2022 Football South Australia season

Football South Australia

Season	2022
Dates	18 February–23 September
← 2021 2023 →

The 2022 Football South Australia season was the 116th season of soccer in South Australia. It was the 17th to be run by Football South Australia and the 10th under the National Premier Leagues banner.

Changes from 2021

Promotion and relegation

2021 League	Promoted to league	Relegated from league
National Premier Leagues SA	FK Beograd West Torrens Birkalla	Adelaide Blue Eagles Adelaide Croatia Raiders
SA State League 1	Adelaide Cobras Vipers FC	University of Adelaide Adelaide Hills Hawks
SA State League 2	–	–
Women's National Premier Leagues SA	Modbury Vista West Torrens Birkalla	–
SA Women's State League	Adelaide Hills Hawks Campbelltown City Elizabeth Grove	FK Beograd

• Women's National Premier Leagues South Australia expanded from eight teams to 10 teams. As a result, there was no relegation.

Name changes

• White City Woodville FC became FK Beograd.[1]
• Flinders Flames WFC merged with Cumberland United WFC to form Flinders United WFC.[2]

Men's Competitions

2022 National Premier Leagues South Australia

NPL South Australia

Season	2022
Dates	18 February–9 September
Champions	Adelaide City (19th title)
Premiers	Adelaide City (3rd title)
Relegated	Cumberland United West Torrens Birkalla
Matches played	132
Goals scored	449 (3.4 per match)
Top goalscorer	Joshua Mori (18 goals)
Biggest home win	Adelaide United Youth 8–0 South Adelaide Panthers (4 June 2022)
Biggest away win	Cumberland United 0–7 South Adelaide Panthers (30 July 2022)
Highest scoring	Adelaide United Youth 8–0 South Adelaide Panthers (4 June 2022)
← 2021 2023 →

The 2022 National Premier Leagues South Australia season, known as the 2022 RAA National Premier League for sponsorship reasons, was the 116th season of first division soccer in South Australia, and the 10th under the National Premier Leagues banner.[3]

Adelaide City were champions for the 19th time, defeating Adelaide Comets 2–1 in the Grand Final. Adelaide City were also premiers for the third time. Cumberland United and West Torrens Birkalla were relegated.

League Table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Adelaide City (C)	22	15	6	1	55	17	+38	51	Qualification for Finals
2	Campbelltown City	22	16	2	4	44	27	+17	50
3	Adelaide Comets	22	14	3	5	47	21	+26	45
4	North Eastern MetroStars	22	13	2	7	38	25	+13	41
5	Adelaide United Youth	22	10	2	10	55	55	0	32
6	Croydon FC	22	9	3	10	28	27	+1	30
7	FK Beograd	22	8	5	9	35	39	−4	29
8	Sturt Lions	22	7	4	11	29	44	−15	25
9	South Adelaide Panthers	22	6	4	12	38	49	−11	22
10	Adelaide Olympic	22	5	5	12	32	45	−13	20
11	Cumberland United (R)	22	5	2	15	24	53	−29	17	Relegation to SA State League 1
12	West Torrens Birkalla (R)	22	3	4	15	24	47	−23	13

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

Results

Home \ Away	ACI	COM	OLY	ADL	CAM	CDN	CMB	FKB	MET	SAP	STL	WTB
Adelaide City	—	1–1	6–0	3–3	3–1	1–0	5–1	4–2	0–1	1–1	3–0	1–1
Adelaide Comets	0–3	—	1–0	7–0	1–2	2–0	2–1	2–1	1–0	2–0	2–0	4–1
Adelaide Olympic	0–2	0–2	—	3–1	1–2	1–0	2–3	4–2	2–3	4–0	3–4	2–2
Adelaide United Youth	2–4	4–2	3–1	—	1–2	3–4	2–1	5–2	2–3	8–0	1–3	4–1
Campbelltown City	0–2	3–2	3–0	5–2	—	2–1	4–2	2–1	2–3	2–0	1–1	3–0
Croydon FC	0–0	1–0	0–1	2–3	1–2	—	3–0	1–2	0–4	1–1	2–1	0–0
Cumberland United	1–3	1–1	3–2	0–4	1–2	1–2	—	0–3	0–2	0–7	1–3	2–0
FK Beograd	1–1	1–2	1–1	1–2	2–2	1–0	2–0	—	3–2	0–3	1–1	3–2
North Eastern MetroStars	0–3	1–1	2–0	2–3	2–0	1–2	1–1	1–2	—	2–1	3–1	3–0
South Adelaide Panthers	1–3	0–3	3–3	6–0	0–1	1–3	2–4	1–1	1–0	—	2–3	2–5
Sturt Lions	1–4	1–4	2–2	1–1	0–1	0–4	1–0	1–0	0–1	1–3	—	4–2
West Torrens Birkalla	0–2	0–5	0–0	2–1	1–2	0–1	0–1	2–3	0–1	2–3	3–0	—

Source: mygameday
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Top Scorers

Rank	Player	Club	Goals[4]
1	Joshua Mori	FK Beograd	18
2	Jonathon Rideout	South Adelaide Panthers	14
3	Aladin Irabona	Adelaide City	13
	Alexander Mullen	Campbelltown City
5	Luka Jovanovic	Adelaide United Youth	12
	Marc Marino	Campbelltown City
7	Kur Kur	Adelaide City	11
	Thomas Briscoe	Adelaide Comets
9	Asad Kasumovic	Adelaide United Youth	10
10	3 players		8

Finals

	Elimination finals					Semifinals						Preliminary final					Grand final
						1	Adelaide City	0	3								1	Adelaide City	2
						2	Campbelltown City	0	2								3	Adelaide Comets	1
												2	Campbelltown City	0
	3	Adelaide Comets	1
												3	Adelaide Comets	1
	6	Croydon FC	0
						3	Adelaide Comets (p)		0 (6)
						4	North Eastern MetroStars		0 (5)
	4	North Eastern MetroStars	2
	5	Adelaide United Youth	1

2022 State League 1 South Australia

State League 1 South Australia

Season	2022
Dates	19 February–10 September
Champions	West Adelaide
Premiers	Modbury Jets
Promoted	Modbury Jets West Adelaide
Relegated	Adelaide Hills Hawks University of Adelaide
Matches played	132
Goals scored	433 (3.28 per match)
Top goalscorer	Hamish McCabe (20 Goals)
Biggest home win	Adelaide Croatia Raiders 6–0 Playford City Patriots (30 April 2022)
Biggest away win	Port Adelaide Pirates 1–10 Modbury Jets (25 July 2022)
Highest scoring	Port Adelaide Pirates 1–10 Modbury Jets (25 July 2022)
← 2021 2023 →

The 2022 State League 1 South Australia season was the 99th season of second division soccer in South Australia, and the 10th under the National Premier Leagues banner.[5]

West Adelaide were champions for the third time, defeating Para Hills Knights 4–3 in the Grand Final, and were promoted with Modbury Jets, who were premiers for the fourth time. University of Adelaide and Adelaide Hills Hawks were relgated.

League Table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion, qualification or relegation
1	Modbury Jets (P)	22	15	3	4	75	30	+45	48	Promotion to National Premier Leagues SA and qualification for Finals^[broken anchor]
2	West Adelaide (C, P)	22	11	9	2	47	28	+19	42	Qualification for Finals^[broken anchor][a]
3	Adelaide Blue Eagles	22	12	4	6	48	29	+19	40
4	Para Hills Knights	22	12	4	6	35	28	+7	40
5	Adelaide Croatia Raiders	22	11	4	7	45	34	+11	37
6	Fulham United	22	9	6	7	30	28	+2	33
7	Playford City Patriots	22	9	3	10	31	43	−12	30
8	Port Adelaide Pirates	22	9	1	12	31	51	−20	28
9	Eastern United	22	7	4	11	29	38	−9	25
10	Adelaide Victory	22	5	9	8	21	23	−2	24
11	University of Adelaide (R)	22	3	4	15	21	50	−29	13	Relegation to SA State League 2
12	Adelaide Hills Hawks (R)	22	2	3	17	20	51	−31	9

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

1. The winner of the Finals are crowned the champions and are promoted, unless they have already earned promotion, in which case the runner-up is promoted.

Finals

	Elimination finals					Semifinals						Preliminary final					Grand final
						2	West Adelaide	3	1								2	West Adelaide	4
						1	Modbury Jets	0	1								4	Para Hills Knights	3
												1	Modbury Jets	2
	4	Para Hills Knights	3
												4	Para Hills Knights	3
	5	Adelaide Croatia Raiders	0
						4	Para Hills Knights (a.e.t.)		1
						6	Fulham United		0
	3	Adelaide Blue Eagles	0
	6	Fulham United	1

2022 State League 2 South Australia

State League 2 South Australia

Season	2022
Dates	19 February–10 September
Champions	Vipers FC
Premiers	Adelaide Cobras
Promoted	Adelaide Cobras Vipers FC
Matches played	132
Goals scored	476 (3.61 per match)
Top goalscorer	Anthony Dimas (30 goals)
Biggest home win	Salisbury United 7–0 Gawler Eagles (21 May 2022)
Biggest away win	Gawler Eagles 1–6 Pontian Eagles (2 April 2022)
Highest scoring	Salisbury United 6–3 Pontian Eagles (12 March 2022) Modbury Vista 3–6 Adelaide Cobras (13 August 2022)
← 2021 2023 →

The 2022 State League 2 South Australia season is the 55th season of third division soccer in South Australia, and the seventh under the National Premier Leagues banner.[6]

Vipers FC were champions for the first time, defeating Western Strikers 4–3 after extra time in the Grand Final, and were promoted with Adelaide Cobras, who were premiers for the second time.

League Table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or qualification
1	Adelaide Cobras (P)	22	15	5	2	45	24	+21	50	Promotion to SA State League 1 and qualification for Finals^[broken anchor]
2	Vipers FC (C, P)	22	11	9	2	44	26	+18	42	Qualification for Finals^[broken anchor][a]
3	Western Strikers	22	11	6	5	41	33	+8	39
4	The Cove	22	9	8	5	38	29	+9	35
5	Seaford Rangers	22	10	5	7	42	34	+8	35
6	Northern Demons	22	11	2	9	38	34	+4	35
7	Salisbury United	22	9	7	6	49	39	+10	34
8	Modbury Vista	22	7	3	12	43	50	−7	24
9	Pontian Eagles	22	6	5	11	44	54	−10	23
10	Noarlunga United	22	5	5	12	36	38	−2	20
11	Mount Barker United	22	4	5	13	29	49	−20	17
12	Gawler Eagles	22	2	4	16	27	66	−39	10

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

1. The winner of the Finals are crowned the champions and are promoted, unless they have already earned promotion, in which case the runner-up is promoted.

Finals

	Elimination finals					Semifinals						Preliminary final					Grand final
						2	Vipers FC	3	3								2	Vipers FC (a.e.t.)	4
						1	Adelaide Cobras	1	0								3	Western Strikers	3
												1	Adelaide Cobras	1
	3	Western Strikers (p)	2 (3)
												3	Western Strikers	2
	6	Northern Demons	2 (2)
						3	Western Strikers		3
						4	The Cove		1
	4	The Cove	2
	5	Seaford Rangers	0

Women's Competitions

2022 Women's National Premier Leagues South Australia

WNPL South Australia

Season	2022
Champions	West Adelaide
Premiers	West Adelaide
← 2021 2023 →

The 2022 Women's National Premier Leagues South Australia was the seventh season of soccer under the competition format in South Australia. It is the first tier of women's football in South Australia and the second tier of women's football in Australia. Each team plays each other twice, resulting in 18 rounds.

League Table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	West Adelaide (C)	18	16	1	1	81	18	+63	49	2022 SA WNPL Finals
2	Adelaide City	18	14	0	4	49	27	+22	42
3	Salisbury Inter	18	11	2	5	48	24	+24	35
4	Adelaide Comets	18	10	2	6	44	37	+7	32
5	FFSA NTC	18	9	3	6	55	31	+24	30
6	Metro United	18	9	1	8	29	39	−10	28
7	University of Adelaide	18	6	3	9	22	37	−15	21
8	West Torrens Birkalla	18	1	4	13	14	50	−36	7
9	Fulham United	18	1	4	13	13	53	−40	7	Qualified for Relegation play-off
10	Modbury Vista (R)	18	0	6	12	26	65	−39	6	Relegated to 2023 SA Women's State League

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

Finals

	Qualifying Final					Major Semi-Final					Preliminary final					Grand Final
						1	West Adelaide	3								1	West Adelaide	1
						2	Adelaide City	0								2	Adelaide City	0
	2	Adelaide City (a.e.t.)	1								2	Adelaide City	6
	3	Salisbury Inter	0			Minor Semi-Final					3	Salisbury Inter	2
						3	Salisbury Inter	2
	4	Adelaide Comets	3			4	Adelaide Comets	1
	5	FFSA NTC	1

2022 Women's State League South Australia

WSL South Australia

Season	2022
Champions	Flinders United
← 2021 2023 →

The 2022 Women's State League South Australia was the second season of soccer under the competition format in South Australia. It is the second tier of women's football in South Australia and the third tier of women's football in Australia. Each team plays each other three times, resulting in 14 rounds.

League Table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Flinders United (C, P)	14	13	0	1	63	8	+55	39	Promoted to 2023 Women's National Premier Leagues SA
2	South Adelaide Panthers	14	11	1	2	55	17	+38	34	Qualified for Promotion play-off
3	Modbury Jets	14	7	1	6	32	24	+8	22
4	The Cove	14	7	1	6	40	34	+6	22
5	Adelaide Hills Hawks	14	7	1	6	30	25	+5	22
6	Adelaide Jaguars	14	7	0	7	39	23	+16	21
7	Elizabeth Grove	14	1	1	12	14	73	−59	4
8	Campbelltown City	14	0	1	13	8	77	−69	1

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

Cup Competitions

2022 Federation Cup

Main article: 2022 FSA Federation Cup

2022 Federation Cup

Tournament details
Dates	18 March–16 July
Teams	51
Final positions
Champions	Adelaide City
Runner-up	Modbury Jets

The 2022 Football South Australia Federation Cup was the 109th running of the Federation Cup, the main soccer knockout competition in South Australia. The competition ran alongside the 2022 Australia Cup, with the two finalists qualifying for the competition. Teams from the National Premier Leagues South Australia, State League 1 South Australia, State League 2 South Australia. South Australian Collegiate Soccer League and South Australian Amateur Soccer League participated.[7]

Adelaide City were champions.

Bracket

	First round Third preliminary round				Second round Fourth preliminary round				Third round Fifth preliminary round				Quarter-finals Sixth preliminary round				Semi-finals Seventh preliminary round				Final
	Adelaide University (a.e.t.)	3
	Adelaide Cobras	2
					Adelaide University	1
					Playford City Patirots	3
	Playford City Patriots	4
	Western Strikers	2
									Playford City Patriots	1
									North Eastern MetroStars	0
					Sturt Lions	2
					North Eastern MetroStars	3
													Playford City Patriots	0
													Vipers FC	1
					Port Adelaide Pirates	4
					Mount Barker United	2
	Mount Barker United	2
	Adelaide Titans	1
									Port Adelaide Pirates	0
									Vipers FC	1
	Adelaide Croatia Raiders	1
	Vipers FC	2
					Vipers FC	2
					Cumberland United	1
																	Vipers FC	1
																	Modbury Jets	4
	Adelaide Thunder	0
	West Adelaide	6
					West Adelaide	3
					Adelaide Victory	0
	Adelaide Victory	1
	Fulham United	0
									West Adelaide	1
									Croydon Kings	0
					Croydon Kings	3
					Adelaide Blue Eagles	1
	Adelaide Blue Eagles	4
	Northern Demons	2
													West Adelaide	0
													Modbury Jets	2
					Tea Tree Gully City	2
					Modbury Jets	5
	Modbury Jets	6
	Seaford Rangers	0
									Modbury Jets	4
									South Adelaide Panthers	3
					South Adelaide Panthers	2
					Pontian Eagles	0
	Pontian Eagles	6
																				16 July – Gepps Cross
	Old Ignatians	4
																				Modbury Jets	0
																					Adelaide City	5
					Campbelltown City	3
					The Cove	0
	Pembroke Old Scholars	1
	The Cove	6
									Campbelltown City	4
									Adelaide Olympic	3
					Adelaide Comets	1
					Adelaide Olympic	3
													Campbelltown City	1
													Eastern United	2
	Eastern United	7
	Adelaide Uni Grads Red	0
					Eastern United	5
					Elizabeth Downs	3
	Elizabeth Downs	4
	Brahma Lodge	0
									Eastern United	3
									Noarlunga United	1
	Ghan Kilburn City (a.e.t.)	5
	Para Hills West	3
					Ghan Kilburn City	0 (2)
					Noarlunga United (p)	0 (4)
	BOSA FC	0
	Noarlunga United	5
																Eastern United	0
																	Adelaide City	5
					Adelaide City	6
					Modbury Vista	0
	Modbury Vista	7
	Rostrevor Old Collegians	1
									Adelaide City	5
									West Torrens Birkalla	0
					West Torrens Birkalla	1
					FK Beograd	0
													Adelaide City	4
													Salisbury United	1
	Gawler Eagles	8
	Elizabeth Grove	1
					Gawler Eagles	0
					Salisbury United (a.e.t.)	2
	Para Hills Knights	3 (4)
	Salisbury United (p)	3 (5)
									Salisbury United	3
									Parafield Gardens	2
	Parafield Gardens	7
	Adelaide Uni Grads Blue	0
					Parafield Gardens	6
					Adelaide Hills Hawks	1
	Adelaide Red Blue Eagles	0
	Adelaide Hills Hawks	3

2022 WNPL and WSL Cup

2022 WNPL and WSL Cup

Tournament details
Dates	22 April–14 August
Teams	29
Final positions
Champions	West Adelaide
Runner-up	Adelaide City

The 2022 WNPL and WSL Cup was the main women's soccer knockout competition in South Australia for 2022.[8]

West Adelaide were champions.

Bracket

	Preliminary Round				Round of 16				Quarter final				Semi final				Grand final
	Salisbury Inter Reserves	1 (4)
	The Cove	1 (5)			The Cove	0
	West Adelaide	5			'West Adelaide	11
	Modbury Vista	1							West Adelaide	1
	Elizabeth Grove	1							Salisbury Inter	0
	Salisbury Inter	19			Salisbury Inter	5
					Fulham United	1
													West Adelaide	12
													FSA NTC Reserves	0
					Modbury Jets	4
					FSA NTC Reserves	5
									FSA NTC Reserves (a.e.t.)	4
	Adelaide Jaguars	0							University of Adelaide	3
	University of Adelaide	4			University of Adelaide	6
	Campbelltown City	6			Campbelltown City	0
	FK Beograd	1															West Adelaide	3
	Modbury Vista Reserves	0															Adelaide City	1
	Metro United	7			Metro United	5
	Adelaide Comets Reserves	2			Adelaide Comets Reserves	0
	Adelaide Hills Hawks	1							Metro United	1
	Adelaide Comets	7							Adelaide City	4
	Metro United	1			Adelaide Comets	1
	FSA NTC	1			Adelaide City	3
	Adelaide City	6											Adelaide City	2
	Adelaide University Reserves	6											West Torrens Birkalla	0
	West Adelaide Reserves	1			Adelaide University Reserves (a.e.t.)	6
	Adelaide City Reserves	1			West Torrens Birkalla Reserves	4
	West Torrens Birkalla Reserves	2							Adelaide University Reserves	0
	West Torrens Birkalla	3							West Torrens Birkalla	6
	Fulham United Reserves	0			West Torrens Birkalla	1
	South Adelaide Panthers	0			Flinders United	0
	Flinders United	4

2022 WNPL and WSL Cup Final

14 August 2022

15:00 ACST

West Adelaide	3–1	Adelaide City
Mullan 41', 70' Quigley 90'	Report	Bowler 11'

ServiceFM Stadium, Gepps Cross, Adelaide

Referee: Curtis Wordsworth

Awards

The end of year awards were presented at Adelaide Convention Centre on 8 October 2022.[9]

National Premier Leagues SA

Award	Men's	Women's
Player of the Year[a]	Alex Mullen (Campbelltown City)	Racheal Quigley (West Adelaide)
Golden Boot	Joshua Mori (FK Beograd)	Racheal Quigley (West Adelaide)
Coach of the Year[b]	Paul Pezos (Adelaide City)	Michele Lastella (Football SA NTC)
Goalkeeper of the Year[c]	Dakota Ochsenham (Adelaide City)	Annalee Grove (West Adelaide)
Rising Star[d]	Luka Jovanovic (Adelaide United)	Grace Wilson (Football SA NTC)

Notes

1. Men's: Sergio Melta Award
   Women's: Shirley Brown Medal
2. Men's: Martyn Crook Trophy
   Women's: Bob Bush Trophy
3. Men's: Peter Nikolich Trophy
4. Men's: John Aloisi Rising Star

References

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2. "About". Flinders United.
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5. "Ladder for State League 1 2022". GameDay. Retrieved 25 June 2023.
6. "Ladder for State League 2 2022". GameDay. Retrieved 25 June 2023.
7. "FSA Federation Cup Results". Gameday. Retrieved 11 September 2022.
8. "2022 WNPL and WSL Cup". Gameday. Retrieved 16 November 2022.
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