1959 NSWSF season

The 1959 New South Wales Federation of Soccer Clubs 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 to fourteen
Balgownie Rangers FC, Budapest and Granville AEK were all new entries into the competition
Villawood was relegated to Second Division

Club	Ground	Colours	Founded
A.P.I.A.	Lambert Park, Leichhardt	Maroon and blue	1954	3rd	1957	8th
Auburn SFC	Mona Park, Auburn	Green and gold	1957	3rd	1957	3rd
Balgownie Rangers	Judy Masters Oval, Balgownie	Black and white	1889	1st	1959	2nd NSWSFA First Div.
Bankstown SFC	Bankstown Oval, Bankstown	Green and gold	1944	3rd	1957	7th
Budapest	Sydney Athletics Field, Moore Park	Red, white and green	1957	1st	1959	1st in Second Div.
Canterbury-Marrickville	Arlington Oval, Dulwich Hill	Blue and gold	1896	3rd	1957	2nd
Concord	Concord Oval, Concord	Black	1949	3rd	1957	11th
Corrimal United	Memorial Park, Corrimal	Red and white	1958	2nd	1958	1st
Gladesville-Ryde	Gladesville Sports Ground, Gladesville	Amber and black	1951	3rd	1957	6th
Granville AEK	Macarthur Park, Granville	Amber and black	1885	1st	1959	5th in NSWSFA First Div.
Hakoah	Sydney Athletics Field, Moore Park	Sky Blue and White	1953	3rd	1957	5th
North Side United	Chatswood Oval, Chatswood	Blue and gold	1953	3rd	1957	10th
Prague	Sydney Athletics Field, Moore Park	Sky Blue	1952	3rd	1957	4th
Sydney Austral	Sydney Cricket Ground No. 2, Moore Park	Red, white and blue	1952	3rd	1957	9th

Regular season

Table and results

Finals series

Grand final

NSWSF First Division
1959 Premiers

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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.

Player of the Year

Rank	Player of the Year
1	Bobby Young and Joe Vasvary
3	Walter Tamandl
4	John Wong
5	Les Scheinflug
6	Karl Jaros

Top goal-scorers

Rank	Player	Goals
1	Leo Baumgartner	29
2	Bruce Morrow	28
3	Walter Tamandl	27
4	Joe Galambos	23

Teams of the Year

;Club championship

Club	Points
APIA Leichhardt	107
Canterbury-Marrickville	107
Hakoah	89
Auburn	82
Prague	80
Granville AEK	80
North Side United	74
Gladesville-Ryde	69
Bankstown	71
Sydney Austral	47
Budapest	45
Concord	37

Other competitions

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.
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