Football NSW League

Football NSW League

Founded	2022; 3 years ago (2022) 1957 (as NSW Division 2 (Div One)) 1959 (as NSW Division 3 (Div Two))
Country	Australia
State	New South Wales
Confederation	AFC
Number of clubs	31 Division One: 16 Division Two: 15
Level on pyramid	3 and 4
Promotion to	National Premier Leagues NSW
Domestic cup(s)	National Australia Cup State Waratah Cup
Current champions	Mt Druitt Town Rangers (League One) (2024) Newcastle Jets Youth (League Two) (2024)

The Football NSW League is an Australian soccer league based in New South Wales that was founded in 2022 and administered by Football NSW. It consists of two divisions that were named after the Football NSW League's breakaway of the National Premier Leagues NSW second and third divisions (and formerly fourth division) that ran in the NPL NSW system from 2013 to 2021.[1]

History

In August 2021, Football NSW renamed the National Premier Leagues NSW (NPL NSW) second, third and fourth divisions to form the Football NSW League with the NPL 2 becoming League One, NPL 3 becoming League Two and NPL 4 becoming League Three.[1] St George City were the inaugural champions of the FNSW League.[2]

Format

The Football NSW League first and second divisions are contested by 15 to 16 teams each. Each team plays home and away against teams against all other teams in the league for a total of 30 fixtures each season. The top finishing clubs gain automatic promotion to the higher tier level, while those clubs finishing in second place, will play in a home-and-away play-off for promotion. The top finishing club in the first division will be automatically relegated to the second division, while those clubs finishing in second place, will play in a home-and-away play-off to avoid relegation.[3]

Current members

These are the clubs who will take part in the 2025 Football NSW League.

Division One

Club	Location	Grounds	Capacity	Founded	Notes
Bankstown City FC	Bankstown	Jensen Park	8,000	1975
Blacktown Spartans FC	Rooty Hill	Blacktown International Sportspark Blacktown Football Park	10,000 3,000	2002
Bonnyrigg White Eagles	Bonnyrigg	Bonnyrigg Sports Club	10,000	1968
Bulls FC Academy	Edensor Park	Sydney United Sports Centre	12,000		Relegated from the NPL in the 2023 season
Canterbury Bankstown FC	Bass Hill	The Crest Athletic Centre	10,000	1886
Dulwich Hill FC	Dulwich Hill	Arlington Oval		1968
Hakoah Sydney City East	Eastgardens	Hensley Athletic Field	1,000	1939	Relegated from the NPL in the 2019 season
Hills United FC	Rouse Hill	Russell Reserve Landen Stadium	1,000 7,000	1989	Relegated from the NPL after the 2024 season
Inter Lions SC	Concord	Majors Bay Reserve		1983
Macarthur Rams FC	St Helens Park	Lynwood Park	3,000	1968
Newcastle Jets Youth	Speers Point	Lake Macquarie Regional Football Facility		2008	Promoted from the NSW League Two after the 2024 season
Northern Tigers FC	Hornsby	North Turramurra Recreation Area		2016
Rydalmere Lions	Rydalmere	Rydalmere Park		1979
SD Raiders FC	Moorebank	Ernie Smith Reserve		2012	Promoted from the NPL 3 after the 2019 season
UNSW FC	Kensington	UNSW Village Green
Source: Football NSW[4]

Division Two

Club	Location	Ground
Bankstown United	Padstow	Padstow Park
Camden Tigers	Camden	Ron Din Reserve
Central Coast United FC	Lisarow	Pluim Park
Dunbar Rovers	Eastgardens	Hensley Athletic Field
Fraser Park	Marrickville	Fraser Park
Gladesville Ryde Magic	North Ryde	Magdala Park
Granville Rage	Granville	Garside Park
Hawkesbury City	Richmond	David Bertenshaw Field
Hurstville ZFC	Hurstville	Penshurst Park
Inner West Hawks FC	Stanmore	Arlington Oval
Mounties Wanderers FC	Mount Pritchard	Mount Pritchard Oval Wanderers Football Park
Nepean FC	St Marys	Cook Park
Parramatta FC	South Granville	Melita Stadium
Prospect United	Prospect	William Lawson Park
Sydney Uni SFC	Camperdown	Sydney Uni Football Ground
South Coast Flame	Illawarra	Sir Ian McLennan Park
Source: Football NSW[5]

NSW Leagues Honours

2022

When the Football NSW League was first established, three divisions were played.

Champions

Season	Division One	Division Two	Division Three
2022	St George City	Macarthur Rams	Newcastle Jets Youth

Premiers Season Division One Division Two Division Three 2022 Central Coast Mariners Academy Inter Lions Newcastle Jets Youth

2023–present

From 2023 onwards, Division Three folded.

Season	Division One	Division Two
2023	Hills United	UNSW FC
2024	Mt Druitt Town Rangers	Newcastle Jets Youth

Honours (1957–2021)

Divivion One

Season	Competition Name	Regular season		Finals series
		Premiers (number of titles)	League Runners-Up	Champions	Score	Finalists
1957	Division Two	Villawood	–	Villawood	3–2	Camperdown
1958	Division Two	Budapest (East)[a]	Pan-Hellenic (West)[a]	Budapest	4–0	Pan-Hellenic
1959	Division Two	Neerlandia (Manly Warringah)	Pan-Hellenic (2)	Unknown if Finals series was held
1960	Division Two	Pan-Hellenic	Polonia	Polonia	2–1	Pan-Hellenic (2)
1961	Division Two	SSC Yugal	Granville AEK	Balgownie Rangers	3–1	Granville AEK
1962	Division Two	Croatia	Balgownie Rangers	Corinthian BESC	3–1	Croatia
1963	Division Two	Corinthian BESC	Polonia North Side	Polonia North Side	1–0	Corinthian BESC
1964	Division Two	Polonia North Side	Granville AEK (2)	Polonia North Side (2)	2–1	Wollongong Olympic
1965	Division Two	Corinthian BESC (2)	Granville AEK (3)	Corinthian BESC (2)	4–1	Granville AEK (2)
1966	Division Two	Polonia North Side (2)	Canterbury-Marrickville	Polonia North Side (3)	4–3 (a.e.t.)	Canterbury-Marrickville
1967	Division Two	Manly Warringah (2)	Granville AEK (4)	Bankstown	1–0	Sutherland Shire
1968	Division Two	Auburn	Western Suburbs	Auburn	3–0	Western Suburbs
1969	Division Two	Marconi Fairfield	Bankstown	Bankstown	3–2	Western Suburbs (2)
1970	Division Two	Western Suburbs	Sutherland Shire	No Finals series held
1971	Division Two	Sutherland Shire	Granville AEK (5)	Sutherland Shire	–	Unknown
1972	Division Two	Granville AEK	Canterbury-Marrickville (2)	Grand final results unknown
1973	Division Two	Canterbury-Marrickville	Balgownie Rangers (2)	Grand final results unknown
1974	Division Two	Granville Parramatta (2)	Balgownie Rangers (3)	Manly Warringah	1–0	Balgownie Rangers
1975	Division Two	Manly Warringah (3)	Arncliffe Scots	Bankstown	2–1	Arncliffe Scots
1976	Division Two	Riverside Avala	Yugal Prague	Grand final results unknown
1977	Division Two	Melita Eagles	Toongabbie	Revesby Workers	–	Ku-Ring-Gai
1978	Division Two	Ku-Ring-Gai	Revesby Workers	Polonia North Side	3–0	Ku-Ring-Gai (2)
1979	NSW Division One	St George-Budapest (2)	North Sydney Inter	Grand final results unknown
1980	NSW Division One	Marconi Fairfield	Polonia	Grand final results unknown
1981	NSW Division One	SSC Yugal (2)	Ku-Ring-Gai	Grand final results unknown
1982	NSW Division One	Ku-Ring-Gai (2)	Blacktown United	Fairy Meadow	2–0	Blacktown United
1983	NSW Division Two	Rockdale Ilinden	Warringah Narrabeen	Warringah Narrabeeen	3–2 (a.e.t.)	Gladesville Ravens
1984	NSW Division Two	Fairy Meadow	Wollongong Macedonia	Grand final results unknown
1985	NSW Division Two	Wollongong Macedonia	Gladesville-Hornsby	Gladesville-Hornsby	2–1	Queens Park
1986	NSW Division Two	SSC Yugal (3)	Gladesville-Hornsby (2)	Gladesville-Hornsby (2)	1–0	North Bankstown
1987	NSW Division Two	Polonia (3)	Fairy Meadow	Kingsford Hellenic	2–1	Polonia
1988	NSW Division Two	Avala (2)	Fairy Meadow (2)	Avala	4–2	Sydney Macedonia
1989	NSW Division Two	Sydney Macedonia	North Shore United	Grand final results unknown
1990	NSW Division Two	Southern Districts	Dulwich Hill	Grand final results unknown
1991	NSW Division Two	Waverley	Dulwich Hill (2)	Dulwich Hill	4–0	Waverley
1992	Stage League Division One	Cyprus United	Auburn United	Cyprus United	3–1	Central Coast
1993	Stage League Division One	Mt Druitt Town Rangers	Auburn United (2)	Grand final results unknown
1994	Stage League Division One	Macarthur Rams	Wollongong United (2)	Macarthur Rams	1–0	Wollongong United
1995	Stage League Division One	Belmore Hercules	Central Coast	Grand final results unknown
1996	Stage League Division One	Sydney Cosmos	Belmore Hercules	Grand final results unknown
1997	Stage League Division One	Hurstville City Minotaurs	Ryde City	Stanmore Hawks	1–0	Eastern Suburbs
1998	Stage League Division One	Fairfield Bulls	Hurstville City Minotaurs	Grand final results unknown
1999	Stage League Division One	St George Saints (3)		Penrith Panthers	–	Manly Warringah Dolphins
2000	Stage League Division One	Dulwich Hill	Hajduk Wanderers	Dulwich Hill	–	Hajduk Wanderers
2001	NSW Super League	Bankstown City	Fairfield Bulls	Manly Warringah Dolphins	1–0	Bankstown City
2002	NSW Super League	Rockdale City Suns (2)	Manly Warringah Dolphins	Rockdale City Suns	1–0	Hajduk Wanderers
2003	NSW Super League	Sydney Crescent Stars	Fraser Park Dragons	Sydney Crescent Stars	3–2	Fraser Park Dragons
2004	NSW Super League	Manly Warringah Dolphins	Stanmore Hawks	Stanmore Hawks	2–1	Manly Warringah
2005	NSW Super League	FC Bossy Liverpool	Canterbury Marrickville Olympic	Canterbury Marrickville Olympic	1–0	FC Bossy Liverpool
2006	NSW Super League	Rockdale City Suns (3)	Penrith Nepean United	Rockdale City Suns	1–0	Penrith Nepean United
2007	NSW Super League	Northern Tigers FC	Bonnyrigg White Eagles	Bonnyrigg White Eagles	2–0	Northern Tigers FC
2008	NSW Super League	Bonnyrigg White Eagles	PCYC Parramatta	Liverpool Bossy	2–1	PCYC Parramatta
2009	NSW Super League	Rockdale City Suns (4)	PCYC Parramatta	Spirit FC	1–1 (8–7 (p))	PCYC Parramatta
2010	NSW Super League	Parramatta Eagles	Northern Tigers FC	Northern Tigers FC	4–0	St George FC
2011	NSW Super League	Blacktown Spartans	West Sydney Berries	Blacktown Spartans	3–0	West Sydney Berries
2012	NSW Super League	Northern Tigers FC	Bankstown City	Northern Tigers FC	1–1 (4–3 (p))	Bankstown Berries
2013	NPL NSW Men's 2	St George FC (4)	Macarthur Rams	St George FC	3–1	Mounties Wanderers
2014	NPL NSW Men's 2	Parramatta FC	Central Coast Mariners Academy	Macarthur Rams	2–1	Parramatta FC
2015	NPL NSW Men's 2	Spirit FC	Hakoah Sydney City East FC	Northern Tigers FC	2–1	Bankstown City
2016	NPL NSW Men's 2	Sydney FC Youth	Western Sydney Wanderers Youth	Sydney FC Youth	4–1	Western Sydney Wanderers Youth
2017	NPL NSW Men's 2	Marconi Stallions (3)	St George	Marconi Stallions	5–1	Mt Druitt Town
2018	NPL NSW Men's 2	Mt Druitt Town	St George	St George	3–3 (5–4 (p))	Mounties Wanderers FC
2019	NPL NSW Men's 2	North Shore Mariners	Hills United	Hills United	6–3	North Shore Mariners
2020	NPL NSW Men's 2	Central Coast Mariners Academy (2)	North West Sydney Spirit	Central Coast Mariners Academy	6–2	Northern Tigers
2021	NPL NSW Men's 2	Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Australia.[6]

Source: SoccerAust

Division Two

Season	Competition Name	Regular season		Grand Finals
		Premiers (number of titles)	Runners-up	Champions (number of titles)	Score	Finalists
1959	Division Three	Toongabbie			–
1960	Division Three	Croatia Sydney			–
1961	Division Three	Melita Eagles	Juventus		–
1962	Division Three	Cabramatta	Sydney University		–
Disbanded to Amateur Leagues/Inter suburban leagues (1963–1970)
1971	Division Three	Bankstown City	Belmore	Belmore	2–1	Northern Districts
1972	Division Three	Rosebery Rhodes	Enmore	Belmore	? Replay: 2–1 (a.e.t.)	Enmore
1973	Division Three	Riverside Rapid	Marrickville-Rockdale	Marrickville-Rockdale	3–0	Ku-Ring-Gai
1974	Division Three	Northern Districts	Arncliffe Scots	Ku-Ring-Gai	0–0 (a.e.t.) Replay: 2–1	Arncliffe Scots
1975	Division Three	Toongabbie (2)	Ku-Ring-Gai	Toongabbie	2–1	Queens Park
1976	Division Three	Ku-Ring-Gai	Queens Park	Ku-Ring-Gai	2–0	Queens Park
1977	Division Three	Blacktown United	University of NSW	Nepean Corinthian	2–1	University of NSW
1978	Division Three	Nepean Corinthian	Bathurst '75	Nepean Corinthian (2)	3–0	Lethbridge Rangers
1979	Division Two	Bathurst '75	Gladesville Ravens	Bathurst '75	2–1	Gladesville Ravens
1980	Division Two	Guildford County	Gladesville Ravens	Gladesville Ravens	2–0	North Bankstown
1981	Division Two	Dee Why Swans	Marrickville Rockdale	Dee Why Swans	1–1 (6–4 (p))	Mt Druitt Town Rangers
1982	Division Two	Artarmon	Campbelltown City	Artarmon	2–1	Campbelltown City
1983	Division Three	Bathurst '75 (2)	Queens Park-Eastern Suburbs	Campbelltown City	1–1 (3–2 (p))	Queens Park-Eastern Suburbs
1984	Division Three	Campbelltown City	Queens Park-Eastern Suburbs	Campbelltown City (2)	1–0	Queens Park-Eastern Suburbs
1985	Division Three	Kingsford Hellenic	Bondi Marine		–
1986	Division Three	Granville Chile	Rooty Hill		–
1987	Division Three	Granville Chile (2)	West United	University of New South Wales	4–3 (a.e.t.)	West United
1988	Division Three	Dulwich Hill	Moorebank Sports	Dulwich Hill	1–0	Moorebank Sports
1989	Division Three	Rosebery Portugal	Central Coast		–
1990	Division Three	Port Hacking-GreenIsland	Mount Pritchard		–
1991	Division Three	Lemnos Allstars	West Wanderers		–
1992	Division Two	Belmore Hercules	Bathurst '75	Bathurst '75	2–0	North Ryde
1993	Division Two	North Ryde	Southern Minotaurs	North Ryde	1–0	Southern Minotaurs
1994	Division Two	Southern Minotaurs	Hills United		–
1995	Division Two	Penrith Panthers	Bankstown Sports	Bankstown Sports	–	Penrith Panthers
1996	Division Two	Greystanes	Sydney Districts		–
1997	Division Two	AC United	Moorebank Sports	AC United	1–0	University of New South Wales
1998	Division Two	Hajduk Wanderers	Dulwich Hills		–
1999	Division Two	Fraser Park Dragons (2)	Hajduk Wanderers	Hajduk Wanderers	–	Sydney University
2000	Division Two	Greystanes (2)	Hurstville ZFC	Hurstville ZFC	–	Hills United
2001	NSW State League 1	Sydney University	Illawarra Lions	Sydney University	2–1	Ryde City
2002	NSW State League 1	Wanderers Cedars	Western Rage	Mount Pritchard	1–0	Wanderers Cedars
2003	NSW State League 1	Northern Tigers FC	Hurstville ZFC	Mount Pritchard (2)	2–0	Northern Tigers FC
2004	NSW State League 1	Nepean Association	Western Rage	Nepean Association	1–0	Western Rage
2005	NSW State League 1	Fairfield City Lions	Inter Lions	Fairfield City Lions	4–0	Mt Druitt Town Rangers
2006	NSW State League 1	Mt Druitt Town Rangers	Mount Pritchard	Schofield Scorpions	2–0	Mt Druitt Town Rangers
2007	NSW State League 1	Canterbury Bankstown Berries	Spirit FC	Spirit FC	2–2 (4–2 (p))	Canterbury Bankstown Berries
2008	NSW State League 1	Spirit FC	Inter Lions	Spirit FC	1–1 (2–1 (p))	Dulwich Hill
2009	NSW State League 1	Dulwich Hill (2)	Mounties FC	Mounties FC (3)	2–0	Dulwich Hill
2010	NSW State League 1	Hills Brumbies	Blacktown Spartans	Fairfield City Lions (2)	3–2	Hills Brumbies
2011	NSW State League 1	Mounties Wanderers	Fairfield City Lions	Mounties Wanderers (4)	3–0	Gladesville Ryde Magic
2012	NSW State League 1	Gladesville Ryde Magic	Mt Druitt Town Rangers	Gladesville Ryde Magic	2–0	Mt Druitt Town Rangers
2013	NSW State League 1	Northbridge FC	Dulwich Hill	Balmain Tigers FC	2–0 (a.e.t.)	Northbridge FC
2014	NSW State League 1	Hakoah Sydney City East	Northbridge FC	Hakoah Sydney City East	3–2 (a.e.t.)	Northbridge FC
2015	NSW State League 1	North Shore Mariners (2)	Rydalmere Lions	North Shore Mariners	3–2	Hills Brumbies
2016	NPL NSW Men's 3	Hills Brumbies (2)	Rydalmere Lions	Rydalmere Lions	4–1	Hills Brumbies
2017	NPL NSW Men's 3	Rydalmere Lions	Fraser Park FC	Fraser Park FC	2–1 (a.e.t.)	Rydalmere Lions
2018	NPL NSW Men's 3	St George City	Hawkesbury City	St George City	2–0	SD Raiders
2019	NPL NSW Men's 3	Stanmore Hawks	SD Raiders	SD Raiders	3–1	Stanmore Hawks
2020	NPL NSW Men's 3	Rydalmere Lions (2)	Bankstown City Lions	Rydalmere Lions	1–0	Bankstown City Lions
2021	NPL NSW Men's 3	Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Australia.[6]

Source: Socceraust

See also

• National Premier Leagues NSW

References

1. "Changes of Names to Football NSW Competitions". Football NSW. 24 August 2021.
2. "St George City crowned 2022 League One Champions". Football NSW. 3 September 2022.
3. "Competition Regulations – 2024 Competitions" (PDF). Football NSW. p. 11.
4. "2025 declaration of leagues". footballnsw.com.au. 27 September 2024. Retrieved 27 September 2024.
5. "2025 declaration of leagues PDF" (PDF). footballnsw.com.au. Retrieved 27 September 2024.
6. "Football NSW Cancel 2021 National Premier Leagues Season". Football NSW. 12 August 2021. Retrieved 12 August 2021.

Notes

1. The season was divided into two conferences, East and West. The two premiers played out in the grand final for the title. As Budapest were champions, they were crowned premiers and Pan-Hellenic runners-up.

External links

• Football NSW League One Page
• Football NSW League Two Page