2025 Football West season
| Season | 2025 |
|---|---|
| Dates | 14 March – 23 August 2025[1] |
| Premiers | Bayswater City |
← 2024 2026 → | |
The 2025 Football West season is the 125th season of Soccer in Western Australia and the 12th season since the establishment of the National Premier Leagues WA (NPL).[2]
Pre-season changes
| 2024 League | Promoted to league | Relegated from league | Withdrew |
|---|---|---|---|
| NPL WA | Sorrento FC | Inglewood United | – |
| State League 1 | Curtin University FC Joondalup City FC Kalamunda City FC |
Rockingham City Cockburn City |
Joondalup United[3] |
| State League 2 | Wembley Downs SC | – | – |
| NPL Women | – | – |
League Tables
2025 National Premier Leagues WA
The competition is being held as a double round-robin played over 22 rounds, followed by an end of season Finals competition.
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bayswater City (Q) | 21 | 16 | 4 | 1 | 51 | 13 | +38 | 52 | Qualification to Australian Championship and Finals series |
| 2 | Olympic Kingsway (Q) | 21 | 15 | 3 | 3 | 50 | 20 | +30 | 48 | Qualification to Finals series |
| 3 | Perth RedStar (Q) | 21 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 32 | 23 | +9 | 41 | |
| 4 | Perth Glory Youth (Q) | 21 | 12 | 4 | 5 | 50 | 27 | +23 | 40 | |
| 5 | Stirling Macedonia | 21 | 9 | 5 | 7 | 48 | 37 | +11 | 32 | |
| 6 | Perth SC | 21 | 7 | 6 | 8 | 38 | 41 | −3 | 27 | |
| 7 | Western Knights | 21 | 7 | 5 | 9 | 33 | 41 | −8 | 26 | |
| 8 | Armadale SC | 21 | 6 | 5 | 10 | 33 | 49 | −16 | 23 | |
| 9 | Sorrento FC | 21 | 6 | 4 | 11 | 27 | 37 | −10 | 22 | |
| 10 | Balcatta FC | 21 | 4 | 5 | 12 | 21 | 45 | −24 | 17 | |
| 11 | Fremantle City | 21 | 4 | 4 | 13 | 24 | 47 | −23 | 16 | Qualification for the Relegation play-off |
| 12 | Floreat Athena (R) | 21 | 0 | 6 | 15 | 23 | 50 | −27 | 6 | Relegation to the 2026 State League 1 |
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(Q) Qualified for the phase indicated; (R) Relegated
Finals
| Semi-finals | Preliminary Final | Grand Final | |||||||||||
| 1 | Bayswater City | ||||||||||||
| 2 | Olympic Kingsway | ||||||||||||
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| 4 | |||||||||||||
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2025 WA State League 1
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | UWA-Nedlands (A) | 20 | 14 | 2 | 4 | 44 | 25 | +19 | 44 | Promotion to the 2026 NPL WA |
| 2 | Dianella White Eagles (A) | 20 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 41 | 21 | +20 | 42 | Promotion/relegation play-offs |
| 3 | Kingsley-Westside FC | 21 | 9 | 7 | 5 | 33 | 23 | +10 | 34 | |
| 4 | Joondalup City | 20 | 9 | 6 | 5 | 32 | 24 | +8 | 33 | |
| 5 | Gwelup Croatia | 21 | 10 | 2 | 9 | 42 | 36 | +6 | 32 | |
| 6 | Murdoch University Melville | 20 | 8 | 5 | 7 | 42 | 42 | 0 | 29 | |
| 7 | Mandurah City | 21 | 7 | 5 | 9 | 31 | 32 | −1 | 26 | |
| 8 | Subiaco AFC | 20 | 7 | 5 | 8 | 30 | 32 | −2 | 26 | |
| 9 | Inglewood United | 21 | 7 | 4 | 10 | 27 | 36 | −9 | 25 | |
| 10 | Curtin University FC | 20 | 6 | 3 | 11 | 29 | 38 | −9 | 21 | |
| 11 | Kalamunda City | 21 | 5 | 4 | 12 | 23 | 37 | −14 | 19 | Promotion/relegation play-offs |
| 12 | Gosnells City (R) | 21 | 3 | 3 | 15 | 19 | 47 | −28 | 12 | Relegation to the 2026 State League 2 |
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(A) Advance to a further round; (R) Relegated
- NPL WA/State League 1 Relegation/Promotion Playoff
| Semi-finals | Final | ||||||||||
| NPL 11 | |||||||||||
| SL1 4 | |||||||||||
| SL1 2 | |||||||||||
| SL1 3 | |||||||||||
2025 WA State League 2
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Quinns FC (A) | 20 | 15 | 3 | 2 | 54 | 24 | +30 | 48 | Promotion to the 2026 State League 1 |
| 2 | East Perth FC (A) | 19 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 41 | 23 | +18 | 40 | Promotion/relegation play-offs |
| 3 | Cockburn City (A) | 19 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 40 | 26 | +14 | 40 | |
| 4 | Forrestfield United | 18 | 9 | 3 | 6 | 33 | 27 | +6 | 30 | |
| 5 | Balga SC | 20 | 8 | 4 | 8 | 33 | 35 | −2 | 28 | |
| 6 | Carramar Shamrock Rovers | 20 | 8 | 1 | 11 | 30 | 32 | −2 | 25 | |
| 7 | Wembley Downs SC | 20 | 8 | 1 | 11 | 42 | 54 | −12 | 25 | |
| 8 | Rockingham City | 20 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 29 | 40 | −11 | 20 | |
| 9 | Canning City | 18 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 35 | 35 | 0 | 19 | |
| 10 | Wanneroo City | 20 | 5 | 4 | 11 | 31 | 37 | −6 | 19 | |
| 11 | Ashfield SC | 18 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 24 | 37 | −13 | 18 | Promotion/relegation play-offs |
| 12 | Swan United | 18 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 21 | 43 | −22 | 12 | Relegation to the 2026 Amateur Premier Division |
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(A) Advance to a further round
- State League 1/State League 2 Relegation/Promotion Playoff
| Semi-finals | Final | ||||||||||
| SL1 11 | |||||||||||
| SL2 4 | |||||||||||
| SL1 2 | |||||||||||
| SL1 3 | |||||||||||
- State League 2/Amateur Premier Division Relegation/Promotion Playoff
| Final | ||||
| SL2 11 | ||||
| AM 2 | ||||
2025 State Cup
Western Australian soccer clubs competed in the Football West State Cup competition, which initially involved teams from the Amateur League and Metropolitan League competitions, and from Dalyellup Park Rangers FC from the South West Soccer Association.[4] In the third round, teams from the two divisions of the State League entered, and in the fourth round teams from the National Premier Leagues WA entered.
The competition also served as the Western Australian Preliminary rounds for the 2025 Australia Cup. The two finalists – Olympic Kingsway and Stirling Macedonia – qualified for the final rounds, entering at the Round of 32.
The final is scheduled to be played on 30 August.
2025 NPL Women
The 2025 NPL WA Women is the sixth season in the National Premier Leagues WA Women format. It is being 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 | Perth SC (Q) | 20 | 16 | 3 | 1 | 60 | 12 | +48 | 51 | NPLWA-W Top Four Cup |
| 2 | Perth RedStar (Q) | 20 | 13 | 1 | 6 | 72 | 31 | +41 | 40 | |
| 3 | Football West NTC U-19 (Q) | 20 | 13 | 1 | 6 | 60 | 34 | +26 | 40 | |
| 4 | Fremantle City | 20 | 10 | 3 | 7 | 60 | 30 | +30 | 33 | |
| 5 | Balcatta | 17 | 10 | 2 | 5 | 50 | 27 | +23 | 32 | |
| 6 | Subiaco AFC | 19 | 6 | 1 | 12 | 34 | 53 | −19 | 19 | |
| 7 | UWA Nedlands | 19 | 2 | 2 | 15 | 24 | 93 | −69 | 8 | |
| 8 | Murdoch University Melville | 19 | 0 | 1 | 18 | 3 | 83 | −80 | 1 |
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(Q) Qualified for the phase indicated
Top four cup
| Semi-finals | Preliminary Final | Grand Final | |||||||||||
| 1 | Perth SC | ||||||||||||
| 2 | |||||||||||||
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References
- ^ "2025 NPLWA - Men's fixtures". Football West. 6 February 2025. Retrieved 21 February 2025.
- ^ "NPL Western Australia launches from a high". 17 June 2024. Archived from the original on 3 December 2024. Retrieved 18 December 2024.
- ^ Lopez, Erick (19 September 2024). "Joondalup United withdraw from semi-pro league, citing struggle to find home ground". Perth Now. Archived from the original on 4 December 2024. Retrieved 18 December 2024.
- ^ "2022 FFA Cup draw". Football West. 2 February 2022. Retrieved 5 February 2022.