2022 Football West season explained

Football West Season 2022
Sport:Soccer
Duration:2022
Season:NPL WA Season
League Champs:Floreat Athena
League Champ Name:Premier
Season Champs:Perth RedStar
Season Champ Name:Champion
Season2:State Cup
Season Champs2:Cockburn City
Season Champ2 Name:Cup Winners
Seasonslist:List of Football West seasons
Seasonslistnames:Football West
Prevseason Link:2021
Prevseason Year:2021
Nextseason Link:2023
Nextseason Year:2023

The 2022 Football West season was the ninth season since the establishment of the National Premier Leagues in Western Australia.

Pre-season changes

In February 2022, ECU Joondalup SC and Northern Redbacks SC announced a merger to create Perth RedStar FC as a new club.[1]

2021 League Promoted to league Relegated from league
Rockingham City
Dianella White Eagles
Murdoch University Melville
Ashfield
Swan United
Kelmscott Roos

League tables

2022 National Premier Leagues WA

The competition was held as a double round-robin played over 22 rounds, completed on 27 August,[2] followed by an end of season Top 4 Cup competition.

Top four cup

2022 WA State League 1

Inter-divisional promotion/relegation play-offs

2022 NPL Women

Competition:Women's National Premier League
Season:2022
Winners:Perth RedStar
Prevseason:2021
Nextseason:2023

The 2022 NPL WA Women was the third season in the National Premier Leagues WA Women format. It was played over 21 rounds as a triple round-robin, followed by an end of season Top 4 Cup competition.

Top four cup

2022 State Cup

See main article: 2022 Football West State Cup. Western Australian soccer clubs competed in the Football West State Cup competition, which initially involved teams from the Amateur League and Metropolitan League competitions, and from regional teams from the South West and Great Southern regions.[3] In the third round, teams from the two divisions of the State League entered, and in the fourth round teams from the National Premier Leagues WA entered.

The competition also served as the Western Australian Preliminary rounds for the 2022 Australia Cup. The two finalists – Armadale SC and Cockburn City – qualified for the final rounds, entering at the Round of 32.

The final was played on 24 July,[4] and won by Cockburn City, their seventh title (five of their first six having been won by the predecessor club Spearwood Dalmatinac).

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: ECU Joondalup SC and Northern Redbacks announce merger to create new club Perth RedStar. Perth Now. Ben Smith. 4 February 2022. 19 February 2022.
  2. Web site: 2022 NPLWA - Men's fixtures released. Football West. 14 February 2022. 19 February 2022.
  3. Web site: 2022 FFA Cup draw. Football West. 2 February 2022. 5 February 2022.
  4. Web site: Cockburn, Bayswater join Sorrento and Armadale in Australia Cup last four. Football West. 9 June 2022. 9 June 2022.