Football Northern Territory (FNT) is the state governing body for
soccer in the
Northern Territory
The Northern Territory (commonly abbreviated as NT; formally the Northern Territory of Australia) is an Australian territory in the central and central northern regions of Australia. The Northern Territory shares its borders with Western Aust ...
, Australia. It is affiliated with
Football Australia
Football Australia is the governing body of soccer, futsal, and beach soccer within Australia, headquartered in Sydney. Although the first governing body of the sport was founded in 1911, Football Australia in its current form was only esta ...
, the national governing body. The Territory is also separated into three zones – Northern, Central and FICA (Southern) – which have their own zone councils which administer leagues locally running their own league and cup competitions.
There is currently no overall champion – the regional winners in 2016 were
Hellenic Athletic Club (Northern Zone) and Celtic (FICA).
The federation conducts the territory-wide
Sport Minister's Cup, which doubles as qualification for the national
FFA Cup
The Australia Cup, formerly known as the FFA Cup until the 2021 season, is the national football knockout cup competition in Australia. This annual competition is organised by Football Australia, formerly known as Football Federation Austral ...
.
Clubs in NT
Northern Zone (NorZone)
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Casuarina Football Club
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Darwin Olympic Soccer Club
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Darwin Rovers FC
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Hellenic Athletic Club
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Mindil Aces FC
Mindil Aces Football Club is an Australian semi-professional association football, soccer club based in Darwin, Northern Territory, Darwin, which competes in the NorZone Premier League.
History
The Aces advanced to the 2022 Australia Cup#Roun ...
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Port Darwin Football Club
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University Azzurri FC
Past Participant Clubs
* Darwin City Buffalos
* Darwin Lions (Pre-2007 known as Afro-Oz Football Club)
* Karama United Football Club
* Litchfield Soccer Club
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1st Brigade
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Palmerston Football Club
The Palmerston Football Club, nicknamed, Magpies, is an Australian rules football club, currently playing in the Northern Territory Football League. They were first called Internationals before entering the NTFL, then they were called North Da ...
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University Rangers Football Club
* Waratahs Soccer Club (2007 No longer a Registered Club)
* Greater Palmerston United FC
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Palmerston Rovers FC
Central Zone
*Borroloola FC
*Gove Soccer Club
*Katherine FC
Southern Zone Premier League
''Organised by Football in Central Australia (FICA)''
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Alice Springs Celtic
*Stormbirds Soccer Club
*Verdi FC
*Vikings Football Club
Past Participant Clubs
*Gillen Scorpions Football Club
*Federals Soccer Club
*ASFA – (Not registered club, Academy team)
*Buckleys Football Club (Pre-2007 known as Town and Country Tavern)
NT Australia Cup Final
The male knock-out cup – now run annually with clubs from NorZone and FICA – is a single-leg knockout cup competition, first held as part of the
preliminary 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 ...
. It is the qualification route for the single NT federation representative for the FFA Cup, now known as the
Australia Cup.
Since 2016 the final has been played for the Cup.
From 2015 to 2018 the winners of the NorZone and FICA met in the final; since 2019 the winners of FICA have qualified to the semi-final stage (FFA Cup preliminary Round 6).
See also
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Darwin Football Stadium
Darwin Football Stadium is a sports stadium in Darwin, Australia in the Marrara Sporting Complex, and is located adjacent to the TIO Stadium.
Work began on the stadium in 2007 and was officially opened on 28 July 2007 when it played host to a ...
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NorZone Premier League
The NorZone Premier League is a semi-professional soccer league in Darwin, Australia.
The NorZone Premier League is one of three top tier state-level soccer competition in the Northern Territory of Australia. It comprises teams within the N ...
References
External links
Football Northern Territory Official website
North
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Etymology
The word ''north ...
Sports governing bodies in the Northern Territory
Sports organizations established in 2005
2005 establishments in Australia
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