National Premier Leagues South Australia

Organising body	Football South Australia
First season	2013; 13 years ago (2013)
Country	Australia
State	South Australia
Confederation	AFC
Number of clubs	12 (since2016)
Level on pyramid	2
Relegation to	SA State League 1
Domestic cup(s)	Australia Cup Federation Cup
Current champions	Croydon FC (2025)
Current premiers	North Eastern MetroStars (2025)
Most championships	Campbelltown City (7 titles)
Broadcaster(s)	YouTube
Website	footballsa.com.au
Current:2026 NPL South Australia

TheNational Premier Leagues South Australia,^[a] officially abbreviated toNPL SA and known for sponsorship reasons as theRAA National Premier League,^[1] is asemi-professional men'ssoccer league in the Australian state ofSouth Australia. The league is one of eight that comprises theNational Premier Leagues, thesecond tier of Australian soccer. The league was founded in 2012 as a successor to theSuper League and is managed byFootball South Australia.

Seasons start in late February, and conclude in early September with a Grand Final which, since 2022, has been held atServiceFM Stadium. The competition was initially contested by 14 teams and was reduced to 12 teams ahead of the 2016 season.

In 2012 it was announced that the FFSA Premier League was to become the top tier of South Australian football (below the nationalA-League) after the disbandment of the now defunctFFSA Super League. It was announced that the competition would consist of 14 teams. These teams would be made up of the 10 teams from the defunct Super League with the remaining 4 spots being filled by the top 4 teams from the 2012 Premier League season.

In 2013 the league joined theNational Premier Leagues. From 2014 to 2019 the top-placed team after the completion of the season entered into the National Premier Leagues finals. From 2025 onwards, the top-placed team enters theAustralian Championship competition.

National Premier Leagues South Australia (abbreviated as NPL SA), a subdivision of National Premier Leagues (NPL), is a semi-professional football competition in the state of South Australia. National Premier Leagues is the second-tier football competition in Australia, which sits below the Hyundai A-League and Westfield W-League on the country's football national pyramid. Football Federation Australia (FFA) embarked on a National Competition Review in October 2010, which aimed to review the football competition structure in Australia.^[2] The process of conducting the National Competition Review lasted for 20 months, and the review results were released in May 2012, in which FFA proposed to revitalise the country's state-based competitions to promote the development of elite players.^[2] As a result of this review, National Premier Leagues was established in February 2013. At the time of establishment, NPL has five subdivisions, including football teams from five corresponding state-based federations, which are Football Federation South Australia, Football Federation Tasmania, Football Queensland, Football NSW, and Capital Football.^[2] The inaugural season of NPL SA began in March 2013. Currently, this competition is run and managed by Football South Australia (formerly known as Football Federation South Australia), which is a governing body of football issues in South Australia and a competition administrator for different levels of football games in the state.

The regular season consists of a double round robin of 22 rounds, followed by a finals series for the top 6 teams. The team who finishes first is crowned Premier and qualifies for theNational Premier Leagues finals series. The teams placed 11th and 12th are relegated to theState League 1 in the following season.

In the finals, the 1st and 2nd placed teams playoff in a two-legged game to qualify for the grand final, with the loser moving to a preliminary final against the winner of playoffs by the 3rd to 6th placed teams. A grand final is held atServiceFM Stadium, where the winner is crowned Champion.

The following 12 clubs are competing in the2026 NPL South Australia season.

For details of winners pre-NPL (2006–2012):

• Soccer in South Australia
• National Premier Leagues

• Official website

• National Premier Leagues South Australia
• Soccer leagues in South Australia
• Sports leagues established in 2005
• 2005 establishments in Australia
• National Premier Leagues
• Second-level association football leagues in Asia

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