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 ...
2020 season was the eighth season of
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 ...
in
New South Wales
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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 consists of four divisions across the state of New South Wales.
All NPL and grassroots competitions were suspended for one month due to the impacts from the
COVID-19 pandemic in Australia
The COVID-19 pandemic in Australia is part of the ongoing worldwide pandemic of the coronavirus disease 2019 () caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (). The first confirmed case in Australia was identified on 25 Januar ...
, effective 18 March to 14 April,
and further extended until at least the end of May.
The regular season re-commenced in a condensed format from 18 July, with promotion and relegation suspended.
Competitions
2020 National Premier League NSW Men's 1
The competition resumed on 31 July with a single round-robin format (11 matches) followed by a two-week finals series. The NPL Premier normally qualifies for the national NPL finals series, but the
2020 National Premier Leagues finals series was cancelled in July.
League table
Finals
2020 National Premier League NSW Men's 2
The 2020 NPL NSW Men's 2 season was originally scheduled to be played over 22 rounds as a double round-robin. It resumed on 18 July as a single round-robin.
Results from the first few rounds in March did not count.
Finals
2020 National Premier League NSW Men's 3
The season resumed on 18 July as a single round-robin.
Results from the first few rounds in March did not count.
Finals
2020 National Premier League NSW Men's 4
The season resumed on 18 July as a single round-robin.
Results from the first few rounds in March did not count.
Finals
2020 National Premier Leagues NSW Women's 1
The 2020 National Premier Leagues NSW Women's 1 was the seventh edition of the NPL NSW Women's competition to be incorporated under the National Premier Leagues banner. 12 teams competed, initially scheduled to play each other twice for a total of 22 rounds. The season resumed on 19 July as a single round-robin, but results from the first few games played in March did not count. The top four teams played off in a finals series.
League Table
Finals
2020 Waratah Cup
NSW soccer clubs commenced the
2020 FFA Cup preliminary rounds
The 2020 FFA Cup preliminary rounds were the qualifying competition initially meant to decide 22 of the 32 teams to take part in the 2020 FFA Cup. Some preliminary matches were held in February and March, prior to the competition being suspende ...
in March, only to see it suspended due to the impacts from the coronavirus pandemic.
At the time of suspension, only the first round had been played. The competition was cancelled on 3 July.
References
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2020 in Australian soccer
Football NSW season, 2020
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 ...