2016 Football NSW season

The Football NSW 2016 season was the fourth season of football in New South Wales under the banner of the National Premier Leagues. The competition consisted of four divisions across the state of New South Wales. The Premiers of the NPL NSW Men's 1 qualified for the national finals, playing-off to decide the champion of the 2016 National Premier Leagues.

Football New South Wales

Season	2016
Champions	Blacktown City
← 2015 2017 →

Pre-Season Changes

League	Promoted to league	Relegated from league
NPL NSW Men's 1	Hakoah Sydney City East	Marconi Stallions
NPL NSW Men's 2	North Shore Mariners Sydney FC Youth Western Sydney Wanderers Youth	Sydney University
NPL NSW Men's 3	Dunbar Rovers	Nepean FC
NSW State League	Bankstown United St George FA	-

League Tables

2016 National Premier League NSW Men's 1

NPL NSW Men's 1

Season	2016
Champions	Blacktown City
Premiers	Sydney United 58
← 2015 2017 →

The National Premier League New South Wales 2016 season was played over 22 rounds, from March to August 2016.

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Sydney United 58	22	17	3	2	58	21	+37	54	2016 National Premier Leagues Finals
2	Blacktown City (C)	22	14	3	5	47	26	+21	45	2016 NSW Finals
3	Manly United	22	12	7	3	58	26	+32	43
4	Rockdale City Suns	22	11	5	6	41	32	+9	38
5	Bonnyrigg White Eagles	22	9	5	8	43	38	+5	32
6	Sydney Olympic	22	7	6	9	26	30	−4	27
7	Sutherland Sharks	22	8	3	11	31	40	−9	27
8	APIA Leichhardt Tigers	22	7	5	10	39	41	−2	26
9	Hakoah Sydney City East	22	7	2	13	40	54	−14	23
10	Parramatta FC	22	7	2	13	28	44	−16	23
11	Wollongong Wolves	22	5	4	13	23	37	−14	19
12	Blacktown Spartans (R)	22	4	3	15	22	52	−30	15	Relegation to the 2017 NPL NSW 2[a]

Source: foxsportspulse.com
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated
Notes:

1. Promotion and Relegation system based on Club Championship and including points from U20 and U18 teams.^[1]

Finals

	Qualifying final					Major semi-final					Preliminary final					Grand final
						1	Sydney United 58	2								2	Blacktown City	3
						2	Blacktown City	3								1	Sydney United 58	0
	2	Blacktown City	4								1	Sydney United 58	3
	3	Manly United	1			Minor semi-final					5	Bonnyrigg White Eagles	2
						3	Manly United	0
	4	Rockdale City Suns	2			5	Bonnyrigg White Eagles	5
	5	Bonnyrigg White Eagles	4

2016 National Premier League NSW Men's 2

NPL NSW Men's 2

Season	2016
Champions	Sydney FC Youth
Promoted	Sydney FC Youth
← 2015 2017 →

The 2016 National Premier League NSW Men's 2 was the fourth edition of the NPL NSW 2 as the second level domestic association football competition in New South Wales. 14 teams competed, playing each other twice for a total of 26 rounds, with the top team at the end of the year promoted to the NPL NSW Men's 1 competition. The league began on March 6 with the regular season concluding on August 28. The top 6 teams competed in the finals series.^[1]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Sydney FC Youth (C, P)	26	16	3	7	84	41	+43	51	Promotion to the 2017 NPL NSW 1[a]
2	Western Sydney Wanderers Youth	26	13	9	4	75	42	+33	48	Qualification for the 2016 NPL NSW Men's 2 Finals
3	Bankstown City	26	14	3	9	53	41	+12	45
4	Marconi Stallions	26	13	5	8	65	53	+12	44
5	Mounties Wanderers	26	11	6	9	49	50	−1	39
6	Mt Druitt Town Rangers	26	12	3	11	42	49	−7	39
7	Northern Tigers	26	10	4	12	41	44	−3	34
8	Macarthur Rams	26	10	4	12	44	48	−4	34
9	St George	26	10	4	12	41	53	−12	34
10	Central Coast Mariners Academy	26	10	3	13	52	62	−10	33
11	Fraser Park (R)	26	9	3	14	43	52	−9	30	Relegation to the 2017 NPL NSW 3[a]
12	Spirit FC	26	8	6	12	30	46	−16	30
13	Bankstown Berries	26	8	5	13	47	58	−11	29
14	North Shore Mariners	26	5	8	13	27	42	−15	23

Source: https://websites.sportstg.com/comp_info.cgi?c=1-10179-0-399130-0&a=LADDER
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated
Notes:

1. Promotion and Relegation system based on Club Championship and including points from U20 and U18 teams.^[1]

Finals

	Elimination finals					Semi-finals					Grand final
						1	Sydney FC Youth	3
	4	Marconi Stallions	3			6	Mt Druitt Town Rangers	0
	5	Mounties Wanderers	4								1	Sydney FC Youth	4
											2	Western Sydney Wanderers Youth	1
						2	Western Sydney Wanderers Youth	2
	3	Bankstown City	1			5	Mounties Wanderers	1
	6	Mt Druitt Town Rangers	3

2016 National Premier League NSW Men's 3

NPL NSW Men's 3

Season	2016
Champions	Hills United
← 2015 2017 →

The 2016 National Premier League NSW Men's 3 was the fourth edition of the newly renamed NPL NSW Men's 3 to be incorporated under the National Premier Leagues banner. 12 teams competed, playing each other twice for a total of 22 rounds.

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Hills United (C, P)	22	18	2	2	89	36	+53	56	Promotion to the 2017 NPL NSW 2[a]
2	Rydalmere Lions	22	15	3	4	68	32	+36	48	Qualification for the 2016 NPL NSW Men's 3 Finals
3	Dunbar Rovers	22	15	3	4	62	31	+31	48
4	Stanmore Hawks	22	15	3	4	47	29	+18	48
5	Sydney University	22	11	4	7	42	35	+7	37
6	Gladesville Ryde Magic	22	10	2	10	43	50	−7	32
7	Hawkesbury City	22	7	4	11	28	32	−4	25
8	Inter Lions	22	8	1	13	46	53	−7	25
9	Balmain Tigers	22	6	2	14	31	65	−34	20
10	Dulwich Hill	22	5	3	14	44	64	−20	18
11	Granville Rage	22	5	2	15	44	65	−21	17
12	Western NSW Mariners	22	2	1	19	30	82	−52	7

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted
Notes:

1. Promotion system based on Club Championship and including points from U20 and U18 teams.^[1]

2016 NSW State League

NSW State League

Season	2016
Champions	St George FA
Promoted	St George FA SD Raiders
← 2015 2017 →

The 2016 NSW State League was the fourth edition of the newly renamed State League to be incorporated under the National Premier Leagues banner. 12 teams competed, playing each other twice for a total of 22 matches.

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	St George FA (C, P)	22	17	2	3	76	15	+61	53	Promotion to the 2017 NPL NSW 3[a]
2	Hurstville FC	22	16	3	3	46	20	+26	51	Qualification for the 2016 NSW State League Finals
3	SD Raiders (P)	22	15	3	4	82	28	+54	48	Promotion to the 2017 NPL NSW 3[a]
4	Bankstown United	22	11	5	6	44	35	+9	38	Qualification for the 2016 NSW State League Finals
5	Camden Tigers	22	11	5	6	50	44	+6	38
6	Nepean FC	22	8	4	10	35	48	−13	28
7	Western Condors	22	7	6	9	27	38	−11	27
8	Hurstville City Minotaurs	22	7	4	11	34	49	−15	25
9	Prospect United	22	6	3	13	46	47	−1	21
10	Wagga City Wanderers	22	7	0	15	44	78	−34	21
11	University of NSW	22	4	2	16	35	66	−31	14
12	FC Gazy Auburn	22	3	3	16	26	74	−48	12

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted
Notes:

1. Promotion and Relegation system based on Club Championship and including points from U20 and U18 teams.^[1]

Finals

	Qualifying final					Major semi-final					Preliminary final					Grand final
						1	St George FA	2 (8)								1	St George FA	2 (5)
						2	Hurstville FC	2 (7)								2	Hurstville FC	2 (4)
	2	Hurstville FC	2								1	St George FA	1 (6)
	3	SD Raiders	0			Minor semi-final					3	SD Raiders	1 (5)
						3	SD Raiders	4
	4	Bankstown United	2			5	Camden Tigers	2
	5	Camden Tigers	4

2016 National Premier Leagues NSW Women's 1

National Premier Leagues NSW Women's 1

Season	2016
Champions	Sydney University
Premiers	Sydney University
← 2015 2017 →

The 2016 National Premier League NSW Women's 1 was the third edition of the NPL NSW Women's competition to be incorporated under the National Premier Leagues banner. 10 teams competed, playing each other twice for a total of 18 rounds.

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Sydney University (C)	18	12	3	3	46	16	+30	39	Qualification for the 2016 NPL NSW Women's Finals
2	North West Sydney Koalas	18	12	2	4	43	25	+18	38
3	Manly United	18	9	4	5	29	22	+7	31
4	Macarthur Rams	18	9	3	6	38	21	+17	30
5	Illawarra Stingrays	18	9	3	6	41	36	+5	30
6	Marconi Stallions (R)	18	8	3	7	25	30	−5	27	Relegation to 2017 NPL NSW Women's 2 competition
7	North Shore Mariners	18	6	6	6	35	31	+4	24
8	Blacktown Spartans	18	5	3	10	29	43	−14	18
9	Emerging Jets	18	4	0	14	24	62	−38	12
10	Football NSW Institute	18	1	3	14	29	53	−24	6

Source: sportstg.com
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated

Finals

	Semi-finals					Preliminary final					Grand final
	1	Sydney University	3								Sydney University		2
	2	North West Sydney Koalas	2								North West Sydney Koalas		1
						North West Sydney Koalas		3
						Manly United		1
	3	Manly United	1
	4	Macarthur Rams	0

2016 Waratah Cup

Main article: 2016 Waratah Cup

Football NSW soccer clubs competed in 2016 for the Waratah Cup. The tournament doubled as the NSW qualifier for the 2016 FFA Cup, with the top five clubs progressing to the Round of 32, as well as the reigning National Premier Leagues champion (Blacktown City FC).^[2] 130 clubs entered the qualifying phase, with the clubs entering in a staggered format.

The competition was won by defending champions Sydney United 58, their 6th title, defeating Manly United.

In addition to the three A-League clubs (Central Coast Mariners, Sydney FC and Western Sydney Wanderers), the six qualifiers (Blacktown City, Bonnyrigg White Eagles, Manly United, Marconi Stallions, Sydney United 58 and Wollongong Wolves) competed in the final rounds of the 2016 FFA Cup. Of these qualifying clubs, Blacktown City progressed to the quarter-finals stage.

Awards

The end of year awards were presented on 9 September 2016 at Rosehill Gardens^[3]

National Premier Leagues NSW

Award	Men's	Women's
Player of the Year	Adam Parkhouse (Manly United)	Remy Siemsen (Manly United) & Tara Andrews (NWS Koalas)
Golden Boot	Chris Payne (Sydney United – 22 goals)	Tara Andrews (NWS Koalas – 26 goals)
Coach of the Year	Paul Dee (Manly United)	Ashley Wilson (Emerging Jets)
Goalkeeper of the Year	Paul Henderson (Sydney Olympic)	Jada Whyman (FNSW Institute)
Goal of the Year	Richard Cardozo (Manly United)	—
Referee of the Year	Kris Griffith-Jones	Kelly Jones
U-20's Golden Boot	Duncan Stewart (APIA Leichhardt – 21 goals)	Samantha Nagy (Blacktown Spartans – 8 goals)
U-20's Player of the Year	Duncan Stewart (APIA Leichhardt)	Ariane Demetriou (Sydney University)

National Premier Leagues NSW 2

Award	Men's	Women's
Player of the Year	Matthew West (Mounties Wanderers)	Kirilee Cook (Inter Lions)
Golden Boot	Charles Lokolingoy (Sydney FC – 25 goals)	Sarah Mandile (Inter Lions – 13 goals)
Coach of the Year	Robert Stanton (Sydney FC)	Michael McGovern (Sutherland Shire)
Goalkeeper of the Year	Dion Shaw (Bankstown City)	Amanda Seskin (Sydney Olympic)
U-20's Golden Boot	Emmanuel Gonzalez (Sydney FC – 27 goals)	Ciara O'Sullivan (Northern Tigers – 10 goals)
U-20's Player of the Year	Yasser Al-Taay (Marconi Stallions)	Hannah McNutty (Northern Tigers)

National Premier Leagues NSW 3

Award	Men's
Player of the Year	Peter Cejka (Hills Brumbies)
Golden Boot	Peter Cejka (Hills Brumbies – 32 goals)
Coach of the Year	Tony Panteli (Stanmore Hawks)
Goalkeeper of the Year	James Webb (Stanmore Hawks)
U-20's Golden Boot	Nikolas Dimitriadis (Hills Brumbies – 14 goals) & Mortaza Safdari (Rydalmere Lions – 14 goals)
U-20's Player of the Year	Yasser Al-Taay (Marconi Stallions)

Other awards

Media Award	Chris Boulos – Fairfield Champion
Charles Valentine Award	Dane Sim – Blacktown Spartans