2006 NSW Premier League season

February 2023 June 2013 2006 NSW Premier League NSW Premier League Association football 17 February 2006 – 16 July 2006 10 2006 Blacktown City Demons FC Champions Sydney United FC Premiers Waratah Cup Blacktown City Demons FC Champions NSW Premier League 2004–05 NSW Premier League season 2004–05 2007 NSW Premier League season 2007 The 2006 NSW Premier League season was the sixth season of the revamped NSW Premier League. 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.) None Teams relegated to Super League: (After the end of the 2004–05 season.) Bonnyrigg White Eagles FC St George FC Rockdale City Suns FC Penrith Nepean United FC Central Coast United Sydney Crescent Star 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 main WDL QR BCD Blacktown City BAN Bankstown City MAR Marconi Stallions SYU Sydney United MAN Manly United SYO Sydney Olympic PAR Parramatta Eagles SUT Sutherland Sharks WGW Wollongong Wolves API APIA Leichhardt Tigers 14 2 2 47 15 10 3 5 35 28 10 2 6 42 25 9 4 5 33 22 C 8 4 6 31 24 6 3 9 24 35 5 4 9 18 25 R 5 3 10 26 40 5 1 12 26 46 3 4 11 16 38 #D0F0C0 Qualified for the Championship Finals Series QF QF QF QF #FFCCCC Relegated to 2007 NSW Super League R 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored. complete SoccerAust Results main FBR grey API BAN BCD MAN MAR PAR SUT SYO SYU WGW APIA Leichhardt Tigers 0–2 0–5 2–1 0–5 1–1 2–3 0–1 1–2 3–0 Bankstown City 0–0 1–0 1–1 2–1 1–2 4–1 2–3 4–3 2–3 Blacktown City Demons 3–0 1–1 5–2 1–0 3–1 5–2 3–1 3–1 6–1 Manly United 2–2 4–1 0–0 1–2 2–0 1–3 1–0 1–0 5–1 Marconi Stallions 5–1 2–4 3–1 2–0 0–1 1–2 1–1 1–1 5–3 Parramatta Eagles 1–0 1–3 0–1 2–2 2–3 1–0 4–0 1–2 0–4 Sutherland Sharks 4–0 1–2 1–4 0–2 1–4 1–1 1–2 0–2 1–2 Sydney Olympic 3–2 1–2 0–2 0–2 1–4 1–0 2–2 3–4 1–2 Sydney United 0–0 2–0 1–2 2–1 1–3 0–0 4–0 1–1 2–0 Wollongong Wolves 0–2 2–3 0–2 1–3 2–0 0–1 2–2 2–3 1–5 25 June 2006 socceraust.co.uk 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. 1 July 2006 Blacktown City 2 Bankstown City 0 2 July 2006 Marconi Stallions 0 Sydney United 3 9 July 2006 2 Bankstown City 1 (5) 4 Sydney United 1 (6) 16 July 2006 1 Blacktown City 0 4 Sydney United 4 Semi-finals Major semi-final 1 July 2006 Saturday, 17:00 Blacktown City Demons Bankstown City Lions 2–0 Report Ozbey 9 87 pen. Fairfax Community Stadium Seven Hills, Sydney Minor semi-final 2 July 2006 Sunday, 15:00 Marconi Stallions Sydney United 0–3 Report Glavas 26 53Martin 89 Bossley Park, Sydney Marconi Stadium Preliminary final 9 July 2006 Sunday, 16:00 Sydney United Bankstown City Lions 1–1 yes 6–5 Report C. Nwaogazi 59 Glavas 85 Sefton, Sydney Melita Stadium Grand final 16 July 2006 Sunday, 15:00 Blacktown City Demons Sydney United 0–4 Report Glavas 10 25 50 pen. 77 Bossley Park, Sydney Marconi Stadium See also Football NSW References External links NSW Premier League Official Website 2006 Category:2006 in domestic association football leagues Premier