2017 ANNUAL REPORT CONTENTS FFSA Team ..........................................................4 REPORTS President’s Report ................................................6 CEO’s Report .......................................................8 COMPETITIONS Senior Men’s Competition ...................................11 Girls & Women’s Competition ..............................14 Junior Competition .............................................16 COACHING & DEVELOPMENT Referee Report ...................................................18 Game Development Report .................................22 Technical Report ................................................28 EVENTS African Nations Cup ...........................................32 Club Conference ................................................36 Celebration of Football .......................................37 Hall of Fame Inductees .......................................38 Award Winners...................................................40 Financial Statements ..........................................44 STATISTICAL INFORMATION League Tables - National Premier League 2017 ...52 Highest Goal Scorers 2017 .................................55 Westfield FFA CUP Preliminary Round (Federation Cup) 2017 Results ............................56 Junior Girls & Women’s Tables 2017 ....................57 Junior League Tables 2017 .................................60 League Premier & Champions .............................64 Honours List ......................................................65 2017 Corporate Partners ....................................66 FFSA TEAM BOARD OF DIRECTORS SAM CICCARELLO ESTELLE BOWMAN President Vice President WENDY BARRY ORAZIO DI CARLO GIUSEPPE FRANCO DAVID HEWITSON Director Director Director Director DAVID POLLOCK TONY TAORMINA FRANCIS WONG Director Director Director 4 STAFF Chief Executive Officer MICHAEL CARTER Executive Assistant BROOKE HARVEY General Manager Business Services STUART SIMPSON Finance Officer SONIA BRANSON Commercial & Sponsorship Manager SCOTT HOCKENHULL Football Federation SA Inc Venues Manager TRISTAN OWEN Address Coopers Stadium, Venues Coordinator CAIN DINUNZIO Gate 5 Holden Street Hindmarsh SA 5007 Head of Game Development JOHN MUNDY Postal PO Box 593 Coach Education Manager CRISTIANO DOS SANTOS Hindmarsh SA 5007 Aldi MiniRoos Regional & MATT MAYS Phone + 61 8 8340 3088 Female Development Officer Email [email protected] Multicultural Development Officer VICTOR CLAYE Web www.ffsa.com.au Aldi Australia MiniRoos JAKE BRINDLEY Development Officer Administration Assistant - JANE TUOHY Game Development & Technical Teams Technical Director AIRTON ANDRIOLI Skill Acquisition Trainer (FFA) RICHIE ALAGICH Boys NTC Head Coach CARL VEART Girls NTC Head Coach MICHAEL MATTRICCIANI Under 15 Girls Head Coach & JONATHAN RUSE Girls SAP Coordinator Operations Manager WENDY CARTER Member Services Manager TRACEY DYCER Senior Men’s Football Manager GEORGE GEORGANAS Senior Mens ELVIRA LIAPTSIS Administration Coordinator Women’s Competition Coordinator FIRAS SHAHIN Junior Football & Futsal Coordinator ALEX SUNASKY State Manager of Referee Development DANIEL GOODWIN Referee Administration ERIN CURKPATRICK Administration Assistant & Events HAYLEY WILLIAMS Thank you to FFSA’s hard working volunteer photographers who’s work features prominently throughout this report FOOTBALL FEDERATION SOUTH AUSTRALIA ANNUAL REPORT 2017 // FFSA TEAM PRESIDENT’S REPORT AS AN ORGANISATION WE CONTINUALLY STRIVE TO ACHIEVE POSITIVE OUTCOMES IN THE BEST INTEREST OF THE GAME IN SOUTH AUSTRALIA. THE YEAR 2017 WAS A POSITIVE ONE FOR FOOTBALL WITH A NUMBER OF IMPORTANT MILESTONES BEING ACHIEVED. A key priority has been Government in 2017 and this was very positively received. to achieve unification The multi pitch $26 million facility to be based at State of the game in South Sports Park, Gepps Cross is an important infrastructure piece Australia. Significant for Football’s continued growth and will create a participation steps towards achieving this hub for future generations. goal were realised with the South The annual Celebration of Football again proved itself to Australian Amateur Soccer League (SAASL) Management be our signature event on the state’s Football calendar. Committee and Clubs agreeing to affiliate to Football More than 800 guests from a wide cross section of our Federation SA (FFSA). strong Football community came together to celebrate SAASL President, Bill Bailey and a former Chairman of the SA achievements of the past year. Three new members of the Soccer Federation and General Secretary Alex Cichanowski family were inducted to our esteemed Hall of Fame and we (who sadly passed away following a relatively short battle congratulate Lia Augimeri, Tony Henshaw and Kristy Moore with illness) were instrumental in achieving this important on their induction. milestone. Alex’s contribution to the game in South Australia The Football Museum committee continued their great was significant and he will be a big loss to the Football volunteer work in preserving and curating the history of Family, however he leaves a great legacy to our sport and Football in South Australia. The hard-working group generally will be remembered as making a significant contribution over go unnoticed, however their contribution to the game will be 40 plus years to the well-being and progress of football in realised when a Football Museum is established. On behalf of South Australia. the entire Football Family I thank Denis Harlow OAM and all Football’s participation levels, which are at an all-time high members of this group for their contribution. in South Australia and nationally, continue to grow and I Thank you to the Members on the Zone Council and look forward with a lot of positiveness and enthusiasm to Advisory Groups. The Board is cognisant that we need to the challenges our team faces as we strive for the shared develop an improved engagement plan, which is an area of objectives of continuing and furthering the development, our on-going attention. growth, advancement and well-being of our sport. This includes ensuring that in being effective advocates for the I would also like to acknowledge my fellow Board of sport, we adopt a holistic and strategic approach in linking Directors who have extended themselves above and and aligning state and national government sport, recreation, beyond the cause and have demonstrated a strong, focused health and social policy with initiatives at both community commitment towards the continued improvement of and elite levels to football programs and outcomes. Football Federation SA. I thank my fellow directors for their considerable contribution and great value that they bring in Our refreshed Football Facilities Development Plan was providing strong representation, advocacy and governance of presented to the State Government in March. The priority the Federation and Football in South Australia. of the plan is to assist clubs achieve positive infrastructure outcomes promoting increased participant opportunities. The It has been a successful and positive 2017 for Football plan was well received by the Office for Recreation and Sport in South Australia but that success is particularly due to as well as the South Australian State Government and in the combined willingness, commitment and passion of July our State’s Treasurer announced a further $13.5 million our associations, clubs, participants, volunteers and the commitment on the back of the 2016 announcement of $10 dedicated staff at FFSA. CEO Michael Carter, staff and million towards club based infrastructure. Former Treasurer management team continue their hard work in providing the Tom Koutsantonis has been a great advocate for our game best possible environment for our players, coaches, referees, and we sincerely thank him for his support. volunteers and club officials and I thank them for their commitment to the code. Football Federation SA presented a revised business case for the establishment of a State Centre for Football to the State 6 Congratulations to all teams who qualified for the 2017 Finals, to Croydon Kings for winning the PlayStation 4 National Premier League Finals Series and Adelaide City for finishing the top of the table as Premiers and to MetroStars for being crowned Westfield FFA Cup Preliminary Round Winners. Congratulations to Adelaide City for taking out the 2017 Women’s Premier and State League Cup and being crowned PlayStation 4 Women’s National Premier League Champions and West Adelaide for the Premiers title. The Football Family is made up of people who love and care for our sport; As club presidents, officials, players, coaches or volunteers, you are the life blood of our community and we thank you for your contribution to making Football so great. SAM CICCARELLO FOOTBALL FEDERATION SOUTH AUSTRALIA ANNUAL REPORT 2017 // REPORTS CEO’S REPORT 2017 MARKS THE END OF OUR THREE YEAR STRATEGIC PLAN FOR FOOTBALL IN SOUTH AUSTRALIA. I AM PLEASED WITH THE PROGRESSIVE STEPS MADE DURING THIS PERIOD AS WE CONTINUALLY STRIVE TO IMPROVE THE FOOTBALL ENVIRONMENT. Football is the sport of Another highlight for Football Federation SA has been opportunity. There are the success of our Infrastructure Plan that has led to competing priorities and we an investment of in excess of $33 million since 2015. are committed to continuing Supporting club-based infrastructure has and will strengthen our path to partner with our clubs and enable them to not only cater for their existing clubs, associations,