2019 Football NSW season

The Football NSW 2019 season was the seventh season of football in New South Wales under the banner of the National Premier Leagues. The competition consists of four divisions across the state of New South Wales.^[1]

Football New South Wales

Season	2019
← 2018 2020 →

Wollongong Wolves, as the Premiers of the NPL NSW Men's 1, qualified for the national finals, where they became the champion of the 2019 National Premier Leagues, and in doing so received an automatic spot in the 2020 FFA Cup.^[2]

Due to a restructure of Men's and Boys' competitions for the 2020 season, this was the last season that the Club Championship determined the teams for promotion and relegation.^[3]

Competitions

2019 National Premier League NSW Men's 1

NPL NSW Men's 1

Season	2019
Champions	APIA Leichhardt Tigers
Premiers	Wollongong Wolves
Matches played	126
Goals scored	389 (3.09 per match)
Top goalscorer	Thomas James (22) (Wollongong Wolves)
Biggest home win	Marconi Stallions 5–0 Sydney United 58 (13 April 2019)
Biggest away win	Mt Druitt Town Rangers 2–6 Sydney Olympic (3 April 2019)
Highest scoring	Mt Druitt Town Rangers 2–6 Sydney Olympic (3 April 2019)
← 2018 2020 →

Clubs

Team	Location	Stadium	Capacity	Head coach
APIA Leichhardt Tigers	Leichhardt	Lambert Park	7,000	Billy McColl
Blacktown City	Seven Hills	Lily Homes Stadium	7,500	Mark Crittenden
Hakoah Sydney City East	Eastgardens	Hensley Athletic Field	1,000	Gavin Rae
Marconi Stallions	Bossley Park	Marconi Stadium	9,000	Peter Tsekenis[4]
Mt Druitt Town Rangers	Emerton	Popondetta Park	2,500	Aidan Desmond
Manly United	Cromer	Cromer Park	5,000	Paul Dee[5]
Rockdale City Suns	Rockdale	Ilinden Sports Centre	5,000	Nick Porreca (caretaker)
Sutherland Sharks	Miranda	Seymour Shaw Park	5,000	Lee Sterry
Sydney Olympic	Belmore	Belmore Sports Ground	20,000	Abbas Saad[6]
Sydney United 58	Edensor Park	Sydney United Sports Centre	12,000	Miro Vlastelica[7]
Sydney FC Youth	Leichhardt	Lambert Park	7,000	Jimmy van Weeren[8]
Wollongong Wolves	Wollongong	WIN Stadium	23,000	Luke Wilkshire

Coaching changes

Team	Outgoing manager	Manner of departure	Date of vacancy	Position in table	Incoming manager	Date of appointment
Rockdale City Suns	Paul Reid	Sacked	8 April 2019[9]	11th	Nick Porreca (caretaker)	8 April 2019

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Wollongong Wolves	22	16	3	3	52	17	+35	51	2019 National Premier Leagues Finals
2	APIA Leichhardt Tigers (C)	22	12	6	4	42	28	+14	42	2019 NSW Finals
3	Blacktown City	22	11	5	6	31	24	+7	38
4	Sydney United 58	22	9	6	7	31	32	−1	33
5	Marconi Stallions	22	10	2	10	42	30	+12	32
6	Sydney Olympic	22	9	5	8	35	33	+2	32
7	Mt Druitt Town Rangers	22	8	6	8	43	46	−3	30
8	Sutherland Sharks	22	7	7	8	36	33	+3	28
9	Manly United	22	7	5	10	25	34	−9	26
10	Rockdale City Suns	22	8	2	12	28	44	−16	26
11	Sydney FC Youth	22	6	3	13	33	52	−19	21
12	Hakoah Sydney City East (R)	22	3	2	17	12	37	−25	11	Relegation to the 2020 NPL NSW 2[a]

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

1. Relegation based on Club Championship and including points from U20 and U18 teams.

Results

Home \ Away	ALT	BLC	HSC	MUT	MST	MDT	RCS	SFY	SYO	SYU	SUT	WOL
APIA Leichhardt Tigers	—	1–1	3–0	1–1	1–0	3–2	4–0	2–2	3–1	1–0	2–2	0–3
Blacktown City	1–1	—	1–0	1–0	1–0	1–0	0–1	3–1	1–1	0–1	1–0	2–0
Hakoah Sydney City East	0–0	1–1	—	1–2	1–0	1–2	0–4	1–2	0–1	0–3	1–2	0–2
Manly United	0–1	1–0	2–1	—	1–0	2–2	0–2	1–1	1–2	3–0	0–5	0–4
Marconi Stallions	2–4	2–0	3–1	1–2	—	4–2	1–2	5–2	1–3	5–0	3–1	1–3
Mt Druitt Town Rangers	2–1	1–4	4–0	2–1	3–3	—	2–0	2–4	2–6	0–0	1–1	1–4
Rockdale City Suns	1–5	2–4	0–3	2–1	2–5	0–2	—	2–1	2–1	2–3	2–5	1–2
Sydney FC Youth	1–3	0–1	1–0	1–3	0–2	3–5	3–1	—	1–3	1–3	0–4	3–4
Sydney Olympic	3–1	3–3	1–0	2–2	0–1	2–2	1–0	2–3	—	2–1	0–1	0–2
Sydney United 58	1–3	2–4	2–0	3–1	0–0	3–1	0–0	0–2	1–1	—	1–1	2–2
Sutherland Sharks	1–2	2–1	0–1	0–0	0–3	2–4	1–1	1–1	3–0	2–3	—	2–2
Wollongong Wolves	4–0	4–0	1–0	2–1	1–0	1–1	0–1	4–0	2–0	1–2	4–0	—

Source: sportstg.com
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

	Qualifying final					Major semi-final					Preliminary final					Grand final
						1	Wollongong Wolves	0								2	APIA Leichhardt Tigers (a.e.t.)	2
						2	APIA Leichhardt Tigers	1								4	Sydney United 58	1
	2	APIA Leichhardt Tigers (p)	1 (5)								1	Wollongong Wolves	1
	3	Blacktown City	1 (3)			Minor semi-final					4	Sydney United 58	2
						3	Blacktown City	3
	4	Sydney United 58 (a.e.t.)	2			4	Sydney United 58 (a.e.t.)	7
	5	Marconi Stallions	0

Elimination final/Qualifying final

Sydney United 58 v Marconi Stallions

17 August 2019	Sydney United 58	2–0 (a.e.t.)	Marconi Stallions	Sydney United Sports Centre, Edensor Park
16:00	Antelmi 93', 112' (pen.)

APIA Leichhardt Tigers v Blacktown City

17 August 2019	APIA Leichhardt Tigers	1–1 (a.e.t.) (5–3 p)	Blacktown City	Lambert Park, Leichhardt
19:00	Payne 102'		Gibbs 120+2'

Major/Minor semi-finals

Wollongong Wolves v APIA Leichhardt Tigers

21 August 2019	Wollongong Wolves	0–1	APIA Leichhardt Tigers	WIN Stadium, Wollongong
19:30		(Report)	Payne 81'

Blacktown City v Sydney United 58

21 August 2019	Blacktown City	3–7 (a.e.t.)	Sydney United 58	Lily Homes Stadium, Seven Hills
19:30	Lewis 7' Lynch 13' Jennings 19'	(Report)	Simonoski 3', 17' Uskok 73' Antelmi 98' Maia 100' Sim 117', 118'

Preliminary final

Wollongong Wolves v Sydney United 58

24 August 2019	Wollongong Wolves	1–2	Sydney United 58	WIN Stadium, Wollongong
	Dimovski 43'		Rose 66' Antelmi 80'

Grand final

APIA Leichhardt Tigers v Sydney United 58

31 August 2019	APIA Leichhardt Tigers	2–1 (a.e.t.)	Sydney United 58	Bankwest Stadium, Parramatta
18:00	Galimi 28' Ucchino 95'		Bilic 57'	Attendance: 6,426

Top scorers

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Thomas James	Wollongong Wolves	22
2	Chris Payne	APIA Leichhardt Tigers	20
3	Álex Sánchez	Sydney Olympic	13
4	Lachlan Scott	Wollongong Wolves	12

2019 National Premier League NSW Men's 2

NPL NSW Men's 2

Season	2019
Champions	Hills United
Premiers	North Shore Mariners
Promoted	North Shore Mariners
Matches played	154
Goals scored	496 (3.22 per match)
← 2018 2020 →

For the 2019 NPL NSW season 3 teams were relegated due to a change in the competition format for 2020.^[3]

League Table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	North Shore Mariners (P)	26	17	4	5	52	29	+23	55	Promotion to the 2020 NPL NSW 1[a]
2	Hills United (C)	26	17	2	7	67	40	+27	53	2019 NPL NSW Men's 2 Finals
3	Bonnyrigg White Eagles	26	14	6	6	54	27	+27	48
4	Mounties Wanderers	26	13	4	9	52	44	+8	43
5	Spirit FC	26	13	4	9	48	44	+4	43
6	Northern Tigers	26	11	9	6	41	33	+8	42
7	Blacktown Spartans	26	11	5	10	38	37	+1	38
8	Central Coast Mariners Academy	26	10	7	9	47	36	+11	37
9	Western Sydney Wanderers Youth	26	10	6	10	49	40	+9	36
10	St George	26	7	6	13	37	40	−3	27
11	St George City	26	8	3	15	31	56	−25	27
12	Rydalmere Lions (R)	26	6	7	13	27	42	−15	25	Relegation to the 2020 NPL NSW 3[b]
13	Macarthur Rams (R)	26	4	7	15	18	53	−35	19
14	Canterbury Bankstown (R)	26	5	2	19	32	72	−40	17

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

1. Promotion based on Club Championship and including points from U20 and U18.
2. Relegation based on Club Championship and including points from U20 and U18 teams.

Finals

	Elimination finals					Semi-finals					Grand final
						1	North Shore Mariners	5
	4	Mounties Wanderers	2			4	Mounties Wanderers	0
	5	Spirit FC	1								1	North Shore Mariners	3
											2	Hills United	6
						2	Hills United	2
	3	Bonnyrigg White Eagles (a.e.t.)	4			3	Bonnyrigg White Eagles	1
	6	Northern Tigers	2

2019 National Premier League NSW Men's 3

NPL NSW Men's 3

Season	2019
Champions	SD Raiders
Promoted	SD Raiders
Matches played	154
Goals scored	590 (3.83 per match)
Top goalscorer	Anthony Proia (24) (SD Raiders)
← 2018 2020 →

For the 2019 NPL NSW season 5 teams were relegated due to a change in the competition format for 2020, and the introduction of the new NPL4 division.^[3][10]

League Table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Stanmore Hawks	26	18	6	2	72	27	+45	60	2019 NPL NSW Men's 3 Finals
2	SD Raiders (C, P)	26	18	3	5	70	38	+32	57	Promotion to the 2020 NPL NSW 2[a]
3	Bankstown City Lions	26	17	3	6	82	47	+35	54	2019 NPL NSW Men's 3 Finals
4	Gladesville Ryde Magic	26	13	6	7	53	46	+7	45
5	Bankstown United	26	11	8	7	44	40	+4	41
6	Inter Lions	26	12	4	10	62	48	+14	40
7	Dunbar Rovers	26	11	5	10	51	40	+11	38
8	Dulwich Hill	26	10	6	10	54	44	+10	36
9	Camden Tigers (R)	25	11	3	11	52	45	+7	36	Relegation to 2020 NPL NSW 4[b]
10	Hawkesbury City (R)	26	7	9	10	35	48	−13	30
11	Sydney University	26	9	1	16	43	59	−16	28
12	Parramatta FC (R)	25	6	2	17	39	52	−13	20	Relegation to 2020 NPL NSW 4[b]
13	Granville Rage (R)	26	3	6	17	20	72	−52	15
14	Western NSW Mariners (R)	26	3	2	21	32	103	−71	11

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

1. Promotion based on Club Championship and including points from U20 and U18 teams.
2. Relegation based on Club Championship and including points from U20 and U18 teams.

Finals

	Elimination finals					Semi-finals					Grand final
						1	Stanmore Hawks (a.e.t.)	3
	4	Gladesville Ryde Magic (a.e.t.)	3				Gladesville Ryde Magic	1
	5	Bankstown United	2									Stanmore Hawks	1
												SD Raiders	3
						2	SD Raiders	4
	3	Bankstown City	6				Bankstown City	0
	6	Inter Lions	5

2019 NSW State League

NSW State League

Season	2019
Champions	Fraser Park
Promoted	Central Coast United
← 2018 2020 →

The competition was restructured at the end of the season, with the introduction of the new NPL4 division for 2020.^[3][10]

League Table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Central Coast United (P)	20	15	0	5	62	25	+37	45	Promotion to the 2020 NPL NSW 3[a]
2	Fraser Park (C)	20	13	3	4	49	29	+20	42	Qualification for the 2019 NSW State League Finals
3	Western Condors	20	9	3	8	44	40	+4	30	Qualification for the 2019 NSW State League Finals; Relegated from Football NSW structure for 2020
4	South Coast Flame FC	20	8	5	7	34	39	−5	29	Qualification for the 2019 NSW State League Finals
5	Hurstville FC	20	8	5	7	21	28	−7	29
6	Nepean FC	20	8	3	9	43	28	+15	27
7	Prospect United	20	6	7	7	31	33	−2	25
8	FC Gazy Auburn	20	6	5	9	25	48	−23	23	Relegated from Football NSW structure for 2020
9	Balmain Tigers	20	6	4	10	34	45	−11	22
10	University of NSW	20	6	3	11	44	42	+2	21
11	Hurstville City Minotaurs	20	5	2	13	30	57	−27	17	Relegated from Football NSW structure for 2020

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

1. Promotion based on Club Championship and including points from U20 and U18 teams.

Finals

	Qualifying final					Major semi-final					Preliminary final					Grand final
						1	Central Coast United	3								Central Coast United		0
						2	Fraser Park	0								Fraser Park		1
	2	Fraser Park	3								Fraser Park		2
	3	Western Condors	2			Minor semi-final					South Coast Flame		0
						3	Western Condors	1
	4	South Coast Flame	1			4	South Coast Flame	3
	5	Hurstville FC	0

2019 National Premier Leagues NSW Women's 1

National Premier Leagues NSW Women's 1

Season	2019
Champions	Sydney University
Premiers	Sydney University
Top goalscorer	Susan Phonsongkham (20) (Sydney Olympic FC)
← 2018 2020 →

The 2019 National Premier Leagues NSW Women's 1 was the sixth edition of the NPL NSW Women's competition to be incorporated under the National Premier Leagues banner. 12 teams competed, playing each other twice for a total of 22 rounds.

League Table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Sydney University (C)	22	16	5	1	55	11	+44	53	2019 NPL NSW Women’s Finals
2	Sydney Olympic	22	14	3	5	60	30	+30	45
3	Northern Tigers	22	13	4	5	40	18	+22	43
4	Blacktown Spartans	22	13	2	7	43	29	+14	41
5	Illawarra Stingrays	22	11	7	4	44	24	+20	40
6	Macarthur Rams	22	11	2	9	52	47	+5	35
7	North West Sydney Koalas	22	8	8	6	39	32	+7	32
8	Football NSW Institute	22	7	2	13	32	54	−22	23
9	Manly United	22	6	3	13	30	41	−11	21
10	Bankstown City	22	6	3	13	38	60	−22	21
11	Emerging Jets	22	4	2	16	27	59	−32	14
12	North Shore Mariners (R)	22	2	1	19	22	77	−55	7	Relegation to the 2020 NPL NSW Women's 2

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

Finals

	Qualifying final					Major semi-final					Preliminary final					Grand final
						1	Sydney University	2								1	Sydney University	1 (4)
						3	Northern Tigers	0								3	Northern Tigers	1 (1)
	2	Sydney Olympic	0								3	Northern Tigers	3
	3	Northern Tigers	1			Minor semi-final					3	Sydney Olympic	0
						2	Sydney Olympic	2
	4	Blacktown Spartans	4			5	Illawarra Stingrays	1
	5	Illawarra Stingrays	5

2019 Waratah Cup

Main article: 2019 Waratah Cup

Football NSW soccer clubs competed in 2019 for the Waratah Cup. The tournament doubled as the NSW qualifier for the 2019 FFA Cup, with the top five clubs progressing to the Round of 32. A total of 144 clubs entered the qualifying phase,^[11] with the clubs entering in a staggered format.

The Cup was won by Marconi Stallions, their 2nd title.

In addition to the three A-League clubs (Central Coast Mariners, Sydney FC and Western Sydney Wanderers), the five qualifiers (Manly United, Marconi Stallions, Mt Druitt Town Rangers, Sydney United 58 and St George FC) competed in the final rounds of the 2019 FFA Cup.