North West Sydney Spirit Football Club is an Australian semi-professional association football club based in Newcastle. The club was formed in 1998 as Northern Spirit and joined the National Soccer League in the 1998–99 and became defunct in 2004. They were re-formed later in 2004 as GHFA Spirit who was selected along with 11 other teams to join the new second division of soccer in New South Wales. The club's first team spent eight seasons in the National Soccer League. The table details the club's achievements in major competitions, and the top scorers for each season.
History North West Sydney Spirit's first season started in the National Soccer League in 1998–99 as Northern Spirit, finishing 5th of 15 and reaching the elimination-finals. The next three seasons were failures to qualify for the Finals series, until the change of the Finals series to the Championship play-offs in the NSL which the club qualified for in the 2002–03 season finishing 5th out of 6. The final season of the NSL in 2003–04 for Northern Spirit had them finish 7th slightly missing on the return of the Finals series for the last time. The club moved to state league football from the 2005 season onwards moving into the NSW Division One, the third tier of football in New South Wales at the time. They won their first trophy in 2007 winning the Division One championship while also being promoted to the Super League in 2008. The 2009 season had seen them win three consecutive championships. It would be another five seasons before finishing 1st until the 2015 season. They qualified for the Australia Cup Final Rounds for the first time in the 2022 season.
Key Key to league competitions:
National Soccer League (NSL) – Australia's former top football league, established in 1977 and dissolved in 2004. NSW League One (League One) – The second tier of football in New South Wales
Key to colours and symbols: 1st or WWinners2nd or RURunners-up3rd Third place ♦ Top scorer in division
Key to league record: Season = The year and article of the season Pos = Final position Pld = Matches played W = Matches won D = Matches drawn L = Matches lost GF = Goals scored GA = Goals against Pts = Points
Seasons + Results of league and cup competitions by seasonSeasonDivisionPldWDLGFGAPtsPosFinalsAustralia CupState CupName(s)GoalsLeagueTop goalscorer(s)1998–99NSL2814410363546EF 81999–2000NSL3411320415836DNQ 92000–01NSL308814395032DNQ 162001–02NSL24978363934DNQ 142002–03NSL24113103744365th 82003–04NSL249312313330DNQ 72005Div 1241059303935DNQ R12006Div 1261637702551Minor SF R32007Div 1261844723258W R32008Div 1 221741672355W R42009Super League221741672355W R42010Super League221039333633Minor SF RU2011Super League22949424331DNQ R22012Super League226412313322DNQ R42013NPL 222967282933DNQ R42014NPL 2227411394025DNQPR4R42015NPL 2221633501651PFPR5 2016NPL 2269314435230DNQPR4 2017NPL 22610511394535DNQPR4 2018NPL 22611510454538DNQPR7R72019NPL 2261349484443Elim SFPR4 2020NPL 210712261822SF 2021NPL 216835372327DNQPR6 2022League One 221039403533QFR32W
References General
Specific