Australian soccer league system

Australian soccer league system
	A map showing the nine member federations of Football Australia, which each control their respective state-based competitions.
Country	Australia
Sport	Soccer
Promotion and relegation	No national system of promotion and relegation. Promotion and relegation does exist in every state and the Australian Capital Territory, but not in the Northern Territory.
National system
Federation	Football Australia
Confederation	AFC
Top division	A-League Men; A-League Women; ;
Second division	Australian Championship; ;
Cup competition	Australia Cup; ;
Regional systems
Federations	Capital Football; Football NSW; Northern NSW Football; Football NT; Football Queensland; Football SA; Football Tasmania; Football Victoria; Football West; ;
Top divisions	NPL ACT; NPL NSW; NPL Northern NSW; Football NT (three leagues); NPL Queensland; NPL SA; NPL Tasmania; NPL Victoria; NPL WA; ;
Second divisions	Capital Premier League; NSW League One; Northern NSW State League 1; NT Northern Premier League; NT Southern Premier League; Queensland Premier League; SA State League 1; Tasmania Northern Championship; Tasmania Southern Championship; Victoria Premier League 1; WA State League 1; ;
	Soccer in Australia

The Australian soccer league system is the league structure for soccer clubs in Australia.^[1] The league system in Australia since 1977 has involved one top divisional league controlled by Football Australia and many leagues run within each state below.^[2]^[3]

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The National Soccer League (NLS) stood from 1977 to 2004 as the top nationwide tier above the current state-based league systems.^[4]^[5] In 2005, the A-League (known as A-League Men since 2021) was established as its successor.^[6]^[7]

The introduction of the National Premier Leagues (NPL) in 2013 introduced a direct second tier of soccer in Australia, underpinning the A-League.^[8] The NPL incorporated the existing state leagues as divisions with a nationwide end of season finals series, rebranding five of the nine top state leagues.^[9] The remainder – with the exception of the Northern Territory – joined in 2014.^[9]

There is no promotion and relegation to and from the top-tier A-League, and promotion and relegation at other levels varies between different state systems.^[10]^[11]

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Level	Leagues
1	A-League Men 13 clubs (2 from New Zealand) no relegation
2	National Premier Leagues 94 clubs (from 8 divisions)^[a]														Football Northern Territory 12 clubs (from 2 divisions)
2	NPL ACT 8 clubs no promotion ↓ relegate 1		NPL NSW 16 clubs no promotion ↓ relegate 1.5	NPL Northern NSW 12 clubs no promotion ↓ relegate 1.5	NPL Queensland 12 clubs no promotion ↓ relegate 2	NPL SA 12 clubs no promotion ↓ relegate 2		NPL Tasmania 8 clubs no promotion no relegation		NPL Victoria 14 clubs no promotion ↓ relegate 2				NPL WA 12 clubs no promotion ↓ relegate 1.5	NorZone Premier League 8 clubs no promotion no relegation	Southern Zone Premier League 4 clubs no promotion no relegation
3	Capital Premier League 8 clubs ↑ promote 1 no relegation		NSW League One 16 clubs ↑ promote 1.5 ↓ relegate 1.5	Northern League One 10 clubs ↑ promote 1.5 ↓ relegate 1	Queensland Premier League 1 11 clubs ↑ promote 2 ↓ relegate 1	SA State League 1 12 clubs ↑ promote 2 ↓ relegate 2		Tasmania Northern Championship 8 clubs no promotion no relegation	Tasmania Southern Championship 10 clubs no promotion no relegation	Victorian Premier League 1 14 clubs ↑ promote 2 ↓ relegate 2				WA State League 1 12 clubs ↑ promote 1.75 ↓ relegate 1.5
4	Capital League 1 10 clubs no promotion ↓ relegate 1		NSW League Two 15 clubs ↑ promote 1.5 no relegation	Regional 7 districts no promotion	Queensland Premier League 2 12 clubs ↑ promote 2 no relegation	SA State League 2 North 8 clubs ↑ promote 1 no relegation	SA State League 2 South 8 clubs ↑ promote 1 no relegation	Tasmania Northern Social League 1 9 clubs no promotion	Tasmania Southern Social League 1 6 clubs no promotion no relegation	Victorian Premier League 2 12 clubs ↑ promote 2 ↓ relegate 2				WA State League 2 12 clubs ↑ promote 1.5 ↓ relegate 1
5	Capital League 2 10 clubs ↑ promote 1 ↓ relegate 1		Regional 19 districts no promotion		Regional 9 districts ↑ promote 1	Regional 6 districts no promotion		Tasmania Southern Social League 2 6 clubs no promotion no relegation		Vic State League 1 North-West 12 clubs ↑ promote 1 ↓ relegate 2		Vic State League 1 South-East 12 clubs ↑ promote 1 ↓ relegate 2		Regional 12 districts ↑ promote 1
6	Capital League 3 10 clubs ↑ promote 1 no relegation							Tasmania Southern Social League 3 6 clubs no promotion no relegation		Vic State League 2 North-West 12 clubs ↑ promote 2 ↓ relegate 2		Vic State League 2 South-East 12 clubs ↑ promote 2 ↓ relegate 2
7	Capital League 4 10 clubs no promotion no relegation							Tasmania Southern Social League 4 8 clubs no promotion		Vic State League 3 North-West 12 clubs ↑ promote 2 ↓ relegate 2		Vic State League 3 South-East 12 clubs ↑ promote 2 ↓ relegate 2
8	Capital League 5 10 clubs no promotion no relegation									VSL 4 North 12 clubs ↑ promote 1 ↓ relegate 2	VSL 4 West 12 clubs ↑ promote 1 ↓ relegate 2	VSL 4 South 12 clubs ↑ promote 1 ↓ relegate 2	VSL 4 East 12 clubs ↑ promote 1 ↓ relegate 2
9	Capital League 6 10 clubs no promotion no relegation									VSL 5 North 12 clubs ↑ promote 2 no relegation	VSL 5 West 12 clubs ↑ promote 2 no relegation	VSL 5 South 12 clubs ↑ promote 2 no relegation	VSL 5 East 12 clubs ↑ promote 2 no relegation
10	Capital League 7 10 clubs no promotion no relegation									Regional 15 districts no promotion
11	Capital League 8 10 clubs no promotion no relegation
12	Capital League 9 10 clubs no promotion no relegation
13	Capital League 10 Blue 10 clubs no promotion	Capital League 10 Gold 10 clubs no promotion

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