# 2016 Football West season

The 2016 Football West season was the 116th season of competitive association football in Western Australia and the third season since the establishment of the National Premier Leagues WA (NPL).
The overall premier for the new structure – Perth – qualified for the National Premier Leagues finals series, competing with the other Federation champions in a final knockout tournament to decide the National Premier Leagues Champion for 2016.

## Pre-season changes

| 2015 League | Promoted to league | Relegated from league |
| NPL WA | – | – |
| State League 1 | Forrestfield United Rockingham City | Morley-Windmills Swan United |
| State League 2 | – | – |
| Women's State League | Fremantle City | UWA-Nedlands |

## League tables
### 2016 National Premier Leagues WA

The 2016 National Premier Leagues WA season was played over 22 rounds commencing 19 March 2016, followed by the return of a Top 4 Finals series. Despite the flagged return of a promotion/relegation system for the bottom team, it was determined after the season ended that no State League Division One club met all the criteria for promotion, and that the teams in the 2017 season would remain unchanged. This decision was changed 3 weeks later, with Football West stating that both Joondalup United and Mandurah City would be promoted, and their overall promotion criteria would be reviewed.
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Perth SC (C) | 22 | 13 | 4 | 5 | 39 | 23 | +16 | 43 | 2016 National Premier Leagues Finals |
| 2 | Inglewood United | 22 | 13 | 3 | 6 | 44 | 32 | +12 | 42 | 2016 Western Australia Finals |
| 3 | ECU Joondalup | 22 | 13 | 2 | 7 | 38 | 29 | +9 | 41 | 2016 Western Australia Finals |
| 4 | Floreat Athena | 22 | 11 | 5 | 6 | 50 | 32 | +18 | 38 | 2016 Western Australia Finals |
| 5 | Bayswater City | 22 | 12 | 2 | 8 | 43 | 31 | +12 | 38 | |
| 6 | Sorrento | 22 | 11 | 5 | 6 | 30 | 28 | +2 | 38 | |
| 7 | Stirling Lions | 22 | 11 | 1 | 10 | 51 | 32 | +19 | 34 | |
| 8 | Balcatta | 22 | 8 | 1 | 13 | 37 | 50 | −13 | 25 | |
| 9 | Cockburn City | 22 | 5 | 7 | 10 | 37 | 47 | −10 | 22 | |
| 10 | Perth Glory Youth | 22 | 6 | 3 | 13 | 23 | 40 | −17 | 21 | |
| 11 | Armadale | 22 | 6 | 1 | 15 | 26 | 41 | −15 | 19 | |
| 12 | Subiaco AFC | 22 | 5 | 2 | 15 | 20 | 53 | −33 | 17 | |

#### Finals

| Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Preliminary Final | Preliminary Final | Preliminary Final | Grand Final | Grand Final | Grand Final |
| 1 | Perth | 1 (5) | | | | 1 | Perth | 1 |
| 2 | Inglewood United | 1 (4) | | | | 2 | Inglewood United | 0 |
| | | | 2 | Inglewood United | 3 (6) | | | |
| | | | 3 | ECU Joondalup | 3 (5) | | | |
| 3 | ECU Joondalup | 5 | | | | | | |
| 4 | Floreat Athena | 4 | | | | | | |

### 2016 WA State League Division 1

The 2016 WA State League Division 1 Season was the second tier domestic football competition in Western Australia. It was decided after the season ended that no club met all the criteria for promotion to the NPL for the following season, but that decision was reversed three weeks later.
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Joondalup United (C, P) | 22 | 16 | 2 | 4 | 63 | 27 | +36 | 50 | Promotion to the 2017 NPL Western Australia |
| 2 | Mandurah City (P) | 22 | 14 | 6 | 2 | 51 | 24 | +27 | 48 | Promotion to the 2017 NPL Western Australia |
| 3 | Forrestfield United | 22 | 13 | 0 | 9 | 64 | 39 | +25 | 39 | |
| 4 | Western Knights | 22 | 11 | 4 | 7 | 47 | 35 | +12 | 37 | |
| 5 | Ashfield | 22 | 10 | 2 | 10 | 39 | 31 | +8 | 32 | |
| 6 | Canning City | 22 | 9 | 5 | 8 | 33 | 30 | +3 | 32 | |
| 7 | Rockingham City | 22 | 9 | 5 | 8 | 32 | 31 | +1 | 32 | |
| 8 | UWA-Nedlands | 22 | 9 | 5 | 8 | 46 | 57 | −11 | 32 | |
| 9 | South West Phoenix | 22 | 5 | 9 | 8 | 31 | 44 | −13 | 24 | |
| 10 | Gosnells City | 22 | 6 | 4 | 12 | 28 | 51 | −23 | 22 | |
| 11 | Dianella White Eagles | 22 | 4 | 2 | 16 | 37 | 65 | −28 | 14 | Qualification to the 2016 relegation play-offs |
| 12 | Shamrock Rovers (R) | 22 | 3 | 2 | 17 | 27 | 64 | −37 | 11 | Relegation to the 2017 State League Division 2 |

#### Promotion/relegation play-off

Dianella wins 4–2 on aggregate, and stays in Division 1 in 2017.

### 2016 WA State League Division 2

The 2016 WA State League Division 2 Season was the third tier domestic football competition in Western Australia. The top team at the end of the year is promoted to the 2017 WA State League Division 1, with the second team qualifying to a promotion/relegation playoff.
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Fremantle City (C, P) | 22 | 17 | 4 | 1 | 59 | 19 | +40 | 55 | Promotion to the 2017 State League Division 1 |
| 2 | Joondalup City | 22 | 15 | 2 | 5 | 51 | 33 | +18 | 47 | Qualification to the 2016 promotion play-offs |
| 3 | Balga | 22 | 14 | 3 | 5 | 49 | 28 | +21 | 45 | |
| 4 | Quinns | 22 | 11 | 2 | 9 | 45 | 37 | +8 | 35 | |
| 5 | Melville City | 22 | 8 | 6 | 8 | 38 | 38 | 0 | 30 | |
| 6 | Swan United | 22 | 8 | 6 | 8 | 33 | 41 | −8 | 30 | |
| 7 | Morley-Windmills | 22 | 9 | 1 | 12 | 44 | 43 | +1 | 28 | |
| 8 | Olympic Kingsway | 22 | 8 | 3 | 11 | 35 | 37 | −2 | 27 | |
| 9 | Kelmscott Roos | 22 | 8 | 2 | 12 | 34 | 36 | −2 | 26 | |
| 10 | Curtin University | 22 | 7 | 5 | 10 | 30 | 41 | −11 | 26 | |
| 11 | Wanneroo City | 22 | 7 | 3 | 12 | 31 | 37 | −6 | 24 | |
| 12 | Ellenbrook United (R) | 22 | 1 | 1 | 20 | 11 | 70 | −59 | 4 | Relegation to the 2017 Amateur League Premier Division |

### 2016 Women's State League Premier Division

The highest tier domestic football competition in Western Australia is known as the BankWest Women's State League Premier Division for sponsorship reasons. The 8 teams play each other three times, for a total of 21 rounds, and with a promotion/relegation system for the bottom team with the State League Division 1.
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Northern Redbacks (C) | 21 | 17 | 2 | 2 | 85 | 22 | +63 | 53 | |
| 2 | Beckenham Angels | 21 | 15 | 0 | 6 | 80 | 39 | +41 | 45 | |
| 3 | Queen's Park | 21 | 14 | 2 | 5 | 62 | 18 | +44 | 44 | |
| 4 | Football West NTC U-19 | 21 | 12 | 2 | 7 | 52 | 41 | +11 | 38 | |
| 5 | Melville City | 21 | 10 | 2 | 9 | 40 | 32 | +8 | 32 | |
| 6 | Balcatta | 21 | 5 | 5 | 11 | 28 | 50 | −22 | 20 | |
| 7 | East Fremantle | 21 | 2 | 3 | 16 | 17 | 71 | −54 | 9 | |
| 8 | Quinns (R) | 21 | 1 | 0 | 20 | 20 | 111 | −91 | 3 | Relegation to the 2017 State League Division 1 |

## 2016 Cool Ridge Cup

Western Australian soccer clubs competed in 2016 for the Football West State Cup, known that year as the Cool Ridge Cup for sponsorship reasons. Clubs entered from the National Premier Leagues WA, the two divisions of the State League, a limited number of teams from various divisions of the 2016 Sunday League competition, and from regional teams invited from the South West, Goldfields, Great Southern and Midwest regions.
This knockout competition was won by Floreat Athena, their 6th title.
The competition also served as the Western Australian Preliminary rounds for the 2016 FFA Cup. In addition to the A-League club Perth Glory, the two finalists – Cockburn City and Floreat Athena – qualified for the final rounds of the 2016 FFA Cup, entering at the Round of 32.