2006 NSW Premier League season

The 2006 NSW Premier League season was the sixth season of the revamped NSW Premier League.

2006 NSW Premier League
LeagueNSW Premier League
SportAssociation football
Duration17 February 2006 – 16 July 2006
Number of teams10
2006
ChampionsBlacktown City Demons FC
PremiersSydney United FC
Waratah Cup
ChampionsBlacktown City Demons FC

The 2006 regular season began on Friday, 17 February 2006 in a match between Manly United and APIA Leichhardt Tigers. It concluded with Round 18 being played out on Sunday, 25 June 2006. The finals began on 1 July 2006, culminating with the Grand Final on 16 July 2006. The match was played at Marconi Stadium at 3pm with Sydney United FC being crowned premiers after defeating regular season champions Blacktown City Demons FC 4–0.

During the course of the season, all Premier League, Super League and Division teams were involved in the Statewide Cup, an equivalent to the English FA Cup with teams competing in a series of elimination games. Blacktown City Demons FC also won this competition defeating APIA Leichhardt Tigers 2–1 in the cup final.

Clubs

Teams promoted from Super League:
(After the end of the 2004–05 season.)

  • None

Teams relegated to Super League:
(After the end of the 2004–05 season.)

Club Ground Capacity
APIA Leichhardt Tigers Leichhardt Oval 20,000
Bankstown City Lions FC Jensen Oval 8,000
Blacktown City Demons FC Fairfax Community Stadium 7,500
Manly United FC Cromer Park 5,000
Marconi Stallions FC Marconi Stadium 11,500
Parramatta Eagles Melita 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
Wollongong Wolves Hooka Creek Park 5,000

Regular season

League table
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Blacktown City 18 14 2 2 47 15 +32 44 Qualified for the Championship Finals Series
2 Bankstown City 18 10 3 5 35 28 +7 33
3 Marconi Stallions 18 10 2 6 42 25 +17 32
4 Sydney United (C) 18 9 4 5 33 22 +11 31
5 Manly United 18 8 4 6 31 24 +7 28
6 Sydney Olympic 18 6 3 9 24 35 −11 21
7 Parramatta Eagles (R) 18 5 4 9 18 25 −7 19 Relegated to 2007 NSW Super League
8 Sutherland Sharks 18 5 3 10 26 40 −14 18
9 Wollongong Wolves 18 5 1 12 26 46 −20 16
10 APIA Leichhardt Tigers 18 3 4 11 16 38 −22 13
Source: SoccerAust
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champion; (R) Relegated.

Results
Home \ Away API BAN BCD MAN MAR PAR SUT SYO SYU WGW
APIA Leichhardt Tigers 0–2 0–5 2–1 0–5 1–1 2–3 0–1 1–2 3–0
Bankstown City 0–0 1–0 1–1 2–1 1–2 4–1 2–3 4–3 2–3
Blacktown City Demons 3–0 1–1 5–2 1–0 3–1 5–2 3–1 3–1 6–1
Manly United 2–2 4–1 0–0 1–2 2–0 1–3 1–0 1–0 5–1
Marconi Stallions 5–1 2–4 3–1 2–0 0–1 1–2 1–1 1–1 5–3
Parramatta Eagles 1–0 1–3 0–1 2–2 2–3 1–0 4–0 1–2 0–4
Sutherland Sharks 4–0 1–2 1–4 0–2 1–4 1–1 1–2 0–2 1–2
Sydney Olympic 3–2 1–2 0–2 0–2 1–4 1–0 2–2 3–4 1–2
Sydney United 0–0 2–0 1–2 2–1 1–3 0–0 4–0 1–1 2–0
Wollongong Wolves 0–2 2–3 0–2 1–3 2–0 0–1 2–2 2–3 1–5
Updated to match(es) played on 25 June 2006. Source: socceraust.co.uk
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Finals series

After the home and away season, the finals series began with the top four teams competing for the champions trophy. The finals series used a Page playoff system. The winner of the finals series, Sydney United FC was crowned as the NSW Premier League champions.

Standard cup rules – such as extra time and penalty shootouts were used to decide drawn games.

  Semi-finals Preliminary final Grand Final
                           
1 Blacktown City 2  
2 Bankstown City 0         1 Blacktown City 0
      2 Bankstown City 1 (5)   4 Sydney United 4
  4 Sydney United (p) 1 (6)  
3 Marconi Stallions 0
4 Sydney United 3  

Semi-finals
1 July 2006 Major Semi-final Blacktown City Demons 2–0Bankstown City LionsSeven Hills, Sydney
Saturday, 17:00 Ozbey  9', 87' (pen.) Report Stadium: Fairfax Community Stadium
2 July 2006 Minor Semi-finalMarconi Stallions0–3 Sydney United Bossley Park, Sydney
Sunday, 15:00 Report Glavas  26', 53'
Martin  89'		 Stadium: Marconi Stadium

Preliminary Final
9 July 2006 Sydney United 1–1 (a.e.t.)
(6–5 p)		Bankstown City LionsSefton, Sydney
Sunday, 16:00 C. Nwaogazi  59' Report Glavas  85' Stadium: Melita Stadium

Grand Final
16 July 2006 Blacktown City Demons0–4 Sydney United Bossley Park, Sydney
Sunday, 15:00 Report Glavas  10', 25', 50' (pen.), 77' Stadium: Marconi Stadium

See also

References
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