NPL 2026

[Brenton1986]

NPL Tasmania reduced to 18 rounds in 2026 (from 21 rounds in 2025) as its expanding 10 teams with immediate effect beginning next year.

McDonald's National Premier Leagues (NPL) Tasmania expansion for 2026

Football Tasmania today announced that the McDonald’s National Premier Leagues (NPL) Tasmania will expand to ten clubs for Season 2026 and be played across 18 rounds, with the bottom two teams being relegated ahead of Season 2027.

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McDonald's National Premier Leagues (NPL) Tasmania expansion for 2026

Football Tasmania today announced that the McDonald’s National Premier Leagues (NPL) Tasmania will expand to ten clubs for Season 2026 and be played across 18 rounds, with the bottom two teams being relegated ahead of Season 2027.

www.footballtasmania.com.au

Feels like a bit of a waste of time really, personally would've preferred keeping eight teams but adding pro/rel. There are very clearly some teams consistently not performing - South East United could've just replaced Clarence as an eastern shore side; and Ulverstone for Launceston United as a northern switch. Also just that eighteen games isn't that many even if it fixed lopsided fixturing.

EDIT: Just finished reading they will relegate bottom two next season, hopefully moves to pro/rel after that - and back to twenty-one games. Will be an exciting season next year, firsts guess would be Clarence and Ulverstone to go down.

 

[Beretta]

Beat me to it in creating this thread.

Movers and Shakers for 2026.

- Sutherland to spend big.
- Rockdale looking to capture the services of MArk Mcnulty from St.George.
- A few players leaving Marconi i heard. I'm guessing the appointment of Tsekenis (After the Championship) to Bankstown as coach will spark the moves away.

 

[HappyGuus]

Feels like a bit of a waste of time really, personally would've preferred keeping eight teams but adding pro/rel. There are very clearly some teams consistently not performing - South East United could've just replaced Clarence as an eastern shore side; and Ulverstone for Launceston United as a northern switch. Also just that eighteen games isn't that many even if it fixed lopsided fixturing.

EDIT: Just finished reading they will relegate bottom two next season, hopefully moves to pro/rel after that - and back to twenty-one games. Will be an exciting season next year, firsts guess would be Clarence and Ulverstone to go down.

Yeah there won't be pro/rel next season if they're demoting 2 but going back to 8 teams. Bit of a funny move. I suppose it's all about licensing standards, but why suddenly demote two clubs next year? Does FTas already know those clubs won't meet standards?? Weird. If it's demotion by performance, then you need to have promotion by performance as well!

 

[Zelen Fc]

Beat me to it in creating this thread.

Movers and Shakers for 2026.

- Sutherland to spend big.
- Rockdale looking to capture the services of MArk Mcnulty from St.George.
- A few players leaving Marconi i heard. I'm guessing the appointment of Tsekenis (After the Championship) to Bankstown as coach will spark the moves away

Mcnulty to rockdale would be massive

Sutho looking at danzo from us too

 

[southmelb]

Someone needs to tell Heidelberg that an average of 1,400 across 4 home Australia cup games is nothing to brag about lol

 

[Monoethnic Social Club]

Someone needs to tell Heidelberg that an average of 1,400 across 4 home Australia cup games is nothing to brag about lol

Hahaha leave them its cute.... I want them to win the Australia Cup final, if nothing else it will add massive interest to the Championship and benefit us too... but I also want to see them get humiliated on the national stage... dilemmas, dilemmas... lol

 

[Son of Sam]

Hahaha leave them its cute.... I want them to win the Australia Cup final, if nothing else it will add massive interest to the Championship and benefit us too... but I also want to see them get humiliated on the national stage... dilemmas, dilemmas... lol

I want them to win … but for that victory to be tainted by crowd trouble initiated by their own supporters. Haha

 

[rebelliousfeminist974]

I also want to see them get humiliated on the national stage

If Heidelberg win the Australia Cup then they'll be eligible for Asian continental football and will most likely get thrashed on the international stage also.

 

[HappyGuus]

Someone needs to tell Heidelberg that an average of 1,400 across 4 home Australia cup games is nothing to brag about lol

Heidelberg are ranked 33rd for average attendance in the Aus Cup (excluding A-League teams). Devonport, South Hobart, and South Melbourne the top 3.

FFA Cup crowds

 

[mikes27091]

I would be interested to see like the NPL Federations in a ranking list of what people based on what they know about the leagues

 

[Hellenic_blue&white]

I would be interested to see like the NPL Federations in a ranking list of what people based on what they know about the leagues

??

 

[mikes27091]

??

like a national ranking

1.NPL VIC OR NSW NPL
2NPL WA/ OR SA

and so fourth

 

[HappyGuus]

like a national ranking

1.NPL VIC OR NSW NPL
2NPL WA/ OR SA

and so fourth

VIC well ahead of NSW. Then SA/QLD tough to split. Then WA just ahead of NNSW but tough to split them as well. Then TAS and ACT. But performance in the Championship will differ from that in NPL, as some clubs have made mass new signings since the season has finished. The Championship would've been a decent indicator of ranking the NPLs, but I think that's gone out the window now. Opening a transfer window just for this comp is fine early days, but I wouldn't want it going forward after the second season.

 

[NicCarBel]

NPL Tasmania reduced to 18 rounds in 2026 (from 21 rounds in 2025) as its expanding 10 teams with immediate effect beginning next year.

McDonald's National Premier Leagues (NPL) Tasmania expansion for 2026

Football Tasmania today announced that the McDonald’s National Premier Leagues (NPL) Tasmania will expand to ten clubs for Season 2026 and be played across 18 rounds, with the bottom two teams being relegated ahead of Season 2027.

www.footballtasmania.com.au

Did they kick anyone out to do so?

 

[HappyGuus]

Did they kick anyone out to do so?

Not this year. I think they want to, though. They kicked out Olympia a few years ago and it left a sour taste in the league. So I think they're quietly hoping that the struggling clubs are bottom again next season and can be booted out on merit (doing it this year would've been short notice like Olympia was, and unfair). Two struggling clubs were merging last preseason but the fans rose up and stopped it. I think FTas are wanting those clubs to drop back to the lower tier.

But they need proper pro/rel. They have promotion this season but not relegation. Then next year they have relegation but not promotion. It's still an issue because you need to have both simultaneously to prosper.

 

[mikes27091]

WA State league Playoff Final Day:

SL2/Sunday Premier League promotion/relegation

Swan United (SL2) 0 - 1 North Beach SC (SPL)

Swan United relegated for the first time in there long history to the Sunday Premier league and out of the state League System

North Beach back in the state League after a 47 year wait

Wanneroo City SC (SL2) 2-3 Morley Windmills (SPD) : Extra time

Waneroo City relegated to the SPD For the first time

Morley Windmills back in the state League system are 3 years out

SL1/SL2 Promotion/Relegation

Kalamunda City SC 1-1 Cockburn City SC : Cockburn City win on penalties 4-3

Kalamunda Relegated to SL2 , Cockburn City back up into the SL1

NPL/SL1 Promotion/Relegation

Fremantle City SC 2-1 Joondalup City

Fremantle City survive and stay in the premier league while Joondalup fail in there bid and will stay in the SL1

 

[mikes27091]

these will be the current teams for the 2026 season

NPL WA Teams for 2026

1.Bayswater City

2.Olympick Kingsway

3.Perth Redstar

4.Perth Glory

5.Stirling Macedonia

6.Perth SC

7. Western Knights

8.Armadale SC

9.Sorrento FC

10. Balcatta Etna

11. Fremantle City

12. Dianella White Eagles Promoted from SL1 IN 2025

State League 1

1.Floreat Athena : Relegated From NPL in 2025

2. UWA Nedlands FC

3.Joondalup City

4.Kingsley Westside

5.MUM FC

6.Gwelup Croatia

7.Subiaco AFC

8.Mandurah City

9.Inglewood United

10.Curtin University

11.Cockburn City : Promoted from SL2 in 2025

12.Quinns FC : Promoted from SL2 in 2025



State League 2 :

1.Kalamunda City SC : Relegated from SL1 in 2025

2.Gosnells City : Relegated from SL in 2025

3.East Perth

4.Forrestfield United

5.Balga SC

6.Canning City

7. Carramar Shamrock Rovers

8.Wembley Downs

9.Ashfield SC

10.Rockingham City

11.North Beach SC : Promoted from SPD in 2025

12.Morley Windmills : Promoted from SPD in 2025



Relegated from SL2 to SPD in 2025 is



Swan United & Wanneroo City SC

 

[NicCarBel]

Not this year. I think they want to, though. They kicked out Olympia a few years ago and it left a sour taste in the league. So I think they're quietly hoping that the struggling clubs are bottom again next season and can be booted out on merit (doing it this year would've been short notice like Olympia was, and unfair). Two struggling clubs were merging last preseason but the fans rose up and stopped it. I think FTas are wanting those clubs to drop back to the lower tier.

But they need proper pro/rel. They have promotion this season but not relegation. Then next year they have relegation but not promotion. It's still an issue because you need to have both simultaneously to prosper.

wait so next season they have relegation, but not promotion? Why on earth are they going to 10 then?

 

[Kevin Keegan71]

like a national ranking

1.NPL VIC OR NSW NPL
2NPL WA/ OR SA

and so fourth

I would hazard a guess that NPL VIC, NPL NSW, VPL1 & FNSW1 would still be the top 4 levels followed by NPL QLD, NPL SA, then the rest