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NPL South Australia
The National Premier Leagues South Australia (often abbreviated to NPL South Australia or NPL SA) is a semi-professional football competition in the Australian state of South Australia. The league is a subdivision of the second tier National Premier Leagues, which sits below the A-League on the national pyramid. The competition is controlled by Football South Australia, the governing body for the sport in the state. History In 2012 it was announced that the FFSA Premier League was to become the top tier of South Australian football (below the national A-League) after the disbandment of the now defunct FFSA Super League The FFSA Super League was the highest state-level soccer competition in South Australia between 2006 and 2012. Prior to the 2006 season, the highest level competition in South Australia was the SASF Premier League. Due to the manifestation of a n .... It was announced that the competition would consist of 14 teams. These teams would be made up of the 10 team ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Asian Football Confederation
The Asian Football Confederation is the governing body of association football, beach soccer, and futsal in some countries/territories in Asia and Oceania. It has 47 member countries most of which are located in Asia. Australia, formerly in Oceania Football Confederation, OFC, joined AFC in 2006. Guam and the Northern Mariana Islands, both Territories of the United States, territories of the United States, are also AFC members that are geographically in Oceania. The Asian Ladies Football Confederation (ALFC) was the section of AFC who managed women's association football in Asia. The group was independently founded in April 1968 in a meeting involving Taiwan, Hong Kong, Malaysia and Singapore. In 1986 ALFC merged with AFC. Executive Committee Sponsors Member associations It has 47 member associations split into 5 regions. Some nations proposed a South West Asian Federation that would not interfere with AFC zones. Afghanistan Football Federation, Afghanistan, Myanma ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
FFSA State League
The NPL State League 1 South Australia is the second tier state-level football (soccer) competition in South Australia, ranked third tier in the national pyramid. The league are part of the National Premier Leagues (NPL) structure implemented by Football Federation Australia in 2012. It is conducted by the Football Federation South Australia (FFSA), the state's governing body. After the reforming of the South Australian football league structure in 2012, the league increased its participants from 10 clubs to 16. The FFSA has announced a restructuring of the league format in South Australia for the 2016 to 2018 seasons, moving from a 2 tiered system to a 3 tiered system with the introduction of a new 3rd division, which will reduce the participants in the State League down to 12. A-League A-League Men (known as the Isuzu UTE A-League for sponsorship reasons) is the highest-level professional men's soccer league in Australia and New Zealand. At the top of the Australian ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Adelaide Olympic FC
Adelaide Olympic F.C. is a football club from Adelaide, South Australia. The club competes in the National Premier Leagues South Australia. Origins The club's origins can first be traced back to 1978, where it was founded under the name of Adelaide Asteras. In 1982 the club changed its name to Thebarton Asteras. Six years later, the club was taken over by the Greek Orthodox association of South Australia Inc. who later changed its name to Olympians in 1989. In 1998, the Greek Orthodox Association of South Australia Inc relinquished the Olympians soccer Club, which amalgamated with SAASL Club "Adelaide Rodos Soccer Club", while keeping the playing name of Olympians. In 1999 Olympians amalgamated with the Regency Lions Sports and Social Club (SAASL Playing Name :Adelaide Hellenic Soccer Club). In 2000, the name was changed to Olympic Football Club. In 2001, the club adopted its current name of Adelaide Olympic. Club history The Early Years The club played its first gam ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Santos Stadium
SA Athletics Stadium is a comprehensive, modern athletics facility. Located only a few minutes drive from the Adelaide CBD, the athletics facility offers a national standard nine lane running track and field complex including training and warm-up areas, lighting, photo finish and modern timing equipment. The infield converts to a FIFA regulation sized quality turf pitch for soccer and other turf related sports. The stadium was formerly known as Santos Stadium under a sponsorship arrangement with Santos Limited.SA Athletics Stadiumis owned and operated by the Office for Recreation, Sport and Racing, an agency of the Government of South Australia. Opened on Australia Day, 1998, it replaced the Olympic Sports Field in Kensington as Adelaide's premier athletics venue, and has seating for 1,200 and a maximum capacity of 6,000. The track surface is Rekortan M99.https://tracks.insideathletics.com.au/track/adelaide/sa-athletics-stadium/ SA Athletics Stadium on the Athletics Track Directo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mile End, South Australia
Mile End is an inner western suburb of Adelaide, located in the City of West Torrens, around 2 kilometres from the Adelaide city centre. It has a census area population of 4,413 people (2011). Much of the suburb is residential, but there are small commercial areas along Henley Beach Road and South Road. History Mile End was originally established in 1860 as ''The Town of Mile End'' by the South Australian Company. It was so named because the township was approximately one mile from the centre of Adelaide. It was also named after Mile End in east London, England, whose name has a similar meaning. It was part of the then largely rural District of West Torrens until 1883, when the residents of the more urban suburbs of Thebarton, Mile End and Torrensville successfully petitioned to become the Corporation of the Town of Thebarton. In 1997 the Town of Thebarton re-amalgamated with the City of West Torrens. E. M. Bagot and Gabriel Bennett had a large holding of grazing land south ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Adelaide City Park
Adelaide City Park is a multi-use stadium in Adelaide, Australia. It is mainly used for Association football and has been the home ground for Adelaide City since 2004. The stadium has a capacity of 5,500 people. The ground was used by National Rugby League The National Rugby League (NRL) is an Australasian rugby league club competition which contains clubs from New South Wales, Queensland, Victoria, the Australian Capital Territory and New Zealand. The NRL formed in 1998 as a joint partnership ... Adelaide Rams as a training base and headquarters, and was known as Ram Park, from 1997 until 1998 when the club went defunct. References External linksOfficial Website of Adelaide City So ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Oakden, South Australia
Oakden is a suburb of Adelaide, South Australia, located to the northeast of the Central Business District. It was established as a housing estate named ''Regent Gardens'' in 1992 and is located on former Department of Agriculture land. Geography The area, which includes land formerly known as Gilles Plains and a small portion of SA Housing Trust properties and land from Hillcrest, was renamed 'Oakden' in 1993 after the maiden name of the wife of Osmond Gilles, who was South Australia's first Colonial Treasurer. Gilles got married in 1825 to Patience Oakden in Hamburg, Germany, but she died in England in 1833. Her brother, a former business partner of Gilles, was the banker and pastoralist Philip Oakden. Her nephew was the South Australian explorer and pastoralist John Oakden. Suburbs Northgate and Northfield are also right next to Oakden. Its boundary is Lord Howe Avenue, Oxford Street, and Bristol Terrace to the south, Sudholz Road to the east, Grand Junction Road to the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
FK Beograd (Australia)
FK Beograd, formerly known as White City, is an Australian semi-professional soccer club based in Woodville, Adelaide, South Australia. Founded in 1949 by the Serbian Australian community, the club currently competes in the South Australian National Premier League. FK Beograd was formerly coached by former Australian international Milan Ivanović. They are currently coached by former Adelaide United player Damian Mori, who was appointed as head coach for the 2020 and 2021 season. History The Beograd Sports and Social club was formed on 19 November 1949 and a meeting arranged at the railway lawns, North Terrace, Adelaide North Terrace is one of the four terraces that bound the central business and residential district of Adelaide, the capital city of South Australia. It runs east–west, along the northern edge of "the square mile". The western end cont .... The first Committee was: President Ilija Ilic, Vice President Miodrag Zivkovic, Secretary Danilo Cukic, Trea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kur Kur
Kur Gai Kur (born 20 February 2000) is a South Sudanese professional football player A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football are association football, American football, Canadian football, Australian rules football, Gaelic football, rugby le ... who plays as a midfielder for Brisbane Roar NPL. He has also been called up for the South Sudan national team. Club career Kur was born in a refugee camp in Kenya. At the age of two, together with his family he moved to Australia for a better life. He began his football career at Modbury Vista when he was a very young, before joining the Skillaroos program, until he turned 16. He then signed to Modbury before joining the Croydon Kings in 2020. He transferred to Adelaide City in 2021, where he began his senior career. Kur made his debut with the South Sudan national team in a friendly match against the national team of Jordan, on January ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Allan Welsh
Allan Clifford Welsh (born 18 February 1994) is an Australian professional footballer who plays as a central defender for Adelaide Comets in the National Premier Leagues. Club career On 12 September 2014 he signed his first senior professional contract with A-League A-League Men (known as the Isuzu UTE A-League for sponsorship reasons) is the highest-level professional men's soccer league in Australia and New Zealand. At the top of the Australian league system, it is the country's premier men's competiti ... side Newcastle Jets. At the end on the 2014–15 season he was released from the club and returned to Croydon Kings in the National Premier Leagues. References External links * * 1994 births Living people Men's association football defenders Australian men's soccer players Soccer players from Adelaide Croydon FC (Australia) players Adelaide United FC players Newcastle Jets FC players Adelaide Comets FC players A-League Men players National Premi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alexander Mullen
Alexander Mullen (born 13 June 1992) is an Australian professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Para Hills Knights SC. Personal life Mullen is the brother of Matthew, cousin of former Newcastle Jets player Daniel Mullen and the nephew of Joe Mullen, a former Socceroo. Club career Sydney FC Sydney FC signed Mullen on a one-year deal as a mature age rookie ahead of the 2015–16 season after trialling him in the pre-season. On 16 March 2016, Mullen debuted for Sydney FC in their AFC Champions League campaign coming on as a substitute for George Blackwood late in the match. Mullen made his A-League debut for Sydney FC in their round 26 match against Adelaide United on 2 April 2016. After a season where he played one league match, and was twice subbed on in the AFC Champions League, Mullen was not offered a new contract. See also * List of association football families * List of Sydney FC players (fewer than 25 appearances) Sydney Football Club i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
North Eastern MetroStars SC
North Eastern MetroStars Soccer Club, commonly known as MetroStars, is an Australian semi-professional soccer club based in Adelaide, South Australia. Founded in 1994, the club currently competes in the National Premier Leagues South Australia, with matches played at the T.K. Shutter Reserve in the north-eastern suburb of Klemzig. It has generally been a strong club and has dominated in the top division of South Australian Football. History The club was initially known as the Metro Knights before a name change to the North Eastern MetroStars in 1998. It started playing in Division 2 of the Saturday Amateur league in 1995, won promotion into Division 1, and quickly became the dominant side in the league. The club entered the SASF State League in 1999 and won promotion to the Premier League in its first season. MetroStars has subsequently cemented its position in the top South Australian football league and has developed into one of the league's leading clubs. During the for ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
