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, 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.
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
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 TeamOutgoingMannerDateIncomingDateSydney Olympic FC Aytek GencResigned31 March 2009 Nick Theodorakopoulos2 April 2009 Bonnyrigg White Eagles FC Blagoja KuleskiSacked30 March 2009 Brian Brown4 April 2009 Sydney Tigers FC Paul OkonResigned18 March 2009 Luke McGuire5 April 2009Wollongong CFC Tony PaceSacked23 April 2009 Glenn Fontana (interim)23 April 2009Penrith Nepean United Ian GillanMutual Agreement23 June 2009 Ante Juric23 June 2009Sydney Olympic FC Nick TheodorakopoulosResigned2 September 2009 Pat Marando2 September 2009Wollongong CFC Glenn FontanaMutual Agreement12 September 2009 Trevor Morgan12 September 2009
Regular season
League table
Results The results of the 2009 Home and Away season are as follows:
Finals series
First Week
Second week
Preliminary final
Grand Final
Statistics
Top goalscorers
RankScorerClubGoals1 Matthew MayoraSydney Olympic152 Brad BoardmanSutherland12 Dimitri ZakilasWest Sydney124 Luka GlavašSydney United11 Panni NikasSutherland11 Hussein SalamehBankstown11 Robert YounisSydney Tigers118 Tolgay ÖzbeySydney Olympic10 Alexander CanakMarconi1010 Almir DizdaricBonnyrigg9
Scoring First hat-trick of the season: Jamie McMaster (Sydney Tigers) against Bonnyrigg (1 March) Most goals scored by one player in a match: 4 goals – Robert Younis (Sydney Tigers) against Wollongong, (9 August) Widest winning margin: 7 goals – Marconi 7–0 Wollongong (19 April) Most goals in a match: 11 goals Sydney Tigers 6–5 Wollongong (9 August) All season goals (excluding finals): 404 goals
Clean sheets Most clean sheets – Sutherland (9) Fewest clean sheets – Wollongong (0)
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.
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
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 National Premier Leagues NSW Football NSW
References
External links NSW Premier League Official Website