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| Formation | 2005; 20 years ago (2005) |
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| Headquarters | Darwin,Northern Territory, Australia |
Parent organisation | Football Australia |
| Website | footballnt.com.au |
Football Northern Territory (FNT) is the state governing body forsoccer in theNorthern Territory, Australia. It is affiliated withFootball Australia, the national governing body. The Territory is also separated into three zones – Northern, Central and FICA (Southern) – which have their own zone councils which locally administer their own league and cup competitions.
There is currently no overall champion – the regional winners in 2016 wereHellenic Athletic Club (Northern Zone) and Celtic (FICA).
The federation conducts the territory-wideSport Minister's Cup, which doubles as qualification for the nationalFFA Cup.
Note:No competition in 2024.
Organised by Football in Central Australia (FICA)
| Founded | 2016 |
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| Region | Northern Territory |
| Teams | 13 (in 2025) |
| Current champions | 2024Darwin Hearts (1st title) |
| Most championships | Darwin Rovers,Darwin Olympic,Hellenic Athletic (2 titles each) |
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The male knock-out cup – now run annually with clubs from NorZone and FICA – is a single-leg knockout cup competition, first held as part of thepreliminary rounds of the2015 FFA Cup. It is the qualification route for the single NT federation representative for the FFA Cup, now known as theAustralia Cup.
Since 2016 the final has been played for the Cup.
From 2015 to 2018 the winners of the NorZone and FICA met in the final; since 2019 the winners of FICA have qualified to the semi-final stage (FFA Cup preliminary Round 6).
| Competition and Year | Winner | Score | Runners-up |
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| 2015 NT Final | Darwin Olympic | 5–0 | Alice Springs Celtic |
| 2016 Sports Minister's Cup | Shamrock Rovers Darwin | 5–0 | Gillen Scorpions |
| 2017 Sports Minister's Cup | Darwin Rovers | 2–0 | Alice Springs Celtic |
| 2018 Sports Minister's Cup | Hellenic Athletic | 9–0 | Verdi FC |
| 2019 Sports Minister's Cup | Darwin Olympic | 2–2 (5–4 (p)) | University Azzurri |
| 2020 | 2020 FFA Cup cancelled due to theCOVID-19 pandemic in Australia.[1] | ||
| 2021 NT FFA Cup Final | Casuarina FC | 2–1 | Hellenic AC |
| 2022 NT Australia Cup Final | Mindil Aces FC | 2–0 | Casuarina FC |
| 2023 NT Australia Cup Final | Hellenic Athletic | 3–1 | Verdi FC |
| 2024 NT Australia Cup Final | Darwin Hearts | 3–1 | Darwin Olympic |
| 2025 NT Australia Cup Final | competition in progress | ||
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