The 2024 National Premier Leagues NSW was the 12th season of the National Premier Leagues in New South Wales and the second season under the revised competition format. The season began on 16 February 2024 and concluded on 25 August. APIA Leichhardt are the defending champions.
The 2024 season was a double round-robin format with each team playing 30 games for the regular season. The top-six teams qualified to the finals series. The competition's matches were broadcast free and live on YouTube with the addition of the 2024 Waratah Cup.
Rockdale Ilinden were Premiers, receiving the club's first major title in over four decades.
Promotion and relegation Promoted from 2023 NSW League OneRelegated from 2023 National Premier Leagues NSWSt GeorgeHills UnitedMt Druitt Town RangersBulls FC Academy
Stadiums and locations Team Head coach Location Stadium Capacity APIA Leichhardt Franco Parisi Leichhardt Lambert Park 7,000Leichhardt Oval20,000 Blacktown City Mark Crittenden Blacktown Blacktown City Sports Centre 7,500 Central Coast Mariners Academy Lucas Vilela 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 David Perkovic North Sydney Christie Park 1,000 Rockdale Ilinden Paul Dee Rockdale Rockdale Ilinden Sports Centre 5,000 St George Steve Karavatakis St George Rockdale Ilinden Sports Centre 5,000 St George City Mirko Jurilj Penshurst Park 1,000 Sutherland Sharks Steven Zoric Sutherland Seymour Shaw Park 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 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 TeamOutgoing managerManner of departureDate of vacancyPosition in tableIncoming managerDate of appointmentSutherland Sharks Panny NikasMutual consentSeptember 2023Pre-season Steven Zoric8 September 2023Sydney United Miro VlastelicaNovember 2023 Zeljko Kalac15 November 2023Central Coast Mariners Abbas SaadN/A2024 Lucas Vilela2024St George Jané TalcevskiMutual consentJuly 202411th Steve Karavatakis2 July 2024
Foreign players TeamVisa 1Visa 2Non-visa foreigner(s)Former playersAPIA Leichhardt Seiya KambayashiBlacktown City Danny Choi1 Mitchell Mallia2 Jacob Maniti2Central Coast Mariners Lucas Scicluna2Hills United Nicolai Müller Yu Okubo Manly United Miguel BauzàMarconi Franco Maya Hiroaki AoyamaNWS Spirit Gianni Bouzoukis Luiz Lobo1:Rockdale Ilinden So Kataoka Moudi Najjar2St George FC St George City Fumoto Kamada Jason RomeroSutherland Sharks Takahide Umebachi Kotaro Katsuta Chris Lindsay1Sydney FC Youth Sydney Olympic Ziggy Gordon Roy O'Donovan1 Abraham Majok1 Zac Zoricich2Sydney United Luiz Lobo1 Stephan De Robillard2 Shunta NakamuraWestern Sydney Wanderers Joseph Banza Ryan Devine2Wollongong Wolves Banri Kanaizumi Takumi Ofuka Yagoub Mustafa1 Chris McStay2 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 Table
Fixtures and results
Finals series
Relegation play-off The relegation play-offs took place on 31 August and 6 September 2024.
Overview
Matches
Central Coast Mariners Academy won 5–2 on aggregate, and therefore both clubs remained in their respective leagues.
Regular season statistics Top scorers
RankPlayerClubGoals1 Alec UrosevskiRockdale Ilinden312 Marko JesicMarconi Stallions20 Roy O'DonovanSydney Olympic4 Ben GibsonAPIA Leichhardt19 Jak O'BrienBlacktown City6 James TemelkovskiMarconi Stallions187 Nathanael BlairWestern Sydney Wanderers13 Yu OkuboHills United9 Takumi OfukaWollongong Wolves12 Jack StewartAPIA Leichhardt
Hat-tricks Player For Against Result Date Ref. Jak O'Brien4Blacktown CityAPIA Leichhardt6–3 (H)17 February 2024 Takumi OfukaWollongong WolvesHills United4–0 (H)15 March 2024 Alec UrosevskiRockdale IlindenWollongong Wolves3-1 (H)28 April 2024 Ben GibsonAPIA LeichardtWestern Sydney Youth6–0 (A)28 April 2024 Rory JordanAPIA LeichardtSydney FC Youth7-1 (A)5 May 2024 Taye Ashton HedleyCentral Coast Mariners YouthSt George FC3–3 (H)29 May 2024 Dom CostanzoMarconi StallionsRockdale Ilinden9-0 (H)19 June 2024 Alec UrosevskiRockdale IlindenHills United5-0 (H)30 June 2024 Jack ArmsonAPIA LeichardtSutherland3-2 (H)7 July 2024 Yu OkuboHills UnitedNWS Spirit4-1 (H)20 July 2024 Takeru SugitaNWS SpiritBlacktown City4-2 (H)10 August 2024 Arthur De LimaCentral Coast Mariners YouthWollongong Wolves3-2 (H)11 August 2024 James TemelkovskiMarconi StallionsBlacktown City6–2 (H)1 September 2024 Notes (H) – Home team (A) – Away team
See also 2024 National Premier Leagues
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