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.

Football Northern Territory
Formation2005
HeadquartersDarwin, Northern Territory, Australia
Parent organisation
Football Australia
Websitehttp://www.footballnt.com.au

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 article: NorZone Premier League

Reserves Only

Past Participant Clubs

Central Zone
  • Borroloola FC
  • Gove SC
  • Katherine FC

Southern Zone Premier League

Organised by Football in Central Australia (FICA)

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
Sports Minister's Cup
Founded2016
RegionNorthern Territory
Number of teams13 (in 2022)
Current champions2022 Mindil Aces (1st title)
2023 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).

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 AC9–0Verdi FC
2019 Sports Minister's CupDarwin Olympic2–2 (5–4 (p))University Azzurri
2020 2020 FFA Cup cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Australia.[1]
2021 NT FFA Cup FinalCasuarina FC2–1Hellenic AC
2022 NT FFA Cup FinalMindil Aces FC2–0Casuarina FC

See also

References
  1. "Coronavirus forces FFA Cup to be cancelled". The World Game. SBS. 7 July 2020. Retrieved 7 July 2020.


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