2025 Football NSW season

Football New South Wales
Season2025
← 2024
2026 →

The 2025 Football NSW season was the 13th season of soccer in New South Wales under the banner of the National Premier Leagues. The season was the third under the revamped format which consisted of three senior divisions in the state of New South Wales. The official schedule was released on 19 December 2023.[1]

Competitions

2025 National Premier Leagues NSW

Main article: 2025 National Premier Leagues NSW
NPL NSW Men's
Season2025
Dates7 February – 31 August
ChampionsAPIA Leichhardt
PremiersNWS Spirit
Matches118
Goals374 (3.17 per match)
Top goalscorerAlec Urosevski – 17 goals (Rockdale Ilinden)
Biggest home winRockdale Ilinden 8–1 Western Sydney Wanderers Youth (19th April 2025)
Biggest away winBlacktown City 0–5 Sydney FC Youth (11th May)
Highest scoringRockdale Ilinden 8–1 Western Sydney Wanderers Youth (19th April)
Longest winning run8 – Marconi (16th March – 2nd May)
Longest unbeaten run13 – Marconi (8th February – 2nd May)
Longest winless run9 – CCM Youth (15th March – )
Longest losing run7 – CCM Youth (23rd March – 11th May)
← 2024
2026 →

Stadiums and locations

Team Head coach Location Stadium Capacity
APIA Leichhardt Franco Parisi Leichhardt Lambert Park 7,000
Leichhardt Oval 20,000
Blacktown City Mark Crittenden Blacktown Landen Stadium 7,500
Central Coast Mariners Academy Lucas Vilela Gosford Pluim Park 2,000
Manly United Jimmy Snedden (interim)[2] Dee Why Cromer Park 5,000
Marconi Stallions Peter Tsekenis Fairfield Marconi Stadium 9,000
Mount Druitt Town Rangers Andrew Montgomery Mount Druitt Popondetta Park 4,000
NWS Spirit David Perkovic Macquarie Park Christie Park 1,000
Rockdale Ilinden Paul Dee Rockdale Rockdale Ilinden Sports Centre 5,000
St George FC Fabian Miceli[3] St George Barton Park 1,500
St George City Manny Spanoudakis[4] Penshurst Park 1,000
Sutherland Sharks FC Steven Zoric Sutherland Seymour Shaw Park 5,000
Sydney FC Youth Jimmy Van Weeren Moore Park Rockdale Ilinden Sports Centre 5,000
Sydney Olympic Labinot Haliti Belmore
Carlton 		Belmore Sports Ground 20,000
Jubilee Stadium 20,500
Sydney United Ante Juric[5] Edensor Park Sydney United Sports Centre 12,000
Western Sydney Wanderers Youth Richie Cardozo[6] Blacktown Wanderers Football Park 4,500
Wollongong Wolves Julio Miranda (interim)[7] Wollongong WIN Stadium 22,000
Macedonia Park 10,000

Note: Sutherland Sharks FC announced that the club would re-brand as 'Sharks FC' on the 31st of January,[8] and played round 1 under the new name, before reverting to Sutherland Sharks FC a week later following widespread negative feedback for the new name.[9]

Table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 NWS Spirit (Q) 30 20 6 4 67 30 +37 66 Qualification to Australian Championship and Finals series
2 APIA Leichhardt[a] (C) 30 20 4 6 75 35 +40 64 Qualification to Finals series
3 Marconi Stallions[a] 30 19 5 6 48 29 +19 62
4 Rockdale Ilinden 30 15 10 5 68 41 +27 55
5 Blacktown City 30 15 5 10 50 50 0 50
6 Sydney United 58[a] 30 14 7 9 41 39 +2 49
7 Sydney Olympic[a] 30 12 7 11 50 38 +12 40[b]
8 Wollongong Wolves[a] 30 10 10 10 42 38 +4 40
9 St George City 30 10 7 13 37 42 −5 37
10 Sydney FC Youth 30 9 7 14 43 46 −3 34
11 Manly United 30 9 7 14 40 46 −6 34
12 St George FC 30 8 8 14 44 55 −11 32
13 Sutherland Sharks 30 7 5 18 28 53 −25 26
14 Western Sydney Wanderers Youth 30 7 7 16 29 51 −22 25[b]
15 Central Coast Mariners Academy (R) 30 5 8 17 29 62 −33 23 Qualification for the Relegation play-off
16 Mount Druitt Town Rangers (R) 30 5 7 18 24 60 −36 22 Relegation to 2026 NSW League One
Source: Dribl
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored; 4) head-to-head points; 5) head-to-head goals scored; 6) play-off.
(C) Champions; (Q) Qualified for the phase indicated; (R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. ^ a b c d e Team pre-qualified to the Australian Championship as a Foundation club.
  2. ^ a b Western Sydney Wanderers Youth team and Sydney Olympic were deducted three points for breaches of administrative procedures.[10]

Results

Home \ Away API BCT CCM MAN MAR MTD NWS ROC SGC STG SUT SFC SOL SUN WSW WOL
APIA Leichhardt — 0–2 5–0 0–3 3–4 3–3 2–0 2–0 6–1 3–3
Blacktown City 4–3 — 1–1 0–4 3–2 1–0 0–5 2–2 3–2
CCM Academy 2–6 1–4 — 1–3 1–3
Manly United 1–2 5–0 — 0–3 5–0 0–1 1–1 0–0 0–3 0–0 6–0
Marconi Stallions 1–1 3–0 — 3–1 1–1 1–1 1–0 0–3
Mount Druitt Town Rangers 2–3 1–1 0–2 — 2–3 0–1 0–0 0–4
NWS Spirit 1–2 5–0 — 2–0 2–2 1–1 3–2 1–1 1–0
Rockdale Ilinden 3–0 1–2 1–1 — 2–2 2–1 4–0 8–1 1–1
St George City 0–0 0–2 3–2 1–2 2–3 — 1–2 1–1 1–0
St George 2–0 1–2 — 3–0 5–0 2–4 0–3 2–1
Sutherland Sharks 0–2 1–0 0–2 2–3 0–3 — 1–5
Sydney FC Youth 1–0 0–0 0–1 0–2 2–0 — 3–1 2–2
Sydney Olympic 3–0 2–5 3–0 2–1 1–2 — 4–0 0–1 0–0
Sydney United 0–3 1–2 2–0 1–3 1–0 2–2 — 2–0
WSW Youth 0–4 2–2 2–0 1–1 2–3 0–1 0–0 —
Wollongong Wolves 0–1 2–2 2–1 3–0 4–0 1–2 4–0 —
Updated to match(es) played on 21 May 2025. Source: [1]
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
For upcoming matches, an "a" indicates there is an article about the rivalry between the two participants.

Finals series

Elimination semi-finals Preliminary finals Grand final
3 Marconi Stallions (p) 1 (3)
6 Sydney United 1 (2) 2 APIA Leichhardt 2
3 Marconi Stallions 0
2 APIA Leichhardt 2
4 Rockdale Ilinden 1 4 Rockdale Ilinden 1
5 Blacktown City 0 1 NWS Spirit 1
4 Rockdale Ilinden (a.e.t.) 2

2025 National Premier Leagues NSW Women's

National Premier Leagues NSW Women's
Season2025
ChampionsBulls FC Academy
PremiersBulls FC Academy
← 2024
2026 →

The 2025 National Premier Leagues NSW Women's was the 12th edition of the NPL NSW Women's competition to be incorporated under the National Premier Leagues banner. 14 teams competed, playing each other twice for a total of 26 rounds. The top four teams played-off in a finals series.

League Table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1 Bulls FC Academy (C) 26 16 4 6 57 31 +26 52 2025 NPL NSW Women's Finals
2 APIA Leichhardt 26 15 4 7 52 32 +20 49
3 UNSW 26 15 4 7 52 40 +12 49
4 Mount Druitt Town Rangers 26 14 6 6 49 28 +21 48
5 Manly United 26 13 6 7 45 28 +17 45
6 Illawarra Stingrays 26 12 9 5 38 33 +5 45
7 NWS Spirit 26 12 5 9 44 36 +8 41
8 Gladesville Ravens 26 9 7 10 46 40 +6 34
9 Northern Tigers 26 9 6 11 49 43 +6 33
10 Sydney University 26 9 3 14 36 42 −6 30
11 Macarthur Rams 26 9 0 17 41 66 −25 27
12 Sydney Olympic 26 7 5 14 41 54 −13 26
13 Western Sydney Wanderers 26 6 5 15 39 58 −19 23
14 Newcastle Jets 26 4 0 22 28 86 −58 12
Source: Ladder
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions

Finals

Semi-final Grand final
      
1 Bulls FC Academy 3
4 Mount Druitt Town Rangers 1
Bulls FC Academy 4 (a.e.t.)
APIA Leichhardt 3
2 APIA Leichhardt 2
3 UNSW 0

References

  1. ^ NSW, Football (2024-12-19). "2025 Football NSW Competitions Match Schedules Released". Football NSW. Retrieved 2025-09-16.
  2. ^ "Thank you, Pat". www.manlyunitedfc.com.au. Manly United. Retrieved 28 June 2025.
  3. ^ "Fabian Miceli appointed new St George FC Head Men's coach". 8 October 2024.
  4. ^ "Mirko Jurilj steps down as St George City coach". 23 September 2024.
  5. ^ "United 58 bring back Ante Juric for tilt at Silverware". 28 October 2024.
  6. ^ "Young gun Wanderers set to unearth more stars in 2025".
  7. ^ "Warren Grieve Departs Wollongong Wolves by Mutual Agreement". 7 July 2025.
  8. ^ "Sharks FC Launch New Brand". Sharks FC (Australia). 31 January 2025.
  9. ^ "We Heard You... Sutherland Is Back". Sharks FC (Australia). 12 February 2025.
  10. ^ "Clubs Sanctioned for Compliance Breaches of the 2025 Application Process". Football NSW. 30 April 2025. Retrieved 2 May 2025.
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