2024 National Premier Leagues NSW

The 2024 NPL NSW Men's is the twelfth season of Association football in New South Wales under the banner of the National Premier Leagues 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.

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.

APIA Leichhardt are the defending champions.

Promotion and relegation

Teams promoted from the 2023 NSW League One

Stadiums and locations
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[2] Blacktown Blacktown City Sports Centre 7,500
Central Coast Mariners Academy Lucas Vilela[3] Gosford Pluim Park 2,000
Hills United Luke Casserly Hills District Blacktown City Sports Centre 7,500
Marconi Stallions Peter Tsekenis[4] Fairfield Marconi Stadium 9,000
Manly United Patrick Zwaanswijk[5] Dee Why Cromer Park 5,000
NWS Spirit FC David Perkovic[6] North Sydney Christie Park 1,000
Rockdale Ilinden Paul Dee[7][8] Rockdale Rockdale Ilinden Sports Centre 5,000
Sydney FC Youth Jimmy Van Weeren[9] Moore Park Valentine Sports Park 4,000
Sydney Olympic Labinot Haliti[10][11] Belmore Belmore Sports Ground 20,000
Sutherland Sharks Steven Zoric[12] Sutherland Seymour Shaw Park 5,000
St George Jané Talcevski[13] St George Rockdale Ilinden Sports Centre 5,000
St George City Mirko Jurilj[14][15] St George Peakhurst Park 1,000
Sydney United Zeljko Kalac[16] Edensor Park Sydney United Sports Centre 12,000
Western Sydney Wanderers Youth Andrew Christiansen[17] Blacktown Wanderers Football Park 4,500
Wollongong Wolves David Carney[18] Wollongong WIN Stadium 22,000

Managerial changes
Team Outgoing manager Manner of departure Date of vacancy Position in table Incoming manager Date of appointment
Sydney United Miro Vlastelica[19] Mutual Termination 18 November 2023 Pre-Season Zeljko Kalac[16] 18 November 2023
Central Coast Mariners Academy Abbas Saad Unknown Unknown Pre-Season Lucas Vilela Unknown

Foreign players
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

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.[20]

Table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Rockdale Ilinden 18 14 2 2 47 22 +25 44
2 APIA Leichhardt 18 13 1 4 53 24 +29 40
3 Blacktown City 19 11 4 4 45 24 +21 37
4 Western Sydney Wanderers Youth 19 12 1 6 55 37 +18 37
5 Marconi Stallions 18 11 1 6 36 25 +11 34
6 Sydney United 19 10 3 6 35 28 +7 33
7 St George City 19 9 3 7 23 28 −5 30
8 Wollongong Wolves 19 9 2 8 37 28 +9 29
9 Sydney Olympic 19 8 1 10 35 27 +8 25
10 Manly United 19 6 5 8 21 32 −11 23
11 St George FC 19 5 6 8 26 40 −14 21
12 NWS Spirit 18 5 3 10 20 31 −11 18
13 Hills United 19 6 0 13 22 41 −19 18
14 Sydney FC Youth 19 4 2 13 23 50 −27 14
15 Sutherland Sharks 18 3 4 11 15 35 −20 13 Qualification to Relegation play-off
16 Central Coast Mariners Academy 18 3 2 13 27 48 −21 11 Relegation to 2025 NSW League One
Updated to match(es) played on 12 June 2024. Source: Ladder
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored; 4) Points gained in head-to-head record between teams; 5) Number of goals scored in head-to-head record between teams; 6) Play-off if teams concerned are equal on the basis of the above criteria

Fixtures and results
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

Top scorers

Correct at 7 March 2024

RankPlayerClubGoals[21]
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
PlayerForAgainstResultDateRef.
Jak O'BrienBlacktown CityAPIA Leichhardt6–3 (H)17 February 2024[22]
Takumi OfukaWollongong WolvesHills United4–0 (H)15 March 2024[23]
Notes
  • (H) – Home team
  • (A) – Away team


See also
  • 2024 National Premier Leagues

References
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