Capital Football’s night of nights took place on Friday, 4th October at the Canberra Southern Cross Club to celebrate the outstanding performances of all those involved in Football in Canberra and its surrounding regions in 2019.
The night saw the Player of the Year, Golden Boot and Team of the Year awards handed out for the 2019 National Premier Leagues competitions, while our Club Champions and Fair Play award winners were also announced.
Check out the full list of award winners below. Photos can be found on the NPL Facebook page.
2019 CAPITAL FOOTBALL AWARds |
REFEREE OF THE YEAR |
NPL Women’s: Delfina Dimoski
NPL Men’s: Delfina Dimoski
FAIR PLAY |
ActewAGL Junior League – Division 1: Radford College
ActewAGL Junior League – Division 2/3: Tuggeranong United FC
NPL Youth: Wagga City Wanderers FC
NPL2 Men’s: ANU FC
NPL Women’s: Gungahlin United FC
NPL1 Men’s: Gungahlin United FC/Tuggeranong United FC

Delfina Dimoski took out both the NPL Men’s and Women’s Referee of the Year award. Credit: Andrew Taylor
CLUB CHAMPIONShip |
State League Men’s: Weston Molonglo FC
State League Women’s: ANU WFC
Masters League Men’s: Weston Molonglo FC
NPL Youth: Belconnen United FC
NPL2 Men’s: ANU FC
NPL Women’s: Belconnen United FC
NPL1 Men’s: Canberra Olympic FC
capital chemist volunteer of the year |
James McKay – Woden Valley SC
Coach of the year |
ActewAGL Junior League: Adam Kaufhold – Canberra City SC
NPL2 Men’s: Graeme Plath – Canberra White Eagles FC
NPL Women’s: Antoni Jagarinec – Belconnen United FC
NPL1 Men’s: Frank Cachia – Canberra Olympic FC

Retiring coach Frank Cachia (middle) took out the NPL1 Men’s Coach of the Year award. Credit: Andrew Taylor
National Premier Leagues WOMEN’S YOUTH PLAYER OF THE YEar |
NPL Women’s U13: Ashleigh Carty – Wagga City Wanderers FC
NPL Women’s U15: Isabella Hindmarsh – Monaro Panthers FC
NPL Women’s U17: Mikayla Hedditch – Belconnen United FC
National Premier Leagues YOUTH Player of the year |
NPL Youth U13: Jake Calabria – Riverina Rhinos FC
NPL Youth U14: Dean Armanini – Riverina Rhinos FC
NPL Youth U16: Emma Ilijoski – Gungahlin United FC
NPL Youth U18: Khaled Abbas – Woden-Weston FC
National Premier Leagues Women’s YOUTH golden boot |
NPL Women’s U13: Alissa Barbour – Belconnen United FC (22 goals)
NPL Women’s U15: Nikita Perry – Woden-Weston FC (29 goals)
NPL Women’s U17: Megan Castle – Wagga City Wanderers FC (29 goals)
National Premier Leagues YOUTH golden boot |
NPL Youth U13: Giuseppe Tine – Monaro Panthers FC (28 goals)
NPL Youth U14: Heath Ilitch – Belconnen United FC (31 goals)
NPL Youth U16: Daniel Anderson – Tuggeranong United FC (36 goals)
NPL Youth U18: Curtis Schaeffer – Brindabella Blues FC (39 goals)
NATIONAL PREMIER LEAGUES PLAYER OF THE GRAND FINAL |
NPL2 Men’s Player of the Grand Final: Jan Wojna (ANU FC)
Julie Murray Medal: Michaela Day (Belconnen United FC)
Valeri Medal: Jeremy Habtemariam (Gungahlin United FC)
NATIONAL PREMIER LEAGUES SENIORS Golden boot |
NPL2 Men’s U20: Jacob Ochieng (Wagga City Wanderers FC) & Steven Srbinoski (Queanbeyan City FC) (14 goals)
NPL2 Men’s: Rowan Peterkin – ANU FC (13 goals)
NPL Women’s Reserve Grade: Annica Schoo – Woden-Weston FC (33 goals)
NPL Women’s: Brittany Palombi (Canberra FC) & Hayley Taylor-Young (Canberra United Academy) (27 goals)
NPL1 Men’s U20: Lachlan Hunter – Monaro Panthers FC (20 goals)
NPL1 Men’s: Stephen Domenici – Canberra Olympic FC (17 goals)

Jack Green was named the 2019 NPL1 Men’s Player of the Year. Credit: Andrew Taylor
NATIONAL PREMIER LEAGUES SENIORS Player of the year |
NPL2 Men’s U20: Aaron Colbertaldo – Queanbeyan City FC
NPL2 Men’s: Jack Rutherford – Weston Molonglo FC
NPL Women’s Reserve Grade: Dianne Wilson – Canberra FC
NPL Women’s: Jessie Rasschaert – Belconnen United FC
NPL1 Men’s U20: Christian Kreskas – Canberra FC
NPL1 Men’s: Jack Green – Gungahlin United FC
ALL STAR XI |
NPL2 Men’s:
Jack Miller (GK) (QCFC), Caleb Cullen-Rua (CWE), Dominic Kern (CWE), Jan Wojna (ANU), Jack Rutherford (WMFC), Adam Seselja (OCK), Dejan Santrac (CWEC), Sam McLachlan (WMFC), Max Mottl (ANU), Rowan Peterkin (ANU), Zinelabiddine Eljammoudi (CWE).
NPL Women’s:
Sally James (GK) (BUFC), Alice Churchill (CFC), Karen Clarke (BUFC), Jessie Rasschaert (BUFC), Bronte Pyke (BUFC), Rachael Goldstein (CFC), Michaela Day (BUFC), Caitlin Munoz (BUFC), Hayley Taylor-Young (CUA), Brittany Palombi (CFC), Nicole Jalocha (BUFC).
NPL1 Men’s:
Sam Brown (GK) (CFC), Darren Bailey (TFC), Laurence Redmond (TFC), Jack Green (GUFC), Jared Tonini (TFC), Nick Rathjen (GUFC), Samuel Habtemariam (GUFC), Andre Jancevski (COFC), Stephen Domenici (COFC), Nik Popovich (COFC), Josh Gulevski (MPFC).