National Premier Leagues

National Premier Leagues
abbreviation	NPL
Association	Football Federation Australia
founding	2013
First edition	2013
hierarchy	2nd league
Teams	91 in 8 leagues
Game mode	League & Play-off
Title holder	Sydney United
Record winner	Sydney United (2 wins)
Website	nationalpremierleagues.com
Qualification for	FFA Cup
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The National Premier Leagues (NPL) is the semi-professional second-highest division in Australian football . It is under the supervision of the Football Federation Australia in cooperation with its subordinate regional associations of the Australian states and territories . According to the regional associations (with the exception of the Northern Territory Association), the NPL is divided into eight different leagues , whose premiership winners play the NPL champions in a final round at the end of the season . This qualifies for the first main round of the FFA Cup next year.

Since the top division in Australia, the A-League , is organized as a franchise league independent of the NPL, promotion or relegation from one league to the other is not possible. Below the NPL are the national leagues, which in some regions are linked to the NPL through promotion and relegation.

history

The National Premier Leagues was founded in 2013 and began playing in March of the same year. It consisted in the first season of five independent leagues of the five regional associations from the Australian Capital Territory ( Capital Football ), New South Wales ( Football NSW ) with the exception of the northern part, Queensland ( Football Queensland ), South Australia ( Football Federation South Australia ) and Tasmania ( Football Federation Tasmania ).

It was not until 2014 that the regional associations from the northern part of New South Wales ( Northern New South Wales Football ), from Victoria ( Football Federation Victoria ) and Western Australia ( Football West ) joined them. Only the Northern Territory with its Football Federation Northern Territory has not yet been incorporated into the NPL (as of 2015 season).

composition

Association	State / Territory	league	Number of teams
Capital Football	Australian Capital Territory	NPL ACT	10
Football NSW	New South Wales (southern region)	NPL NSW	12
Northern NSW Football	New South Wales (Northern Region)	NPL Northern NSW	10
Football Queensland	Queensland	NPL Queensland	12
Football Federation South Australia	South Australia	NPL South Australia	12
Football Federation Tasmania	Tasmania	NPL Tasmania	8th
Football Federation Victoria	Victoria	NPL Victoria	14th
Football West	Western Australia	NPL Western Australia	12

Title holder

Regional premiership winners

year	ACT	NSW	Northern NSW	Queensland	South Australia	Tasmania	Victoria	Western Australia
2013	Canberra FC	Sydney United	-	Olympic FC	North Eastern MetroStars	South Hobart FC	-	-
2014	Cooma FC	Bonnyrigg White Eagles FC	Newcastle Jets Youth	Palm Beach SC	North Eastern MetroStars	South Hobart FC	South Melbourne FC	Bayswater City SC
2015	Canberra FC	Blacktown City FC	Edgeworth FC	Moreton Bay United FC	West Adelaide SC	Olympia FC Warriors	South Melbourne FC	Bayswater City SC
2016	Canberra Olympic	Sydney United	Edgeworth FC	Brisbane Strikers	Adelaide City	Devonport City FC	Bentleigh Greens	Perth SC
2017	Canberra Olympic	APIA Leichhardt Tigers	Edgeworth FC	Brisbane Strikers	Adelaide City	South Hobart FC	Heidelberg United	Bayswater City SC

Master of the NPL

year	master
2013	Sydney United
2014	North Eastern MetroStars
2015	Blacktown City FC
2016	Sydney United (2)

Web links

• Official website of the National Premier Leagues