Country Australia Level on pyramid 5 Relegation to N/A | Number of teams 12 Promotion to NPL NSW 3 | |
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Founded 1977
1977 (as NSW Division 4)
1979 (as NSW Division 3)
1989(as NSW Division 4)
1992 (as NSW Division 3)
2001 (as State League 2)
2007 (as Conference League)
2009 (as State League 2)
2016 (as NSW State League) | ||
The NSW State League Division 1 is a regional Australian semi-professional association football league comprising teams from New South Wales. The league sits at Level 4 on the New South Wales league system (Level 5 of the overall Australian league system). The competition is administered by Football NSW, the governing body of the sport in the southern region of the state (the northern region governed by Northern NSW Football). For the 2016 season it was announced that the State League 2 would become the NSW State League as State League 1 became NPL NSW 3
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History
The Men’s State League One competition sits 4th on the NSW football league structure and is the lowest connected division to the NPL NSW 1. The league consists of 12 teams competing in a round-robin structure where each side plays one another twice; upon completion a Premier is crowned.
The top four sides by the end of the season compete in the Championship Series. The Championship Series consists of four games, whereby the four teams competing are whittled down to just two. The teams are seeded upon their entry into the Championship Series according to their final position on the ladder. The final two teams compete in the Grand Final, where a Men’s State League Two Champion is decided.
In 2007 the competition was divided in two, New South Wales Conference League North and the New South Wales Conference League South, this format was only used for two years.
In 2009 the competition was united again into one, New South Wales Conference League North and New South Wales Conference League South, remerged all as one league The New South Wales State League Division Two.
In 2013 when the FFA launched the National Premier Leagues, State League 2 was not rebranded under this banner as to ensure that the teams competing at this level did not have to fulfil the strict financial and club based criteria that may have resulted in smaller teams having to withdraw from the league.
In 2016, with the 3rd division (then State League 1) of NSW being incorporated into the National Premier Leagues as NPL NSW 3, State League 2 became simply, the NSW State League.
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Premierships
This list includes premierships won only. This indicates first place in the standings at the end of the regular season, not the winner of the finals series. There have been 29 different premiers across 33 seasons. This does not include premiers from 2007–08 when league was split into conferences as no overall leader could be determined. Only two clubs have won multiple titles, University of NSW and Camden Tigers with two each.