2007 NSW Premier League season

NSW Premier League 2007
League NSW Premier League
Sport Association football
Duration 24 February – 5 August 2007
Number of teams 10
2007
Champions Blacktown City Demons FC
Premiers Blacktown City Demons FC
TigerTurf Cup
Champions Wollongong Wolves FC

The 2007 NSW Premier League season was the seventh season of the revamped NSW Premier League.

The 2007 regular season began on 24 February 2007, at 16:00 UTC+10,[1] and concluded on 5 August 2007 with the Grand Final where Blacktown City Demons FC defeated Bankstown City Lions FC 3–1.

During the course of the season, all Premier League, Super League and Division teams were involved in the TigerTurf Cup, an equivalent to the English FA Cup with teams competing in a series of elimination games.

Changes from 2006 NSW Premier League season

The only format change for this competition was that the first week of the finals would be played over two legs instead of one. The regular season remained a home-away format.

Clubs

Teams promoted from Super League:
(After the end of the 2006 season.)

Teams relegated to Super League:
(After the end of the 2006 season.)

Club Ground Capacity
APIA Tigers Leichhardt Oval 20,000
Bankstown City Lions FC Jensen Oval 8,000
Blacktown City Demons FC Fairfax Community Stadium 7,500
Manly United FC Cromer Park 5,000
Marconi Stallions FC Marconi Stadium 11,500
Penrith Nepean United FC CUA Stadium 21,000
Sutherland Sharks FC Seymour Shaw Park 5,000
Sydney Olympic FC Belmore Sports Ground 25,000
Sydney United FC Sydney United Sports Centre 12,000
Wollongong FC Hooka Creek Park 5,000

Regular season

League table

Pos
 Team
 Pld
 W
 D
 L
 GF
 GA
 GD
 Pts
Qualification or relegation
1 Blacktown City (C) 18 11 5 2 38 19+19 38 Qualified for the Championship Finals Series
2 Bankstown City 18 8 7 3 29 20+9 31
3 Marconi Stallions 18 8 6 4 34 27+7 30
4 Manly United 18 8 4 6 26 21+5 28
5 APIA Leichhardt Tigers 18 8 4 6 26 23+3 28
6 Sydney United 18 6 6 6 25 24+1 24
7 Wollongong FC 18 6 4 8 27 32−5 22
8 Sutherland Sharks 18 6 3 9 17 25−8 21
9 Sydney Olympic 18 4 5 9 22 35−13 17
10 Penrith Nepean United FC 18 3 0 15 18 36−18 9

Updated to games played on 15 July 2007.
Source: Flashscore
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.

Results

Home ╲ Away API BAN BCDMANMARPNUSUTSYOSYUWOL
APIA Leichhardt Tigers 1–2 1–2 0–1 2–0 1–0 2–1 2–1 2–1 2–2
Bankstown City 1–1 1–1 2–2 2–0 6–2 1–1 3–2 0–0 1–1
Blacktown City Demons 0–0 4–0 3–0 0–5 3–1 1–3 2–2 1–1 4–1
Manly United 1–2 1–3 0–2 1–1 1–0 2–0 3–0 1–2 2–2
Marconi Stallions 2–6 1–1 1–1 1–2 3–2 1–0 3–3 3–1 3–1
Penrith Nepean United 0–2 0–1 1–4 0–3 1–2 0–1 2–1 1–2 1–2
Sutherland Sharks 1–0 1–0 0–3 0–1 2–4 0–1 1–1 3–2 1–0
Sydney Olympic 4–0 0–2 0–3 0–0 0–2 1–6 1–0 1–1 1–3
Sydney United 1–1 0–3 0–1 2–1 0–0 2–0 2–2 2–3 4–1
Wollongong FC 3–1 2–0 2–3 1–4 2–2 1–0 3–0 0–1 0–2

Updated to games played on 1 July 2007.
Source: socceraust.co.uk
1 ^ The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Finals series

After the home and away season, the finals series began with the top four teams competing for the champions trophy. The finals series used a modified Page playoff system, with the difference that each first round game would be played over two legs. The winner of the finals series, Blacktown City Demons FC was crowned as the NSW Premier League champions and as the holder of the top position on the league ladder were also named premiers.

Standard cup rules – such as the away goals rule (two-leg ties only), extra time and penalty shootouts were used to decide drawn games.

  Semi Finals Preliminary Final Grand Final
    L1 L2    
    July 15 & 22                        
1  Blacktown City 0 2     5 August
2  Bankstown City 3 0     29 July       2  Bankstown City 1
    1  Blacktown City (a.e.t.) 4   1  Blacktown City 3
  July 14 & 21   4  Manly United 2  
3  Marconi Stallions 0 1
4  Manly United 2 1  

Statistics

Top goalscorers

Rank Player Team Goals
1 Tolgay Ozbey Blacktown City Demons 16
2 Daniel Aliffi Wollongong FC 11
Tallan Martin Bankstown City Lions 11
4 Robbie Cattanach Manly United 10
5 Daniel Severino Bankstown City Lions 9
Robbie Younis APIA Leichhardt Tigers 9
7 Osagie Edararo Wollongong FC 7
Labinot Haliti Sydney United 7
Anthony Hartshorn APIA Leichhardt Tigers 7
Ben Vidaic Sydney United 7
Source: socceraust.co.uk

See also

References

External links

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