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2023 National Premier Leagues NSW Men's

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The 2023 NPL NSW Men's is the eleventh season of soccer in New South Wales under the banner of the National Premier Leagues and the first season under the revised competition format. The season began on 3 February 2023 and is scheduled to conclude on 27 August.

Season2023
Dates3 February 2023 – 27 August 2023
ChampionsAPIA Leichhardt
Matches96
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NPL NSW Men's
Season2023
Dates3 February 2023 – 27 August 2023
ChampionsAPIA Leichhardt
Matches96
Goals304 (3.17 per match)
Top goalscorerAlec Urosevski (27 goals)
Biggest home winAPIA Leichhardt 6–0 Rockdale Ilinden
(12 February 2023)
Biggest away winWollongong Wolves 0–4 Marconi
(17 February 2023)
Western Sydney Wanderers 0–4 Marconi
(1 April 2023)
Highest scoringNWS Spirit 5–4 Wollongong Wolves
(1 April 2023)
Marconi Stallions 5–4 Central Coast Mariners
(27 August 2023)
Longest winning run8 matches
Rockdale Ilinden
Longest unbeaten run12 matches
APIA Leichhardt
Longest winless run10 matches
Northbridge Bulls
Longest losing run4 matches
Western Sydney Wanderers
Sydney Olympic
Central Coast Mariners
← 2022
2024 →
All statistics correct as of 5 May 2023.
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Sydney Olympic are the defending premiers and Blacktown City are the defending champions.

Promotion and relegation

Teams promoted from the 2022 NSW League One

Stadiums and locations

More information Team, Head coach ...
Team Head coach Location Stadium Capacity
APIA Leichhardt Australia Franco Parisi[1] Leichhardt Lambert Park 7,000
Blacktown City Australia Mark Crittenden[2] Blacktown Blacktown City Sports Centre 7,500
Bulls FC Academy Australia Zeljko Kalac[3] Northbridge Sydney United Sports Centre 12,000
Central Coast Mariners Academy Australia Abbas Saad[4] Gosford Pluim Park 2,000
Mt Druitt Rangers Australia Stewart Montgomery[5] Mount Druitt Popondetta Park 2,500
Marconi Stallions Australia Peter Tsekenis[6] Fairfield Marconi Stadium 9,000
Manly United Netherlands Patrick Zwaanswijk[7] Dee Why Cromer Park 5,000
NWS Spirit FC Australia David Perkovic[8] North Sydney Christie Park 1,000
Rockdale Ilinden Australia Paul Dee[9][10] Rockdale Rockdale Ilinden Sports Centre 5,000
Sydney FC Youth Australia Jimmy Van Weeren[11] Moore Park Valentine Sports Park 4,000
Sydney Olympic Australia Labinot Haliti[12][13] Belmore Belmore Sports Ground 20,000
Sutherland Sharks Australia Damir Prodanovic[14] Sutherland Seymour Shaw Park 5,000
St George City Australia Mirko Jurilj[15][16] St George Peakhurst Park 1,000
Sydney United Australia Miro Vlastelica[17] Edensor Park Sydney United Sports Centre 12,000
Western Sydney Wanderers Youth Australia Andrew Christiansen[18] Blacktown Wanderers Football Park 4,500
Wollongong Wolves Australia David Carney[19] Wollongong WIN Stadium 22,000
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Managerial changes

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Team Outgoing manager Manner of departure Date of vacancy Position in table Incoming manager Date of appointment
Bulls FC Academy Australia Mile Sterjovski Promoted to full time 23 January 2023[20] Pre-season Australia Zeljko Kalac 28 January 2023[21]
CCM Academy Australia Luke Wilkshire Signed by Socceroos 14 February 2023[22] 12th Australia Lucas Vilela (interim) 17 February 2023[23]
CCM Academy Australia Lucas Vilela (interim) End of caretaker spell 24 February 2023 13th Australia Abbas Saad 25 February 2023[24]
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Foreign players

More information Team, Visa 1 ...
Team Visa 1 Visa 2 Non-visa foreigner(s) Former players
APIA Leichhardt France Florent Indalecio United States Jason Romero Argentina Diego Celis
Blacktown City France Charles Mendy Japan Tatsuya Kato South Korea Danny Choi1 Malta Mitchell Mallia2
Bulls FC Academy
CCM Academy New Zealand Zac Zoricich2
Mt Druitt Rangers Cape Verde Júnior Sena Japan Kotaro Katsuta
Marconi Stallions Japan Hiroaki Aoyama
Manly United Japan Seiya Kambayashi Brazil Bruno Mendes Fiji Marcus Lal2
NWS Spirit FC Japan Kôta Odakura Brazil Luiz Lobo Japan Musashi Kokubo2
Rockdale Ilinden Argentina Diego Celis France Loïc Puyo North Macedonia Nicola Kuleski2
Philippines Iain Ramsay2
Sydney FC Youth
Sydney Olympic Scotland Ziggy Gordon Portugal Fábio Ferreira Republic of Ireland Roy O'Donovan1
Sutherland Sharks Japan Takahide Umebachi Japan Fumoto Kamada2
St George City Brazil Pedro Ferrari Uruguay Franco Maya
Sydney United Japan Taisei Kaneko Fiji Leroy Jennings2
Western Sydney Wanderers Youth
Wollongong Wolves Japan Banri Kanaizumi Japan Takumi Ofuka Scotland Chris McStay1
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The following do not fill a Visa position:
1Those players who were born and started their professional career abroad but have since gained Australian citizenship
2Australian citizens who have chosen to represent another national team;

Regular season

The 2023 season is a double round-robin format, with each team playing 30 games. The season started on 3 February, and is scheduled to conclude on 27 August.[25]

Table

More information Pos, Team ...
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 APIA Leichhardt (C) 30 20 5 5 64 35 +29 65
2 Rockdale Ilinden 30 18 5 7 60 45 +15 59
3 Blacktown City 30 17 6 7 59 33 +26 57
4 Marconi Stallions 30 17 5 8 64 35 +29 56
5 St George City 30 14 9 7 62 40 +22 51
6 Sydney FC Youth 30 14 4 12 49 52 −3 46
7 Wollongong Wolves 30 11 10 9 57 43 +14 43
8 Manly United 30 12 6 12 41 43 −2 42
9 Sydney Olympic 30 10 9 11 51 53 −2 39
10 Sydney United 30 11 6 13 42 48 −6 39
11 NWS Spirit 30 11 6 13 40 53 −13 39
12 Central Coast Mariners Academy 30 9 6 15 42 57 −15 33
13 Western Sydney Wanderers Youth 30 8 7 15 52 61 −9 31
14 Sutherland Sharks 30 8 7 15 21 35 −14 31
15 Mt Druitt Town Rangers (R) 30 6 5 19 31 61 −30 23 Qualification to Relegation play-off
16 Bulls FC Academy (R) 30 3 6 21 24 65 −41 15 Relegation to 2024 NSW League One
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Source: Ladder
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored; 4) Points gained in head-to-head record between teams; 5) Number of goals scored in head-to-head record between teams; 6) Play-off if teams concerned are equal on the basis of the above criteria
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated

Fixtures and results

More information Home \ Away, APT ...
Home \ Away APT BCT BUL CCM MAN MAR MTR NWS ROC SOL STC SUD SUT SYD WSW WOL
APIA Leichhardt — 2–2 1–0 3–1 0–0 2–0 5–0 6–0 3–0 1–2 1–0 2–1 3–0
Blacktown City 2–4 — 4–1 4–1 3–1 4–1 1–2 1–2 5–1 2–0 3–0 0–0
Bull FC 1–2 — 1–1 1–4 1–3 1–2 2–1 1–3 0–0 0–1 1–2 1–1 1–1
CCM Academy 1–2 0–1 4–2 — 2–0 1–4 4–2 2–2 2–1 2–2 2–1 1–3 2–2
Manly United 0–2 3–2 2–0 — 1–1 2–0 0–2 2–2 1–3 2–0 2–1 2–1 0–3
Marconi Stallions 1–1 2–0 3–1 — 3–1 2–3 2–1 0–2 5–0 3–3 1–0
Mt Druitt Town Rangers 1–2 0–2 2–1 1–2 1–2 — 0–0 0–3 1–1 0–3 1–0 1–2 1–2 2–1
NWS Spirit 3–2 2–0 0–1 1–3 0–2 3–1 — 0–1 0–0 2–2 2–2 1–0 1–0 5–4
Rockdale Ilinden 1–2 2–0 1–0 — 3–1 2–2 3–1 2–0 4–2 5–1 0–4
Sydney Olympic 1–3 1–0 1–3 2–2 2–4 1–1 0–2 — 0–0 3–0 1–2 3–1 2–2
St George City 1–2 2–2 4–1 1–1 1–1 0–2 3–0 3–4 1–0 — 0–1 3–4 4–2 5–3
Sydney United 1–3 1–0 0–0 2–0 3–1 2–2 3–3 0–1 — 2–1 0–1 3–6
Sutherland Sharks 0–1 0–1 0–0 1–0 0–0 1–0 0–1 1–0 0–2 0–0 — 0–0 0–3
Sydney FC Youth 4–0 1–0 4–1 3–1 2–1 1–2 4–2 2–3 2–2 1–0 — 0–1 2–1
WSW Youth 2–2 2–3 0–1 1–2 2–1 0–4 3–3 3–2 1–2 3–4 0–1 — 2–2
Wollongong Wolves 2–2 0–0 2–0 0–4 0–0 2–1 1–3 1–2 0–0 2–0 —
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Updated to match(es) played on 3 February 2023. Source: footballnsw.com.au
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.

Festival of Football

The third edition of the Festival of Football was played on 23 April, featuring Inner West rivals and former NSL clubs APIA Leichhardt and Sydney Olympic with their playing against each other.[26] This featured youth, women's and men's matches. Additionally, a legends match was also included, which featured former players such as Ernie Campbell, Marshall Soper, Jean-Paul de Marigny, Milan Blagojevic, John Buonavoglia, Nick Rizzo, Mark Byrnes, Robert Younis, Peter Katholos, Pablo Cardozo, Robbie Hooker, Zlatko Nastevski and Paul Henderson.[27]

The feature match was the Men's NPL match, part of Round 12 of the National Premier Leagues NSW.[28] Coming into the match APIA had won all eleven previous league matches.

More information APIA Leichhardt, 3–0 ...
APIA Leichhardt3–0Sydney Olympic
  • Armson 58'
  • S.Symons 72', 84'
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Attendance: 4,123
Referee: Craig Fisher

Relegation play-offs

All times are AEST (UTC+10).

First leg

More information St George FC, 1–1 ...
St George FC1–1Mt Druitt Town
  • Jones 23'
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  • Djordjevic 34'
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Second leg

More information Mt Druitt Town, 0–1 ...
Mt Druitt Town0–1St George FC
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  • Spang 8'
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Popondetta Park, Emerton

St George FC won 2–1 on aggregate. Therefore, St George are promoted to the NSW NPL, while Mt Druitt Town are relegated to the FNSW League One.

Regular season statistics

Top scorers

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RankPlayerClubGoals[29]
1 Australia Alec Urosevski Rockdale Ilinden 27
2 Republic of Ireland Roy O'Donovan Sydney Olympic 18
3 Australia Jak O'Brien Blacktown City 17
4 Australia Jordan Swibel Marconi Stallions 15
5 Australia Jack Armson APIA Leichhardt 14
Australia Jack Stewart APIA Leichhardt
Australia Patrick Antelmi Sydney United
8 Australia Lachlan Scott Wollongong Wolves 13
9 Australia Christopher Payne Sydney United 11
Australia Presley Ortiz St George City
Australia Travis Major Blacktown City
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Hat-tricks

More information Player, For ...
PlayerForAgainstResultDateRef.
United States Jason Romero4APIA Leichhardt FCRockdale Ilinden FC6–0 (H)12 February 2023[30]
Australia Jak O'BrienBlacktown City FCMt Druitt Town Rangers FC4–1 (H)5 March 2023[31]
Australia Sean SymonsAPIA Leichhardt FCNWS Spirit FC5–0 (H)6 May 2023[32]
Australia Harry McCarthyManly United FCAPIA Leichhardt FC4–0 (H)22 July 2023[33]
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Notes
  • 4 Player scored 4 goals
  • (H) – Home team
  • (A) – Away team

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