The Southern Championship is an association football league in Southern

Tasmania Tasmania (; palawa kani: ''Lutruwita'') is an island States and territories of Australia, state of Australia. It is located to the south of the Mainland Australia, Australian mainland, and is separated from it by the Bass Strait. The sta ...

. It is jointly with the

Northern Championship Football Tasmania (FT) is the governing body for soccer in the Australian state of Tasmania. The federation oversees competitions across Tasmania, Tasmanian representative teams, and development of the sport in the state. The federation was kn ...

, the second highest level soccer competition in

. Nationally, it sits below the

A-League A-League Men, also known as the Isuzu UTE A-League for sponsorship reasons, is a professional soccer league in Australia and New Zealand and the highest level of the Australian soccer league system. Established in 2004 as the A-League by the ...

and NPL Tasmania. It is controlled by the

Football Federation Tasmania Football Tasmania (FT) is the governing body for soccer in the Australian state of Tasmania. The federation oversees competitions across Tasmania, Tasmanian representative teams, and development of the sport in the state. The federation was kn ...

. Prior to the 2015 season it was known as the Southern Premier League and for sponsorship reasons as the Forestry Tasmania Southern Premier League Between 2001 and 2012 the Southern and

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Premier Leagues were jointly the state's highest level of soccer competition (but still nationally below the NSL and

). During this period the two regional leagues determined a southern and northern champion, who then had a play-off for the state championship.

Current clubs (2025)

Honours

Multiple champions

Individual awards

The Vic Tuting Medal was originally introduced in the early 1990s to the best and fairest player for Tasmania for the Tasmanian State League competition (equivalent of the current NPL competition). It is now presented to the best and fairest player of the Southern Championship at the end of the season due to a pause of the then State League.

References

External links

Football Federation Tasmania – official website

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