2025 Football NSW season
Football league season
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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]
| Season | 2025 |
|---|---|
← 2024 2026 → | |
Competitions
2025 National Premier Leagues NSW
| Season | 2025 |
|---|---|
| Dates | 7 February – 31 August |
| Champions | APIA Leichhardt |
| Premiers | NWS Spirit |
| Matches | 118 |
| Goals | 374 (3.17 per match) |
| Top goalscorer | Alec Urosevski – 17 goals (Rockdale Ilinden) |
| Biggest home win | Rockdale Ilinden 8–1 Western Sydney Wanderers Youth (19 April 2025) |
| Biggest away win | Blacktown City 0–5 Sydney FC Youth (11 May) |
| Highest scoring | Rockdale Ilinden 8–1 Western Sydney Wanderers Youth (19 April) |
| Longest winning run | 8 – Marconi (16 March – 2 May) |
| Longest unbeaten run | 13 – Marconi (8 February – 2 May) |
| Longest winless run | 9 – CCM Youth (15 March – ) |
| Longest losing run | 7 – CCM Youth (23 March – 11 May) |
← 2024 2026 → | |
Stadiums and locations
Note: Sutherland Sharks FC announced that the club would re-brand as 'Sharks FC' on 31 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 |
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:
- Team pre-qualified to the Australian Championship as a Foundation club.
Results
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
| Season | 2025 |
|---|---|
| Champions | Bulls FC Academy |
| Premiers | Bulls 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 |
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 | |||||||