2009 NSW Premier League season explained

TeleChoice Premier League 2009
League:National Premier Leagues NSW
Sport:Association football
Duration:1 March 2009 – 13 September 2009
No Of Teams:12
Attendance:75,698 (approximately)
Season:2009
Season Champs:Sutherland Sharks FC
Season Champ Name:Champions
League Champs:Sydney United FC
League Champ Name:Premiers
Top Scorer:Matthew Mayora (15)
Top Scorer Link:NSW Premier League 2009 Results
Season2:2009 TigerTurf Cup
Season Champs2:Sutherland Sharks FC
Season Champ2 Name:Champions
Seasonslistnames:NSW Premier League
Prevseason Link:2008 NSW Premier League season
Prevseason Year:2008
Nextseason Link:2010 NSW Premier League season
Nextseason Year:2010

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.)

ClubGroundCapacity
APIA TigersLeichhardt Oval20,000
Bankstown City Lions FCJensen Oval8,000
Blacktown City Demons FCFairfax Community Stadium7,500
Bonnyrigg White Eagles FCBonnyrigg Sports Club5,000
Manly United FCCromer Park5,000
Marconi Stallions FCMarconi Stadium11,500
Penrith Nepean United FCCUA Stadium21,000
Sutherland Sharks FCSeymour Shaw Park5,000
Sydney Olympic FCBelmore Sports Ground25,000
Sydney United FCSydney United Sports Centre12,000
West Sydney Berries FCLidcombe Oval20,000
Wollongong Community FCHooka Creek Park5,000

Managerial changes

TeamOutgoingMannerDateIncomingDate
Sydney Olympic FC Aytek GencResigned31 March 2009[3] Nick Theodorakopoulos2 April 2009[4]
Bonnyrigg White Eagles FC Blagoja KuleskiSacked30 March 2009[5] Brian Brown4 April 2009[6]
Sydney Tigers FC Paul OkonResigned18 March 2009[7] Luke McGuire5 April 2009[8]
Wollongong CFC Tony PaceSacked23 April 2009[9] Glenn Fontana (interim)23 April 2009
Penrith Nepean United Ian GillanMutual Agreement23 June 2009[10] Ante Jurić23 June 2009
Sydney Olympic FC Nick TheodorakopoulosResigned2 September 2009[11] Pat Marando2 September 2009
Wollongong CFC Glenn FontanaMutual Agreement12 September 2009[12] Trevor Morgan12 September 2009

Regular season

Results

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

Finals series

Grand Final

Statistics

Top goalscorers

RankScorerClubGoals[13]
1 Matthew MayoraSydney Olympic15
2 Brad BoardmanSutherland12
Dimitri ZakilasWest Sydney12
4 Luka GlavašSydney United11
Panni NikasSutherland11
Hussein SalamehBankstown11
Robert YounisSydney Tigers11
8 Tolgay ÖzbeySydney Olympic10
Alexander CanakMarconi10
10 Almir DizdaricBonnyrigg9

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
11 893 1,600612 20,878
11 812 1,300 550 14,105
11 542 1,004 400 7,937
11 519 1,002 360 7,910
11 493 1,004 500 6,854
11 474 750 300 6,200
11 454 1,189 250 6,089
11 320 1,000 150 5,250
10 340 750 300 4,600
11 335 500 250 4,350
11 333 850 100 4,100
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 NameClub
Player of the Year Brad Boardman
Andreas Golden Boot Sydney Olympic
Goalkeeper of the Year Sydney United
Coach of the Year Sydney United
Referee of the Year

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

External links

Notes and References

  1. News: 2009 NSW Premier League Draw . 7 January 2009 . https://web.archive.org/web/20090210100944/http://www.footballnsw.com.au/index.php?id=104 . 10 February 2009 . live .
  2. News: Micky . Brock . Sutherland Sharks crowned TigerTurf Cup winners after a late extra-time winner against Manly United . . 16 August 2009. 17 August 2009.
  3. News: Aytek Genc parts ways with Sydney Olympic . NSW Premier League . Sydney Olympic Football Club . 1 April 2009 . 9 April 2009 .
  4. News: Nick Theodorakopoulos appointed Sydney Olympic Head Coach for remainder of the 2009 season . NSW Premier League . Sydney Olympic Football Club . 2 April 2009 . 9 April 2009 .
  5. News: Bonnyrigg White Eagles part company with Blagoja Kuleski . NSW Premier League . Bonnyrigg Sports Club . 30 March 2009 . 9 April 2009 .
  6. News: Bonnyrigg White Eagles Unveil New Coach . NSW Premier League . Bonnyrigg Sports Club . 4 April 2009 . 9 April 2009 .
  7. News: Paul Okon jets off to Gold Coast United . Press Release . . 18 March 2009 . 18 March 2009 .
  8. News: Tigers survive Lions onslaught to collect three valuable points . NSW Premier League . . 5 April 2009 . 5 April 2009 .
  9. News: First Team Coaching Restructure . Press Release . Wollongong Community FC . 23 April 2009 . 23 April 2009 .
  10. News: Penrith Nepean United parts company with Ian Gillan as Ante Juric appointed new coach . Press Release . . 23 June 2009 . 23 June 2009 .
  11. News: Sydney Olympic appoint Pat Marando as new first grade coach . News Article . . 2 September 2009 . 14 September 2009 .
  12. News: WCFC's new coach a top catch . News Article . . 14 September 2009 . 14 September 2009 .
  13. Web site: Competition Stats for Telechoice Premier League 2009 . 9 April 2009 . NSW Premier League . SportingPulse . https://web.archive.org/web/20090430083149/http://www.sportingpulse.com/comp_info.cgi?c=1-5977-0-81312-0&pool=-1&round=0&a=STATS. 30 April 2009 . live.
  14. News: 2009 Gold Medal Dinner a huge success as Bradley Boardman scoops major award . . 10 October 2009. 11 October 2009.