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 Australia 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.)

Teams relegated to Super League:
(After the end of the 2008 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
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 Australia Aytek Genc Resigned 31 March 2009[3] Greece Nick Theodorakopoulos 2 April 2009[4]
Bonnyrigg White Eagles FC Australia Blagoja Kuleski Sacked 30 March 2009[5] Australia Brian Brown 4 April 2009[6]
Sydney Tigers FC Australia Paul Okon Resigned 18 March 2009[7] Australia Luke McGuire 5 April 2009[8]
Wollongong CFC Australia Tony Pace Sacked 23 April 2009[9] Australia Glenn Fontana (interim) 23 April 2009
Penrith Nepean United Australia Ian Gillan Mutual Agreement 23 June 2009[10] Australia Ante Jurić 23 June 2009
Sydney Olympic FC Greece Nick Theodorakopoulos Resigned 2 September 2009[11] Australia Pat Marando 2 September 2009
Wollongong CFC Australia Glenn Fontana Mutual Agreement 12 September 2009[12] Australia 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 37 370 30
7 Blacktown City 22 7 7 8 29 312 28
8 Sydney Olympic 22 8 4 10 37 436 28
9 Bonnyrigg White Eagles 22 6 8 8 28 3911 26
10 Penrith Nepean United FC 22 6 5 11 19 3112 23 Relegated to Super League
11 APIA Leichhardt Tigers 22 5 7 10 30 388 22
12 South Coast Wolves 22 1 2 19 20 6242 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:

 BCLBCDBWEMUMSPNUSSSOSTSUWSBWC
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

Second week

Preliminary Final

Grand Final

Statistics

Top goalscorers

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

Scoring

Discipline

Overall

Clean sheets

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
Vrkic
Luksic
Thomas
Nikas
Canak
Boardman

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

References

  1. "2009 NSW Premier League Draw". Archived from the original on 10 February 2009. Retrieved 7 January 2009.
  2. 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.
  3. "Aytek Genc parts ways with Sydney Olympic". NSW Premier League (Sydney Olympic Football Club). 1 April 2009. Retrieved 9 April 2009.
  4. "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.
  5. "Bonnyrigg White Eagles part company with Blagoja Kuleski". NSW Premier League (Bonnyrigg Sports Club). 30 March 2009. Retrieved 9 April 2009.
  6. "Bonnyrigg White Eagles Unveil New Coach". NSW Premier League (Bonnyrigg Sports Club). 4 April 2009. Retrieved 9 April 2009.
  7. "Paul Okon jets off to Gold Coast United". Press Release (Football NSW). 18 March 2009. Retrieved 18 March 2009.
  8. "Tigers survive Lions onslaught to collect three valuable points". NSW Premier League (Football NSW). 5 April 2009. Retrieved 5 April 2009.
  9. "First Team Coaching Restructure". Press Release (Wollongong Community FC). 23 April 2009. Retrieved 23 April 2009.
  10. "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.
  11. "Sydney Olympic appoint Pat Marando as new first grade coach". News Article (Football NSW). 2 September 2009. Retrieved 14 September 2009.
  12. "WCFC's new coach a top catch". News Article (Illawarra Mercury). 14 September 2009. Retrieved 14 September 2009.
  13. NSW Premier League
  14. "Competition Stats for Telechoice Premier League 2009". NSW Premier League. SportingPulse. Archived from the original on 30 April 2009. Retrieved 9 April 2009.
  15. "2009 Gold Medal Dinner a huge success as Bradley Boardman scoops major award". Football NSW. 2009-10-10. Retrieved 2009-10-11.

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