2009 NSW Premier League season

The 2009 TeleChoice Premier League season was the ninth season of the revamped National Premier Leagues NSW. This season also marked the addition of the Bonnyrigg White Eagles Football Club, promoted from the Super League.
The 2009 regular season began on 1 March, and concluded on 9 August. The Finals series commenced a fortnight later. On 13 September the Sutherland Sharks Football Club won their second championship of the year when they defeated Marconi Stallions 4–1 in the Grand Final at CUA Stadium.
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. On 16 August the Sutherland Sharks Football Club were crowned the Cup Champions after defeating Manly United FC 1–0.

Clubs

Teams promoted from Super League:

Bonnyrigg White Eagles

Teams relegated to Super League:

Macarthur Rams

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
Bonnyrigg White Eagles FC	Bonnyrigg Sports Club	5,000
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
West Sydney Berries FC	Lidcombe Oval	20,000
Wollongong Community FC	Hooka Creek Park	5,000

Regular season

Results

The results of the 2009 Home and Away season are as follows:

Statistics

Top goalscorers

Rank

Scorer

Club

Goals

Scoring

First hat-trick of the season: Jamie McMaster against Bonnyrigg
Most goals scored by one player in a match: 4 goals – Robert Younis against Wollongong,
Widest winning margin: 7 goals – Marconi 7–0 Wollongong
Most goals in a match: 11 goals
*Sydney Tigers 6–5 Wollongong
All season goals : '''404 goals'''

Clean sheets

Most clean sheets – Sutherland
Fewest clean sheets – Wollongong

Attendances

The table is for the home and away season and does not include finals series attendances.

Team	Hosted	Average	Highest	Lowest	Total
Sydney Olympic FC	11	893	1,600	612	20,878
Bonnyrigg White Eagles FC	11	812	1,300	550	14,105
Sutherland Sharks FC	11	542	1,004	400	7,937
Sydney United FC	11	519	1,002	360	7,910
Marconi Stallions FC	11	493	1,004	500	6,854
Bankstown City Lions FC	11	474	750	300	6,200
Wollongong Community FC	11	454	1,189	250	6,089
Blacktown City Demons FC	11	320	1,000	150	5,250
APIA Tigers	10	340	750	300	4,600
Penrith Nepean United FC	11	335	500	250	4,350
Manly United FC	11	333	850	100	4,100
West Sydney Berries FC	11	293	550	150	3,220
Totals	132	484	1,600	100	1,010,986

Awards

Gold medal dinner

At the end of the season, Football NSW hosted the Gold Medal Dinner, where players, coaches and referees were awarded for their work throughout the Premier League season.

Award	Name	Club
Player of the Year	Brad Boardman	Sutherland Sharks
Andreas Golden Boot	Matthew Mayora	Sydney Olympic
Goalkeeper of the Year	Vedran Janjetovic	Sydney United
Coach of the Year	Ante Milicic	Sydney United
Referee of the Year	Peter Vrtkovski	–

All-Stars Team

Based on a points system in which all match reporters took part in during the course of the 22 rounds, eleven players were selected in various positions highlighting their performances for the season.
Goalkeeper: Vedran Janjetovic
Defence: Michael Robinson, Shane Webb, Joe Vrkic, Richard Luksic
Midfield: Scott Thomas, Ali Abbas Al-Hilfi, Panni Nikas, Alexander Canak
Attack: Brad Boardman, Luka Glavas
Coach: Ante Milicic