The 2025 National Premier Leagues NSW was the 13th season of the National Premier Leagues (NPL) in New South Wales, Australia. The regular season was held between 7 February and 31 August, followed by a finals series.
Six teams (APIA Leichhardt, Marconi Stallions, Sydney Olympic, Sydney United, Wollongong Wolves and NWS Spirit (the 2025 NPL Premiers) qualified for the inaugural season of the Australian Championship, which is scheduled to begin in October 2025.
Marconi Stallions were the defending champions.
Teams Pre-season changes 2024 League Promoted to league Relegated from league NPL NSW Mt Druitt Town Rangers FC Hills United
Stadiums and locations Team Head coach Location Stadium Capacity APIA Leichhardt Franco Parisi Leichhardt Lambert Park 7,000 Leichhardt Oval 20,000 Blacktown City Mark Crittenden Blacktown Landen Stadium 7,500 Central Coast Mariners Academy Lucas Vilela Gosford Pluim Park 2,000 Manly United Jimmy Snedden (interim) Dee Why Cromer Park 5,000 Marconi Stallions Peter Tsekenis Fairfield Marconi Stadium 9,000 Mount Druitt Town Rangers Andrew Montgomery Mount Druitt Popondetta Park 4,000 NWS Spirit David Perkovic Macquarie Park Christie Park 1,000 Rockdale Ilinden Paul Dee Rockdale Rockdale Ilinden Sports Centre 5,000 St George FC Fabian Miceli St George Barton Park 1,500 St George City Manny Spanoudakis Penshurst Park 1,000 Sutherland Sharks FC Steven Zoric Sutherland Seymour Shaw Park 5,000 Sydney FC Youth Jimmy Van Weeren Moore Park Rockdale Ilinden Sports Centre 5,000Sydney Olympic Labinot HalitiBelmoreCarlton Belmore Sports Ground 20,000 Jubilee Stadium 20,500 Sydney United Ante Juric Edensor Park Sydney United Sports Centre 12,000 Western Sydney Wanderers Youth Richie Cardozo Blacktown Wanderers Football Park 4,500 Wollongong Wolves Julio Miranda (interim) Wollongong WIN Stadium 22,000 Macedonia Park 10,000
Note: Sutherland Sharks FC announced that the club would re-brand as 'Sharks FC' on 31 January, and played round 1 under the new name, before reverting to Sutherland Sharks FC a week later following widespread negative feedback for the new name.
Managerial changes
TeamOutgoing managerManner of departureDate of vacancyPosition in tableIncoming managerDate of appointmentSt George CityMirko JuriljN/A23 September 2024Pre-seasonManny Spanoudakis23 September 2024Wollongong WolvesDavid CarneyWarren Grieve4 October 2024St GeorgeSteve Karavatakis4 October 2024Fabian MiceliSydney UnitedZeljko Kalac29 October 2024Ante Juric29 October 2024Western Sydney Wanderers YouthAndrew Christiansen14 January 2025Richie Cardozo14 January 2025
Regular season League table
Results
Finals series
Regular season statistics Top scorers RankPlayerClubGoals1 Alec UrosevskiRockdale Ilinden242 Presley OrtizAPIA Leichardt18 Yu OkuboNWS Spirit4 Michael Konestabo15 Nicholas OlsenWollongong Wolves
Hat-tricks Player For Against Result Date Ref. Presley OrtizAPIA LeichhardtCentral Coast Mariners6–2 (A)16 February 2025 Alec UrosevskiRockdale IlindenAPIA Leichhardt3–4 (A)30 March 2025 Ali AuglahRockdale IlindenWestern Sydney Wanderers Youth8–1 (H)19 April 2025 Patrick AntelmiSydney United 58St George FC4–2 (A)19 April 2025 Lachlan ScottWollongong WolvesMarconi Stallions3–0 (A)10 May 2025 Alen HarbasSydney FC YouthBlacktown City5–0 (A)11 May 2025 Mathias Macallister5Sydney FC YouthManly United6–0 (A)15 June 2025 Marc McNultySt George CitySt George FC3–1 (A)13 July 2025 Notes (H) – Home team (A) – Away team
Awards Men's Team of the Year Team of the Year Goalkeeper Danijel Nizic (Sutherland)Substitutes James Hilton (Marconi) Nathan Grimaldi (St George City) Defenders Tyron Burnie (Marconi) Lachlan Griffiths (Marconi) Troy Danaskos (St George FC) Jaden Casella (St George FC) Jai Rose (Central Coast Mariners) Midfielders Seiya Kambayashi (APIA) Takumi Ofuka (NWS Spirit) Michael Konestabo (NSW Spirit) Nicholas Olsen (Wollongong) Carlos de Oliveira (S. Utd 58) Cyrus Dehmie (S. Olympic) Forwards Mark McNulty (St George City) Yu Okubo (NWS Spirit) Alec Urosevski (Rockdale) Presley Ortiz (APIA)
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