2023 National Premier Leagues NSW

Last updated
NPL NSW Men's
Season2023
Dates3 February 2023 – 27 August 2023
Champions APIA Leichhardt
Matches played96
Goals scored304 (3.17 per match)
Top goalscorer Alec Urosevski (27 goals)
Biggest home win APIA Leichhardt 6–0 Rockdale Ilinden
(12 February 2023)
Biggest away win Wollongong Wolves 0–4 Marconi
(17 February 2023)
Western Sydney Wanderers 0–4 Marconi
(1 April 2023)
Highest scoring NWS Spirit 5–4 Wollongong Wolves
(1 April 2023)
Marconi Stallions 5–4 Central Coast Mariners
(27 August 2023)
Longest winning run8 matches
Rockdale Ilinden
Longest unbeaten run12 matches
APIA Leichhardt
Longest winless run10 matches
Northbridge Bulls
Longest losing run4 matches
Western Sydney Wanderers
Sydney Olympic
Central Coast Mariners
← 2022
2024 →
All statistics correct as of 5 May 2023.

The 2023 NPL NSW Men's is the eleventh season of soccer in New South Wales under the banner of the National Premier Leagues and the first season under the revised competition format. The season began on 3 February 2023 and is scheduled to conclude on 27 August.

Contents

Sydney Olympic are the defending premiers and Blacktown City are the defending champions.

Promotion and relegation

Teams promoted from the 2022 NSW League One

Stadiums and locations

TeamHead CoachLocationStadiumCapacity
APIA Leichhardt Flag of Australia (converted).svg Franco Parisi [1] Leichhardt Lambert Park 7,000
Blacktown City Flag of Australia (converted).svg Mark Crittenden [2] Blacktown Blacktown City Sports Centre 7,500
Bulls FC Academy Flag of Australia (converted).svg Zeljko Kalac [3] Northbridge Sydney United Sports Centre 12,000
Central Coast Mariners Academy Flag of Australia (converted).svg Abbas Saad [4] Gosford Pluim Park 2,000
Mt Druitt Rangers Flag of Australia (converted).svg Stewart Montgomery [5] Mount Druitt Popondetta Park 2,500
Marconi Stallions Flag of Australia (converted).svg Peter Tsekenis [6] Fairfield Marconi Stadium 9,000
Manly United Flag of the Netherlands.svg Patrick Zwaanswijk [7] Dee Why Cromer Park 5,000
NWS Spirit FC Flag of Australia (converted).svg David Perkovic [8] North Sydney Christie Park 1,000
Rockdale Ilinden Flag of Australia (converted).svg Paul Dee [9] [10] Rockdale Rockdale Ilinden Sports Centre 5,000
Sydney FC Youth Flag of Australia (converted).svg Jimmy Van Weeren [11] Moore Park Valentine Sports Park 4,000
Sydney Olympic Flag of Australia (converted).svg Labinot Haliti [12] [13] Belmore Belmore Sports Ground 20,000
Sutherland Sharks Flag of Australia (converted).svg Damir Prodanovic [14] Sutherland Seymour Shaw Park 5,000
St George City Flag of Australia (converted).svg Mirko Jurilj [15] [16] St George Peakhurst Park 1,000
Sydney United Flag of Australia (converted).svg Miro Vlastelica [17] Edensor Park Sydney United Sports Centre 12,000
Western Sydney Wanderers Youth Flag of Australia (converted).svg Andrew Christiansen [18] Blacktown Wanderers Football Park 4,500
Wollongong Wolves Flag of Australia (converted).svg David Carney [19] Wollongong WIN Stadium 22,000

Managerial changes

TeamOutgoing managerManner of departureDate of vacancyPosition in tableIncoming managerDate of appointment
Bulls FC Academy Flag of Australia (converted).svg Mile Sterjovski Promoted to full time23 January 2023 [20] Pre-season Flag of Australia (converted).svg Zeljko Kalac 28 January 2023 [21]
CCM Academy Flag of Australia (converted).svg Luke Wilkshire Signed by Socceroos 14 February 2023 [22] 12th Flag of Australia (converted).svg Lucas Vilela (interim)17 February 2023 [23]
CCM Academy Flag of Australia (converted).svg Lucas Vilela (interim)End of caretaker spell24 February 202313th Flag of Australia (converted).svg Abbas Saad 25 February 2023 [24]

Foreign players

TeamVisa 1Visa 2Non-visa foreigner(s)Former players
APIA Leichhardt Flag of France.svg Florent Indalecio Flag of the United States.svg Jason Romero Flag of Argentina.svg Diego Celis
Blacktown City Flag of France.svg Charles Mendy Flag of Japan.svg Tatsuya Kato Flag of South Korea.svg Danny Choi 1 Flag of Malta.svg Mitchell Mallia 2
Bulls FC Academy
CCM Academy Flag of New Zealand.svg Zac Zoricich 2
Mt Druitt Rangers Flag of Cape Verde.svg Júnior Sena Flag of Japan.svg Kotaro Katsuta
Marconi Stallions Flag of Japan.svg Hiroaki Aoyama
Manly United Flag of Japan.svg Seiya Kambayashi Flag of Brazil.svg Bruno Mendes Flag of Fiji.svg Marcus Lal 2
NWS Spirit FC Flag of Japan.svg Kôta Odakura Flag of Brazil.svg Luiz Lobo Flag of Japan.svg Musashi Kokubo 2
Rockdale Ilinden Flag of Argentina.svg Diego Celis Flag of France.svg Loïc Puyo Flag of North Macedonia.svg Nicola Kuleski 2
Flag of the Philippines.svg Iain Ramsay 2
Sydney FC Youth
Sydney Olympic Flag of Scotland.svg Ziggy Gordon Flag of Portugal.svg Fábio Ferreira Flag of Ireland.svg Roy O'Donovan 1
Sutherland Sharks Flag of Japan.svg Takahide Umebachi Flag of Japan.svg Fumoto Kamada 2
St George City Flag of Brazil.svg Pedro Ferrari Flag of Uruguay.svg Franco Maya
Sydney United Flag of Japan.svg Taisei Kaneko Flag of Fiji.svg Leroy Jennings 2
Western Sydney Wanderers Youth
Wollongong Wolves Flag of Japan.svg Banri Kanaizumi Flag of Japan.svg Takumi Ofuka Flag of Scotland.svg Chris McStay 1

The following do not fill a Visa position:
1Those players who were born and started their professional career abroad but have since gained Australian citizenship
2Australian citizens who have chosen to represent another national team;

Regular season

The 2023 season is a double round-robin format, with each team playing 30 games. The season started on 3 February, and is scheduled to conclude on 27 August. [25]

Table

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification or relegation
1 APIA Leichhardt (C)3020556435+2965
2 Rockdale Ilinden 3018576045+1559
3 Blacktown City 3017675933+2657
4 Marconi Stallions 3017586435+2956
5 St George City 3014976240+2251
6 Sydney FC Youth 30144124952−346
7 Wollongong Wolves 30111095743+1443
8 Manly United 30126124143−242
9 Sydney Olympic 30109115153−239
10 Sydney United 30116134248−639
11 NWS Spirit 30116134053−1339
12 Central Coast Mariners Academy 3096154257−1533
13 Western Sydney Wanderers Youth 3087155261−931
14 Sutherland Sharks 3087152135−1431
15 Mt Druitt Town Rangers (R)3065193161−3023Qualification to Relegation play-off
16 Bulls FC Academy (R)3036212465−4115Relegation to 2024 NSW League One
Source: Ladder
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored; 4) Points gained in head-to-head record between teams; 5) Number of goals scored in head-to-head record between teams; 6) Play-off if teams concerned are equal on the basis of the above criteria
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated

Fixtures and results

Home \ Away APT BCT BUL CCM MAN MAR MTR NWS ROC SOL STC SUD SUT SYD WSW WOL
APIA Leichhardt —2–21–03–10–02–05–06–03–01–21–02–13–0
Blacktown City 2–4—4–14–13–14–11–21–25–12–03–00–0
Bull FC 1–2—1–11–41–31–22–11–30–00–11–21–11–1
CCM Academy 1–20–14–2—2–01–44–22–22–12–22–11–32–2
Manly United 0–23–22–0—1–12–00–22–21–32–02–12–10–3
Marconi Stallions 1–12–03–1—3–12–32–10–25–03–31–0
Mt Druitt Town Rangers 1–20–22–11–21–2—0–00–31–10–31–01–21–22–1
NWS Spirit 3–22–00–11–30–23–1—0–10–02–22–21–01–05–4
Rockdale Ilinden 1–22–01–0—3–12–23–12–04–25–10–4
Sydney Olympic 1–31–01–32–22–41–10–2—0–03–01–23–12–2
St George City 1–22–24–11–11–10–23–03–41–0—0–13–44–25–3
Sydney United 1–31–00–02–03–12–23–30–1—2–10–13–6
Sutherland Sharks 0–10–10–01–00–01–00–11–00–20–0—0–00–3
Sydney FC Youth 4–01–04–13–12–11–24–22–32–21–0—0–12–1
WSW Youth 2–22–30–11–22–10–43–33–21–23–40–1—2–2
Wollongong Wolves 2–20–02–00–40–02–11–31–20–02–0—
Updated to match(es) played on 3 February 2023. Source: footballnsw.com.au
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.

Festival of Football

The third edition of the Festival of Football was played on 23 April, featuring Inner West rivals and former NSL clubs APIA Leichhardt and Sydney Olympic with their playing against each other. [26] This featured youth, women's and men's matches. Additionally, a legends match was also included, which featured former players such as Ernie Campbell, Marshall Soper, Jean-Paul de Marigny, Milan Blagojevic, John Buonavoglia, Nick Rizzo, Mark Byrnes, Robert Younis, Peter Katholos, Pablo Cardozo, Robbie Hooker, Zlatko Nastevski and Paul Henderson. [27]

The feature match was the Men's NPL match, part of Round 12 of the National Premier Leagues NSW. [28] Coming into the match APIA had won all eleven previous league matches.

APIA Leichhardt 3–0 Sydney Olympic
  • Armson Soccerball shade.svg58'
  • S.Symons Soccerball shade.svg72', 84'
 Report
Lambert Park , Leichhardt
Attendance: 4,123
Referee: Craig Fisher

Relegation play-offs

All times are AEST (UTC+10).

First leg

St George FC 1–1 Mt Druitt Town
  • Jones Soccerball shade.svg23'
 Report
  • Djordjevic Soccerball shade.svg34'
Rockdale Ilinden Sports Centre, Rockdale

Second leg

Mt Druitt Town 0–1 St George FC
Report
  • Spang Soccerball shade.svg8'
Popondetta Park, Emerton

St George FC won 2–1 on aggregate. Therefore, St George are promoted to the NSW NPL, while Mt Druitt Town are relegated to the FNSW League One.

Regular season statistics

Top scorers

RankPlayerClubGoals [29]
1 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Alec Urosevski Rockdale Ilinden 27
2 Flag of Ireland.svg Roy O'Donovan Sydney Olympic 18
3 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Jak O'Brien Blacktown City 17
4 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Jordan Swibel Marconi Stallions 15
5 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Jack Armson APIA Leichhardt 14
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Jack Stewart APIA Leichhardt
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Patrick Antelmi Sydney United
8 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Lachlan Scott Wollongong Wolves 13
9 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Christopher Payne Sydney United 11
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Presley Ortiz St George City
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Travis Major Blacktown City

Hat-tricks

PlayerForAgainstResultDateRef.
Flag of the United States.svg Jason Romero 4APIA Leichhardt FCRockdale Ilinden FC6–0 (H)12 February 2023 [30]
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Jak O'Brien Blacktown City FCMt Druitt Town Rangers FC4–1 (H)5 March 2023 [31]
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Sean Symons APIA Leichhardt FCNWS Spirit FC5–0 (H)6 May 2023 [32]
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Harry McCarthy Manly United FCAPIA Leichhardt FC4–0 (H)22 July 2023 [33]
Notes

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