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NPL NSW Men's
Season2023
Dates3 February 2023 – 27 August 2023
Matches played96
Goals scored304 (3.17 per match)
Top goalscorerAlec Urosevski (12 goals)
Biggest home winAPIA Leichhardt 6–0 Rockdale Ilinden
(12 February 2023)
Biggest away winWollongong Wolves 0–4 Marconi
(17 February 2023)
Western Sydney Wanderers 0–4 Marconi
(1 April 2023)
Highest scoringNWS Spirit 5–4 Wollongong Wolves
(1 April 2023)
Longest winning run8 matches
Rockdale Ilinden
Longest unbeaten run12 matches
APIA Leichhardt
Longest winless run10 matches
Northbridge Bulls
Longest losing run4 matches
Western Sydney Wanderers
Sydney Olympic
Central Coast Mariners
← 2022 2024 → All statistics correct as of 5 May 2023.

The 2023 NPL NSW Men's is the eleventh season of soccer in New South Wales under the banner of the National Premier Leagues and the first season under the revised competition format. The season began on 3 February 2023 and is scheduled to conclude on 27 August.

Sydney Olympic are the defending premiers and Blacktown City are the defending champions.

Promotion and relegation

Teams promoted from the 2022 NSW League One

Stadiums and locations

Team Head Coach Location Stadium Capacity 2022 season
APIA Leichhardt Australia Franco Parisi Leichhardt Lambert Park 7,000 5th
Blacktown City Australia Mark Crittenden Blacktown Blacktown City Sports Centre 7,500 3rd
Bulls FC Academy Australia Zeljko Kalac Northbridge Sydney United Sports Centre 12,000 11th
Central Coast Mariners Academy Australia Abbas Saad Gosford Pluim Park 2,000 L1 1st
Mt Druitt Rangers Australia Stewart Montgomery Mount Druitt Popondetta Park 2,500 10th
Marconi Stallions Australia Peter Tsekenis Fairfield Marconi Stadium 9,000 4th
Manly United Netherlands Patrick Zwaanswijk Dee Why Cromer Park 5,000 2nd
NWS Spirit FC Australia David Perkovic North Sydney Christie Park 1,000 L1 4th
Rockdale Ilinden Australia Paul Dee Rockdale Rockdale Ilinden Sports Centre 5,000 6th
Sydney FC Youth Australia Jimmy Van Weeren Moore Park Valentine Sports Park 4,000 7th
Sydney Olympic Australia Labinot Haliti Belmore Belmore Sports Ground 20,000 1st
Sutherland Sharks Australia Damir Prodanovic Sutherland Seymour Shaw Park 5,000 12th
St George City Australia Mirko Jurilj St George Peakhurst Park 1,000 L1 2nd
Sydney United Australia Miro Vlastelica Edensor Park Sydney United Sports Centre 12,000 8th
Western Sydney Wanderers Youth Australia Andrew Christiansen Blacktown Wanderers Football Park 4,500 L1 3rd
Wollongong Wolves Australia David Carney Wollongong WIN Stadium 22,000 9th

Managerial changes

Team Outgoing manager Manner of departure Date of vacancy Position in table Incoming manager Date of appointment
Bulls FC Academy Australia Mile Sterjovski Promoted to full time 23 January 2023 Pre-season Australia Zeljko Kalac 28 January 2023
CCM Academy Australia Luke Wilkshire Signed by Socceroos 14 February 2023 12th Australia Lucas Vilela (interim) 17 February 2023
CCM Academy Australia Lucas Vilela (interim) End of caretaker spell 24 February 2023 13th Australia Abbas Saad 25 February 2023

Foreign players

Team Visa 1 Visa 2 Non-visa foreigner(s) Former players
APIA Leichhardt Argentina Diego Celis United States Jason Romero
Blacktown City France Charles Mendy Japan Tatsuya Kato South Korea Danny Choi Malta Mitchell Mallia
Bulls FC Academy
CCM Academy
Mt Druitt Rangers Cape Verde Júnior Sena Japan Kotaro Katsuta
Marconi Stallions Japan Hiroaki Aoyama
Manly United Japan Seiya Kambayashi Brazil Bruno Mendes Fiji Marcus Lal
NWS Spirit FC Japan Kôta Odakura Brazil Luiz Lobo Japan Musashi Kokubo
Rockdale Ilinden Brazil Olavo De Andrede Santos France Loïc Puyo North Macedonia Nicola Kuleski
Philippines Iain Ramsay
Sydney FC Youth
Sydney Olympic Scotland Ziggy Gordon Portugal Fábio Ferreira Republic of Ireland Roy O'Donovan
Sutherland Sharks Japan Takahide Umebachi Japan Fumoto Kamada
St George City Brazil Pedro Ferrari Uruguay Franco Maya
Sydney United Japan Taisei Kaneko Fiji Leroy Jennings
Western Sydney Wanderers Youth
Wollongong Wolves Japan Banri Kanaizumi Japan Takumi Ofuka Scotland Chris McStay

The following do not fill a Visa position:
Those players who were born and started their professional career abroad but have since gained Australian citizenship
Australian citizens who have chosen to represent another national team;

Regular Season

The 2023 season is a double round-robin format, with each team playing 30 games. The season started on 3 February, and is scheduled to conclude on 27 August.

Table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 APIA Leichhardt 21 14 5 2 47 21 +26 47 2023 National Premier Leagues Finals
2 Marconi Stallions 22 13 3 6 43 22 +21 42
3 Rockdale Ilinden 22 13 3 6 46 37 +9 42
4 Blacktown City 22 11 4 7 42 26 +16 37
5 Sydney FC Youth 22 11 3 8 36 31 +5 36
6 St George City 22 9 8 5 39 30 +9 35
7 Central Coast Mariners Academy 22 9 5 8 33 37 −4 32
8 NWS Spirit 22 9 4 9 30 37 −7 31
9 Wollongong Wolves 22 7 7 8 35 32 +3 28
10 Sydney United 22 8 4 10 27 31 −4 28
11 Sutherland Sharks 22 7 6 9 14 23 −9 27
12 Sydney Olympic 22 7 5 10 31 38 −7 26
13 Manly United 22 7 4 11 27 36 −9 25
14 Mt Druitt Town Rangers 21 6 3 12 23 37 −14 21
15 Western Sydney Wanderers Youth 22 5 4 13 34 47 −13 19 Qualification to Relegation play-off
16 Bulls FC Academy 22 2 6 14 20 42 −22 12 Relegation to 2024 NSW League One
Updated to match(es) played on 1 July 2023. Source: Ladder
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored; 4) Points gained in head-to-head record between teams; 5) Number of goals scored in head-to-head record between teams; 6) Play-off if teams concerned are equal on the basis of the above criteria

Fixtures and results

Home \ Away APT BCT BUL CCM MAN MAR MTR NWS ROC SOL STC SUD SUT SYD WSW WOL
APIA Leichhardt — 2–2 3–1 0–0 2–0 6–0 3–0
Blacktown City 2–4 — 4–1 4–1 1–2 5–1 2–0
Bull FC — 1–1 1–4 1–3 2–1 0–0 0–1 1–2 1–1
CCM Academy 1–2 0–1 — 1–4 2–2 2–1 2–2 1–3
Manly United 1–1 — 2–0 1–3 2–0 2–1 0–3
Marconi Stallions 2–0 3–1 — 3–1 2–3 0–2 5–0
Mt Druitt Town Rangers — 0–0 0–3 1–1 0–3 2–3 1–2 2–1
NWS Spirit 2–0 0–1 1–3 0–2 — 0–1 2–2 1–0 5–4
Rockdale Ilinden 2–0 — 3–1 2–0 4–2 5–1
Sydney Olympic 1–0 1–3 2–4 1–1 0–2 — 3–0 2–2
St George City 2–2 1–1 3–4 1–0 — 0–1 4–2 5–3
Sydney United 1–3 1–0 2–0 3–1 2–2 — 0–1
Sutherland Sharks 0–1 1–0 1–0 0–2 0–0 — 0–3
Sydney FC Youth 4–0 1–0 4–1 3–1 4–2 2–3 2–2 — 0–1 2–1
WSW Youth 2–2 2–3 0–1 2–1 0–4 3–2 3–4 0–1 —
Wollongong Wolves 2–2 0–0 0–4 1–3 0–0 —
Updated to match(es) played on 3 February 2023. Source: footballnsw.com.au
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
For upcoming matches, an "a" indicates there is an article about the rivalry between the two participants.

Festival of Football

The 3rd edition of the Festival of Football was set on the 23rd of April between 9am to 9pm and featured Inner West rivals and former NSL clubs APIA Leichhardt and Sydney Olympic with their youths, women and men squads playing against each other. Additionally, a legends match was also included, which featured former players such as Ernie Campbell, Marshall Soper, Jean-Paul de Marigny, Milan Blagojevic, John Buonavoglia, Nick Rizzo, Mark Byrnes, Robert Younis, Peter Katholos, Pablo Cardozo, Robbie Hooker, Zlatko Nastevski and Paul Henderson.

The 1st Grade Men's team featured at 6pm at Lambert Park for Round 12 of the National Premier Leagues NSW. Prior to the match APIA remained unbeaten in all eleven previous league matches whilst Olympic won two out of their last five games.

APIA Leichhardt3–0Sydney Olympic
  • Armson 58'
  • S.Symons 72', 84'
 Report
Lambert Park, LeichhardtAttendance: 4,123Referee: Craig Fisher

Relegation play-off

Relegation play-offs are set to be after all league matches are played. The second lowest ranked in the NPL NSW will participate in a home and away play-off series against the club ranked second highest in NSW League One.

Regular season statistics

Top scorers

As of 5 May 2023
Rank Player Club Goals
1 Australia Alec Urosevski Rockdale Ilinden 14
2 Australia Jak O'Brien Blacktown City 10
3 Australia Jordan Swibel Marconi Stallions 9
4 Republic of Ireland Roy O'Donovan Sydney Olympic 8
Australia Travis Major Blacktown City
6 Australia Alen Harbas Sydney FC Youth 7
7 Australia Chris Payne Sydney United 6
Australia Jack Stewart APIA Leichhardt
Australia Lachlan Scott Wollongong Wolves
Australia Patrick Antelmi Sydney United

Hat-tricks

Player For Against Result Date Ref.
United States Jason Romero APIA Leichhardt FC Rockdale Ilinden FC 6–0 (H) 12 February 2023
Australia Jak O'Brien Blacktown City FC Mt Druitt Town Rangers FC 4–1 (H) 5 March 2023
Notes
  • Player scored 4 goals
  • (H) – Home team
  • (A) – Away team

See also

References

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