The

Football NSW Football NSW is the governing body for soccer in the Australian state of New South Wales, with the exception of the northern regions of NSW (the governing body for which is Northern New South Wales Football). Football NSW is a member of the nat ...

2015 season was the third season of

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under the banner of the

National Premier Leagues The National Premier Leagues (NPL) is a national association football competition in Australia which acts as the second tier of the sport in the country below the A-League. The NPL consists of the highest level state league in each state-based ...

. The competition consisted of four divisions across the state of New South Wales, excluding those regions affiliated with the

Northern NSW Football Northern NSW Football (NNSWF) is the governing body of soccer in the north of New South Wales, Australia. It is a member of the national governing body, Football Australia. The Federation was established the 9 September 1884 as the Northern Dist ...

federation.

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were Premiers of the 1st Division, and qualified for the National Premier Leagues finals series.

won this competition, becoming the

2015 National Premier Leagues The 2015 National Premier Leagues was the third season of the Australian National Premier Leagues football competition. The league competition was played amongst eight separate divisions, divided by FFA state and territory member federations. ...

Champion, and additionally received a spot in the

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(entering at the Round of 32).

Pre-Season Changes

League Tables

2015 National Premier League NSW Men's 1

The National Premier League New South Wales 2015 season was played over 22 rounds, from March to August 2015.

Results

Finals

Personnel and kits

Top Scorers

2015 National Premier League NSW Men's 2

The 2015 National Premier League NSW Men's 2 was the third edition of the new NPL NSW 2 as the second level domestic

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competition in

. 12 teams competed, playing each other twice for a total of 22 rounds, with the top team at the end of the year promoted to the NPL NSW Men's 1 competition.

Hakoah Sydney City East FC Maccabi Hakoah Sydney City East FC, commonly known as Maccabi Hakoah, is an Australian semi-professional soccer club based in Sydney, New South Wales. The club was formed in 1939 as Sydney Hakoah by members of Sydney's Jewish community. They pla ...

were promoted into the division after finishing 1st in the 2014 State League Division 1, and

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were relegated from the 2014 National Premier League's Men's 1.

Finals

2015 NSW State League Division 1

The 2015 NSW State League Division 1 was the third edition of the State League to be incorporated under the

banner. 12 teams competed, playing each other twice for a total of 22 rounds.

Finals

2015 NSW State League Division 2

The 2015 NSW State League Division 2 was the third edition of the State League to be incorporated under the

banner. 10 teams competed, playing each other twice for a total of 18 matches.

Finals

2015 National Premier League NSW Women's 1

The 2015 National Premier League NSW Women's 1 was the second edition of the NPL NSW Women's competition to be incorporated under the

banner. 10 teams competed, playing each other twice for a total of 18 rounds.

Finals

2015 Waratah Cup

Football NSW soccer clubs competed in 2015 for the

Waratah Cup The Waratah Cup is a knockout cup competition in New South Wales, run by the governing body of football in NSW, Football NSW. Teams competing in the Waratah Cup come from the National Premier Leagues NSW, National Premier Leagues NSW 2, Natio ...

. The tournament doubled as the NSW qualifier for the

2015 FFA Cup The 2015 FFA Cup was the second season of the FFA Cup, the main national soccer knockout cup competition in Australia. 32 teams began competition in the competition proper (from the round of 32), including all 10 A-League teams, the reigning Nat ...

, with the top five clubs progressing to the Round of 32. 104 clubs entered the qualifying phase, with the clubs entering in a staggered format (with NPL and NPL 2 clubs seeded to a later round). The five winners then were randomly drawn in order to create a preliminary fixture, before the semi-finals of the competition. The competition was won by

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, their 5th title, defeating

. In addition to the

A-League A-League Men (known as the Isuzu UTE A-League for sponsorship reasons) is the highest-level professional men's soccer league in Australia and New Zealand. At the top of the Australian league system, it is the country's premier men's competiti ...

clubs

Central Coast Mariners Central Coast Mariners Football Club is an Australian professional soccer club based in Gosford, on the Central Coast of New South Wales. It competes in the A-League Men, under licence from the Australian Professional Leagues (APL). The Ma ...

Sydney FC Sydney Football Club is an Australian professional soccer club based in Sydney, New South Wales. It competes in the country's premier men's competition, A-League Men, under licence from Australian Professional Leagues (APL). The club was fo ...

and

Western Sydney Wanderers Western Sydney Wanderers Football Club (colloquially known as Western Sydney, or simply as Wanderers) is an Australian professional soccer club based in the Western Sydney region of Sydney, New South Wales. It competes in the country's premier ...

, the five qualifiers (

Balmain Tigers The Balmain Tigers (also known as the Sydney Tigers from 1995–96) are a rugby league club based in the inner-western Sydney suburb of Balmain. They were a founding member of the New South Wales Rugby League and one of the most successful in t ...

Rockdale City Suns Rockdale Ilinden Football Club (formerly known as the Rockdale City Suns Football Club from 1992 to 2020) is an Australian Macedonian soccer club based in Sydney suburb of Rockdale. Founded in 1969, the club competes in the highest men's compe ...

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and

competed in the final rounds of the

. Of these qualifying clubs, only

and

progressed to the Round of 16.

Awards

The NPL Gala Dinner was held on 11 September at Rosehill Gardens, acknowledging achievements from across all NPL teams from Men's 1, Men's 2, Women's 1, Women's 2 and their respective youth teams.

Pre-Season Changes

League Tables

2015 National Premier League NSW Men's 1

Results

Finals

Personnel and kits

Top Scorers

2015 National Premier League NSW Men's 2

Finals

2015 NSW State League Division 1

Finals

2015 NSW State League Division 2

Finals

2015 National Premier League NSW Women's 1

Finals

2015 Waratah Cup

Awards

National Premier Leagues NSW

Other Awards

Notes

References