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Soccer in New South Wales
Fans at a Western Sydney Wanderers game
Country
New South Wales
Governing body
Football NSW Northern New South Wales Football
Representative teams
New South Wales Metropolitan, New South Wales Country, Northern New South Wales
Nickname(s)
Soccer, football
First played
1880, Parramatta
Registered players
457,285 (total)[1]
National competitions
A-League
Club competitions
National Premier Leagues NSW (NSW Metropolitan & NSW Country)
National Premier Leagues Northern NSW (Northern NSW)
Soccer in New South Wales is a popular participation and spectator sport. It is organised and managed on a state level by two separate governing bodies; Football NSW and Northern New South Wales Football which are affiliated at a national level to Football Federation Australia.
New South Wales and the state historically has had a large influence on soccer in Australia. It has the most registered soccer players in the country, with over 457,285 players,[1] and the most teams in the professional A-League competition.
New South Wales has the highest participation of any football playing state in the country, with a total of 7% of the population regularly playing or watching the sport.
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