State League South Australia

State League South Australia

Organising body	Football South Australia
First season	2006 (2006) (as SA State League)
Country	Australia
State	South Australia
Confederation	AFC
Number of clubs	24 (28 in 2025) SL1: 12 SL2: 12 (16 in 2025)
Level on pyramid	3–4
Promotion to	National Premier Leagues SA
Domestic cup(s)	National Australia Cup State Federation Cup
Current champions	SL1: Playford City (2024) SL2: The Cove (2024)
Current premiers	SL1: West Torrens Birkalla (2024) SL2: Pontian Eagles (2024)
TV partners	YouTube (SL1 only)
Website	footballsa.com.au

State League South Australia is a series of soccer leagues based in South Australia which consists of two divisions; SA State League 1 (SL1) and SA State League 2 (SL2). It runs as the second and third tiers of soccer in South Australia (third and fourth in Australia). It is conducted by Football South Australia, the state's governing body. After the reforming of the South Australian football league structure in 2012, the league increased its participants from 10 clubs to 16. Football South Australia announced a restructuring of the league format in South Australia for the 2016 to 2018 seasons, moving from a 2 tiered system to a 3 tiered system with the introduction of a new 3rd division (State League 2), which reduced the participants in the now State League 1 down to 12.

A-League Youth team Adelaide United entered their youth team in the 2015 season.

Change of format

The State League 1 was reduced from a 16 team competition to a 12 team competition from the 2016 season, as part of a restructuring of the league format, moving from a 2 tiered system to a 3 tiered system with the introduction of a new 3rd division called State League 2.

State League 2 will be split into north and south conferences for the 2025 season.

Current members

State League 1

Club	Location	Home Ground
Adelaide Blue Eagles	Marden	Marden Sports Complex
Adelaide Cobras FC	Plympton	Weigall Oval
Adelaide Victory	Blair Athol	Rushworth Reserve
Cumberland United	Clarence Gardens	A.A. Bailey Reserve
Fulham United	West Beach	West Beach Parks Football Centre
Playford City	Edinburgh North	Ramsay Park
Salisbury United	Burton	Burton Park Football Centre - Steve Jarvis Park
Vipers FC	Angle Park	Apex Football Centre
West Torrens Birkalla	Novar Gardens	Jack Smith Park
Sturt Lions	Eden Hills	Karinya Reserve
West Adelaide	Churchill Rd, Kilburn	Kilburn Sportsplex
Western Strikers	Royal Park	Carnegie Reserve

State League 2

Conference	Club	Location	Home ground
North	Adelaide Atletico	Blair Athol	Rushworth Reserve
	Elizabeth Grove	Elizabeth	Dauntsey Reserve
	Gawler Eagles	Evanston Gardens	Karbeethan Reserve
	Ghan Kilburn City	Ferryden Park	Ferryden Park Reserve
	Modbury Vista	Wynn Vale	Newspot Stadium
	Northern Demons	Port Pirie	Byrne Park
	Port Adelaide	Taperoo	Ngarrpadla Josie Agius Reserve
	Salisbury Inter	Salisbury North	Underdown Park
South	Adelaide Hills Hawks	Woodside	Hawks Nest
	Adelaide Titans	Findon	Matheson Reserve
	Adelaide University	North Adelaide	University Ovals
	Eastern United	Athelstone	Athelstone Recreation Reserve
	Mount Barker United	Mount Barker	Summit Sport and Recreation Park
	Noarlunga United	Morphett Vale	Wilfred Taylor Reserve
	Seaford Rangers	Port Noarlunga South	Karingal Reserve
	Western Strikers	Royal Park	Carnegie Reserve

Furthermore, the following clubs will be joining in 2026.

Club	Location	Home ground
Barossa United	Nuriootpa	Hoffman Oval
Plympton Bulldogs	Plympton Park	Plympton Oval

Honours

2006–2012

The league was founded in 2006 with one division.

Season	Champions	Premiers
2006	Adelaide Cobras	—
2007	Adelaide Comets
2008	West Adelaide	Salisbury United
2009	Enfield City	Enfield City
2010	Playford City	Noarlunga United
2011	South Adelaide	Salisbury United
2012	Para Hills Knights	—

From 2013 to 2015, the State League was part of the National Premier Leagues South Australia system.

2016–2024

In 2016, a second division was introduced.

Champions

Season	Division 1	Division 2
2016	Cumberland United	Noarlunga United
2017	Sturt Lions	Seaford Rangers
2018	Adelaide Raiders	Adelaide Victory
2019	Cumberland United	Adelaide Hills
2020	Sturt Lions	Eastern United
2021	White City	Adelaide University
2022	West Adelaide	Vipers
2023	Adelaide Croatia Raiders	Salisbury United
2024	Playford City	The Cove

Premiers

Season	Division 1	Division 2
2016	Cumberland United	—
2017	South Adelaide	Seaford Rangers
2018	Adelaide Blue Eagles	Playford City
2019	Modbury Jets	Adelaide Hills
2020	South Adelaide	Adelaide Cobras
2021	West Torrens Birkalla	Port Adelaide
2022	Modbury Jets	Adelaide Cobras
2023	Adelaide Croatia Raiders	Salisbury United
2024	West Torrens Birkalla	Pontian Eagles

See also

• Soccer in South Australia

External links

• Football SA Official website