2001–02 NSW Premier League season

The 2001–02 NSW Premier League season was the second season of the revamped NSW Premier League. From the original ten teams in the inaugural version of the Premier League, two more were added for the follow-up tournament. They were Bankstown City Lions and Fairfield Bulls.

NSW Premier League
Season2001–02
ChampionsParramatta Eagles
PremiersParramatta Eagles
Matches played138
Goals scored474 (3.43 per match)

The Parramatta Eagles took out the double winning the Championship and the Premiership.

Clubs

Teams promoted from Super League:
(After the end of the 2001 season.)

Teams relegated to Super League:
(After the end of the 2000–01 season.)

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Club Ground Capacity
A.P.I.A. Leichhardt Tigers Lambert Park 7,000
Bankstown City Lions FC Jensen Oval 8,000
Belconnen Blue Devils Belconnen Soccer Centre 2,000
Blacktown City Demons FC Fairfax Community Stadium 7,500
Bonnyrigg White Eagles FC Bonnyrigg Sports Club 10,000
Canterbury-Marrickville The Crest Reserve
Central Coast Pluim Park
Fairfield Bulls Nineveh Soccer Stadium 1,000
Parramatta Eagles Melita Stadium 10,000
Penrith Panthers CUA Stadium 21,000
St George Saints St George Stadium 15,000
Sutherland Sharks Seymour Shaw Park 5,000

Regular season

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Parramatta FC (C) 22 17 1 4 61 23 +38 52 Qualified for the Championship Finals Series
2 Bonnyrigg White Eagles 22 15 2 5 59 21 +38 47
3 Blacktown City 22 13 5 4 51 26 +25 44
4 APIA Leichhardt Tigers 22 12 5 5 40 29 +11 41
5 Belconnen Blue Devils 22 12 4 6 44 31 +13 40
6 Fairfield Bulls 22 12 4 6 50 43 +7 40
7 Bankstown City 22 10 5 7 51 48 +3 35
8 Central Coast FC 22 4 6 12 21 41 20 18
9 Canterbury-Marrickville 22 5 3 14 25 49 24 18
10 St George FC 22 4 5 13 27 52 25 17
11 Penrith Nepean United 22 1 8 13 24 45 21 11
12 Sutherland Sharks (R) 22 1 4 17 21 66 45 7 Relegated to Super League
Source: OzFootball
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champion; (R) Relegated.

Results

Home \ Away API BAN BEL BCD BWE CMO CCC FFB PAR PEN SGS SUT
APIA Leichhardt Tigers 1–1 0–0 0–2 1–0 2–0 4–0 3–3 1–4 2–2 1–0 2–1
Bankstown City 1–3 6–0 4–3 0–5 1–2 1–0 1–2 2–2 2–2 1–0 6–0
Belconnen Blue Devils 2–3 2–3 0–1 3–1 3–0 2–0 4–4 3–2 4–2 2–0 3–2
Blacktown City Demons 1–2 3–1 0–0 1–2 1–1 4–0 3–2 3–1 2–0 8–1 2–2
Bonnyrigg White Eagles 5–0 4–0 3–2 1–2 7–0 2–1 0–1 4–3 2–1 3–2 1–0
Canterbury-Marrickville Olympic 0–1 3–5 0–1 5–2 0–1 0–2 0–1 0–4 3–2 0–1 3–1
Central Coast Coasties 0–3 2–2 1–3 0–0 0–5 3–1 0–1 2–3 1–1 1–1 4–0
Fairfield Bulls 0–3 2–3 2–2 2–6 1–1 1–0 4–2 0–1 2–0 7–3 6–3
Parramatta Eagles 2–0 4–0 1–0 1–2 1–0 5–1 4–0 4–1 2–1 3–0 3–1
Penrith Panthers 1–1 2–3 0–2 1–1 0–6 2–2 0–1 2–3 1–2 0–2 3–1
St George Saints 3–2 4–4 0–3 0–2 0–5 1–1 0–0 2–3 1–3 1–1 4–0
Sutherland Sharks 1–5 2–4 0–3 0–2 2–2 2–3 1–1 0–2 0–6 0–0 2–1
Updated to match(es) played on 6 April 2002. Source:
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Finals Series

 
  Qualifying Finals Semi Finals Preliminary Finals Grand Final
                                     
1 Parramatta Eagles 2  
    2 Bonnyrigg White Eagles 0         1 Parramatta Eagles 1
2 Bonnyrigg White Eagles 3     3 Blacktown City 5   3 Blacktown City 0
3 Blacktown City 1       2 Bonnyrigg White Eagles 1  
3 Blacktown City 2
4 APIA Leichhardt 0   5 Belconnen Blue Devils 0  
5 Belconnen Blue Devils 1

Qualifying Finals

Semi finals

20 April 2002 Major Semi-final Parramatta Eagles 2–0Bonnyrigg White EaglesSydney, Australia
Saturday Report

Preliminary final

Grand final

See also

References

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