The 2026 National Premier Leagues NSW season was the 14th season of the National Premier Leagues (NPL) in New South Wales. The season began on 8 February, and ended on 13 September.
NWS Spirit were the defending premiers from. 2025.
APIA Leichhardt were the Premiers, and Sydney United were the Champions.
Teams
Team Changes The following teams have changed division since the 2024–25 season.
To NPL NSW
Promoted from 2025 NSW League One UNSW FC SD Raiders FC
From NPL NSW
Relegated to 2026 NSW League One Central Coast Mariners Academy Mount Druitt Town Rangers
Stadiums and locations
Team Head coach Location Stadium Capacity APIA Leichhardt Franco Parisi Leichhardt Lambert Park 7,000 Blacktown City Mark Crittenden Blacktown Landen Stadium 7,500 Manly United Vladimir Knezevic Dee Why Cromer Park 5,000 Marconi Stallions Peter Tsekenis Fairfield Marconi Stadium 9,000 NWS Spirit David Perkovic Macquarie Park Christie Park 1,000 Rockdale Ilinden Paul Dee Rockdale Rockdale Ilinden Sports Centre 5,000 SD Raiders Goran Ljuboja Moorebank Ernie Smith Reserve 1,000 St George FC Brian Brown St George Barton Park 1,500 St George City Mirko Jurilj Penshurst Park 1,000 Sutherland Sharks FC David Perkovic Sutherland Seymour Shaw Park 5,000 Sydney FC Youth Jimmy Van Weeren Rockdale Rockdale Ilinden Sports Centre 5,000 Sydney Olympic Michael Melito (interim) Belmore Belmore Sports Ground 20,000 Sydney United Miro Vlastelica Edensor Park Sydney United Sports Centre 12,000 UNSW FC Gabriel Knowles Kensington The Village Green 500 Western Sydney Wanderers Youth Panny Nikas Blacktown Wanderers Football Park 1,500 Wollongong Wolves Luke Wilkshire Wollongong WIN Stadium 22,000
Managerial changes TeamOutgoing managerManner of departureDate of vacancyPosition in tableIncoming managerDate of appointmentSydney Olympic FCDavid MagroneMutual Agreement15 April 202616thMichael Melito (Interim)15 April 2026St George FCRaphael MarieSacked5 May 202610thBrian Brown5 May 2026
Regular season
League table
Matches
Finals series Bracket
Statistics Last updated 8 September 2026.
Goals +RankPlayerTeamGoals1Presley OrtizAPIA Leichhardt222Awan LualWestern Sydney Wanderers Youth FC213Moudi NajjarRockdale Ilinden164Damian TsekenisMarconi Stallions155Michael KrslovicSydney United 58 FC136Travis MajorBlacktown City FC11
Discipline
Yellow Cards +Rank Some aggregate statistics on the NPL NSW Dribl statistics page are inconsistent with the statistics recorded for individual matches. Where discrepancies occurred, the figures in this table were supplemented and cross-checked using individual match statistics.PlayerTeamYellow Cards1Cooper HanaganSD Raiders122Lachlan CampbellUNSW FC10Christopher McStaySt George FC3Luke NieuwenhofManly United FC94Teng KuolMarconi Stallions8Brendan CholakianRockdale IlindenReo KunimotoRockdale Ilinden5Adrian VlastelicaSydney United 58 FC7Nicholas O'BrienBlacktown CityMaksim JezBlacktown CitySebastian DuarteWollongong Wolves
Red Cards +RankPlayerTeamRed Cards1Nicholas O'BrienBlacktown City2Anton MlinaricMarconi StallionsNathan RobertsUNSW FCCooper HanaganSD Raiders230 players1
See also 2026 National Premier Leagues NSW Women's
References