# 2025 National Premier Leagues NSW

The 2025 NPL NSW Men's (commonly referred to as "NPL NSW" or within New South Wales simply as "NPL") is the 13th season of Association football in New South Wales under the banner of the National Premier Leagues.
Six teams (APIA Leichhardt, Marconi Stallions, Sydney Olympic, Sydney United, Wollongong Wolves and the 2025 NPL Premiers) will qualify for the inaugural season of the Australian Championship, which is scheduled to begin in October 2025.
Marconi Stallions enter the season as defending champions, having won the 2024 NPL NSW Grand Final. The season kicked off on 7 February 2025, with Manly United hosting the Central Coast Mariners Academy at Cromer Park.

## Promotion and Relegation

Teams promoted from the 2024 NSW League One
* Mt Druitt Town Rangers FC
Teams relegated from the 2024 National Premier Leagues NSW
* Hills United

## Teams
### Stadiums and locations

| Team | Head Coach | Location | Stadium | Capacity |
| APIA Leichhardt | Franco Parisi | Leichhardt | Lambert Park | 7,000 |
| APIA Leichhardt | Franco Parisi | Leichhardt | 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 | Patrick Zwaanswijk | Dee Why | Cromer Park | 5,000 |
| Marconi Stallions | Peter Tsekenis | Fairfield | Marconi Stadium | 9,000 |
| Mount Druitt Town Rangers | Andrew Montgomery | Mt 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 | St George | Penshurst Park | 1,000 |
| Sutherland Sharks FC | Steven Zoric | Sutherland | Seymour Shaw Park | 5,000 |
| Sutherland Sharks FC | Steven Zoric | Sutherland | Shark Park | 15,000 |
| Sydney FC Youth | Jimmy Van Weeren | Moore Park | Rockdale Ilinden Sports Centre | 5,000 |
| Sydney Olympic | Labinot Haliti | Belmore | Belmore Sports Ground | 20,000 |
| 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 | Warren Grieve | Wollongong | WIN Stadium | 22,000 |
| Wollongong Wolves | Warren Grieve | Wollongong | Macedonia Park | 10,000 |
Note: Sutherland Sharks FC announced that the club would re-brand as 'Sharks FC' on the 31st of January, and played round 1 under the new name, before reverting back to Sutherland Sharks FC a week later following widespread negative feedback for the new name.

### Managerial changes

| Team | Outgoing manager | Manner of departure | Date of vacancy | Position in table | Incoming manager | Date of appointment |
| St George City | Mirko Jurilj | N/A | 23rd September 2024 | Pre-season | Manny Spanoudakis | 23rd September 2024 |
| Wollongong Wolves | David Carney | N/A | 23rd September 2024 | Pre-season | Warren Grieve | 4th October 2024 |
| St George | Steve Karavatakis | N/A | 4th October 2024 | Pre-season | Fabian Miceli | 4th October 2024 |
| Sydney United | Zeljko Kalac | N/A | 29th October 2024 | Pre-season | Ante Juric | 29th October 2024 |
| Western Sydney Wanderers Youth | Andrew Christiansen | N/A | 14th January 2025 | Pre-season | Richie Cardozo | 14th January 2025 |

## Regular Season
### League table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | NWS Spirit | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 16 | 5 | +11 | 16 | Qualification to Australian Championship and Finals series |
| 2 | Marconi Stallions | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 4 | +4 | 12 | Qualification to Finals series |
| 3 | Manly United | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 4 | +8 | 11 | Qualification to Finals series |
| 4 | Blacktown City | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 13 | 11 | +2 | 11 | Qualification to Finals series |
| 5 | Rockdale Ilinden | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 10 | +2 | 11 | Qualification to Finals series |
| 6 | Wollongong Wolves | 6 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 13 | 6 | +7 | 10 | Qualification to Finals series |
| 7 | Sydney Olympic | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 6 | +4 | 9 | |
| 8 | APIA Leichhardt | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 17 | 15 | +2 | 8 | |
| 9 | Sutherland Sharks | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 13 | −4 | 7 | |
| 10 | Sydney United | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 9 | −3 | 6 | |
| 11 | St George FC | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 11 | 0 | 5 | |
| 12 | Mount Druitt Town Rangers | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 14 | −7 | 5 | |
| 13 | Central Coast Mariners Academy | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 18 | −9 | 5 | |
| 14 | St George City | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 11 | −3 | 4 | |
| 15 | Sydney FC Youth | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 12 | −7 | 4 | Qualification for the Relegation play-off |
| 16 | Western Sydney Wanderers Youth | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 11 | −7 | 4 | Relegation to 2026 NSW League One |

### Fixtures and results

| Home \ Away | API | BCT | CCM | MAN | MAR | MTD | NWS | ROC | SGC | STG | SUT | SFC | SOL | SUN | WSW | WOL |
| APIA Leichhardt | — | | | | | | 0–3 | | | 3–3 | | 2–0 | | | | 3–3 |
| Blacktown City | 4–3 | — | | | | | 0–4 | | | | | | 2–2 | | | |
| CCM Academy | 2–6 | 1–4 | — | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Manly United | | | 5–0 | — | | 5–0 | | | | | 0–3 | | | 0–0 | | |
| Marconi Stallions | | 1–1 | | | — | | | | | 1–1 | | | 1–1 | | | |
| Mount Druitt Town Rangers | | | 1–1 | | 0–2 | — | | 2–3 | | | | | | | | |
| NWS Spirit | | | | | | | — | | 2–0 | | | 3–2 | | 1–1 | | |
| Rockdale Ilinden | | | | | 1–2 | | | — | | 2–2 | | | | | | 1–1 |
| St George City | | 0–2 | | 1–2 | | 2–3 | | | — | | | | | | | |
| St George FC | | | | | | | | 1–2 | | — | 3–0 | 5–0 | | | | |
| Sutherland Sharks | | | | | | | | 2–3 | | | — | | 1–5 | | | |
| Sydney FC Youth | | | | 0–0 | 0–1 | | | | | | | — | | 3–1 | | |
| Sydney Olympic | | | | | | | | | 2–1 | | | | — | | 0–1 | 0–0 |
| Sydney United | | | 0–3 | | | | | | | | 2–2 | | | — | 2–0 | |
| WSW Youth | | | | | | 1–1 | 2–3 | | | | 0–1 | | | | — | |
| Wollongong Wolves | | | 2–2 | | | | | | 3–0 | | | | | | 4–0 | — |

## Regular season statistics
### Top scorers

Correct as of 17 March 2025
| Rank | Player | Club | Goals |
| 1 | Alec Urosevski | Rockdale Ilinden | 6 |
| 2 | Nicholas Olsen | Wollongong Wolves | 5 |
| 2 | Presley Ortiz | APIA Leichardt | 5 |
| 3 | Mitchell Mallia | Blacktown City | 4 |
| 3 | Michael Konestabo | NWS Spirit | 4 |
| 3 | Yu Okubo | NWS Spirit | 4 |

### Hat-tricks

| Player | For | Against | Result | Date | Ref. |
| Presley Ortiz | APIA Leichhardt | Central Coast Mariners | 6-2 (A) | 16 February 2025 | |

#### Notes

* (H) – Home team
* (A) – Away team