| Season | 2025 |
|---|---|
| Dates | 7 February – 31 August |
| Champions | APIA Leichhardt |
| Premiers | NWS Spirit |
| Matches played | 118 |
| Goals scored | 374 (3.17 per match) |
| Top goalscorer | Alec Urosevski – 17 goals (Rockdale Ilinden) |
| Biggest home win | Rockdale Ilinden 8–1 Western Sydney Wanderers Youth (19th April 2025) |
| Biggest away win | Blacktown City 0–5 Sydney FC Youth (11th May) |
| Highest scoring | Rockdale Ilinden 8–1 Western Sydney Wanderers Youth (19th April) |
| Longest winning run | 8 – Marconi (16th March – 2nd May) |
| Longest unbeaten run | 13 – Marconi (8th February – 2nd May) |
| Longest winless run | 9 – CCM Youth (15th March – ) |
| Longest losing run | 7 – CCM Youth (23rd March – 11th May) |
← 2024 2026 → | |
The 2025 National Premier Leagues NSW was the 13th season of the National Premier Leagues (NPL) in New South Wales. 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.[1]
Marconi Stallions were the defending champions.
| 2024 League | Promoted to league | Relegated from league |
|---|---|---|
| NPL NSW | Mt Druitt Town Rangers FC | Hills United |
Note: Sutherland Sharks FC announced that the club would re-brand as 'Sharks FC' on the 31st of January,[8] 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.[9]
| 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 | Warren Grieve | 4th October 2024 | |||
| St George | Steve Karavatakis | 4th October 2024 | Fabian Miceli | |||
| Sydney United | Zeljko Kalac | 29th October 2024 | Ante Juric | 29th October 2024 | ||
| Western Sydney Wanderers Youth | Andrew Christiansen | 14th January 2025 | Richie Cardozo | 14th January 2025 |
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | NWS Spirit (Q) | 30 | 20 | 6 | 4 | 67 | 30 | +37 | 66 | Qualification to Australian Championship and Finals series |
| 2 | APIA Leichhardt[a] (C) | 30 | 20 | 4 | 6 | 75 | 35 | +40 | 64 | Qualification to Finals series |
| 3 | Marconi Stallions[a] | 30 | 19 | 5 | 6 | 48 | 29 | +19 | 62 | |
| 4 | Rockdale Ilinden | 30 | 15 | 10 | 5 | 68 | 41 | +27 | 55 | |
| 5 | Blacktown City | 30 | 15 | 5 | 10 | 50 | 50 | 0 | 50 | |
| 6 | Sydney United 58[a] | 30 | 14 | 7 | 9 | 41 | 39 | +2 | 49 | |
| 7 | Sydney Olympic[a] | 30 | 12 | 7 | 11 | 50 | 38 | +12 | 40[b] | |
| 8 | Wollongong Wolves[a] | 30 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 42 | 38 | +4 | 40 | |
| 9 | St George City | 30 | 10 | 7 | 13 | 37 | 42 | −5 | 37 | |
| 10 | Sydney FC Youth | 30 | 9 | 7 | 14 | 43 | 46 | −3 | 34 | |
| 11 | Manly United | 30 | 9 | 7 | 14 | 40 | 46 | −6 | 34 | |
| 12 | St George FC | 30 | 8 | 8 | 14 | 44 | 55 | −11 | 32 | |
| 13 | Sutherland Sharks | 30 | 7 | 5 | 18 | 28 | 53 | −25 | 26 | |
| 14 | Western Sydney Wanderers Youth | 30 | 7 | 7 | 16 | 29 | 51 | −22 | 25[b] | |
| 15 | Central Coast Mariners Academy (R) | 30 | 5 | 8 | 17 | 29 | 62 | −33 | 23 | Qualification for the Relegation play-off |
| 16 | Mount Druitt Town Rangers (R) | 30 | 5 | 7 | 18 | 24 | 60 | −36 | 22 | Relegation to 2026 NSW League One |
| Elimination semi-finals | Preliminary finals | Grand final | ||||||||||||
| 3 | Marconi Stallions (p) | 1 (3) | ||||||||||||
| 6 | Sydney United | 1 (2) | 2 | APIA Leichhardt | 2 | |||||||||
| 3 | Marconi Stallions | 0 | ||||||||||||
| 2 | APIA Leichhardt | 2 | ||||||||||||
| 4 | Rockdale Ilinden | 1 | 4 | Rockdale Ilinden | 1 | |||||||||
| 5 | Blacktown City | 0 | 1 | NWS Spirit | 1 | |||||||||
| 4 | Rockdale Ilinden (a.e.t.) | 2 | ||||||||||||
Correct as of 21 May 2025
| Rank | Player | Club | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Alec Urosevski
|
Rockdale Ilinden | 17 |
| 2 | Presley Ortiz
|
APIA Leichardt | 9 |
| 3 | Michael Konestabo
|
NWS Spirit | 8 |
| Mitchell Mallia
|
Blacktown City | ||
| Nicholas Olsen
|
Wollongong Wolves |
| Player | For | Against | Result | Date | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Presley Ortiz | APIA Leichhardt | Central Coast Mariners | 6–2 (A) | 16 February 2025 | |
| Alec Urosevski | Rockdale Ilinden | APIA Leichhardt | 3–4 (A) | 30 March 2025 | |
| Ali Auglah | Rockdale Ilinden | Western Sydney Wanderers Youth | 8–1 (H) | 19 April 2025 | |
| Patrick Antelmi | Sydney United 58 | St George FC | 4–2 (A) | 19 April 2025 | |
| Lachlan Scott | Wollongong Wolves | Marconi Stallions | 3–0 (A) | 10 May 2025 | |
| Alen Harbas | Sydney FC Youth | Blacktown City | 5–0 (A) | 11 May 2025 | |
| Mathias Macallister5 | Sydney FC Youth | Manly United | 6–0 (A) | 11 May 2025 | |
| Marc McNulty | St George City | St George FC | 3–1 (A) | 13 July 2025 |
| 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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