2023 National Premier Leagues

The 2023 National Premier Leagues was the eleventh season of the Australian National Premier Leagues football competition. The league competition was played by eight separate state and territory member federations. The divisions are ACT, NSW, Northern NSW, Queensland, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria and Western Australia.

National Premier Leagues

Season	2023
← 2022 2024 →

League Tables

Australian Capital Territory

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	O'Connor Knights	21	16	3	2	58	18	+40	51	2023 NPL ACT Finals
2	Gungahlin United	21	11	3	7	58	42	+16	36
3	Canberra Olympic	21	11	3	7	42	35	+7	36
4	Canberra Croatia	21	10	5	6	63	34	+29	35
5	Monaro Panthers	21	11	2	8	39	27	+12	35
6	Cooma Tigers	21	11	2	8	53	44	+9	35
7	Tuggeranong United	21	4	2	15	25	65	−40	14
8	West Canberra Wanderers (R)	21	0	0	21	17	90	−73	0	Relegation to the 2024 Capital Premier League

Source: dribl
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(R) Relegated

Finals

	Semi-finals					Preliminary final					Grand final
	1	O'Connor Knights	2								1	O'Connor Knights	1 (5)
	2	Gungahlin United	1								4	Canberra Croatia	1 (6)
						2	Gungahlin United	2
						4	Canberra Croatia	5
	3	Canberra Olympic	0 (1)
	4	Canberra Croatia	0 (3)

New South Wales

This section is transcluded from 2023 National Premier Leagues NSW. (edit | history)

Football NSW have re-organised the leagues for the 2023 season, reducing the number of leagues from four to three while increasing their size to 16 teams. In the prior season there was no relegation, with four teams promoted from League One to the NPL competition.

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	APIA Leichhardt (C)	30	20	5	5	64	35	+29	65
2	Rockdale Ilinden	30	18	5	7	60	45	+15	59
3	Blacktown City	30	17	6	7	59	33	+26	57
4	Marconi Stallions	30	17	5	8	64	35	+29	56
5	St George City	30	14	9	7	62	40	+22	51
6	Sydney FC Youth	30	14	4	12	49	52	−3	46
7	Wollongong Wolves	30	11	10	9	57	43	+14	43
8	Manly United	30	12	6	12	41	43	−2	42
9	Sydney Olympic	30	10	9	11	51	53	−2	39
10	Sydney United	30	11	6	13	42	48	−6	39
11	NWS Spirit	30	11	6	13	40	53	−13	39
12	Central Coast Mariners Academy	30	9	6	15	42	57	−15	33
13	Western Sydney Wanderers Youth	30	8	7	15	52	61	−9	31
14	Sutherland Sharks	30	8	7	15	21	35	−14	31
15	Mt Druitt Town Rangers (R)	30	6	5	19	31	61	−30	23	Qualification to Relegation play-off
16	Bulls FC Academy (R)	30	3	6	21	24	65	−41	15	Relegation to 2024 NSW League One

Source: Ladder
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored; 4) Points gained in head-to-head record between teams; 5) Number of goals scored in head-to-head record between teams; 6) Play-off if teams concerned are equal on the basis of the above criteria
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated

Northern New South Wales

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Lambton Jaffas (C)	22	14	4	4	48	27	+21	46	2023 NPL Northern NSW Finals
2	Broadmeadow Magic	22	14	3	5	61	26	+35	45
3	Charlestown Azzurri	22	14	2	6	35	22	+13	44
4	Maitland FC	22	12	4	6	60	23	+37	40
5	Weston Workers	22	11	6	5	49	30	+19	39
6	Edgeworth FC	22	10	5	7	40	33	+7	35
7	Newcastle Olympic	22	10	3	9	35	36	−1	33
8	Cooks Hill United	22	9	5	8	41	34	+7	32
9	Valentine Phoenix	22	7	4	11	32	43	−11	25
10	Adamstown Rosebud	22	5	4	13	25	47	−22	19
11	New Lambton	22	3	3	16	25	61	−36	12
12	Lake Macquarie City	22	1	1	20	20	89	−69	4

Source: squadi
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions

Finals

	Qualifying final					Major semi-final					Preliminary final					Grand final
						1	Lambton Jaffas	4								1	Lambton Jaffas	2
						2	Broadmeadow Magic	2								2	Broadmeadow Magic	1
	2	Broadmeadow Magic	4								2	Broadmeadow Magic	1
	3	Charlestown Azzurri	2			Minor semi-final					3	Charlestown Azzurri	0
						3	Charlestown Azzurri	1
	4	Maitland FC	0			5	Weston Bears	0
	5	Weston Bears	2

Queensland

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Gold Coast Knights (C)	22	14	6	2	45	21	+24	48	2023 NPL Queensland Finals
2	Moreton Bay United	22	11	5	6	45	27	+18	38
3	Gold Coast United	22	10	6	6	27	23	+4	36
4	Brisbane City	22	10	5	7	46	30	+16	35
5	Lions FC	22	8	10	4	37	29	+8	34
6	Peninsula Power	22	9	7	6	34	30	+4	34
7	Rochedale Rovers	22	9	3	10	32	30	+2	30
8	Sunshine Coast Wanderers	22	8	5	9	26	34	−8	29
9	Brisbane Roar Youth	22	8	3	11	29	37	−8	27
10	Redlands United	22	7	5	10	32	33	−1	26
11	Olympic FC	22	5	4	13	28	39	−11	19
12	Eastern Suburbs (R)	22	2	3	17	22	70	−48	9	Relegation to the 2024 Queensland Premier League 1

Source: squadi
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated

Finals

	Elimination final					Semi-finals					Grand final
	3	Gold Coast United	1
	6	Peninsula Power	3			1	Gold Coast Knights	5
						6	Peninsula Power	0
											1	Gold Coast Knights	1
	4	Brisbane City	2								2	Moreton Bay United	0
	5	Lions FC	1			2	Moreton Bay United	2
						4	Brisbane City	1

South Australia

This section is transcluded from 2023 Football South Australia season. (edit | history)

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	North Eastern MetroStars	22	18	2	2	65	17	+48	56	Qualification for Finals
2	Campbelltown City	22	17	2	3	56	18	+38	53
3	Adelaide United Youth (C)	22	10	4	8	40	36	+4	34
4	Adelaide City	22	8	7	7	38	32	+6	31
5	Modbury Jets	22	9	3	10	46	50	−4	30
6	Adelaide Comets	22	7	8	7	30	33	−3	29
7	Croydon FC	22	7	7	8	39	39	0	28
8	FK Beograd	22	8	4	10	33	42	−9	28
9	Adelaide Olympic	22	6	7	9	29	45	−16	25
10	South Adelaide Panthers	22	4	7	11	35	53	−18	19
11	Sturt Lions (R)	22	3	7	12	24	47	−23	16	Relegation to SA State League 1
12	West Adelaide (R)	22	3	6	13	20	43	−23	15

Source: dribl
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored; 4) head to head record; 5) playoff match.^[1]
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated

Finals

	Elimination Finals					Semi-finals							Grand Final
	4	Adelaide City	1
	5	Modbury Jets	2			5	Modbury Jets	2	3	5
						1	North Eastern MetroStars	3	0	3
													5	Modbury Jets	2
	3	Adelaide United Youth (a.e.t.)	4										3	Adelaide United Youth	7
	6	Adelaide Comets	3			3	Adelaide United Youth	2	3	5
						2	Campbelltown City	1	1	2

Tasmania

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Devonport City	21	18	1	2	68	17	+51	55	2023 NPL Tasmania Finals
2	South Hobart (C)	21	12	4	5	61	30	+31	40
3	Glenorchy Knights	21	13	1	7	48	20	+28	40
4	Kingborough Lions United	21	13	0	8	70	40	+30	39
5	Clarence Zebras	21	9	2	10	52	53	−1	29
6	Launceston City	21	8	3	10	26	34	−8	27
7	Riverside Olympic	21	4	1	16	21	79	−58	13
8	Launceston United	21	0	2	19	18	91	−73	2

Updated to match(es) played on 15 July 2023. Source: dribl
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions

Finals

	Semifinals					Grand final
	1	Devonport City	2
	4	Kingborough Lions United	0
						1	Devonport City	0
						2	South Hobart	2
	2	South Hobart	2
	3	Glenorchy Knights	0

Victoria

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Avondale FC (C)	26	21	4	1	78	23	+55	67	2023 NPL Victoria Finals
2	South Melbourne	26	20	2	4	56	23	+33	62
3	Oakleigh Cannons	26	18	4	4	64	25	+39	58
4	Melbourne Knights	26	14	5	7	51	35	+16	47
5	Port Melbourne	26	13	6	7	53	34	+19	45
6	Altona Magic	26	13	2	11	48	53	−5	41
7	Green Gully	26	13	1	12	53	40	+13	40
8	Dandenong Thunder	26	10	3	13	49	48	+1	33
9	Heidelberg United	26	8	7	11	31	46	−15	31
10	Hume City	26	7	7	12	37	41	−4	28
11	St Albans Saints	26	6	4	16	24	53	−29	22
12	Moreland City	26	4	4	18	26	69	−43	16
13	Bentleigh Greens (R)	26	4	3	19	24	51	−27	15	Relegation to the 2024 NPL Victoria 2
14	North Geelong Warriors (R)	26	4	2	20	18	71	−53	14

Source: mygameday
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated

Finals

	Elimination finals					Preliminary finals					Grand final
						1	Avondale FC	1
	4	Melbourne Knights	2			4	Melbourne Knights	0
	5	Port Melbourne	0								1	Avondale FC	4
											2	South Melbourne	0
						2	South Melbourne	2
	3	Oakleigh Cannons	5			3	Oakleigh Cannons	1
	6	Altona Magic	0

Western Australia

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Perth RedStar	22	12	5	5	54	26	+28	41	2023 NPL WA Finals
2	Stirling Macedonia (C)	22	11	5	6	37	29	+8	38
3	Olympic Kingsway	22	10	4	8	35	32	+3	34
4	Perth SC	22	10	3	9	42	40	+2	33
5	Armadale SC	22	10	2	10	52	49	+3	32
6	Bayswater City	22	8	6	8	45	50	−5	30
7	Balcatta FC	22	8	5	9	35	37	−2	29
8	Perth Glory Youth	22	8	4	10	51	55	−4	28
9	Inglewood United	22	7	6	9	38	39	−1	27
10	Floreat Athena	22	8	3	11	29	34	−5	27
11	Sorrento FC (R)	22	8	3	11	39	48	−9	27	2023 promotion/relegation play-offs
12	Cockburn City (R)	22	6	6	10	27	45	−18	24	Relegation to the 2024 WA State League 1

Source: squadi
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated

Finals

	Semi-finals					Preliminary Final					Grand Final
	1	Perth RedStar	1								Perth RedStar		0
	2	Stirling Macedonia	0								Stirling Macedonia		2
						Stirling Macedonia		2 (4)
						Perth SC		2 (3)
	3	Olympic Kingsway	0
	4	Perth SC	3

References

1. "Football SA – 2023 Competition Rules and Regulations" (PDF). Football South Australia. pp. 27–28. Retrieved 25 April 2023.

External links

• Official website