Western Australia State League
Encyclopedia
The Football West State League is the highest state level football (soccer)
competition in Western Australia. Nationally, it is one grade lower than the A-League
and Perth Glory
is the team that represents the state in the league. It is conducted by the Football West
, the state's
football (soccer)
governing body which is sanctioned by FIFA
.
and Perth SC
(formerly Perth Italia/ with Italian Australians, Morley Windmills with Dutch Australian
s, Floreat Athena
with Greek Australian
s, Fremantle Spirit
with Portuguese Australian
s, Inglewood United
with Ukrainian Australian
s, Western Knights
(formerly North Perth Croatia) and Cockburn City
with Croatian Australian
s, Shamrock Rovers with Irish Australian
s, Dianella White Eagles
with Serbian Australian
s and Stirling Lions
with Macedonian Australian
s. In 1994 clubs were forced by the sport's governing body to remove all references to ethnicities from their names, which resulted in several named changes, including North Perth Croatia to Western Knights, Benfica United to Fremantle Spirit, Swan Italian Club to Swan United, Stirling Macedonia to Stirling Lions, Bayswater Inter to Bayswater United, Dianella Serbia to Dianella White Eagles, Inglewood Kiev to Inglewood United and Perth Italia to Perth SC. It is only recently that clubs have begun to be based geographically, with Mandurah City
and ECU Joondalup
recently established clubs.
State League First Division
Sunday League Premier Division
Football (soccer)
Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a sport played between two teams of eleven players with a spherical ball...
competition in Western Australia. Nationally, it is one grade lower than the A-League
A-League
The A-League is the top Australasian professional football league. Run by Australian governing body Football Federation Australia , it was founded in 2004 following the folding of the National Soccer League and staged its inaugural season in 2005–06. It is sponsored by Hyundai Motor Company...
and Perth Glory
Perth Glory FC
Perth Glory Football Club is a professional football club in Perth, Western Australia, Australia, competing in Australia's top football competition the A-League. Perth Glory is one of only three clubs to survive from the now defunct National Soccer League...
is the team that represents the state in the league. It is conducted by the Football West
Football West
Football West is the state governing body for association football in Western Australia. It is affiliated with the Football Federation Australia, the sport's national governing body...
, the state's
Western Australia
Western Australia is a state of Australia, occupying the entire western third of the Australian continent. It is bounded by the Indian Ocean to the north and west, the Great Australian Bight and Indian Ocean to the south, the Northern Territory to the north-east and South Australia to the south-east...
football (soccer)
Football (soccer)
Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a sport played between two teams of eleven players with a spherical ball...
governing body which is sanctioned by FIFA
FIFA
The Fédération Internationale de Football Association , commonly known by the acronym FIFA , is the international governing body of :association football, futsal and beach football. Its headquarters are located in Zurich, Switzerland, and its president is Sepp Blatter, who is in his fourth...
.
History
Several of the clubs currently playing in the league were formed as the soccer arm of cultural associations of recently migrated Australians, with certain teams having associations with particularly nationalities eg. Swan United (formerly Swan Italian Club), Bayswater CityBayswater City SC
Bayswater City Soccer Club is a football club based in Bayswater, Western Australia. They play in the Football West State League Premier Division.-History:...
and Perth SC
Perth SC
Perth Soccer Club is a football club based in West Perth, Western Australia. It competes in the Football West Premier League.-Perth Italia:...
(formerly Perth Italia/ with Italian Australians, Morley Windmills with Dutch Australian
Dutch Australian
A Dutch Australian is an inhabitant of Australia with full or partial Dutch ancestry, the majority of these people are part of the Dutch diaspora.-History:...
s, Floreat Athena
Floreat Athena
Floreat Athena Football Club is a football club based in Perth, Western Australia. The club competes in the Football West Premier League. The club's founders were of Greek heritage....
with Greek Australian
Greek Australian
Greeks are the seventh-largest ethnic group in Australia, after those declaring their ancestry simply as "Australian". In the 2006 census, 365,147 persons declared having Greek ancestry, either alone or in conjunction with another ethnicity....
s, Fremantle Spirit
Fremantle Spirit
Fremantle Spirit Soccer Club is a football club from Fremantle, Western Australia. The Spirit currently play in the Premier Division of the Western Australia State League.-History:...
with Portuguese Australian
Portuguese Australian
Portuguese Australians are either Portuguese emigrated to or living in Australia, or native Australians with Portuguese ancestry.Despite their rather modest number compared to the Greek and Italian communities, Portuguese Australians form a very organized, self-conscious and active community in...
s, Inglewood United
Inglewood United
Inglewood United is a football team from Perth, Western Australia. They play in the Football West State League, the top league in Western Australia. Their home ground, Clipsal Stadium, is located in Inglewood....
with Ukrainian Australian
Ukrainian Australian
The Ukrainians are an ethnic minority in Australia, numbering about 20,000 people, hence making up 0.16% of the total population. Currently, the main concentrations of Ukrainians are located in Melbourne and Sydney.- History :...
s, Western Knights
Western Knights
Western Knights Soccer Club is an Australian football club currently playing in the Football West State League Premier Division in Perth, Western Australia.-History:...
(formerly North Perth Croatia) and Cockburn City
Cockburn City
Cockburn City Soccer Club is an Australian Football Club currently playing in the Football West State League Premier Division in Perth, Western Australia however on 7 August 2011 they were relegated to Division One for the 1st time since 1998 as they lost 1 - 0 to Mandurah City FC confirming...
with Croatian Australian
Croatian Australian
Croatia has been a source of migrants to Australia, particularly in the 1960s and 1970s. In 2006, 128,051 persons resident in Australia identified themselves as having Croatian ancestry.- History :...
s, Shamrock Rovers with Irish Australian
Irish Australian
Irish Australians have played a long and enduring part in Australia's history. Many came to Australia in the eighteenth century as settlers or as convicts, and contributed to Australia's development in many different areas....
s, Dianella White Eagles
Dianella White Eagles
Dianella White Eagles are an Australian football club from Perth, Western Australia which was established by the local Serbian Australian community. The team was formed under the name of Dianella Serbia in 1978...
with Serbian Australian
Serbian Australian
Serbian Australians are citizens of Australia who are of Serbian ancestry. According to the 2006 census, there are 95,364 people in Australia who are of Serbian ancestry. Serbs have migrated to Australia in various waves during the 20th century...
s and Stirling Lions
Stirling Lions
The Stirling Lions Soccer Club is an Australian football club from Perth, Australia currently playing in the Football West Premier League which is one grade lower than the Australian A-League....
with Macedonian Australian
Macedonian Australian
Macedonian Australians are Australians of ethnic Macedonian descent. Many have their origins in the 1920s and 1930s although larger numbers came to Australia after World War II and the Greek Civil War...
s. In 1994 clubs were forced by the sport's governing body to remove all references to ethnicities from their names, which resulted in several named changes, including North Perth Croatia to Western Knights, Benfica United to Fremantle Spirit, Swan Italian Club to Swan United, Stirling Macedonia to Stirling Lions, Bayswater Inter to Bayswater United, Dianella Serbia to Dianella White Eagles, Inglewood Kiev to Inglewood United and Perth Italia to Perth SC. It is only recently that clubs have begun to be based geographically, with Mandurah City
Mandurah City
Mandurah City are a professional Australian football based in Mandurah Western Australia and compete in the Western Australia State League...
and ECU Joondalup
ECU Joondalup
The ECU Joondalup Soccer Club is an Australian football club from Joondalup, Western Australia currently playing in the Premier Division in the Football West State League which is one grade lower than the Australian A-League.-History:The ECU Joondalup Soccer Club was formed in 1992 and they were...
recently established clubs.
2011 - Clubs & Leagues
State League Premier Division- Armadale SCArmadale SCArmadale Soccer Club is a football club based in Armadale, Western Australia. They compete in the Premier Division of the Football West State League.-History:...
- Balcatta SC
- Bayswater CityBayswater City SCBayswater City Soccer Club is a football club based in Bayswater, Western Australia. They play in the Football West State League Premier Division.-History:...
- Promoted from State League First Division - Cockburn City SC
- ECU Joondalup SC
- Floreat AthenaFloreat AthenaFloreat Athena Football Club is a football club based in Perth, Western Australia. The club competes in the Football West Premier League. The club's founders were of Greek heritage....
- Inglewood UnitedInglewood UnitedInglewood United is a football team from Perth, Western Australia. They play in the Football West State League, the top league in Western Australia. Their home ground, Clipsal Stadium, is located in Inglewood....
- Mandurah City FC
- Perth SCPerth SCPerth Soccer Club is a football club based in West Perth, Western Australia. It competes in the Football West Premier League.-Perth Italia:...
- Current League champions - Sorrento FCSorrento FCSorrento Football Club is a Western Australian football club based in the northern Perth suburb Duncraig. They play in the Premier Division of the Football West State League.The club was founded in 1972....
- Stirling LionsStirling LionsThe Stirling Lions Soccer Club is an Australian football club from Perth, Australia currently playing in the Football West Premier League which is one grade lower than the Australian A-League....
- Western KnightsWestern KnightsWestern Knights Soccer Club is an Australian football club currently playing in the Football West State League Premier Division in Perth, Western Australia.-History:...
State League First Division
Football West State League Division One
The Football West State League Division One is the second highest state level football competition in Western Australia. The league is semi-professional and is conducted by Football West, the state's football governing body which is sanctioned by FIFA.- Structure :The league operates with a...
- Ashfield SCAshfield SCAshfield Soccer Club is football club based in the eastern suburbs of Perth, Western Australia playing in the Western Australia State League Division One.-History:...
- Bunbury Forum Force
- Canning City SC
- Dianella White EaglesDianella White EaglesDianella White Eagles are an Australian football club from Perth, Western Australia which was established by the local Serbian Australian community. The team was formed under the name of Dianella Serbia in 1978...
- Forrestfield United
- Fremantle SpiritFremantle SpiritFremantle Spirit Soccer Club is a football club from Fremantle, Western Australia. The Spirit currently play in the Premier Division of the Western Australia State League.-History:...
- Gosnells City SC
- Morley Windmills
- Rockingham City FCRockingham City FCRockingham City FC is a association football club based in Rockingham, Western Australia. In 2010, the club plays in the second division of Western Australian football, the First Division.-External links:*...
- Shamrock Rovers - Promoted from Sunday League Premier Division
- Swan United - Relegated from State League Premier Division
- Wanneroo City SC
Sunday League Premier Division
- Belmont Villa
- Fremantle CroatiaFremantle CroatiaFremantle Croatia H.N.K. Soccer Club is an Australian football club from the city of Fremantle, Western Australia. It is a Croatian backed club. It recently took out the Western Australian Amateur League Division 2 title and will compete in Division 1 when the 2009 season starts.The club is a...
- Joondalup United
- Kingsway Olympic
- Murdoch University SC
- Queens Park - Relegated from State League First Division
- Southern Spirit
- South Perth United - Promoted from Sunday League First Division
- Spearwood Dalmatinac
- Subiaco AFCSubiaco AFCSubiaco AFC is a football club based in the city of Subiaco, Western Australia. They play their games at Rosalie Park and Pat Goodridge Oval. They are considered one of the biggest footballing teams in the state by numbers with 60 junior teams and 15 senior teams participating in Football West...
- UWA-Nedlands FCUniversity of Western AustraliaThe University of Western Australia was established by an Act of the Western Australian Parliament in February 1911, and began teaching students for the first time in 1913. It is the oldest university in the state of Western Australia and the only university in the state to be a member of the...
- Whitford City SC - Promoted from Sunday League First Division