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The 2025 National Premier Leagues NSW was the 13th season of the National Premier Leagues (NPL) in New South Wales, Australia. The regular season was held between 7 February and 31 August, followed by a finals series.

Season2025
Dates7 February – 31 August
ChampionsAPIA Leichhardt
PremiersNWS Spirit
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NPL NSW Men's
Season2025
Dates7 February – 31 August
ChampionsAPIA Leichhardt
PremiersNWS Spirit
RelegatedMt Druitt Town Rangers
Central Coast Mariners Youth
Matches247
Goals717 (2.9 per match)
Best playerNicholas Olsen (Wollongong)
Top goalscorerAlec Urosevski – 24 goals (Rockdale Ilinden)
Best goalkeeperDanijel Nizic (Sutherland)
Biggest home winRockdale Ilinden 8–1 Western Sydney Wanderers Youth (19 April 2025)
Biggest away winBlacktown City 0–5 Sydney FC Youth (11 May)
Highest scoringRockdale Ilinden 8–1 Western Sydney Wanderers Youth (19 April)
Longest winning run8 games –
Marconi (16 March – 2 May)
NWS Spirit (21 June - 16 August)
Longest unbeaten run13 games – Marconi (8 February – 2 May)
Longest winless run14 games – CCM Youth (15 March – 22 June)
Longest losing run7 games – CCM Youth (23 March – 11 May)
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Six teams (APIA Leichhardt, Marconi Stallions, Sydney Olympic, Sydney United, Wollongong Wolves and NWS Spirit (the 2025 NPL Premiers) qualified for the inaugural season of the Australian Championship, which is scheduled to begin in October 2025.[1]

Marconi Stallions were the defending champions.

Teams

Pre-season changes

More information 2024 League, Promoted to league ...
2024 LeaguePromoted to leagueRelegated from league
NPL NSWMt Druitt Town Rangers FCHills United
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Locations of teams in the 2025 National Premier Leagues NSW

Stadiums and locations

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

Managerial changes

More information Team, Outgoing manager ...
Team Outgoing manager Manner of departure Date of vacancy Position in table Incoming manager Date of appointment
St George City Mirko Jurilj N/A 23 September 2024 Pre-season Manny Spanoudakis 23 September 2024
Wollongong Wolves David Carney Warren Grieve 4 October 2024
St George Steve Karavatakis 4 October 2024 Fabian Miceli
Sydney United Zeljko Kalac 29 October 2024 Ante Juric 29 October 2024
Western Sydney Wanderers Youth Andrew Christiansen 14 January 2025 Richie Cardozo 14 January 2025
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Regular season

League table

More information Pos, Team ...
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
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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]
    Team pre-qualified to the Australian Championship as a Foundation club.
  2. [b]
    Western Sydney Wanderers Youth team and Sydney Olympic were deducted three points for breaches of administrative procedures.[10]

Results

More information Home \ Away, API ...
Home \ Away API BCT CCM MAN MAR MTD NWS ROC SGC STG SUT SFC SOL SUN WSW WOL
APIA Leichhardt — 1–0 5–0 1–0 0–2 5–0 0–3 3–4 1–0 3–3 5–0 2–0 2–0 2–2 6–1 3–3
Blacktown City 4–3 — 1–0 1–1 0–2 2–2 0–4 1–3 3–1 3–2 1–0 0–5 2–2 3–2 1–0 1–0
CCM Academy 2–6 1–4 — 1–1 1–0 2–0 1–3 1–1 0–0 4–2 0–0 0–3 1–1 3–1 0–3 0–2
Manly United 1–2 3–2 5–0 — 0–3 5–0 0–1 1–1 0–2 0–0 0–3 0–6 1–5 0–0 3–2 6–0
Marconi Stallions 3–2 1–1 3–0 4–2 — 2–1 0–5 0–1 3–1 1–1 3–0 1–0 1–1 2–0 1–0 0–3
Mount Druitt Town Rangers 0–2 2–3 1–1 1–0 0–2 — 1–1 2–3 0–1 0–2 0–0 0–0 0–4 0–2 1–2 3–1
NWS Spirit 1–0 4–1 3–1 2–1 1–2 5–0 — 6–3 2–0 2–2 1–1 3–2 2–1 1–1 1–0 1–0
Rockdale Ilinden 1–4 3–0 3–1 0–0 1–2 4–0 1–1 — 2–2 3–1 1–2 2–1 4–0 0–0 8–1 1–1
St George City 0–0 0–2 3–2 1–2 2–1 1–1 3–2 1–4 — 1–2 1–0 5–0 1–1 0–2 1–0 1–1
St George 2–3 3–2 2–0 1–2 2–2 2–3 0–3 1–2 1–3 — 3–0 1–0 2–0 2–4 0–3 2–1
Sutherland Sharks 0–2 1–2 1–0 0–1 0–2 2–0 1–3 2–3 0–3 1–1 — 4–0 1–5 1–2 3–1 1–3
Sydney FC Youth 2–6 3–3 1–0 0–0 0–1 0–2 2–0 2–2 3–1 1–1 2–0 — 0–2 3–1 1–2 2–2
Sydney Olympic 0–1 0–2 3–0 2–5 2–0 1–2 3–0 2–2 2–1 2–1 2–1 1–2 — 4–0 0–1 0–0
Sydney United 2–1 1–0 0–3 1–0 1–2 2–0 0–2 1–3 1–0 1–1 2–2 3–2 2–1 — 2–0 0–0
WSW Youth 0–1 0–4 2–2 2–0 0–1 1–1 2–3 0–0 1–1 3–0 0–1 0–0 1–1 0–3 — 1–1
Wollongong Wolves 0–2 0–1 2–2 2–0 1–1 2–1 1–1 1–3 3–0 2–1 4–0 1–0 0–2 1–2 4–0 —
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Source: Football NSW
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

Regular season statistics

Top scorers

More information Rank, Player ...
Rank Player Club Goals
1 Australia Alec Urosevski Rockdale Ilinden 24
2 Australia Presley Ortiz APIA Leichardt 18
Australia Yu Okubo NWS Spirit
4 Australia Michael Konestabo 15
Australia Nicholas Olsen Wollongong Wolves
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Hat-tricks

More information Player, For ...
PlayerForAgainstResultDateRef.
Australia Presley OrtizAPIA LeichhardtCentral Coast Mariners6–2 (A)16 February 2025[11]
Australia Alec UrosevskiRockdale IlindenAPIA Leichhardt3–4 (A)30 March 2025[12]
Australia Ali AuglahRockdale IlindenWestern Sydney Wanderers Youth8–1 (H)19 April 2025[13]
Australia Patrick AntelmiSydney United 58St George FC4–2 (A)19 April 2025[14]
Australia Lachlan ScottWollongong WolvesMarconi Stallions3–0 (A)10 May 2025[15]
Australia Alen HarbasSydney FC YouthBlacktown City5–0 (A)11 May 2025[16]
Australia Mathias Macallister5Sydney FC YouthManly United6–0 (A)15 June 2025[17]
Scotland Marc McNultySt George CitySt George FC3–1 (A)13 July 2025[18]
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Notes
  • (H) – Home team
  • (A) – Away team

Awards

Men's Team of the Year

More information Team of the Year, Goalkeeper ...
Team of the Year
Goalkeeper Danijel Nizic
(Sutherland)		 Substitutes James Hilton
(Marconi)		 Nathan Grimaldi
(St George City)
Defenders Tyron Burnie
(Marconi)		 Lachlan Griffiths
(Marconi)		 Troy Danaskos
(St George FC)		 Jaden Casella
(St George FC)		 Jai Rose
(Central Coast Mariners)
Midfielders Seiya Kambayashi
(APIA)		 Takumi Ofuka
(NWS Spirit)		 Michael Konestabo
(NSW Spirit)		 Nicholas Olsen
(Wollongong)		 Carlos de Oliveira
(S. Utd 58)		 Cyrus Dehmie
(S. Olympic)
Forwards Mark McNulty
(St George City)		 Yu Okubo
(NWS Spirit)		 Alec Urosevski
(Rockdale)		 Presley Ortiz
(APIA)
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