PLAYSTATION 4 NATIONAL PREMIER LEAGUES: CANBERRA
CATCH-UP ROUND

And so it all comes down to this. The destiny of the PlayStation® 4 National Premier Leagues Canberra championship will be decided on the final day of the season as Canberra Olympic look for the point they need to be crowd champions. Standing in their way will be the FFA Centre of Excellence with the 3pm Saturday afternoon kick-off at the Australian Institute of Sport likely to attract a decent crowd.

Waiting in the wings and hoping for a favour from the FFA COE will be Tigers FC. Chastened after their surprise 0-1 home loss to Tuggeranong United last weekend, the Tigers can only hope that the FFA COE finish the season on a high and claim a win that would enable the Tigers to remain top of the pile and receive the prize.

With a place in the PS4 NPL Finals Series, and a match away to the champion club of Football Queensland awaiting the League victor, the stakes are huge. For Olympic, preparing for Wednesday evening’s Westfield FFA Cup Round of 16 clash with Redlands United, it’s promising to be a huge week and Frank Cachia will need his team to be focused on the task at hand if they are to succeed. 

The nettle for third place will also be decided on the weekend with Belconnen United, currently in that position, favourites to stay there when they complete their season’s matches with a home fixture against Woden-Weston FC at McKellar Park on Saturday evening. Over at Deakin Stadium, Canberra FC, who will play the Blue Devils in the Elimination Semi-Final end their regular season campaign against Gungahlin United.

The final match of the season will see Tigers FC conquerors Tuggeranong United welcoming Monaro Panthers to Kambah 2. A Tuggeranong win could see them end the season as high as fifth, depending on other results and the outcome of their unplayed fixture against the FFA COE. 

Saturday 20th August 
FFA COE v Canberra Olympic
(AIS, 3pm)

Belconnen United v Woden-Weston FC 
(McKellar Park, 5.30pm)

Sunday 21st August 
Tuggeranong United v Monaro Panthers
(Kambah 2, 3pm)

Canberra FC v Gungahlin United 
(Deakin Stadium, 3pm)

TABLE

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LEADING SCORERS 
23 Stephen DOMENICI (Tigers FC)
15 Philippe BERNABO-MADRID (Canberra Olympic)
14 Thomas JAMES (Canberra FC)
13 Nicolas ABOT (Tigers FC)
12 Jason UGRINIC (Belconnen United)
11 Joshua GULEVSKI (CU Academy)
8 Domenic GIAMPAOLO (Canberra FC), John ROBERTS (FFA COE)
7 Aisosa IHEGIE, Sam SMITH (Belconnen United), Andrew SLAVICH (Tuggeranong United)
6 Dustin WELLS (Belconnen United), Jordan TSEKENIS (Canberra Olympic), Bul JUACH (CU Academy), Mark MORIC, Mirza MURATOVIC (FFA COE), Daniel BARAC (Tigers FC)
5 Robbie CATTANACH (Canberra Olympic), Sam WHITHEAR (CU Academy), Rahmat AKBARI (FFA COE), Nikolaos KALFAS (Tuggeranong United), Matthew WATERS (Woden-Weston FC), Own GOALS
4 Josip JADRIC, Ivan PAVLAK (Canberra FC), Jeremy HABTEMARIAM (Canberra Olympic), David CARDER, Tomas KRKLEC (CU Academy), Bryce BAFFORD, Jacob ITALIANO, Jaidon SELDON (FFA COE), Ed MCCARTHY, Mark SHIELDS (Monaro Panthers)
3 Nikolas POPOVICH (Belconnen United), Ryan KEIR (Canberra FC), Angelo KONSTANTINOU, Tom MCLACHLAN (Canberra Olympic), Daniel FABRIZIO (CU Academy), Louis D’ARRIGO (FFA COE), Marcial  MUNOZ, Mitch STEENBERGEN (Gungahlin United), Darian MCGARRY-WATSON (Monaro Panthers), Julian BORGNA, Nahuel GUERRERO, Alex OLORIEGBE, Dejan SANTRAC (Tigers FC), Marco GAYER (Tuggeranong United), Daniel DI-SALVATORE, Goran MILUTNOVIC (Woden-Weston FC)
2 Jonathan REIS*, Toby RICHTER (Belconnen United), Nikola BARISIC (Canberra FC), Daniel COLBERTALDO, Nathen MEGIC (Canberra Olympic), Lachlan GRIFFITHS, Niko UJDUR (CU Academy), Lachlan BROOK, Ben OBST, Marc TOKICH (FFA COE), Nathan DUCK, Alex MOSCARITOLO, Liam WALSH (Gungahlin United), Martin DENG, Daniel FELIZZI, Sam ROESTBAKKEN (Monaro Panthers), Jeremias IBARRA (Tigers FC), Domenic COLUCCIELLO, Emilio KISTA (Tuggeranong United), Bensah AFIABO (Woden-Weston FC)
1 Taylor BEATON, Matt GRBESA, David KEMP, Goran MUKEVSKI, Cameron REINHART (Belconnen United), Aidan BRUNSKILL, Izach CLEMENTS, Robbie DEELEY, Kye EDWARDS, Ian GRAHAM, Misko NAUMOSKI (Canberra FC), Tim BOBOLAS, Adam NEOU, Michael REEVE, Adam ROGIC, Pat ROSS-MAGEE, Oliver WIEDERKEHR, Victor YANES (Canberra Olympic), Mate BARISIC, Nicolas FELIZZI, Ridwan HANNAN, Tony MADAFFARI, Patrick O’ROURKE (CU Academy), Frano BLAZEVIC, Jack GREEN, Christian JUNNA, Jason O’DWYER, Regan WALSH (Gungahlin United), Ohio ASIKHIA, Thomas HEWITT, Michael PICCOLO, Tony SPASESKI (Monaro Panthers), Tim ANDERSON, Aiodan BEATMAN (Tuggeranong United), Osman FOFANAH, Hussein FUREJE, Alan GASTON, Goran JOSIFOVSKI, Milan POPOVICH (Tigers FC), Sam SHADBOLT Tuggeranong United), Tim DEHELEAN, Ben GRIEG, Tom HIRST (Woden-Weston FC)

*1 goal for Tuggeranong United

Photo: Lawrence Atkin