2025 National Premier Leagues NSW

Last updated
NPL NSW Men's
Season2025
Dates7 February – 31 August
Champions APIA Leichhardt
Premiers NWS Spirit
Matches played118
Goals scored374 (3.17 per match)
Top goalscorer Alec Urosevski – 17 goals (Rockdale Ilinden)
Biggest home win Rockdale Ilinden 8–1 Western Sydney Wanderers Youth (19th April 2025)
Biggest away win Blacktown City 0–5 Sydney FC Youth (11th May)
Highest scoring Rockdale Ilinden 8–1 Western Sydney Wanderers Youth (19th April)
Longest winning run8 – Marconi (16th March – 2nd May)
Longest unbeaten run13 – Marconi (8th February – 2nd May)
Longest winless run9 – CCM Youth (15th March – )
Longest losing run7 – CCM Youth (23rd March – 11th May)
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The 2025 National Premier Leagues NSW was the 13th season of the National Premier Leagues (NPL) in New South Wales. The regular season was held between 7 February and 31 August, followed by a finals series.

Contents

Six teams (APIA Leichhardt, Marconi Stallions, Sydney Olympic, Sydney United, Wollongong Wolves and NWS Spirit (the 2025 NPL Premiers)) qualified for the inaugural season of the Australian Championship, which is scheduled to begin in October 2025. [1]

Marconi Stallions were the defending champions.

Teams

Pre-season changes

2024 LeaguePromoted to leagueRelegated from league
NPL NSW Mt Druitt Town Rangers FC Hills United

Stadiums and locations

TeamHead CoachLocationStadiumCapacity
APIA Leichhardt Flag of Australia (converted).svg Franco Parisi Leichhardt Lambert Park 7,000
Leichhardt Oval 20,000
Blacktown City Flag of Australia (converted).svg Mark Crittenden Blacktown Landen Stadium 7,500
Central Coast Mariners Academy Flag of Brazil.svg Lucas Vilela Gosford Pluim Park 2,000
Manly United Flag of Australia (converted).svg Jimmy Snedden (interim) [2] Dee Why Cromer Park 5,000
Marconi Stallions Flag of Australia (converted).svg Peter Tsekenis Fairfield Marconi Stadium 9,000
Mount Druitt Town Rangers Flag of Australia (converted).svg Andrew Montgomery Mount Druitt Popondetta Park 4,000
NWS Spirit Flag of Australia (converted).svg David Perkovic Macquarie Park Christie Park 1,000
Rockdale Ilinden Flag of Australia (converted).svg Paul Dee Rockdale Rockdale Ilinden Sports Centre 5,000
St George FC Flag of Australia (converted).svg Fabian Miceli [3] St George Barton Park 1,500
St George City Flag of Australia (converted).svg Manny Spanoudakis [4] Penshurst Park 1,000
Sutherland Sharks FC 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 Rockdale Ilinden Sports Centre 5,000
Sydney Olympic Flag of Australia (converted).svg Labinot Haliti Belmore
Carlton 		Belmore Sports Ground 20,000
Jubilee Stadium 20,500
Sydney United Flag of Australia (converted).svg Ante Juric [5] Edensor Park Sydney United Sports Centre 12,000
Western Sydney Wanderers Youth Flag of Australia (converted).svg Richie Cardozo [6] Blacktown Wanderers Football Park 4,500
Wollongong Wolves Flag of Australia (converted).svg Julio Miranda (interim) [7] Wollongong WIN Stadium 22,000
Macedonia Park 10,000

Note: Sutherland Sharks FC announced that the club would re-brand as 'Sharks FC' on the 31st of January, [8] and played round 1 under the new name, before reverting to Sutherland Sharks FC a week later following widespread negative feedback for the new name. [9]

Managerial changes

TeamOutgoing managerManner of departureDate of vacancyPosition in tableIncoming managerDate of appointment
St George City Mirko Jurilj N/A23rd September 2024Pre-season Manny Spanoudakis 23rd September 2024
Wollongong Wolves David Carney Warren Grieve 4th October 2024
St George Steve Karavatakis 4th October 2024 Fabian Miceli
Sydney United Zeljko Kalac 29th October 2024 Ante Juric 29th October 2024
Western Sydney Wanderers Youth Andrew Christiansen 14th January 2025 Richie Cardozo 14th January 2025

Regular Season

League table

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification or relegation
1 NWS Spirit (Q)3020646730+3766Qualification to Australian Championship and Finals series
2 APIA Leichhardt [a] (C)3020467535+4064Qualification to Finals series
3 Marconi Stallions [a] 3019564829+1962
4 Rockdale Ilinden 30151056841+2755
5 Blacktown City 30155105050050
6 Sydney United 58 [a] 3014794139+249
7 Sydney Olympic [a] 30127115038+1240 [b]
8 Wollongong Wolves [a] 301010104238+440
9 St George City 30107133742−537
10 Sydney FC Youth 3097144346−334
11 Manly United 3097144046−634
12 St George FC 3088144455−1132
13 Sutherland Sharks 3075182853−2526
14 Western Sydney Wanderers Youth 3077162951−2225 [b]
15 Central Coast Mariners Academy (R)3058172962−3323Qualification for the Relegation play-off
16 Mount Druitt Town Rangers (R)3057182460−3622Relegation 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. 1 2 3 4 5 Team pre-qualified to the Australian Championship as a Foundation club.
  2. 1 2 Western Sydney Wanderers Youth team and Sydney Olympic were deducted three points for breaches of administrative procedures. [10]

Fixtures and results

Home \ Away API BCT CCM MAN MAR MTD NWS ROC SGC STG SUT SFC SOL SUN WSW WOL
APIA Leichhardt —0–25–00–33–43–32–02–06–13–3
Blacktown City 4–3—1–10–43–21–00–52–23–2
CCM Academy 2–61–4—1–31–3
Manly United 1–25–0—0–35–00–11–10–00–30–06–0
Marconi Stallions 1–13–0—3–11–11–11–00–3
Mount Druitt Town Rangers 2–31–10–2—2–30–10–00–4
NWS Spirit 1–25–0—2–02–21–13–21–11–0
Rockdale Ilinden 3–01–21–1—2–22–14–08–11–1
St George City 0–00–23–21–22–3—1–21–11–0
St George FC 2–01–2—3–05–02–40–32–1
Sutherland Sharks 0–21–00–22–30–3—1–5
Sydney FC Youth 1–00–00–10–22–0—3–12–2
Sydney Olympic 3–02–53–02–11–2—4–00–10–0
Sydney United 0–31–22–01–31–02–2—2–0
WSW Youth 0–42–22–01–12–30–10–0—
Wollongong Wolves 0–12–22–13–04–01–24–0—
Updated to match(es) played on 21 May 2025. Source:
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 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 14 Rockdale Ilinden 1
5 Blacktown City 0 1 NWS Spirit 1
4 Rockdale Ilinden (a.e.t.)2

Regular season statistics

Top scorers

Correct as of 21 May 2025

RankPlayerClubGoals
1 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Alec Urosevski Rockdale Ilinden17
2 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Presley Ortiz APIA Leichardt9
3 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Michael Konestabo NWS Spirit8
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Mitchell Mallia Blacktown City
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Nicholas Olsen Wollongong Wolves

Hat-tricks

PlayerForAgainstResultDateRef.
Presley Ortiz APIA LeichhardtCentral Coast Mariners6–2 (A)16 February 2025
Alec Urosevski Rockdale IlindenAPIA Leichhardt3–4 (A)30 March 2025
Ali Auglah Rockdale IlindenWestern Sydney Wanderers Youth8–1 (H)19 April 2025
Patrick Antelmi Sydney United 58St George FC4–2 (A)19 April 2025
Lachlan Scott Wollongong WolvesMarconi Stallions3–0 (A)10 May 2025
Alen Harbas Sydney FC YouthBlacktown City5–0 (A)11 May 2025
Mathias Macallister 5Sydney FC YouthManly United6–0 (A)11 May 2025
Marc McNulty St George CitySt George FC3–1 (A)13 July 2025
Notes

Awards

Men's Team of the Year

Team of the Year
Goalkeeper Danijel Nizic
(Sutherland)		Substitutes James Hilton
(Marconi)		 Nathan Grimaldi
(St George City)
Defenders Tyron Burnie
(Marconi)		 Lachlan Griffiths
(Marconi)		 Troy Danaskos
(St George FC)		 Jaden Casella
(St George FC)		 Jai Rose
(Central Coast Mariners)
Midfielders Seiya Kambayashi
(APIA)		 Takumi Ofuka
(NWS Spirit)		 Michael Konestabo
(NSW Spirit)		 Nicholas Olsen
(Wollongong)		 Carlos de Oliveira
(S. Utd 58)		 Cyrus Dehmie
(S. Olympic)
Forwards Mark McNulty
(St George City)		 Yu Okubo
(NWS Spirit)		 Alec Urosevski
(Rockdale)		 Presley Ortiz
(APIA)

References

  1. ↑ "Football Australia unveils new format and start date for National Second Tier competition". Football Australia. 31 October 2024. Retrieved 14 December 2024.
  2. ↑ "Thank you, Pat". www.manlyunitedfc.com.au. Manly United. Retrieved 28 June 2025.
  3. ↑ "Fabian Miceli appointed new St George FC Head Men's coach". 8 October 2024.
  4. ↑ "Mirko Jurilj steps down as St George City coach". 23 September 2024.
  5. ↑ "United 58 bring back Ante Juric for tilt at Silverware". 28 October 2024.
  6. ↑ "Young gun Wanderers set to unearth more stars in 2025".
  7. ↑ "Warren Grieve Departs Wollongong Wolves by Mutual Agreement". 7 July 2025.
  8. ↑ "Sharks FC Launch New Brand". Sharks FC (Australia) . 31 January 2025.
  9. ↑ "We Heard You... Sutherland Is Back". Sharks FC (Australia) . 12 February 2025.
  10. ↑ "Clubs Sanctioned for Compliance Breaches of the 2025 Application Process". Football NSW. 30 April 2025. Retrieved 2 May 2025.
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