New South Wales Regional Leagues


The New South Wales regional leagues are the fifth level of soccer in New South Wales, and the sixth nationally. The league consists of nineteen separate regional senior leagues and is administered by Football New South Wales. The Albury-Wodonga Football Association, which in addition to clubs from southern NSW, includes several clubs based in northern Victoria, is also run by Football NSW.
There is no promotion to NSW State League however clubs may apply to join.

Associations and branches

There are sixteen separate regional metropolitan district associations and three branches which operate under the auspices of Football NSW. The metropolitan districts can usually be divided into smaller regions for ease of administration and also for junior state competitions.

Metropolitan East

There are three associations which make up Metropolitan East. They are Canterbury District Soccer Football Association, Eastern Suburbs Football Association and St George Football Association. The structure for the associations are as follows:
Tier-1:
Tier-2:
Lower Tiers:
Overage 35's:
Overage 45's:
Women Tier-1:
Women Lower Tiers:
Women's Overage:
Clubs in the different districts in 2016 are as follows:

Canterbury District Soccer Football Association

The six clubs in bold compete in the Bill Brackenbury Cup in a seven-team competition.
The ten clubs in bold compete in the First Grade Championship.
The ten clubs in bold compete in the Premier League.
There are two districts which form the Metropolitan Far North. They are Central Coast Football and Northern Suburbs Football Association. The representative teams are Central Coast Lightning and Northern Tigers FC respectively. Both teams compete in the National Premier Leagues NSW 2. The structure of the associations are as follows:
Tier-1:
Tier-2:
Lower Tiers:
Overage:
Women:
The member clubs for each association are listed below.

Central Coast Football

The ten clubs in bold compete in Premier League.
The ten clubs in bold compete in the Premier League.
There are two districts which form the Metropolitan Far South. They are Football South Coast and Sutherland Shire Football Association. The representative teams for the associations are Wollongong Wolves and Sutherland Sharks. The structure of the associations are as follows:
Tier-1:
Tier-2:
Lower Tiers:
Overage:
Women:
Below are lists of member clubs for each association.

Football South Coast

There are 24 member clubs that compete over two premier tiers in the district. The 12 clubs in bold compete in the Illawarra Mercury Premier League.
The eight clubs in bold compete in Division 1 in a nine-team competition.
There are three associations which make up Metropolitan North. They are Gladesville Hornsby Football Association, Manly Warringah Football Association and North West Sydney Women's Football. The structure for the associations are as follows:
Tier-1:
Tier-2:
Lower tiers:
Overage:
Women:
The ten teams in bold compete in the Premier League.
The ten clubs in bold compete in the Premier League.
There are three associations which make up Metropolitan North. They are Bankstown District Amateur Football Association, Macarthur District Football Association and Southern Districts Football Association. The respective representative sides are Bankstown United FC, Macarthur Rams and Southern Districts Raiders. The structure for the associations are as follows:
Tier-1:
Tier-2:
Lower Tiers:
Overage:
Women:
The seventeen clubs compete in the Platinum Leagues.
The seven clubs in bold compete in McDonalds M-League Tier 1 in and eight-team competition.
The ten clubs compete in the Premier League.
There are three districts which makeup Metropolitan West, Blacktown & Districts Soccer Football Association, Granville & Districts Soccer Football Association and Nepean Football Association. The representative teams for the associations are Blacktown Spartans, Parramatta FC and Nepean FC respectively. The structure of the associations are as follows:
Tier-1:
Tier-2:
Tier-3:
Overage-35's:
Overage-45's:
Women:
Below are lists of member clubs for each association.

Blacktown & Districts Soccer Football Association

The 12 clubs in bold participate in Premier League.
The 12 clubs in bold compete in the Premier League in a 13-team competition.
The eight clubs in bold compete in the Premier League.

Albury-Wodonga Football Association

The twelve clubs in bold compete in Division 1 competition.
The six clubs in bold compete in First Grade.
The ten clubs in bold compete in First Grade.
Clubs in the different districts in 2016 are as follows:

Eurobodalla Football Association

The five teams in bold make up the current first grade All Age Men competition.
The five clubs in bold compete in the eight-team All Age Men's competition.
There are six associations that form the Western Branch. They are the Bathurst District Football Association, Dubbo & District Football Association, Lachlan Association, Lithgow Association, Orange Association and Western Plains Association. Each association is eligible to send representative team/ to the Western NSW Youth League. The branch association representative team is Western NSW Mariners, who compete in National Premier Leagues NSW 3. The structure of the associations are as follows:
Men's:
Women's:
The five teams in bold compete in Bathurst District Football first grade.
There are a total of 15 clubs affiliated with the association. The five clubs listed below compete in Men's First Grade.
There are 13 clubs affiliated with Lachlan Association. The five teams in bold compete in 1st Division in a six-team competition.
There are five affiliated clubs. The three clubs in bold compete in the Men's League.
There are 13 affiliated clubs.
There are seven affiliated clubs.

Sydney Hills Football Association

There is also a breakaway competition currently unaffiliated with Football New South Wales, the Sydney Hills Football Association. The association was born out of clubs previously competing in the Granville Districts and Gladesville Hornsby associations. It was incorporated on 15 December 2014 and commenced its inaugural competition in the winter season of 2016. The structure is as follows:
Men's: Premier League/Reserves, All Age Divisions 1–6
Men's Overage: O-35's Divisions 1–3, O45's.
Youth : Youth Divisions 1–2, Ages 6–18.
Women's: Premier League, All Age 2.

Women's Overage: 35L Divisions 1–2.
Youth : Youth, Ages 9–15.
There are fifteen clubs member clubs of the SHFA:
The seven clubs in bold compete in the Premier League. Both Baulkham Hills and Kellyville United field two teams in this league.