SD Raiders

SD Raiders FC

Full name	Southern Districts Raiders FC
Nickname	Raiders
Founded	2012 (as Southern Bulls)
Ground	Ernie Smith Reserve, Moorebank
Capacity	1000
Coach	Nick Carle
League	NPL NSW
2025	2nd of 16 NSW League One (promoted via playoff)
Website	http://www.sdraidersfc.com.au/

Southern Districts Raiders Football Club, is a semi-professional soccer club, based and located in the Moorebank area of New South Wales. The club currently competes in the New South Wales National Premier Leagues in 2026 season. In season 2019, they played in the New South Wales National Premier Leagues 3 competition.^[1] In current season 2020, they competed in the New South Wales National Premier Leagues 2 competition.^[2]

The club is the representative team of the Southern Districts Soccer Football Association (SDSFA).

Senior Team History

In 2012, SDSFA entered a joint Venture with State League side Fairfield Bulls to form Southern Bulls, competing in State League One.

In 2014 the partnership fell apart with SD Raiders taking over the name in 2016.

The Technical Director for the club is former Socceroo and Sydney FC player Nick Carle.

In 2015, as Southern Bulls, they finished third yet won through to the grand final where they defeated Dunbar Rovers 2–0.

In 2016, they again finished third however, as winners of the Club Championship (now playing as SD Raiders), won promotion to the NPL NSW 3.

In 2018 SD Raiders qualified for the grand final, losing 2-0 to St George City.

The following year they finished second in the competition and again played in the grand final, this time winning 3-1 over premiers, Stanmore Hawks. Additionally, as the winners of the Club Championship, they achieved promotion to the NPL2 competition for season 2020.

Women's Squad

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.