Northern NSW State League Division 1

Northern NSW State League Division 1

Country	Australia
Founded	2014
Number of teams	11
Level on pyramid	3
Promotion to	NPL NNSW
Domestic cup(s)	FFA Cup
Current champions	Wallsend FC
Current premiers	Valentine FC
Website
2016 Season

The Northern NSW State League Division 1 (known as the NEWFM 1st Division for sponsorship reasons) is a regional Australian semi-professional association football league comprising teams from New South Wales. The league sits at Level 2 on the New South Wales league system (Level 3 of the overall Australian league system). The competition is administered by Northern NSW Football, the governing body of the sport in the northern region of the state (the southern region governed by Football NSW). Prior to 2014, the league was formally known as the Northern NSW Football League Division 2.

Format

The competition now consists of eleven teams, each of whom have a 1st-grade, under-23s, under-19s and new for 2015, an under-17s side. The regular season takes place over 20 rounds, with each team playing each other twice. The team that finishes first at the end of the 20 rounds is crowned Minor Premier.^[1]

The top four teams contest the Finals Series. This is a two-legged match where 1st plays 4th and 2nd plays 3rd. The teams that progress meet in the grand final and the winner of that game is crowned the major premier.

The Minor Premier of the League is promoted to the National Premier Leagues Northern NSW if the club meets the eligibility criteria. If so, the last placed team in the National Premier Leagues Northern NSW is relegated to the NEWFM Division. The exception being with the Newcastle Jets Youth team not being relegated to Northern NSW State League Division 1 as per an FFA directive.^[2] There is currently no relegation from Northern NSW State League Division 1 to the region's next lower league, Zone Premier League.

Teams

2015 will see the introduction of 3 more teams into Northern NSW State League Division 1. The new teams are Cooks Hill United FC, Kahibah FC and Wallsend FC. The applications from Morisset United FC and Swansea FC to compete in 2015 were unsuccessful.^[3]

References

Soccer in Australia

Football Federation Australia

National teams	Men's Men's U-23 Men's U-20 Men's U-17 Men's Beach Men's Paralympic Women's Women's U-20 Women's U-17

Current competitions	A-League Youth League W-League National Premier Leagues FFA Cup FFA State Institute Challenge Kanga Cup

Defunct competitions	National Soccer League NSL Cup National Youth League (1984–2004) Women's National Soccer League Australia Cup

Lists	Clubs Venues (stadiums by capacity) Champions

Other	League system Professional Footballers Australia Football Hall of Fame Women's soccer in Australia

Soccer in Australia by state and territory

Australian Capital Territory	Capital Football

New South Wales	Northern NSW Football Football NSW

Northern Territory	Football Federation Northern Territory

Queensland	Football Queensland

South Australia	Football Federation South Australia

Tasmania	Football Federation Tasmania

Victoria	Football Federation Victoria

Western Australia	Football West

Soccer in New South Wales

A-League

W-League

National Youth League

F-League

Football NSW

NPL	APIA Leichhardt Tigers Blacktown City Blacktown Spartans Bonnyrigg White Eagles Hakoah Sydney City East Manly United Parramatta FC Rockdale City Suns Sutherland Sharks Sydney Olympic Sydney United 58 Wollongong Wolves

NPL 2	Bankstown Berries Bankstown City Central Coast Mariners Academy Fraser Park Macarthur Rams Marconi Stallions Mounties Wanderers Mt Druitt Town Rangers Northern Tigers North Shore Mariners Spirit FC St George Sydney FC Youth Western Sydney Wanderers Youth

NPL 3	Balmain Tigers Dulwich Hill Dunbar Rovers Gladesville Ryde Magic Granville Rage Hawkesbury City Hills Brumbies Inter Lions Rydalmere Lions Stanmore Hawks Sydney Uni Western NSW Mariners

State League	Bankstown United Camden Tigers FC Gazy Lansvale Hurstville City Minotaurs Hurstville FC Nepean FC Prospect United Southern Bulls St. George FA UNSW Lions Wagga City Wanderers Western Condors

Regional Leagues & Associations	Bankstown District Amateur Soccer Association Blacktown & District Soccer Football Association Canterbury District Soccer Football Association Central Coast Football Eastern Suburbs Football Association Gladesville Hornsby Football Association Granville & District Soccer Football Association Football South Coast Northern Suburbs Football Association Macarthur District Soccer Football Association Manly Warringah Football Association Nepean Football Association North West Sydney Women’s Football Southern Districts Soccer Football Association St. George Football Association Sutherland Shire Football Association Southern Branch Sydney Amateur Football League Football Riverina Western NSW Football

NSW League seasons	2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016

Waratah Cup	2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016

Northern NSW Football

NPL	Adamstown Rosebud Broadmeadow Magic Charlestown City Blues Edgeworth FC Hamilton Olympic Lambton Jaffas Maitland FC Newcastle Jets Youth South Cardiff Weston Workers Bears

State League 1	Belmont Swansea United Cessnock City Hornets Cooks Hill United Kahibah FC Lake Macquarie City Singleton Strikers Thornton Redbacks Toronto Awaba Stags Wallsend FC West Wallsend Valentine Phoenix

Regional Leagues & Associations	Football Far North Coast Football Mid North Coast Hunter Valley Football Macquarie Football Newcastle Football North Coast Football Northern Inland Football

Northern NSW League Seasons	2014 2015 2016

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