# 2019 Football NSW season

The Football NSW 2019 season was the seventh season of football in New South Wales under the banner of the National Premier Leagues. The competition consists of four divisions across the state of New South Wales.
Wollongong Wolves, as the Premiers of the NPL NSW Men's 1, qualified for the national finals, where they became the champion of the 2019 National Premier Leagues, and in doing so received an automatic spot in the 2020 FFA Cup.
Due to a restructure of Men's and Boys' competitions for the 2020 season, this was the last season that the Club Championship determined the teams for promotion and relegation.

## Competitions
### 2019 National Premier League NSW Men's 1
#### Clubs

| Team | Location | Stadium | Capacity | Head coach |
| APIA Leichhardt Tigers | Leichhardt | Lambert Park | 7,000 | Billy McColl |
| Blacktown City | Seven Hills | Lily Homes Stadium | 7,500 | Mark Crittenden |
| Hakoah Sydney City East | Eastgardens | Hensley Athletic Field | 1,000 | Gavin Rae |
| Marconi Stallions | Bossley Park | Marconi Stadium | 9,000 | Peter Tsekenis |
| Mt Druitt Town Rangers | Emerton | Popondetta Park | 2,500 | Aidan Desmond |
| Manly United | Cromer | Cromer Park | 5,000 | Paul Dee |
| Rockdale City Suns | Rockdale | Ilinden Sports Centre | 5,000 | Nick Porreca (caretaker) |
| Sutherland Sharks | Miranda | Seymour Shaw Park | 5,000 | Lee Sterry |
| Sydney Olympic | Belmore | Belmore Sports Ground | 20,000 | Abbas Saad |
| Sydney United 58 | Edensor Park | Sydney United Sports Centre | 12,000 | Miro Vlastelica |
| Sydney FC Youth | Leichhardt | Lambert Park | 7,000 | Jimmy van Weeren |
| Wollongong Wolves | Wollongong | WIN Stadium | 23,000 | Luke Wilkshire |

#### Coaching changes

| Team | Outgoing manager | Manner of departure | Date of vacancy | Position in table | Incoming manager | Date of appointment |
| Rockdale City Suns | Paul Reid | Sacked | 8 April 2019 | 11th | Nick Porreca (caretaker) | 8 April 2019 |

#### League table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Wollongong Wolves | 22 | 16 | 3 | 3 | 52 | 17 | +35 | 51 | 2019 National Premier Leagues Finals |
| 2 | APIA Leichhardt Tigers (C) | 22 | 12 | 6 | 4 | 42 | 28 | +14 | 42 | 2019 NSW Finals |
| 3 | Blacktown City | 22 | 11 | 5 | 6 | 31 | 24 | +7 | 38 | 2019 NSW Finals |
| 4 | Sydney United 58 | 22 | 9 | 6 | 7 | 31 | 32 | −1 | 33 | 2019 NSW Finals |
| 5 | Marconi Stallions | 22 | 10 | 2 | 10 | 42 | 30 | +12 | 32 | 2019 NSW Finals |
| 6 | Sydney Olympic | 22 | 9 | 5 | 8 | 35 | 33 | +2 | 32 | |
| 7 | Mt Druitt Town Rangers | 22 | 8 | 6 | 8 | 43 | 46 | −3 | 30 | |
| 8 | Sutherland Sharks | 22 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 36 | 33 | +3 | 28 | |
| 9 | Manly United | 22 | 7 | 5 | 10 | 25 | 34 | −9 | 26 | |
| 10 | Rockdale City Suns | 22 | 8 | 2 | 12 | 28 | 44 | −16 | 26 | |
| 11 | Sydney FC Youth | 22 | 6 | 3 | 13 | 33 | 52 | −19 | 21 | |
| 12 | Hakoah Sydney City East (R) | 22 | 3 | 2 | 17 | 12 | 37 | −25 | 11 | Relegation to the 2020 NPL NSW 2 |
* ↑ Relegation based on Club Championship and including points from U20 and U18 teams.

#### Results

| Home \ Away | ALT | BLC | HSC | MUT | MST | MDT | RCS | SFY | SYO | SYU | SUT | WOL |
| APIA Leichhardt Tigers | — | 1–1 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 3–2 | 4–0 | 2–2 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 0–3 |
| Blacktown City | 1–1 | — | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 |
| Hakoah Sydney City East | 0–0 | 1–1 | — | 1–2 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 0–4 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 0–3 | 1–2 | 0–2 |
| Manly United | 0–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 | — | 1–0 | 2–2 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 3–0 | 0–5 | 0–4 |
| Marconi Stallions | 2–4 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 1–2 | — | 4–2 | 1–2 | 5–2 | 1–3 | 5–0 | 3–1 | 1–3 |
| Mt Druitt Town Rangers | 2–1 | 1–4 | 4–0 | 2–1 | 3–3 | — | 2–0 | 2–4 | 2–6 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–4 |
| Rockdale City Suns | 1–5 | 2–4 | 0–3 | 2–1 | 2–5 | 0–2 | — | 2–1 | 2–1 | 2–3 | 2–5 | 1–2 |
| Sydney FC Youth | 1–3 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 1–3 | 0–2 | 3–5 | 3–1 | — | 1–3 | 1–3 | 0–4 | 3–4 |
| Sydney Olympic | 3–1 | 3–3 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 0–1 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 2–3 | — | 2–1 | 0–1 | 0–2 |
| Sydney United 58 | 1–3 | 2–4 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 1–1 | — | 1–1 | 2–2 |
| Sutherland Sharks | 1–2 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 0–3 | 2–4 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 2–3 | — | 2–2 |
| Wollongong Wolves | 4–0 | 4–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 4–0 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 4–0 | — |

#### 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 | Wollongong Wolves | 0 | | | | 2 | APIA Leichhardt Tigers (a.e.t.) | 2 |
| | | | 2 | APIA Leichhardt Tigers | 1 | | | | 4 | Sydney United 58 | 1 |
| 2 | APIA Leichhardt Tigers (p) | 1 (5) | | | | 1 | Wollongong Wolves | 1 | | | |
| 3 | Blacktown City | 1 (3) | Minor semi-final | Minor semi-final | Minor semi-final | 4 | Sydney United 58 | 2 | | | |
| | | | 3 | Blacktown City | 3 | | | | | | |
| 4 | Sydney United 58 (a.e.t.) | 2 | 4 | Sydney United 58 (a.e.t.) | 7 | | | | | | |
| 5 | Marconi Stallions | 0 | | | | | | | | | |

##### Grand final
#### Top scorers

| Rank | Player | Club | Goals |
| 1 | Thomas James | Wollongong Wolves | 22 |
| 2 | Chris Payne | APIA Leichhardt Tigers | 20 |
| 3 | Álex Sánchez | Sydney Olympic | 13 |
| 4 | Lachlan Scott | Wollongong Wolves | 12 |

### 2019 National Premier League NSW Men's 2

For the 2019 NPL NSW season 3 teams were relegated due to a change in the competition format for 2020.

#### League Table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | North Shore Mariners (P) | 26 | 17 | 4 | 5 | 52 | 29 | +23 | 55 | Promotion to the 2020 NPL NSW 1 |
| 2 | Hills United (C) | 26 | 17 | 2 | 7 | 67 | 40 | +27 | 53 | 2019 NPL NSW Men's 2 Finals |
| 3 | Bonnyrigg White Eagles | 26 | 14 | 6 | 6 | 54 | 27 | +27 | 48 | 2019 NPL NSW Men's 2 Finals |
| 4 | Mounties Wanderers | 26 | 13 | 4 | 9 | 52 | 44 | +8 | 43 | 2019 NPL NSW Men's 2 Finals |
| 5 | Spirit FC | 26 | 13 | 4 | 9 | 48 | 44 | +4 | 43 | 2019 NPL NSW Men's 2 Finals |
| 6 | Northern Tigers | 26 | 11 | 9 | 6 | 41 | 33 | +8 | 42 | 2019 NPL NSW Men's 2 Finals |
| 7 | Blacktown Spartans | 26 | 11 | 5 | 10 | 38 | 37 | +1 | 38 | |
| 8 | Central Coast Mariners Academy | 26 | 10 | 7 | 9 | 47 | 36 | +11 | 37 | |
| 9 | Western Sydney Wanderers Youth | 26 | 10 | 6 | 10 | 49 | 40 | +9 | 36 | |
| 10 | St George | 26 | 7 | 6 | 13 | 37 | 40 | −3 | 27 | |
| 11 | St George City | 26 | 8 | 3 | 15 | 31 | 56 | −25 | 27 | |
| 12 | Rydalmere Lions (R) | 26 | 6 | 7 | 13 | 27 | 42 | −15 | 25 | Relegation to the 2020 NPL NSW 3 |
| 13 | Macarthur Rams (R) | 26 | 4 | 7 | 15 | 18 | 53 | −35 | 19 | Relegation to the 2020 NPL NSW 3 |
| 14 | Canterbury Bankstown (R) | 26 | 5 | 2 | 19 | 32 | 72 | −40 | 17 | Relegation to the 2020 NPL NSW 3 |
* ↑ Promotion based on Club Championship and including points from U20 and U18.
* ↑ Relegation based on Club Championship and including points from U20 and U18 teams.

#### Finals

| Elimination finals | Elimination finals | Elimination finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Grand final | Grand final | Grand final |
| | | | 1 | North Shore Mariners | 5 | | | |
| 4 | Mounties Wanderers | 2 | 4 | Mounties Wanderers | 0 | | | |
| 5 | Spirit FC | 1 | | | | 1 | North Shore Mariners | 3 |
| | | | | | | 2 | Hills United | 6 |
| | | | 2 | Hills United | 2 | | | |
| 3 | Bonnyrigg White Eagles (a.e.t.) | 4 | 3 | Bonnyrigg White Eagles | 1 | | | |
| 6 | Northern Tigers | 2 | | | | | | |

### 2019 National Premier League NSW Men's 3

For the 2019 NPL NSW season 5 teams were relegated due to a change in the competition format for 2020, and the introduction of the new NPL4 division.

#### League Table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Stanmore Hawks | 26 | 18 | 6 | 2 | 72 | 27 | +45 | 60 | 2019 NPL NSW Men's 3 Finals |
| 2 | SD Raiders (C, P) | 26 | 18 | 3 | 5 | 70 | 38 | +32 | 57 | Promotion to the 2020 NPL NSW 2 |
| 3 | Bankstown City Lions | 26 | 17 | 3 | 6 | 82 | 47 | +35 | 54 | 2019 NPL NSW Men's 3 Finals |
| 4 | Gladesville Ryde Magic | 26 | 13 | 6 | 7 | 53 | 46 | +7 | 45 | 2019 NPL NSW Men's 3 Finals |
| 5 | Bankstown United | 26 | 11 | 8 | 7 | 44 | 40 | +4 | 41 | 2019 NPL NSW Men's 3 Finals |
| 6 | Inter Lions | 26 | 12 | 4 | 10 | 62 | 48 | +14 | 40 | 2019 NPL NSW Men's 3 Finals |
| 7 | Dunbar Rovers | 26 | 11 | 5 | 10 | 51 | 40 | +11 | 38 | |
| 8 | Dulwich Hill | 26 | 10 | 6 | 10 | 54 | 44 | +10 | 36 | |
| 9 | Camden Tigers (R) | 25 | 11 | 3 | 11 | 52 | 45 | +7 | 36 | Relegation to 2020 NPL NSW 4 |
| 10 | Hawkesbury City (R) | 26 | 7 | 9 | 10 | 35 | 48 | −13 | 30 | Relegation to 2020 NPL NSW 4 |
| 11 | Sydney University | 26 | 9 | 1 | 16 | 43 | 59 | −16 | 28 | |
| 12 | Parramatta FC (R) | 25 | 6 | 2 | 17 | 39 | 52 | −13 | 20 | Relegation to 2020 NPL NSW 4 |
| 13 | Granville Rage (R) | 26 | 3 | 6 | 17 | 20 | 72 | −52 | 15 | Relegation to 2020 NPL NSW 4 |
| 14 | Western NSW Mariners (R) | 26 | 3 | 2 | 21 | 32 | 103 | −71 | 11 | Relegation to 2020 NPL NSW 4 |
* ↑ Promotion based on Club Championship and including points from U20 and U18 teams.
* 1 2 Relegation based on Club Championship and including points from U20 and U18 teams.

#### Finals

| Elimination finals | Elimination finals | Elimination finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Grand final | Grand final |
| | | | 1 | Stanmore Hawks (a.e.t.) | 3 | | |
| 4 | Gladesville Ryde Magic (a.e.t.) | 3 | | Gladesville Ryde Magic | 1 | | |
| 5 | Bankstown United | 2 | | | | Stanmore Hawks | 1 |
| | | | | | | SD Raiders | 3 |
| | | | 2 | SD Raiders | 4 | | |
| 3 | Bankstown City | 6 | | Bankstown City | 0 | | |
| 6 | Inter Lions | 5 | | | | | |

### 2019 NSW State League

The competition was restructured at the end of the season, with the introduction of the new NPL4 division for 2020.

#### League Table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Central Coast United (P) | 20 | 15 | 0 | 5 | 62 | 25 | +37 | 45 | Promotion to the 2020 NPL NSW 3 |
| 2 | Fraser Park (C) | 20 | 13 | 3 | 4 | 49 | 29 | +20 | 42 | Qualification for the 2019 NSW State League Finals |
| 3 | Western Condors | 20 | 9 | 3 | 8 | 44 | 40 | +4 | 30 | Qualification for the 2019 NSW State League Finals; Relegated from Football NSW structure for 2020 |
| 4 | South Coast Flame FC | 20 | 8 | 5 | 7 | 34 | 39 | −5 | 29 | Qualification for the 2019 NSW State League Finals |
| 5 | Hurstville FC | 20 | 8 | 5 | 7 | 21 | 28 | −7 | 29 | Qualification for the 2019 NSW State League Finals |
| 6 | Nepean FC | 20 | 8 | 3 | 9 | 43 | 28 | +15 | 27 | |
| 7 | Prospect United | 20 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 31 | 33 | −2 | 25 | |
| 8 | FC Gazy Auburn | 20 | 6 | 5 | 9 | 25 | 48 | −23 | 23 | Relegated from Football NSW structure for 2020 |
| 9 | Balmain Tigers | 20 | 6 | 4 | 10 | 34 | 45 | −11 | 22 | Relegated from Football NSW structure for 2020 |
| 10 | University of NSW | 20 | 6 | 3 | 11 | 44 | 42 | +2 | 21 | |
| 11 | Hurstville City Minotaurs | 20 | 5 | 2 | 13 | 30 | 57 | −27 | 17 | Relegated from Football NSW structure for 2020 |
* ↑ Promotion based on Club Championship and including points from U20 and U18 teams.

#### 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 | Central Coast United | 3 | | | | Central Coast United | 0 |
| | | | 2 | Fraser Park | 0 | | | | Fraser Park | Fraser Park | 1 |
| 2 | Fraser Park | 3 | | | | Fraser Park | Fraser Park | 2 | | | |
| 3 | Western Condors | 2 | Minor semi-final | Minor semi-final | Minor semi-final | South Coast Flame | South Coast Flame | 0 | | | |
| | | | 3 | Western Condors | 1 | | | | | | |
| 4 | South Coast Flame | 1 | 4 | South Coast Flame | 3 | | | | | | |
| 5 | Hurstville FC | 0 | | | | | | | | | |

### 2019 National Premier Leagues NSW Women's 1

The 2019 National Premier Leagues NSW Women's 1 was the sixth edition of the NPL NSW Women's competition to be incorporated under the National Premier Leagues banner. 12 teams competed, playing each other twice for a total of 22 rounds.

#### League Table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | |
| 1 | Sydney University (C) | 22 | 16 | 5 | 1 | 55 | 11 | +44 | 53 | 2019 NPL NSW Women’s Finals |
| 2 | Sydney Olympic | 22 | 14 | 3 | 5 | 60 | 30 | +30 | 45 | 2019 NPL NSW Women’s Finals |
| 3 | Northern Tigers | 22 | 13 | 4 | 5 | 40 | 18 | +22 | 43 | 2019 NPL NSW Women’s Finals |
| 4 | Blacktown Spartans | 22 | 13 | 2 | 7 | 43 | 29 | +14 | 41 | 2019 NPL NSW Women’s Finals |
| 5 | Illawarra Stingrays | 22 | 11 | 7 | 4 | 44 | 24 | +20 | 40 | 2019 NPL NSW Women’s Finals |
| 6 | Macarthur Rams | 22 | 11 | 2 | 9 | 52 | 47 | +5 | 35 | |
| 7 | North West Sydney Koalas | 22 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 39 | 32 | +7 | 32 | |
| 8 | Football NSW Institute | 22 | 7 | 2 | 13 | 32 | 54 | −22 | 23 | |
| 9 | Manly United | 22 | 6 | 3 | 13 | 30 | 41 | −11 | 21 | |
| 10 | Bankstown City | 22 | 6 | 3 | 13 | 38 | 60 | −22 | 21 | |
| 11 | Emerging Jets | 22 | 4 | 2 | 16 | 27 | 59 | −32 | 14 | |
| 12 | North Shore Mariners (R) | 22 | 2 | 1 | 19 | 22 | 77 | −55 | 7 | Relegation to the 2020 NPL NSW Women's 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 | Sydney University | 2 | | | | 1 | Sydney University | 1 (4) |
| | | | 3 | Northern Tigers | 0 | | | | 3 | Northern Tigers | 1 (1) |
| 2 | Sydney Olympic | 0 | | | | 3 | Northern Tigers | 3 | | | |
| 3 | Northern Tigers | 1 | Minor semi-final | Minor semi-final | Minor semi-final | 3 | Sydney Olympic | 0 | | | |
| | | | 2 | Sydney Olympic | 2 | | | | | | |
| 4 | Blacktown Spartans | 4 | 5 | Illawarra Stingrays | 1 | | | | | | |
| 5 | Illawarra Stingrays | 5 | | | | | | | | | |

## 2019 Waratah Cup

Football NSW soccer clubs competed in 2019 for the Waratah Cup. The tournament doubled as the NSW qualifier for the 2019 FFA Cup, with the top five clubs progressing to the Round of 32. A total of 144 clubs entered the qualifying phase, with the clubs entering in a staggered format.
The Cup was won by Marconi Stallions, their 2nd title.
In addition to the three A-League clubs (Central Coast Mariners, Sydney FC and Western Sydney Wanderers), the five qualifiers (Manly United, Marconi Stallions, Mt Druitt Town Rangers, Sydney United 58 and St George FC) competed in the final rounds of the 2019 FFA Cup.