2025 National Premier Leagues NSW
Season | 2025 |
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Dates | 7 February – 31 August |
Matches played | 118 |
Goals scored | 374 (3.17 per match) |
Top goalscorer | Alec Urosevski - 17 goals (Rockdale Ilinden) |
Biggest home win | Rockdale Ilinden 8-1 Western Sydney Wanderers Youth (19th April 2025) |
Biggest away win | Blacktown City 0-5 Sydney FC Youth (11th May) |
Highest scoring | Rockdale Ilinden 8-1 Western Sydney Wanderers Youth (19th April) |
Longest winning run | 8 - Marconi (16th March - 2nd May) |
Longest unbeaten run | 13 - Marconi (8th February - 2nd May) |
Longest winless run | 9 - CCM Youth (15th March - ) |
Longest losing run | 7 - CCM Youth (23rd March - 11th May) |
← 2024 2026 → |
The 2025 National Premier Leagues NSW is the 13th season of the National Premier Leagues (NPL) in New South Wales.
Six teams (APIA Leichhardt, Marconi Stallions, Sydney Olympic, Sydney United, Wollongong Wolves and the 2025 NPL Premiers) will qualify for the inaugural season of the Australian Championship, which is scheduled to begin in October 2025.[1]
Marconi Stallions enter the season as defending champions, having won the 2024 NPL NSW Grand Final.[2] The season kicked off on 7 February 2025, with Manly United hosting the Central Coast Mariners Academy at Cromer Park.[3]
Promotion and relegation
[edit]Teams promoted from the 2024 NSW League One
Teams relegated from the 2024 National Premier Leagues NSW
Teams
[edit]Stadiums and locations
[edit]Note: Sutherland Sharks FC announced that the club would re-brand as 'Sharks FC' on the 31st of January,[10] and played round 1 under the new name, before reverting back to Sutherland Sharks FC a week later following widespread negative feedback for the new name.[11]
Managerial changes
[edit]Team | Outgoing manager | Manner of departure | Date of vacancy | Position in table | Incoming manager | Date of appointment |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
St George City | Mirko Jurilj | N/A | 23rd September 2024 | Pre-season | Manny Spanoudakis | 23rd September 2024 |
Wollongong Wolves | David Carney | Warren Grieve | 4th October 2024 | |||
St George | Steve Karavatakis | 4th October 2024 | Fabian Miceli | |||
Sydney United | Zeljko Kalac | 29th October 2024 | Ante Juric | 29th October 2024 | ||
Western Sydney Wanderers Youth | Andrew Christiansen | 14th January 2025 | Richie Cardozo | 14th January 2025 |
Regular Season
[edit]League table
[edit]Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Rockdale Ilinden | 22 | 15 | 4 | 3 | 59 | 26 | +33 | 49 | Qualification to Australian Championship and Finals series[a] |
2 | Marconi Stallions[b] | 22 | 15 | 4 | 3 | 35 | 16 | +19 | 49 | Qualification to Finals series |
3 | NWS Spirit | 22 | 14 | 4 | 4 | 43 | 22 | +21 | 46 | |
4 | APIA Leichhardt[b] | 22 | 14 | 3 | 5 | 57 | 29 | +28 | 45 | |
5 | Blacktown City | 22 | 12 | 3 | 7 | 37 | 37 | 0 | 39 | |
6 | Sydney United 58[b] | 22 | 10 | 3 | 9 | 31 | 35 | −4 | 33 | |
7 | Sydney Olympic[b] | 22 | 10 | 5 | 7 | 37 | 26 | +11 | 32[c] | |
8 | Wollongong Wolves[b] | 22 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 33 | 31 | +2 | 28 | |
9 | Sydney FC Youth | 22 | 8 | 3 | 11 | 33 | 33 | 0 | 27 | |
10 | St George FC | 22 | 7 | 6 | 9 | 35 | 36 | −1 | 27 | |
11 | St George City | 22 | 7 | 5 | 10 | 29 | 34 | −5 | 26 | |
12 | Manly United | 22 | 6 | 6 | 10 | 29 | 29 | 0 | 24 | |
13 | Sutherland Sharks | 22 | 5 | 5 | 12 | 19 | 36 | −17 | 20 | |
14 | Western Sydney Wanderers Youth | 22 | 4 | 5 | 13 | 18 | 44 | −26 | 14[c] | |
15 | Central Coast Mariners Academy | 22 | 3 | 5 | 14 | 21 | 49 | −28 | 14 | Qualification for the Relegation play-off |
16 | Mount Druitt Town Rangers | 22 | 3 | 4 | 15 | 16 | 49 | −33 | 13 | Relegation to 2026 NSW League One |
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.
Notes:
- ^ The second-placed team will qualify to the Australian Championship if the Premier is one of the five NSW teams that have already qualified as "Foundation Clubs".
- ^ a b c d e Team pre-qualifies to the Australian Championship as a Foundation club.
- ^ a b Western Sydney Wanderers youth team and Sydney Olympic were deducted three points for breaches of administrative procedures.[12]
Fixtures and results
[edit]Regular season statistics
[edit]Top scorers
[edit]Correct as of 21 May 2025
Rank | Player | Club | Goals |
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1 | ![]() |
Rockdale Ilinden | 17 |
2 | ![]() |
APIA Leichardt | 9 |
3 | ![]() |
NWS Spirit | 8 |
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Blacktown City | ||
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Wollongong Wolves |
Hat-tricks
[edit]Player | For | Against | Result | Date | Ref. |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Presley Ortiz | APIA Leichhardt | Central Coast Mariners | 6–2 (A) | 16 February 2025 | |
Alec Urosevski | Rockdale Ilinden | APIA Leichhardt | 3–4 (A) | 30 March 2025 | |
Ali Auglah | Rockdale Ilinden | Western Sydney Wanderers Youth | 8-1 (H) | 19 April 2025 | |
Patrick Antelmi | Sydney United 58 | St George FC | 4-2 (A) | 19 April 2025 | |
Lachlan Scott | Wollongong Wolves | Marconi Stallions | 3-0 (A) | 10 May 2025 | |
Alen Harbas | Sydney FC Youth | Blacktown City | 5-0 (A) | 11 May 2025 | |
Mathias Macallister5 | Sydney FC Youth | Manly United | 6-0 (A) | 11 May 2025 |
- Notes
- (H) – Home team
- (A) – Away team
References
[edit]- ^ "Football Australia unveils new format and start date for National Second Tier competition". Football Australia. 2024-10-31. Retrieved 2024-12-14.
- ^ "Stallions storm past Rockdale to secure Champions status". National Premier Leagues NSW. 7 September 2024.
- ^ "Manly blitz Mariners in opening day rout". National Premier Leagues NSW. 7 February 2025.
- ^ "Thank you, Pat". www.manlyunitedfc.com.au. Manly United. Retrieved 28 June 2025.
- ^ "Fabian Miceli appointed new St George FC Head Men's coach". 8 October 2024.
- ^ "Mirko Jurilj steps down as St George City coach". 23 September 2024.
- ^ "United 58 bring back Ante Juric for tilt at Silverware". 28 October 2024.
- ^ "Young gun Wanderers set to unearth more stars in 2025".
- ^ "Warren Grieve Departs Wollongong Wolves by Mutual Agreement". 7 July 2025.
- ^ "Sharks FC Launch New Brand". Sharks FC (Australia). 31 January 2025.
- ^ "We Heard You... Sutherland Is Back". Sharks FC (Australia). 12 February 2025.
- ^ "Clubs Sanctioned for Compliance Breaches of the 2025 Application Process". Football NSW. 30 April 2025. Retrieved 2 May 2025.