1959 NSWSF season

The 1959 New South Wales Federation of Soccer Clubs (NSWSF) season was the third season of football in New South Wales under the administration of the federation since its breakaway from the NSW Soccer Football Association in January of 1957. The home and away league season began on the 28th of March with fourteen teams, increasing its number by two clubs from the previous season. Sydney Prague were minor premiers after twenty-six rounds of competition.

Once again a finals series was used decide the First Division champions of New South Wales in the format of a four team page playoff system. Sydney Prague won the league double, becoming this season's champions with a 3–2 the grand final win over APIA Leichhardt FC.

Other tournaments held this season included the Ampol Cup and the third edition of the Federation Cup. Both competitions were won by Sydney Prague, meaning the club won all three competitions held by the federation.

Clubs

 * Changes from last season:
 * Number of teams increased from twelve (12) to fourteen (14)
 * Balgownie Rangers FC, Budapest and Granville AEK were all new entries into the competition
 * Villawood was relegated to Second Division

Source:

Table and results


Grand final

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Awards and statistics
The following awards were reported on by Soccer World in the lead up to the league grand final.

Teams of the Year

 * Club championship (unofficial)

Note: Corrimal United and Balgownie Rangers are not included as they did not field a third grade team.

Ampol Cup
Originally formed in 1957 as the William Kennard Cup, this was the third year of competition and the first to be solely known as the Ampol Cup.


 * Final

Ascot Thousand Federation Cup
This was the third year contesting the Federation Cup, named the Ascot Thousand for sponsorship reasons.


 * Final