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Northern Tigers FC

Northern Tigers FC is a semi-professional Association football club based in the northern suburbs area of Sydney, spanning the Lower North Shore, Upper North Shore and reaching up to Brooklyn on the banks of the Hawkesbury River. The Northern Tigers enter teams in the Football NSW League One (formerly National Premier Leagues NSW Men's 2) (Men and Boys), National Premier Leagues NSW Women's (Women and Girls), FNSW Skills Acquisition Program (Mixed Under 9 - Under 12 and Girls Under 10 - Under 13).

Northern Tigers
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Full nameNorthern Tigers Football Club
Founded2002 (1963 as Ku-Ring-Gai United)[1]
GroundNorth Turramurra (NTRA)
Capacity2000
OwnerNorthern Suburbs Football Association
Head CoachAdam Hett
LeagueNSW League One
202415th of 16
Websitehttp://northerntigersfc.com.au

Home games are played at North Turramurra Recreation Area (NTRA), with Charles Bean Sports Field, at the former Ku-ring-gai Campus of the University of Technology, Sydney acting as an additional facility.

History

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Ku-ring-gai & District Soccer Association purchased a NSW Soccer Federation Division One license from the Balmain Tigers FC in 2002. The name was then changed to Northern Tigers and the Northern Tigers FC was established.[2]

In 2003 they were premiers of FNSW Men's Division 1 and were promoted to the NSW Super League (the second tier of soccer in New South Wales). In 2007 they were premiers of the Super League but declined promotion to NSW Premier League (the top tier of NSW soccer). In 2010 they were again champions of the Super League after defeating St George FC 4–0 in the grand final.

In 2015, the Northern Tigers were crowned champions of the NPL NSW2 season, however due to the club championship promotion criteria by Football NSW in which are points accumulated across the U-20's and U-18's as well, they were not promoted.

In 2024, the women's team won the Sapphire Cup with a 2-1 victory over Sydney University SFC at Valentine Sports Park.[3]

Club colours

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Northern Tigers FC players wear white with bottle green when playing at home and purple with white when playing away.

Location

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The Northern Tigers have an intake area for players that includes most of the northern corridor of Sydney that stretches from the Sydney Harbour Bridge to the Hawkesbury River.

Players come from suburbs including Berowra, Gordon, Pymble, Lindfield, Killara, Lane Cove, Chatswood, Wahroonga, Artamon, Hornsby, Willoughby, and Turramurra.

Notable former players

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Season by season record

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Season League Cup Top scorer Ref.
Div Pld W D L GF GA Pts Pos Finals Player(s) Goals
1964 NSW Amateur Div B 22 0 2 22 33 98 2 12th N/A
1965 NSW Inter-suburban Div 3 18 1 0 17 8 136 2 10th
1966 DNP
1967 NSW Inter Suburban Div 3 ↑
1968 NSW Inter Suburban Div 4
1969 NSW Inter Suburban Div 4
1970 NSW Inter-suburban Div 4 18 5 2 11 47 61 12 7th
1971 unknown
1972 NSW Div 2 ↓ 22 2 5 15 20 50 9 12th
1973 NSW Div 3 22 14 2 6 60 25 30 3rd
1974 NSW Div 3 22 15 2 5 42 19 32 3rd
1975 NSW Div 3 22 13 4 5 39 19 30 2nd
1976 NSW Div 3 ↑ 22 13 5 4 49 18 31 1st
1977 NSW Div 2 22 10 7 5 48 28 27 4th
1978 NSW Div 2 ↑ 22 15 5 2 57 20 35 1st
1979 NSW State League[a] 26 6 10 10 29 38 22 10th
1980 NSW State League ↓ 26 5 6 15 28 45 16 13th
1981 NSW Div 1[b] 26 17 5 4 49 18 39 2nd
1982 NSW Div 1[c] ↑ 26 18 4 4 48 17 40 1st
1983 NSW Div 1[d] 24 11 7 6 40 27 29 5th
1984 NSW Div 1 22 7 7 8 26 32 21 6th
1985 NSW Div 1 22 9 8 5 29 22 26 5th
1986 NSW Div 1 22 9 8 5 23 17 26 5th
1987 NSW Div 1 26 7 5 14 29 40 19 10th
1988 NSW Div 1 26 4 12 10 26 43 20 11th
1989 Merged with Artarmon to form North Shore United (NSW Div 2) [4]
1990 Merger continues as North Shore United in NSW Div 1.
1991 North Shore United merged with Manly-Warringah for this season in NSW Div 1. [5]
1992 Manly merger ends, GNS United in Div 4 (promoted).
1993 GNS United in Div 3 (withdrew at end of season).
Ku-Ring-Gai District acquires NSW Div 1 License to form the Northern Tigers in 2002.
2003 NSW Div 1[e] ↑ 26 19 4 3 61 22 61 1st RU [6]
2004 NSW Super League 26 9 8 9 44 41 35 9th [7]
2005 NSW Super League 26 8 6 12 38 43 30 10th [8]
2006 NSW Super League 22 10 6 6 30 23 36 4th[f] PF [9]
2007 NSW Super League 26 17 5 4 57 38 56 1st RU [10]
2008 NSW Super League 22 8 5 9 31 31 29 6th [11]
2009 NSW Super League 22 8 3 11 34 46 27 7th [12]
2010 NSW Super League 22 13 4 5 45 26 43 2nd W Tom Spencer 15 [13][14]
2011 NSW Super League 22 8 8 6 32 27 32 6th Travis Cooper 7 [15][16]
2012 NSW Super League 22 16 4 2 48 16 52 1st W Tom Spencer 15 [17][18]
2013 NPL NSW 2 22 8 6 8 27 25 30 8th Tom Spencer 9 [19][20]
2014 NPL NSW 2 22 10 6 6 35 27 36 4th PF Playoff Rnd 2 Michael Smith 8 [21][22]
2015 NPL NSW 2 22 12 5 5 36 22 41 3rd W 7th Rnd Tai Smith 10 [23][24]
2016 NPL NSW 2 26 10 4 12 41 44 34 7th 4th Rnd Liam McConaghy 11 [25][26]
2017 NPL NSW 2 26 11 7 8 49 43 40 6th EF 5th Rnd Jordan Smylie 10 [27][28]
2018 NPL NSW 2 26 10 9 7 44 39 39 5th SF 5th Rnd Liam McConaghy 15 [29][30]
2019 NPL NSW 2 26 11 9 6 41 33 42 6th EF 7th Rnd Joshua Swadling 8 [31][32]
2020 NPL NSW 2 10 6 2 2 26 12 20 3rd RU Cup Suspended Shervin Adeli 6 [33][34]
2021 NPL NSW 2 16 10 1 5 29 22 31 3rd 6th Rnd Shervin Adeli 9 [35][36]
2022 NSW League One* 14 8 1 5 32 22 25 4th 7th Rnd Alexander Brown 9 [37][38] 
* Current Season in Play, Last round to be played on 1st August 2021

Source: ozfootball.net

Notes

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  1. ^ NSW State League was the highest division for this season until 1982
  2. ^ NSW Div 1 was the second highest division for this season
  3. ^ NSW Div 1 was the second highest division for this season only
  4. ^ NSW Div 1 was the highest division for this season until 1992
  5. ^ This is the third highest division behind Winter Super League
  6. ^ Teams were split into Groups A and B after 15 rounds, with top 5 overall qualifying for finals. Northern Tigers finished 2nd in Group B and 4th overall with 36 points.

Northern Suburbs Football Association

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The Northern Suburbs Football Association was formed in April 1957 as Ku-Ring-Gai & District Soccer Association (KDSA). There were five foundation clubs – Kissing Point, Wahroonga, West Pymble, North Turramurra and Lindfield.[39] The first representative teams entered in NSW Federation competitions in 1959 or 1960, with the first senior representative side competing in 1963 as Ku-Ring-Gai United.[1] In 1970 Ku-ring-gai merged with Artarmon to enter the NSW Federation competition and changed its name in 1972 to Ku-ring-gai Soccer Club. NSW Soccer Federation also approved the merger of the KDSA with the Northern Suburbs Soccer Association for the 1973 season. The district would continue to operate as KDSA.[39] In 2012, the association changed its name to Northern Suburbs Football Association to more accurately reflect district boundaries and remain in line of the national use of "football" within federations.[40]

References

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  1. ^ a b "Northern Tigers Club History". Retrieved 25 June 2016.
  2. ^ Club History – Northern Tigers FC Archived 2009-10-12 at the Wayback Machine
  3. ^ "SAPPHIRE CUP CHAMPIONS". Northern Tigers FC. 21 August 2024 – via Instagram.
  4. ^ "1988 Div 1 Fixtures". SoccerAust. Retrieved 7 May 2019.
  5. ^ "1990 Div 1 Fixtures". SoccerAust. Retrieved 7 May 2019.
  6. ^ "2003 NSW Div 1 Fixtures". SoccerAust. Retrieved 7 May 2019.
  7. ^ "2004 NSW WSL Fixtures". SoccerAust. Retrieved 7 May 2019.
  8. ^ "2005 NSW WSL Fixtures". SoccerAust. Retrieved 7 May 2019.
  9. ^ "2006 NSW WSL Fixtures". SoccerAust. Retrieved 7 May 2019.
  10. ^ "2007 NSW WSL Fixtures". SoccerAust. Retrieved 7 May 2019.
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  12. ^ "2009 NSW WSL Fixtures". SoccerAust. Retrieved 7 May 2019.
  13. ^ "2010 NSW SL Table". SoccerAust. Retrieved 7 May 2019.
  14. ^ "2010 Northern Tigers Scorers". SoccerAust. Retrieved 7 May 2019.
  15. ^ "2011 NSW WSL Fixtures". SoccerAust. Retrieved 7 May 2019.
  16. ^ "2011 Northern Tigers Scorers". SoccerAust. Retrieved 7 May 2019.
  17. ^ "2012 NSW WSL Fixtures". SoccerAust. Retrieved 7 May 2019.
  18. ^ "2012 Northern Tigers Scorers". SoccerAust. Retrieved 7 May 2019.
  19. ^ "2013 NSW NPL 2 Fixtures". SoccerAust. Retrieved 7 May 2019.
  20. ^ "2013 Northern Tigers Scorers". SoccerAust. Retrieved 7 May 2019.
  21. ^ "2014 NSW NPL 2 Fixtures". SoccerAust. Retrieved 7 May 2019.
  22. ^ "2014 Northern Tigers Scorers". SoccerAust. Retrieved 7 May 2019.
  23. ^ "2015 NSW NPL 2 Fixtures". SoccerAust. Retrieved 7 May 2019.
  24. ^ "2015 Northern Tigers Scorers". SoccerAust. Retrieved 7 May 2019.
  25. ^ "2016 NSW NPL 2 Fixtures". SoccerAust. Retrieved 7 May 2019.
  26. ^ "2016 Northern Tigers Scorers". SoccerAust. Retrieved 7 May 2019.
  27. ^ "2017 NSW NPL 2 Fixtures". SoccerAust. Retrieved 7 May 2019.
  28. ^ "2017 Northern Tigers Scorers". SoccerAust. Retrieved 7 May 2019.
  29. ^ "2018 NSW NPL 2 Fixtures". SoccerAust. Retrieved 7 May 2019.
  30. ^ "2018 Northern Tigers Scorers". SoccerAust. Retrieved 7 May 2019.
  31. ^ "2019 NSW NPL 2 Ladder". GameDay. Retrieved 9 April 2021.
  32. ^ "2019 Northern Tigers Statistics". GameDay. Retrieved 9 April 2021.
  33. ^ "2020 NSW NPL 2 Ladder". GameDay. Retrieved 9 April 2021.
  34. ^ "2020 Northern Tigers Statistics". GameDay. Retrieved 9 April 2021.
  35. ^ "2021 NSW NPL 2 Ladder". GameDay. Retrieved 20 May 2021.
  36. ^ "2021 Northern Tigers Statistics". GameDay. Retrieved 20 May 2021.
  37. ^ "2022 NSW League 1 Ladder". Dribl. Retrieved 14 June 2022.
  38. ^ "2022 NSW League One Stats". Dribl. Retrieved 14 June 2022.
  39. ^ a b "Ku-Ring-Gai & District Soccer Association Chronological History" (PDF). Retrieved 25 June 2016.
  40. ^ "NSFA Development" (PDF). Retrieved 25 June 2016.
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