APIA represents the region at the highest level. The club has been selected by Football NSW to represent the district and region at the highest level of football in NSW. A.P.I.A. Leichhardt Tigers, at the NSW Premier League level.
APIA is one of Australia’s pioneer football clubs having been formed in 1954 in the suburb of Leichhardt – a club that has great presence and commands respect not only from our local community, but nationally.
We have national significance throughout our 60 year history having produced the greatest number of Socceroos and Australian Team captains than any other football club in the history of Australian Soccer during its 60 year illustrious history.
In the past number of years the club has provided a pathway for Franco Parisi (Newcastle Jets), Blake Powell (Wellington Phoenix) Marc Warren (Perth Glory) David Dapuzzo (Central Coast Mariners) George Blackwood (Sydney FC) Lachlan Scott (Western Sydney Wanderers) Marton Vass (North Queensland Fury), Matthew Nash (Newcastle Jets, Central Coast Mariners).
The club last won the Championship in 2003 led by Les De Ceglie with illustrious names such as Arambasic, Stergiopolous, Nikas, Karavatakis, Catlin, La Rocca, Galluzzo spearheading the team.
From our Men’s and Women’s Senior Squads, and all of us at the Club, thank you for backing this famous local club of yours for another ever-memorable, title winning NPL New South Wales season.
@nplnsw_official ✅.. @auschampionship 🔜⏳
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Your MVP for the NPL Men’s NSW season, and few can dispute him.
Eddie Caspers picks up both Players’ Player and Player of the Year 👑
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Scrubbed up alright, our Seniors.🕴
Frames from our NPL Men’s & Women’s Presentation Night at Wests Ashfield Auditorium as we celebrated and said goodbye to Season 2026 in style 🥂
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Our Senior Men’s and Women’s season curtainfall event, 2026 Presentation Night, and your award recipients captured through the lens of @itsrenblakemore 📸🥂
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Signing out the youth season for 2026 with one final thank you to all of our incredible sponsors and club partners across the JDL and BYL space this season and calendar year. 🤝
From our JDL Program partners - Madison Marcus, @denzasydney, @marrickville_timberyards, @mymusclechef and Desane, into our BYL Program Partners @melroseestateagents, @sushihub, @vannellacheese, ERS Electrical and @true_property and all individual backers of our teams, thank you for enabling APIA to compete at the highest levels of state youth football once again this season. See you next year 🙏🫶
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With the BYL season now concluded, we reflected on the season that was with our Presentation Night at our good friends` Wests Ashfield Leagues Club.
A spectacular evening celebrating a spectacular campaign and program ✨
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BYL U14’s double-securing Grand Final in frames 📸🏆
Congratulations again to the entire team and families involved in an incredible season 🙌
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Boys Youth League One Champions: APIA Under 14s 💛🏆
Angelo Rodic & Zac Zarrino`s boys complete the season double with a Grand Final victory over Western Sydney Wanderers at Valentine, and this incredible group of talent claims all the honours in the U14 age group for 2026.
Congratulations to all players, parents and supporters of the team and indeed our entire BYL program 🙏
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All 22 of Presley Ortiz` goals in the granatazzuri this NPL Men`s NSW season 🥅
@CCMariners, we know you`ll take good care of him 🤝
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APIA can officially confirm the departure of Golden Boot and Premiership winner Presley Ortiz, as the 23-year-old heads to the Central Coast Mariners as part of our operating Partnership with the A-League club.
Ortiz is the first, of what we hope are many talented APIA players who will be afforded the opportunity to move into the A-League environment in this relationship with the Central Coast Mariners.
In his two years down Leichhardt way, Presley`s efforts on and off the pitch have been there for all to see. An incredible goalscorer, who will be missed dearly yet everyone at the Club wishes the best of luck to as we proudly see him off to his next opportunity.
Thank you and good luck, Prez. You`ve got a home on Marion Street forever 🫶
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Sydney United prove too strong on this edition of the fixture. Thank you to everyone who has been a part of another incredible NPL season.
The Premiers will come again. Rest assured.
Forza APIA sempre.
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SEGA.
BACK IN IT.
55`: 💜 1-2 🇭🇷 | #APLvSUD #NPLGrandFinal #NPLMNSW #ForzaAPIA 💜🩵
