Football NSW

Football New South Wales

Abbreviation	FNSW
Formation	2005 (1957 as Soccer NSW)
Type	State Sporting Association
Legal status	Active
Headquarters	Valentine Sports Park
Location	Sydney
Region served	New South Wales, Australia
Parent organisation	FFA
Website	http://www.footballnsw.com.au

Football NSW is the governing body for soccer in the Australian state of New South Wales with the exception of the northern regions of NSW (the governing body for which is Northern New South Wales Football). Football NSW is a member of the national governing body, the Football Federation Australia. Football NSW's premier football competition is the National Premier Leagues NSW. The premier futsal competition is the Futsal Premier League. Prior to 1 April 2007, Football NSW was known as Soccer NSW.^[1]

History

The New South Wales federation was founded 1882 as the "South British Football Soccer Association". It was succeeded in 1898 by the "New South Wales British Football Association", which was succeeded in 1921 by the "Australian Soccer Association", which was itself succeeded in 1957 by the "New South Wales Federation of Soccer Clubs".

Headquarters

Valentine Sports Park

The headquarters of Football NSW are located at Valentine Sports Park, Glenwood. Valentine Sports Park is a multipurpose sporting complex which caters for various groups, as well as individuals. The complex consists of twin, triple and quad rooms accommodating up to 180 people, 5 playing fields, lecture rooms, indoor sports hall, 20 metre outdoor pool, sports medicine centre and a dining room open for breakfast, lunch and dinner. It also contains the offices of the Football NSW staff.

Football

The majority of Football NSW's time goes into the football competitions they oversee and run. Football NSW oversees the running of numerous representative youth, Men's & Women's association football leagues and cups, a number of which are non-amateur. They also oversee the countless club and amateur competitions run by the affiliated associations around the state. For a detailed rundown of the various leagues and systems run in New South Wales see Football (soccer) in New South Wales.

Futsal

Football NSW is also the governing body for Futsal is New South Wales. There are two representative leagues named the "Futsal Premier League" (Known as Refund Futsal Premier League for sponsorship reasons) and the "Futsal Super League". Originally there was only one representative league with 16 teams. In the 06/07 season the competition was cut into 2 separate divisions of 8 teams each. In the 07/08 season the top 8 clubs in the club championship (aggregate points of all teams) from that season were put in the First Division while the last 8 were put in the second division. Now in 09/10 there is 8 premier league teams and 14 super league teams.

National Premier Leagues and NSW State League clubs

Below are listed the member clubs of Football NSW for the National Premier Leagues and NSW State League competitions for 2017.

Associations and Branches

Former logo (2007–2015)

As one of two state governing body for football in New South Wales, Football NSW oversees all aspects of the sport within the southern part of the state. At a local level, Football NSW works with 16 regional-based constituent association members which oversee in all aspects of the sport within their respected region. Three Football NSW branches also exist in a similar capacity.^[3]

Associations

• Bankstown District Amateur Soccer Association
• Blacktown & District Soccer Football Association
• Canterbury District Soccer Football Association
• Central Coast Football
• Eastern Suburbs Football Association
• Football South Coast
• Gladesville Hornsby Football Association
• Granville & District Soccer Football Association
• Hills Football]
• Macarthur District Soccer Football Association (former association)
• Manly Warringah Football Association
• Nepean Football Association
• Northern Suburbs Football Association
• North West Sydney Women’s Football
• Southern Districts Soccer Football Association
• St. George Football Association
• Sutherland Shire Football Association
• Sydney Amateur Football League

Branches

• Southern NSW Football
• Football Riverina
• Western NSW Football

Past League Winners

The sections below list previous league winners. League winners are listed as first place in the standings at the end of the regular section, not winners of the finals series (when held).

References

External links

• Football NSW - Official website