2018 National Premier Leagues Capital Football Grand Final
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The 2018
Capital Football Capital Football is the trading name for the ACT Football Federation Incorporated, the state governing body for soccer in the Australian Capital Territory (ACT), but also has affiliated clubs based in surrounding areas of New South Wales. It i ...
season was the sixth season under the new competition format in the
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. The league premier for the new structure qualifies for the
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finals series, competing with the other state federation premiers in a final knockout tournament to decide the National Premier Leagues Champion for 2018.


League Tables


2018 National Premier League ACT

The 2018 National Premier League ACT season was played over 18 rounds from March to August 2018. The league ran with nine teams after the
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cut funding to the
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, which wound up following the conclusion of the 2017 season.


Finals


Top Scorers

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2018 ACT Capital League

The 2018 ACT Capital League is the sixth edition of the
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as the second level domestic
association football Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a team sport played between two teams of 11 Football player, players who almost exclusively use their feet to propel a Ball (association football), ball around a rectangular f ...
competition in the ACT. There were 18 rounds in total with five matches contested per round. The season started on 7 April 2018 and ran until 12 August 2018.


Finals


2018 Capital Football Division 1

The 2018 ACT Capital Football Division 1 is the fourth edition of the Capital League Division 1 as the third level domestic
association football Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a team sport played between two teams of 11 Football player, players who almost exclusively use their feet to propel a Ball (association football), ball around a rectangular f ...
competition in the ACT. The 2018 season consisted of 18 rounds with four matches played per round. The season started on 7 April 2018 and ran until 11 August 2018.


Finals


2018 Women's National Premier League ACT

The highest tier domestic football competition in the ACT is known as the ACT Women's National Premier League (WNPL). Each team played each other three times for a total of 21 rounds, plus a finals series for the top 4 teams.


Finals


Cup Competitions


2018 Federation Cup

2018 was the 56th edition of the
Capital Football Federation Cup The Federation Cup is a association football, soccer competition established in 1962 that is held between clubs who are affiliated with Capital Football in the Australian Capital Territory (ACT) and surrounding areas of New South Wales. It is the ...
. The Federation cup acts as the preliminary rounds for the
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in the ACT with the Cup winner entering the subsequent FFA Cup round of 32. In 2018, the Federation Cup, which is open to all senior men's teams registered with Capital Football, consisted of two rounds, quarter-finals, semi-finals and a final. NPL clubs entered the tournament in the second round. The Cup ran from 18 March 2018 (first round) till 16 June 2018 (final). Canberra FC secured its 18th cup title and qualification to the
2018 FFA Cup The 2018 FFA Cup was the fifth season of the FFA Cup, the main national soccer knockout cup competition in Australia. 32 teams contested the competition proper (from the round of 32), including the 10 A-League teams and 21 Football Federation Au ...
with a 3–2 victory over Gungahlin with former
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player
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scoring the winning goal at Woden Park. ;Notes: * † = After Extra Time


2018 Charity Shield

2018 was the third edition of the annual ACT Charity Shield contested to kick off the 2018 Capital Football season. Money raised from the event goes towards a nominated
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, which in 2018 was Ronald McDonald House Canberra.
Canberra Olympic Canberra Olympic FC is an Australian semi-professional soccer club based in the suburb of O'Connor in the north of Canberra, Australian Capital Territory. The club was founded in 1956, and currently competes in the National Premier Leagues Capi ...
and Tuggeranong United contested the Shield in 2018. Olympic claimed its second consecutive Charity Shield title with a 3–1 victory.


See also

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Soccer in the Australian Capital Territory Soccer in the Australian Capital Territory is predominantly amateur with a local, interstate, national and international history. Soccer in the ACT is organised and administered by Capital Football and involves teams from within the ACT and surrou ...
* Sport in the Australian Capital Territory * 2018 National Premier Leagues Capital Football Grand Final


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Capital Football Capital Football is the trading name for the ACT Football Federation Incorporated, the state governing body for soccer in the Australian Capital Territory (ACT), but also has affiliated clubs based in surrounding areas of New South Wales. It i ...