The 2026 Football West season was the 126th season of Soccer in Western Australia and the 13th season since the establishment of the National Premier Leagues WA (NPL).
Pre-season changes 2025 League Promoted to league Relegated from league NPL WA Dianella White Eagles Floreat Athena State League 1 Cockburn CityQuinns FC Gosnells CityKalamunda City FC State League 2 Morley-WindmillsNorth Beach SC Wanneroo CitySwan United NPL Women Sorrento FC Murdoch University Melville
League Tables 2026 National Premier Leagues WA The competition was held as a double round-robin played over 22 rounds, followed by an end of season Finals competition. Bayswater City were both the Premiers and Champions, repeating their 'double' from the 2025 season.
Finals
2026 WA State League 1
NPL WA/State League 1 Relegation/Promotion Playoff
2026 WA State League 2
State League 1/State League 2 Relegation/Promotion Playoff
State League 2/Amateur Premier Division Relegation/Promotion Playoff
2026 State Cup Men's Western Australian soccer clubs competed in the Football West State Cup competition, which initially involved teams from the Amateur League and Metropolitan League competitions, and teams from the South West Soccer Association. In the third round, teams from the two divisions of the State League entered, and in the fourth round teams from the National Premier Leagues WA entered.
The competition also served as the Western Australian Preliminary rounds for the 2026 Australia Cup. The two finalists – Bayswater City and Fremantle City – qualified for the final rounds, entering at the Round of 32.
The final was played on 29 August, and won by Fremantle City 3–2, their ninth title.
Women's Balcatta Etna won the Women's State Cup final, beating Perth Azzurri 3–0, and winning their first title.
2026 NPL Women The 2026 NPL WA Women was the seventh season in the National Premier Leagues WA Women format. It was played over 21 rounds as a triple round-robin, followed by an end of season Top 4 Cup competition.
Top four cup
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