2009 NSW Premier League season

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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)
TigerTurf Cup
Champions Sutherland Sharks FC
NSW Premier League seasons
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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 March 1, 2009, at 18:00 UTC+10,[1] and concluded on August 9, 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, August 16, the Sutherland Sharks Football Club were crowned the 2009 TigerTurf Cup Champions after defeating Manly United FC 1-0.[2] On Sunday, September 13, 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.

Contents

[edit] Promotion and relegation

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

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

[edit] League table

Pos
 Team
 Pld
 W
 D
 L
 GF
 GA
 GD
 Pts
Qualification or relegation
1 Sydney United FC 22 13 7 2 42 22 +20 46 Qualified for the Championship Finals Series
2 Marconi Stallions FC 22 11 6 5 44 22 +22 39
3 Sutherland Sharks FC 22 10 8 4 46 26 +20 38
4 Bankstown City Lions FC 22 11 5 6 39 31 +8 38
5 Manly United FC 22 10 7 5 33 22 +11 37
6 West Sydney Berries FC 22 8 6 8 37 37 0 30
7 Blacktown City Demons FC 22 7 7 8 29 31 −2 28
8 Sydney Olympic FC 22 8 4 10 37 43 −6 28
9 Bonnyrigg White Eagles FC 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 Tigers 22 5 7 10 30 38 −8 22
12 Wollongong Community FC 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; (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; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.

[edit] 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 [3]
(*) = 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.

[edit] Finals Series

[edit] First Week

Elimination Semi-Final:

2009-08-22
19:30 UTC+10
 Bankstown City Lions FC 0 – 0 (a.e.t.) Manly United FC Jensen Oval,
Sefton, New South Wales
Attendance: 1000 approx.
Referee: Peter Vrtkovski
Report
  Penalties  
Phillip Makrys
Tallan Martin		 2 – 4 Andrew Mailer
Craig Midgley
Scott Thomas
Keith Shevlin

Preliminary Semi-Final:

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

[edit] Second Week

Minor Semi-Final:

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

Major Semi-Final:

2009-08-30
16:00 UTC+10
 Sydney United FC 2 – 3 Sutherland Sharks FC Sydney United Sports Centre,
Edensor Park, New South Wales
Attendance: 1,500
Referee: Kurt Ams
Ante Milicic Goal 45'
Andrija Petkovic Goal 58'		 Report Panni Nikas Goal 68' (penalty)
Jim Bakis Goal 85'
Chris Price Goal 93'

[edit] Third Week

Preliminary Final:

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

[edit] Grand Final

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

[edit] Teams and locations

NSWPL Blank Map.PNG
Wollongong Community FC colours.PNG
Sydney Olympic colours.PNG
Sutherland Sharks colours.PNG
Manly United colours.PNG
West Sydney Berries colours.PNG
Bankstown City Lions colours.PNG
Blacktown City Demons colours.PNG
Marconi Stallions colours.PNG
Penrith Nepean Colours.PNG
Sydney United colours.PNG
Bonnyrigg White Eagles colours.PNG
Sydney Tigers colours.PNG
Asterisk.svg


(Sydney - see left)
Club Ground Capacity
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
APIA Tigers Leichhardt Oval 20,000
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


[edit] Season statistics

  • Includes finals matches.

[edit] Scoring

[edit] 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)

[edit] Overall

[edit] Clean sheets

[edit] 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

[edit] Top scorers

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

[edit] Managerial changes

Team Outgoing Manner Date Incoming Date
Sydney Olympic FC Australia Aytek Genc Resigned 31 March 2009[5] Greece Nick Theodorakopoulos 2 April 2009[6]
Bonnyrigg White Eagles FC Australia Blagoja Kuleski Sacked 30 March 2009[7] Australia Brian Brown 4 April 2009[8]
Sydney Tigers FC Australia Paul Okon Resigned 18 March 2009[9] Australia Luke McGuire 5 April 2009[10]
Wollongong CFC Australia Tony Pace Sacked 23 April 2009[11] Australia Glenn Fontana (interim) 23 April 2009
Penrith Nepean United Australia Ian Gillan Mutual Agreement 23 June 2009[12] Australia Ante Jurić 23 June 2009
Sydney Olympic FC Greece Nick Theodorakopoulos Resigned 2 September 2009[13] Australia Pat Marando 2 September 2009
Wollongong CFC Australia Glenn Fontana Mutual Agreement 12 September 2009[14] Australia Trevor Morgan 12 September 2009

[edit] 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 -

[edit] All-Stars Team

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.

Soccer.Field Transparant.png

All-Stars Team
Janjetovic
Robinson
Vrkic
Luksic
Thomas
Nikas
Canak
Boardman

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)

[edit] See also

[edit] References

  1. ^ "2009 NSW Premier League Draw". http://footballnsw.com.au/index.php?id=104. 
  2. ^ Brock, Micky (2009-08-16). "Sutherland Sharks crowned TigerTurf Cup winners after late extra-time winner against Manly United". Football NSW. http://footballnsw.com.au/index.php?id=17&tx_ttnews%5Btt_news%5D=2771&tx_ttnews%5BbackPid%5D=389&cHash=62cd49073c. Retrieved 2009-08-17. 
  3. ^ NSW Premier League
  4. ^ "Competition Stats for Telechoice Premier League 2009". NSW Premier League. SportingPulse. http://www.sportingpulse.com/comp_info.cgi?c=1-5977-0-81312-0&pool=-1&round=0&a=STATS. Retrieved 9 April 2009. 
  5. ^ "Aytek Genc parts ways with Sydney Olympic". NSW Premier League (Sydney Olympic Football Club). 1 April 2009. http://www.sydneyolympicfc.com/content/view/159/1/. Retrieved 09 April 2009. [dead link]
  6. ^ "Nick Theodorakopoulos appointed Sydney Olympic Head Coach for remainder of the 2009 season". NSW Premier League (Sydney Olympic Football Club). 2 April 2009. http://www.sydneyolympicfc.com/content/view/160/1/. Retrieved 09 April 2009. [dead link]
  7. ^ "Bonnyrigg White Eagles part company with Blagoja Kuleski". NSW Premier League (Bonnyrigg Sports Club). 30 March 2009. http://bonno.com.au/content/view/66/102/lang,english/. Retrieved 9 April 2009. [dead link]
  8. ^ "Bonnyrigg White Eagles Unveil New Coach". NSW Premier League (Bonnyrigg Sports Club). 4 April 2009. http://bonno.com.au/content/view/70/102/lang,english/. Retrieved 9 April 2009. [dead link]
  9. ^ "Paul Okon jets off to Gold Coast United". Press Release (Football NSW). 18 March 2009. http://soccernsw.com.au/index.php?id=17&tx_ttnews%5Bpointer%5D=57&tx_ttnews%5Btt_news%5D=1849&tx_ttnews%5BbackPid%5D=16&cHash=c73ca9cfb8. Retrieved 18 March 2009. 
  10. ^ "Tigers survive Lions onslaught to collect three valuable points". NSW Premier League (Football NSW). 5 April 2009. http://soccernsw.com.au/index.php?id=17&tx_ttnews%5Bpointer%5D=48&tx_ttnews%5Btt_news%5D=1945&tx_ttnews%5BbackPid%5D=16&cHash=3a60807256. Retrieved 5 April 2009. 
  11. ^ "First Team Coaching Restructure". Press Release (Wollongong Community FC). 23 April 2009. http://wollongongfc.com.au/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=103:club-announcement-first-team-coaching-restructure&catid=1:latest&Itemid=119. Retrieved 23 April 2009. 
  12. ^ "Penrith Nepean United parts company with Ian Gillan as Ante Juric appointed new coach". Press Release (Football NSW). 23 June 2009. http://www.footballnsw.com.au/index.php?id=17&tx_ttnews%5Btt_news%5D=2424&tx_ttnews%5BbackPid%5D=389&cHash=1d2b383003. Retrieved 23 June 2009. 
  13. ^ "Sydney Olympic appoint Pat Marando as new first grade coach". News Article (Football NSW). 2 September 2009. http://www.footballnsw.com.au/index.php?id=17&tx_ttnews%5Bpointer%5D=6&tx_ttnews%5Btt_news%5D=2879&tx_ttnews%5BbackPid%5D=16&cHash=608ad7817b. Retrieved 14 September 2009. 
  14. ^ "WCFC's new coach a top catch". News Article (Illawarra Mercury). 14 September 2009. http://www.illawarramercury.com.au/news/local/sport/football-soccer/wcfcs-new-coach-a-top-catch/1622171.aspx. Retrieved 14 September 2009. 
  15. ^ "2009 Gold Medal Dinner a huge success as Bradley Boardman scoops major award". Football NSW. 2009-10-10. http://footballnsw.com.au/index.php?id=17&tx_ttnews%5Btt_news%5D=3036&tx_ttnews%5BbackPid%5D=389&cHash=a2c96d3a8e. Retrieved 2009-10-11. 

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