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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 will begin 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 2024 – 25 August 2024
Matches played56
Goals scored185 (3.3 per match)
Top goalscorerNathanael Blair, Luka Smyth (7 goals)
Biggest home winSydney Olympic 6–0 Sydney United
(2 March 2024)
Biggest away winSutherland Sharks 0–4 Wollongong Wolves
(6 March 2024)
Highest scoringBlacktown City 6–3 APIA Leichhardt
(17 February 2024)
← 2023
2025 →
All statistics correct as of 28 March 2024.

Promotion and relegation

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Teams promoted from the 2023 NSW League One

Stadiums and locations

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Team Head Coach Location Stadium Capacity
APIA Leichhardt   Franco Parisi[1] Leichhardt Lambert Park
Leichhardt Oval[1] 		7,000
20,000
Blacktown City   Mark Crittenden Blacktown Blacktown City Sports Centre 7,500
Central Coast Mariners Academy   Lucas Vilela[2] 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 FC   David Perkovic North Sydney Christie Park 1,000
Rockdale Ilinden   Paul Dee Rockdale Rockdale Ilinden Sports Centre 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
Sutherland Sharks   Steven Zoric Sutherland Seymour Shaw Park 5,000
St George   Jané Talcevski St George Rockdale Ilinden Sports Centre 5,000
St George City   Mirko Jurilj St George Peakhurst Park 1,000
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
Sydney United   Miro Vlastelica Mutual Termination November 2023 Pre-Season   Zeljko Kalac[3] November 2023
Central Coast Mariners Academy   Abbas Saad N/A 2024 Pre-Season   Lucas Vilela[2] 2024

Foreign players

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Team Visa 1 Visa 2 Non-visa foreigner(s) Former players
APIA Leichhardt   Seiya Kambayashi[1]
Blacktown City   Jacob Maniti2
 Danny Choi1
CCM Academy   Lucas Scicluna2
  Cher Deng2
Hills United   Nicolai Muller   Yu Okubo
Manly United   Miguel Bauzà
Marconi Stallions   Hiroaki Aoyama   Franco Maya
NWS Spirit FC   Gianni Bouzoukis   Luiz Lobo
Rockdale Ilinden   So Kataoka
St George FC
St George City   Joseph Knowles   Jason Romero   Fumoto Kamada2
Sutherland Sharks   Kotaro Katsuta   Takahide Umebachi
Sydney FC Youth
Sydney Olympic   Ziggy Gordon   Roy O'Donovan1
  Zac Zoricich2
  Abraham Majok2
Sydney United   Shunta Nakamura   Stephan De Robillard2
Western Sydney Wanderers Youth   Dylan Scicluna2
Wollongong Wolves   Banri Kanaizumi   Takumi Ofuka   Chris McStay1
  Yagoub Mustafa2

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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The 2024 season is a double round-robin format, with each team playing 30 games. The season started on 16 February, and is scheduled to conclude on 25 August.[4]

Table

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Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Rockdale Ilinden 25 19 2 4 65 35 +30 59 Qualification for the Finals series
2 Marconi Stallions 25 17 2 6 60 30 +30 53
3 APIA Leichhardt 25 15 3 7 66 37 +29 48
4 Blacktown City 25 13 6 6 54 32 +22 45
5 Sydney United 25 13 4 8 41 36 +5 43
6 Wollongong Wolves 25 12 4 9 46 33 +13 40
7 St George City 25 12 3 10 37 37 0 39
8 Sydney Olympic 25 11 3 11 44 34 +10 36
9 Western Sydney Wanderers Youth 25 12 2 11 57 51 +6 38
10 Manly United 25 8 5 12 25 41 −16 29
11 NWS Spirit 25 8 3 14 30 46 −16 27
12 Hills United 25 8 0 17 30 54 −24 24
13 St George FC 25 5 8 12 28 52 −24 23
14 Sutherland Sharks 25 5 7 13 26 44 −18 22
15 Central Coast Mariners Academy 25 6 4 15 37 56 −19 22 Qualification for the Relegation play-off
16 Sydney FC Youth 25 6 4 15 30 58 −28 22 Relegation to 2026 NSW League One
Updated to match(es) played on 22 July 2024. 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[5]

Fixtures and results

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Home \ Away API BCT CCM HIL MAN MAR NWS ROC SOL SGC STG SUN SUT SFC WSW WOL
APIA Leichhardt — 3–1 3–1 4–0 3–2 2–0 4–1 1–5
Blacktown City 6–3 — 3–1 2–0 3–0 3–1 3–0 2–2 3–2 8–0 0–1
CCM Academy — 5–3 2–2 1–2 0–2 3–3 1–2 3–2 2–5
Hills United 1–2 2–0 — 2–1 0–3 2–1 2–0 4–2 1–2
Manly United 1–0 1–1 — 3–2 1–1 0–2 3–0 1–1 1–0 0–5 2–1
Marconi Stallions 1–2 2–0 4–0 2–1 — 2–1 0–4 4–0 3–0 2–1
NWS Spirit 0–2 1–2 3–1 1–0 — 1–2 1–3 1–1 0–0 1–0
Rockdale Ilinden 2–3 2–2 3–1 — 3–2 2–0 4–0 3–1 3–2 3–1
Sydney Olympic 3–3 1–2 1–2 2–1 — 0–1 6–0 4–3
St George City 1–0 0–2 2–0 3–1 2–1 1–2 1–0 — 1–1 2–1 1–1 0–2
St George FC 2–2 0–0 2–0 1–1 1–4 2–1 — 2–3 3–1 2–1 2–2
Sydney United 1–0 3–0 3–2 3–0 1–2 0–1 — 1–0 3–2 1–2
Sutherland Sharks 0–7 2–0 2–1 1–2 1–2 0–0 0–3 1–0 — 0–0 0–4
Sydney FC Youth 1–7 4–1 3–1 2–0 1–3 1–3 1–3 2–1 0–2 0–0 — 2–5
WSW Youth 0–6 3–0 3–5 2–0 2–5 4–1 2–3 3–2 6–1 4–2 3–1 —
Wollongong Wolves 1–2 5–1 4–0 1–2 1–1 3–2 2–1 3–2 0–2 —
Updated to match(es) played on 12 June 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.

Regular season statistics

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Top scorers

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Correct at 7 March 2024

Rank Player Club Goals[6]
1st Nathanael Blair Western Sydney Wanderers 7
Luka Smyth Western Sydney Wanderers
3rd Alec Urosevski Rockdale Ilinden 6
4th Jak O'Brien Blacktown City 5
Takumi Ofuka Wollongong Wolves
Jordan Segreto APIA Leichhardt
7th Brendan Cholakian Rockdale Ilinden 4
Travis Major Blacktown City
Yu Okubo Hills United
Tiago Quintal Sydney FC
Lachlan Scott Wollongong Wolves

Hat-tricks

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Player For Against Result Date Ref.
Jak O'Brien Blacktown City APIA Leichhardt 6–3 (H) 17 February 2024 [7]
Takumi Ofuka Wollongong Wolves Hills United 4–0 (H) 15 March 2024 [8]
Notes
  • (H) – Home team
  • (A) – Away team


See also

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References

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  1. ^ a b c Stavroulakis, Mark (13 December 2023). "High expectations set as APIA chase more glory in 2024". NPL Men's NSW. Retrieved 15 July 2024.
  2. ^ a b Stavroulakis, Mark (8 February 2024). "New look Mariners ready to roll in 2024". NPL Men's NSW. Retrieved 15 July 2024.
  3. ^ Stavroulakis, Mark (15 November 2023). "Zeljko Kalac appointed Sydney United 58 Head Coach". NPL Men's NSW. Retrieved 15 July 2024.
  4. ^ "OFFICIAL: FOOTBALL NSW 2024 MATCH SCHEDULES ANNOUNCED". Football NSW. 12 December 2023.
  5. ^ "Competition Regulations 2024" (PDF). Football NSW. Retrieved 12 July 2024.
  6. ^ "NPL Mens 1st Grade - Top Goal Scorers". Football NSW. Retrieved 16 February 2024.
  7. ^ "BLACKTOWN CITY PUNISH HAPLESS APIA IN STATEMENT WIN". NPL NSW Men's. Football NSW. 17 February 2024.
  8. ^ "FABULOUS OFUKA FIRES WOLLONGONG TO FIRST HOME WIN". NPL NSW Men's. Football NSW. 15 March 2024.
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