New South Wales Regional Leagues

The New South Wales regional leagues are the fifth level of soccer in New South Wales, and the sixth nationally. The league consists of nineteen separate regional senior leagues and is administered by Football New South Wales. The Albury-Wodonga Football Association, which in addition to clubs from southern NSW, includes several clubs based in northern Victoria, is also run by Football NSW.

New South Regional Leagues
CountryAustralia
Level on pyramid6
Promotion toNone

There is no promotion to NSW State League however clubs may apply to join.

Associations and branches

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There are sixteen separate regional metropolitan district associations and three branches (consisting of numerous smaller associations) which operate under the auspices of Football NSW. The metropolitan districts can usually be divided into smaller regions for ease of administration and also for junior state competitions.[1][obsolete source]

Metropolitan East

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There are three associations which make up Metropolitan East. They are Canterbury District Soccer Football Association, Eastern Suburbs Football Association and St George Football Association. The structure for the associations are as follows:

Clubs in the different districts in 2016 are as follows:

Metropolitan Far North

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There are two districts which form the Metropolitan Far North. They are Central Coast Football and Northern Suburbs Football Association. The representative teams are Central Coast Lightning (and now Central Coast Mariners Academy) and Northern Tigers FC respectively. Both teams compete in the National Premier Leagues NSW 2. The structure of the associations are as follows:[8]

The member clubs for each association are listed below.

Metropolitan Far South

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There are two districts which form the Metropolitan Far South. They are Football South Coast and Sutherland Shire Football Association (SSFA). The representative teams for the associations are Wollongong Wolves and Sutherland Sharks. The structure of the associations are as follows:

Below are lists of member clubs for each association.

Metropolitan North

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There are three associations which make up Metropolitan North. They are Gladesville Hornsby Football Association (GHFA), Manly Warringah Football Association (MWFA) and North West Sydney Women's Football (NWSWF). The structure for the associations are as follows:[17][18]

Metropolitan South

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There are three associations which make up Metropolitan North. They are Bankstown District Amateur Football Association, Macarthur District Football Association and Southern Districts Football Association (SDFA). The respective representative sides are Bankstown United FC (who compete in the NSW State League), Macarthur Rams (who compete in the National Premier Leagues NSW 2) and Southern Districts Raiders (who also compete in the NSW State League). The structure for the associations are as follows:[21][22][23]

Metropolitan West

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There are three districts which makeup Metropolitan West, Blacktown & Districts Soccer Football Association, Granville & Districts Soccer Football Association and Nepean Football Association. The representative teams for the associations are Blacktown Spartans, Parramatta FC and Nepean FC respectively. The structure of the associations are as follows:

Below are lists of member clubs for each association.

Riverina Branch

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Southern Branch

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Clubs in the different districts in 2016 are as follows:

Western Branch

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There are six associations that form the Western Branch. They are the Bathurst District Football Association, Dubbo & District Football Association, Lachlan Association, Lithgow Association, Orange Association and Western Plains Association. Each association is eligible to send representative team/(s) to the Western NSW Youth League. The branch association representative team is Western NSW Mariners, who compete in National Premier Leagues NSW 3. The structure of the associations are as follows:[49]

Sydney Amateur League

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Unaffiliated

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Sydney Hills Football Association

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There is also a breakaway competition currently unaffiliated with Football New South Wales, the Sydney Hills Football Association (SHFA). The association was born out of clubs previously competing in the Granville Districts and Gladesville Hornsby associations. It was incorporated on 15 December 2014 and commenced its inaugural competition in the winter season of 2016.[56] The structure is as follows:
Men's: Premier League/Reserves, All Age Divisions 1–6
Men's Overage: O-35's Divisions 1–3, O45's.
Youth (Boys): Youth Divisions 1–2, Ages 6–18.
Women's: Premier League, All Age 2 (Senior).
Women's Overage: 35L Divisions 1–2 (Overage).
Youth (Girls): Youth, Ages 9–15 (Underage).

There are fifteen (15) clubs member clubs of the SHFA:[57]

  • Baulkham Hills FC
  • Castle Hill RSL Rockets
  • Castle Hill United
  • Coptic United
  • The Hills Grammar School
  • North Rocks SC
  • Norwest FC
  • Hills Knights
  • Kellyville United
  • Maroota FC
  • Northwest FC
  • Rouse Hill Rangers
  • St Bernadettes FC

The seven clubs in bold compete in the Premier League. Both Baulkham Hills and Kellyville United field two teams (Red and Blue) in this league.[58]

Notes

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  1. ^ Lithgow Thistles compete with two teams in the Men's League – Thistles White and Thistles Blue

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