Football Northern Territory (FNT) is the state governing body for
soccer
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in the
Northern Territory
The Northern Territory (abbreviated as NT; known formally as the Northern Territory of Australia and informally as the Territory) is an states and territories of Australia, Australian internal territory in the central and central-northern regi ...
, Australia. It is affiliated with
Football Australia
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, the national governing body. The Territory is also separated into three zones – Northern, Central and FICA (Southern) – which have their own zone councils which locally administer their own league and cup competitions.
There is currently no overall champion – the regional winners in 2016 were
Hellenic Athletic Club (Northern Zone) and Celtic (FICA).
The federation conducts the territory-wide
Sport Minister's Cup, which doubles as qualification for the national
FFA Cup
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.
Clubs in NT
Northern Zone (NorZone)
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Casuarina FC
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Darwin Olympic
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Darwin Hearts
* Garuda FC
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Hellenic Athletic
Hellenic Athletic Club, also commonly known as Hellenic Athletic, is an Australian association football, soccer club from Darwin, Northern Territory, Darwin, the Northern Territory. Hellenic Athletic currently competes in the NorZone Premier Lea ...
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Mindil Aces
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Port Darwin
Port Darwin is the port in Darwin, Northern Territory, and is the most northerly port in Australia. The port has operated in a number of locations, including Stokes Hill Wharf, Cullen Bay, and East Arm Wharf.
Since 2015, the port has bee ...
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University Azzurri
Reserves Only
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Palmerston Rovers
Past Participant Clubs
* Darwin City Buffalos
* Darwin Lions (Pre-2007 known as Afro-Oz FC)
* Karama United
* Litchfield SC
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1st Brigade
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Palmerston FC
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University Rangers
* Waratahs SC (2007 No longer a Registered Club)
* Greater Palmerston United
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Darwin Rovers
* Litchfield SC
Central Zone
Note: ''No competition in 2024.''
*Borroloola FC
*Gove SC
*Katherine FC
Southern Zone Premier League
''Organised by Football in Central Australia (FICA)''
*Alice Springs Celtic
*Stormbirds SC
*Verdi FC
*MPH Vikings FC
Past Participant Clubs
*Gillen Scorpions
*Federals SC
*ASFA – (Not registered club, Academy team)
*Buckleys FC (Pre-2007 known as Town and Country Tavern)
NT Australia Cup
The male knock-out cup – now run annually with clubs from NorZone and FICA – is a single-leg knockout cup competition, first held as part of the
preliminary rounds of the
2015 FFA Cup. It is the qualification route for the single NT federation representative for the FFA Cup, now known as the
Australia Cup
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.
Since 2016 the final has been played for the Cup.
From 2015 to 2018 the winners of the NorZone and FICA met in the final; since 2019 the winners of FICA have qualified to the semi-final stage (FFA Cup preliminary Round 6).
See also
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Darwin Football Stadium
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NorZone Premier League
References
External links
Football Northern Territory Official website
North
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Etymology
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Sports governing bodies in the Northern Territory
Sports organizations established in 2005
2005 establishments in Australia
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