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The 2026 National Premier Leagues NSW season is the 14th season of the National Premier Leagues (NPL) in New South Wales. The season begins on the 8th of February,[1] and ends on the 13th September.[2]

Season2026
Dates8 February – 13 September 2026
Teams16
Matches232
Quick facts Season, Dates ...
National Premier Leagues NSW
Season2026
Dates8 February – 13 September 2026
Teams16
Matches232
Goals645 (2.78 per match)
Top goalscorerAwan Lual
(20 goals)
Biggest home winMarconi Stallions 6 - 1 SD Raiders (11 Apr 2026)
UNSW FC 5 - 0 St George City (28 Mar 2026)
Biggest away winSydney FC Youth 0-6 Western Sydney Wanderers Youth (29 May 2026)
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All statistics correct as of 23 August 2026.
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NWS Spirit are the defending premiers after finishing two points ahead of eventual champions APIA Leichhardt; who defeated fourth-placed Rockdale Ilinden 2–1 in the Grand Final.

Teams

Team Changes

The following teams have changed division since the 2024–25 season.[3]

Stadiums and locations

Locations of teams in the 2026 National Premier Leagues NSW
More information Team, Head coach ...
Team Head coach Location Stadium Capacity
APIA Leichhardt Australia Franco Parisi Leichhardt Lambert Park 7,000
Blacktown City Australia Mark Crittenden Blacktown Landen Stadium 7,500
Manly United Australia Vladimir Knezevic Dee Why Cromer Park 5,000
Marconi Stallions Australia Peter Tsekenis Fairfield Marconi Stadium 9,000
NWS Spirit Australia David Perkovic Macquarie Park Christie Park 1,000
Rockdale Ilinden Australia Paul Dee Rockdale Rockdale Ilinden Sports Centre 5,000
SD Raiders Australia Goran Ljuboja Moorebank Ernie Smith Reserve 1,000
St George FC Australia Brian Brown St George Barton Park 1,500
St George City Australia Mirko Jurilj Penshurst Park 1,000
Sutherland Sharks FC Australia David Perkovic Sutherland Seymour Shaw Park 5,000
Sydney FC Youth Australia Jimmy Van Weeren Rockdale Rockdale Ilinden Sports Centre 5,000
Sydney Olympic Australia Michael Melito (interim) Belmore Belmore Sports Ground 20,000
Sydney United Australia Miro Vlastelica Edensor Park Sydney United Sports Centre 12,000
UNSW FC Australia Gabriel Knowles Kensington The Village Green 500
Western Sydney Wanderers Youth Australia Panny Nikas Blacktown Wanderers Football Park 1,500
Wollongong Wolves Australia Luke Wilkshire Wollongong WIN Stadium 22,000
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Managerial changes

More information Team, Outgoing manager ...
Team Outgoing manager Manner of departure Date of vacancy Position in table Incoming manager Date of appointment
Sydney Olympic FC David Magrone Mutual Agreement 15 April 2026 16th Michael Melito (Interim)[4] 15 April 2026
St George FC Raphael Marie Sacked 5 May 2026 10th Brian Brown[5] 5 May 2026
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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 APIA Leichhardt[a] 30 21 5 4 66 35 +31 68 Qualification to Finals series
2 Sydney United 58[a] (C) 30 20 4 6 47 20 +27 64
3 Marconi Stallions[a] 30 19 5 6 50 22 +28 62
4 Sutherland Sharks (Q) 30 14 4 12 46 38 +8 46 Qualification to Australian Championship and Finals series[b]
5 Manly United 30 12 8 10 39 35 +4 44 Qualification to Finals series
6 NWS Spirit 30 12 5 13 37 38 −1 41
7 SD Raiders 30 12 5 13 44 49 −5 41
8 Sydney FC Youth[c] 30 11 8 11 38 43 −5 41
9 Rockdale Ilinden 30 12 4 14 46 44 +2 40
10 Western Sydney Wanderers Youth[c] 30 11 5 14 55 49 +6 38
11 Wollongong Wolves[a] 30 11 5 14 35 43 −8 38
12 St George City 30 10 7 13 30 46 −16 37
13 Blacktown City 30 9 8 13 43 46 −3 35
14 UNSW FC 30 9 5 16 38 49 −11 32
15 St George FC 30 8 3 19 28 55 −27 27 Relegation playoff with 2nd position of 2026 NSW League One
16 Sydney Olympic[a] (R) 30 6 5 19 32 62 −30 23 Relegation to 2027 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]
    The next highest non-foundation club qualifies if any of the five NPL NSW foundation clubs are the Premier.
  3. [c]
    Team is ineligible to qualify for the 2026 Australian Championship as the academy of an A-League club.

Matches

More information Home \ Away, APL ...
Home \ Away APL BLC MAN MRC NWS ROC SDR SGE SOL STG SUN SUT SYD UNS WOL WSW
APIA Leichhardt — 3–2 2–0 1–1 3–2 0–2 3–1 2–1 4–1 4–2 2–1 2–1 2–1 4–1 2–0 4–1
Blacktown City 1–3 — 0–0 0–1 1–0 3–0[a] 1–2 2–1 0–2 3–0 0–0 2–3 4–2 0–0 1–3 1–3
Manly United 2–2 0–0 — 3–1 0–4 4–1 1–0 2–0 4–0 1–0 1–1 2–1 1–1 2–0 0–1 0–1
Marconi Stallions 2–1 2–0 4–1 — 1–1 1–1 6–1 2–0 2–0 0–1 0–1 1–0 0–0 1–0 1–0 3–0
NWS Spirit 1–2 3–1 2–1 0–3 — 0–2 1–0 3–1 3–0 2–0 2–3 1–0 0–4 2–1 2–0 0–4
Rockdale Ilinden 0–1 3–2 1–1 1–4 1–1 — 0–1 3–0 4–1 1–0 1–2 1–3 3–0 2–0 1–2 0–5
SD Raiders 2–3 1–3 3–1 2–1 0–0 1–2 — 1–0 1–5 3–1 0–1 2–2 0–1 2–0 1–1 3–0
St George FC 0–0 1–0 1–0 1–2 0–3 1–6 2–3 — 1–2 0–1 1–3 1–2 0–0 2–0 3–0 0–4
Sydney Olympic 1–3 1–3 0–1 0–1 1–2 0–4 1–1 0–2 — 2–2 1–1 1–2 1–2 2–1 3–2 0–4
St George City 2–1 2–2 1–2 1–2 1–0 1–0 4–3 0–0 1–1 — 1–0 1–0 0–5 0–2 0–1 1–0
Sydney United 58 0–0 2–0 2–0 1–0 2–0 1–0 1–0 6–0 3–0 0–0 — 0–1 1–0 5–2 0–1 3–2
Sutherland Sharks 3–2 1–2 3–0 2–4 1–0 3–1 1–2 0–1 1–1 2–1 1–2 — 1–1 1–0 2–1 2–3
Sydney FC Youth 0–2 2–2 0–0 1–0 1–0 2–1 3–2 4–2 2–0 0–2 1–0 0–0 — 0–2 1–2 0–6
UNSW FC 1–1 2–2 0–2 2–2 3–1 2–0 1–1 1–4 1–3 5–0 2–0 1–3 3–2 — 1–0 2–1
Wollongong Wolves 0–2 0–2 0–4 0–1 0–0 2–2 2–3 2–0 2–1 3–3 1–2 2–1 2–3 2–1 — 3–0
Western Sydney Wanderers Youth 3–5 3–3 3–3 0–1 1–1 0–2 1–2 1–2 2–1 1–1 0–2 0–3 4–0 2–1 0–0 —
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Source: Dribl
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
Notes:
  1. [a]
    Originally played as a 1–2 victory for Rockdale Ilinden. Following an investigation, Football NSW determined that Rockdale Ilinden had fielded an ineligible player and awarded Blacktown City a 3–0 forfeit victory.[6]

Finals series

Bracket

Elimination finals Preliminary finals Grand final
1 APIA Leichhardt 3
3 Marconi Stallions 1 6 NWS Spirit 0
6 NWS Spirit 3 1 APIA Leichhardt
2 Sydney United
2 Sydney United 3
4 Sutherland Sharks 1 (4) 5 Manly United 1
5 Manly United (p) 1 (5)

Statistics

Last updated 8 September 2026.

Goals

More information Rank, Player ...
Rank[7] Player Team Goals
1 Presley Ortiz APIA Leichhardt 22
2 Awan Lual Western Sydney Wanderers Youth FC 21
3 Moudi Najjar Rockdale Ilinden 16
4 Damian Tsekenis Marconi Stallions 15
5 Michael Krslovic Sydney United 58 FC 13
6 Travis Major Blacktown City FC 11
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Discipline

Yellow Cards

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Rank[8] Player Team Yellow Cards
1 Cooper Hanagan SD Raiders 12
2 Lachlan Campbell UNSW FC 10
Christopher McStay St George FC
3 Luke Nieuwenhof Manly United FC 9
4 Teng Kuol Marconi Stallions 8
Brendan Cholakian Rockdale Ilinden
Reo Kunimoto Rockdale Ilinden
5 Adrian Vlastelica Sydney United 58 FC 7
Nicholas O'Brien Blacktown City
Maksim Jez Blacktown City
Sebastian Duarte Wollongong Wolves
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Red Cards

More information Rank, Player ...
Rank[9] Player Team Red Cards
1 Nicholas O'Brien Blacktown City 2
Anton Mlinaric Marconi Stallions
Nathan Roberts UNSW FC
Cooper Hanagan SD Raiders
2 30 players 1
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