2021 National Premier Leagues

National Premier Leagues
Season	2021
Champions	No Champions; (Finals Series cancelled)
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The 2021 National Premier Leagues was the ninth season of the Australian National Premier Leagues football competition. The league competition was played by eight separate state and territory member federations. The divisions are ACT, NSW, Northern NSW, Queensland, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria and Western Australia.

The season was disrupted for most federations due to the impacts from the COVID-19 pandemic in Australia.

League tables

ACT

The season was cancelled in September, from government-imposed lockdowns, due to the impacts from the COVID-19 pandemic in Australia.^[1] Tigers FC were the NPL1 Premiers (based on a points per match formula rather than aggregate points).

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	PPG	Qualification or relegation
1	Tigers FC	16	11	3	2	33	17	+16	36	2.25
2	Canberra Croatia	17	11	0	6	37	22	+15	33	1.94
3	Gungahlin United	16	7	5	4	33	22	+11	26	1.63
4	Monaro Panthers	17	7	4	6	28	28	0	25	1.47
5	Belconnen United	17	6	5	6	21	24	−3	23	1.35
6	West Canberra Wanderers	17	6	1	10	20	35	−15	19	1.12
7	Canberra Olympic	17	5	3	9	29	37	−8	18	1.06
8	Tuggeranong United (R)	17	0	7	10	15	31	−16	7	0.41	Relegation to the 2022 ACT NPL 2

Source: mygameday
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
Notes: final season positions decided on points per game.
(R) Relegated

NSW

The season was cancelled on 12 August, due to on-going lockdowns associated with the COVID-19 pandemic in Australia, with no Premier declared, and with promotion and relegation suspended until the following season.^[2]

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Blacktown City	17	11	3	3	36	17	+19	36
2	Sydney United 58	17	9	5	3	31	17	+14	32
3	Rockdale Ilinden	17	7	6	4	28	22	+6	27
4	Manly United	17	7	6	4	24	23	+1	27
5	Sydney Olympic	17	7	3	7	22	19	+3	24
6	Mt Druitt Town Rangers	17	6	5	6	21	25	−4	23
7	Wollongong Wolves	17	6	4	7	23	33	−10	22
8	APIA Leichhardt Tigers	17	6	3	8	20	21	−1	21
9	Marconi Stallions	17	3	10	4	24	25	−1	19
10	Northbridge Bulls	17	3	7	7	32	31	+1	16
11	Sutherland Sharks	17	3	5	9	19	32	−13	14
12	Sydney FC Youth	17	3	5	9	29	44	−15	14

Source: mygameday
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.

Northern NSW

The season was cancelled in September, from government-imposed lockdowns, due to the impacts from the COVID-19 pandemic in Australia.^[3] Lambton Jaffas were the NPL Premiers (based on a points per match formula rather than aggregate points).

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	PPG
1	Lambton Jaffas	16	12	2	2	41	15	+26	38	2.38
2	Maitland FC	16	12	1	3	42	20	+22	37	2.31
3	Edgeworth FC	16	11	1	4	36	11	+25	34	2.13
4	Broadmeadow Magic	16	9	4	3	36	16	+20	31	1.94
5	Charlestown Azzurri	16	6	3	7	25	31	−6	21	1.31
6	Weston Workers	16	6	3	7	21	35	−14	21	1.31
7	Newcastle Olympic	16	6	1	9	27	33	−6	19	1.19
8	Lake Macquarie City	16	3	2	11	23	37	−14	11	0.69
9	Adamstown Rosebud	16	2	3	11	19	44	−25	9	0.56
10	Valentine Phoenix	16	1	4	11	9	37	−28	7	0.44

Source: mygameday
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.

Queensland

The season was suspended between late July and late August due to the impacts from the COVID-19 pandemic in Australia.^[4]^[5]

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Peninsula Power	26	19	3	4	72	25	+47	60	2021 NPL Queensland Finals
2	Brisbane Roar Youth	26	17	4	5	82	31	+51	55
3	Olympic FC	26	16	7	3	52	19	+33	55
4	Lions FC (C)	26	16	5	5	76	34	+42	53
5	Sunshine Coast Wanderers	26	16	3	7	58	42	+16	51
6	Gold Coast Knights	26	15	1	10	53	40	+13	46
7	Moreton Bay United	26	14	3	9	75	57	+18	45
8	Gold Coast United	26	11	4	11	47	39	+8	37
9	Eastern Suburbs	26	9	5	12	37	58	−21	32
10	Logan Lightning	26	8	5	13	44	54	−10	29
11	Capalaba	26	7	3	16	33	70	−37	24
12	Redlands United (R)	26	5	3	18	32	67	−35	18	Relegation to the 2022 Football Queensland Premier League
13	Brisbane Strikers (R)	26	2	2	22	21	81	−60	8
14	Magpies Crusaders United (R)	26	2	2	22	20	85	−65	8

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

Finals

Semi-finals			Grand Final

1	Peninsula Power	0

4	Lions FC	1
			Lions FC	3

			Olympic FC	1
2	Brisbane Roar Youth	0

3	Olympic FC	3

South Australia

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Adelaide Comets	22	12	7	3	40	26	+14	43	2021 NPL SA Finals
2	Adelaide City (C)	22	11	8	3	40	20	+20	41
3	Campbelltown City	22	10	5	7	41	28	+13	35
4	North Eastern MetroStars	22	9	6	7	36	26	+10	33
5	Sturt Lions	22	9	6	7	34	34	0	33
6	South Adelaide Panthers	22	9	5	8	38	36	+2	32
7	Adelaide Olympic	22	6	11	5	37	33	+4	29
8	Croydon Kings	22	7	8	7	29	30	−1	29
9	Adelaide United Youth	22	7	4	11	34	45	−11	25
10	Cumberland United	22	7	4	11	28	45	−17	25
11	Adelaide Croatia Raiders (R)	22	6	4	12	33	48	−15	22	Relegation to the 2022 SA State League 1
12	Adelaide Blue Eagles (R)	22	3	4	15	27	46	−19	13	Relegation to the 2022 SA State League 1

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

Finals


Elimination finals			Semifinals			Preliminary final		Grand final



			1	Adelaide Comets	0			Adelaide City	0 (3)

			2	Adelaide City	1			Adelaide Comets	0 (2)

						Adelaide Comets (a.e.t.)	1
3	Campbelltown City	1
						Sturt Lions	0
6	South Adelaide Panthers	3
			Sturt Lions (p)		2 (6)

			South Adelaide Panthers		2 (5)
4	North Eastern MetroStars	0 (3)

5	Sturt Lions (p)	0 (4)

Tasmania

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Glenorchy Knights (C)	21	15	5	1	52	16	+36	50
2	Devonport City	21	15	2	4	54	15	+39	47
3	South Hobart	21	13	4	4	58	24	+34	43
4	Kingborough Lions United	21	11	3	7	42	37	+5	36
5	Launceston City	21	7	1	13	26	48	−22	22
6	Olympia Warriors	21	5	3	13	29	46	−17	18
7	Clarence Zebras	21	5	3	13	33	55	−22	18
8	Riverside Olympic	21	1	3	17	29	82	−53	6

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

Victoria

The season was cancelled on 3 September, due to on-going lockdowns associated with the COVID-19 pandemic in Australia, with no Premier declared, and with promotion and relegation suspended until the following season.^[6] However, as a result of a court challenge involving Avondale FC and Football Victoria, it was agreed that eight rounds of games from the 2022 NPL Season would also count towards the 2021 NPL league table, enabling sufficient matches to be played to "complete" the season, and be able to declare a Premier for 2021.^[7] Oakleigh Cannons were crowned as Premiers on 26 July 2022.^[8]

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Oakleigh Cannons	26	15	5	6	51	30	+21	50	Declared as 2021 Premiers after additional matches in 2022
2	South Melbourne	26	14	7	5	41	25	+16	49
3	Avondale	26	14	6	6	54	33	+21	48
4	Bentleigh Greens	26	13	4	9	43	33	+10	43
5	Dandenong Thunder	26	12	5	9	43	34	+9	41
6	Hume City	26	11	5	10	44	34	+10	38
7	Heidelberg United	26	10	8	8	35	36	−1	38
8	Melbourne Knights	26	10	6	10	33	36	−3	36
9	Green Gully	26	9	6	11	34	34	0	33
10	Port Melbourne	26	14	6	6	46	25	+21	30^[a]
11	Altona Magic	26	6	10	10	28	38	−10	28
12	Dandenong City	26	4	7	15	28	49	−21	19
13	Eastern Lions	26	4	5	17	24	57	−33	17
14	St Albans Saints	26	3	6	17	15	55	−40	15

Source: mygameday
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored
Notes:

^ Port Melbourne were retrospectively deducted 18 points for breach of NPL licensing conditions.^[9]

Western Australia

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Perth SC (C)	22	14	6	2	37	18	+19	48	2021 NPL WA Finals
2	Floreat Athena	22	13	5	4	48	27	+21	44
3	Sorrento	22	12	6	4	41	27	+14	42
4	Perth Glory Youth	22	10	7	5	42	25	+17	37
5	Inglewood United	22	10	4	8	48	41	+7	34
6	ECU Joondalup	22	10	2	10	37	34	+3	32
7	Armadale	22	7	6	9	36	44	−8	27
8	Bayswater City	22	8	3	11	39	49	−10	27
9	Cockburn City	22	6	5	11	27	36	−9	23
10	Gwelup Croatia	22	3	10	9	34	43	−9	19
11	Balcatta	22	4	7	11	28	44	−16	19
12	Rockingham City (R)	22	4	1	17	19	48	−29	13	Relegation to the 2022 WA State League 1

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

Finals


Semi-finals			Preliminary Final		Grand Final



1	Perth SC	4			Perth SC	6

2	Floreat Athena	0			Floreat Athena	3

			Floreat Athena	2

			Perth Glory Youth	1

3	Sorrento	1

4	Perth Glory Youth (a.e.t.)	3

References

^ "CAPITAL FOOTBALL WINTER COMPETITION UPDATE". Capital Football. 7 September 2021. Retrieved 7 September 2021.
^ "Football NSW Cancel 2021 National Premier Leagues Season". Football NSW. 12 August 2021. Retrieved 12 August 2021.
^ "Northern NSW Football announces conclusion of 2021 Premier Competitions". Northern NSW Football. 9 September 2021. Retrieved 9 September 2021.
^ "FQ STATEMENT ON SUSPENSION OF FOOTBALL IN SOUTH EAST QUEENSLAND". Football Queensland. 31 July 2021. Retrieved 26 August 2021.
^ "RACE FOR THE TOP FOUR HEATS UP IN NPL AND FQPL MEN'S". Football Queensland. 26 August 2021. Retrieved 28 August 2021.
^ "Metro Melbourne 2021 season status". Football Victoria. 3 September 2021. Retrieved 3 September 2021.
^ "Outcome of legal proceedings between Avondale FC and Football Victoria announced". Football Victoria. 28 January 2022. Retrieved 4 February 2022.
^ "Oakleigh Cannons FC crowned 2021 NPL Premiers". Football Victoria. 26 July 2022. Retrieved 30 July 2022.
^ "Port Melbourne SC sanctions following NPL License investigation". Football Victoria. 28 February 2022. Retrieved 3 March 2022.

External links

Official website

[table_hth_PMS0.032225304763869-10] Port Melbourne were retrospectively deducted 18 points for breach of NPL licensing conditions.^[9]

[actstop2021-1] "CAPITAL FOOTBALL WINTER COMPETITION UPDATE". Capital Football. 7 September 2021. Retrieved 7 September 2021.

[NSWcorona1-2] "Football NSW Cancel 2021 National Premier Leagues Season". Football NSW. 12 August 2021. Retrieved 12 August 2021.

[nnswcancel2021-3] "Northern NSW Football announces conclusion of 2021 Premier Competitions". Northern NSW Football. 9 September 2021. Retrieved 9 September 2021.

[qldcovid2021-4] "FQ STATEMENT ON SUSPENSION OF FOOTBALL IN SOUTH EAST QUEENSLAND". Football Queensland. 31 July 2021. Retrieved 26 August 2021.

[5] "RACE FOR THE TOP FOUR HEATS UP IN NPL AND FQPL MEN'S". Football Queensland. 26 August 2021. Retrieved 28 August 2021.

[VICcorona1-6] "Metro Melbourne 2021 season status". Football Victoria. 3 September 2021. Retrieved 3 September 2021.

[Avondale-7] "Outcome of legal proceedings between Avondale FC and Football Victoria announced". Football Victoria. 28 January 2022. Retrieved 4 February 2022.

[OC-8] "Oakleigh Cannons FC crowned 2021 NPL Premiers". Football Victoria. 26 July 2022. Retrieved 30 July 2022.

[PMS-9] "Port Melbourne SC sanctions following NPL License investigation". Football Victoria. 28 February 2022. Retrieved 3 March 2022.

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