{"id":803275,"date":"2026-07-16T05:09:11","date_gmt":"2026-07-16T05:09:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/803275\/"},"modified":"2026-07-16T05:09:11","modified_gmt":"2026-07-16T05:09:11","slug":"football-news-2026-football-australia-investigating-npl-betting-scandal-npl-northern-nsw-charlestown-azzuri","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/803275\/","title":{"rendered":"Football news 2026: Football Australia investigating NPL betting scandal, NPL Northern NSW, Charlestown Azzuri."},"content":{"rendered":"

Football<\/a> Australia has launched a probe under its national code of conduct after a player was accused of betting on a game he was involved in.<\/p>\n

According to the Newcastle Herald, the investigation surrounds a match in the National Premier League Northern NSW competition.<\/p>\n

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Football Australia is investigating allegations a player bet on a match he was involved in.\u00a0Getty Images<\/p>\n

A Charlestown Azzuri player is alleged to have placed a bet on a round 17 match against Belmont Swansea on June 27. Belmont Swansea won the match 3-1.<\/p>\n

The men\u2019s and women\u2019s National Premier Leagues are second-tier competitions underneath the A-Leagues<\/a>. There are several regional competitions beneath that.<\/p>\n

The Northern NSW competition covers Newcastle and the Hunter region. Charlestown is just south of Newcastle.<\/p>\n

Despite the relatively low-level of the competition, fans can bet on NPL Northern NSW matches through several wagering sites.<\/p>\n

Football Australia has been contacted for comment. Nine.com.au is not suggesting the player was involved in any match-fixing.<\/p>\n

Under the FA\u2019s code of conduct, registered players \u2013 as well as coaches and officials \u2013 cannot bet on any match sanctioned by the FA or state governing body.<\/p>\n

The Newcastle Herald reported the club was aware of the investigation, but would not comment further.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s not the first time Australian football has been involved in a betting scandal.<\/p>\n

Only last year, a former A-League captain admitted in court he deliberately earned yellow cards in a 2023 A-League match.<\/p>\n

Then-Macarthur Bulls<\/a> captain Ulises Davila and two teammates, which he paid $10,000 each, deliberately earned yellow cards in a match against Sydney FC<\/a> in December 2023.<\/p>\n

Bets had been placed on the team earning at least four yellows, and payouts totalled more than $200,000.<\/p>\n

Eight other charges against Davila were dropped.<\/p>\n

Last week, a Queensland man was also convicted of a failed attempt to fix another NPL match.<\/p>\n

Alexandro Azzinnaro, 56, asked Gold Coast United goalkeeper Carlos Saliadarre to concede goals in an upcoming match. Saliadarre declined and reported the offer to the club, which alerted authorities.<\/p>\n

A second man will appear in court over the same matter on October 1.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Football Australia has launched a probe under its national code of conduct after a player was accused of…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":803276,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[563],"tags":[64,63,596,85],"class_list":["post-803275","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-football","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-football","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/803275","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=803275"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/803275\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/803276"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=803275"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=803275"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=803275"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}