2017 Capital Football season explained

Season:2017
Shieldtitle:Cup winners
Nextseason:2018

The 2017 Capital Football season was the fifth season under the new competition format in the Australian Capital Territory. The overall premier for the new structure qualified for the National Premier Leagues finals series, competing with the other state federation champions in a final knockout tournament to decide the National Premier Leagues Champion for 2017.

League Tables

2017 National Premier League ACT

Competition: NPL Capital Football
Season:2017
Winners:Belconnen United
Premiers:Canberra Olympic
Matches:90
Total Goals:378
League Topscorer:Stephen Domenici
(28 goals)
Biggest Home Win:12–0
FFA Centre of Excellence
vs Riverina Rhinos
5 August 2017
Biggest Away Win:2–8
Woden Weston FC
vs Canberra Olympic
13 May 2017
Highest Scoring:12 goals (see biggest home win)
Prevseason:2016
Nextseason:2018

The 2017 National Premier League ACT season was played over 18 rounds between April and August 2017.

Finals

Top Scorers

Reference:[1]

RankPlayerClubGoals
1 Stephen DomeniciCanberra Olympic28
2 Jason UgrinicBelconnen United22
3 Nicolas AbotTigers FC15
4 Mirza MuratovicFFA Centre of Excellence13
5 Daniel CrkovskiWoden-Weston FC12
6 Thomas JamesTigers FC
7 Jason O'DwyerGungahlin United8
8 Dustin WellsBelconnen United7
9 Michael RinaudoGungahlin United
10 Nikolaos KalfasCanberra FC

2017 ACT Capital League

Competition: Capital League
Season:2017
Winners:ANU FC
Premiers:ANU FC
Matches:68
Total Goals:317
League Topscorer:Andrew Manley
(20 goals)
Biggest Home Win:11–1
Weston Molonglo FC
vs Tigers FC
5 August 2017
Biggest Away Win:0–7
Queanbeyan City
vs ANU FC
17 June 2017
Highest Scoring:12 goals (see biggest home win)
Prevseason:2016
Nextseason:2018

The 2017 ACT Capital League was the fifth edition of the Capital League as the second level domestic association football competition in the ACT. Each team played each other twice for a total of 16 rounds, with the season running from April to September 2017.[2]

Finals

2017 Capital Football Division 1

Competition: Capital Football Division 1
Season:2017
Winners:Narrabundah B
Premiers:Narrabundah B
Matches:90
Total Goals:410
League Topscorer:Daniel Sparrow,
Josh Sands,
Michael Salmon
(14 goals)
Biggest Home Win:11–1
ANU FC
vs Tuggeranong United
27 May 2017
Biggest Away Win:1–11
Monaro Panthers
vs ADFA Vikings
8 April 2017
Highest Scoring:12 goals (see biggest home/away win)
Prevseason:2016
Nextseason:2018

The 2017 ACT Capital Football Division 1 was the third edition of the Capital League Division 1 as the third level domestic association football competition in the ACT. Each team played each other twice for a total of 18 rounds, with the season running from April to September 2017.[2]

Finals

2017 Women's Premier League

Competition: Women's National Premier League
Season:2017
Winners:Canberra FC
Premiers:Belconnen United
Matches:84
Total Goals:433
League Topscorer:Madelyn Whittall
(32 goals)
Biggest Home Win:13–0
Belconnen United
vs Canberra Olympic
29 April 2017
Biggest Away Win:2–15
Canberra Olympic
vs Canberra United Academy
2 April 2017
Highest Scoring:17 goals (see biggest away win)
Prevseason:2016
Nextseason:2018

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.

Finals

Cup Competitions

2017 Federation Cup

Federation Cup
Year: 2017
Dates:11 April – 17 June 2017
Num Teams:20
Defending Champions:Canberra Olympic
Champions:Canberra Olympic (6th title)
Runner-Up:Tuggeranong United
Matches:19
Goals:91
Prevseason:2016
Nextseason:2018

2017 was the 55th 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 2017, the Federation Cup, which was open to all senior men's teams registered with Capital Football, consisted of two rounds, quarter-finals, semi-finals and a final, running from April to June 2017. Olympic won the Cup final 2–0 to lift back-to-back Federation Cups, thanks to a brace from Robbie Cattanach at Deakin Stadium.[3]

2017 Capital Football Federation Cup
Tie no Home team (tier) Score Away team (tier)
Round 1
1 Lanyon United (-) 2–0 Narrabundah FC (3)
2 White Eagles (3) 7–1 Burns FC (-)
3 Weston Molonglo (3) 5–3 Brindabella Blues (3)
4 Goulburn Strikers (-) 4–3† Goulburn Stags (-)
Round 2
1 Riverina Rhinos (2) 2–0 Weston Molonglo (3)
2 Lanyon United (-) 0–2 Tuggeranong United (2)
3 Woden Weston (2) 4–1 Queanbeyan City (3)
4 Canberra Olympic (2) 6–0 Goulburn Strikers (-)
5 White Eagles (3) 0–5 Canberra FC (2)
6 Tigers FC (2)3–1 ANU FC (3)
7 Belconnen United (2) 1–1† Monaro Panthers (2)
Monaro Panthers advance 3–1 on penalties.
8 O'Connor Knights (3) 1–7 Gungahlin United (2)
Quarter-finals
1 Canberra Olympic (2) 3–0 Woden Weston (2)
2 Gungahlin United (2) 1–4 Monaro Panthers (2)
3 Tuggeranong United (2) 8–2 Riverina Rhinos (2)
4 Canberra FC (2) 3–1 Tigers FC (2)
Semi-finals
1 Canberra FC (2) 1–3 Canberra Olympic (2)
2 Monaro Panthers (2) 1–3 Tuggeranong United (2)
Final
1 Canberra Olympic (2) 2–0 Tuggeranong United (2)
Notes:
  • † = After Extra Time

2017 Charity Shield

2017 was the second edition of the annual ACT Charity Shield contested to kick off the 2017 Capital Football season. Money raised from the event goes towards a nominated charity, which in 2017 was CanTeen Australia.

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: PS4 NPL – Capital Football Scoring Summary . www.sportstg.com . 30 November 2017. English.
  2. Web site: Senior Community Football: State League & Masters . . 5 March 2017 . English . https://web.archive.org/web/20170305041247/http://capitalfootball.com.au/competition/state-league . 2017-03-05 . dead .
  3. Web site: Canberra Olympic into FFA Cup after downing Tuggeranong United in Federation Cup . . Eamonn . Tiernan . 2017-06-17 . 2019-02-10 .