2007 NSW Premier League season

The 2007 NSW Premier League season was the seventh season of the revamped NSW Premier League.

NSW Premier League 2007
LeagueNSW Premier League
SportAssociation football
Duration24 February – 5 August 2007
Number of teams10
2007
ChampionsBlacktown City Demons FC
PremiersBlacktown City Demons FC
TigerTurf Cup
ChampionsWollongong Wolves FC

The 2007 regular season began on 24 February 2007, at 16:00 UTC+10,[1] and concluded on 5 August 2007 with the Grand Final where Blacktown City Demons FC defeated Bankstown City Lions FC 3–1.

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.

Changes from Previous Season

The only format change for this competition was that the first week of the finals would be played over two legs instead of one. The regular season remained a home-away format.

Clubs

Teams promoted from Super League:
(After the end of the 2006 season.)

Teams relegated to Super League:
(After the end of the 2006 season.)

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
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
Wollongong FC Hooka Creek Park 5,000

Regular season

League table
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Blacktown City (C) 18 11 5 2 38 19 +19 38 Qualified for the Championship Finals Series
2 Bankstown City 18 8 7 3 29 20 +9 31
3 Marconi Stallions 18 8 6 4 34 27 +7 30
4 Manly United 18 8 4 6 26 21 +5 28
5 APIA Leichhardt Tigers 18 8 4 6 26 23 +3 28
6 Sydney United 18 6 6 6 25 24 +1 24
7 Wollongong FC 18 6 4 8 27 32 −5 22
8 Sutherland Sharks 18 6 3 9 17 25 −8 21
9 Sydney Olympic 18 4 5 9 22 35 −13 17
10 Penrith Nepean United 18 3 0 15 18 36 −18 9
Source: Flashscore
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champion.

Results
Home \ Away API BAN BCD MAN MAR PNU SUT SYO SYU WOL
APIA Leichhardt Tigers 1–2 1–2 0–1 2–0 1–0 2–1 2–1 2–1 2–2
Bankstown City 1–1 1–1 2–2 2–0 6–2 1–1 3–2 0–0 1–1
Blacktown City Demons 0–0 4–0 3–0 0–5 3–1 1–3 2–2 1–1 4–1
Manly United 1–2 1–3 0–2 1–1 1–0 2–0 3–0 1–2 2–2
Marconi Stallions 2–6 1–1 1–1 1–2 3–2 1–0 3–3 3–1 3–1
Penrith Nepean United 0–2 0–1 1–4 0–3 1–2 0–1 2–1 1–2 1–2
Sutherland Sharks 1–0 1–0 0–3 0–1 2–4 0–1 1–1 3–2 1–0
Sydney Olympic 4–0 0–2 0–3 0–0 0–2 1–6 1–0 1–1 1–3
Sydney United 1–1 0–3 0–1 2–1 0–0 2–0 2–2 2–3 4–1
Wollongong FC 3–1 2–0 2–3 1–4 2–2 1–0 3–0 0–1 0–2
Updated to match(es) played on 1 July 2007. 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 modified Page playoff system, with the difference that each first round game would be played over two legs. The winner of the finals series, Blacktown City Demons FC was crowned as the NSW Premier League champions and as the holder of the top position on the league ladder were also named premiers.

Standard cup rules – such as the away goals rule (two-leg ties only), extra time and penalty shootouts were used to decide drawn games.

  Semi Finals Preliminary Final Grand Final
    L1 L2    
    July 15 & 22                        
1 Blacktown City 0 2     5 August
2 Bankstown City 3 0     29 July       2 Bankstown City 1
    1 Blacktown City (a.e.t.) 4   1 Blacktown City 3
  July 14 & 21   4 Manly United 2  
3 Marconi Stallions 0 1
4 Manly United 2 1  

Statistics

Top goalscorers
RankPlayerTeamGoals
1Tolgay OzbeyBlacktown City Demons16
2Daniel AliffiWollongong FC11
Tallan MartinBankstown City Lions11
4Robbie CattanachManly United10
5Daniel SeverinoBankstown City Lions9
Robbie YounisAPIA Leichhardt Tigers9
7Osagie EdararoWollongong FC7
Labinot HalitiSydney United7
Anthony HartshornAPIA Leichhardt Tigers7
Ben VidaicSydney United7
Source: socceraust.co.uk

See also

References
  1. "2007 NSW Premier League Results Flashscore". Retrieved 9 July 2015.
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