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
NSW Premier League seasons
	← 2008 2010 →

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

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(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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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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
2	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
8	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

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)

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External links

NSW Premier League Official Website

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2009 NSW Premier League season

Contents

Clubs

Managerial changes

Regular season

League table

Results

Finals series

First Week

Second week

Preliminary Final

Grand Final

Statistics

Top goalscorers

Scoring

Discipline

Overall

Clean sheets

Attendances

Awards

Gold medal dinner

All-Stars Team

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