2026 National Premier Leagues NSW Men's

National Premier Leagues NSW
Season2026
Dates8 February – 13 September 2026
Teams16
Matches232
Goals645 (2.78 per match)
Top goalscorerAwan Lual
(20 goals)
Biggest home winMarconi Stallions 6 - 1 SD Raiders (11 Apr 2026)
UNSW FC 5 - 0 St George City (28 Mar 2026)
Biggest away winSydney FC Youth 0-6 Western Sydney Wanderers Youth (29 May 2026)
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All statistics correct as of 23 August 2026.

The 2026 National Premier Leagues NSW season is the 14th season of the National Premier Leagues (NPL) in New South Wales. The season begins on the 8th of February,[1] and ends on the 13th September.[2]

NWS Spirit are the defending premiers after finishing two points ahead of eventual champions APIA Leichhardt; who defeated fourth-placed Rockdale Ilinden 2–1 in the Grand Final.

Teams

Team Changes

The following teams have changed division since the 2024–25 season.[3]

Stadiums and locations

Team Head coach Location Stadium Capacity
APIA Leichhardt Australia Franco Parisi Leichhardt Lambert Park 7,000
Blacktown City Australia Mark Crittenden Blacktown Landen Stadium 7,500
Manly United Australia Vladimir Knezevic Dee Why Cromer Park 5,000
Marconi Stallions Australia Peter Tsekenis Fairfield Marconi Stadium 9,000
NWS Spirit Australia David Perkovic Macquarie Park Christie Park 1,000
Rockdale Ilinden Australia Paul Dee Rockdale Rockdale Ilinden Sports Centre 5,000
SD Raiders Australia Goran Ljuboja Moorebank Ernie Smith Reserve 1,000
St George FC Australia Brian Brown St George Barton Park 1,500
St George City Australia Mirko Jurilj Penshurst Park 1,000
Sutherland Sharks FC Australia David Perkovic Sutherland Seymour Shaw Park 5,000
Sydney FC Youth Australia Jimmy Van Weeren Rockdale Rockdale Ilinden Sports Centre 5,000
Sydney Olympic Australia Michael Melito (interim) Belmore Belmore Sports Ground 20,000
Sydney United Australia Miro Vlastelica Edensor Park Sydney United Sports Centre 12,000
UNSW FC Australia Gabriel Knowles Kensington The Village Green 500
Western Sydney Wanderers Youth Australia Panny Nikas Blacktown Wanderers Football Park 1,500
Wollongong Wolves Australia Luke Wilkshire Wollongong WIN Stadium 22,000

Managerial changes

Team Outgoing manager Manner of departure Date of vacancy Position in table Incoming manager Date of appointment
Sydney Olympic FC David Magrone Mutual Agreement 15 April 2026 16th Michael Melito (Interim)[4] 15 April 2026
St George FC Raphael Marie Sacked 5 May 2026 10th Brian Brown[5] 5 May 2026

Regular season

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 APIA Leichhardt[a] 29 20 5 4 62 33 +29 65 Qualification to Finals series
2 Marconi Stallions[a] 29 19 4 6 49 21 +28 61
3 Sydney United 58[a] 29 19 4 6 41 20 +21 61
4 Sutherland Sharks (Q) 29 14 4 11 45 36 +9 46 Qualification to Australian Championship and Finals series[b]
5 Manly United 29 11 8 10 35 35 0 41 Qualification to Finals series
6 NWS Spirit 29 12 4 13 36 37 −1 40
7 Sydney FC Youth[c] 29 11 7 11 37 42 −5 40
8 Wollongong Wolves[a] 29 11 5 13 35 39 −4 38
9 SD Raiders 29 11 5 13 42 48 −6 38
10 Rockdale Ilinden 29 11 4 14 44 44 0 37
11 St George City 29 10 7 12 28 42 −14 37
12 Western Sydney Wanderers Youth[c] 29 10 5 14 52 48 +4 35
13 Blacktown City 29 9 8 12 42 43 −1 35
14 UNSW FC 29 9 5 15 38 47 −9 32
15 St George FC 29 8 3 18 28 49 −21 27 Relegation playoff with 2nd position of 2026 NSW League One
16 Sydney Olympic[a] (R) 29 6 4 19 31 61 −30 22 Relegation to 2027 NSW League One
Updated to match(es) played on 23 August 2026. Source: Dribl
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored; 4) head-to-head points; 5) head-to-head goals scored; 6) play-off.
(Q) Qualified for the phase indicated; (R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. 1 2 3 4 5 Team pre-qualified to the Australian Championship as a Foundation club.
  2. ↑ The next highest non-foundation club qualifies if any of the five NPL NSW foundation clubs are the Premier.
  3. 1 2 Team is ineligible to qualify for the 2026 Australian Championship as the academy of an A-League club.

Matches

Home \ Away APL BLC MAN MRC NWS ROC SDR SGE SOL STG SUN SUT SYD UNS WOL WSW
APIA Leichhardt — 3–2 2–0 1–1 3–2 0–2 3–1 2–1 4–1 2–1 2–1 2–1 4–1 2–0 4–1
Blacktown City 1–3 — 0–0 0–1 1–0 3–0[a] 1–2 2–1 0–2 3–0 0–0 2–3 4–2 0–0 1–3
Manly United 2–2 0–0 — 3–1 0–4 4–1 1–0 4–0 1–0 1–1 2–1 1–1 2–0 0–1 0–1
Marconi Stallions 2–1 2–0 4–1 — 1–1 6–1 2–0 2–0 0–1 0–1 1–0 0–0 1–0 1–0 3–0
NWS Spirit 1–2 3–1 2–1 0–3 — 0–2 1–0 3–1 3–0 2–0 2–3 1–0 0–4 2–1 2–0 0–4
Rockdale Ilinden 0–1 3–2 1–1 1–4 1–1 — 0–1 3–0 4–1 1–0 1–2 1–3 3–0 1–2 0–5
SD Raiders 2–3 1–3 3–1 2–1 0–0 1–2 — 1–0 1–5 3–1 0–1 2–2 0–1 2–0 1–1 3–0
St George FC 0–0 1–0 1–0 1–2 0–3 1–6 2–3 — 1–2 0–1 1–3 1–2 0–0 2–0 3–0 0–4
Sydney Olympic 1–3 1–3 0–1 0–1 1–2 0–4 1–1 0–2 — 2–2 1–2 1–2 2–1 3–2 0–4
St George City 2–1 2–2 1–2 1–2 1–0 1–0 4–3 0–0 1–1 — 1–0 1–0 0–5 0–2 0–1 1–0
Sydney United 58 0–0 2–0 2–0 1–0 2–0 1–0 1–0 3–0 0–0 — 0–1 1–0 5–2 0–1 3–2
Sutherland Sharks 3–2 1–2 3–0 2–4 1–0 3–1 0–1 1–1 2–1 1–2 — 1–1 1–0 2–1 2–3
Sydney FC Youth 0–2 2–2 0–0 1–0 1–0 2–1 3–2 4–2 2–0 0–2 1–0 0–0 — 0–2 1–2 0–6
UNSW FC 1–1 2–2 0–2 2–2 3–1 2–0 1–1 1–4 1–3 5–0 2–0 1–3 3–2 — 1–0 2–1
Wollongong Wolves 0–2 0–2 0–1 0–0 2–2 2–3 2–0 2–1 3–3 1–2 2–1 2–3 2–1 — 3–0
Western Sydney Wanderers Youth 3–5 3–3 3–3 0–1 1–1 0–2 1–2 1–2 2–1 1–1 0–2 0–3 4–0 2–1 0–0 —
Updated to match(es) played on 23 August 2026 (round 29). Source: Dribl
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
Notes:
  1. ↑ Originally played as a 1–2 victory for Rockdale Ilinden. Following an investigation, Football NSW determined that Rockdale Ilinden had fielded an ineligible player and awarded Blacktown City a 3–0 forfeit victory.[6]

Finals series

Bracket

Elimination finals Preliminary finals Grand final
1 APIA Leichhardt
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2  
4    
5  

Statistics

Last updated 23 August 2026 (round 29).

Goals

Rank[7] Player Team Goals
1 Awan Lual Western Sydney Wanderers Youth FC 20
2 Presley Ortiz APIA Leichhardt 19
3 Damian Tsekenis Marconi Stallions 15
Moudi Najjar Rockdale Ilinden
4 Travis Major Blacktown City 12
5 Nicholas Olsen Sutherland Sharks FC 11

Discipline

Yellow Cards

Rank[8] Player Team Yellow Cards
1 Cooper Hanagan SD Raiders 12
2 Lachlan Campbell UNSW FC 10
Christopher McStay St George FC
3 Luke Nieuwenhof Manly United FC 9
4 Teng Kuol Marconi Stallions 8
Brendan Cholakian Rockdale Ilinden
Reo Kunimoto Rockdale Ilinden
5 Adrian Vlastelica Sydney United 58 FC 7
Nicholas O'Brien Blacktown City
Maksim Jez Blacktown City
Sebastian Duarte Wollongong Wolves

Red Cards

Rank[9] Player Team Red Cards
1 Nicholas O'Brien Blacktown City 2
Anton Mlinaric Marconi Stallions
Nathan Roberts UNSW FC
Cooper Hanagan SD Raiders
2 30 players 1

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Fixtures - Dribl Match Centre".
  2. ↑ "2026 Competition Calendar | Football New South Wales" (PDF). footballnsw.com.au. 2025-10-24. Retrieved 2026-05-10.
  3. ↑ "2026 Football NSW Declaration of Leagues | Football NSW" (PDF). footballnsw.com.au. 2025-09-29. Retrieved 2026-05-10.
  4. ↑ "Sydney Olympic And David Magrone Part Ways As Club Makes Coaching Change". Football NSW. 15 April 2026. Retrieved 3 June 2026.
  5. ↑ "St George FC Make Coaching Change As 'Bomber' Brown Takes Charge". Football NSW. 5 May 2026. Retrieved 3 June 2026.
  6. ↑ "Football NSW announces outcome of NPL Men's NSW Round 18 investigation". National Premier Leagues NSW. Football NSW. 17 July 2026. Retrieved 18 July 2026.
  7. ↑ "Highest Goal Scorer". Football NSW. Retrieved 2026-05-10.
  8. ↑ "Most Offending Yellow Card Members". Football NSW. Retrieved 2026-05-10. Some aggregate statistics on the NPL NSW Dribl statistics page are inconsistent with the statistics recorded for individual matches. Where discrepancies occurred, the figures in this table were supplemented and cross-checked using individual match statistics.
  9. ↑ "Most Offending Red Card Members". Football NSW. Retrieved 2026-05-10.
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