2018 National Premier Leagues Grand Final Explained

2018 National Premier Leagues Grand Final
Event:	2018 National Premier Leagues
Team1:	Campbelltown City
Team2:	Lions FC
Team1score:	2
Team2score:	1
Date:	30 September 2018
Stadium:	Steve Woodcock Sports Centre
City:	Adelaide
Referee:	Lachlan Keevers
Attendance:	1,518
Previous:	2017
Next:	2019

The 2018 National Premier Leagues Grand Final was the sixth National Premier Leagues Grand Final, It was played on the 30 September 2018 at Steve Woodcock Sports Centre in Adelaide between Campbelltown City and Lions FC. Campbelltown won 2–1 to secure their first National Premier Leagues title.^{[1] [2]}

Route to the final

This is how the two teams qualified for the Grand Final.^[3]

Match

Details

width=25 ! width=25 GK 20 Nicholas Harpas RB 2 Shaun Harvey CB 5 Matthew Mullen CB 4 Iain Fyfe LB 23 Jake Halliday CM 8 Alex Mullen CM 10 Luigi Ditroia CM 14 Adam Piscioneri RW 18 Yohei Matsumoto CF 9 Marc Marino LW 11 Anthony Ture Substitutes: GK 99 Joseph Ruggiero DF 3 Spase Dilevski DF 19 Thomas Veart MF 16 Andrew Maio MF 7 Anthony Piscioneri Manager: Joe Mullen

width=25 ! width=25 GK 90 Luke Borean RB 2 Andrew Thompson CB 5 Tommy Jarrad CB 4 Matija Simic LB 11 Nathan Shepherd CM 12 Shaun Carlos CM 15 Danny Kim CM 8 Mitchell Hore RW 18 Chris Maher CF 17 Marek Madle LW 9 Jean Carlos Solórzano Substitutes GK 22 Brandon Cuminao DF 13 Rhys Webster MF 3 Tyson Walpole MF 14 Liam Cosgrove FW 19 Carter Glockner , Manager: Warren Moon

Assistant referees Aaron Galanti Isabella Blaess Fourth official Daniel Elder

Match rules 90 minutes. 30 minutes of extra time if necessary. Penalty shoot-out if scores still level. Five named substitutes. Maximum of three substitutions.

Statistics

Overall statistics^[4]

width=100		width=80	Campbelltown City	width=80	Lions FC
Goals scored	2	1
Yellow cards	1	4
Red cards	0	0

Notes and References

1. Web site: Campbelltown City SC crowned National Premier Leagues (NPL) 2018 Champions. 30 September 2018. National Premier Leagues.
2. Web site: Two first-half goals secure Campbelltown City SC the NPL crown. Payne. Declan. 1 October 2018. National Premier Leagues.
3. Web site: Road to the NPL Grand Final: Campbelltown City. Windon. Jacob. 26 September 2018. National Premier Leagues.
4. Web site: Cambelltown City v Lions FC. National Premier Leagues. 24 September 2018 . 30 September 2018.