Capital Football State League


The Capital Football State League is an amateur soccer league system based in the Canberra, Australian Capital Territory region. The league system is organised and run by Capital Football. It represents levels three and below for men in the ACT league pyramid beneath the ACT NPL 1 and ACT NPL 2, and level 2 and below for women beneath the ACT NPL W.

Men's structure

The ACT State League men's structure is broken into fourteen leagues composed of ten All-Age State League Competitions and four age restricted Masters Competitions. The system consists of a pyramid of leagues. Divisions 1-4 are bound together by the principle of promotion and relegation. The most successful club in each league rises to a higher league, whilst the club that finishes at the bottom of their league finds itself sinking down a level. Division 5 and 6 are open leagues for casual players.

Women's structure

The ACT State League women's structure is broken into five leagues, at the top of the system is Division 1, containing 9 clubs, of which, as of 2016, eight are based in Canberra, Australian Capital Territory and one is based in Goulburn, New South Wales. Divisions 2 to 5 contain between 8 and 10 clubs each with thirty-four clubs coming from Canberra and two coming from NSW.