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The Zone Football League (formerly the Newcastle Zone League) is an Australian amateur
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league based in Northern
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that was founded in 2024 and administered jointly by Newcastle Football, Macquarie Football and Hunter Valley Football; sub-federations respectively of
Northern NSW Football Northern NSW Football (NNSWF) is the governing federation for soccer in northern New South Wales, Australia. It is a Federation Member of the national governing body, Football Australia (FA). The Federation's origins date back to the formation ...
. The league is the third tier of football in the NNSWF. The first division was known NNSW Zone Football Premier League (2011–2023) and NNSW Interdistrict Division One prior to 2011.


History

The 2011 season commenced with 10 teams Cardiff City, Cooks Hill United, Dudley Redhead, Mayfield, Morisset, New Lambton, Swansea, Thornton Park and University After the 2011 season, Thornton Park (now Thornton Redbacks FC) were elected for promotion to
NSW State League Division 1 The Football NSW League is an Australian soccer league based in New South Wales that was founded in 2022 and administered by Football NSW. It consists of two divisions that were named after the Football NSW League's breakaway of the National Prem ...
and Kahibah relegated with Warners Bay and Plattsburg Maryland taking their places in 2012. The competition briefly dropped to a 7 team competition in 2020, before resuming to a 10 team competition. 2023 saw the expansion of the Zone League 1 from 10 to 12 teams among a greater restructure of the Zone Football Leagues. From 2024 there will be promotion and relegation between NNSW State League Division 1 and NNSW Zone League One.


Format

12 teams, each of whom have a first grade side, reserve grade side and third grade side. The regular season takes place over 22 rounds, with each team playing each other once at home and once away. The team that finishes first at the end of the regular season is crowned premiers and promoted to NL1. The top four teams contest the Finals Series. For the semi-finals, 1st vs 4th and 2nd vs 3rd. The winner of each semi-final progresses straight to the Grand Final where the winner of that game is crowned champions.


Clubs

The following clubs will compete in the Zone Football League for the 2025 season.


Division One

''Italics'' indicate the club has a team in a higher division. P Promoted , R Relegated.


Division Two


Division Three


Winners


2012–2023

In 2012, two more divisions were added. In 2023, the third division was removed.


2024–present

In 2024, the Newcastle Zone League renamed its league and divisions: the Premier Division became Zone League One, Division One became Zone League Two, and Division Two became Zone League Three.


Past seasons

Source:
Teams Zone Leagues post-2015


Notes


References


Official Website Zone Football League

Zone Football Leagues MyGameDay Competition

Newcastle Football

Macquarie Football

Hunter Valley Football

Northern NSW Football

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