2024 National Premier Leagues NSW

Last updated
NPL NSW Men's
Season2024
Dates16 February – 25 August
Premiers Rockdale Ilinden
Matches played231
Goals scored778 (3.37 per match)
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The 2024 National Premier Leagues NSW is the 12th season of the National Premier Leagues in New South Wales and the second season under the revised competition format. The season began on 16 February 2024 and is scheduled to conclude on 25 August. APIA Leichhardt are the defending champions.

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The 2024 season is a double round-robin format with each team playing 30 games for the regular season. The top-six team qualifies to the finals series which returned after the format was omitted from last season. [1] [2] The competition's matches were broadcast free and live on Youtube with the addition of the 2024 Waratah Cup. [3]

After 28 matches, closing towards the end of the season, Rockdale Ilinden were named premiers on 18 August, the club's first major title in over four decades. [4] During the campaign, Western Sydney Wanderers were sanctioned for alleged breaches in relation to "several incidents on 5 and 11 May" according to Football NSW. The Wanderers were fined AU$33,500, deducted six points and given 'restricted access' for away supporters. [5]

Promotion and relegation

Teams promoted from the 2023 NSW League One

Stadiums and locations

TeamHead CoachLocationStadiumCapacity
APIA Leichhardt Flag of Australia (converted).svg Franco Parisi [6] Leichhardt Lambert Park
Leichhardt Oval [6] 		7,000
20,000
Blacktown City Flag of Australia (converted).svg Mark Crittenden Blacktown Blacktown City Sports Centre 7,500
Central Coast Mariners Academy Flag of Brazil.svg Lucas Vilela [7] Gosford Pluim Park 2,000
Hills United Flag of Australia (converted).svg Luke Casserly Hills District Blacktown City Sports Centre 7,500
Marconi Stallions Flag of Australia (converted).svg Peter Tsekenis Fairfield Marconi Stadium 9,000
Manly United Flag of the Netherlands.svg Patrick Zwaanswijk Dee Why Cromer Park 5,000
NWS Spirit FC Flag of Australia (converted).svg David Perkovic North Sydney Christie Park 1,000
Rockdale Ilinden Flag of Australia (converted).svg Paul Dee Rockdale Rockdale Ilinden Sports Centre 5,000
Sydney FC Youth Flag of Australia (converted).svg Jimmy Van Weeren Moore Park Valentine Sports Park 4,000
Sydney Olympic Flag of Australia (converted).svg Labinot Haliti Belmore Belmore Sports Ground 20,000
Sutherland Sharks Flag of Australia (converted).svg Steven Zoric Sutherland Seymour Shaw Park 5,000
St George Flag of Australia (converted).svg Steve Karavatakis St George Rockdale Ilinden Sports Centre 5,000
St George City Flag of Australia (converted).svg Mirko Jurilj St George Peakhurst Park 1,000
Sydney United Flag of Australia (converted).svg Zeljko Kalac Edensor Park Sydney United Sports Centre 12,000
Western Sydney Wanderers Youth Flag of Australia (converted).svg Andrew Christiansen Blacktown Wanderers Football Park 4,500
Wollongong Wolves Flag of Australia (converted).svg David Carney Wollongong WIN Stadium 22,000

Managerial changes

TeamOutgoing managerManner of departureDate of vacancyPosition in tableIncoming managerDate of appointment
Sutherland Sharks Flag of Australia (converted).svg Panny Nikas Mutual consentSeptember 2023Pre-season Flag of Australia (converted).svg Steven Zoric [8] September 2023
Sydney United Flag of Australia (converted).svg Miro Vlastelica Mutual consentNovember 2023Pre-Season Flag of Australia (converted).svg Zeljko Kalac [9] November 2023
Central Coast Mariners Flag of Australia (converted).svg Abbas Saad N/A2024Pre-Season Flag of Brazil.svg Lucas Vilela [7] 2024
St George Flag of Australia (converted).svg Jané Talcevski Mutual consentJuly 202411th Flag of Australia (converted).svg Steve Karavatakis [10] July 2024

Foreign players

TeamVisa 1Visa 2Non-visa foreigner(s)Former players
APIA Leichhardt Flag of Japan.svg Seiya Kambayashi [6]
Blacktown City Flag of the Philippines.svg Jacob Maniti 2
Flag of South Korea.svg Danny Choi 1
CCM Academy Flag of Malta.svg Lucas Scicluna 2
Flag of South Sudan.svg Cher Deng 2
Hills United Flag of Germany.svg Nicolai Muller Flag of Japan.svg Yu Okubo
Manly United Flag of Spain.svg Miguel Bauzà
Marconi Stallions Flag of Uruguay.svg Franco Maya
NWS Spirit FC Flag of New Zealand.svg Gianni Bouzoukis
Rockdale Ilinden Flag of Japan.svg So Kataoka
St George FC
St George City Flag of the United States.svg Jason Romero Flag of Japan.svg Fumoto Kamada 2
Sutherland Sharks Flag of Japan.svg Kotaro Katsuta Flag of Japan.svg Takahide Umebachi
Sydney FC Youth
Sydney Olympic Flag of Scotland.svg Ziggy Gordon Flag of Ireland.svg Roy O'Donovan 1
Flag of New Zealand.svg Zac Zoricich 2
Flag of South Sudan.svg Abraham Majok 2
Sydney United Flag of Japan.svg Shunta Nakamura Flag of Brazil.svg Luiz Lobo Flag of Mauritius.svg Stephan De Robillard 2
Western Sydney Wanderers Youth Flag of Malta.svg Dylan Scicluna 2
Wollongong Wolves Flag of Japan.svg Banri Kanaizumi Flag of Japan.svg Takumi Ofuka Flag of Scotland.svg Chris McStay 1
Flag of South Sudan.svg Yagoub Mustafa 2

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

Table

PosTeam
PldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification or relegation
1 Rockdale Ilinden (Q)2821347038+3266Qualification for the Finals series
2 Marconi Stallions (Q)2920276734+3362
3 APIA Leichhardt (Q)2917397748+2954
4 Blacktown City (Q)2916676237+2554
5 St George City (Q)29163104639+751
6 Sydney United 29145104440+447
7 Wollongong Wolves 29135115439+1544
8 Sydney Olympic 29133135040+1042
9 NWS Spirit 29104153952−1334
10 Western Sydney Wanderers Youth 29122156165−432 [lower-alpha 1]
11 Manly United 2995153149−1832
12 St George FC 2988133655−1932
13 Central Coast Mariners Academy 2984174163−2228
14 Sutherland Sharks 2968152948−1926
15 Sydney FC Youth 2875163664−2826Qualification for the Relegation play-off
16 Hills United 2980213567−3224Relegation to 2025 NSW League One
Updated to match(es) played on 11 August 2024. Source: Football NSW
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Head-to-head points; 5) Head-to-head goals scored; 6) Play-off match [12]
(Q) Qualified for the phase indicated
Notes:
  1. ↑ Western Sydney Wanderers were deducted six points for breaches of the grievance and disciplinary regulations. [11]

Fixtures and results

Home \ Away API BCT CCM HIL MAN MAR NWS ROC SOL SGC STG SUN SUT SFC WSW WOL
APIA Leichhardt —3–13–14–03–22–04–11–55–3
Blacktown City 6–3—3–12–03–03–11–03–02–23–28–00–1
CCM Academy —5–32–21–20–23–31–23–22–5
Hills United 1–22–0—2–10–32–12–04–21–2
Manly United 1–01–1—3–21–10–21–23–01–11–00–52–1
Marconi Stallions 1–22–04–02–1—2–10–44–03–02–1
NWS Spirit 0–21–23–14–21–0—1–21–31–10–01–0
Rockdale Ilinden 2–32–23–1—3–22–04–03–13–23–1
Sydney Olympic 3–31–21–22–1—0–16–04–3
St George City 1–00–22–03–13–12–11–21–0—1–12–11–10–2
St George FC 2–20–02–01–10–11–42–1—2–33–12–12–2
Sydney United 1–03–03–23–01–20–1—1–00–03–21–2
Sutherland Sharks 0–72–00–12–11–21–20–00–31–0—0–00–4
Sydney FC Youth 1–74–13–12–01–31–31–32–10–20–0—2–5
WSW Youth 0–63–03–52–02–54–12–33–26–14–23–1—
Wollongong Wolves 1–25–14–01–21–21–13–22–13–20–2—
Updated to match(es) played on 9 August 2024. 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.

Regular season statistics

Top scorers

Correct at 7 March 2024

RankPlayerClubGoals [13]
1st Nathanael Blair Western Sydney Wanderers 7
Luka Smyth Western Sydney Wanderers
3rd Alec Urosevski Rockdale Ilinden 6
4th Jak O'Brien Blacktown City 5
Takumi Ofuka Wollongong Wolves
Jordan Segreto APIA Leichhardt
7th Brendan Cholakian Rockdale Ilinden 4
Travis Major Blacktown City
Yu Okubo Hills United
Tiago Quintal Sydney FC
Lachlan Scott Wollongong Wolves

Hat-tricks

PlayerForAgainstResultDateRef.
Jak O'Brien Blacktown CityAPIA Leichhardt6–3 (H)17 February 2024 [14]
Takumi Ofuka Wollongong WolvesHills United4–0 (H)15 March 2024 [15]
Notes


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