Country Australia Website footballnsw.com.au Relegation to NSW State League | Current premiers Hills Brumbies FC Number of teams 14 Domestic cups FFA Cup, Waratah Cup | |
Founded 1959
1959 (as NSW Division 3)
1979 (as NSW Division 2)
1983 (as NSW Division 3)
1992 (as NSW Division 2)
2001 (as NSW State League 1)
2013 (as NPL NSW 3) Current champions Rydalmere Lions FC
(2016) Promotion to National Premier Leagues NSW 2 Level on pyramid Australian soccer league system Teams Balmain Tigers FC, Gladesville Ryde Magic FC, Stan Hawks FC, Blacktown Spartans FC, Inter Lions SC | ||
The NSW NPL3 is a regional Australian semi-professional association football league comprising teams from New South Wales. The league sits at Level 3 on the New South Wales league system (Level 4 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). At the conclusion of the 2015 season it was announced that the State League 1 would become the NPL3
Contents
Format
The regular season consists of 26 rounds with each team playing each other twice-home and away.
Finals series
Following the regular season the top six teams on the table play in a finals series
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Seasons
Since 1959 there have been 49 seasons of Division Three. In total there have been 42 different premiers. There have been seven teams to win multiple premierships. Blacktown City FC, Bathurst '75, Granville Chile, Fraser Park FC, Greystanes, Dulwich Hill and North Shore Mariners have each won the premiership twice.
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