FFSA Annual Report 2016

2016 ANNUAL REPORT CONTENTS FFSA Team ..........................................................4 REPORTS President’s Report ................................................6 CEO’s Report .......................................................8 COMPETITIONS Senior Men’s Competition ...................................10 Girls & Women’s Competition ..............................14 Junior Boy’s Competition ....................................16 COACHING & DEVELOPMENT Referee Report ...................................................20 Game Development Report .................................22 Technical Report ................................................28 EVENTS African Nations Cup ...........................................32 Club Conference ................................................34 Hall of Fame Inductees .......................................37 Celebration of Football .......................................38 Award Winners...................................................40 Champions ........................................................42 Financial Statements ..........................................44 STATISTICAL INFORMATION League Tables - National Premier League 2016 ...52 Highest Goal Scorers 2016 .................................53 NPL Final Series .................................................54 Westfield FFA Cup Results ..................................55 2016 Girls & Women’s Tables ..............................56 2016 Junior Premier & State League Winners ......60 Award Night Tables ............................................64 Honours List ......................................................65 2016 Corproate Partners ....................................66 FFSA TEAM BOARD OF DIRECTORS SAM CICCARELLO WENDY BARRY ESTELLE BOWMAN ORAZIO DI CARLO GIUSEPPE FRANCO DAVID HEWITSON President Director Director Director Director Director DAVID POLLOCK TONY TAORMINA FRANCIS WONG Director Director Director STAFF Chief Executive Officer MICHAEL CARTER Head Coach Men’s NTC CARL VEART Finance Manager LEAH MERCURI FFSA U14/15 State Coach JONATHAN RUSE General Manager - Business Services STUART SIMPSON Operations Manager WENDY CARTER Football Federation SA Inc Commercial and SCOTT HOCKENHULL Senior Men’s Football Manager NATHAN MAGILL Sponsorship Manager Address Coopers Stadium, Women’s Competitions Coordinator TRACEY DYCER Gate 5 Holden Street Venues Manager TRISTAN OWEN Junior Competition Coordinator ALEX SUNASKY Hindmarsh SA 5007 Game Development Manager JOHN MUNDY State Manager of DANIEL GOODWIN Postal PO Box 593 Coach Education Manager CRISTIANO DOS SANTOS Referee Development Hindmarsh SA 5007 Regional Game Development Officer MATTHEW MAYS League Operations ANDREW MURRAY Phone + 61 8 8340 3088 and Referee Assistant Multicultural Development Officer VICTOR CLAYE Email [email protected] Media, Communications LUKE SALE Aldi Australia MiniRoos JAKE BRINDLEY Web www.ffsa.com.au and Events Manager Development Officer Administration Assistant & Events ISABELLA RICCIARDI Technical Director AIRTON ANDRIOLI Skills & Acquisition Coach (FFA) RICHIE ALAGICH Thank you to FFSA’s hard-working volunteer photographers who’s work features prominently throughout this report 4 FOOTBALL FEDERATION SOUTH AUSTRALIA ANNUAL REPORT 2016 // FFSA TEAM PRESIDENT’S REPORT AS THE NEWLY ELECTED PRESIDENT TO FOOTBALL FEDERATION SA, I AM COGNISANT OF AND ACKNOWLEDGE THE CONSIDERABLE CONTRIBUTION MADE TO THE ADMINISTRATION AND WELL-BEING OF FOOTBALL IN OUR STATE FROM IMMEDIATE PAST DIRECTORS, JENNY HART; AND TED IULIANO, HON MICHAEL WRIGHT AND OLEH BILYK - WHO EACH SERVED FOR 8 YEARS ON THE BOARD, BUT WITH PARTICULAR THANKS AND ACKNOWLEDGMENT TO FORMER PRESIDENT, JUDGE RAUF SOULIO. As a refreshed Board we and the Minister for Recreation and Sport, The Hon Administrator of the year at the KPMG South Australian are fortunate to have talented, Leon Bignell; and Treasurer, Tom Koutsantonis for their Sports Award. The award is a wonderful personal and professionally experienced and strongly-networked commitment to Football. professional recognition and acknowledgment of his great individuals who desire to contribute to the advancement That Football Family is made up of people who love and care work as a leading administrator of sport in SA, particularly of of Football. Former MetroStars Soccer Club Chairman for our sport; As club presidents, officials, players, coaches course, Football. Tony Taormina, Adelaide Hills Hawks President Estelle or volunteers, you are the life blood of our community and we It has been a successful and positive 2016 for Football Bowman and FFSA Life Member David Hewitson joined thank you for your contribution to making Football so great. in South Australia but that success is particularly due fellow Directors Joe Franco, Orazio Di Carlo, Francis Wong to the combined willingness, commitment and passion OAM, David Pollock, Wendy Barry and myself as the newly An important part of the preservation of our history is being led by hard working volunteers on the Football Museum of our associations, clubs, participants, volunteers and elected President. I know the Board has high expectations the dedicated staff at FFSA. I would also like to thank regarding its role and the outcomes that it aspires to and Committee, FFSA Life Membership Committee and The Hall of Fame Committee. A special thank you to our historian Dennis my fellow directors for their considerable contribution will provide a lot of energy and enthusiasm in pushing and great value that they bring in providing strong ahead with our agenda. Harlow OAM and his team of volunteers who continue their tireless work in cataloguing and curating our sport’s history representation, advocacy and governance of the In doing this, we have strengthened our Governance and as we step closer to the establishment of a permanent Federation and Football in South Australia. Risk Committee; reactivated the Commercial and Marketing museum for Football in South Australia. Yours sincerely committee to build upon and develop new partnerships and commercial opportunities and established the Club Football’s participation levels are at an all-time high in Development Committee to look at providing additional South Australia and nationally and I look forward with a lot support to clubs and their operations. of positiveness and enthusiasm to the challenges our team faces as we strive for the shared objectives of continuing and SAM CICCARELLO There is indeed a big agenda and of course opportunity furthering the development, growth, advancement and well- for Football in the State. As Football continues to grow and being of our sport. evolve at a national and state level, a 3 to 5 year Strategic Plan is being completed that will strengthen the position of Thank you to the Members on the Zone Council and Advisory Football in South Australia. Groups. The Board is cognisant that we need to develop an improved engagement plan, which is an area of our attention A key platform in our strategy is to ensure that we have in 2017. positive relationships with all the clubs and associations that make up the Football Family and also the state Congratulations to the teams who got through to the 2016 government, local councils, the business sector and finals. MetroStars for taking out the 2016 Westfield FFA the community so that we can be strong and respected Cup, Campbelltown City for winning the PlayStation 4 NPL advocates on behalf of Football. Final Series and Adelaide City for finishing the top of the table as Premiers, Fulham United for taking out the 2016 As you are aware, the State Government recently Women’s Premier & State League Cup; and Metro United announced a number of initiatives for sport including $10m WFC for achieving both the PS4 WNPL Champions and towards building and upgrading female change rooms at Premiers titles. sporting clubs across South Australia, and importantly an announcement of $10m was made to the FFSA in June 2016 Congratulations to Adelaide United Football Club on winning for the establishment of seven new artificial pitches. This is the A-League double of Premiers and Grand Final Champions. the most significant level of funding that Football in South On behalf of the Board and the South Australian Football Australia has ever received. Family, congratulations to our CEO Michael Carter who was On your behalf, our sincere thanks go to the SA Government in November, awarded the 2016 Sport SA, Arthur J. Gallagher 6 FOOTBALL FEDERATION SOUTH AUSTRALIA ANNUAL REPORT 2016 // REPORTS Status Key Name of Facility Football in South Australia. A special thanks to Triple M’s Works current 1 Adelaide Shores Football Centre Chris Dittmar and General Manager - James Pederson for or complete 2 Kilburn their commitment to the local game. CEO’S REPORT 3 Taperoo Stage 1 At a competition level the men’s PlayStation 4 National 4 Parks Football Centre Premier League competition proved to be a very tightly SEASON 2016 WAS CELEBRATED AT THE ANNUAL CELEBRATION OF FOOTBALL 5 Burton Park Football Centre contested season with the ultimate prize going to WHERE A RECORD CROWD OF OVER 750 GUESTS ATTENDED THE BLACK 6 Modbury Jets Campbelltown City after Adelaide City finished the home and 7 Adelaide City TIE EVENT. THE EVENT IS THE LARGEST STATE SPORTING AWARDS NIGHT away season on top of the table. Para Hills and Cumberland Fully Funded 8 West Torrens Birkalla Soccer Club (Novar Gardens) gained promotion from State League 1, while Noarlunga IN THE STATE AND IS FAST BECOMING A MUST ATTEND EVENT WHERE THE

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