Football (soccer) in New South Wales

Soccer in New South Wales describes the sport of soccer being played and watched by people in the state of New South Wales, Australia. Soccer in New South Wales 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.

It is a popular participation and spectator sport in New South Wales and the state historically has had a large influence on soccer in Australia. It has the most registered football players in the country, with over 200,000 registered FNSW players and nearly 50,000 Northern NSW players, compared with around 150,000 in other states combined. It also has the most teams in the A-League.

Four of the ten teams in the A-League are based in New South Wales: Western Sydney Wanderers !Western Sydney Wanderers, Sydney FC !Sydney FC, Newcastle Jets !Newcastle Jets and Central Coast Mariners !Central Coast Mariners.

NSW is represented in the national women's W-League by Newcastle Jets, Sydney FC and Western Sydney Wanderers associated women's teams. Central Coast Mariners also had a team in the W-League between 2008-2010.

New South Wales sends teams to the annual national youth competitions in the form of New South Wales Metropolitan and New South Wales Country (run by Football NSW) and Northern New South Wales (run by Northern NSW Football).