# 2020 Football Northern NSW season

The 2020 Northern NSW Football season is the seventh season under the new competition format in northern New South Wales.
All NPL and grassroots competitions were suspended for one month due to the impacts from the COVID-19 pandemic in Australia, effective 18 March to 14 April, and further extended until early July. The NPL season commenced on 12 July.

## League tables
### 2020 Northern NSW National Premier Leagues

The revised competition comprised a single round-robin, followed by a seeded draw to determine opponents in the final five rounds, followed by a five-team finals series. The NPL Premier normally qualifies for the national NPL finals series, but the 2020 National Premier Leagues finals series was cancelled in July.

#### League table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Edgeworth FC (C) | 13 | 11 | 0 | 2 | 33 | 8 | +25 | 33 | 2020 NNSW Finals |
| 2 | Broadmeadow Magic | 13 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 29 | 16 | +13 | 26 | 2020 NNSW Finals |
| 3 | Newcastle Olympic | 13 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 26 | 18 | +8 | 23 | 2020 NNSW Finals |
| 4 | Charlestown Azzurri | 13 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 16 | 11 | +5 | 23 | 2020 NNSW Finals |
| 5 | Maitland FC | 13 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 24 | 16 | +8 | 22 | 2020 NNSW Finals |
| 6 | Lambton Jaffas | 13 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 25 | 18 | +7 | 19 | |
| 7 | Weston Workers | 13 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 21 | 19 | +2 | 18 | |
| 8 | Valentine Phoenix | 13 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 12 | 29 | −17 | 12 | |
| 9 | Adamstown Rosebud | 13 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 11 | 40 | −29 | 5 | |
| 10 | Lake Macquarie City | 13 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 11 | 33 | −22 | 4 | |

#### Results

| Home \ Away | ADA | BRO | CCB | EDG | LAM | LMC | MAI | NCO | VFC | WES |
| Adamstown Rosebud | — | | | 1–3 | | | | | | 1–1 |
| Broadmeadow Magic | | — | 3–1 | 0–1 | | | | | | |
| Charlestown Azzurri | 0–1 | | — | | | 1–1 | | | | |
| Edgeworth FC | | | 1–0 | — | | | 4–1 | | | |
| Lambton Jaffas | | | | | — | | | 2–2 | | 2–3 |
| Lake Macquarie City | 2–1 | | | | 0–1 | — | | | | |
| Maitland FC | | | | | | 4–1 | — | | 5–1 | |
| Newcastle Olympic | | 1–3 | | | | | | — | 2–2 | |
| Valentine Phoenix | | 0–5 | | | 0–4 | | | | — | |
| Weston Workers | | | | | | | 1–0 | 1–2 | | — |

#### Finals

| Qualifying final | Qualifying final | Qualifying final | Major semi-final | Major semi-final | Major semi-final | Preliminary final | Preliminary final | Preliminary final | Grand final | Grand final | Grand final |
| | | | 1 | Edgeworth FC | 3 (4) | | | | 1 | Edgeworth FC | 1 |
| | | | 2 | Broadmeadow Magic | 3 (3) | | | | 5 | Maitland FC | 0 |
| 2 | Broadmeadow Magic | 3 | | | | 2 | Broadmeadow Magic | 0 | | | |
| 3 | Newcastle Olympic | 1 | Minor semi-final | Minor semi-final | Minor semi-final | 5 | Maitland FC | 2 | | | |
| | | | 3 | Newcastle Olympic | 0 | | | | | | |
| 4 | Charlestown Azzurri | 1 (3) | 5 | Maitland FC | 4 | | | | | | |
| 5 | Maitland FC (p) | 1 (5) | | | | | | | | | |

### 2020 NEWFM Northern League One
#### League table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | New Lambton | 14 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 40 | 13 | +27 | 30 | 2020 Northern State League Finals |
| 2 | Singleton Strikers (C) | 14 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 28 | 14 | +14 | 28 | 2020 Northern State League Finals |
| 3 | Kahibah FC | 14 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 32 | 26 | +6 | 26 | 2020 Northern State League Finals |
| 4 | Belmont Swansea United | 14 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 23 | 17 | +6 | 26 | 2020 Northern State League Finals |
| 5 | Cooks Hill United | 14 | 8 | 1 | 5 | 29 | 21 | +8 | 25 | 2020 Northern State League Finals |
| 6 | West Wallsend | 14 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 23 | 21 | +2 | 22 | |
| 7 | Toronto Awaba Stags | 14 | 6 | 1 | 7 | 30 | 36 | −6 | 19 | |
| 8 | Cessnock City Hornets | 14 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 13 | 17 | −4 | 17 | |
| 9 | South Cardiff | 14 | 4 | 0 | 10 | 19 | 25 | −6 | 12 | |
| 10 | Thornton Redbacks | 14 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 18 | 29 | −11 | 10 | |
| 11 | Wallsend FC | 14 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 12 | 48 | −36 | 4 | |

#### Finals

| Qualifying final | Qualifying final | Qualifying final | Major semi-final | Major semi-final | Major semi-final | Preliminary final | Preliminary final | Preliminary final | Grand final | Grand final | Grand final |
| | | | 1 | New Lambton | 0 | | | | Singleton Strikers | 2 |
| | | | 2 | Singleton Strikers | 4 | | | | New Lambton | New Lambton | 0 |
| 2 | Singleton Strikers | 1 | | | | New Lambton | New Lambton | 2 | | | |
| 3 | Kahibah FC | 0 | Minor semi-final | Minor semi-final | Minor semi-final | Cooks Hill United | Cooks Hill United | 0 | | | |
| | | | 3 | Kahibah FC | 3 | | | | | | |
| 4 | Belmont Swansea United | 0 | 5 | Cooks Hill United | 4 | | | | | | |
| 5 | Cooks Hill United | 4 | | | | | | | | | |

## Cup competitions
### FFA Cup preliminary rounds

Northern NSW soccer clubs commenced the 2020 FFA Cup preliminary rounds in February, only to see it suspended due to the impacts from the pandemic. At the time of suspension, only the first two rounds had been played, involving teams mostly from the Northern regions. The competition was cancelled on 3 July.