2016 Football West season

The 2016 Football West season was the 116th season of competitive association football in Western Australia and the third season since the establishment of the National Premier Leagues WA (NPL).^[1]

Football West Season 2016
League	National Premier Leagues Western Australia
Sport	Association football
Duration	2016
NPL WA League Season
Champions	Perth
Premiers	Perth
Cool Ridge Cup
Cup Winners	Floreat Athena

The overall premier for the new structure – Perth – qualified for the National Premier Leagues finals series, competing with the other Federation champions in a final knockout tournament to decide the National Premier Leagues Champion for 2016.

Pre-season changes

2015 League	Promoted to league	Relegated from league
NPL WA	–	–
State League 1	Forrestfield United Rockingham City	Morley-Windmills Swan United
State League 2	–	–
Women's State League	Fremantle City	UWA-Nedlands

League tables

2016 National Premier Leagues WA

The 2016 National Premier Leagues WA season was played over 22 rounds commencing 19 March 2016, followed by the return of a Top 4 Finals series. Despite the flagged return of a promotion/relegation system for the bottom team,^[2] it was determined after the season ended that no State League Division One club met all the criteria for promotion, and that the teams in the 2017 season would remain unchanged.^[3] This decision was changed 3 weeks later, with Football West stating that both Joondalup United and Mandurah City would be promoted, and their overall promotion criteria would be reviewed.^[4]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Perth SC (C)	22	13	4	5	39	23	+16	43	2016 National Premier Leagues Finals
2	Inglewood United	22	13	3	6	44	32	+12	42	2016 Western Australia Finals
3	ECU Joondalup	22	13	2	7	38	29	+9	41
4	Floreat Athena	22	11	5	6	50	32	+18	38
5	Bayswater City	22	12	2	8	43	31	+12	38
6	Sorrento	22	11	5	6	30	28	+2	38
7	Stirling Lions	22	11	1	10	51	32	+19	34
8	Balcatta	22	8	1	13	37	50	−13	25
9	Cockburn City	22	5	7	10	37	47	−10	22
10	Perth Glory Youth	22	6	3	13	23	40	−17	21
11	Armadale	22	6	1	15	26	41	−15	19
12	Subiaco AFC	22	5	2	15	20	53	−33	17

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

Finals

	Semi-finals					Preliminary Final					Grand Final
	1	Perth	1 (5)								1	Perth	1
	2	Inglewood United	1 (4)								2	Inglewood United	0
						2	Inglewood United	3 (6)
						3	ECU Joondalup	3 (5)
	3	ECU Joondalup	5
	4	Floreat Athena	4

2016 WA State League Division 1

Football West State League Division 1

Season	2016
Champions	Joondalup United
Top goalscorer	–
← 2015 2017 →

The 2016 WA State League Division 1 Season was the second tier domestic football competition in Western Australia. It was decided after the season ended that no club met all the criteria for promotion to the NPL for the following season,^[3] but that decision was reversed three weeks later.^[4]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Joondalup United (C, P)	22	16	2	4	63	27	+36	50	Promotion to the 2017 NPL Western Australia
2	Mandurah City (P)	22	14	6	2	51	24	+27	48
3	Forrestfield United	22	13	0	9	64	39	+25	39
4	Western Knights	22	11	4	7	47	35	+12	37
5	Ashfield	22	10	2	10	39	31	+8	32
6	Canning City	22	9	5	8	33	30	+3	32
7	Rockingham City	22	9	5	8	32	31	+1	32
8	UWA-Nedlands	22	9	5	8	46	57	−11	32
9	South West Phoenix	22	5	9	8	31	44	−13	24
10	Gosnells City	22	6	4	12	28	51	−23	22
11	Dianella White Eagles	22	4	2	16	37	65	−28	14	Qualification to the 2016 relegation play-offs
12	Shamrock Rovers (R)	22	3	2	17	27	64	−37	11	Relegation to the 2017 State League Division 2

Source: socceraust.co.uk
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated

Promotion/relegation play-off

Dianella White Eagles	3–0	Joondalup City

20 September 2016

Dianella Reserve

Joondalup City	2–1	Dianella White Eagles

24 September 2016

Iluka Sports Complex

Dianella wins 4–2 on aggregate, and stays in Division 1 in 2017.

2016 WA State League Division 2

Football West State League Division 2

Season	2016
← 2015 2017 →

The 2016 WA State League Division 2 Season was the third tier domestic football competition in Western Australia. The top team at the end of the year is promoted to the 2017 WA State League Division 1, with the second team qualifying to a promotion/relegation playoff.

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Fremantle City (C, P)	22	17	4	1	59	19	+40	55	Promotion to the 2017 State League Division 1
2	Joondalup City	22	15	2	5	51	33	+18	47	Qualification to the 2016 promotion play-offs
3	Balga	22	14	3	5	49	28	+21	45
4	Quinns	22	11	2	9	45	37	+8	35
5	Melville City	22	8	6	8	38	38	0	30
6	Swan United	22	8	6	8	33	41	−8	30
7	Morley-Windmills	22	9	1	12	44	43	+1	28
8	Olympic Kingsway	22	8	3	11	35	37	−2	27
9	Kelmscott Roos	22	8	2	12	34	36	−2	26
10	Curtin University	22	7	5	10	30	41	−11	26
11	Wanneroo City	22	7	3	12	31	37	−6	24
12	Ellenbrook United (R)	22	1	1	20	11	70	−59	4	Relegation to the 2017 Amateur League Premier Division

Source: socceraust.co.uk
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated

2016 Women's State League Premier Division

Football West Women's State League

Season	2016
Champions	Northern Redbacks
Relegated	Quinns
← 2015 2017 →

The highest tier domestic football competition in Western Australia is known as the BankWest Women's State League Premier Division for sponsorship reasons. The 8 teams play each other three times, for a total of 21 rounds, and with a promotion/relegation system for the bottom team with the State League Division 1.

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Northern Redbacks (C)	21	17	2	2	85	22	+63	53
2	Beckenham Angels	21	15	0	6	80	39	+41	45
3	Queen's Park	21	14	2	5	62	18	+44	44
4	Football West NTC U-19	21	12	2	7	52	41	+11	38
5	Melville City	21	10	2	9	40	32	+8	32
6	Balcatta	21	5	5	11	28	50	−22	20
7	East Fremantle	21	2	3	16	17	71	−54	9
8	Quinns (R)	21	1	0	20	20	111	−91	3	Relegation to the 2017 State League Division 1

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

2016 Cool Ridge Cup

Main article: 2016 WA State Challenge Cup

Western Australian soccer clubs competed in 2016 for the Football West State Cup, known that year as the Cool Ridge Cup for sponsorship reasons. Clubs entered from the National Premier Leagues WA, the two divisions of the State League, a limited number of teams from various divisions of the 2016 Sunday League competition, and from regional teams invited from the South West, Goldfields, Great Southern and Midwest regions.^[5]

This knockout competition was won by Floreat Athena, their 6th title.^[6]

The competition also served as the Western Australian Preliminary rounds for the 2016 FFA Cup. In addition to the A-League club Perth Glory, the two finalists – Cockburn City and Floreat Athena – qualified for the final rounds of the 2016 FFA Cup, entering at the Round of 32.