Women’s and girls’ football in the NSFA is administered by the NSFA Competitions department. This is split into the following:
- All-Age (Divisions 1-4)
- Over-35’s (Divisions 1-3)
- Over-30’s 6-a-side
- Diamond League (G12, G14, G16 and G18/G20 Divisions)
- Girls’ Competitions (G12, G14, G16, G18/G20)
- Sapphires (Girls’ Non-competition – G8, G9, G10, G11)
- G6 and G7 Hubs
All of these various formats, aside from Sapphires and G6/G7 Hubs, are contested in a regular league season, with the top team in each division crowned as premiers for the year.
For more information about our various competitions and initiatives, check out the new Female Football Hub.
G6/G7 Hubs
Game day Procedure
Players will be allocated to a team on the day. Players from different clubs could be playing with each other. The format could be 4v4, 3v3, 2v2 depending on the player numbers. Clubs can register as many or as few players as they wish without the constraint of filling team quotas.
Schedule
Clubs and players will be split into a North & South zone. Ryde Road/Mona Vale Road in Pymble is used to determine whether a club is based in the North or the South. Game days will be scheduled at the following venues on a rotating basis:
- Auluba Oval (North)
- Montview Oval (North)
- Foxglove Oval (North)
- Bales Park (South)
- Toolang Oval (South)
Speak to your local club about getting involved!
Sapphires
U8 to U11 Sunday football has been rebranded as Sapphires. The aim of Sapphires is to provide a positive and engaging environment that allows the player to fall in love with the beautiful game.
- Focus is Fun and Engagement
- Sunday games will be looked to be hubbed
- Regrading and flexibility will be taken to ensure the players are enjoying the game
- Inspire will have a Sapphires curriculum
- NSFA will host Sapphires Coach Education Opportunities
- Sapphires will have gala days throughout the season
Please note all girls’ teams that fall in this age bracket will be involved in Sapphires 2020. Sapphires will play a critical role in the future of Diamond League as it’s where we will increase the depth of female players.
Besteam Diamond League
Football is the fastest growing female participation sport in the country. With this in mind, NSFA decided that there needed to be a development pathway for girls who wanted to take their football more seriously. Diamond League was the answer; this competition has been specifically designed for girls who want to take their football to the next level.
Diamond League is a girls-only competition that will enable girls to develop their technical football skills and “football confidence” far more quickly in a girls-only environment. The competition was created to bridge the gap between representative football and club football with access to highly accredited coaches.
Diamond League now operates across the G12, G14, G16 and G18/G20 age groups with further expansion expected in the years to come.
Here are the current Diamond League clubs for 2024:
- Chatswood Rangers FC
- Greenwich SC
- Hornsby Heights FC
- Kissing Point FC (combined with Turramurra United)
- Lane Cove FC
- Lindfield FC
- Northbridge FC
- Northern Galaxy FC (combination club of Mount Colah and Berowra)
- North Sydney FC
- Turramurra United (combined with Kissing Point)
- West Pymble FC
In 2016 the NSFA made the progressive step to move the G12 competition to a 9v9 small sided format to coincide with the development philosophies outlined in the National Football Curriculum and to align with Football NSW SAP protocol.
The focus on development has already delivered the association an impressive array of high quality outcomes.
In 2015 Diamond League teams won the State Cup, Kanga Cup and Champion of Champions competitions. An outstanding achievement. No other association has ever achieved a trifecta of wins in these competitions in the same year and it provides us with ample evidence that Diamond League is a successful formula. In last year’s State Cup five of the eight Quarter Finalists were all Diamond League teams.
Diamond League has proven to be the development pathway that was originally envisaged, and in 2016 multiple players from the Diamond League program are now playing representative football for Northern Tigers.
As an association, NSFA is proud to be leading the developmental pathway for girls-only football with the Diamond League competition. Football NSW has also recognised the significance of this amazing girls-only competition and will be using NSFA’s Diamond League model to roll out to other football
For more information contact: Kristi Murphy femalefootball@nsfa.asn.au