# 2017 Capital Football season

The 2017 Capital Football season was the fifth season under the new competition format in the Australian Capital Territory. The overall premier for the new structure qualified for the National Premier Leagues finals series, competing with the other state federation champions in a final knockout tournament to decide the National Premier Leagues Champion for 2017.

## League Tables
### 2017 National Premier League ACT

The 2017 National Premier League ACT season was played over 18 rounds between April and August 2017.
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Canberra Olympic | 18 | 15 | 2 | 1 | 66 | 22 | +44 | 47 | 2017 National Premier Leagues Finals |
| 2 | FFA Centre of Excellence | 18 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 53 | 17 | +36 | 36 | |
| 3 | Belconnen United (C) | 18 | 11 | 1 | 6 | 55 | 24 | +31 | 34 | 2017 ACT Finals |
| 4 | Gungahlin United | 18 | 10 | 2 | 6 | 32 | 32 | 0 | 32 | 2017 ACT Finals |
| 5 | Canberra | 18 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 45 | 21 | +24 | 31 | 2017 ACT Finals |
| 6 | Tigers FC | 18 | 9 | 0 | 9 | 40 | 37 | +3 | 27 | |
| 7 | Tuggeranong United | 18 | 8 | 2 | 8 | 30 | 34 | −4 | 26 | |
| 8 | Woden Weston | 18 | 4 | 2 | 12 | 31 | 52 | −21 | 14 | |
| 9 | Riverina Rhinos | 18 | 1 | 4 | 13 | 15 | 71 | −56 | 7 | |
| 10 | Monaro Panthers | 18 | 1 | 2 | 15 | 11 | 62 | −51 | 5 | |

#### Finals

| Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Preliminary Final | Preliminary Final | Preliminary Final | Grand Final | Grand Final | Grand Final |
| 1 | Canberra Olympic | 2 (2) | | | | 2 | Belconnen United | 2 |
| 2 | Belconnen United (pen.) | 2 (4) | | | | 1 | Canberra Olympic | 1 |
| | | | 1 | Canberra Olympic | 2 | | | |
| | | | 3 | Gungahlin United | 0 | | | |
| 3 | Gungahlin United | 3 | | | | | | |
| 4 | Canberra FC | 0 | | | | | | |

#### Top Scorers

Reference:
| Rank | Player | Club | Goals |
| 1 | Stephen Domenici | Canberra Olympic | 28 |
| 2 | Jason Ugrinic | Belconnen United | 22 |
| 3 | Nicolas Abot | Tigers FC | 15 |
| 4 | Mirza Muratovic | FFA Centre of Excellence | 13 |
| 5 | Daniel Crkovski | Woden-Weston FC | 12 |
| 6 | Thomas James | Tigers FC | 12 |
| 7 | Jason O'Dwyer | Gungahlin United | 8 |
| 8 | Dustin Wells | Belconnen United | 7 |
| 9 | Michael Rinaudo | Gungahlin United | 7 |
| 10 | Nikolaos Kalfas | Canberra FC | 7 |

### 2017 ACT Capital League

The 2017 ACT Capital League was the fifth edition of the Capital League as the second level domestic association football competition in the ACT. Each team played each other twice for a total of 16 rounds, with the season running from April to September 2017.
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | ANU FC (C) | 18 | 13 | 2 | 3 | 71 | 28 | +43 | 41 | 2017 ACT Capital League Finals |
| 2 | O'Connor Knights | 18 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 53 | 34 | +19 | 36 | 2017 ACT Capital League Finals |
| 3 | Weston Molonglo | 18 | 10 | 2 | 6 | 48 | 31 | +17 | 32 | 2017 ACT Capital League Finals |
| 4 | Canberra Olympic B | 18 | 8 | 4 | 6 | 31 | 37 | −6 | 28 | 2017 ACT Capital League Finals |
| 5 | White Eagles | 18 | 8 | 2 | 8 | 35 | 31 | +4 | 26 | |
| 6 | Narrabundah | 18 | 5 | 2 | 11 | 32 | 46 | −14 | 17 | |
| 7 | Queanbeyan City | 18 | 5 | 1 | 12 | 18 | 40 | −22 | 16 | |
| 8 | Tigers B | 18 | 3 | 2 | 13 | 29 | 70 | −41 | 11 | |

#### Finals

| Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Preliminary Final | Preliminary Final | Preliminary Final | Grand Final | Grand Final | Grand Final |
| 1 | ANU FC | 1 | | | | 1 | O'Connor Knights | 1 |
| 2 | O'Connor Knights | 2 | | | | 2 | ANU FC | 5 |
| | | | 1 | ANU FC | 5 | | | |
| | | | 2 | Weston Molonglo | 3 | | | |
| 3 | Weston Molonglo | 4 | | | | | | |
| 4 | Canberra Olympic | 1 | | | | | | |

### 2017 Capital Football Division 1

The 2017 ACT Capital Football Division 1 was the third edition of the Capital League Division 1 as the third level domestic association football competition in the ACT. Each team played each other twice for a total of 18 rounds, with the season running from April to September 2017.
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Narrabundah B (C) | 16 | 15 | 0 | 1 | 54 | 11 | +43 | 45 | 2017 Capital Football Division 1 Finals |
| 2 | UC Pumas | 16 | 13 | 1 | 2 | 47 | 26 | +21 | 40 | 2017 Capital Football Division 1 Finals |
| 3 | Belconnen United B | 16 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 47 | 26 | +21 | 34 | 2017 Capital Football Division 1 Finals |
| 4 | ANU FC C | 16 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 42 | 28 | +14 | 27 | 2017 Capital Football Division 1 Finals |
| 5 | Weston Molonglo B | 16 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 35 | 32 | +3 | 22 | |
| 6 | Goulburn Strikers | 16 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 39 | 35 | +4 | 20 | |
| 7 | ADFA Vikings | 16 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 38 | 36 | +2 | 18 | |
| 8 | Lanyon United | 16 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 31 | 36 | −5 | 18 | |
| 9 | Tuggeranong United B | 16 | 4 | 2 | 10 | 34 | 65 | −31 | 14 | |
| 10 | Brindabella Blues | 16 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 21 | 39 | −18 | 8 | |
| 11 | Monaro Panthers B | 16 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 22 | 76 | −54 | 4 | |

#### Finals

| Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Preliminary Final | Preliminary Final | Preliminary Final | Grand Final | Grand Final | Grand Final |
| 1 | Narrabundah B | 1 | | | | 1 | Narrabundah B | 3 |
| 2 | UC Pumas FC | 0 | | | | 2 | Belconnen Utd B | 1 |
| | | | 1 | UC Pumas FC | 0 | | | |
| | | | 2 | Belconnen Utd B | 1 | | | |
| 3 | Belconnen Utd B | 4 | | | | | | |
| 4 | ANU FC C | 0 | | | | | | |

### 2017 Women's Premier League

The highest tier domestic football competition in the ACT is known as the ACT Women's National Premier League (WNPL). Each team played each other three times for a total of 21 rounds, plus a finals series for the top 4 teams.
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Belconnen United | 21 | 19 | 1 | 1 | 106 | 5 | +101 | 58 | 2017 ACT WNPL Finals |
| 2 | Gungahlin United | 21 | 13 | 2 | 6 | 74 | 30 | +44 | 41 | 2017 ACT WNPL Finals |
| 3 | Canberra (C) | 21 | 12 | 3 | 6 | 56 | 32 | +24 | 39 | 2017 ACT WNPL Finals |
| 4 | Woden Weston | 21 | 11 | 3 | 7 | 48 | 36 | +12 | 36 | 2017 ACT WNPL Finals |
| 5 | Canberra United Academy | 20 | 11 | 0 | 9 | 66 | 48 | +18 | 33 | |
| 6 | Tuggeranong United | 21 | 8 | 1 | 12 | 44 | 60 | −16 | 25 | |
| 7 | Monaro Panthers | 21 | 2 | 3 | 16 | 22 | 100 | −78 | 9 | |
| 8 | Canberra Olympic | 20 | 0 | 1 | 19 | 17 | 122 | −105 | 1 | |
* Canberra United Academy and Canberra Olympic final game washed out. (C) Champions

#### Finals

| Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Preliminary Final | Preliminary Final | Preliminary Final | Grand Final | Grand Final | Grand Final |
| 1 | Belconnen United | 3 | | | | Belconnen United | Belconnen United | 1(1) |
| 2 | Gungahlin United | 2 | | | | Canberra | Canberra | 1(3) |
| | | | Gungahlin United | Gungahlin United | 0 | | | |
| | | | Canberra | Canberra | 1 | | | |
| 3 | Canberra | 2 | | | | | | |
| 4 | Woden Weston | 1 | | | | | | |

## Cup Competitions
### 2017 Federation Cup

2017 was the 55th edition of the Capital Football Federation Cup. The Federation cup acts as the preliminary rounds for the FFA Cup in the ACT with the Cup winner entering the subsequent FFA Cup round of 32. In 2017, the Federation Cup, which was open to all senior men's teams registered with Capital Football, consisted of two rounds, quarter-finals, semi-finals and a final, running from April to June 2017. Olympic won the Cup final 2–0 to lift back-to-back Federation Cups, thanks to a brace from Robbie Cattanach at Deakin Stadium.
2017 Capital Football Federation Cup :
| Tie no | Home team (tier) | Score | Away team (tier) |
| Round 1 ||||
| 1 | Lanyon United (-) | 2–0 | Narrabundah FC (3) |
| 2 | White Eagles (3) | 7–1 | Burns FC (-) |
| 3 | Weston Molonglo (3) | 5–3 | Brindabella Blues (3) |
| 4 | Goulburn Strikers (-) | 4–3† | Goulburn Stags (-) |
| Round 2 ||||
| 1 | Riverina Rhinos (2) | 2–0 | Weston Molonglo (3) |
| 2 | Lanyon United (-) | 0–2 | Tuggeranong United (2) |
| 3 | Woden Weston (2) | 4–1 | Queanbeyan City (3) |
| 4 | Canberra Olympic (2) | 6–0 | Goulburn Strikers (-) |
| 5 | White Eagles (3) | 0–5 | Canberra FC (2) |
| 6 | Tigers FC (2) | 3–1 | ANU FC (3) |
| 7 | Belconnen United (2) | 1–1† | Monaro Panthers (2) |
| Monaro Panthers advance 3–1 on penalties. ||||
| 8 | O'Connor Knights (3) | 1–7 | Gungahlin United (2) |
| Quarter-finals ||||
| 1 | Canberra Olympic (2) | 3–0 | Woden Weston (2) |
| 2 | Gungahlin United (2) | 1–4 | Monaro Panthers (2) |
| 3 | Tuggeranong United (2) | 8–2 | Riverina Rhinos (2) |
| 4 | Canberra FC (2) | 3–1 | Tigers FC (2) |
| Semi-finals ||||
| 1 | Canberra FC (2) | 1–3 | Canberra Olympic (2) |
| 2 | Monaro Panthers (2) | 1–3 | Tuggeranong United (2) |
| Final ||||
| 1 | Canberra Olympic (2) | 2–0 | Tuggeranong United (2) |

#### Notes

* † = After Extra Time

### 2017 Charity Shield

2017 was the second edition of the annual ACT Charity Shield contested to kick off the 2017 Capital Football season. Money raised from the event goes towards a nominated charity, which in 2017 was CanTeen Australia.