2009 NSW Premier League season

Sports season
TeleChoice Premier League 2009
LeagueNational Premier Leagues NSW
SportAssociation football
Duration1 March 2009 – 13 September 2009
Number of teams12
Total attendance75,698 (approximately)
2009
ChampionsSutherland Sharks FC
PremiersSydney United FC
Top scorerMatthew Mayora (15)
2009 TigerTurf Cup
ChampionsSutherland Sharks FC
NSW Premier League seasons

The 2009 TeleChoice Premier League season was the ninth season of the revamped National Premier Leagues NSW. This season also marked the addition of the Bonnyrigg White Eagles Football Club, promoted from the Super League.

The 2009 regular season began on 1 March,[1] and concluded on 9 August. The Finals series commenced a fortnight later. On 13 September the Sutherland Sharks Football Club won their second championship of the year when they defeated Marconi Stallions 4–1 in the Grand Final at CUA Stadium.

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. On 16 August the Sutherland Sharks Football Club were crowned the Cup Champions after defeating Manly United FC 1–0.[2]

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.)


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 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 2009 NSW Premier League Finals
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 22 6 5 11 19 31 −12 23 Withdrew at end of the season
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) Champions

Results

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

Home \ Away 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[a] 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
  1. ^ Both encounters between Sydney Olympic and Sydney United were Olympic home games with the 1–1 scoreline being the Round 20 battle.

Finals series

First Week

Bankstown City Lions FC v Manly United FC
22 August 2009 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
  • Makrys soccer ball with check mark
  • Martin soccer ball with check mark
Marconi Stallions FC v Sutherland Sharks FC
23 August 2009 Qualifying Final Marconi Stallions FC 0–1 Sutherland Sharks FC Marconi Stadium, Bossley Park
15:00 UTC+10 Report Nikas 47' Attendance: 1,100 approx.
Referee: Gerard Parsons

Second week

Marconi Stallions FC v Manly United FC
29 August 2009 Minor semi-final Marconi Stallions FC 2–0 Manly United FC Marconi Stadium, Bossley Park
18:00 UTC+10
Report Attendance: 500 approx.
Referee: Kris Griffith-Jones
Sydney United FC v Sutherland Sharks FC
30 August 2009 Major semi-final Sydney United FC 2–3 Sutherland Sharks FC Sydney United Sports Centre, Sydney
16:00 UTC+10
Report
  • Nikas 69' (pen.)
  • Bakis 86'
  • Price 90+2'
 Attendance: 1,500
Referee: Kurt Ams

Preliminary final

Sydney United FC v Marconi Stallions FC
6 September 2009 Sydney United FC 2–4 Marconi Stallions FC Sydney United Sports Centre, Sydney
16:00 UTC+10
Report
  • Canak 5'
  • Anabalon 23'
  • Oostendorp 33', 66'
 Attendance: 1,100 approx.
Referee: Gerard Parsons

Grand Final

Sutherland Sharks FC v Marconi Stallions FC
13 September 2009 Sutherland Sharks FC 4–1 Marconi Stallions FC CUA Stadium, Penrith
15:00 UTC+10
Report
  • 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[13]
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

Scoring

Clean sheets

Attendances

The table is for the home and away season and 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.[14]

Award Name Club
Player of the Year Brad Boardman Sutherland Sharks
Andreas Golden Boot Matthew Mayora Sydney Olympic
Goalkeeper of the Year Vedran Janjetovic Sydney United
Coach of the Year Ante Milicic Sydney United
Referee of the Year Peter Vrtkovski –

All-Stars Team

Janjetovic
Webb
Vrkic
Robinson
Luksic
Al-Hilfi
Nikas
Thomas
Canak
Glavas
Boardman
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.

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 Glavas (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 (16 August 2009). "Sutherland Sharks crowned TigerTurf Cup winners after a late extra-time winner against Manly United". Football NSW. Retrieved 17 August 2009.
  3. ^ "Aytek Genc parts ways with Sydney Olympic". NSW Premier League. Sydney Olympic Football Club. 1 April 2009. Retrieved 9 April 2009. [dead link]
  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. [dead link]
  5. ^ "Bonnyrigg White Eagles part company with Blagoja Kuleski". NSW Premier League. Bonnyrigg Sports Club. 30 March 2009. Retrieved 9 April 2009. [dead link]
  6. ^ "Bonnyrigg White Eagles Unveil New Coach". NSW Premier League. Bonnyrigg Sports Club. 4 April 2009. Retrieved 9 April 2009. [dead link]
  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.[permanent dead link]
  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. ^ "Competition Stats for Telechoice Premier League 2009". NSW Premier League. SportingPulse. Archived from the original on 30 April 2009. Retrieved 9 April 2009.
  14. ^ "2009 Gold Medal Dinner a huge success as Bradley Boardman scoops major award". Football NSW. 10 October 2009. Retrieved 11 October 2009.

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