The 2015
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 ...
season was the second season under the new competition format in northern
New South Wales
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. The competition consisted of six divisions across the district. The overall premier for the new structure qualified for 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 ...
finals series, competing with the other state federation champions in a final knockout tournament to decide the
National Premier Leagues Champion for 2015.
League Tables
2015 National Premier League Northern NSW
The 2015 National Premier League Northern NSW season was played over 18 rounds. The bottom team was relegated to the 2016
Northern NSW State League Division 1
The Northern NSW State League Division 1 (known as the HIT Northern League One for sponsorship reasons) is a regional Australian semi-professional association football league comprising teams from New South Wales. The league sits at Level 2 on the ...
. Promoted for 2015 are Maitland FC, who were previously in the top tier of Northern NSW football in 2002. In a change for 2015, the top four teams in the league will contest the semi-finals, which will be conducted over two legs.
NPL rivalry to be ramped up
Finals
Top Scorers
2015 Northern NSW State League Division 1
The 2015 Northern NSW State League Division 1 season is the second season of the new Northern NSW State League Division 1
The Northern NSW State League Division 1 (known as the HIT Northern League One for sponsorship reasons) is a regional Australian semi-professional association football league comprising teams from New South Wales. The league sits at Level 2 on the ...
as the second level domestic association football
Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a team sport played between two teams of 11 players who primarily use their feet to propel the ball around a rectangular field called a pitch. The objective of the game is ...
competition in the district of Northern NSW. 11 teams will compete, all playing each other twice, for a total of 20 rounds. The top team at the end of the year is promoted to the 2016 National Premier Leagues Northern NSW, subject to meeting criteria.
Finals
2015 Zone Premier League
The 2015 Zone Premier League season is the second edition of the Newcastle Zone Premier League
The Newcastle Zone Football League Premier, Zone Premier League or just ZPL is an Australian football (soccer) league in the North of New South Wales. It is the third tier of football in the Northern New South Wales Football association.
The c ...
as the third level domestic football
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competition in the district of Northern NSW. 10 teams will compete, all playing each other twice for a total of 18 rounds.
Finals
2015 Zone League 1
The 2015 Zone League 1 season is the second edition of the Zone League 1 as the fourth level domestic football
Football is a family of team sports that involve, to varying degrees, kicking a ball to score a goal. Unqualified, the word ''football'' normally means the form of football that is the most popular where the word is used. Sports commonly c ...
competition in the district of Northern NSW. 10 teams will compete, all playing each other twice for a total of 18 matches.
Finals
2015 Zone League 2
The 2015 Zone League 2 season is the second edition of the Zone League 2 as the fifth level domestic football
Football is a family of team sports that involve, to varying degrees, kicking a ball to score a goal. Unqualified, the word ''football'' normally means the form of football that is the most popular where the word is used. Sports commonly c ...
competition in the district of Northern NSW. 10 teams will compete, all playing each other twice for a total of 18 matches.
Finals
2015 Zone League 3
The 2015 Zone League 3 season is the second edition of the Zone League 3 as the sixth level domestic football
Football is a family of team sports that involve, to varying degrees, kicking a ball to score a goal. Unqualified, the word ''football'' normally means the form of football that is the most popular where the word is used. Sports commonly c ...
competition in the district of Northern NSW. 10 teams will compete, all playing each other twice for a total of 18 matches.
Finals
2015 Women's Premier League
The highest tier domestic football competition in Northern NSW for women was known for sponsorship reasons as the Herald Women's Premier League. The 8 teams played a triple round-robin for a total of 18 games, followed by a finals series.
Cup Competitions
FFA Cup Preliminary rounds
Northern NSW soccer clubs competed in 2015 within the Northern NSW Preliminary rounds 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 ...
. 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 ...
club Newcastle Jets
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, the two Round 7 winners - Broadmeadow Magic and Edgeworth FC
Edgeworth Football Club is an Australian semi-professional football club based in the suburb of Edgeworth, near Newcastle, New South Wales. The club currently competes in the National Premier Leagues Northern NSW.
History
The suburb of Edgewor ...
- qualified for the final rounds of 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 ...
, entering at the Round of 32
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, where they were both eliminated.
References
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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 ...