The

Football NSW 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 nat ...

2016 season was the fourth season of

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under the banner of the

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. The competition consisted of four divisions across the state of New South Wales. The Premiers of the NPL NSW Men's 1 qualified for the national finals, playing-off to decide the champion of the

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Pre-Season Changes

League Tables

2016 National Premier League NSW Men's 1

The National Premier League New South Wales 2016 season was played over 22 rounds, from March to August 2016.

Finals

2016 National Premier League NSW Men's 2

The 2016 National Premier League NSW Men's 2 was the fourth edition of the NPL NSW 2 as the second level domestic

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competition in

. 14 teams competed, playing each other twice for a total of 26 rounds, with the top team at the end of the year promoted to the NPL NSW Men's 1 competition. The league began on March 6 with the regular season concluding on August 28. The top 6 teams competed in the finals series.

Finals

2016 National Premier League NSW Men's 3

The 2016 National Premier League NSW Men's 3 was the fourth edition of the newly renamed NPL NSW Men's 3 to be incorporated under the

banner. 12 teams competed, playing each other twice for a total of 22 rounds.

2016 NSW State League

The 2016 NSW State League was the fourth edition of the newly renamed State League to be incorporated under the

banner. 12 teams competed, playing each other twice for a total of 22 matches.

Finals

2016 National Premier Leagues NSW Women's 1

The 2016 National Premier League NSW Women's 1 was the third edition of the NPL NSW Women's competition to be incorporated under the

banner. 10 teams competed, playing each other twice for a total of 18 rounds.

Finals

2016 Waratah Cup

Football NSW soccer clubs competed in 2016 for the

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. The tournament doubled as the NSW qualifier for the

2016 FFA Cup The 2016 FFA Cup was the third season of the FFA Cup, the main national soccer knockout cup competition in Australia. 32 teams again took part in the competition proper (from the round of 32), including the 10 A-League teams and 21 Football Fede ...

, with the top five clubs progressing to the Round of 32, as well as the reigning

champion (

Blacktown City FC Blacktown City Football Club is an Australian semi-professional soccer club based in Blacktown, New South Wales. Founded in 1953, the club currently competes in the National Premier Leagues NSW. Blacktown City's home ground is Landen Stadium in ...

). 130 clubs entered the qualifying phase, with the clubs entering in a staggered format. The competition was won by defending champions

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, their 6th title, defeating

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. In addition to the three

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clubs (

Central Coast Mariners Central Coast Mariners Football Club is an Australian professional soccer club based in Gosford, on the Central Coast of New South Wales. It competes in the A-League Men, under licence from the Australian Professional Leagues (APL). The Mar ...

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and

Western Sydney Wanderers Western Sydney Wanderers Football Club (colloquially known as Western Sydney, Wanderers, or simply as WSW) is an Australian professional association football club based in the Western Sydney region of Sydney, New South Wales. It competes in t ...

), the six qualifiers (

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and Wollongong Wolves) competed in the final rounds of the

. Of these qualifying clubs,

progressed to the quarter-finals stage.

Awards

The end of year awards were presented on 9 September 2016 at Rosehill Gardens

National Premier Leagues NSW

National Premier Leagues NSW 2

National Premier Leagues NSW 3

Other awards

References

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