Sports season
2006 NSW Premier League |
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League | National Premier Leagues NSW |
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Sport | Association football |
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Duration | 17 February 2006 – 16 July 2006 |
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Number of teams | 10 |
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2006 |
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Champions | Blacktown City Demons FC |
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Premiers | Sydney United FC |
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Waratah Cup |
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Champions | Blacktown City Demons FC |
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NSW Premier League seasons |
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The 2006 NSW Premier League season was the sixth season of the revamped National Premier Leagues NSW.
The 2006 regular season began on Friday, 17 February 2006 in a match between Manly United and APIA Leichhardt Tigers. It concluded with Round 18 being played out on Sunday, 25 June 2006. The finals began on 1 July 2006, culminating with the grand final on 16 July 2006. The match was played at Marconi Stadium at 3pm with Sydney United FC being crowned premiers after defeating regular season champions Blacktown City Demons FC 4–0.
During the course of the season, all Premier League, Super League and Division teams were involved in the Statewide Cup, an equivalent to the English FA Cup with teams competing in a series of elimination games. Blacktown City Demons FC also won this competition defeating APIA Leichhardt Tigers 2–1 in the cup final.
Clubs
Teams promoted from Super League:
(After the end of the 2004–05 season.)
Teams relegated to Super League:
(After the end of the 2004–05 season.)
Club | Ground | Capacity |
APIA Leichhardt 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 |
Parramatta Eagles | Melita 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 Wolves | Hooka Creek Park | 5,000 |
Regular season
League table
Source: SoccerAust
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated
Results
Updated to match(es) played on 25 June 2006. 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 Page playoff system. The winner of the finals series, Sydney United FC was crowned as the NSW Premier League champions.
Standard cup rules – such as extra time and penalty shootouts were used to decide drawn games.
Semi-finals
Preliminary final
Grand final
See also
References
External links
- NSW Premier League Official Website
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