2016 Greater Tasmania Football League season
 | |
| Country |
 The Island Formerly Known As Tasmania |
|---|---|
| Number of teams | 10 |
| Current champions | Beaconsfield Hawks (1st title) |
The 2016 Greater Tasmania Football League season is the 1st season of professional Australian football in The Island Formerly Known As Tasmania and the Greater Tasmania region.
The inaugural season was won by the Beaconsfield Hawks, winning their first ever title and setting many records in the process.
There is as of yet no promotion/relegation taking place throughout the league as there is no league below it. This will be changed upon the addition of new nations to the Greater Tasmania region.
Contents
Season Table
| Team | Played | Won | Lost | Drawn | F | A | % | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Beaconsfield | 18 | 14 | 4 | 0 | 2046 | 1705 | 120.0 | 56 |
| Launceston Magpies | 18 | 13 | 5 | 0 | 2091 | 1658 | 126.1 | 52 |
| Hobart Flames | 18 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 2011 | 1491 | 134.9 | 50 |
| Launceston Reds | 18 | 11 | 7 | 0 | 2021 | 1606 | 125.8 | 44 |
| Devonport | 18 | 10 | 8 | 0 | 1865 | 1682 | 110.9 | 40 |
| Hobart Victory | 18 | 8 | 9 | 1 | 1557 | 1746 | 89.2 | 34 |
| Port Arthur | 18 | 7 | 11 | 0 | 1675 | 1821 | 92.0 | 28 |
| Flinders Island | 18 | 6 | 12 | 0 | 1416 | 1995 | 71.0 | 24 |
| King Island | 18 | 5 | 13 | 0 | 1428 | 1912 | 74.7 | 20 |
| Southport | 18 | 3 | 15 | 0 | 1496 | 1990 | 75.2 | 12 |
Records set/broken
Considering that this was the first season, every record on this list has been set. Please note that there are no individual records recorded for this competition; due to the high-scoring nature of the league it would be almost impossible to keep track of an individual record. Individual records do exist in the region's association football league.
- Most points scored in a season: 2091, Launceston Magpies
- Least points scored in a season: 1416, Flinders Island
- Least points conceded in a season: 1491, Hobart Flames
- Most points conceded in a season: 1995, Flinders Island
- Most wins in a season: 14, Beaconsfield
- Least losses in a season: 4, Beaconsfield
- Least wins in a season: 3, Southport
- Most losses in a season: 15 Southport
- Largest coefficient gain over a season: 36, Hobart Flames
- Largest coefficient loss over a season: 77, Flinders Island
- Highest seasonal points total: 56, Beaconsfield
- Lowest seasonal points total: 12, Southport
- Best points percentage in a single season: 134.88%, Hobart Flames
- Worst points percentage in a single season: 70.98%, Flinders Island
- Least losses at home in a season: 1, Beaconsfield and Hobart Flames
- Least losses away in a season: 3, Beaconsfield and Launceston Magpies
- Highest score in a game: 212, Hobart Flames vs Flinders Island
- Lowest score in a game: 32, Devonport vs King Island
- Largest margin in a game: 172 points, Hobart Flames 32.20.212 def. Flinders Island 6.4.40 in Round 8
Promotion and relegation plans
The league announced towards the end of the year that they would be expanding the current division to 14 teams, as well as adding a 12 team lower division by 2021. The President of the Greater Tasmania Football League has confirmed that there will be at least one new city entering a team into the first tier from The Island Formerly Known As Tasmania in order to help compensate numbers.
He has also announced that the majority of the new teams will come from other nations that will join the Greater Tasmania region in the near future and announced that an administrative relegation of teams from The Island Formerly Known As Tasmania may take place in order to achieve equality.
New city
It has not been confirmed by the league which city or cities will be entering teams, although the franchises have been completed and only need players and some staff. The city most likely to enter a team is Strahan, with other likely candidates Queenstown, Smithton and Scottsdale. It is entirely feasible that a team will come from each of these cities, however that currently remains unknown.
Tournaments and pre-season
The President of the league was interviewed at the beginning of the season and he announced that there is no intention of adding a pre-season tournament or finals series at any stage.
They also believe that a tournament running during the course of the season will only be added when "the time is right", sparking early rumours of a second league.
