Northern Tigers FC is a semi-professional association football club based in the northern suburbs area of Sydney, spanning the Lower North Shore, Upper North Shore and reaching up to Brooklyn on the banks of the Hawkesbury River. The Northern Tigers enter teams in the Football NSW League One (formerly National Premier Leagues NSW Men's 2) (Men and Boys), National Premier Leagues NSW Women's (Women and Girls), FNSW Skills Acquisition Program (Mixed Under 9 - Under 12 and Girls Under 10 - Under 13).

Home games are played at North Turramurra Recreation Area, with Charles Bean Sports Field, at the former Ku-ring-gai Campus of the University of Technology, Sydney acting as an additional facility.

History Ku-ring-gai & District Soccer Association purchased a NSW Soccer Federation Division One license from the Balmain Tigers FC in 2002. The name was then changed to Northern Tigers and the Northern Tigers FC was established.Club History – Northern Tigers FC

In 2003 they were premiers of FNSW Men's Division 1 and were promoted to the NSW Super League (the second tier of soccer in New South Wales). In 2007 they were premiers of the Super League but declined promotion to NSW Premier League (the top tier of NSW soccer). In 2010 they were again champions of the Super League after defeating St George FC 4–0 in the grand final.

In 2015, the Northern Tigers were crowned champions of the NPL NSW2 season, however due to the club championship promotion criteria by Football NSW in which are points accumulated across the U-20's and U-18's as well, they were not promoted.

In 2024, the women's team won the Sapphire Cup with a 2-1 victory over Sydney University SFC at Valentine Sports Park.

Club colours Northern Tigers FC players wear white with bottle green when playing at home and purple with white when playing away.

Location The Northern Tigers have an intake area for players that includes most of the northern corridor of Sydney that stretches from the Sydney Harbour Bridge to the Hawkesbury River.

Players come from suburbs including Berowra, Gordon, Pymble, Lindfield, Killara, Lane Cove, Chatswood, Wahroonga, Artamon, Hornsby, Willoughby, and Turramurra.

Notable former players

Socceroos Murray Barnes Robbie Hooker Bruce Djite Grant Lee Robert Wheatley

Matildas

Rachel Lowe Thea Slatyer Servet Uzunlar Leigh Wardell Eliza Campbell Isabel Gomez

International Adam Foti

U20 Youth International Brett Hughes

AFC U19 Young Socceroos Travis Cooper

National League or A-League Andy Harper Brett Hughes Brian Ellem Duncan Worthington Stuart Robertson Adam Snyder James Stubbs-Mills Grant Last Derek Poimer

Season by season record SeasonLeagueCupTop scorerRef.FinalsPlayer(s)Goals1964 NSW Amateur Div B 22022233 982 12th N/A 1965 NSW Inter-suburban Div 318 1017 8136 2 10th 1966 DNP 1967 NSW Inter Suburban Div 3 1968 NSW Inter Suburban Div 4 1969 NSW Inter Suburban Div 4 1970 NSW Inter-suburban Div 418 5211 476112 7th 1971 unknown 1972 NSW Div 2 22 2515 20509 12th 1973 NSW Div 322 1426 6025 303rd 1974 NSW Div 322 1525 4219 323rd 1975 NSW Div 322 1345 3919 302nd 1976 NSW Div 3 22 1354 4918 311st 1977 NSW Div 2 22 1075 4828 27 4th 1978 NSW Div 2 22 1552 5720 351st 1979 NSW State League26 61010 2938 22 10th 1980 NSW State League 26 5615 2845 1613th 1981 NSW Div 126 1754 4918 392nd 1982 NSW Div 1 26 1844 4817 401st 1983 NSW Div 1 24 1176 4027 29 5th 1984 NSW Div 122 778 2632 21 6th 1985 NSW Div 122 985 2922 26 5th 1986 NSW Div 122 985 2317 26 5th 1987 NSW Div 126 7514 2940 19 10th 1988 NSW Div 126 41210 2643 20 11th 1989 Merged with Artarmon to form North Shore United (NSW Div 2). 1990 Merger continues as North Shore United in NSW Div 1. 1991 North Shore United merged with Manly-Warringah for this season in NSW Div 1. 1992 Manly merger ends, GNS United in Div 4 (promoted). 1993 GNS United in Div 3 (withdrew at end of season). Ku-Ring-Gai District acquires NSW Div 1 License to form the Northern Tigers in 2002.2003 NSW Div 1 26 1943 6122 611st RU 2004 NSW Super League26 989 4441 35 9th 2005 NSW Super League26 8612 3843 30 10th 2006 NSW Super League22 1066 3023 36 4th PF 2007 NSW Super League26 1754 5738 561st RU 2008 NSW Super League22 859 3131 29 6th 2009 NSW Super League22 8311 3446 27 7th 2010 NSW Super League22 1345 4526 432nd W Tom Spencer 15 2011 NSW Super League22 886 3227 32 6th Travis Cooper 7 2012 NSW Super League22 1642 4816 521st W Tom Spencer 15 2013 NSW NPL 222 868 2725 30 8th Tom Spencer 9 2014 NSW NPL 222 1066 3527 36 4th PF Playoff Rnd 2 Michael Smith 8 2015 NSW NPL 222 1255 3622 413rd W 7th Rnd Tai Smith 10 2016 NSW NPL 226 10412 4144 34 7th 4th Rnd Liam McConaghy 11 2017 NSW NPL 226 1178 4943 40 6th EF 5th Rnd Jordan Smylie 10 2018 NSW NPL 226 1097 4439 39 5th SF 5th Rnd Liam McConaghy 15 2019 NSW NPL 226 1196 4133 42 6th EF 7th Rnd Joshua Swadling 8 2020 NSW NPL 210 622 2612 203rd RU Cup Suspended Shervin Adeli 6 2021 NSW NPL 21610152922313rd 6th Rnd Shervin Adeli 9 2022 NSW League One*148153222254th 7th Rnd Alexander Brown 9 Current Season in Play, Last round to be played on 1 August 2021

Source: ozfootball.net

Notes

Northern Suburbs Football Association The Northern Suburbs Football Association was formed in April 1957 as Ku-Ring-Gai & District Soccer Association (KDSA). There were five foundation clubs – Kissing Point, Wahroonga, West Pymble, North Turramurra and Lindfield. The first representative teams entered in NSW Federation competitions in 1959 or 1960, with the first senior representative side competing in 1963 as Ku-Ring-Gai United. In 1970 Ku-ring-gai merged with Artarmon to enter the NSW Federation competition and changed its name in 1972 to Ku-ring-gai Soccer Club. NSW Soccer Federation also approved the merger of the KDSA with the Northern Suburbs Soccer Association for the 1973 season. The district would continue to operate as KDSA. In 2012, the association changed its name to Northern Suburbs Football Association to more accurately reflect district boundaries and remain in line of the national use of "football" within federations.

References

https://footballnsw.com.au/2009/10/12/silver-medal-dinner-a-success-as-juan-chavez-claims-top-award/ https://footballnsw.com.au/2010/10/10/2010-silver-medal-dinner-a-success-as-alexander-smith-grabs-the-plaudits/ https://footballnsw.com.au/2012/09/30/robbie-mileski-and-jefferey-issa-crowned-silver-medal-winners/ https://footballnsw.com.au/2012/09/20/teresa-polias-crowned-2012-platinum-medal-winner/ https://southwestvoice.com.au/legendary-soccer-club-waratah-cup/ https://southwestvoice.com.au/bulls-fc-academy-rams-defeats/

External links NSW Super League Northern Tigers FC – official website Northern Suburbs Football Association