| Country: | Australia |
| State: | New South Wales |
| Confed: | AFC |
| Founded: | |
| Teams: | 31
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| Levels: | 3 and 4 |
| Domest Cup: | National Australia Cup State Waratah Cup |
| Champions: | Mt Druitt Town Rangers (League One) (2024) Newcastle Jets Youth (League Two) (2024) |
The Football NSW League is an Australian soccer league based in New South Wales that was founded in 2022 and administered by Football NSW. It consists of two divisions that were named after the Football NSW League's breakaway of the National Premier Leagues NSW second and third divisions (and formerly fourth division) that ran in the NPL NSW system from 2013 to 2021.[1]
In August 2021, Football NSW renamed the National Premier Leagues NSW (NPL NSW) second, third and fourth divisions to form the Football NSW League with the NPL 2 becoming League One, NPL 3 becoming League Two and NPL 4 becoming League Three.[1] St George City were the inaugural champions of the FNSW League.[2]
The Football NSW League first and second divisions are contested by 15 to 16 teams each. Each team plays home and away against teams against all other teams in the league for a total of 30 fixtures each season. The top finishing clubs gain automatic promotion to the higher tier level, while those clubs finishing in second place, will play in a home-and-away play-off for promotion. The top finishing club in the first division will be automatically relegated to the second division, while those clubs finishing in second place, will play in a home-and-away play-off to avoid relegation.[3]
These are the clubs who will take part in the 2025 Football NSW League.
| Club | Location | Grounds | Capacity | Founded | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bankstown City FC | Bankstown | Jensen Park | 8,000 | 1975 | ||
| Blacktown Spartans FC | Rooty Hill | 10,000 3,000 | 2002 | |||
| Bonnyrigg White Eagles | Bonnyrigg | Bonnyrigg Sports Club | 10,000 | 1968 | ||
| Bulls FC Academy | Edensor Park | Sydney United Sports Centre | 12,000 | Relegated from the NPL in the 2023 season | ||
| Canterbury Bankstown FC | Bass Hill | The Crest Athletic Centre | 10,000 | 1886 | ||
| Dulwich Hill FC | Dulwich Hill | Arlington Oval | 1968 | |||
| Hakoah Sydney City East | Eastgardens | Hensley Athletic Field | 1,000 | 1939 | Relegated from the NPL in the 2019 season | |
| Russell Reserve Landen Stadium | 1,000 7,000 | 1989 | Relegated from the NPL after the 2024 season | |||
| Inter Lions SC | Concord | Majors Bay Reserve | 1983 | |||
| Macarthur Rams FC | St Helens Park | Lynwood Park | 3,000 | 1968 | ||
| Newcastle Jets Youth | 2008 | Promoted from the NSW League Two after the 2024 season | ||||
| North Turramurra Recreation Area | 2016 | |||||
| Rydalmere Lions | Rydalmere | Rydalmere Park | 1979 | |||
| SD Raiders FC | Moorebank | Ernie Smith Reserve | 2012 | Promoted from the NPL 3 after the 2019 season | ||
| UNSW FC | Kensington | UNSW Village Green | ||||
| Source: Football NSW[4] | ||||||
| Club | Location | Ground | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bankstown United | Padstow | Padstow Park | ||||
| Camden Tigers | Camden | Ron Din Reserve | ||||
| Central Coast United FC | Lisarow | Pluim Park | ||||
| Dunbar Rovers | Eastgardens | Hensley Athletic Field | ||||
| Fraser Park | Marrickville | Fraser Park | ||||
| Gladesville Ryde Magic | North Ryde | Magdala Park | ||||
| Granville Rage | Granville | Garside Park | ||||
| Hawkesbury City | Richmond | David Bertenshaw Field | ||||
| Hurstville ZFC | Hurstville | Penshurst Park | ||||
| Inner West Hawks FC | Stanmore | Arlington Oval | ||||
| Nepean FC | St Marys | Cook Park | ||||
| Parramatta FC | South Granville | Melita Stadium | ||||
| Prospect United | Prospect | William Lawson Park | ||||
| Sydney Uni SFC | Camperdown | Sydney Uni Football Ground | ||||
| South Coast Flame | Illawarra | Sir Ian McLennan Park | ||||
| Source: Football NSW[5] | ||||||
When the Football NSW League was first established, three divisions were played.
| 2022 | St George City | Macarthur Rams | Newcastle Jets Youth |
| 2022 | Central Coast Mariners Academy | Inter Lions | Newcastle Jets Youth |
From 2023 onwards, Division Three folded.
| Season | Division One | Division Two | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | Hills United | UNSW FC | |
| 2024 | Newcastle Jets Youth |
| Season | Competition Name | Regular season | Finals series | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Premiers (number of titles) | League Runners-Up | Champions | Score | Finalists | |||
| 1957 | Division Two | Villawood | – | Villawood | 3–2 | Camperdown | |
| 1958 | Division Two | Budapest (East) | Pan-Hellenic (West) | 4–0 | Pan-Hellenic | ||
| 1959 | Division Two | Neerlandia (Manly Warringah) | Pan-Hellenic (2) | Unknown if Finals series was held | |||
| 1960 | Division Two | Polonia | Polonia | 2–1 | Pan-Hellenic (2) | ||
| 1961 | Division Two | Granville AEK | 3–1 | Granville AEK | |||
| 1962 | Division Two | Balgownie Rangers | 3–1 | ||||
| 1963 | Division Two | Corinthian BESC | Polonia North Side | Polonia North Side | 1–0 | Corinthian BESC | |
| 1964 | Division Two | Polonia North Side | Granville AEK (2) | Polonia North Side (2) | 2–1 | Wollongong Olympic | |
| 1965 | Division Two | Corinthian BESC (2) | Granville AEK (3) | Corinthian BESC (2) | 4–1 | Granville AEK (2) | |
| 1966 | Division Two | Polonia North Side (2) | Canterbury-Marrickville | Polonia North Side (3) | |||
| 1967 | Division Two | Manly Warringah (2) | Granville AEK (4) | Bankstown | 1–0 | ||
| 1968 | Division Two | Auburn | Auburn | 3–0 | |||
| 1969 | Division Two | Bankstown | Bankstown | 3–2 | Western Suburbs (2) | ||
| 1970 | Division Two | No Finals series held | |||||
| 1971 | Division Two | Granville AEK (5) | – | Unknown | |||
| 1972 | Division Two | Granville AEK | nowrap | Canterbury-Marrickville (2) | Grand final results unknown | ||
| 1973 | Division Two | Balgownie Rangers (2) | Grand final results unknown | ||||
| 1974 | Division Two | Granville Parramatta (2) | Balgownie Rangers (3) | 1–0 | |||
| 1975 | Division Two | Manly Warringah (3) | Arncliffe Scots | Bankstown | 2–1 | Arncliffe Scots | |
| 1976 | Division Two | Yugal Prague | Grand final results unknown | ||||
| 1977 | Division Two | Revesby Workers | – | Ku-Ring-Gai | |||
| 1978 | Division Two | Revesby Workers | Polonia North Side | 3–0 | Ku-Ring-Gai (2) | ||
| 1979 | NSW Division One | St George-Budapest (2) | North Sydney Inter | Grand final results unknown | |||
| 1980 | NSW Division One | Polonia | Grand final results unknown | ||||
| 1981 | NSW Division One | SSC Yugal (2) | Ku-Ring-Gai | Grand final results unknown | |||
| 1982 | NSW Division One | Ku-Ring-Gai (2) | Blacktown United | Fairy Meadow | 2–0 | Blacktown United | |
| 1983 | NSW Division Two | Warringah Narrabeen | 3–2 | Gladesville Ravens | |||
| 1984 | NSW Division Two | Fairy Meadow | Wollongong Macedonia | Grand final results unknown | |||
| 1985 | NSW Division Two | Gladesville-Hornsby | Gladesville-Hornsby | 2–1 | Queens Park | ||
| 1986 | NSW Division Two | SSC Yugal (3) | Gladesville-Hornsby (2) | Gladesville-Hornsby (2) | 1–0 | North Bankstown | |
| 1987 | NSW Division Two | Polonia (3) | Fairy Meadow | Kingsford Hellenic | 2–1 | Polonia | |
| 1988 | NSW Division Two | Avala (2) | Fairy Meadow (2) | 4–2 | |||
| 1989 | NSW Division Two | North Shore United | Grand final results unknown | ||||
| 1990 | NSW Division Two | Southern Districts | Dulwich Hill | Grand final results unknown | |||
| 1991 | NSW Division Two | Waverley | Dulwich Hill (2) | Dulwich Hill | 4–0 | Waverley | |
| 1992 | Cyprus United | Auburn United | Cyprus United | 3–1 | |||
| 1993 | Stage League Division One | Auburn United (2) | Grand final results unknown | ||||
| 1994 | Stage League Division One | Wollongong United (2) | 1–0 | ||||
| 1995 | Stage League Division One | Belmore Hercules | Central Coast | Grand final results unknown | |||
| 1996 | Stage League Division One | Sydney Cosmos | Belmore Hercules | Grand final results unknown | |||
| 1997 | Stage League Division One | Ryde City | 1–0 | ||||
| 1998 | Stage League Division One | Grand final results unknown | |||||
| 1999 | Stage League Division One | St George Saints (3) | – | ||||
| 2000 | Stage League Division One | Dulwich Hill | Hajduk Wanderers | Dulwich Hill | – | Hajduk Wanderers | |
| 2001 | NSW Super League | Fairfield Bulls | 1–0 | ||||
| 2002 | NSW Super League | Rockdale City Suns (2) | Manly Warringah Dolphins | 1–0 | |||
| 2003 | NSW Super League | Fraser Park Dragons | 3–2 | ||||
| 2004 | NSW Super League | Stanmore Hawks | 2–1 | ||||
| 2005 | NSW Super League | Canterbury Marrickville Olympic | 1–0 | ||||
| 2006 | NSW Super League | Rockdale City Suns (3) | 1–0 | ||||
| 2007 | NSW Super League | Bonnyrigg White Eagles | 2–0 | ||||
| 2008 | NSW Super League | PCYC Parramatta | 2–1 | ||||
| NSW Super League | Rockdale City Suns (4) | PCYC Parramatta | 1–1 (8–7) | ||||
| NSW Super League | Northern Tigers FC | 4–0 | |||||
| NSW Super League | West Sydney Berries | 3–0 | |||||
| NSW Super League | Bankstown City | 1–1 (4–3) | |||||
| NPL NSW Men's 2 | St George FC (4) | Macarthur Rams | St George FC | 3–1 | |||
| NPL NSW Men's 2 | 2–1 | Parramatta FC | |||||
| NPL NSW Men's 2 | Hakoah Sydney City East FC | 2–1 | Bankstown City | ||||
| NPL NSW Men's 2 | 4–1 | ||||||
| NPL NSW Men's 2 | Marconi Stallions (3) | St George | Marconi Stallions | 5–1 | Mt Druitt Town | ||
| NPL NSW Men's 2 | Mt Druitt Town | St George | St George | 3–3 (5–4) | Mounties Wanderers FC | ||
| NPL NSW Men's 2 | North Shore Mariners | 6–3 | North Shore Mariners | ||||
| NPL NSW Men's 2 | North West Sydney Spirit | 6–2 | Northern Tigers | ||||
| 2021 | NPL NSW Men's 2 | Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Australia.[6] | |||||
| Season | Competition Name | Regular season | Grand Finals | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Premiers (number of titles) | Runners-up | Champions (number of titles) | Score | Finalists | ||||
| 1959 | Division Three | – | ||||||
| 1960 | Division Three | – | ||||||
| 1961 | Division Three | Juventus | – | |||||
| 1962 | Division Three | Cabramatta | – | |||||
| Disbanded to Amateur Leagues/Inter suburban leagues (1963–1970) | ||||||||
| 1971 | Division Three | Bankstown City | Belmore | Belmore | 2–1 | Northern Districts | ||
| 1972 | Division Three | Rosebery Rhodes | Enmore | Belmore | ? Replay: 2–1 | Enmore | ||
| 1973 | Division Three | Marrickville-Rockdale | Marrickville-Rockdale | 3–0 | Ku-Ring-Gai | |||
| 1974 | Division Three | Northern Districts | Arncliffe Scots | Ku-Ring-Gai | 0–0 Replay: 2–1 | Arncliffe Scots | ||
| 1975 | Division Three | Toongabbie (2) | Ku-Ring-Gai | 2–1 | Queens Park | |||
| 1976 | Division Three | Ku-Ring-Gai | Queens Park | Ku-Ring-Gai | 2–0 | Queens Park | ||
| 1977 | Division Three | Blacktown United | Nepean Corinthian | 2–1 | ||||
| 1978 | Division Three | Nepean Corinthian | Nepean Corinthian (2) | 3–0 | Lethbridge Rangers | |||
| 1979 | Division Two | Gladesville Ravens | 2–1 | Gladesville Ravens | ||||
| 1980 | Division Two | Guildford County | Gladesville Ravens | Gladesville Ravens | 2–0 | North Bankstown | ||
| 1981 | Division Two | Dee Why Swans | Marrickville Rockdale | Dee Why Swans | 1–1 (6–4) | |||
| 1982 | Division Two | Artarmon | Campbelltown City | Artarmon | 2–1 | Campbelltown City | ||
| 1983 | Division Three | Bathurst '75 (2) | Queens Park-Eastern Suburbs | Campbelltown City | 1–1 (3–2) | Queens Park-Eastern Suburbs | ||
| 1984 | Division Three | Campbelltown City | Queens Park-Eastern Suburbs | Campbelltown City (2) | 1–0 | Queens Park-Eastern Suburbs | ||
| 1985 | Division Three | Kingsford Hellenic | Bondi Marine | – | ||||
| 1986 | Division Three | Granville Chile | Rooty Hill | – | ||||
| 1987 | Division Three | Granville Chile (2) | West United | University of New South Wales | 4–3 | West United | ||
| 1988 | Division Three | Dulwich Hill | Moorebank Sports | Dulwich Hill | 1–0 | Moorebank Sports | ||
| 1989 | Division Three | – | ||||||
| 1990 | Division Three | Port Hacking-GreenIsland | Mount Pritchard | – | ||||
| 1991 | Division Three | Lemnos Allstars | West Wanderers | – | ||||
| 1992 | Division Two | Belmore Hercules | 2–0 | North Ryde | ||||
| 1993 | Division Two | North Ryde | Southern Minotaurs | North Ryde | 1–0 | Southern Minotaurs | ||
| 1994 | Division Two | Southern Minotaurs | Hills United | – | ||||
| 1995 | Division Two | Bankstown Sports | Bankstown Sports | – | Penrith Panthers | |||
| 1996 | Division Two | Greystanes | Sydney Districts | – | ||||
| 1997 | Division Two | AC United | Moorebank Sports | AC United | 1–0 | University of New South Wales | ||
| 1998 | Division Two | Hajduk Wanderers | Dulwich Hills | – | ||||
| 1999 | Division Two | Fraser Park Dragons (2) | Hajduk Wanderers | Hajduk Wanderers | – | Sydney University | ||
| 2000 | Division Two | Greystanes (2) | – | Hills United | ||||
| 2001 | NSW State League 1 | Sydney University | Illawarra Lions | Sydney University | 2–1 | Ryde City | ||
| 2002 | NSW State League 1 | Wanderers Cedars | Western Rage | 1–0 | Wanderers Cedars | |||
| 2003 | NSW State League 1 | Mount Pritchard (2) | 2–0 | |||||
| 2004 | NSW State League 1 | Nepean Association | Western Rage | Nepean Association | 1–0 | Western Rage | ||
| 2005 | NSW State League 1 | 4–0 | Mt Druitt Town Rangers | |||||
| 2006 | NSW State League 1 | Schofield Scorpions | 2–0 | Mt Druitt Town Rangers | ||||
| 2007 | NSW State League 1 | 2–2 (4–2) | ||||||
| 2008 | NSW State League 1 | Inter Lions | 1–1 (2–1) | Dulwich Hill | ||||
| NSW State League 1 | Dulwich Hill (2) | Mounties FC | Mounties FC (3) | 2–0 | Dulwich Hill | |||
| NSW State League 1 | Hills Brumbies | Fairfield City Lions (2) | 3–2 | Hills Brumbies | ||||
| NSW State League 1 | Mounties Wanderers (4) | 3–0 | ||||||
| NSW State League 1 | 2–0 | |||||||
| NSW State League 1 | Dulwich Hill | 2–0 | ||||||
| NSW State League 1 | 3–2 | |||||||
| NSW State League 1 | North Shore Mariners (2) | 3–2 | Hills Brumbies | |||||
| NPL NSW Men's 3 | Hills Brumbies (2) | 4–1 | Hills Brumbies | |||||
| NPL NSW Men's 3 | Fraser Park FC | 2–1 | Rydalmere Lions | |||||
| NPL NSW Men's 3 | St George City | Hawkesbury City | St George City | 2–0 | ||||
| NPL NSW Men's 3 | Stanmore Hawks | SD Raiders | SD Raiders | 3–1 | ||||
| NPL NSW Men's 3 | Rydalmere Lions (2) | Bankstown City Lions | Rydalmere Lions | 1–0 | Bankstown City Lions | |||
| NPL NSW Men's 3 | Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Australia.[7] | |||||||