The Football NSW 2015 season was the third season of football in New South Wales under the banner of the National Premier Leagues. The competition consisted of four divisions across the state of New South Wales, excluding those regions affiliated with the Northern NSW Football federation.
Blacktown City were Premiers of the 1st Division, and qualified for the National Premier Leagues finals series. Blacktown City won this competition, becoming the 2015 National Premier Leagues Champion, and additionally received a spot in the 2016 FFA Cup (entering at the Round of 32).
Pre-Season Changes
League Promoted to league Relegated from league NPL NSW Men's 1 Parramatta FC St George FC NPL NSW Men's 2 Hakoah Sydney City East FC Hills Brumbies FC NSW State League Division 1 Rydalmere Lions Camden Tigers NSW State League Division 2 Dunbar RoversFC Gazy LansvaleWagga City Wanderers Enfield RoversSouthern Branch
League Tables
2015 National Premier League NSW Men's 1
The National Premier League New South Wales 2015 season was played over 22 rounds, from March to August 2015.
Results
Finals
Personnel and kits Team Manager Captain Kit manufacturer Kit partner APIA Leichhardt Tigers Billy McColl Michael West Givova Wests Ashfield Leagues Club Blacktown City Mark Crittenden Zach Cairncross UniPro Sports Nissan Blacktown Spartans Ben de Haan Carlos Saliadarre Elite Sportswear H&M Civil Bonnyrigg White Eagles Brian Brown Chris Tadrosse Legea NSW Compensation Lawyers Manly United Paul Dee Graeme Forbes TeamRhino Sports Marconi Stallions Darren Locca James Chronopoulos Erreà Club Marconi Parramatta FC Franco Cosentino TBA Legea TBA Rockdale City Suns Branko Culina Askin Oygur Stobi Sports Gregory Jewelers South Coast Wolves Jacob Timpano TBA Dixon Sportswear GPT Group Sutherland Sharks Robbie Stanton TBA Macron Pipe King Sydney Olympic Grant Lee Petar Markovic Adidas Bank of Sydney Sydney United 58 Mark Rudan TBA Legea BOKA Aluminium Windows
Top Scorers
RankPlayerClubGoals1 Blake PowellAPIA Leichhardt Tigers212 Joey GibbsBlacktown City163 Robert YounisBonnyrigg White Eagles FC134 Brendan CholakianManly United11 Harris GaitatzisSydney Olympic Marko JešićRockdale City Suns7 Patrick AntelmiBlacktown City10 Shu SasakiBlacktown Spartans
2015 National Premier League NSW Men's 2
The 2015 National Premier League NSW Men's 2 was the third edition of the new NPL NSW 2 as the second level domestic association football competition in New South Wales. 12 teams competed, playing each other twice for a total of 22 rounds, with the top team at the end of the year promoted to the NPL NSW Men's 1 competition. Hakoah Sydney City East FC were promoted into the division after finishing 1st in the 2014 State League Division 1, and St George FC were relegated from the 2014 National Premier League's Men's 1.
Finals
2015 NSW State League Division 1
The 2015 NSW State League Division 1 was the third edition of the State League to be incorporated under the National Premier Leagues banner. 12 teams competed, playing each other twice for a total of 22 rounds.
Finals
2015 NSW State League Division 2
The 2015 NSW State League Division 2 was the third edition of the State League to be incorporated under the National Premier Leagues banner. 10 teams competed, playing each other twice for a total of 18 matches.
Finals
2015 National Premier Leagues NSW Women's 1
The 2015 National Premier League NSW Women's 1 was the second edition of the NPL NSW Women's competition to be incorporated under the National Premier Leagues banner. 10 teams competed, playing each other twice for a total of 18 rounds.
Finals
2015 Waratah Cup
Football NSW soccer clubs competed in 2015 for the Waratah Cup. The tournament doubled as the NSW qualifier for the 2015 FFA Cup, with the top five clubs progressing to the Round of 32. 104 clubs entered the qualifying phase, with the clubs entering in a staggered format (with NPL and NPL 2 clubs seeded to a later round). The five winners then were randomly drawn in order to create a preliminary fixture, before the semi-finals of the competition.
The competition was won by Sydney United 58, their 5th title, defeating Blacktown City.
In addition to the A-League clubs Central Coast Mariners, Sydney FC and Western Sydney Wanderers, the five qualifiers (Balmain Tigers, Blacktown City, Rockdale City Suns, Sydney Olympic and Sydney United 58 competed in the final rounds of the 2015 FFA Cup. Of these qualifying clubs, only Rockdale City Suns, Sydney Olympic and Sydney United 58 progressed to the Round of 16.
Awards The NPL Gala Dinner was held on 11 September at Rosehill Gardens, acknowledging achievements from across all NPL teams from Men's 1, Men's 2, Women's 1, Women's 2 and their respective youth teams.
National Premier Leagues NSW Award National Premier Leagues NSW National Premier Leagues NSW 2 Men's Women's Men's Women's Club Championship Blacktown City Manly United Hakoah Sydney City East Marconi Stallions Player of the Year Franco Parisi (APIA Leichhardt) Tara Pender (Blacktown Spartans) Gosue Sama (Spirit FC) Danni Wise (Southern Branch) Golden Boot Blake Powell (APIA Leichhardt – 21 goals) Michelle Carney (Illawarra Stingrays – 19 goals) Hussein Akil (Fraser Park FC – 13 goals) Danielle Calvi (Sydney Olympic – 20 goals) Goalkeeper of the Year Nenad Vekic (Blacktown City) Jada Whyman (Macarthur Rams) David Lowery (Spirit FC) Renee Krstanovska (Marconi Stallions) Coach of the Year Mark Crittenden (Blacktown City) Jason Harrison (Emerging Jets) Mark Robertson (Hakoah FC) Michael McGovern (Sutherland Shire) Referee of the Year Kurt Ams Katie-Louise Patterson n/a Goal of the Year Blake Powell (APIA Leichhardt) — n/a Golden Boot Jonathan Grozdanovski (Blacktown City – 26 goals) Amelia Vitek (North Shore Mariners – 19 goals) Garang Awac (Mt Druitt Town Rangers – 15 goals) Sarah Mandile (Inter Lions – 17 goals) Player of the Year Jonathan Grozdanovski (Blacktown City) Natalie Penman (NWS Koalas) Harry McAllister (Northern Tigers) Marissa Saverino (Sutherland Shire)
Other Awards Media Award Nick Houghton Charles Valentine Award Charles Abdilla(Mounties Wanderers)
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