Newcastle Zone Premier League

Newcastle Zone Premier League
Country Australia
Founded 2011
Number of teams 10
Level on pyramid 4
Relegation to Zone League One
Domestic cup(s) FFA Cup
Current champions Cooks Hill United FC [1]
(2014)
Current premiers New Lambton Eagles FC [2]
2015 Zone Premier League

The Newcastle Zone Premier League, Zone Premier League or just ZPL is an Australian football (soccer) league in the North of New South Wales. It is the third tier of football in the Northern New South Wales Football association.

The competition is made up of 10 teams who play each other twice, home and away. The players in the league are mostly amateurs.

2015 will see 3 teams promoted into the Northern NSW State League Division 1 from ZPL as a result of league restructuring. These teams are Cooks Hill United FC, Kahibah FC and Wallsend FC. The applications from Morisset United FC and Swansea FC were unsuccessful.[3]

Format

The Zone Premier League competition consists of ten teams, each of whom have a 1st-grade side, a Reserve grade side and an under-23s side. The regular season takes place over 18 rounds, with each team playing each other once at home and once away. The team that finishes first at the end of the 18 rounds is crowned Minor Premier.

The top four teams contest the Finals Series. The first round consists of major (1st vs 2nd) and minor (3rd vs 4th) semi-finals. The winner of the major semi-final progresses straight to the grand final, the winner of the minor semi-final then plays the loser of the major semi-final of which the winner then progresses into the grand final where the winner of that game is crowned the Major Premier.

The Minor Premier of the League is not currently promoted to the NNSW State League Division 1 regardless of the clubs ability to meet the eligibility criteria. The last placed team is relegated to Zone League One and replaced by the Minor Premier of Zone League One.

2015 Season Teams [4]

All teams are required to present in 3 grades.

Past Seasons

Notes

  1. ↑ Zone Premier League Grand Final
  2. ↑ Zone Premier League 1st Grade
  3. ↑ "NNSWF Announces Expansion of Premier Competitions for Season 2015"
  4. ↑ 2015 Zone League competitions
  5. ↑ State League Football in Australia "2014 Zone Premier League Results", "". Retrieved on 20 November 2014.
  6. ↑ State League Football in Australia "2013 Zone Premier League Results", "". Retrieved on 30 July 2014.
  7. ↑ State League Football in Australia "2012 Zone Premier League Results", "". Retrieved on 4 July 2013.
  8. ↑ State League Football in Australia "2011 Zone Premier League Results", "". Retrieved on 4 July 2013.

References

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