2009 NSW Premier League season

TeleChoice Premier League 2009
League	NSW Premier League
Sport	Association football
Duration	1 March 2009 – 13 September 2009
Number of teams	12
Total attendance	75,698 (approximately)
2009
Champions	Sutherland Sharks FC
Premiers	Sydney United FC
Top scorer	Matthew Mayora (15)
2009 TigerTurf Cup
Champions	Sutherland Sharks FC

The 2009 TeleChoice Premier League season is the ninth season of the revamped NSW Premier League. This season also marks the addition of a new team, in the Bonnyrigg White Eagles Football Club from the Super League (one division lower).

The 2009 regular season began on 1 March 2009, at 18:00 UTC+10,^[1] and concluded on 9 August 2009 with the Finals Series commencing a fortnight later.

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 elimation games. On Sunday, 16 August, the Sutherland Sharks Football Club were crowned the 2009 TigerTurf Cup Champions after defeating Manly United FC 1-0.^[2] On Sunday, 13 September, the Sutherland Sharks Football Club won their second championship of the year when they defeated Marconi Stallions 4 goals to 1 in the TeleChoice Premier League Grand Final at CUA Stadium, Penrith.

Clubs

Teams promoted from Super League:
(After the end of the 2008 season.)

• Bonnyrigg White Eagles

Teams relegated to Super League:
(After the end of the 2008 season.)

• Macarthur Rams

Wollongong

Olympic

Sutherland

Manly

Berries

Bankstown

Blacktown

Marconi

Penrith

Sydney
United

Bonnyrigg

Tigers

(Sydney - see left)

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
Bonnyrigg White Eagles FC	Bonnyrigg Sports Club	5,000
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
West Sydney Berries FC	Lidcombe Oval	20,000
Wollongong Community FC	Hooka Creek Park	5,000

Managerial changes

Team	Outgoing	Manner	Date	Incoming	Date
Sydney Olympic FC	Aytek Genc	Resigned	31 March 2009[3]	Nick Theodorakopoulos	2 April 2009[4]
Bonnyrigg White Eagles FC	Blagoja Kuleski	Sacked	30 March 2009[5]	Brian Brown	4 April 2009[6]
Sydney Tigers FC	Paul Okon	Resigned	18 March 2009[7]	Luke McGuire	5 April 2009[8]
Wollongong CFC	Tony Pace	Sacked	23 April 2009[9]	Glenn Fontana (interim)	23 April 2009
Penrith Nepean United	Ian Gillan	Mutual Agreement	23 June 2009[10]	Ante Jurić	23 June 2009
Sydney Olympic FC	Nick Theodorakopoulos	Resigned	2 September 2009[11]	Pat Marando	2 September 2009
Wollongong CFC	Glenn Fontana	Mutual Agreement	12 September 2009[12]	Trevor Morgan	12 September 2009

Regular season

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Sydney United	22	13	7	2	42	22	+20	46	Qualified for the Championship Finals Series
2	Marconi Stallions	22	11	6	5	44	22	+22	39
3	Sutherland Sharks (C)	22	10	8	4	46	26	+20	38
4	Bankstown City	22	11	5	6	39	31	+8	38
5	Manly United	22	10	7	5	33	22	+11	37
6	West Sydney Berries	22	8	6	8	37	37	0	30
7	Blacktown City	22	7	7	8	29	31	−2	28
8	Sydney Olympic	22	8	4	10	37	43	−6	28
9	Bonnyrigg White Eagles	22	6	8	8	28	39	−11	26
10	Penrith Nepean United FC	22	6	5	11	19	31	−12	23	Relegated to Super League
11	APIA Leichhardt Tigers	22	5	7	10	30	38	−8	22
12	South Coast Wolves	22	1	2	19	20	62	−42	5

Source: TeleChoice Premier League
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

The results of the 2009 Home and Away season are as follows:

	BCL	BCD	BWE	MU	MS	PNU	SS	SO	ST	SU	WSB	WC
Bankstown City Lions		4-2	0-0	0-2	2-1	2-0	4-2	2-1	5-3	1-1	2-2	1-0
Blacktown City Demons	3-2		0-1	3-3	0-3	1-1	0-0	0-1	2-1	0-3	1-2	3-0
Bonnyrigg White Eagles	0-2	0-0		1-4	1-5	1-1	1-3	4-3	1-5	1-1	3-3	2-0
Manly United	2-0	0-1	2-1		0-0	2-1	0-0	1-2	1-1	2-3	3-0	1-1
Marconi Stallions	2-2	3-1	2-1	1-1		2-0	0-2	2-1	1-1	1-2	2-3	2-0
Penrith Nepean United	0-0	1-1	0-1	2-0	0-3		0-2	3-2	1-0	0-4	1-2	1-0
Sutherland Sharks	3-4	0-0	3-4	0-1	1-1	2-1		4-1	0-0	2-2	3-0	3-0
Sydney Olympic	2-1	2-1	1-1	2-1	1-2	3-2	1-4		1-1	1-1*	1-3	5-2
Sydney Tigers	1-0	1-1	0-1	0-1	1-1	0-1	1-3	2-0		1-1	2-0	6-5
Sydney United	1-0	0-3	1-1	2-3	2-1	1-0	2-2	2-1	6-1		2-0	2-1
West Sydney Berries	1-2	1-2	0-0	1-1	0-2	2-2	2-2	4-2	3-1	0-2		6-1
Wollongong Community	2-3	2-4	3-2	0-2	0-7	0-1	1-5	1-1	1-2	0-1	0-2

Source: footballnsw.com.au ^[13]
(*) = Both encounters between Sydney Olympic and Sydney United were Olympic home games with the 1-1 scoreline being the Round 20 battle.
Home team listed in left column.

Finals series

	Qualifying Finals					Semi Finals					Preliminary Final					Grand Final
						1	Sydney United FC	2
						3	Sutherland Sharks	3								3	Sutherland Sharks	4
	2	Marconi Stallions	0								1	Sydney United FC	2			2	Marconi Stallions	1
	3	Sutherland Sharks	1								2	Marconi Stallions	4
						2	Marconi Stallions	2
	4	Bankstown City	0(2)		5	Manly United FC	0
	5	Manly United (p)	0(4)

First Week

Bankstown City Lions FC v Manly United FC

2009-08-22 Elimination Final	Bankstown City Lions FC	0 – 0 (a.e.t.) (2 – 4 p)	Manly United FC	Jensen Oval, Sefton
19:30 UTC+10		Report		Attendance: 1,000 approx. Referee: Peter Vrtkovski
		Penalties
	Phillip Makrys Tallan Martin		Andrew Mailer Craig Midgley Scott Thomas Keith Shevlin

Marconi Stallions FC v Sutherland Sharks FC

2009-08-23 Qualifying Final	Marconi Stallions FC	0 – 1	Sutherland Sharks FC	Marconi Stadium, Bossley Park
15:00 UTC+10		Report	Panni Nikas  47'	Attendance: 1,100 approx. Referee: Gerard Parsons

Second week

Marconi Stallions FC v Manly United FC

2009-08-29 Minor semi-final	Marconi Stallions FC	2 – 0	Manly United FC	Marconi Stadium, Bossley Park
18:00 UTC+10	Ali Abbas Al-Hilfi  95' Vamara Diarra  122'	Report		Attendance: 500 approx. Referee: Kris Griffith-Jones

Sydney United FC v Sutherland Sharks FC

2009-08-30 Major semi-final	Sydney United FC	2 – 3	Sutherland Sharks FC	Sydney United Sports Centre, Sydney
16:00 UTC+10	Ante Milicic  45' Andrija Petkovic  58'	Report	Panni Nikas  69' (pen.) Jim Bakis  86' Chris Price  90+2'	Attendance: 1,500 Referee: Kurt Ams

Preliminary Final

Sydney United FC v Marconi Stallions FC

2009-09-06	Sydney United FC	2 – 4	Marconi Stallions FC	Sydney United Sports Centre, Sydney
16:00 UTC+10	Ante Milicic  24' Luka Glavaš  75' (pen.)	Report	Alexander Canak  5' Erick Anabalon  23' Wade Oostendorp  33', 66'	Attendance: 1,100 approx. Referee: Gerard Parsons

Grand Final

Sutherland Sharks FC v Marconi Stallions FC

2009-09-13	Sutherland Sharks FC	4 – 1	Marconi Stallions FC	CUA Stadium, Penrith
15:00 UTC+10	Neil Jablonski  27' Brad Boardman  75' Michael Katz  86' Panni Nikas 90+3'	Report	Nahuel Arrarte  71'	Attendance: 3,000 approx. Referee: Peter Vrtkovski

Statistics

Top goalscorers

Matthew Mayora won the Golden Boot with 15 goals

Rank	Scorer	Club	Goals[14]
1	Matthew Mayora	Sydney Olympic	15
2	Brad Boardman	Sutherland	12
	Dimitri Zakilas	West Sydney	12
4	Luka Glavaš	Sydney United	11
	Panni Nikas	Sutherland	11
	Hussein Salameh	Bankstown	11
	Robert Younis	Sydney Tigers	11
8	Tolgay Özbey	Sydney Olympic	10
	Alexander Canak	Marconi	10
10	Almir Dizdaric	Bonnyrigg	9
11	Ilija Prenzoski	Wollongong	7
	Giosuè Sama	Manly United	7
	John Tsironis	West Sydney	7
	David Zdrilic	Sydney United	7

Scoring

• First goal of the season: Almir Dizdaric for Bonnyrigg against Sydney Tigers, 49 seconds. (1 March 2009).
• Last goal of the season: Panni Nikas for Sutherland against Marconi, 90+3 minutes. (13 September 2009)
• Fastest goal in a match: 38 seconds – Ilija Prenzoski for Wollongong against Sydney Olympic (22 March 2009)
• Goal scored at the latest point in a match: 122 minutes – Vamara Diarra for Marconi against Manly United (29 August 2009)
• First own goal of the season: George Souris (Sutherland) for Bankstown City, 33 minutes (15 March 2009)
• First hat-trick of the season: Jamie McMaster (Sydney Tigers) against Bonnyrigg (1 March 2009)
• Most goals scored by one player in a match: 4 goals – Robert Younis (Sydney Tigers) against Wollongong, 3', 18', 46', 75' (9 August 2009)
• Widest winning margin: 7 goals – Marconi 7-0 Wollongong (19 April 2009)
• Most goals in a match: 11 goals
  • Sydney Tigers 6–5 Wollongong (9 August 2009)
• Most goals in one half: 5 goals – Sydney Tigers v Wollongong (9 August 2009) 2–3 at half time, 6–5 final
• Most goals in one half by a single team: 5 goals – Sydney United v Sydney Tigers (19 April 2009) 5–0 at half-time, 6–1 final
• All season goals (excluding finals): 404 goals

Discipline

• First yellow card of the season: Daniel Wilkinson for Blacktown City against Sydney United, 2 minutes (1 March 2009)
• First red card of the season: Mark D’Alessandro for Bonnyrigg against Sydney Tigers, 2 minutes (1 March 2009)
• Card given at latest point in a game: James Chronopoulos (yellow) at 108 minutes for Marconi against Manly United (29 August 2009)

Overall

• Most wins – Sydney United (13)
• Fewest wins – Wollongong (1)
• Most losses – Wollongong (19)
• Fewest losses – Sydney United (2)
• Most goals scored – Sutherland (46)
• Fewest goals scored – Penrith Nepean (19)
• Most goals conceded – Wollongong (62)
• Fewest goals conceded – Sydney United, Marconi and Manly United (22)

Clean sheets

• Most clean sheets – Sutherland (9)
• Fewest clean sheets – Wollongong (0)

Attendances

These are the attendance records of each of the teams at the end of the home and away season. The table does not include finals series attendances.

Team Hosted Average Highest Lowest Total Sydney Olympic FC 11 893 1,600 612 20,878 Bonnyrigg White Eagles FC 11 812 1,300 550 14,105 Sutherland Sharks FC 11 542 1,004 400 7,937 Sydney United FC 11 519 1,002 360 7,910 Marconi Stallions FC 11 493 1,004 500 6,854 Bankstown City Lions FC 11 474 750 300 6,200 Wollongong Community FC 11 454 1,189 250 6,089 Blacktown City Demons FC 11 320 1,000 150 5,250 APIA Tigers 10 340 750 300 4,600 Penrith Nepean United FC 11 335 500 250 4,350 Manly United FC 11 333 850 100 4,100 West Sydney Berries FC 11 293 550 150 3,220 Totals 132 484 1,600 100 1,010,986 Awards Gold medal dinner At the end of the season, Football NSW hosted the Gold Medal Dinner, where players, coaches and referees were awarded for their work throughout the Premier League season.[15] Award Grade Name Club Player of the Year First Grade Brad Boardman Sutherland Sharks Andreas Golden Boot First Grade Matthew Mayora Sydney Olympic Player of the Year Under 20's Damian Brosque Bankstown City Lions Golden Boot Under 20's Steven Veleski Sydney United Goalkeeper of the Year First Grade Vedran Janjetovic Sydney United Coach of the Year First Grade Ante Milicic Sydney United Referee of the Year - Peter Vrtkovski - All-Stars Team All-Stars Team Janjetovic Robinson Webb Vrkic Luksic Thomas Al-Hilfi Nikas Canak Boardman Glavaš Based on a points system in which all match reporters took part in during the course of the 22 rounds, eleven players were selected in various positions highlighting their performances for the season. Goalkeeper: Vedran Janjetovic (Sydney United) Defence: Michael Robinson (Sutherland Sharks), Shane Webb (Bankstown City Lions), Joe Vrkic (Sydney United), Richard Luksic (Bankstown City Lions) Midfield: Scott Thomas (Manly United), Ali Abbas Al-Hilfi (Marconi Stallions), Panni Nikas (Sutherland Sharks), Alexander Canak (Marconi Stallions) Attack: Brad Boardman (Sutherland Sharks), Luka Glavaš (Sydney United) Coach: Ante Milicic (Sydney United) See also NSW Premier League Football NSW References "2009 NSW Premier League Draw". Archived from the original on 10 February 2009. Retrieved 7 January 2009. Brock, Micky (2009-08-16). "Sutherland Sharks crowned TigerTurf Cup winners after late extra-time winner against Manly United". Football NSW. Retrieved 2009-08-17. "Aytek Genc parts ways with Sydney Olympic". NSW Premier League (Sydney Olympic Football Club). 1 April 2009. Retrieved 9 April 2009. "Nick Theodorakopoulos appointed Sydney Olympic Head Coach for remainder of the 2009 season". NSW Premier League (Sydney Olympic Football Club). 2 April 2009. Retrieved 9 April 2009. "Bonnyrigg White Eagles part company with Blagoja Kuleski". NSW Premier League (Bonnyrigg Sports Club). 30 March 2009. Retrieved 9 April 2009. "Bonnyrigg White Eagles Unveil New Coach". NSW Premier League (Bonnyrigg Sports Club). 4 April 2009. Retrieved 9 April 2009. "Paul Okon jets off to Gold Coast United". Press Release (Football NSW). 18 March 2009. Retrieved 18 March 2009. "Tigers survive Lions onslaught to collect three valuable points". NSW Premier League (Football NSW). 5 April 2009. Retrieved 5 April 2009. "First Team Coaching Restructure". Press Release (Wollongong Community FC). 23 April 2009. Retrieved 23 April 2009. "Penrith Nepean United parts company with Ian Gillan as Ante Juric appointed new coach". Press Release (Football NSW). 23 June 2009. Retrieved 23 June 2009. "Sydney Olympic appoint Pat Marando as new first grade coach". News Article (Football NSW). 2 September 2009. Retrieved 14 September 2009. "WCFC's new coach a top catch". News Article (Illawarra Mercury). 14 September 2009. Retrieved 14 September 2009. NSW Premier League "Competition Stats for Telechoice Premier League 2009". NSW Premier League. SportingPulse. Archived from the original on 30 April 2009. Retrieved 9 April 2009. "2009 Gold Medal Dinner a huge success as Bradley Boardman scoops major award". Football NSW. 2009-10-10. Retrieved 2009-10-11. External links NSW Premier League Official Website