25-597: The National Premier Leagues South Australia , officially abbreviated to NPL SA and known for sponsorship reasons as the RAA National Premier League , is a semi-professional men's soccer league in the Australian state of South Australia . The league is one of eight that comprises the National Premier League , the second tier of Australian soccer . The league was founded in 2012 as a successor to
50-695: A rail yard, the new facility shares a site with the Old and New South Australia State Parliament Houses , the Adelaide Exhibition Hall, the Festival Centre , and the Adelaide railway station — Casino . The SOM project, was completed with Adelaide architects Woods Bagot , and conformed to the Adelaide Riverbank Master Plan. Its "rational cooking system", the largest of any convention centre in
75-407: A strategic focus of Football South Australia in recent years. Since the 2019 season, all NPL SA fixtures have been digitally recorded. Media releases of home and away games are delivered on the official website of Football South Australia. As Football South Australia continued to expand their digital offerings, they also celebrated the history of NPL SA clubs by creating a history makers series, showing
100-562: A three-year hiatus due to the COVID-19 pandemic . It has since been relocated to Adelaide Showground . An expansion was announced in 2011. Making the announcement, the Premier of South Australia at the time, Mike Rann , said that work would begin that year on the first stage of the $ 350 million expansion abutting the Morphett Street Bridge and be completed in 2014. Stage 1 would include
125-629: Is a 20-team competition, and Under 16 Boys from South Australia finished the competition in the 3rd place. For details of winners pre-NPL (2006–2012): Royal Automobile Association Too Many Requests If you report this error to the Wikimedia System Administrators, please include the details below. Request from 172.68.168.226 via cp1108 cp1108, Varnish XID 754415226 Upstream caches: cp1108 int Error: 429, Too Many Requests at Fri, 29 Nov 2024 05:36:03 GMT Adelaide Convention Centre The Adelaide Convention Centre
150-698: Is a large convention centre on North Terrace, Adelaide , South Australia . It was the first purpose-built convention centre to be built in Australia. Along with several other venues, the Adelaide Convention Centre is administered and staffed by the Adelaide Venue Management Corporation, a subsidiary of the South Australian Government . The convention centre was designed by John Andrews and constructed over part of
175-492: Is run and managed by Football South Australia (formerly known as Football Federation South Australia), which is a governing body of football issues in South Australia and a competition administrator for different levels of football games in the state. The regular season consists of a double round robin of 22 rounds, followed by a finals series for the top 6 teams. The team who finishes first is crowned Premier and qualifies for
200-587: Is the second-tier football competition in Australia, which sits below the Hyundai A-League and Westfield W-League on the country's football national pyramid. Football Federation Australia (FFA) embarked on a National Competition Review in October 2010, which aimed to review the football competition structure in Australia. The process of conducting the National Competition Review lasted for 20 months, and
225-633: The Adelaide railway station , together with the Hyatt Regency Hotel (now the InterContinental Hotel), Exhibition Hall and an office block in the 1980s as part of the Adelaide Station and Environs Redevelopment (ASER) project. It has been rebuilt and extended upon a few times since its original construction in 1987. In 1999 an extension was planned and in late 2001 it was unveiled. It
250-526: The National Premier Leagues finals series. The teams placed 11th and 12th are relegated to the State League 1 in the following season. In the finals, the 1st and 2nd placed teams playoff in a two-legged game to qualify for the grand final, with the loser moving to a preliminary final against the winner of playoffs by the 3rd to 6th placed teams. A grand finl is held at ServiceFM Stadium , where
275-542: The Super League , and is managed by Football South Australia . Seasons start in late February, and conclude in early September with a Grand Final, which since 2022, has been held at ServiceFM Stadium . The team was initially contested by 14 teams, and was reduced to 12 teams ahead of the 2016 season. In 2012 it was announced that the FFSA Premier League was to become the top tier of South Australian football (below
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#1732858563604300-734: The First Team Player Roster, the club is only allowed to promote the player to the First Team up to a maximum of 40% of matches throughout a NPL season. If the percentage exceeds 40%, the club must include the player on the NPL Club's First Team Player Roster. The First Team should remain within the PPS Points Cap, which applies to NPL Club's First Team Player Roster. In NPL 2019 season, the Member Federation, in consultation with FFA, set
325-432: The First Team. NPL Club Age Eligible Team refers to those facing an age restriction, such as U16s, U18s, and U20s, whilst the First Team means the senior team of NPL Club. Only in limited circumstances can players from the NPL Club's Age-Eligible Teams be promoted to the First Team Player Roster, As outlined under First Team Player Roster Requirements, if a NPL club does not promote a player from its NPL Age-Eligible Teams onto
350-402: The PPS Points Cap, which was up to a maximum of 200 points. According to this, each NPL player is attributed of 10 points as the beginning. During the season, a player's value of points is added or deducted depending on certain characteristics (see table below). It is further required that a player's points value should not be less than 0 points. Increasing the digital presence of NPL SA has been
375-652: The Regional Football Programme, there is a selection process for teams that would visit Singapore to compete for the SINGA CUP. A total of 80 players traveled to Singapore and were tested in humid and tough conditions. This was a development opportunity for regional players to compete with opponents from the member countries and regions of the Asian Football Confederation, such as Japan, Indonesia, India, Malaysia, Philippines, Thailand, and Taiwan. This
400-465: The clubs’ development stories and their cultural heritage to the football family. This series has attracted more than 250,000 individual viewers. In the 2020 season, the audience could watch all NPL game broadcasts. The Celebration of Football is an annually held event that allows all members of the South Australian football family to join and celebrate the achievements that have been achieved during
425-479: The completion of the season will enter into the National Premier Leagues finals and will play-off against other top placed teams from interstate conferences to determine a nationwide champion. National Premier Leagues South Australia (abbreviated as NPL SA), a subdivision of National Premier Leagues (NPL), is a semi-professional football competition in the state of South Australia. National Premier Leagues
450-448: The national A-League ) after the disbandment of the now defunct FFSA Super League . It was announced that the competition would consist of 14 teams. These teams would be made up of the 10 teams from the defunct Super League with the remaining 4 spots being filled by the top 4 teams from the 2012 Premier League season. In 2013 the league joined the National Premier Leagues and was named correspondingly to NPL SA. The top placed team after
475-645: The past season. In 2022, the Celebration of Football was held at the Adelaide Convention Centre , attracting more than 950 members to attend. The following players were a part of the Team of the Year. Regional Football Programme NPL SA, under the management of Football South Australia, has established development pathways to allow talented young footballers to enter NPL competitions and used motion analysis to monitor
500-424: The progress of elite soccer (Christopher et al., 2008). In 2013, the Regional Football Programme was introduced by FSA to provide services and support to regional players. In 2019, more than 160 regional players from all over the state joined the programme held in Adelaide, receiving education and coaching from a selected group of experienced football coaches. The number of regional squads has also increased, for: In
525-742: The review results were released in May 2012, in which FFA proposed to revitalise the country's state-based competitions to promote the development of elite players. As a result of this review, National Premier Leagues was established in February 2013. At the time of establishment, NPL has five subdivisions, including football teams from five corresponding state-based federations, which are Football Federation South Australia, Football Federation Tasmania, Football Queensland, Football NSW, and Capital Football. The inaugural season of NPL SA began in March 2013. Currently, this competition
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#1732858563604550-742: The winner is crowned Champion. Player Points System, abbreviated as PPS, refers to a system that calculates and records the points of players in NPL clubs. It was after the issue of the National Competitions Review (NCR) in 2012 that the Player Points System (PPS) was introduced for the National Premier Leagues, as a complement to the Club Licensing framework. The introduction of PPS aimed to: 1) Provide Australia football players with more opportunities; Promoting players’ development through
575-525: The world, is equipped to serve 4,000 dinners in 20 minutes. The centre's main Plenary Hall can house up to 3,500 people in full convention mode. Looking over Torrens Lake , the centre is home to most of Adelaide's major conventions. It has also been the location of some significant commemorations of Australian icons. AVCon , an annual anime and video games convention was held at the Adelaide Convention Centre from 2009 until 2019, and again in 2023 following
600-496: The youth development structures whilst delivering the NCR objectives and outcomes; 2) Promote the long-term sustainability of NPL clubs by adjusting Players’ salaries; 3) Ensure the parity and competitive balance amongst NPL clubs; 4) Improve the stability of NPL Club Player Rosters; 5) Encourage players to progress through to a National Elite Pathway Team. There are two different types of NPL Club teams: NPL Club Age-Eligible Team and
625-502: Was designed by Larry Oltmanns who was a design partner with Skidmore, Owings & Merrill at the time. The project won the Royal Australian Institute of Architects 2002 Awards of Merit: BHP Colourbond Steel Award, Interior Architecture and New Building. SOM's expansion and renovation of Adelaide's Convention Centre reconnected historic parts of the city to the waterfront. Built on space assembled from air rights over
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