Canterbury District Soccer Football Association
# Canterbury District Soccer Football Association

Canterbury District Soccer Football Association is a governing body and football (soccer) competition located in the Canterbury suburbs of Sydney. Its administrative headquarters are located at Pratten Park Bowls, Ashfield, New South Wales. All competitions and football activity is under control of Football New South Wales. The District Association consists of ten all ages competitions which corresponds to tiers six to fifteen on the Australian soccer pyramid. Clubs are located in the Burwood, Canada Bay, Canterbury-Bankstown, Inner West and Strathfield local council areas.

## History

Canterbury Districts Soccer Football Association was founded in 1922; the first year of competition was 1923.

## Teams and structure

### Tiers

As of 2013, the Canterbury Districts Premier League and Premier League Reserves competitions have been scrapped to align with the national curriculum overhaul which included the introduction of the National Premier Leagues. The Canterbury Districts highest all ages competition sits on the sixth tier of the Australian soccer league system. There are a total of 12 all age divisions.

### Leagues

Canterbury District Soccer Football Association is responsible for overseeing all men's, women's and junior's competitions as well as small sided competitions.

### Teams

Teams competing across all tiers and divisions are made up from these clubs:

* Abbotsford Football Club
* Ashfield Pirates Football Club
* Australian National Sports Club
* Australian Catholic University
* Balmain & District Football Club
* Belmore Eagles Football Club
* Belmore United Football Club
* Burwood Football Club (Owned by a Brazilian Freak Football Player)
* Canterbury Football Club
* Concord Soccer Club
* Cooks River Titans Football Club
* Earlwood Wanderers Football Club
* Enfield Rovers Soccer Club
* Football Club Five Dock
* Fraser Park Football Club
* Hurlstone Park Wanderers Football Club
* Inter Lions Soccer Club
* Lakemba Sports and recreational Club
* Leichhardt Saints Football Club
* APIA Leichhardt Tigers Football Club
* Marrickville Football Club
* Roseland Raptors Football Club
* Stanmore Hawks Football Club
* Strathfield Football Club
* Sydney Uni Soccer Football Club
* Russell Lea Women's Soccer Club

Clubs may field more than one team per all ages division and may also not participate in each division

## Premiers

### Premier League

* 2002: Belmore Eagles A
* 2003: Australian National Sports Club
* 2004: Abbotsford FC
* 2006: Concord
* 2007: Concord
* 2011: Enfield
* 2012: Enfield (def. Inter Lions 6–1 in grand final)

### Premier League Reserves

* 2002: Marrickville B
* 2003: Marrickville
* 2004: Inter Lions
* 2006: Inter Lions
* 2007: Concord
* 2012: Enfield (def. Inter Lions 1–0 in grand final)

### All-ages

| Division | 2011 | 2012 |
| - | - | - |
| AA-1 | Enfield | Strathfield |
| AA-2 | Leichhardt Saints | Balmain A |
| AA-3 | Stanmore | Five Dock A |
| AA-4 | Five Dock | Burwood |
| AA-5 | Burwood | Belmore United |
| AA-6 | Leichhardt Tigers | Concord |
| AA-7 | Enfield | Enfield |
| AA-8 | Strathfield | Burwood A |
| AA-9 | Burwood | Five Dock |
| AA-10 | Stanmore | Stanmore |

## State Cup winners

Teams have represented the Canterbury District at State Cup tournaments since its foundation in 1957. Hurlstone Park Wanderers managed to win the U-21s foundation title that year.

| Club | Total number of titles | Years and competition |
| - | - | - |
| Burwood FC | 2 | 2007 (U-16s), 2011 (U-21s) |
| Canterbury FC | 2 | 1981 (Amateur), 1984 (U-16s) |
| Earlwood Wanderers | 3 | 1973 (U-21s), 1982 (U-14s), 2011 (U-11s) |
| Five Dock RSL | 1 | 2002 (U-18s) |
| Glebe | 1 | 1972 (Amateur) |
| Hurlstone Park Wanderers | 3 | 1957 (U-21s), 2005 (U-12s Women's, U-14s Women's) |
| Lakemba Sports & Recreation Club | 1 | 2018 Crystal Cup |
| Leichhardt Saints | 1 | 2004 (U-12's Women's) |
| Leichhardt Tigers | 3 | 2009, 2010 (U-12's), 2015 (Over 35s) |
| Marrickville FC | 1 | 1965 (U-21s) |
| Strathfield FC | 1 | 2000 (U-16s Women's) |
| Western Suburbs† | 1 | 1969 (U-21s) |

* † Club has dissolved
* Glebe are no longer a part of the Canterbury Districts Soccer Football Association
