Football Northern Territory

Football Northern Territory (FNT) is the state governing body for soccer in the Northern Territory, Australia. It is affiliated with Football 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 administer leagues locally running their own league and cup competitions.

There is currently no overall champion – the regional winners in 2016 were Hellenic Athletic Club (Northern Zone) and Celtic (FICA).

The federation conducts the territory-wide Sport Minister's Cup, which doubles as qualification for the national FFA Cup.

Clubs in NT

Northern Zone (NorZone)

• Casuarina FC
• Darwin Olympic
• Darwin Hearts
• Hellenic Athletic
• Mindil Aces
• Port Darwin
• University Azzurri

Reserves Only

• Palmerston Rovers
• Garuda FC
• Litchfield SC

Past Participant Clubs

• Darwin City Buffalos
• Darwin Lions (Pre-2007 known as Afro-Oz FC)
• Karama United
• Litchfield SC
• 1st Brigade
• Palmerston FC
• University Rangers
• Waratahs SC (2007 No longer a Registered Club)
• Greater Palmerston United
• Darwin Rovers

Central Zone

• Borroloola FC
• Gove SC
• Katherine FC

Southern Zone Premier League

Organised by Football in Central Australia (FICA)

• Alice Springs Celtic
• Stormbirds SC
• Verdi FC
• MPH Vikings FC

Reserves Only

• Gillen Scorpions

Past Participant Clubs

• Gillen Scorpions
• Federals SC
• ASFA – (Not registered club, Academy team)
• Buckleys FC (Pre-2007 known as Town and Country Tavern)

NT Australia Cup Final

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 the preliminary rounds of the 2015 FFA Cup. It is the qualification route for the single NT federation representative for the FFA Cup, now known as the Australia 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).

See also

• Darwin Football Stadium
• NorZone Premier League

References

External links

• Football Northern Territory Official website