ACT Premier League

The ACT Premier League is an association football (soccer) competition contested by clubs affiliated to Capital Football. It is the highest level competition in the ACT region.

Format

The competition is contested by amateur clubs in one league, each team playing each other twice throughout the regular season. The highest placed team is declared "League Champions", and the four highest placed teams enter a finals series to determine the "Premiers".

Premier League clubs are generally also required to field teams in age-limited divisions of Premier Pathway League, Premier U18 and Premier U16.

2007 Competition

In 2007, nine teams will contest in the Premier League. A restrucutre of the competition after the 2006 season, based on criterion requiring a development pathway within clubs, cut Gungahlin Juventus, White Eagles and reigning premier Cooma Tigers from the top tier. [cite news|title=Clubs on notice to lift game or be cut loose|work=Canberra Times|url=http://canberra.yourguide.com.au/detail.asp?story_id=538589|date=2006-12-09|accessdate=2007-06-15]

Federation Cup winners: Canberra FC

Minor Premiers: Canberra FC

Premiers: Canberra FC

Top scorer: Danny Macor (Belconnen United - 26 goals)

Table

Finals

Major Semi-final: Canberra FC 5 def. Belconnen United 2

Minor Semi-final: Canberra Olympic 4 def. O'Connor Knights 1

Elimination Final: Belconnen United 3 def. Canberra Olympic 1

Grand Final: Canberra FC 5 def. Belconnen United 4 (aet)

2008 Competition

The same nine teams remained in the Premier League for 2008. The pathway system was expanded to include a Premier U16 competition, with all nine clubs required to field a team from their club or an affliated club.

Federation Cup winners: O'Connor Knights

Minor Premiers: Canberra FC

Premiers: Belconnen United

Top scorer: Paul Ivanic (Canberra FC - 21 goals)

Table

Finals

Major Semi-final: Canberra FC 3 def. Canberra Olympic 1

Minor Semi-final: Belconnen United 3 def. O'Connor Knights 0

Elimination Final: Belconnen United 2 def. Canberra Olympic 0

Grand Final: Belconnent United 4 def. Canberra FC 1

References

External links

* [http://www.capitalfootball.com.au/league.asp?league=1 Capital Football - Mens Leagues]