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

| size = 125px

| 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)=

=Reserves Only=

=Past Participant Clubs=

=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 YearWinnerScoreRunners-up
2015 NT FinalDarwin Olympic5–0Alice Springs Celtic
2016 Sports Minister's CupShamrock Rovers Darwin5–0Gillen Scorpions
2017 Sports Minister's CupDarwin Rovers2–0Alice Springs Celtic
2018 Sports Minister's CupHellenic Athletic9–0Verdi FC
2019 Sports Minister's CupDarwin Olympic2–2 (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 FinalCasuarina FC2–1Hellenic AC
2022 NT Australia Cup FinalMindil Aces FC2–0Casuarina FC
2023 NT Australia Cup FinalHellenic Athletic3–1Verdi FC
2024 NT Australia Cup FinalDarwin Hearts3–1Darwin Olympic
2025 NT Australia Cup Finalcolspan=3|competition in progress

See also

References

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