2009 NSW Premier League season

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).

TeleChoice Premier League 2009
LeagueNSW Premier League
SportAssociation football
Duration1 March 2009 – 13 September 2009
Number of teams12
Total attendance75,698 (approximately)
2009
ChampionsSutherland Sharks FC
PremiersSydney United FC
Top scorer Matthew Mayora (15)
2009 TigerTurf Cup
ChampionsSutherland Sharks FC

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 elimination 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
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 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) Champion.

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[lower-alpha 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
Updated to match(es) played on unknown. Source: NSW Premier League
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
Notes:
  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
 
  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 FinalBankstown City Lions FC0 – 0 (a.e.t.)
(2 – 4 p)		Manly United FCJensen 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 FinalMarconi Stallions FC0 – 1Sutherland Sharks FCMarconi 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-finalMarconi Stallions FC2 – 0Manly United FCMarconi 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-finalSydney United FC2 – 3Sutherland Sharks FCSydney 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 FC2 – 4Marconi Stallions FCSydney 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 FC4 – 1Marconi Stallions FCCUA 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[13]
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.

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