13] Mark Stavroulakis (1 July 2020). "FOOTBALL NSW ANNOUNCE RETURN OF 2020 NPL SENIOR COMPETITIONS". Football NSW. Retrieved 15 July 2020.

[16] "2020 NPL MEN'S, NPL WOMEN'S AND FQPL SENIOR COMPETITION STRUCTURES CONFIRMED". footballqueensland.com.au. 23 June 2020. Retrieved 16 July 2020.

[18] Lynch, Joey (12 February 2020). "NPL Victoria club Avondale FC sanctioned for licence agreement violations". FTBL.com.au.

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