| Competition: | Football New South Wales |
| Season: | 2022 |
| Prevseason: | 2021 |
| Nextseason: | 2023 |
The Football NSW 2022 season is the tenth season of soccer in New South Wales under the banner of the National Premier Leagues. The competition consists of four divisions across the state of New South Wales.
A restructuring of Football NSW competitions is taking place where the top 4 teams of League One are promoted to the NPL, the top 8 of League Two are promoted to the League One and all 11 of the League Three teams will be promoted to League Two, creating two 16-team leagues and one 15-team league.[1] [2]
| Competition: | NPL NSW Men's |
| Season: | 2022 |
| Winners: | Blacktown City |
| Premiers: | Sydney Olympic |
| Relegated: | none |
| League Topscorer: | (21 goals) |
| Biggest Home Win: | Sydney Olympic 4–0 Mt Druitt Town Rangers (7 May 2022) |
| Biggest Away Win: | Sydney United 58 1–6 Sydney FC Youth (1 May 2022) Manly United 1–6 Blacktown City (9 July 2022) |
| Highest Scoring: | Northbridge 2–6 Sydney FC Youth (21 May 2022) Mt Druitt Town Rangers 3–5 APIA Leichhardt (16 March 2022) Marconi Stallions 5–3 Sydney FC Youth (28 May 2022) |
| Prevseason: | 2021 |
| Nextseason: | 2023 |
| Competition: | NSW League One |
| Season: | 2022 |
| Winners: | St George City |
| Premiers: | Central Coast Mariners Academy |
| Promoted: | Central Coast Mariners Academy, NWS Spirit, St George City, |
| Relegated: | none |
| League Topscorer: | Lachlan Bayliss (Central Coast Mariners Academy), Emmanuel Gonzalez (Blacktown Spartans) (13 goals) |
| Biggest Home Win: | (6 goal margin) 4 games |
| Biggest Away Win: | Hakoah Sydney City East 0–6 St George FC (28 May 2022) |
| Highest Scoring: | Northern Tigers 8–2 Blacktown Spartans (12 March 2022) |
| Prevseason: | 2021 |
| Nextseason: | 2023 |
| Competition: | NSW League Two |
| Season: | 2022 |
| Premiers: | Inter Lions |
| Promoted: | Bankstown City Lions, Canterbury Bankstown, Central Coast United, Dulwich Hill, Dunbar Rovers, Inter Lions, Macarthur Rams, Rydalmere Lions |
| Relegated: | none |
| League Topscorer: | Ahmad Taleb (Rydalmere Lions), Bonmyeong Koo (Canterbury Bankstown) (19 goals) |
| Biggest Home Win: | Dulwich Hill 5–0 Inner West Hawks (9 April 2022) Bankstown City Lions 5–0 Macarthur Rams (9 April 2022) |
| Biggest Away Win: | Bankstown United 0–5 Bankstown City Lions (14 May 2022) |
| Highest Scoring: | (8 goals) 4 games |
| Prevseason: | 2021 |
| Nextseason: | 2023 |
| Competition: | NSW League Three |
| Season: | 2022 |
| Promoted: | All teams |
| League Topscorer: | Kevin Lopes (UNSW FC) (15 goals) |
| Biggest Home Win: | (4 goal margin) 4 games |
| Biggest Away Win: | Fraser Park 0–8 Newcastle Jets Youth (19 March 2022) |
| Highest Scoring: | Fraser Park 0–8 Newcastle Jets Youth (19 March 2022) Western Rage 2–6 UNSW FC (30 April 2022) |
| Prevseason: | 2021 |
| Nextseason: | 2023 |
| Competition: | National Premier Leagues NSW Women’s |
| Season: | 2022 |
| Winners: | Macarthur Rams |
| Premiers: | Sydney University |
| Prevseason: | 2021 |
| Nextseason: | 2023 |
The 2022 National Premier Leagues NSW Women's was the ninth edition of the NPL NSW Women's competition to be incorporated under the National Premier Leagues banner. 12 teams competed, playing each other twice for a total of 22 rounds. The top five teams played-off in a finals series.
See main article: 2022 Waratah Cup.
Football NSW soccer clubs competed in 2022 for the Waratah Cup. The tournament doubled as the NSW qualifier for the 2022 Australia Cup, with the top four clubs progressing to the Round of 32. A total of 162 clubs entered the qualifying phase, with the clubs entering in a staggered format.
The Cup was won by NWS Spirit, their first title.
In addition to four of the five NSW-based A-League clubs (Central Coast Mariners, Sydney FC, Newcastle Jets and Macarthur FC), the four qualifiers (Bonnyrigg White Eagles, NWS Spirit, Sydney United 58 and Wollongong United) entered into the final rounds of the 2022 Australia Cup.
The End of Year awards took place on 16 September 2022.[3]
| Award | Men's | Women's | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Goal of the Year | Bruno Mendes (Manly United) | — | |
| Fair Play Award | FNSW Institute | ||
| Club Championship | Sydney University SFC | ||
| Referee of the Year | Hassan Jomaa | Mikayla Ryan | |
| Goalkeeper of the Year | Jack Greenwood (Manly United) | Courtney Newborn (Sydney University SFC) | |
| Coach of the Year | Adam Griffiths (Manly United) | Emily Husband (Sydney University SFC) | |
| Golden Boot Awards | Men's: Roy O'Donovan (Sydney Olympic; 21 goals) 20's: Mabior Garang (Mt Druitt Town Rangers; 18 goals) | Women's: Shea Connors (APIA Leichhardt; 15 goals) Reserves: Stephanie Augoustis (Sydney University SFC; 21 goals) | |
| Player of the Year | Men's: Jaiden Kucharski (Sydney FC Youth) 20's: Luka Smyth (Sydney FC Youth) | Women's: Rola Badawiya (Sydney University SFC) Reserves: Siena Arrate (FNSW Institute) |