2025 National Premier Leagues

National Premier Leagues

Season	2025
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The 2025 National Premier Leagues was the thirteenth season of the Australian National Premier Leagues football competition. The league competition was played by eight separate state and territory member federations. These divisions were ACT, NSW, Northern NSW, Queensland, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria and Western Australia.

Along with a further eight 'Foundation' clubs (NPL teams from Melbourne, Sydney and Wollongong), the Premiers of each member federation's competition qualified for the 2025 Australian Championship. ^[1]

League tables

Australian Capital Territory

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Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Canberra Croatia (Q)	21	17	0	4	82	26	+56	51	Qualification to Australian Championship and Finals series
2	Tigers FC (C)	21	13	4	4	50	33	+17	43	Qualification to Finals series
3	Monaro Panthers	21	13	3	5	64	24	+40	42
4	Tuggeranong United	21	7	6	8	31	50	−19	27
5	Gungahlin United	21	7	4	10	36	60	−24	25
6	Queanbeyan City	21	6	6	9	20	35	−15	24
7	Yoogali SC (W)	21	4	3	14	31	49	−18	15	Withdrawn at the end of the season
8	O'Connor Knights	21	3	2	16	33	70	−37	11

Source: Dribl
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Head-to-head points; 5) Head-to-head goals scored; 6) Away head-to-head goals scored; 7) Least red cards; 8) Least yellow cards ^[2]
(C) Champions; (Q) Qualified for the phase indicated; (W) Withdrawn

Finals series

	Semi-finals					Preliminary final					Grand final
	1	Canberra Croatia	2								Tigers FC		3
	2	Tigers FC	3								Monaro Panthers		0
						Canberra Croatia		1
						Monaro Panthers		2
	3	Monaro Panthers	5
	4	Tuggeranong United	1

New South Wales

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Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	NWS Spirit (Q)	30	20	6	4	67	30	+37	66	Qualification to Australian Championship and Finals series
2	APIA Leichhardt [a] (C)	30	20	4	6	75	35	+40	64	Qualification to Finals series
3	Marconi Stallions [a]	30	19	5	6	48	29	+19	62
4	Rockdale Ilinden	30	15	10	5	68	41	+27	55
5	Blacktown City	30	15	5	10	50	50	0	50
6	Sydney United 58 [a]	30	14	7	9	41	39	+2	49
7	Sydney Olympic [a]	30	12	7	11	50	38	+12	40 [b]
8	Wollongong Wolves [a]	30	10	10	10	42	38	+4	40
9	St George City	30	10	7	13	37	42	−5	37
10	Sydney FC Youth	30	9	7	14	43	46	−3	34
11	Manly United	30	9	7	14	40	46	−6	34
12	St George FC	30	8	8	14	44	55	−11	32
13	Sutherland Sharks	30	7	5	18	28	53	−25	26
14	Western Sydney Wanderers Youth	30	7	7	16	29	51	−22	25 [b]
15	Central Coast Mariners Academy (R)	30	5	8	17	29	62	−33	23	Qualification for the Relegation play-off
16	Mount Druitt Town Rangers (R)	30	5	7	18	24	60	−36	22	Relegation to 2026 NSW League One

Source: Dribl
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored; 4) head-to-head points; 5) head-to-head goals scored; 6) play-off.
(C) Champions; (Q) Qualified for the phase indicated; (R) Relegated
Notes:

1. Team pre-qualified to the Australian Championship as a Foundation club.
2. Western Sydney Wanderers Youth team and Sydney Olympic were deducted three points for breaches of administrative procedures. ^[3]

	Elimination semi-finals					Preliminary finals					Grand final
	3	Marconi Stallions (p)	1 (3)
	6	Sydney United	1 (2)			2	APIA Leichhardt	2
						3	Marconi Stallions	0
											2	APIA Leichhardt	2
	4	Rockdale Ilinden	1								4	Rockdale Ilinden	1
	5	Blacktown City	0			1	NWS Spirit	1
						4	Rockdale Ilinden (a.e.t.)	2

Northern New South Wales

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Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Broadmeadow Magic (C, Q)	22	19	2	1	50	18	+32	59	Qualification to Australian Championship and Finals series
2	Edgeworth FC	22	17	2	3	50	15	+35	53	Qualification to Finals series
3	Weston Bears	22	16	2	4	61	25	+36	50
4	Lambton Jaffas	22	9	6	7	37	29	+8	33
5	Maitland FC	22	9	5	8	42	41	+1	32
6	Newcastle Olympic	22	8	7	7	46	38	+8	31
7	Charlestown Azzurri	22	6	6	10	32	34	−2	24
8	Adamstown Rosebud	22	7	2	13	33	47	−14	23
9	Cooks Hill United	22	7	2	13	26	47	−21	23
10	Belmont Swansea	22	4	8	10	34	45	−11	20
11	Valentine FC (O)	22	4	4	14	28	60	−32	16	Qualification for the Relegation play-off
12	New Lambton (R)	22	1	4	17	21	61	−40	7	Relegation to 2026 NNSW Northern League 1

Source: Squadi
(C) Champions; (O) Play-off winners; (Q) Qualified for the phase indicated; (R) Relegated

Finals

	Qualifying final					Major semi-final					Preliminary final					Grand final
						1	Broadmeadow Magic	2								Broadmeadow Magic		2
						3	Weston Bears	0								Lambton Jaffas		0
	2	Edgeworth FC	1								Weston Bears		0
	3	Weston Bears	2			Minor semi-final					Lambton Jaffas		2
						2	Edgeworth FC	1
	4	Lambton Jaffas	3			4	Lambton Jaffas	3
	5	Maitland FC	1

Queensland

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Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Moreton City Excelsior (Q)	22	14	5	3	48	23	+25	47	Qualification to Australian Championship and Finals series
2	Lions FC (C)	22	13	3	6	48	29	+19	42	Qualification to Finals series
3	Peninsula Power	22	11	6	5	45	21	+24	39
4	Eastern Suburbs	22	12	5	5	51	37	+14	38 [a]
5	Gold Coast Knights	22	11	4	7	29	26	+3	37
6	Olympic FC	22	9	3	10	29	26	+3	30
7	Brisbane City	22	9	3	10	43	42	+1	30
8	Wynnum Wolves	22	7	6	9	41	40	+1	27
9	Gold Coast United	22	8	3	11	25	44	−19	27
10	Brisbane Roar Youth	22	6	4	12	29	35	−6	22
11	St George Willawong (R)	22	4	7	11	27	48	−21	19	Relegation to 2026 FQPL 1
12	Sunshine Coast Wanderers (R)	22	2	3	17	20	64	−44	9

Source: Squadi
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored; 4) head to head record.
(C) Champions; (Q) Qualified for the phase indicated; (R) Relegated
Notes:

1. Eastern Suburbs were deducted three points for breaches of administrative procedures. ^[4]

	Semi-finals					Grand final
	1	Moreton City Excelsior	4
	4	Eastern Suburbs	1
						Moreton City Excelsior		1
						Lions FC		2
	2	Lions FC	3
	3	Peninsula Power	0

South Australia

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Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	North Eastern MetroStars (Q)	22	16	4	2	55	20	+35	52	Qualification to Australian Championship and finals
2	Adelaide City	22	12	3	7	43	30	+13	39	Qualification to Finals series
3	Croydon FC (C)	22	12	2	8	43	34	+9	38
4	FK Beograd	22	12	1	9	43	32	+11	37
5	Adelaide United Youth	22	9	5	8	40	44	−4	32
6	West Torrens Birkalla	22	9	4	9	33	35	−2	31
7	Campbelltown City	22	9	3	10	36	46	−10	30
8	Playford City	22	9	2	11	45	41	+4	29
9	Adelaide Comets	22	9	2	11	26	34	−8	29
10	Para Hills Knights	22	6	5	11	37	56	−19	23
11	Modbury Jets (R)	22	6	4	12	27	32	−5	22	Relegation to SA State League 1
12	Adelaide Croatia Raiders (R)	22	4	3	15	24	48	−24	15

Source: Dribl
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored; 4) head to head record; 5) playoff match. ^[5]
(C) Champions; (Q) Qualified for the phase indicated; (R) Relegated

	Elimination Finals					Semi-finals							Grand Final
	4	FK Beograd	1
	5	Adelaide United Youth	2			5	Adelaide United Youth	0	1	1
						1	North Eastern MetroStars	1	2	3
													1	North Eastern MetroStars	1
	3	Croydon FC (p)	4										3	Croydon FC	2
	6	West Torrens Birkalla	1			3	Croydon FC (p)	1	0	1 (3)
						2	Adelaide City	1	0	1 (2)

Tasmania

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Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	South Hobart (C, Q)	21	17	3	1	84	20	+64	54	Qualification to Australian Championship
2	Launceston City	21	16	2	3	82	22	+60	50
3	Kingborough Lions United	21	13	2	6	45	33	+12	41
4	Devonport City	21	10	5	6	57	32	+25	35
5	Glenorchy Knights	21	10	3	8	50	43	+7	33
6	Riverside Olympic	21	5	1	15	25	54	−29	16
7	Launceston United	21	3	1	17	25	100	−75	10
8	Clarence Zebras	21	1	1	19	19	83	−64	4

Source: Dribl
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 ^[6]
(C) Champions; (Q) Qualified for the phase indicated

Victoria

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Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion, qualification or relegation
1	Avondale FC [a]	26	19	4	3	66	27	+39	61	Qualification to Finals series
2	Heidelberg United (C, Q)	26	17	6	3	55	25	+30	57	Qualification to Australian Championship and Finals series [b]
3	Dandenong Thunder	26	16	5	5	60	32	+28	53	Qualification to Finals series
4	Oakleigh Cannons	26	15	4	7	58	33	+25	49
5	Preston Lions [a]	26	14	5	7	40	28	+12	47
6	Dandenong City	26	10	10	6	51	38	+13	40
7	Hume City	26	11	5	10	42	40	+2	38
8	Green Gully	26	8	7	11	39	42	−3	31
9	South Melbourne [a]	26	7	7	12	29	46	−17	28
10	Altona Magic	26	7	6	13	28	38	−10	27
11	St Albans Saints	26	7	6	13	45	56	−11	27
12	Melbourne Victory Youth (R)	26	5	3	18	36	60	−24	18	Relegation to Victorian Premier League 1
13	Port Melbourne (R)	26	4	5	17	24	64	−40	17
14	Melbourne Knights (R)	26	4	3	19	28	72	−44	15

Source: MyGameday
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored; 4) aggregate head-to-head results; 5) away goals; 6) alphabetical order/coin toss at the end of the season.
(C) Champions; (Q) Qualified for the phase indicated; (R) Relegated
Notes:

1. Team pre-qualified to the Australian Championship as a Foundation club.
2. The second-placed team qualified to the Australian Championship since the Premier is one of the three NPL Victoria teams that have already qualified as "Foundation Clubs".

Finals series

	Elimination finals					Preliminary finals					Grand final
						1	Avondale FC	0
	3	Dandenong Thunder	0			6	Dandenong City	1
	6	Dandenong City	1								6	Dandenong City	1
											2	Heidelberg United	2
						2	Heidelberg United	2
	4	Oakleigh Cannons	1			5	Preston Lions	1
	5	Preston Lions	2

Western Australia

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The competition was held as a double round-robin played over 22 rounds, followed by an end of season Finals competition.

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Bayswater City (C, Q)	22	16	4	2	53	16	+37	52	Qualification to Australian Championship and Finals series
2	Olympic Kingsway	22	16	3	3	53	22	+31	51	Qualification to Finals series
3	Perth RedStar	22	13	5	4	33	23	+10	44
4	Perth Glory Youth	22	12	4	6	52	30	+22	40
5	Stirling Macedonia	22	10	5	7	50	38	+12	35
6	Perth SC	22	8	6	8	41	43	−2	30
7	Western Knights	22	7	5	10	34	43	−9	26
8	Armadale SC	22	6	5	11	34	51	−17	23
9	Sorrento FC	22	6	4	12	27	38	−11	22
10	Balcatta FC	22	5	5	12	22	45	−23	20
11	Fremantle City (O)	22	5	4	13	26	48	−22	19	Qualification for the Relegation play-off
12	Floreat Athena (R)	22	0	6	16	23	51	−28	6	Relegation to the 2026 State League 1

Source: squadi
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (O) Play-off winners; (Q) Qualified for the phase indicated; (R) Relegated

Finals

	Semi-finals					Preliminary Final					Grand Final
	1	Bayswater City	1								Bayswater City		2
	2	Olympic Kingsway	0								Olympic Kingsway		1
						Olympic Kingsway		4
						Perth Glory Youth		0
	3	Perth RedStar	2 (2)
	4	Perth Glory Youth (p)	2 (4)

Qualified teams for the Australian Championship

In addition to the Foundation Clubs, the following teams qualified for the 2025 Australian Championship:

Competition	Club
2025 NPL Capital Football	Canberra Croatia
2025 NPL NSW	NWS Spirit
2025 NPL Northern NSW	Broadmeadow Magic
2025 NPL Queensland	Moreton City Excelsior
2025 NPL South Australia	North Eastern MetroStars
2025 NPL Tasmania	South Hobart
2025 NPL Victoria	Heidelberg United [a]
2025 NPL Western Australia	Bayswater City

Notes

1. Heidelberg qualified as the second-placed team, since the Premiers (Avondale FC) already qualified as a "Foundation Club".

References

1. Rugari, Vince (31 October 2024). "Football Australia will launch a national second division in 2025. Here's what you need to know". Sydney Morning Herald. Archived from the original on 12 February 2025. Retrieved 12 February 2025.
2. "Competition Regulations: 2024 NPL and CPL" (PDF).
3. "Clubs Sanctioned for Compliance Breaches of the 2025 Application Process". Football NSW. 30 April 2025. Retrieved 2 May 2025.
4. https://footballqueensland.com.au/nplqld/
5. "2025 Competition Rules and Regulations" (PDF). Football South Australia . p. 28.
6. "2025 Competition and Disciplinary Regulations" (PDF). Football Tasmania.

External links

• Official website