2021 Football West season

Women's National Premier League
Season	2021
Champions	Murdoch University Melville
	← 2020 2022 →

Football West Season 2021
Football West Season 2021
League	National Premier Leagues Western Australia
Sport	Soccer
Duration	2021
NPL WA Season
Champions	Perth SC
Premiers	Perth SC
State Cup
Cup Winners	Floreat Athena
Football West seasons
	← 2020 2022 →

The 2021 Football West season was the eighth season since the establishment of the National Premier Leagues in Western Australia.

Pre-season changes

Due to the disruptions to the 2020 season due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Australia,^[1] there was no promotion and relegation at the end of the 2020 season.

League Tables

2021 National Premier Leagues WA

The competition was a double round-robin played over 22 rounds, followed by an end of season Top 4 Cup competition. The NPL Premier normally qualifies for the national NPL finals series, but the 2021 National Premier Leagues finals series was cancelled.

Pos	Team	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

Top Four Cup


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

2021 WA State League 1

The 2021 WA State League 1 season was a double round-robin played over 22 rounds, followed by an end of season Top 4 Cup competition.

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Stirling Macedonia (P)	22	17	4	1	69	31	+38	55	Promotion to the 2022 National Premier Leagues WA, and Top Four Cup
2	Western Knights	22	11	7	4	56	33	+23	40	State League Top Four Cup
3	Quinns FC	22	12	4	6	50	38	+12	40
4	Joondalup United (C)	22	11	6	5	41	35	+6	39
5	Fremantle City	22	8	8	6	37	31	+6	32
6	Forrestfield United	22	8	7	7	35	26	+9	31
7	Olympic Kingsway	22	8	4	10	29	29	0	28
8	Mandurah City	22	8	4	10	40	46	−6	28
9	UWA-Nedlands	22	7	4	11	31	36	−5	25
10	Subiaco AFC	22	6	3	13	26	45	−19	21
11	Swan United (R)	22	4	4	14	25	55	−30	16	2021 Relegation play-offs
12	Ashfield (R)	22	4	1	17	22	56	−34	13	Relegation to the 2022 State League 2

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

Finals

Semi-finals			Grand Final

1	Stirling Macedonia	1

4	Joondalup United	2
			Quinns	1

			Joondalup United	3
2	Western Knights	2

3	Quinns	3

Inter-divisional promotion/relegation play-offs

Semi-finals					Final

SL1 11	Swan United	3	1	4

SL2 4	Kingsley Westside	2	1	3
					Swan United	1	0	1

					Murdoch University Melville	1	3	4
SL2 2	Gosnells City	0	4	4

SL2 3	Murdoch University Melville	2	3	5

2021 WA State League 2

The 2021 WA State League 2 season was a double round-robin played over 22 rounds, followed by a promotion/relegation competition.

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Dianella White Eagles (C, P)	22	20	1	1	68	20	+48	61	Promotion to the 2022 WA State League 1
2	Gosnells City	22	13	4	5	52	23	+29	43	2021 Promotion play-offs
3	Murdoch University Melville (P)	22	13	2	7	32	24	+8	41	Promotion to the 2022 WA State League 1
4	Kingsley Westside	22	12	4	6	49	28	+21	40	2021 Promotion play-offs
5	Wanneroo City	22	11	6	5	33	29	+4	39
6	Carramar Shamrock Rovers	22	8	5	9	40	36	+4	29
7	Balga SC	22	8	5	9	29	29	0	29
8	Curtin University	22	6	7	9	22	34	−12	25
9	Joondalup City	22	6	6	10	41	45	−4	24
10	Morley-Windmills	22	6	4	12	30	45	−15	22
11	Canning City	22	5	0	17	30	53	−23	15
12	Kelmscott Roos (R)	22	1	2	19	19	79	−60	5	Relegation to the 2022 Amateur Premier Division

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

2021 NPL Women

The 2021 NPL WA Women was the second 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.

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Murdoch University Melville (C)	21	17	2	2	81	15	+66	53	NPLWA-W Top Four Cup
2	Northern Redbacks	21	16	3	2	51	19	+32	51
3	Perth SC	21	10	2	9	43	27	+16	32
4	Fremantle City	21	9	3	9	33	34	−1	30
5	Football West NTC U-19	21	8	5	8	39	41	−2	29
6	Balcatta	21	8	1	12	28	35	−7	25
7	Curtin University	21	2	5	14	21	80	−59	11
8	Subiaco AFC	21	2	3	16	13	58	−45	9

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

Finals


Semi-finals			Preliminary Final		Grand Final



1	Murdoch University Melville	3			Murdoch University Melville	2

2	Northern Redbacks	2			Perth SC	0

			Northern Redbacks	1

			Perth SC (a.e.t.)	2

3	Perth SC	2

4	Fremantle City	0

2021 Men's State Cup

Western Australian soccer clubs competed in the Football West State Cup competition (known as the Belt Up State Cup for sponsorship reasons), initially involving teams from various divisions of the Amateur League and Metropolitan League competitions, and from regional teams from the Goldfields, South West and Great Southern regions.^[2] In later rounds, teams from the two divisions of the State League and the National Premier Leagues WA entered.

This knockout competition was won by Floreat Athena,^[3] their 8th title.

The competition also served as the Western Australian Preliminary rounds for the 2021 FFA Cup. The two finalists – ECU Joondalup and Floreat Athena – qualified for the final rounds, entering at the Round of 32.

2021 Women's State Cup

Western Australian soccer clubs competed in the Football West Women's State Cup competition, which involved teams from both the NPLW WA and State League Women's competitions.

This knockout competition was won by Murdoch University Melville, their 1st title.

Quarterfinals		Semifinals		Finals

Murdoch University Melville	2

South West Phoenix	0
		Murdoch University Melville (a.e.t.)	5

		Northern Redbacks	2
Sorrento FC	0

Northern Redbacks	2
				Murdoch University Melville	2

				Balcatta FC	0
Balcatta FC	1 (4)

Perth SC	1 (3)
		Balcatta FC	2

		Fremantle City	0
Fremantle City	3

Football West NTC U-19	1

References

^ "Football West competition return date". Football West. 29 May 2020. Archived from the original on 22 June 2020. Retrieved 29 May 2020.
^ "2021 FFA Cup draw". Football West. 27 January 2021. Retrieved 15 February 2021.
^ "Kyle lands killer blow as Floreat beat ECU in Men's State Cup final". Football West. 18 July 2021. Retrieved 5 August 2021.

External links

Football West Official website

[FFAcorona3-1] "Football West competition return date". Football West. 29 May 2020. Archived from the original on 22 June 2020. Retrieved 29 May 2020.

[2] "2021 FFA Cup draw". Football West. 27 January 2021. Retrieved 15 February 2021.

[3] "Kyle lands killer blow as Floreat beat ECU in Men's State Cup final". Football West. 18 July 2021. Retrieved 5 August 2021.

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