2025 National Premier Leagues NSW

NPL NSW Men's

Season	2025
Dates	7 February – 31 August
Matches played	15
Goals scored	56 (3.73 per match)
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The 2025 NPL NSW Men's (commonly referred to as "NPL NSW" or within New South Wales simply as "NPL") is the 13th season of Association football in New South Wales under the banner of the National Premier Leagues.

Five teams (APIA Leichhardt, Marconi Stallions, Sydney Olympic, Sydney United and the 2025 NPL Premiers) qualify for the inaugural season of the Australian Championship, which is scheduled to begin in October 2025. ^[1]

Marconi Stallions enter the season as defending champions, having won the 2024 NPL NSW Grand Final. ^[2] The season kicked off on 7 February 2025, with Manly United hosting the Central Coast Mariners Academy at Cromer Park. ^[3]

Promotion and Relegation

Teams promoted from the 2024 NSW League One

• Mt Druitt Town Rangers FC

Teams relegated from the 2024 National Premier Leagues NSW

• Hills United

Teams

Stadiums and locations

Team	Head Coach	Location	Stadium	Capacity
APIA Leichhardt	Franco Parisi	Leichhardt	Lambert Park	7,000
			Leichhardt Oval	20,000
Blacktown City	Mark Crittenden	Blacktown	Landen Stadium	7,500
Central Coast Mariners Academy	Lucas Vilela	Gosford	Pluim Park	2,000
Manly United	Patrick Zwaanswijk	Dee Why	Cromer Park	5,000
Marconi Stallions	Peter Tsekenis	Fairfield	Marconi Stadium	9,000
Mount Druitt Town Rangers	Andrew Montgomery	Mt Druitt	Popondetta Park	4,000
NWS Spirit	David Perkovic	Macquarie Park	Christie Park	1,000
Rockdale Ilinden	Paul Dee	Rockdale	Rockdale Ilinden Sports Centre	5,000
St George FC	Fabian Miceli [4]	St George	Barton Park	1,500
St George City	Manny Spanoudakis [5]		Penshurst Park	1,000
Sutherland Sharks FC	Steven Zoric	Sutherland	Seymour Shaw Park	5,000
			Shark Park	15,000
Sydney FC Youth	Jimmy Van Weeren	Moore Park	Rockdale Ilinden Sports Centre	5,000
Sydney Olympic	Labinot Haliti	Belmore	Belmore Sports Ground	20,000
Sydney United	Ante Juric [6]	Edensor Park	Sydney United Sports Centre	12,000
Western Sydney Wanderers Youth	Richie Cardozo [7]	Blacktown	Wanderers Football Park	4,500
Wollongong Wolves	Warren Grieve [8]	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, ^[9] and played round 1 under the new name, before reverting back to Sutherland Sharks FC a week later following widespread negative feedback for the new name. ^[10]

Managerial changes

Team	Outgoing manager	Manner of departure	Date of vacancy	Position in table	Incoming manager	Date of appointment
St George City	Mirko Jurilj	N/A	23rd September 2024	Pre-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

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	NWS Spirit	2	2	0	0	7	2	+5	6	Qualification for the Australian Championship and Finals series
2	APIA Leichhardt	2	1	1	0	9	5	+4	4	Qualification for the Finals series
3	Wollongong Wolves	2	1	1	0	6	3	+3	4
4	Sutherland Sharks	2	1	1	0	5	2	+3	4
5	Marconi Stallions	2	1	1	0	3	1	+2	4
6	Rockdale Ilinden	2	1	1	0	4	3	+1	4
7	WSW Youth	2	1	1	0	2	1	+1	4
8	Manly United	2	1	0	1	5	3	+2	3
9	Sydney FC Youth	2	1	0	1	5	4	+1	3
10	Sydney Olympic	2	1	0	1	2	2	0	3
11	Sydney United	2	0	1	1	3	5	−2	1
12	Mount Druitt Town Rangers	2	0	1	1	1	3	−2	1
13	St George City	2	0	1	1	2	5	−3	1
14	Blacktown City	2	0	1	1	1	5	−4	1
15	St George FC	2	0	0	2	2	4	−2	0	Qualification for the Relegation play-off
16	CCM Academy	2	0	0	2	2	11	−9	0	Relegation to 2026 NSW League One

Updated to match(es) played on 19 February 2025. Source:

Fixtures and results

Home \ Away	API	BCT	CCM	MAN	MAR	MTD	NWS	ROC	SGC	STG	SUT	SFC	SOL	SUN	WSW	WOL
APIA Leichhardt	—															3–3
Blacktown City		—					0–4
CCM Academy	2–6		—
Manly United			5–0	—							0–3
Marconi Stallions		1–1			—
Mount Druitt Town Rangers					0–2	—
NWS Spirit							—					3–2
Rockdale Ilinden								—		2–2
St George City									—
St George FC								1–2		—
Sutherland Sharks											—
Sydney FC Youth												—		3–1
Sydney Olympic									2–1				—		0–1
Sydney United											2–2			—
WSW Youth						1–1									—
Wollongong Wolves									3–0							—

Updated to match(es) played on 19 February 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.

Regular season statistics

Top scorers

[11]

Correct as of 19 February 2025

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Yu Okubo	NWS Spirit	3
	Presley Ortiz	APIA Leichhardt
	Nicholas Olsen	Wollongong Wolves
3	Takumi Ofuka	NWS Spirit	2
	Mathias Macallister	Sydney FC
	Lucas Meek	Manly United
	Maki Petratos	Western Sydney Wanderers
	Jordan Segreto	APIA Leichhardt
	Laurence Taylor	Central Coast Mariners
	Mason Wells	Sydney United

Hat-tricks

Player	For	Against	Result	Date	Ref.
Presley Ortiz	APIA Leichhardt	Central Coast Mariners	6-2 (A)	16 February 2025

Notes

• (H) – Home team
• (A) – Away team

References

1. "Football Australia unveils new format and start date for National Second Tier competition". Football Australia. 2024-10-31. Retrieved 2024-12-14.
2. "Stallions storm past Rockdale to secure Champions status". National Premier Leagues NSW. 7 September 2024.
3. "Manly blitz Mariners in opening day rout". National Premier Leagues NSW. 7 February 2025.
4. "Fabian Miceli appointed new St George FC Head Men's coach". 8 October 2024.
5. "Mirko Jurilj steps down as St George City coach". 23 September 2024.
6. "United 58 bring back Ante Juric for tilt at Silverware". 28 October 2024.
7. "Young gun Wanderers set to unearth more stars in 2025".
8. "Warren Grieve announced as Wollongong Wolves' new Head Coach". 4 October 2024.
9. "Sharks FC Launch New Brand". Sharks FC (Australia) . 31 January 2025.
10. "We Heard You... Sutherland Is Back". Sharks FC (Australia) . 12 February 2025.
11. "2025 NPL Mens 1st Grade - Top Goal Scorers". Football NSW.