2025 National Premier Leagues Capital Football

National Premier Leagues Capital Football

Season	2025
Premiers	Canberra Croatia
← 2024 2026 →

The 2025 National Premier Leagues Capital Football is the 13th season of the National Premier Leagues Capital Football (NPL), a regional Australian soccer competition based in the Australian Capital Territory. The season will commence on 5 April 2025. ^[1] Gungahlin United are the defending premiers, and Canberra Croatia are the defending champions.

Teams

Pre-season changes

2024 League	Promoted to league	Relegated from league
2024 NPL Capital Football	Queanbeyan City	Canberra Olympic

Stadiums and locations

Canberra Croatia FC

Gungahlin United

O'Connor Knights

Tigers FC

Tuggeranong United

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Locations of the 2025 National Premier Leagues Capital Football teams

Monaro Panthers

Queanbeyan City

Yoogali SC

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2025 NPL1 NSW based clubs

Team	Location	Stadium
Canberra Croatia	Canberra (Deakin)	Deakin Stadium
Tigers FC	Canberra	AIS Grass Fields
Gungahlin United	Canberra (Harrison)	Gungahlin Enclosed
Monaro Panthers	Queanbeyan (NSW)	Riverside Stadium
O'Connor Knights	Canberra (O'Connor)	O'Connor Enclosed Field 1
Queanbeyan City	Queanbeyan (NSW)	High Street Oval
Tuggeranong United	Canberra (Kambah)	Kambah 2 Field 201
Yoogali SC	Griffith (NSW)	Solar Mad Stadium

Regular season

League table

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	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7	Yoogali SC (W)	21	4	3	14	31	49	−18	15	Withdrawn at the end of the season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]
(Q) Qualified for the phase indicated; (W) Withdrawn

Results

Home \ Away	CCR	TIG	GUN	MON	OCK	QUE	TUG	YOO	CCR	TIG	GUN	MON	OCK	QUE	TUG	YOO
Canberra Croatia				3–0	9–1	6–0		6–1
Tigers FC	2–1		4–0	2–2	1–2		2–2	3–2
Gungahlin United	0–4	1–2			2–1		2–4
Monaro Panthers	2–3	5–2	7–0		5–0		6–1	3–0
O'Connor Knights	1–4	0–4		1–5		6–0		5–1
Queanbeyan City	0–2	1–2	0–0	2–1			1–1	1–1			2–2				0–0
Tuggeranong United			0–0	0–1	1–1			2–1
Yoogali SC	1–3	2–2	5–1			0–1	1–2

Updated to match(es) played on 22 June 2025. Source: Dribl
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Finals series

Bracket

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

References

1. "National Premier Leagues return for 2025 | National Premier Leagues". www.nationalpremierleagues.com.au. 6 February 2025.
2. "Competition Regulations: 2024 NPL and CPL" (PDF).