2018 Capital Football season explained

Season:2018
Shieldtitle:Cup Winners
Nextseason:2019

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

Competition: NPL Capital Football
Season:2018
Winners:Canberra FC
Premiers:Canberra FC
Matches:72
Total Goals:279
League Topscorer:Nicolas Villafane
Thomas James
(19 goals)
Biggest Home Win:7–0
Canberra Olympic
vs Tigers FC
15 August 2018
Biggest Away Win:0–7
Riverina Rhinos
vs Tigers FC
12 May 2018
Highest Scoring:7–2
Canberra FC
vs Tigers FC
6 May 2018
Prevseason:2017
Nextseason:2019

The 2018 National Premier League ACT season was played over 18 rounds from March to August 2018.[1] 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.[2]

Finals

Top Scorers

Reference:[3]

RankPlayerClubGoals
1 Nicolas VillafaneTigers FC19
2 Thomas JamesCanberra FC
3 Michael JohnCanberra Olympic12
4 Olaide Yinka-KehindeWoden-Weston FC
5 Aisosa IhegieTuggeranong United10
6 Mark ShieldsTigers FC9
7 Daniel BaracBelconnen United8
8 Samuel SmithMonaro Panthers
9 Domenic GiampaoloCanberra Olympic6
10 Kofi DanningCanberra FC

2018 ACT Capital League

Competition: Capital League
Season:2018
Winners:ANU FC
Premiers:Queanbeyan City
Matches:90
Total Goals:370
League Topscorer:Andrew Sellers
(22 goals)
Biggest Home Win:12–2
ANU FC
vs Southern Tablelands
8 April 2018
Biggest Away Win:0–11
Monaro Panthers
vs Weston Molonglo
30 June 2018
Highest Scoring:14 goals (see biggest home win)
Prevseason:2017
Nextseason:2019

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.[4]

Finals

2018 Capital Football Division 1

Competition: Capital Football Division 1
Season:2018
Winners:ADFA Vikings
Premiers:Tigers FC
Matches:72
Total Goals:303
League Topscorer:Samuel Isabella
(25 goals)
Biggest Home Win:13–0
ADFA Vikings
vs Woden Valley
28 April 2018
Biggest Away Win:5 goals
(2 times)
Highest Scoring:4–8
Woden Valley
vs Belconnen United B
4 August 2018
Prevseason:2017
Nextseason:2019

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.[4]

Finals

2018 Women's National Premier League ACT

Competition: NPLW Capital Football
Season:2018
Winners:Belconnen United
Premiers:Belconnen United
Matches:84
Total Goals:380
League Topscorer:Aoife Colvill
(42 goals)
Biggest Home Win:16–0
Belconnen United
vs Monaro Panthers
19 May 2018
Biggest Away Win:7 goals
(2 times)
Highest Scoring:16 goals (see biggest home win)
Prevseason:2017
Nextseason:2019

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

2018 Federation Cup

Federation Cup
Year: 2018
Dates:18 March – 16 June 2018
Num Teams:23
Defending Champions:Canberra Olympic
Champions:Canberra FC (18th title)
Runner-Up:Gungahlin United
Matches:22
Goals:95
Prevseason:2017
Nextseason:2019

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.[5]

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) 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.[6] Olympic claimed its second consecutive Charity Shield title with a 3–1 victory.[7]

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: NPL – Capital Football 2018 regular rounds . www.sportstg.com . 13 January 2019. en.
  2. Web site: FFA to close Centre of Excellence in August. www. theworldgame.sbs.com.au. 13 January 2019. en.
  3. Web site: NPL – Capital Football Scoring Summary . www.sportstg.com . 13 January 2019. en.
  4. Web site: Men's Capital League Fixtures & Results . www.sportstg.com . 13 January 2019.
  5. Web site: Canberra FC down Gungahlin United to book spot in FFA Cup round of 32 . . Eamonn . Tiernan . 2018-06-16 . 2019-02-10 .
  6. Web site: 2018 Charity Shield . . 2018-03-12 . 2019-02-08 .
  7. Web site: Olympic claim 2018 Charity Shield . . 2018-03-20 . 2019-02-08 .