Football Northern Territory#Clubs in NT
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{{Use Australian English|date=August 2015}}
{{Short description|Governing body for soccer in the Northern Territory}}
{{Infobox organization
| name = Football Northern Territory
| image = Football Northern Territory logo.svg
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| formation = {{Start date and age|2005}}
| headquarters = Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia
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| parent_organisation = Football Australia
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| website = [http://www.footballnt.com.au footballnt.com.au]
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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 locally administer 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)=
{{main|NorZone Premier League}}
=Reserves Only=
=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
- Litchfield SC
=Central Zone =
Note: No competition in 2024.
- 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
= 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
{{ infobox football tournament
| title = Sports Minister's Cup
| logo =
| founded = 2016
| number of teams = 13 (in 2025)
| region = Northern Territory
| current champions = {{nowrap|2024 Darwin Hearts (1st title)}}
| most successful club = Darwin Rovers, Darwin Olympic, Hellenic Athletic (2 titles each)
|current = 2025 Australia Cup preliminary rounds
}}
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).
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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 {{pen.}}) | University Azzurri |
2020
| colspan=3| 2020 FFA Cup cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Australia.{{cite web|url=https://theworldgame.sbs.com.au/coronavirus-forces-ffa-cup-to-be-cancelled|title=Coronavirus forces FFA Cup to be cancelled|publisher=SBS|work=The World Game|date=7 July 2020|access-date=7 July 2020}} | |||
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 | colspan=3|competition in progress |
See also
References
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External links
- [http://www.footballnt.com.au/ Football Northern Territory Official website]
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Category:Sports governing bodies in the Northern Territory
Category:Sports organizations established in 2005
Category:2005 establishments in Australia
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