2024 National Premier Leagues NSW

Last updated
NPL NSW Men's
Season2024
Dates16 February – 25 August
Champions Marconi Stallions
Premiers Rockdale Ilinden
Relegated Hills United
Matches played231
Goals scored778 (3.37 per match)
Top goalscorer Alec Urosevski (Rockdale Ilinden) 31
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The 2024 National Premier Leagues NSW was 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 concluded on 25 August. APIA Leichhardt are the defending champions.

Contents

The 2024 season was a double round-robin format with each team playing 30 games for the regular season. The top-six teams qualified to the finals series. [1] [2] The competition's matches were broadcast free and live on YouTube with the addition of the 2024 Waratah Cup. [3]

Rockdale Ilinden were Premiers, receiving the club's first major title in over four decades. [4]

Promotion and relegation

Promoted from
2023 NSW League One 		Relegated from
2023 National Premier Leagues NSW
St George
Hills United 		Mt Druitt Town Rangers
Bulls FC Academy

Stadiums and locations

TeamHead CoachLocationStadiumCapacity
APIA Leichhardt Flag of Australia (converted).svg Franco Parisi [5] Leichhardt Lambert Park 7,000
Leichhardt Oval [5] 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 [6] 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 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
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 Penshurst Park 1,000
Sutherland Sharks Flag of Australia (converted).svg Steven Zoric Sutherland Seymour Shaw Park 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
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 [7] 8 September 2023
Sydney United Flag of Australia (converted).svg Miro Vlastelica November 2023 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Zeljko Kalac [8] 15 November 2023
Central Coast Mariners Flag of Australia (converted).svg Abbas Saad N/A2024 Flag of Brazil.svg Lucas Vilela [6] 2024
St George Flag of Australia (converted).svg Jané Talcevski Mutual consentJuly 202411th Flag of Australia (converted).svg Steve Karavatakis [9] 2 July 2024

Foreign players

TeamVisa 1Visa 2Non-visa foreigner(s)Former players
APIA Leichhardt Flag of Japan.svg Seiya Kambayashi
Blacktown City Flag of South Korea.svg Danny Choi 1
Flag of Malta.svg Mitchell Mallia 2
Flag of the Philippines.svg Jacob Maniti 2
Central Coast Mariners Flag of Malta.svg Lucas Scicluna 2
Hills United Flag of Germany.svg Nicolai Müller Flag of Japan.svg Yu Okubo
Manly United Flag of Spain.svg Miguel Bauzà
Marconi Flag of Uruguay.svg Franco Maya Flag of Japan.svg Hiroaki Aoyama
NWS Spirit Flag of New Zealand.svg Gianni Bouzoukis Flag of Brazil.svg Luiz Lobo 1: [10]
Rockdale Ilinden Flag of Japan.svg So Kataoka Flag of Syria.svg Moudi Najjar 2
St George FC
St George City Flag of Japan.svg Fumoto Kamada Flag of the United States.svg Jason Romero
Sutherland Sharks Flag of Japan.svg Takahide Umebachi Flag of Japan.svg Kotaro Katsuta Flag of England.svg Chris Lindsay 1
Sydney FC Youth
Sydney Olympic Flag of Scotland.svg Ziggy Gordon Flag of Ireland.svg Roy O'Donovan 1
Flag of South Sudan.svg Abraham Majok 1
Flag of New Zealand.svg Zac Zoricich 2
Sydney United Flag of Brazil.svg Luiz Lobo 1
Flag of Mauritius.svg Stephan De Robillard 2		 Flag of Japan.svg Shunta Nakamura
Western Sydney Wanderers Flag of New Zealand.svg Joseph Banza Flag of the Philippines.svg Ryan Devine 2
Wollongong Wolves Flag of Japan.svg Banri Kanaizumi Flag of Japan.svg Takumi Ofuka Flag of South Sudan.svg Yagoub Mustafa 1
Flag of Scotland.svg Chris McStay 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 3023347640+3672Qualification for the Finals series
2 Marconi Stallions (C)3021277035+3565
3 APIA Leichhardt 3018397848+3057
4 Blacktown City 3017676637+2957
5 St George City 30163114640+651
6 Sydney United 30155104540+550
7 Wollongong Wolves 30135125541+1444
8 Sydney Olympic 30133145142+942
9 Manly United 30105153350−1735
10 NWS Spirit 30104163953−1434
11 Western Sydney Wanderers Youth 30122166268−632 [a]
12 St George FC 3088143758−2132
13 Sutherland Sharks 3078153249−1729
14 Sydney FC Youth 3085173967−2829
15 Central Coast Mariners Academy (O)3084184267−2528Qualification for the Relegation play-off
16 Hills United (R)3080223571−3624Relegation to 2025 NSW League One
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]
(C) Champions; (O) Play-off winners; (R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. ↑ Western Sydney Wanderers were deducted six points for breaches of the grievance and disciplinary regulations. [11] In addition, they were fined $33,500 and given 'restricted access' for away supporters.

Fixtures and results

Home \ Away API BCT CCM HIL MAN MAR NWS ROC SGC STG SUT SFC SOL SUN WSW WOL
APIA Leichhardt —3–13–14–14–01–41–03–24–15–03–21–52–01–55–31–1
Blacktown City 6–3—3–14–02–03–03–11–23–01–23–28–01–02–23–00–1
CCM Academy 3–21–1—5–32–20–13–01–20–33–33–21–10–21–22–53–2
Hills United 1–20–22–0—2–11–34–10–32–02–32–34–22–12–31–20–2
Manly United 1–01–12–00–2—0–13–21–11–23–01–11–00–21–10–52–1
Marconi Stallions 1–26–22–04–02–1—2–19–02–14–03–33–00–42–13–12–1
NWS Spirit 0–24–21–23–14–21–0—1–21–21–31–30–01–21–11–01–0
Rockdale Ilinden 2–12–34–15–04–02–23–1—2–04–04–03–13–21–13–23–1
St George City 1–00–22–03–13–12–13–41–2—1–11–11–21–02–15–00–2
St George FC 2–20–02–02–01–10–10–21–40–2—3–12–12–12–32–22–2
Sutherland Sharks 0–72–00–12–11–21–20–00–30–13–1—0–01–00–10–00–4
Sydney FC Youth 1–71–24–13–12–00–41–31–21–32–10–0—1–30–22–51–5
Sydney Olympic 1–13–31–21–22–11–22–12–10–10–31–11–2—6–04–14–3
Sydney United 2–00–21–03–00–23–23–01–21–00–01–00–00–1—3–21–2
WSW Youth 0–63–03–52–00–12–54–12–36–14–23–10–33–20–2—0–2
Wollongong Wolves 1–22–25–14–01–21–20–01–21–11–02–13–21–23–20–2—
Updated to match(es) played on 25 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.

Finals series

Elimination semi-finals Preliminary finals Grand final
3 APIA Leichhardt 1
6 Sydney United 21 Rockdale Ilinden 3
6 Sydney United 1
1 Rockdale Ilinden 0
4 Blacktown City 42 Marconi Stallions 3
5 St George City 2 2 Marconi Stallions 6
4 Blacktown City 2

Relegation play-off

The relegation play-offs took place on 31 August and 6 September 2024.

Overview

Team 1 Agg. Tooltip Aggregate scoreTeam 21st leg2nd leg
Central Coast Mariners Academy 5–2 Bulls FC Academy 1–24–0

Matches

Bulls FC Academy 2–1 Central Coast Mariners Academy
Report
Sydney United Sports Centre, Edensor Park
Referee: Kelly Jones
Central Coast Mariners Academy 4–0 Bulls FC Academy
Report
Pluim Park, Gosford
Referee: Kurt Ams

Central Coast Mariners Academy won 5–2 on aggregate, and therefore both clubs remained in their respective leagues.

Regular season statistics

Top scorers

[13]

RankPlayerClubGoals
1 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Alec Urosevski Rockdale Ilinden31
2 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Marko Jesic Marconi Stallions20
Flag of Ireland.svg Roy O'Donovan Sydney Olympic
4 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Ben Gibson APIA Leichhardt19
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Jak O'Brien Blacktown City
6 Flag of Australia (converted).svg James Temelkovski Marconi Stallions18
7 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Nathanael Blair Western Sydney Wanderers13
Flag of Japan.svg Yu Okubo Hills United
9 Flag of Japan.svg Takumi Ofuka Wollongong Wolves12
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Jack Stewart APIA Leichhardt

Hat-tricks

PlayerForAgainstResultDateRef.
Jak O'Brien 4Blacktown CityAPIA Leichhardt6–3 (H)17 February 2024 [14]
Takumi Ofuka Wollongong WolvesHills United4–0 (H)15 March 2024 [15]
Alec Urosevski Rockdale IlindenWollongong Wolves3-1 (H)28 April 2024
Ben Gibson APIA LeichardtWestern Sydney Youth6–0 (A)28 April 2024
Rory Jordan APIA LeichardtSydney FC Youth7-1 (A)5 May 2024
Taye Ashton Hedley Central Coast Mariners YouthSt George FC3–3 (H)29 May 2024
Dom Costanzo Marconi StallionsRockdale Ilinden9-0 (H)19 June 2024
Alec Urosevski Rockdale IlindenHills United5-0 (H)30 June 2024
Jack Armson APIA LeichardtSutherland3-2 (H)7 July 2024
Yu Okubo Hills UnitedNWS Spirit4-1 (H)20 July 2024
Takeru Sugita NWS SpiritBlacktown City4-2 (H)10 August 2024
Arthur De Lima Central Coast Mariners YouthWollongong Wolves3-2 (H)11 August 2024
James Temelkovski Marconi StallionsBlacktown City6–2 (H)1 September 2024
Notes

See also

References

  1. ↑ Stavroulakis, Mark (12 December 2023). "Official: Football NSW 2024 Match Schedules Announced". Football NSW. Retrieved 19 August 2024.
  2. ↑ May, Katrina (6 February 2024). "'We need it': 2024 champion to be crowned as NPL NSW bring back finals series for upcoming season". The Daily Telegraph. Archived from the original on 6 February 2024. Retrieved 19 August 2024.
  3. ↑ Stavroulakis, Mark (6 February 2024). "Football NSW announces streaming details for 2024 season". Football NSW. Retrieved 19 August 2024.
  4. ↑ "Rockdale Ilinden crowned 2024 NPL Men's NSW Premiers following 40-year wait". NPL Men's NSW. Football NSW. 17 August 2024. Retrieved 19 August 2024.
  5. 1 2 Stavroulakis, Mark (13 December 2023). "High expectations set as APIA chase more glory in 2024". NPL Men's NSW. Retrieved 15 July 2024.
  6. 1 2 Stavroulakis, Mark (8 February 2024). "New look Mariners ready to roll in 2024". NPL Men's NSW. Retrieved 15 July 2024.
  7. ↑ "Steven Zoric appointed Sutherland Sharks Head Coach". NPL Men's NSW. Football NSW. 8 September 2023. Retrieved 19 August 2024.
  8. ↑ Stavroulakis, Mark (15 November 2023). "Zeljko Kalac appointed Sydney United 58 Head Coach". NPL Men's NSW. Retrieved 15 July 2024.
  9. ↑ "Karavatakis appointed St George FC Head Coach". NPL Men's NSW. Football NSW. 2 July 2024. Retrieved 19 August 2024.
  10. ↑ Campo, Jose (8 August 2024). "Luiz Lobo: How the Sao Paulo native made his mark on NSW football". Front Page Football. Retrieved 20 August 2024.
  11. ↑ "Football NSW statement regarding Western Sydney Wanderers FC". Football NSW. 2 July 2024. Retrieved 19 August 2024.
  12. ↑ "Competition Regulations 2024" (PDF). Football NSW . Retrieved 12 July 2024.
  13. ↑ "2024 NPL Mens 1st Grade - Top Goal Scorers". Football NSW. 8 September 2024. Retrieved 14 December 2024.
  14. ↑ "Blacktown City Punish Hapless Apia in Statement Win". NPL NSW Men's. Football NSW. 17 February 2024.
  15. ↑ "Fabulous Ofuka Fires Wollongong to First Home Win". NPL NSW Men's. Football NSW. 15 March 2024.
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