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Canterbury District Soccer Football Association

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Formation
  
1923

Website
  
Official Website

Parent organisation
  
Football NSW, FFA

Headquarters
  
Ashfield, New South Wales, Australia

Canterbury District Soccer Football Association is a governing body and football (soccer) competition located in the Canterbury suburbs of Sydney. Its administrative headquarters are located at Pratten Park Bowls, Ashfield, New South Wales. All competitions and football activity is under control of Football New South Wales. The District Association consists of ten all ages competitions which corresponds to tiers six to fifteen on the Australian soccer pyramid. Clubs are located in the Ashfield, Burwood, Canada Bay, Canterbury, Leichhardt, Marrickville and Strathfield local council areas.

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History

Canterbury Districts Soccer Football Association was founded in 1922; the first year of competition was 1923.

Tiers

As of 2013, the Canterbury Districts Premier League and Premier League Reserves competitions have been scrapped to align with the national curriculum overhaul which included the introduction of the National Premier Leagues. The Canterbury Districts highest all ages competition sits on the sixth tier of the Australian soccer league system. There are a total of 12 all age divisions.

Leagues

Canterbury District Soccer Football Association is responsible for overseeing all men's, women's and junior's competitions as well as small sided competitions.

Teams

Teams competing across all tiers and divisions are made up from these clubs:

  • Abbotsford Football Club
  • Ashfield Pirates Football Club
  • Australian National Sports Club
  • Balmain & District Football Club
  • Belmore Eagles Football Club
  • Belmore United Football Club
  • Burwood Football Club
  • Canterbury Football Club
  • Concord Soccer Club
  • Cooks River Titans Football Club
  • Earlwood Wanderers Football Club
  • Enfield Rovers Soccer Club
  • Football Club Five Dock
  • Fraser Park Soccer Club
  • Hurlstone Park Wanderers Football Club
  • Inter Lions Soccer Club
  • Leichhardt Saints Football Club
  • APIA Leichhardt Tigers Football Club
  • Marrickville Football Club
  • Roseland Raptors Football Club
  • Stanmore Hawks Football Club
  • Strathfield Football Club
  • Sydney Uni Soccer Football Club
  • Russell Lea Women's Soccer Club
  • Clubs may field more than one team per all ages division and may also not participate in each division

    Premier League

  • 2002: Belmore Eagles A
  • 2003: Australian National Sports Club
  • 2004: Abbotsford FC
  • 2006: Concord
  • 2007: Concord
  • 2011: Enfield
  • 2012: Enfield (def. Inter Lions 6-1 in grand final)
  • Premier League Reserves

  • 2002: Marrickville B
  • 2003: Marrickville
  • 2004: Inter Lions
  • 2006: Inter Lions
  • 2007: Concord
  • 2012: Enfield (def. Inter Lions 1-0 in grand final)
  • State Cup winners

    Teams have represented the Canterbury District at State Cup tournaments since its foundation in 1957. Hurlstone Park Wanderers managed to win the U-21's foundation title that year.

  • Club has dissolved
  • Glebe are no longer apart of the Canterbury Districts Soccer Football Association
  • References

    Canterbury District Soccer Football Association Wikipedia