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NSW Premier League
Countries	Australia
Founded	2001; (In its current form)
Number of teams	12
Relegation to	Super League
Current champions	Sutherland Sharks F.C. (2009)
Website	Official Website
	NSW Premier League 2009

For the rugby league competition, see New South Wales Cup

The New South Wales Premier League (or TeleChoice Premier League for sponsorship reasons) is the highest state-level men's Association football competition in New South Wales, Australia. Nationally, it is considered one grade lower than the A-League. The competition is conducted by Football NSW, the organising body in New South Wales.

In 2008 the whole New South Wales men's, women's and youth competitions were reconstructed to align youth teams with their respective senior clubs along with women's teams.

[edit] History

**Premier League champions**
Season	Winner
2000–01	Bonnyrigg White Eagles
2001–02	Parramatta Eagles
2002–03	A.P.I.A. Leichhardt Tigers
2003–04	Bankstown City Lions
2004–05	Bankstown City Lions
2005–06	Sydney United
2007	Blacktown City Demons
2008	Wollongong FC
2009	Sutherland Sharks

The New South Wales Premier League has been contested annually since 1956 in various forms, with its early days remembered as Division One, as well as the Ampol Cup which ran as state based competitions until the formation of a national league in Australia being the National Soccer League which began in 1977. Today, many of the clubs are former national teams from the NSL, including Sydney Olympic and A.P.I.A. Leichhardt Tigers with these clubs, and many others, being rejected from the revamped national competition in 2004, the A-League after the demise of the NSL forcing the teams once again into the state leagues. During the 1990's the highest level of football in New South Wales was known as the Super League, which today is the second-tier level of football in NSW. In 2001, the top football divisions were revamped with the highest level of football being named the Premier League and the Winter Super League being the second. 2005 saw the return of the New South Wales NSL giants in Sydney Olympic, Sydney United, Wollongong Wolves and the Marconi Stallions^[1] which arguably brought the better days of a state league competition which many consider one grade lower than the A-League.

[edit] Current Season

For more details on the current season, see 2010 NSW Premier League season.

[edit] Teams

The map below indicates the locations of teams currently competing in the New South Wales Premier League competition. The inset is of greater Sydney.

(Sydney - see left)

The following 12 clubs are competing in the New South Wales Premier League during the 2009 season.

Club	Location	Home Ground(s)
Bankstown City Lions FC	Sefton, New South Wales	Jensen Oval (8,000)
Blacktown City Demons FC	Blacktown, New South Wales	Lily Homes Stadium (7,500)
Bonnyrigg White Eagles FC	Bonnyrigg, New South Wales	Bonnyrigg Sports Club (5,000)
Manly United FC	Dee Why, New South Wales,	Cromer Park (5,000)
Marconi Stallions FC	Bossley Park, New South Wales	Marconi Stadium (11,500)
Rockdale City Suns FC	Rockdale, New South Wales	Bicentennial Park South (5,000)
South Coast Wolves FC	Wollongong, New South Wales	WIN Stadium (20,000)
Sutherland Sharks FC	Miranda, New South Wales	Seymour Shaw Park (5,000)
Sydney Olympic FC	Belmore, New South Wales,	Belmore Sports Ground (25,000)
Sydney Tigers	Leichhardt, New South Wales	Leichhardt Oval (20,000)
Sydney United FC	Edensor Park, New South Wales	Sydney United Sports Centre (12,000)
West Sydney Berries FC	Lidcombe, New South Wales	Lidcombe Oval (20,000)

[edit] League table

2009 League table:

P	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Sydney United FC	22	13	7	2	42	22	+20	46	Qualified for the Championship Finals Series
2	Marconi Stallions FC	22	11	6	5	44	22	+22	39
3	Sutherland Sharks FC	22	10	8	4	46	26	+20	38
4	Bankstown City Lions FC	22	11	5	6	39	31	+8	38
5	Manly United FC	22	10	7	5	33	22	+11	37
6	West Sydney Berries FC	22	8	6	8	37	37	0	30
7	Blacktown City Demons FC	22	7	7	8	29	31	−2	28
8	Sydney Olympic FC	22	8	4	10	37	43	−6	28
9	Bonnyrigg White Eagles FC	22	6	8	8	28	39	−11	26
10	Penrith Nepean United FC	22	6	5	11	19	31	−12	23	Relegated to Super League
11	Sydney Tigers	22	5	7	10	30	38	−8	22
12	Wollongong Community FC	22	1	2	19	20	62	−42	5

Source: TeleChoice Premier League
Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd goal difference; 3rd goals scored.
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (Q) = Qualified to respective phase of tournament; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.

[edit] NSW Gold Medal Dinner

The NSW Gold Medal Dinner is held annually after each season, highlighting the peformances of clubs, players and coaches.

[edit] 2009

Award	Grade	Name	Club
Player of the Year	First Grade	Brad Boardman	Sutherland Sharks
Andreas Golden Boot	First Grade	Matthew Mayora	Sydney Olympic
Player of the Year	Under 20's	Damian Brosque	Bankstown City Lions
Golden Boot	Under 20's	Steven Veleski	Sydney United
Goalkeeper of the Year	First Grade	Vedran Janjetovic	Sydney United
Coach of the Year	First Grade	Ante Milicic	Sydney United
Referee of the Year	-	Peter Vrtkovski	-

[edit] 2008 ^[2]

Award	Grade	Name	Club
Player of the Year	First Grade	Brendan Gan	Sutherland Sharks
Andreas Golden Boot	First Grade	Robert Younis	A.P.I.A. Leichhardt Tigers
Player of the Year	20's	Daniel Rezo	Sydney United
Golden Boot	20's	Brodie Mooy	Marconi Stallions
Goalkeeper of the Year	First Grade	Matthew Nash	A.P.I.A. Leichhardt Tigers
Coach of the Year	First Grade	Brian Brown	Sutherland Sharks
Referee of the Year	-	Jonathan Streater	-

[edit] 2007

Award	Grade	Name	Club
Player of the Year	First Grade	Robert Cattanach	Manly United FC
Golden Boot	First Grade	Tolgay Özbey	Blacktown City Demons
Player of the Year	20's	Chris Bedzo & Glen Trifiro	Blacktown City Demons & Marconi Stallions
Golden Boot	20's	Chris Bedzo & Nathan Elasi	Blacktown City Demons & Marconi Stallions
Goalkeeper of the Year	First Grade	Matthew Nash	A.P.I.A. Leichhardt Tigers
Coach of the Year	First Grade	Aytek Genc	Blacktown City Demons
Referee of the Year	-	Srebre Delovski	-

[edit] 2006

Award	Grade	Name	Club
Player of the Year	First Grade	Tolgay Özbey	Blacktown City Demons
Golden Boot	First Grade	Tolgay Özbey	Blacktown City Demons
Player of the Year	20's	Ken Chun	Marconi Stallions
Golden Boot	20's	Sam Mort	Bankstown City Lions
Goalkeeper of the Year	First Grade	Ivan Necevski	Blacktown City Demons
Coach of the Year	First Grade	Aytek Genc	Blacktown City Demons
Referee of the Year	-	Peter Vrtkovski	-

[edit] Notable Players

Past or present notable players include:

[edit] References

[edit] External links

[0] "2004/05 Premier League Season Review". http://www.ozfootball.net/ark/States/NSW/2005/2005PLR.html.

[1] "2008 Gold Medal Dinner a huge success as Brendan Gan scoops major award". Football NSW. 2008-09-26. http://www.footballnsw.com/index.php?id=17&tx_ttnews%5Btt_news%5D=1343&tx_ttnews%5BbackPid%5D=1&cHash=c6099d763e. Retrieved 2009-04-05.

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