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

2017 Premier League Teams

Past Participant Clubs

Central Zone
  • Borroloola FC
  • Gove Soccer Club
  • Katherine FC

Southern Zone Premier League

Organised by Football in Central Australia (FICA)

  • ASFA – (Not registered club, Academy team)
  • Buckleys Football Club (Pre-2007 known as Town and Country Tavern)
  • Celtic FC
  • Federals Soccer Club
  • Gillen Scorpions Football Club
  • Stormbirds Soccer Club
  • Verdi FC
  • Vikings Football Club

Sports Minister's Cup
Sports Minister's Cup
Founded2016
RegionNorthern Territory
Number of teams13 (in 2019)
Current champions2019 Darwin Olympic (2nd title)
2020 FFA Cup preliminary rounds

The male knock-out cup – now run annually with clubs from NorZone and FICA – is named the Sports Minister's Cup – and is a single-leg knockout cup competition, where the winners of the NorZone and FICA meet in the final. It was first held as part of the preliminary rounds of the 2015 FFA Cup, the inaugural year of the NT Federation's participation, and is the qualification route for the single NT federation representative for the FFA Cup.

Since 2016 the final has been played for the Cup.

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 pen.)University Azzurri
2020 Sports Minister's Cup and 2020 FFA Cup cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Australia.[1]
Notes:

† = After Extra Time

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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