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{{Use dmy dates|date=June 2019}}
{{Use Australian English|date=August 2015}}
{{Short description|Governing body for soccer in the Northern Territory}}
{{Infobox organization
| name                = Football Northern Territory
| image               = Football Northern Territory logo.svg
| size                = 125px
| formation           = {{Start date and age|2005}}
| headquarters        = [[Darwin, Northern Territory|Darwin]], [[Northern Territory]], Australia
| membership          = 
| parent_organisation = [[Football Australia]]
| leader_title        = 
| leader_name         = 
| website             = [http://www.footballnt.com.au footballnt.com.au]
}}

'''Football Northern Territory''' ('''FNT''') is the state governing body for [[association football|soccer]] in the [[Northern Territory]], Australia. It is affiliated with [[Football Australia]], the national governing body. The Territory is also separated into three zones – Northern, Central and FICA (Southern) – which have their own zone councils which locally administer their own league and cup competitions.

There is currently no overall champion – the regional winners in 2016 were [[Hellenic Athletic|Hellenic Athletic Club]] (Northern Zone) and Celtic (FICA).

The federation conducts the territory-wide [[Football Federation Northern Territory#NT Australia Cup Final|Sport Minister's Cup]], which doubles as qualification for the national [[FFA Cup]].

== Clubs in NT ==
===Northern Zone (NorZone)===
{{main|NorZone Premier League}}
* [[Casuarina FC]] 
* [[Darwin Olympic SC|Darwin Olympic]]
* [[Darwin Hearts FC|Darwin Hearts]]
* Garuda FC
* [[Hellenic Athletic]]
* [[Mindil Aces FC|Mindil Aces]]
* [[Port Darwin FC|Port Darwin]]
* [[University Azzurri FC|University Azzurri]]

===Reserves Only===
* [[Palmerston Rovers FC|Palmerston Rovers]]

===Past Participant Clubs===
* Darwin City Buffalos 
* Darwin Lions (Pre-2007 known as Afro-Oz FC)
* Karama United
* Litchfield SC
* [[1st Brigade (Australia)|1st Brigade]]
* [[Palmerston FC]]
* [[University Azzurri FC|University Rangers]]
* Waratahs SC (2007 No longer a Registered Club)
* Greater Palmerston United
* [[Darwin Rovers FC|Darwin Rovers]]
* Litchfield SC

===Central Zone ===
'''Note:''' ''No competition in 2024.''
*Borroloola FC
*Gove SC
*Katherine FC

===Southern Zone Premier League===
''Organised by Football in Central Australia (FICA)''
*Alice Springs Celtic
*Stormbirds SC
*Verdi FC
*MPH Vikings FC

=== Past Participant Clubs ===
*Gillen Scorpions
*Federals SC
*ASFA – (Not registered club, Academy team)
*Buckleys FC (Pre-2007 known as Town and Country Tavern)

==NT Australia Cup==
{{ infobox football tournament
| title                = Sports Minister's Cup
| logo                 = 
| founded              = 2016
| number of teams      = 13 (in 2025)
| region               = [[Northern Territory]]
| current champions    = {{nowrap|2024 [[Darwin Hearts FC|Darwin Hearts]] (1st title)}}
| most successful club = [[Darwin Rovers FC|Darwin Rovers]], [[Darwin Olympic SC|Darwin Olympic]], [[Hellenic Athletic]] (2 titles each)
|current               = [[2025 Australia Cup preliminary rounds#Seventh Round|2025 Australia Cup preliminary rounds]]
}}

The male knock-out cup – now run annually with clubs from NorZone and FICA – is a single-leg knockout cup competition, first held as part of the [[2015 FFA Cup preliminary rounds|preliminary rounds]] of the [[2015 FFA Cup]]. It is the qualification route for the single NT federation representative for the FFA Cup, now known as the [[Australia Cup]].

Since 2016 the final has been played for the Cup.

From 2015 to 2018 the winners of the NorZone and FICA met in the final; since 2019 the winners of FICA have qualified to the semi-final stage (FFA Cup preliminary Round 6).

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|-
! Competition and Year !! Winner !! Score !! Runners-up
|-
| [[2015 FFA Cup preliminary rounds#Seventh round|2015 NT Final]] || '''[[Darwin Olympic SC|Darwin Olympic]]''' || 5–0 || Alice Springs Celtic
|-
| [[2016 FFA Cup preliminary rounds#Seventh round|2016 Sports Minister's Cup]] || '''[[Darwin Rovers FC|Shamrock Rovers Darwin]]''' || 5–0 || Gillen Scorpions
|-
| [[2017 FFA Cup preliminary rounds#Seventh round|2017 Sports Minister's Cup]] || '''[[Darwin Rovers FC|Darwin Rovers]]''' || 2–0 || Alice Springs Celtic
|-
| [[2018 FFA Cup preliminary rounds#Seventh round|2018 Sports Minister's Cup]] || '''[[Hellenic Athletic]]''' || 9–0 || Verdi FC
|-
| [[2019 FFA Cup preliminary rounds#Seventh round|2019 Sports Minister's Cup]] || '''[[Darwin Olympic SC|Darwin Olympic]]''' || 2–2 (5–4 {{pen.}}) || [[University Azzurri FC|University Azzurri]]
|-
| 2020
| colspan=3| [[2020 FFA Cup]] cancelled due to the [[COVID-19 pandemic in Australia]].<ref name="Cancel2020">{{cite web|url=https://theworldgame.sbs.com.au/coronavirus-forces-ffa-cup-to-be-cancelled|title=Coronavirus forces FFA Cup to be cancelled|publisher=[[Special Broadcasting Service|SBS]]|work=[[The World Game]]|date=7 July 2020|access-date=7 July 2020}}</ref>
|-
| [[2021 FFA Cup preliminary rounds#Seventh round|2021 NT FFA Cup Final]] || '''[[Casuarina FC]]''' || 2–1 || [[Hellenic Athletic|Hellenic AC]]
|-
| [[2022 Australia Cup preliminary rounds#Seventh round|2022 NT Australia Cup Final]] || '''[[Mindil Aces FC]]''' || 2–0 || [[Casuarina FC]]
|-
| [[2023 Australia Cup preliminary rounds#Seventh round|2023 NT Australia Cup Final]] || '''[[Hellenic Athletic]]''' || 3–1 || Verdi FC
|-
| [[2024 Australia Cup preliminary rounds#Seventh round|2024 NT Australia Cup Final]] || '''[[Darwin Hearts FC|Darwin Hearts]]''' || 3–1 || [[Darwin Olympic SC|Darwin Olympic]]
|-
| [[2025 Australia Cup preliminary rounds#Seventh round|2025 NT Australia Cup Final]] || colspan=3|''competition in progress''
|}

==See also==
*[[Darwin Football Stadium]]
*[[NorZone Premier League]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
*[http://www.footballnt.com.au/ Football Northern Territory Official website]

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