Southern Championship


The Southern Championship is an association football league in Southern Tasmania. It is jointly with the Northern Championship, the second highest level soccer competition in Tasmania. Nationally, it sits below the A-League and NPL Tasmania. It is controlled by the Football Federation Tasmania.
Prior to the 2015 season it was known as the Southern Premier League and for sponsorship reasons as the Forestry Tasmania Southern Premier League
Between 2001 and 2012 the Southern and Northern Premier Leagues were jointly the state's highest level of soccer competition. During this period the two regional leagues determined a southern and northern champion, who then had a play-off for the state championship.

Current clubs (2025)

Honours

YearPremiers
1900Trinity
1901Trinity
1902Gunners
1903–1909not known
1910Hobart
1911Westralia
1912St George
1913Corinthians
1914Corinthians
1915-1918No competition due to World War 1
1919South Hobart
1920South Hobart
1921South Hobart
1922South Hobart
1923South Hobart
1924Sandy Bay
1925Sandy Bay
1926South Hobart
1927Sandy Bay
1928Hobart Athletic
1929South Hobart
1930Hobart Athletic
1931Cascades FC
1932Cascades FC
1933Sandy Bay
1934Cascades FC
1935Cascades FC
1936Sandy Bay
1937South Hobart
1938Sandy Bay
1939Sandy Bay
1940-1945No competition due to World War 2
1946South Hobart
1947South Hobart
1948South Hobart
1949Metro Claremont
1950Metro Claremont
1951Metro Claremont
1952Metro Claremont
1953Caledonians
1954Metro Claremont
1955Caledonians
1956Caledonians
1957Caledonians
1958Caledonians
1959South Hobart
1960Caledonians
1961Rapid FC
1962Hobart Rangers
1963Olympia
1964Rapid
1965Olympia
1966Olympia
1967Olympia

YearPremiers
1968Olympia
1969Hobart Juventus
1970Glenorchy Croatia
1971Hobart Juventus
1972Hobart Juventus
1973Hobart Juventus
1974Glenorchy Croatia
1975Glenorchy Croatia
1976Rapid FC
1977White Eagles
1978South Hobart
1979Hobart Juventus
1980South Hobart
1981White Eagles
1982Rapid FC
1983Hobart Juventus
1984Hobart Juventus
1985Hobart Juventus
1986White Eagles
1987Olympia
1988Olympia
1989White Eagles
1990Taroona FC
1991University
1992University
1993University
1994University
1995Phoenix
1996University
1997New Town Eagles
1998Clarence United
1999Kingborough Lions
2000Glenorchy Knights
2001University
2002South Hobart
2003University
2004Hobart Zebras
2005Glenorchy Knights
2006Glenorchy Knights
2007Hobart Zebras
2008South Hobart
2009South Hobart
2010South Hobart
2011South Hobart
2012South Hobart
2013Beachside FC
2014University
2015University
2016Glenorchy Knights
2017Glenorchy Knights
2018Glenorchy Knights
2019Hobart United
2020Olympia
2021New Town Eagles
2022New Town Eagles
2023New Town Eagles
2024South East United

Multiple champions

Individual awards

The Vic Tuting Medal was originally introduced in the early 1990s to the best and fairest player for Tasmania for the Tasmanian State League competition. It is now presented to the best and fairest player of the Southern Championship at the end of the season due to a pause of the then State League.
SeasonWinnerClub
2008Ben CrosswellTilford Zebras
2009Josh FieldingGlenorchy Knights
2010Josh FieldingGlenorchy Knights
2011Jonathon LadicTilford Zebras
2012Shae HickeySouth Hobart
2013Miles BarnardUniversity
2014Luke HuigslootUniversity
2015Luke HuigslootUniversity
2016Tom YoungTaroona
2021Samuel LeszczynskiNew Town Eagles
2022Luke HuiglsootNew Town Eagles