Southern Championship

The Southern Championship is an association football league in Southern Tasmania. It is jointly with the Northern Championship, the second highest level soccer competition in Tasmania. Nationally, it sits below the A-League and NPL Tasmania. It is controlled by the Football Federation Tasmania.

Not to be confused with Southern Conference Championship.

Southern Championship

Founded	1900; 125 years ago (1900)
Country	Australia
Number of clubs	9
Level on pyramid	3
Relegation to	Southern League 1
Domestic cup(s)	Milan Lakoseljac Cup Australia Cup
Current champions	South East United
Current: 2024 Southern Championship

Prior to the 2015 season it was known as the Southern Premier League and for sponsorship reasons as the Forestry Tasmania Southern Premier League Between 2001 and 2012 the Southern and Northern Premier Leagues were jointly the state's highest level of soccer competition (but still nationally below the NSL and A-League). During this period the two regional leagues determined a southern and northern champion, who then had a play-off for the state championship.

Current clubs (2025)

Team	Coach	Home ground	Location
Hobart City FC	Enzo Botte	Sandown Park	Sandy Bay
Clarence Zebras	Daniel Boscoe	Wentworth Park	Clarence
Hobart United	Joseph Stevens	Gunns Oval	Pontville
New Town Eagles	Tommy Fotak	Clare Street	New Town
Olympia B		Warrior Park	Warrane
South East United	Glen Roland & Nick Taylor	Pembroke Park	Sorell
South Hobart B		South Hobart Ground	South Hobart
Taroona FC	Llewellyn Tubb	Kelveden Park	Taroona
University of Tasmania	Lockie Brown	Olinda Grove	Mount Nelson

Honours

Year Premiers 1900 Trinity 1901 Trinity 1902 Gunners 1903–1909 not known 1910 Hobart 1911 Westralia 1912 St George 1913 Corinthians 1914 Corinthians 1915-1918 No competition due to World War 1 1919 South Hobart 1920 South Hobart 1921 South Hobart 1922 South Hobart 1923 South Hobart 1924 Sandy Bay 1925 Sandy Bay 1926 South Hobart 1927 Sandy Bay 1928 Hobart Athletic 1929 South Hobart 1930 Hobart Athletic 1931 Cascades FC 1932 Cascades FC 1933 Sandy Bay 1934 Cascades FC 1935 Cascades FC 1936 Sandy Bay 1937 South Hobart 1938 Sandy Bay 1939 Sandy Bay 1940-1945 No competition due to World War 2 1946 South Hobart 1947 South Hobart 1948 South Hobart 1949 Metro Claremont 1950 Metro Claremont 1951 Metro Claremont 1952 Metro Claremont 1953 Caledonians 1954 Metro Claremont 1955 Caledonians 1956 Caledonians 1957 Caledonians 1958 Caledonians 1959 South Hobart 1960 Caledonians 1961 Rapid FC 1962 Hobart Rangers 1963 Olympia 1964 Rapid 1965 Olympia 1966 Olympia 1967 Olympia

Year Premiers 1968 Olympia 1969 Hobart Juventus 1970 Glenorchy Croatia 1971 Hobart Juventus 1972 Hobart Juventus 1973 Hobart Juventus 1974 Glenorchy Croatia 1975 Glenorchy Croatia 1976 Rapid FC 1977 White Eagles 1978 South Hobart 1979 Hobart Juventus 1980 South Hobart 1981 White Eagles 1982 Rapid FC 1983 Hobart Juventus 1984 Hobart Juventus 1985 Hobart Juventus 1986 White Eagles 1987 Olympia 1988 Olympia 1989 White Eagles 1990 Taroona FC 1991 University 1992 University 1993 University 1994 University 1995 Phoenix 1996 University 1997 New Town Eagles 1998 Clarence United 1999 Kingborough Lions 2000 Glenorchy Knights 2001 University 2002 South Hobart 2003 University 2004 Hobart Zebras 2005 Glenorchy Knights 2006 Glenorchy Knights 2007 Hobart Zebras 2008 South Hobart 2009 South Hobart 2010 South Hobart 2011 South Hobart 2012 South Hobart 2013 Beachside FC 2014 University 2015 University 2016 Glenorchy Knights 2017 Glenorchy Knights 2018 Glenorchy Knights 2019 Hobart United 2020 Olympia 2021 New Town Eagles 2022 New Town Eagles 2023 New Town Eagles 2024 South East United

Multiple champions

1. South Hobart	20
2. Hobart Zebras (Juventus)	10
3. Glenorchy Knights (Croatia)	9
3. University	9
5. Hobart Olympic (Olympia)	8
6. Sandy Bay	7
6. Kingborough Lions (Caledonians)	7
6. New Town Eagles (White Eagles)	7
9. Metro (Claremont)	5
10. Rapid FC	4
10. Cascades FC	4
12. Hobart Athletic	3
13. Corinthians	2
13. Trinity	2
13. Clarence United (Phoenix)	2

Individual awards

The Vic Tuting Medal was originally introduced in the early 1990s to the best and fairest player for Tasmania for the Tasmanian State League competition (equivalent of the current NPL competition). It is now presented to the best and fairest player of the Southern Championship at the end of the season due to a pause of the then State League.^[1]

Season	Winner	Club
2008	Ben Crosswell	Tilford Zebras
2009	Josh Fielding	Glenorchy Knights
2010	Josh Fielding	Glenorchy Knights
2011	Jonathon Ladic	Tilford Zebras
2012	Shae Hickey	South Hobart
2013	Miles Barnard	University
2014	Luke Huigsloot	University
2015	Luke Huigsloot	University
2016	Tom Young	Taroona
2021	Samuel Leszczynski	New Town Eagles
2022	Luke Huiglsoot	New Town Eagles