2025 National Premier Leagues Northern NSW

National Premier Leagues Northern NSW
Season2025
Dates13 February – 10 August
ChampionsBroadmeadow Magic
PremiersBroadmeadow Magic
RelegatedNew Lambton
Matches50
Goals211 (4.22 per match)
Top goalscorerBraedyn Crowley (Maitland FC)
22 goals
2024
2026 →

The 2025 National Premier Leagues Northern NSW was the 34th season of the National Premier Leagues Northern NSW (13th season since the rename of the competition), a regional Australian soccer competition, based in Northern New South Wales. The season was held from February to August 2025,[1] followed by a finals series.

Broadmeadow Magic were the defending premiers and champions, and they successfully defended both titles.

Teams

Pre-season changes

2024 League Promoted to league Relegated from league
NPL NNSW Belmont Swansea Lake Macquarie City

Stadiums and locations

Team Head coach Location Stadium Capacity
Adamstown Rosebud Chris Moylan Newcastle Adamstown Adamstown Oval 2,000
Belmont Swansea Michael Stafford Lake Macquarie Blacksmiths Blacksmiths Oval 1,000
Broadmeadow Magic Jim Cresnar Newcastle Broadmeadow Magic Park 3,500
Charlestown Azzurri James Pascoe Lake Macquarie Whitebridge Lisle Carr Oval 2,000
Cooks Hill United Chris Zoricich Newcastle Newcastle West Fearnley Dawes Athletic Centre / No 2 Sportsground 750 / 5000
Edgeworth Eagles Peter McGuinness Lake Macquarie Edgeworth Jack McLaughlan Oval 5,000
Lambton Jaffas David Tanchevski Newcastle Lambton Arthur Edden Oval 2,000
Maitland Magpies Adam Hughes Maitland East Maitland Cooks Square Park 1,000
New Lambton Shane Pryce Newcastle New Lambton Alder Park 1,000
Newcastle Olympic Paul Devitis Newcastle Hamilton Darling Street Oval 1,000
Valentine Phoenix Kallum Garbett Lake Macquarie Valentine Croudace Bay Complex
Weston Bears Kew Jaliens Cessnock Weston Rockwell Automation Park 1,000

Regular season

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Broadmeadow Magic (C, Q) 22 19 2 1 50 18 +32 59 Qualification to Australian Championship and Finals series
2 Edgeworth FC 22 17 2 3 50 15 +35 53 Qualification to Finals series
3 Weston Bears 22 16 2 4 61 25 +36 50
4 Lambton Jaffas 22 9 6 7 37 29 +8 33
5 Maitland FC 22 9 5 8 42 41 +1 32
6 Newcastle Olympic 22 8 7 7 46 38 +8 31
7 Charlestown Azzurri 22 6 6 10 32 34 −2 24
8 Adamstown Rosebud 22 7 2 13 33 47 −14 23
9 Cooks Hill United 22 7 2 13 26 47 −21 23
10 Belmont Swansea 22 4 8 10 34 45 −11 20
11 Valentine FC (O) 22 4 4 14 28 60 −32 16 Qualification for the Relegation play-off
12 New Lambton (R) 22 1 4 17 21 61 −40 7 Relegation to 2026 NNSW Northern League 1
Source: Squadi
(C) Champions; (O) Play-off winners; (Q) Qualified for the phase indicated; (R) Relegated

Results

Home \ Away ADA BEL BRO CHA COO EDG LAM MAI NLA NOL VAL WES
Adamstown Rosebud 0–2 0–2 2–2 2–0 0–4 0–1 3–4 2–1 0–0 3–2 0–4
Belmont Swansea 5–2 1–2 1–2 1–3 1–1 0–3 1–3 0–0 2–3 2–1 0–3
Broadmeadow Magic 3–2 2–0 3–2 4–2 1–0 5–0 2–1 4–0 2–1 2–1 2–1
Charlestown Azzurri 0–4 2–2 1–1 1–2 1–2 1–1 1–2 3–0 3–2 0–0 3–1
Cooks Hill United 1–0 1–4 0–2 1–0 1–2 2–1 1–0 1–4 0–4 0–0
Edgeworth 2–1 4–1 1–0 1–0 2–0 0–0 2–0 3–0 3–0 2–0 1–2
Lambton Jaffas 0–1 1–1 1–2 1–1 3–2 0–2 4–2 2–0 0–0 7–0 1–4
Maitland 3–1 0–0 3–1 3–0 0–4 1–0 1–1 3–5 3–3
New Lambton 0–3 2–2 3–5 2–1 2–4 2–4 1–3 0–1 2–3 1–5
Newcastle Olympic 4–0 2–2 0–1 0–1 4–2 2–3 3–1 1–1 2–2 2–2 2–2
Valentine 2–4 2–2 0–2 1–5 1–0 1–7 0–3 1–6 2–1 1–3 0–2
Weston Bears 5–3 4–2 1–3 2–1 4–0 2–0 0–2 5–1 5–0 5–1 2–1
Updated to match(es) played on 11 August 2025. Source: Squadi
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Finals series

Bracket

Qualifying finalMajor semi-finalPreliminary finalGrand final
1Broadmeadow Magic2Broadmeadow Magic2
3Weston Bears0Lambton Jaffas0
2Edgeworth FC1Weston Bears0
3Weston Bears2Minor semi-finalLambton Jaffas2
2Edgeworth FC1
4Lambton Jaffas34Lambton Jaffas3
5Maitland FC1

Relegation/Promotion Playoff

Semi-finals Final
        
NPL 11 Valentine FC 0 2 2
SL1 4 Singleton Strikers 0 0 0
Valentine FC 4
West Wallsend 0
SL1 2 Toronto Awaba Stags 2 0 2
SL1 3 West Wallsend 4 0 4

Statistics

Top Scorers

Correct as of 10 August 2025

Rank Player Team Goals
1 Braedyn Crowley Maitland 19
2 Ryan Feutz Edgeworth 18
3 Christopher Hatfield Weston Bears 14
4 Kale Bradbery Newcastle Olympic 11
5 Cooper Buswell Weston Bears 10
Denis Fajkovic Adamstown Rosebud
7 Flynn Goodman Edgeworth 9
8 James Cresnar Broadmeadow Magic 8
Brock Beveridge Weston Bears
James Oates Lambton Jaffas

References

  1. ^ "Fixtures announced for 2025 NPL Men's NNSW competition". 11 December 2024.