The contest for bragging rights as the best club outside of the Hyundai A-League plus a spot in next year’s Westfield FFA Cup Round of 32 begins this weekend as the PlayStation 4 National Premier Leagues 2015 Finals Series kicks off with matches in Brisbane, Sydney, Melbourne and Adelaide.

The PlayStation 4 NPL 2015 Finals Series sees the top teams on the ladder after the home and away season from eight of Australia’s Member Federations compete in a three week knockout competition for the prestige of being crowned PlayStation 4 National Premier Leagues 2015 Champions of Australia, while the overall winner also secures automatic entry into the Round of 32 of the Westfield FFA Cup 2016.

The weekend’s first Elimination Final is at Lakeside Stadium on Saturday afternoon as South Melbourne FC host high flying Tasmanian outfit Olympia FC.

South Melbourne FC missed the chance to secure the treble of the Premiership, Dockerty Cup and Championship when they went down in extra time to Bentleigh Greens in the Grand Final last Sunday.

Coupled with their Westfield FFA Cup Round of 32 exit earlier in the year and being knocked out of last year’s PlayStation 4 NPL Finals Series in the Semi Finals at home, there is no shortage of incentive for the Football Federation Victoria club.

But they must overcome an Olympia FC making their PlayStation 4 NPL Finals Series debut on the back of claiming a memorable treble to be the best NPL Victory League club in Tasmania this year, and the Warriors will be determined to keep that winning form going against South Melbourne FC.

On Saturday night the attention turns to Brisbane as Moreton Bay United FC take on Northern NSW Football’s entrant Edgeworth FC at the Queensland Sports and Athletic Centre.

In a massive night for local football in the Sunshine State, the match is the second of a double header featuring a curtain raiser between the PS4 NPL Queensland U23 All-Stars and Hyundai A-League side Brisbane Roar.

Moreton Bay United FC and Edgeworth FC both won the Premiership/Championship double this season and will feel confident of making a run deep into the tournament.

Then on Sunday its South Australia’s West Adelaide SC against Football West’s Bayswater City SC, followed by Blacktown City FC at home to Canberra FC.

Having already qualified for the PlayStation 4 NPL Finals Series, both Blacktown City FC and Canberra FC tasted defeat in their respective Grand Finals and will be out to make amends.

Blacktown City FC finished five points clear of their nearest rivals as they only lost two games during the regular season, while Canberra FC won a five goal thriller on the final day to book their place in the PlayStation 4 NPL Finals Series for a second time.

The tussle between West Adelaide and Bayswater promises to be an intriguing one with the former NSL club returning to the national stage pitted with the task of toppling a Bayswater City side making its second consecutive appearance in the PlayStation 4 NPL Finals Series after going through this season undefeated as they won a remarkable 19 of their 22 matches.

The winners of the four Elimination Finals will progress to the semi finals, with the home clubs for the semi finals to be determined by a points system.

Tickets for all four matches will be available at the venues on match day, while three of the four encounters will also be LIVE streamed.

PlayStation 4 National Premier Leagues 2015 Elimination Finals Preview

GAME 1 – Moreton Bay United FC v Edgeworth FC

Saturday 19 September 2015

Queensland Sports & Athletic Centre, Nathan QLD

Kick-off: 7:30pm AEST

Referee: Alex King

Assistant Referee 1: Ben Cook

Assistant Referee 2: Isidro Terol Crespo

Fourth Official: Matt Skinner

 

Curtain raiser: PS4 NPL Queensland U23 All Stars v Brisbane Roar

 

Ticketing information: Tickets will be available at the venue

Tickets prices: Adult $10, Concession $5, Kids Under 5 FREE, FFA registered players under 16 FREE

Coverage details:

Click here to go to the official match centre

LIVE stream: Watch the LIVE stream at www.nplqld.com.au

Twitter: Follow LIVE updates at @MoretonBayUtd @nplqld @NNSWF

Join in the conversation using the hashtag #MBUvEDG

 

Moreton Bay United FC squad: 1.Luke BOREAN (gk), 2.Matthew ZAPPONE, 3.Scott STEWART, 4.Alex HENDERSON, 5.Ryota NAKAOOKA, 6.Liam PREVITERA, 7.Jordan FARINA, 8.Matthew CAPELO, 9.Royce BROWNLIE, 10.Stephen GREEN, 11.Charles MENDY, 12.Samuel DICKINSON, 13.Joseph CHAMPNESS, 14.Scott DYKMAN, 15.Jayke CUSCHIERI, 16.Rowan HEGGIE, 17.Jackson HALL, 18.Chom AROP, 19.Jacob MITCHELL, 20.Jake CLANCY (gk), 21.Finn BEAKHURST

Head Coach: Adam Piddick

Edgeworth FC squad: 1.Jim FOGARTY (gk), 2.Bray SMITH, 3.Aaron MCLOUGHLIN, 4.Ayden BRICE, 5.Brady CARR, 6.Lachlan PASQUALE, 7.Bren ABBOTT-HAMMEL, 8.Joshua EVANS, 9.Brody TAYLOR, 10.Keanu MOORE, 11.Dylan HOLZ, 12.Brenton OLZOMER, 13.Aaron PRITCHARD, 14.Justin TANNOCK, 15.Patrick WHEELER, 16.Joshua CARROLL, 17.Domenico BIZZARRI, 18.Samuel MAXWELL, 19.Liam SPURWAY, 24.Benjamin SMITH (gk)

Head Coach: Damian Zane

GAME 2 – Blacktown City FC v Canberra FC

Sunday 20 September 2015

Lilys Football Stadium, Seven Hills NSW

Kick-off: 4:00pm AEST

Referee: Ben Abraham

Assistant Referee 1: Andrej Giev

Assistant Referee 2: Leigh Pigram

Fourth Official: Chris Young

Ticketing information: Tickets will be available at the venue

Tickets prices: Adult $10, Concession $5, Kids Under 16 FREE

Coverage details:

Click here to go to the official match centre

Video: There will be highlights on www.nationalpremierleagues.com.au after the match

Twitter: Follow LIVE updates at @BlacktownCityFC @NPLNSW @CapitalFootball

Join in the conversation using the hashtag #BLCvCFC

Blacktown City FC squad: 1.Nenad VEKIC (gk), 3.Giorgio SPERANZA, 4.Yianni FRAGOGIANNIS, 5.George TIMOTHEOU, 6.Matthew LEWIS, 7.Travis MAJOR, 8.Sasa MACURA, 9.Joseph GIBBS, 10.Christos TOMARAS, 11.Danny SEUNG-JOO CHOI, 12.Daniel ARAUJO, 13.Tristan PRENDERGAST (gk), 14.Mitchell MALLIA, 15.Sam PERRE, 16.Patrick ANTELMI, 17.Lewis BEUMIE, 18.Jonathan GROZDANOVSKI, 20.Connor EVANS, 21.Yianni PERKATIS, 26.Eoin MONTFORD, 29.Patrick FLOTTMAN, 31.Juan ZAPATA

Unavailable: 19.Zachary CAIRNCROSS (suspended)

Head Coach: Mark Crittenden

Canberra FC squad: 1.Sam BROWN (gk), 2.Tony SPASEKI, 3.Christian PRATEZINA, 4.Thomas MILICEVIC, 5.Izach CLEMENTS, 6.Daniel SUBASIC, 7.Robert DEELEY, 8.Ian GRAHAM, 9.Thomas JAMES, 11.Marko VRKIC, 12.Kye EDWARDS, 13.Daniel BENNETT, 14.Josip JADRIC, 15.Jordan LAMB, 16.Max MOTTL, 17.Aidan BRUNSKILL, 18.Alex LAZAROV, 19.Nikolas BARISIC, 20.James FIELD, 21.Niko KRESIC, 22.Shaun BURKE (gk), 23.Nathan EVANS

Head Coach: Zoran Glavanic

GAME 3 –South Melbourne FC v Olympia FC

Saturday 19 September 2015

Lakeside Stadium, Albert Park VIC

Kick-off: 4:00pm AEST

Referee: Lucien Laverdure

Assistant Referee 1: Wilson Brown

Assistant Referee 2: Danielle Anderson

Fourth Official: Jonathan Barreiro

Ticketing information: Tickets will be available at the venue and online

Tickets prices: Adult $15, Concession $10, Kids & South Melbourne FC Members FREE

Coverage details:

Click here to go to the official match centre

LIVE stream: Click here to watch the LIVE stream or go to www.youtube.com/nplvictoria

Twitter: Follow LIVE updates at @smfc @nplvic @olympia @FootballFedTas

Join in the conversation using the hashtag #SOMvOLY

South Melbourne FC squad: 1.Nikola ROGANOVIC (gk), 2.Tim MALA, 3.Kristian KONSTANTINIDIS, 4.Michael EAGAR, 5.Luke ADAMS, 6.Thomas LAKIC, 7.Nicholas EPIFANO, 8.Mathew THEODORE, 9.Milos LUJIC, 10.David STIRTON, 11.Bradley NORTON, 13.Dane MILOVANOVIC, 14.Chris IRWIN, 15.Cody MARTINDALE, 16.Andrew BEVIN, 20.Nicholas MORTON, 21.Jake BARKER-DAISH, 22.Fraser MACLAREN (gk), 23.Andy KECOJEVIC, 27.Leigh MINOPOULOS, 77.Stephen HATZIKOSTAS

Unavailable: 12.Iqbal JAWADI (suspended)

Head Coach: Chris Taylor

Olympia FC squad: 1.Sean LEWIS (gk), 2.Jacob HERBERT, 3.Harry WOOLLEY, 4.Shae HICKEY, 5.Luke EYLS, 6.Nicholas MEARNS, 7.Warren WADAWU, 8.William ROBERTS, 9.Emmanuel TSAKIRIS, 10.Gavin HOY, 11.Nicholas MEREDITH, 13.Christian DI MARTINO, 14.Jonathan GRIFFITHS, 15.Lachlan NICHOLS, 16.Jake VANDERMAY, 17.Alessandro BELLINI, 18.Jack CALLAN, 19.Stuart PAGE, 20.James ACKERLEY, 21.Spiros PARADISIS (gk)

Head Coach: Glen McNeill

GAME 4 – West Adelaide SC v Bayswater City SC

Sunday 20 September 2015

Adelaide Shores Football Centre, West Beach SA

Kick-off: 2:30pm local (3:00pm AEST)

Referee: Daniel Elder

Assistant Referee 1: Matthew Cream

Assistant Referee 2: Stephen Toth

Fourth Official: Rick Schneider

Ticketing information: Tickets will be available at the venue

Tickets prices: Adult $15, Concession $10, Kids Under 16 FREE

Coverage details:

Click here to go to the official match centre

LIVE stream: Click here to watch the LIVE stream or go to www.nplsa.com.au

Twitter: Follow LIVE updates at @WestAdelaideSC @BayswaterCitySC @FFSANPL

Join in the conversation using the hashtag #WADvBWC

West Adelaide SC squad: 1.Lewis MOSS (gk), 2.Milos TOSIC, 3.Lewis VALLELONGA, 4.Thomas VEART, 5.Robin LIPPETT, 6.Elias VLASSIS, 8.Kosta MANTIS, 9.Alexander RIDEOUT, 10.Ricardo DA SILVA, 11.Thomas BRISCOE, 12.John KARATZAS, 13.Matthew BOUZALAS, 14.Nathan ANDIJANTO, 15.Alexandros KOUTOULOGENIS, 16.Connor PAPANICOLAS, 17.Osman FOFANA, 18.Christian VERBI, 20.Tony HATZIS, 21.Daniel ATKINS (gk), 23.Mitchell NICHOLSON

Head Coach: Paul Pezos

Bayswater City SC squad: 1.Devon SPENCE (gk), 2.Declan HARGREAVES, 3.Aaron DELANEY, 4.Kostantinos SPARTA, 5.Ayden DRAGUN, 6.Todd HOWARTH, 7.Jamie MURPHY, 9.Gustavo GIRON-MARULANDA, 11.Corey BARCLAY, 12.Adam TONG, 13.Trent KAY, 14.Danny DIXON, 15.Brian FARRELL, 16.Jamie COYNE, 17.Bor Bor SAM, 19.Alex WILD, 20.Sam MITCHINSON, 21.David HEAGNEY, 22.Pasquale GIOFFRE (gk), 23.Chris SALDARIS, 24.Patients ILAHAMBAYE, 25.Jason SALDARIS (gk)

Head Coach: Chris Coyne

The PlayStation 4 National Premier Leagues 2015 Finals Series schedule is as follows:

PlayStation 4 National Premier Leagues 2015 Elimination Finals				Venue	Kick-Off (local)	Kick-Off (AEST)
Game 1 - Sat, 19 September 2015	Moreton Bay United FC(Football Queensland)	vs	Edgeworth FC (Northern NSW Football)	QSAC	7:30pm	7:30pm
Game 2 - Sun, 20 September 2015	Blacktown City FC(Football NSW)	vs	Canberra FC (Capital Football)	Lilys Football Stadium	4:00pm	4:00pm
Game 3 - Sat, 19 September 2015	South Melbourne FC(Football Federation Victoria)	vs	Olympia FC (Football Federation Tasmania)	Lakeside Stadium	4:00pm	4:00pm
Game 4 - Sun, 20 September 2015	West Adelaide SC (Football Federation South Australia)	vs	Bayswater City SC(Football West)	Adelaide Shores Football Centre	2:30pm	3:00pm
PlayStation 4 National Premier Leagues 2015 Semi Finals
Game 5 - 26/27 September 2015	Winner of Game 1	vs	Winner of Game 2
Game 6 - 26/27 September 2015	Winner of Game 3	vs	Winner of Game 4
PlayStation 4 National Premier Leagues 2015 Grand Final
Game 7 - 3/4 October 2015	Winner of Game 5	vs	Winner of Game 6

*The club in the left column for the Elimination Finals will host the match in their state

 In order to determine the host Member Federation and clubs for the semi-finals and grand final, the following points system will be applied at the conclusion of each stage:

Win within 90 minutes	3 points
Win during extra time	2 points
Win on penalties	1 point
Goals For (excluding penalty shootouts)	3 points
Goals Against (excluding penalty shootouts)	-1 point
Yellow Card	-1 point
Red Card	-3 points

For further information about the PlayStation 4 National Premier Leagues including links to the eight competing Member Federation websites, visit www.nationalpremierleagues.com.au

 

Courtesy of Football Federation Australia