Soccer in Western Australia

Soccer in Western Australia is governed by Football West. In 1896, the first governing body was formed. Football West runs the NPL WA (the states premier competition), State Leagues, Sunday League and Metropolitan League.

National representation

In 1994, a group of businessmen led by Joe Claudio formed the Perth Kangaroos IFC. The club competed in the 1994 Singapore Professional Soccer League. The Kangaroos finished the league season undefeated and easily won the Singapore league title. However, with dwindling support and resources, the experiment proved to be a financial disaster and Perth Kangaroos IFC soon folded.

Perth Glory FC are the only West Australian team to compete in the current national A-League and also participated in the now defunct National Soccer League since 1996. Perth Glory also have a side competing in the W-League which is run by Football West.

Football competitions in WA

Leagues

The NPL WA is the highest league in WA, one step below the national A-League, and is a division within the National Premier Leagues structure. The League Champion (top of the table) at the end of the season enters a national play-off series against the NPL champions of other states to determine the overall NPL Champion.

Knockout Cups

The premier male knockout cup competition is the Football West State Cup, run by Football West. Since 2014 the two State Cup finalists also qualify for the national FFA Cup competition.

Other Cup competitions include the Amateur Cup for the Men's Amateur Divisions, the Metropolitan Cup for the Men's Metropolitan Divisions, the Women's State Cup, and the Women's Metropolitan Cup for the Women's Metropolitan Divisions.

References

Soccer in Australia
Football Federation Australia
National teams	Men's Men's U-23 Men's U-20 Men's U-17 Men's Beach Men's Paralympic Women's Women's U-20 Women's U-17
Current competitions	A-League Youth League W-League National Premier Leagues FFA Cup FFA State Institute Challenge Kanga Cup
Defunct competitions	National Soccer League NSL Cup National Youth League (1984–2004) Women's National Soccer League Australia Cup
Lists	Clubs Venues (stadiums by capacity) Champions
Other	League system Professional Footballers Australia Football Hall of Fame Women's soccer in Australia

Soccer in Australia by state and territory
Australian Capital Territory	Capital Football
New South Wales	Northern NSW Football Football NSW
Northern Territory	Football Federation Northern Territory
Queensland	Football Queensland
South Australia	Football Federation South Australia
Tasmania	Football Federation Tasmania
Victoria	Football Federation Victoria
Western Australia	Football West