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2024 National Premier Leagues NSW

The 2024 National Premier Leagues NSW is the 12th season of the National Premier Leagues in New South Wales and the second season under the revised competition format. The season began on 16 February 2024 and is scheduled to conclude on 25 August. APIA Leichhardt are the defending champions.

NPL NSW Men's
Season2024
Dates16 February – 25 August
ChampionsMarconi Stallions
PremiersRockdale Ilinden
RelegatedHills United
Matches played231
Goals scored778 (3.37 per match)
← 2023
2025 →

The 2024 season is a double round-robin format with each team playing 30 games for the regular season. The top-six team qualifies to the finals series which returned after the format was omitted from last season.[1][2] The competition's matches were broadcast free and live on YouTube with the addition of the 2024 Waratah Cup.[3]

After 28 matches, closing towards the end of the season, Rockdale Ilinden were named premiers on 18 August, the club's first major title in over four decades.[4] During the campaign, Western Sydney Wanderers were sanctioned for alleged breaches in relation to "several incidents on 5 and 11 May" according to Football NSW. The Wanderers were fined AU$33,500, deducted six points and given 'restricted access' for away supporters.[5]

Promotion and relegation

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Promoted from
2023 NSW League One 		Relegated from
2023 National Premier Leagues NSW
St George
Hills United 		Mt Druitt Town Rangers
Bulls FC Academy

Stadiums and locations

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Team Head Coach Location Stadium Capacity
APIA Leichhardt   Franco Parisi[6] Leichhardt Lambert Park 7,000
Leichhardt Oval[6] 20,000
Blacktown City   Mark Crittenden Blacktown Blacktown City Sports Centre 7,500
Central Coast Mariners Academy   Lucas Vilela[7] Gosford Pluim Park 2,000
Hills United   Luke Casserly Hills District Blacktown City Sports Centre 7,500
Marconi Stallions   Peter Tsekenis Fairfield Marconi Stadium 9,000
Manly United   Patrick Zwaanswijk Dee Why Cromer Park 5,000
NWS Spirit   David Perkovic North Sydney Christie Park 1,000
Rockdale Ilinden   Paul Dee Rockdale Rockdale Ilinden Sports Centre 5,000
St George   Steve Karavatakis St George Rockdale Ilinden Sports Centre 5,000
St George City   Mirko Jurilj Peakhurst Park 1,000
Sutherland Sharks   Steven Zoric Sutherland Seymour Shaw Park 5,000
Sydney FC Youth   Jimmy Van Weeren Moore Park Valentine Sports Park 4,000
Sydney Olympic   Labinot Haliti Belmore Belmore Sports Ground 20,000
Sydney United   Zeljko Kalac Edensor Park Sydney United Sports Centre 12,000
Western Sydney Wanderers Youth   Andrew Christiansen Blacktown Wanderers Football Park 4,500
Wollongong Wolves   David Carney Wollongong WIN Stadium 22,000

Managerial changes

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Team Outgoing manager Manner of departure Date of vacancy Position in table Incoming manager Date of appointment
Sutherland Sharks   Panny Nikas Mutual consent September 2023 Pre-season   Steven Zoric[8] 8 September 2023
Sydney United   Miro Vlastelica November 2023   Zeljko Kalac[9] 15 November 2023
Central Coast Mariners   Abbas Saad N/A 2024   Lucas Vilela[7] 2024
St George   Jané Talcevski Mutual consent July 2024 11th   Steve Karavatakis[10] 2 July 2024

Foreign players

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Team Visa 1 Visa 2 Non-visa foreigner(s) Former players
APIA Leichhardt   Seiya Kambayashi
Blacktown City   Danny Choi1
  Mitchell Mallia2
  Jacob Maniti2
Central Coast Mariners   Lucas Scicluna2
Hills United   Nicolai Müller   Yu Okubo
Manly United   Miguel Bauzà
Marconi   Franco Maya   Hiroaki Aoyama
NWS Spirit   Gianni Bouzoukis   Luiz Lobo1:[11]
Rockdale Ilinden   So Kataoka   Moudi Najjar2
St George FC
St George City   Fumoto Kamada   Jason Romero
Sutherland Sharks   Takahide Umebachi   Kotaro Katsuta   Chris Lindsay1
Sydney FC Youth
Sydney Olympic   Ziggy Gordon   Roy O'Donovan1
  Abraham Majok1
  Zac Zoricich2
Sydney United   Luiz Lobo1
  Stephan De Robillard2 		  Shunta Nakamura
Western Sydney Wanderers   Joseph Banza   Ryan Devine2
Wollongong Wolves   Banri Kanaizumi   Takumi Ofuka   Yagoub Mustafa1
  Chris McStay2

The following do not fill a Visa position:
1Those players who were born and started their professional career abroad but have since gained Australian citizenship;
2Australian citizens who have chosen to represent another national team;

Regular season

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Table

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Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Rockdale Ilinden 30 23 3 4 76 40 +36 72 Qualification for the Finals series
2 Marconi Stallions (C) 30 21 2 7 70 35 +35 65
3 APIA Leichhardt 30 18 3 9 78 48 +30 57
4 Blacktown City 30 17 6 7 66 37 +29 57
5 St George City 30 16 3 11 46 40 +6 51
6 Sydney United 30 15 5 10 45 40 +5 50
7 Wollongong Wolves 30 13 5 12 55 41 +14 44
8 Sydney Olympic 30 13 3 14 51 42 +9 42
9 Manly United 30 10 5 15 33 50 −17 35
10 NWS Spirit 30 10 4 16 39 53 −14 34
11 Western Sydney Wanderers Youth 30 12 2 16 62 68 −6 32[a]
12 St George FC 30 8 8 14 37 58 −21 32
13 Sutherland Sharks 30 7 8 15 32 49 −17 29
14 Sydney FC Youth 30 8 5 17 39 67 −28 29
15 Central Coast Mariners Academy (O) 30 8 4 18 42 67 −25 28 Qualification for the Relegation play-off
16 Hills United (R) 30 8 0 22 35 71 −36 24 Relegation to 2025 NSW League One
Source: Football NSW
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[13]
(C) Champions; (O) Play-off winners; (R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. ^ Western Sydney Wanderers were deducted six points for breaches of the grievance and disciplinary regulations.[12]

Fixtures and results

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Home \ Away API BCT CCM HIL MAN MAR NWS ROC SGC STG SUT SFC SOL SUN WSW WOL
APIA Leichhardt — 3–1 3–1 4–1 4–0 1–4 1–0 3–2 4–1 5–0 3–2 1–5 2–0 1–5 5–3 1–1
Blacktown City 6–3 — 3–1 4–0 2–0 3–0 3–1 1–2 3–0 1–2 3–2 8–0 1–0 2–2 3–0 0–1
CCM Academy 3–2 1–1 — 5–3 2–2 0–1 3–0 1–2 0–3 3–3 3–2 1–1 0–2 1–2 2–5 3–2
Hills United 1–2 0–2 2–0 — 2–1 1–3 4–1 0–3 2–0 2–3 2–3 4–2 2–1 2–3 1–2 0–2
Manly United 1–0 1–1 2–0 0–2 — 0–1 3–2 1–1 1–2 3–0 1–1 1–0 0–2 1–1 0–5 2–1
Marconi Stallions 1–2 6–2 2–0 4–0 2–1 — 2–1 9–0 2–1 4–0 3–3 3–0 0–4 2–1 3–1 2–1
NWS Spirit 0–2 4–2 1–2 3–1 4–2 1–0 — 1–2 1–2 1–3 1–3 0–0 1–2 1–1 1–0 1–0
Rockdale Ilinden 2–1 2–3 4–1 5–0 4–0 2–2 3–1 — 2–0 4–0 4–0 3–1 3–2 1–1 3–2 3–1
St George City 1–0 0–2 2–0 3–1 3–1 2–1 3–4 1–2 — 1–1 1–1 1–2 1–0 2–1 5–0 0–2
St George FC 2–2 0–0 2–0 2–0 1–1 0–1 0–2 1–4 0–2 — 3–1 2–1 2–1 2–3 2–2 2–2
Sutherland Sharks 0–7 2–0 0–1 2–1 1–2 1–2 0–0 0–3 0–1 3–1 — 0–0 1–0 0–1 0–0 0–4
Sydney FC Youth 1–7 1–2 4–1 3–1 2–0 0–4 1–3 1–2 1–3 2–1 0–0 — 1–3 0–2 2–5 1–5
Sydney Olympic 1–1 3–3 1–2 1–2 2–1 1–2 2–1 2–1 0–1 0–3 1–1 1–2 — 6–0 4–1 4–3
Sydney United 2–0 0–2 1–0 3–0 0–2 3–2 3–0 1–2 1–0 0–0 1–0 0–0 0–1 — 3–2 1–2
WSW Youth 0–6 3–0 3–5 2–0 0–1 2–5 4–1 2–3 6–1 4–2 3–1 0–3 3–2 0–2 — 0–2
Wollongong Wolves 1–2 2–2 5–1 4–0 1–2 1–2 0–0 1–2 1–1 1–0 2–1 3–2 1–2 3–2 0–2 —
Updated to match(es) played on 25 August 2024. Source: footballnsw.com.au
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

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Elimination semi-finals Preliminary finals Grand final
3 APIA Leichhardt 1
6 Sydney United 2 1 Rockdale Ilinden 3
6 Sydney United 1
1 Rockdale Ilinden 0
4 Blacktown City 4 2 Marconi Stallions 3
5 St George City 2 2 Marconi Stallions 6
4 Blacktown City 2

Relegation play-off

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The relegation play-offs took place on 31 August and 6 September 2024.

Overview

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Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Central Coast Mariners Academy 5–2 Bulls FC Academy 1–2 4–0

Matches

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Bulls FC Academy1–2Central Coast Mariners Academy
  • Madden   10'
  • Debono   67'
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Referee: Kelly Jones
Central Coast Mariners Academy4–0Bulls FC Academy
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Referee: Kurt Ams

Central Coast Mariners Academy won 5–2 on aggregate, and therefore both clubs remained in their respective leagues.

Regular season statistics

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Top scorers

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Rank Player Club Goals
1   Alec Urosevski Rockdale Ilinden 31
2   Marko Jesic Marconi Stallions 20
  Roy O'Donovan Sydney Olympic
4   Ben Gibson APIA Leichhardt 19
  Jak O'Brien Blacktown City
6   James Temelkovski Marconi Stallions 18
7   Nathanael Blair Western Sydney Wanderers 13
  Yu Okubo Hills United
9   Takumi Ofuka Wollongong Wolves 12
  Jack Stewart APIA Leichhardt

Hat-tricks

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Player For Against Result Date Ref.
Jak O'Brien4 Blacktown City APIA Leichhardt 6–3 (H) 17 February 2024 [15]
Takumi Ofuka Wollongong Wolves Hills United 4–0 (H) 15 March 2024 [16]
Alec Urosevski Rockdale Ilinden Wollongong Wolves 3-1 (H) 28 April 2024
Ben Gibson APIA Leichardt Western Sydney Youth 6–0 (A) 28 April 2024
Rory Jordan APIA Leichardt Sydney FC Youth 7-1 (A) 5 May 2024
Taye Ashton Hedley Central Coast Mariners Youth St George FC 3–3 (H) 29 May 2024
Dom Costanzo Marconi Stallions Rockdale Ilinden 9-0 (H) 19 June 2024
Alec Urosevski Rockdale Ilinden Hills United 5-0 (H) 30 June 2024
Jack Armson APIA Leichardt Sutherland 3-2 (H) 7 July 2024
Yu Okubo Hills United NWS Spirit 4-1 (H) 20 July 2024
Takeru Sugita NWS Spirit Blacktown City 4-2 (H) 10 August 2024
Arthur De Lima Central Coast Mariners Youth Wollongong Wolves 3-2 (H) 11 August 2024
James Temelkovski Marconi Stallions Blacktown City 6–2 (H) 1 September 2024
Notes
  • (H) – Home team
  • (A) – Away team

See also

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References

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  1. ^ Stavroulakis, Mark (12 December 2023). "Official: Football NSW 2024 Match Schedules Announced". Football NSW. Retrieved 19 August 2024.
  2. ^ May, Katrina (6 February 2024). "'We need it': 2024 champion to be crowned as NPL NSW bring back finals series for upcoming season". The Daily Telegraph. Archived from the original on 6 February 2024. Retrieved 19 August 2024.
  3. ^ Stavroulakis, Mark (6 February 2024). "Football NSW announces streaming details for 2024 season". Football NSW. Retrieved 19 August 2024.
  4. ^ "Rockdale Ilinden crowned 2024 NPL Men's NSW Premiers following 40-year wait". NPL Men's NSW. Football NSW. 17 August 2024. Retrieved 19 August 2024.
  5. ^ "Football NSW statement regarding Western Sydney Wanderers FC". Football NSW. 2 July 2024. Retrieved 19 August 2024.
  6. ^ a b Stavroulakis, Mark (13 December 2023). "High expectations set as APIA chase more glory in 2024". NPL Men's NSW. Retrieved 15 July 2024.
  7. ^ a b Stavroulakis, Mark (8 February 2024). "New look Mariners ready to roll in 2024". NPL Men's NSW. Retrieved 15 July 2024.
  8. ^ "Steven Zoric appointed Sutherland Sharks Head Coach". NPL Men's NSW. Football NSW. 8 September 2023. Retrieved 19 August 2024.
  9. ^ Stavroulakis, Mark (15 November 2023). "Zeljko Kalac appointed Sydney United 58 Head Coach". NPL Men's NSW. Retrieved 15 July 2024.
  10. ^ "Karavatakis appointed St George FC Head Coach". NPL Men's NSW. Football NSW. 2 July 2024. Retrieved 19 August 2024.
  11. ^ Campo, Jose (8 August 2024). "Luiz Lobo: How the Sao Paulo native made his mark on NSW football". Front Page Football. Retrieved 20 August 2024.
  12. ^ "Football NSW statement regarding Western Sydney Wanderers FC". Football NSW. 2 July 2024. Retrieved 19 August 2024.
  13. ^ "Competition Regulations 2024" (PDF). Football NSW. Retrieved 12 July 2024.
  14. ^ "2024 NPL Mens 1st Grade - Top Goal Scorers". Football NSW. 8 September 2024. Retrieved 14 December 2024.
  15. ^ "Blacktown City Punish Hapless Apia in Statement Win". NPL NSW Men's. Football NSW. 17 February 2024.
  16. ^ "Fabulous Ofuka Fires Wollongong to First Home Win". NPL NSW Men's. Football NSW. 15 March 2024.
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