The 2006 NSW Premier League season was the sixth season of the revamped NSW Premier League.
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.) Bonnyrigg White Eagles FC St George FC Rockdale City Suns FC Penrith Nepean United FC Central Coast United Sydney Crescent Star
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
Results
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
See also Football NSW
References
External links NSW Premier League Official Website