Football Northern Territory

Governing body for soccer in the Northern Territory

Football Northern Territory

Formation| 2005; 20 years ago (2005)
Headquarters| Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia

Parent organisation

| Football Australia
Website| footballnt.com.au

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

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### Northern Zone (NorZone)

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Main article: NorZone Premier League

* Casuarina FC
* Darwin Olympic
* Darwin Hearts
* Garuda FC
* Hellenic Athletic
* Mindil Aces
* Port Darwin
* University Azzurri

### Reserves Only

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* Palmerston Rovers

### Past Participant Clubs

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* Darwin City Buffalos
* Darwin Lions (Pre-2007 known as Afro-Oz FC)
* Karama United
* Litchfield SC
* 1st Brigade
* Palmerston FC
* University Rangers
* Waratahs SC (2007 No longer a Registered Club)
* Greater Palmerston United
* Darwin Rovers
* Litchfield SC

### Central Zone

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Note: No competition in 2024.

* Borroloola FC
* Gove SC
* Katherine FC

### Southern Zone Premier League

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Organised by Football in Central Australia (FICA)

* Alice Springs Celtic
* Stormbirds SC
* Verdi FC
* MPH Vikings FC

### Past Participant Clubs

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* Gillen Scorpions
* Federals SC
* ASFA – (Not registered club, Academy team)
* Buckleys FC (Pre-2007 known as Town and Country Tavern)

## NT Australia Cup

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Football tournament

Sports Minister's CupFounded| 2016

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Region| Northern Territory
Number of teams| 13 (in 2025)
Current champions| 2024 Darwin Hearts (1st title)
Most successful club(s)| Darwin Rovers, Darwin Olympic, Hellenic Athletic (2 titles each)
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).

Competition and Year | Winner | Score | Runners-up

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2015 NT Final | Darwin Olympic | 5–0 | Alice Springs Celtic
2016 Sports Minister's Cup | Shamrock Rovers Darwin | 5–0 | Gillen Scorpions
2017 Sports Minister's Cup | Darwin Rovers | 2–0 | Alice Springs Celtic
2018 Sports Minister's Cup | Hellenic Athletic | 9–0 | Verdi FC
2019 Sports Minister's Cup | Darwin Olympic | 2–2 (5–4 (p)) | University Azzurri
2020  | 2020 FFA Cup cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Australia.[1]
2021 NT FFA Cup Final | Casuarina FC | 2–1 | Hellenic AC
2022 NT Australia Cup Final | Mindil Aces FC | 2–0 | Casuarina FC
2023 NT Australia Cup Final | Hellenic Athletic | 3–1 | Verdi FC
2024 NT Australia Cup Final | Darwin Hearts | 3–1 | Darwin Olympic
2025 NT Australia Cup Final | competition in progress

## See also

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* Darwin Football Stadium
* NorZone Premier League

## References

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

## External links

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* Football Northern Territory Official website

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* Capital Football Federation Cup
* Waratah Cup
* NNSWF State Cup
* Sports Minister's Cup
* Football SA Federation Cup
* Milan Lakoseljac Cup
* Dockerty Cup
* Football West State Cup
(Formerly associated with FFA Cup: Canale Cup (Brisbane))

Seasons|

* 2014
* 2015
* 2016
* 2017
* 2018
* 2019
* ~~2020~~
* 2021
* 2022
* 2023
* 2024
* 2025

Preliminary rounds|

* 2014
* 2015
* 2016
* 2017
* 2018
* 2019
* ~~2020~~
* 2021
* 2022
* 2023
* 2024
* 2025

Finals|

* 2014
* 2015
* 2016
* 2017
* 2018
* 2019
* ~~2020~~
* 2021
* 2022
* 2023
* 2024
* 2025

* Mark Viduka Medal
* History
* List of finals
* Appearances

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Soccer in Australia

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National teams|

| Men's|

* Senior
* B
* U-23
* U-20
* U-17
* Futsal
* Beach
* Paralympic

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Women's|

* Senior
* B
* U-23
* U-20
* U-17
* Futsal

League competitions|

| Men's|

* A-League Men
* Australian Championship
* National Premier Leagues

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Women's|

* A-League Women
* National Premier Leagues Women's

Cup competitions|

* Australia Cup

Others|

* Youth soccer
* Defunct leagues
* Defunct cups
* Professional Footballers Australia
* Women's soccer in Australia
* History of soccer in Brisbane, Queensland

Lists|

* Appearances (300+)
* Clubs
* Honours won
* Champions
* Men
* Women
* Clubs in international competitions
* Goals (100+)
* Record home attendances
* Stadiums by capacity

* Venues
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* Records and statistics

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Soccer in Australia by state and territory

Australian Capital Territory|

* Capital Football

New South Wales|

* Northern NSW Football
* Football NSW

Northern Territory|

* Football Northern Territory

Queensland|

* Football Queensland

South Australia|

* Football South Australia

Tasmania|

* Football Tasmania

Victoria|

* Football Victoria

Western Australia|

* Football West

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Soccer in the Northern Territory

Football Northern Territory

Seasons|

* 2006
* 2007
* 2008
* 2009
* 2010
* 2011
* 2012
* 2013
* 2014
* 2015
* 2016
* 2017
* 2018
* 2019
* 2020
* 2021
* 2022
* 2023

Clubs|

| Current|

* Alice Springs Celtic
* Casuarina
* Darwin Hearts
* Darwin Olympic
* Hellenic Athletic
* Litchfield
* Mindil Aces
* Palmerston Rovers
* Port Darwin
* Stormbirds
* University Azzurri
* Verdi
* Vikings

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Former|

* Borroloola
* Buckleys
* Darwin Cubs
* Darwin Dragons
* Darwin Rovers
* Federals
* Garuda
* Gillen Scorpions
* Gove
* Katherine
* Padres
* Palmerston

Associated competitions|

* A-League Men
* A-League Women
* A-League Youth
* National Premier Leagues
* ACT
* NSW
* Northern NSW
* Queensland
* Tasmania
* Victoria
* Western Australia

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