2007 NSW Premier League season

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NSW Premier League 2007
League NSW Premier League
Sport Association football
Duration24 February – 5 August 2007
Number of teams10
2007
Champions Blacktown City Demons FC
Premiers Blacktown City Demons FC
TigerTurf Cup
Champions Wollongong Wolves FC
NSW Premier League seasons

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

Contents

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.)

ClubGroundCapacity
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 Park5,000

Regular season

League table

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification
1 Blacktown City (C)1811523819+1938 Qualified for the Championship Finals Series
2 Bankstown City 188732920+931
3 Marconi Stallions 188643427+730
4 Manly United 188462621+528
5 APIA Leichhardt Tigers 188462623+328
6 Sydney United 186662524+124
7 Wollongong FC 186482732522
8 Sutherland Sharks 186391725821
9 Sydney Olympic 1845922351317
10 Penrith Nepean United 1830151836189
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 1–21–20–12–01–02–12–12–12–2
Bankstown City 1–11–12–22–06–21–13–20–01–1
Blacktown City Demons 0–04–03–00–53–11–32–21–14–1
Manly United 1–21–30–21–11–02–03–01–22–2
Marconi Stallions 2–61–11–11–23–21–03–33–13–1
Penrith Nepean United 0–20–11–40–31–20–12–11–21–2
Sutherland Sharks 1–01–00–30–12–40–11–13–21–0
Sydney Olympic 4–00–20–30–00–21–61–01–11–3
Sydney United 1–10–30–12–10–02–02–22–34–1
Wollongong FC 3–12–02–31–42–21–03–00–10–2
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.

SemifinalsPreliminary finalFinal
1 Blacktown City 022 Bankstown City 1
2 Bankstown City 301 Blacktown City 3
1 Blacktown City (a.e.t.)4
4 Manly United 2
3 Marconi Stallions 01
4 Manly United 21

Statistics

Top goalscorers

RankPlayerTeamGoals
1 Tolgay Ozbey Blacktown City Demons 16
2Daniel Aliffi Wollongong FC 11
Tallan Martin Bankstown City Lions 11
4 Robbie Cattanach Manly United 10
5 Daniel Severino Bankstown City Lions 9
Robbie Younis APIA Leichhardt Tigers 9
7Osagie Edararo Wollongong FC 7
Labinot Haliti Sydney United 7
Anthony Hartshorn APIA Leichhardt Tigers 7
Ben Vidaic Sydney United 7
Source: socceraust.co.uk

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References

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