Northern Premier League (Tasmania)
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The Tasmania North Premier League is the highest level of association football (soccer) competition in Northern Tasmania
Tasmania
Tasmania is an Australian island and state. It is south of the continent, separated by Bass Strait. The state includes the island of Tasmania—the 26th largest island in the world—and the surrounding islands. The state has a population of 507,626 , of whom almost half reside in the greater Hobart...

. Nationally, it is one grade lower (technically) than the A-League
A-League
The A-League is the top Australasian professional football league. Run by Australian governing body Football Federation Australia , it was founded in 2004 following the folding of the National Soccer League and staged its inaugural season in 2005–06. It is sponsored by Hyundai Motor Company...

 and is controlled by the Football Federation Tasmania (FFT)
Football Federation Tasmania
Football Federation Tasmania is the governing body for Association football in the Australian state of Tasmania. The federation oversees leagues in Northern and Southern Tasmania, Tasmanian representative teams, and development of the sport in the state...

, the state's governing body. Following the demise of the Tasmanian State League in 2000, the Southern and Northern Premier Leagues have become the state's highest level of Football competition. Instead of a statewide league, the top 4 teams from the Northern Premier League and the top 4 teams from the Southern Premier League, play off in a knock out final series to decide the state champion. This system came into to existence in 2009 and replaced the previous of system whereby the Northern and Southern Champions played off. The Northern Premier League Champion is decided in the typical fashion with the team finishing first being named League Champion.

There is no promotion or relegation in the Tasmanian Northern Premier League.

2011 Premier League Clubs

Team Coach Home Ground Location
Burnie United
Burnie United FC
Burnie United Football Club is a football Club which represents Burnie in the Tasmanian Northern Premier League.The club also fields teams in all junior divisions, as well as women's teams....

Sam Cocks Montello Burnie, Tasmania
Burnie, Tasmania
- Sport :Australian rules football is popular in Burnie. The city's team is the Burnie Dockers Football Club in the Tasmanian State League.Rugby union is also played in Burnie. The local club is the Burnie Rugby Union Club. They are the current Tasmanian Rugby Union Statewide Division Two Premiers...

Devonport City
Devonport City FC
Devonport City Football Club, or the "Strikers" is a football club which represents Devonport in the Tasmanian Northern Premier League.The club also fields teams in all junior divisions, as well as women's teams....

Tom McGinn Valley Road Devonport, Tasmania
Devonport, Tasmania
-Sport:The Devonport Football Club is an Australian Rules team competing in the Tasmanian Statewide League. The Devonport Rugby Club is a Rugby Union team competing in the Tasmanian Rugby Union Statewide League...

Launceston United
Launceston FC
Launceston United Soccer Club, is a football club which represents Launceston in the Tasmanian Northern Premier League. It should not be mistaken with the fellow Launceston team, Launceston City....

Mark Egan Birch Avenue Launceston, Tasmania
Launceston, Tasmania
Launceston is a city in the north of the state of Tasmania, Australia at the junction of the North Esk and South Esk rivers where they become the Tamar River. Launceston is the second largest city in Tasmania after the state capital Hobart...

Launceston City
Launceston City FC
Launceston City is an Australian football club based in Launceston, Tasmania. It competes in the Northern Premier League run by the governing body Football Federation Tasmania and has over 100 registered players across senior, women and social leagues.The junior club is run as the "Westside...

Lino Scuilli Mitsubishi Park Prospect, Tasmania
Prospect, Tasmania
Prospect is a small suburb of Launceston.The Mount Pleasant Laboratories are Tasmanian government laboratories located in Prospect and include:* Diagnostic Services - Researching the Tasmanian Devil Facial Tumor Disease* Animal Health Laboratory...

Northern Rangers
Northern Rangers
Northern Rangers Football Club is a football club which represents Launceston in the Tasmanian Northern Premier League.The club also fields teams in all junior divisions, as well as women's teams....

Adam Whitemore NTCA Ground Launceston, Tasmania
Launceston, Tasmania
Launceston is a city in the north of the state of Tasmania, Australia at the junction of the North Esk and South Esk rivers where they become the Tamar River. Launceston is the second largest city in Tasmania after the state capital Hobart...

Riverside Olympic
Riverside Olympic
Riverside Olympic Football Club, is a football club which represents Launceston in the Tasmanian Northern Premier League.The club also fields 30 teams across all junior divisions....

Troy Scott Windsor Park Riverside, Tasmania
Riverside, Tasmania
Riverside is a residential suburb 4 kilometres north-west of the central business district of Launceston, Tasmania's second largest city. The West Tamar Highway runs through the suburb, adjoining Riverside to the West Tamar, which includes small towns: Beaconsfield, George Town and Beauty Point...

Somerset
Somerset FC
Somerset Football Club, also known as the "Sharks", is a football Club which represents Somerset in the Tasmanian Northern Premier League.The club also fields teams in all junior divisions, as well as women's teams....

John Wheeler Cardigan Street Somerset, Tasmania
Somerset, Tasmania
Somerset is a small township to the west of Burnie, Tasmania, Australia. Today the city of Burnie encompasses the entire Burnie-Somerset urban area; however, the town is part of the Waratah/Wynyard municipal area.-Geography:...

Ulverstone
Ulverstone FC
Ulverstone Football Club, is a football club which represents Ulverstone in the Tasmanian Northern Premier League. The club also fields teams in all junior divisions, as well as women's teams...

Nick Owen Ulverstone Showgrounds Ulverstone, Tasmania
Ulverstone, Tasmania
Ulverstone is a town on the northwest coast of Tasmania, Australia. It lies at the mouth of the Leven River, on Bass Strait. It is on the Bass Highway, west of Devonport and east of Penguin....

Prospect Knights FC
Prospect Knights FC
Prospect Knights FC, is an Australian football club from Prospect, Tasmania formed from the merger of Western Suburbs and Launceston Croatia Soccer Clubs, which represents Prospect Vale and the wider Launceston community in the Northern Premier League. The club also fields a women’s team, Under...

Dane Hudson Harley Parade Prospect, Tasmania
Prospect, Tasmania
Prospect is a small suburb of Launceston.The Mount Pleasant Laboratories are Tasmanian government laboratories located in Prospect and include:* Diagnostic Services - Researching the Tasmanian Devil Facial Tumor Disease* Animal Health Laboratory...


Champions

Season Champions
1912 Tamar
Tamar FC
Tamar Football Club was a football club which represented Launceston in the Northern Premier league in the years before World War II. Tamar won the inaugural northern league in 1912, and went on to gather a further 6 prior to the war. Like many clubs that existed before the war, they failed to...

1913 Tamar
Tamar FC
Tamar Football Club was a football club which represented Launceston in the Northern Premier league in the years before World War II. Tamar won the inaugural northern league in 1912, and went on to gather a further 6 prior to the war. Like many clubs that existed before the war, they failed to...

1914 Elphin
Elphin FC
Elphin Soccer club was a football club based in Elphin, a suburb of Launceston, Tasmania. They played in the Northern Premier league in the years before the Second World War...

SUSPENDED 1915-1919 FOR World War I
World War I
World War I , which was predominantly called the World War or the Great War from its occurrence until 1939, and the First World War or World War I thereafter, was a major war centred in Europe that began on 28 July 1914 and lasted until 11 November 1918...

1919
1920 Elphin
Elphin FC
Elphin Soccer club was a football club based in Elphin, a suburb of Launceston, Tasmania. They played in the Northern Premier league in the years before the Second World War...

1921 Tamar
Tamar FC
Tamar Football Club was a football club which represented Launceston in the Northern Premier league in the years before World War II. Tamar won the inaugural northern league in 1912, and went on to gather a further 6 prior to the war. Like many clubs that existed before the war, they failed to...

1922 North Esk
1923 Elphin
Elphin FC
Elphin Soccer club was a football club based in Elphin, a suburb of Launceston, Tasmania. They played in the Northern Premier league in the years before the Second World War...

1924 Elphin
Elphin FC
Elphin Soccer club was a football club based in Elphin, a suburb of Launceston, Tasmania. They played in the Northern Premier league in the years before the Second World War...

1925 Paton & Baldwins
Paton & Baldwins
Paton & Baldwins Soccer club was a company football club which represented the Launceston company of Paton & Baldwins in the Northern Premier league in Australia...

1926 Paton & Baldwins
Paton & Baldwins
Paton & Baldwins Soccer club was a company football club which represented the Launceston company of Paton & Baldwins in the Northern Premier league in Australia...

1927 Elphin
Elphin FC
Elphin Soccer club was a football club based in Elphin, a suburb of Launceston, Tasmania. They played in the Northern Premier league in the years before the Second World War...

1928 Elphin
Elphin FC
Elphin Soccer club was a football club based in Elphin, a suburb of Launceston, Tasmania. They played in the Northern Premier league in the years before the Second World War...

1929 Invermay
Invermay FC
Invermay Soccer club was a football club which represented the Launceston suburb of Invermay in the Northern Premier league. Although highly successful in the northern competition which they won 8 times, they were never quite able to convert that success to a statewide level...

1930 Paton & Baldwins
Paton & Baldwins
Paton & Baldwins Soccer club was a company football club which represented the Launceston company of Paton & Baldwins in the Northern Premier league in Australia...

1931 Tamar
Tamar FC
Tamar Football Club was a football club which represented Launceston in the Northern Premier league in the years before World War II. Tamar won the inaugural northern league in 1912, and went on to gather a further 6 prior to the war. Like many clubs that existed before the war, they failed to...

1932 Tamar
Tamar FC
Tamar Football Club was a football club which represented Launceston in the Northern Premier league in the years before World War II. Tamar won the inaugural northern league in 1912, and went on to gather a further 6 prior to the war. Like many clubs that existed before the war, they failed to...

1933 Tamar
Tamar FC
Tamar Football Club was a football club which represented Launceston in the Northern Premier league in the years before World War II. Tamar won the inaugural northern league in 1912, and went on to gather a further 6 prior to the war. Like many clubs that existed before the war, they failed to...

1934 Tamar
Tamar FC
Tamar Football Club was a football club which represented Launceston in the Northern Premier league in the years before World War II. Tamar won the inaugural northern league in 1912, and went on to gather a further 6 prior to the war. Like many clubs that existed before the war, they failed to...

1935 Thistle
1936 Paton & Baldwins
Paton & Baldwins
Paton & Baldwins Soccer club was a company football club which represented the Launceston company of Paton & Baldwins in the Northern Premier league in Australia...

1937 Invermay
Invermay FC
Invermay Soccer club was a football club which represented the Launceston suburb of Invermay in the Northern Premier league. Although highly successful in the northern competition which they won 8 times, they were never quite able to convert that success to a statewide level...

1938 Invermay
Invermay FC
Invermay Soccer club was a football club which represented the Launceston suburb of Invermay in the Northern Premier league. Although highly successful in the northern competition which they won 8 times, they were never quite able to convert that success to a statewide level...

1939 Paton & Baldwins
Paton & Baldwins
Paton & Baldwins Soccer club was a company football club which represented the Launceston company of Paton & Baldwins in the Northern Premier league in Australia...

SUSPENDED 1939-1946 FOR World War II
World War II
World War II, or the Second World War , was a global conflict lasting from 1939 to 1945, involving most of the world's nations—including all of the great powers—eventually forming two opposing military alliances: the Allies and the Axis...

1946 Invermay
Invermay FC
Invermay Soccer club was a football club which represented the Launceston suburb of Invermay in the Northern Premier league. Although highly successful in the northern competition which they won 8 times, they were never quite able to convert that success to a statewide level...

1947 Invermay
Invermay FC
Invermay Soccer club was a football club which represented the Launceston suburb of Invermay in the Northern Premier league. Although highly successful in the northern competition which they won 8 times, they were never quite able to convert that success to a statewide level...

1948 Invermay
Invermay FC
Invermay Soccer club was a football club which represented the Launceston suburb of Invermay in the Northern Premier league. Although highly successful in the northern competition which they won 8 times, they were never quite able to convert that success to a statewide level...

1949 Invermay
Invermay FC
Invermay Soccer club was a football club which represented the Launceston suburb of Invermay in the Northern Premier league. Although highly successful in the northern competition which they won 8 times, they were never quite able to convert that success to a statewide level...

1950 Invermay
Invermay FC
Invermay Soccer club was a football club which represented the Launceston suburb of Invermay in the Northern Premier league. Although highly successful in the northern competition which they won 8 times, they were never quite able to convert that success to a statewide level...

1951 Invermay
Invermay FC
Invermay Soccer club was a football club which represented the Launceston suburb of Invermay in the Northern Premier league. Although highly successful in the northern competition which they won 8 times, they were never quite able to convert that success to a statewide level...

1952 Paton & Baldwins
Paton & Baldwins
Paton & Baldwins Soccer club was a company football club which represented the Launceston company of Paton & Baldwins in the Northern Premier league in Australia...

1953 South Launceston
1954 Paton & Baldwins
Paton & Baldwins
Paton & Baldwins Soccer club was a company football club which represented the Launceston company of Paton & Baldwins in the Northern Premier league in Australia...

1955 Waterside
1956 Paton & Baldwins
Paton & Baldwins
Paton & Baldwins Soccer club was a company football club which represented the Launceston company of Paton & Baldwins in the Northern Premier league in Australia...

1957 Paton & Baldwins
Paton & Baldwins
Paton & Baldwins Soccer club was a company football club which represented the Launceston company of Paton & Baldwins in the Northern Premier league in Australia...

1958 Paton & Baldwins
Paton & Baldwins
Paton & Baldwins Soccer club was a company football club which represented the Launceston company of Paton & Baldwins in the Northern Premier league in Australia...

1959 Launceston Juventus
Launceston City FC
Launceston City is an Australian football club based in Launceston, Tasmania. It competes in the Northern Premier League run by the governing body Football Federation Tasmania and has over 100 registered players across senior, women and social leagues.The junior club is run as the "Westside...

1960 Launceston Juventus
Launceston City FC
Launceston City is an Australian football club based in Launceston, Tasmania. It competes in the Northern Premier League run by the governing body Football Federation Tasmania and has over 100 registered players across senior, women and social leagues.The junior club is run as the "Westside...

1961 Launceston Juventus
Launceston City FC
Launceston City is an Australian football club based in Launceston, Tasmania. It competes in the Northern Premier League run by the governing body Football Federation Tasmania and has over 100 registered players across senior, women and social leagues.The junior club is run as the "Westside...

1962 Launceston Juventus
Launceston City FC
Launceston City is an Australian football club based in Launceston, Tasmania. It competes in the Northern Premier League run by the governing body Football Federation Tasmania and has over 100 registered players across senior, women and social leagues.The junior club is run as the "Westside...

1963 Launceston Juventus
Launceston City FC
Launceston City is an Australian football club based in Launceston, Tasmania. It competes in the Northern Premier League run by the governing body Football Federation Tasmania and has over 100 registered players across senior, women and social leagues.The junior club is run as the "Westside...

1964 Launceston United
Launceston FC
Launceston United Soccer Club, is a football club which represents Launceston in the Tasmanian Northern Premier League. It should not be mistaken with the fellow Launceston team, Launceston City....

1965 Launceston Juventus
Launceston City FC
Launceston City is an Australian football club based in Launceston, Tasmania. It competes in the Northern Premier League run by the governing body Football Federation Tasmania and has over 100 registered players across senior, women and social leagues.The junior club is run as the "Westside...

1966 Launceston Juventus
Launceston City FC
Launceston City is an Australian football club based in Launceston, Tasmania. It competes in the Northern Premier League run by the governing body Football Federation Tasmania and has over 100 registered players across senior, women and social leagues.The junior club is run as the "Westside...

1967 Launceston Juventus
Launceston City FC
Launceston City is an Australian football club based in Launceston, Tasmania. It competes in the Northern Premier League run by the governing body Football Federation Tasmania and has over 100 registered players across senior, women and social leagues.The junior club is run as the "Westside...

1968 Launceston Juventus
Launceston City FC
Launceston City is an Australian football club based in Launceston, Tasmania. It competes in the Northern Premier League run by the governing body Football Federation Tasmania and has over 100 registered players across senior, women and social leagues.The junior club is run as the "Westside...

1969 Launceston Juventus
Launceston City FC
Launceston City is an Australian football club based in Launceston, Tasmania. It competes in the Northern Premier League run by the governing body Football Federation Tasmania and has over 100 registered players across senior, women and social leagues.The junior club is run as the "Westside...

1970 Georgetown
1971 Launceston Juventus
Launceston City FC
Launceston City is an Australian football club based in Launceston, Tasmania. It competes in the Northern Premier League run by the governing body Football Federation Tasmania and has over 100 registered players across senior, women and social leagues.The junior club is run as the "Westside...

1972 Launceston Juventus
Launceston City FC
Launceston City is an Australian football club based in Launceston, Tasmania. It competes in the Northern Premier League run by the governing body Football Federation Tasmania and has over 100 registered players across senior, women and social leagues.The junior club is run as the "Westside...

1973 Riverside Olympic
Riverside Olympic
Riverside Olympic Football Club, is a football club which represents Launceston in the Tasmanian Northern Premier League.The club also fields 30 teams across all junior divisions....

1974 Devonport
Devonport City FC
Devonport City Football Club, or the "Strikers" is a football club which represents Devonport in the Tasmanian Northern Premier League.The club also fields teams in all junior divisions, as well as women's teams....

1975 Launceston Juventus
Launceston City FC
Launceston City is an Australian football club based in Launceston, Tasmania. It competes in the Northern Premier League run by the governing body Football Federation Tasmania and has over 100 registered players across senior, women and social leagues.The junior club is run as the "Westside...

1976 Launceston Juventus
Launceston City FC
Launceston City is an Australian football club based in Launceston, Tasmania. It competes in the Northern Premier League run by the governing body Football Federation Tasmania and has over 100 registered players across senior, women and social leagues.The junior club is run as the "Westside...

1977 Devonport
Devonport City FC
Devonport City Football Club, or the "Strikers" is a football club which represents Devonport in the Tasmanian Northern Premier League.The club also fields teams in all junior divisions, as well as women's teams....

1978 Burnie United
Burnie United FC
Burnie United Football Club is a football Club which represents Burnie in the Tasmanian Northern Premier League.The club also fields teams in all junior divisions, as well as women's teams....

1979 Burnie United
Burnie United FC
Burnie United Football Club is a football Club which represents Burnie in the Tasmanian Northern Premier League.The club also fields teams in all junior divisions, as well as women's teams....

1980 St. Leonards Rovers
1981 St. Leonards Rovers
1982 Devonport City
1983 Devonport City
1984 GeorgeTown
Georgetown
-Africa:*Georgetown, Ascension Island, main settlement of the British territory of Ascension Island*George, Western Cape, South Africa, formerly known as Georgetown*Janjanbureh, The Gambia, formerly known as Georgetown-Asia:*Georgetown, Allahabad, Uttar Pradesh...

1985 GeorgeTown
Georgetown
-Africa:*Georgetown, Ascension Island, main settlement of the British territory of Ascension Island*George, Western Cape, South Africa, formerly known as Georgetown*Janjanbureh, The Gambia, formerly known as Georgetown-Asia:*Georgetown, Allahabad, Uttar Pradesh...

1986 Ulverstone
1987 Ulverstone
1988 Devonport City
1989 Devonport City
1990 Riverside Olympic
Riverside Olympic
Riverside Olympic Football Club, is a football club which represents Launceston in the Tasmanian Northern Premier League.The club also fields 30 teams across all junior divisions....

1991 Riverside Olympic
Riverside Olympic
Riverside Olympic Football Club, is a football club which represents Launceston in the Tasmanian Northern Premier League.The club also fields 30 teams across all junior divisions....

1992 Riverside Olympic
Riverside Olympic
Riverside Olympic Football Club, is a football club which represents Launceston in the Tasmanian Northern Premier League.The club also fields 30 teams across all junior divisions....

1993 Launceston United
1994 Ulverstone
Ulverstone FC
Ulverstone Football Club, is a football club which represents Ulverstone in the Tasmanian Northern Premier League. The club also fields teams in all junior divisions, as well as women's teams...

1995 Ulverstone
Ulverstone FC
Ulverstone Football Club, is a football club which represents Ulverstone in the Tasmanian Northern Premier League. The club also fields teams in all junior divisions, as well as women's teams...

1996 Burnie United
Burnie United FC
Burnie United Football Club is a football Club which represents Burnie in the Tasmanian Northern Premier League.The club also fields teams in all junior divisions, as well as women's teams....

1997 Burnie United
Burnie United FC
Burnie United Football Club is a football Club which represents Burnie in the Tasmanian Northern Premier League.The club also fields teams in all junior divisions, as well as women's teams....

1998 Riverside Olympic
Riverside Olympic
Riverside Olympic Football Club, is a football club which represents Launceston in the Tasmanian Northern Premier League.The club also fields 30 teams across all junior divisions....

1999 Riverside Olympic
Riverside Olympic
Riverside Olympic Football Club, is a football club which represents Launceston in the Tasmanian Northern Premier League.The club also fields 30 teams across all junior divisions....

2000 Devonport City
Devonport City FC
Devonport City Football Club, or the "Strikers" is a football club which represents Devonport in the Tasmanian Northern Premier League.The club also fields teams in all junior divisions, as well as women's teams....

2001 Launceston City
Launceston City FC
Launceston City is an Australian football club based in Launceston, Tasmania. It competes in the Northern Premier League run by the governing body Football Federation Tasmania and has over 100 registered players across senior, women and social leagues.The junior club is run as the "Westside...

2002 Devonport City
Devonport City FC
Devonport City Football Club, or the "Strikers" is a football club which represents Devonport in the Tasmanian Northern Premier League.The club also fields teams in all junior divisions, as well as women's teams....

2003 Devonport City
Devonport City FC
Devonport City Football Club, or the "Strikers" is a football club which represents Devonport in the Tasmanian Northern Premier League.The club also fields teams in all junior divisions, as well as women's teams....

2004 Devonport City
Devonport City FC
Devonport City Football Club, or the "Strikers" is a football club which represents Devonport in the Tasmanian Northern Premier League.The club also fields teams in all junior divisions, as well as women's teams....

2005 Launceston City
Launceston City FC
Launceston City is an Australian football club based in Launceston, Tasmania. It competes in the Northern Premier League run by the governing body Football Federation Tasmania and has over 100 registered players across senior, women and social leagues.The junior club is run as the "Westside...

2006 Somerset
Somerset FC
Somerset Football Club, also known as the "Sharks", is a football Club which represents Somerset in the Tasmanian Northern Premier League.The club also fields teams in all junior divisions, as well as women's teams....

2007 Somerset
Somerset FC
Somerset Football Club, also known as the "Sharks", is a football Club which represents Somerset in the Tasmanian Northern Premier League.The club also fields teams in all junior divisions, as well as women's teams....

2008 Devonport City
Devonport City FC
Devonport City Football Club, or the "Strikers" is a football club which represents Devonport in the Tasmanian Northern Premier League.The club also fields teams in all junior divisions, as well as women's teams....

2009 Northern Rangers
Northern Rangers
Northern Rangers Football Club is a football club which represents Launceston in the Tasmanian Northern Premier League.The club also fields teams in all junior divisions, as well as women's teams....

2010 Northern Rangers
Northern Rangers
Northern Rangers Football Club is a football club which represents Launceston in the Tasmanian Northern Premier League.The club also fields teams in all junior divisions, as well as women's teams....

2011 Prospect Knights FC
Prospect Knights FC
Prospect Knights FC, is an Australian football club from Prospect, Tasmania formed from the merger of Western Suburbs and Launceston Croatia Soccer Clubs, which represents Prospect Vale and the wider Launceston community in the Northern Premier League. The club also fields a women’s team, Under...


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