2000–01 NSW Premier League season

The 2000–01 NSW Premier League season was the inaugural season of the NSW Premier League. The competition replaced the NSW Super League as the top-tier competition in New South Wales. The season moved away from a winter league to a summer league to align with the then premier national competition, the National Soccer League. The second-tier competition became the NSW Winter Super League.

NSW Premier League
Season2000–01
ChampionsBonnyrigg White Eagles
PremiersBlacktown City FC
Matches played94
Goals scored333 (3.54 per match)
← 2000

The competition began on Friday, 3 November 2000 at St George Stadium for the Round 1 fixture between St George Saints and Canterbury-Marrickville. The competition concluded with the grand final being played on Sunday, 8 April 2001 at Marconi Stadium, with Bonnyrigg White Eagles FC taking out the title by defeating Premiers Blacktown City FC 3–1.

Clubs
Club Ground Capacity
A.P.I.A. Leichhardt Tigers Lambert Park 7,000
Belconnen Blue Devils Belconnen Soccer Centre 2,000
Blacktown City Demons FC Fairfax Community Stadium 7,500
Bonnyrigg White Eagles FC Bonnyrigg Sports Club 10,000
Canterbury-Marrickville Olympic The Crest Reserve
Central Coast Coasties Pluim Park
Parramatta Eagles Melita Stadium 10,000
Penrith Panthers CUA Stadium 21,000
St George Saints St George Stadium 15,000
Sutherland Sharks Seymour Shaw Park 5,000

Regular season

League table
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Blacktown City 18 12 3 3 47 28 +19 39 Qualified for the Championship Finals series
2 Bonnyrigg White Eagles (C) 18 10 5 3 45 22 +23 35
3 Parramatta Eagles 18 11 2 5 44 31 +13 35
4 Canterbury-Marrickville 18 8 4 6 34 28 +6 28
5 APIA Leichhardt Tigers 18 8 2 8 41 36 +5 26
6 St George Saints 18 8 2 8 28 32 −4 26
7 Belconnen Blue Devils 18 7 4 7 32 31 +1 25
8 Central Coast Coasties 18 7 3 8 21 25 −4 24
9 Penrith Panthers 18 2 4 12 16 43 −27 10
10 Sutherland Sharks 18 0 5 13 12 44 −32 5
Source: OzFootball
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions

Results
Home \ Away API BEL BCD BWE CMO CCC PAR PEN SGS SUT
APIA Leichhardt Tigers 0–2 2–4 1–3 5–2 2–3 3–6 0–0 4–0 3–0
Belconnen Blue Devils 0–3 1–2 2–4 1–1 0–0 2–2 4–1 3–1 2–0
Blacktown City Demons 1–0 5–1 1–1 2–5 3–2 6–3 5–1 2–2 1–1
Bonnyrigg White Eagles 3–3 2–1 3–0 1–1 2–0 5–0 5–1 2–3 1–1
Canterbury-Marrickville Olympic 5–4 0–2 1–3 1–1 1–0 4–1 1–0 2–0 4–1
Central Coast Coasties 1–2 2–1 0–2 2–1 2–1 0–4 1–0 1–1 1–0
Parramatta Eagles 4–1 3–1 1–4 2–1 3–0 1–0 2–3 4–0 2–0
Penrith Panthers 1–3 1–4 0–1 2–3 0–0 2–2 0–4 0–4 3–3
St George Saints 0–1 2–3 4–2 1–3 2–1 2–1 0–1 1–0 2–1
Sutherland Sharks 1–4 2–2 0–3 0–4 0–4 0–3 1–1 0–1 1–3
Updated to match(es) played on 31 May 2001. Source:
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Finals series

Semi-finals
24 March 2001 Minor semi-final Parramatta Eagles 2–0Canterbury-Marrickville OlympicLambert Park, Sydney
Saturday D. Cummins 6'
J. Bakis 43'		 Report
24 March 2001 Major semi-finalBlacktown City2–3 Bonnyrigg White Eagles Melita Stadium, Sydney
Saturday Z. Donev 67'
S. Riches 71'		 Report M. Hawrysiuk 56'
J. Ghizzo 77'
F. Greco 88' (pen.)

Preliminary final
1 April 2001 Blacktown City 2–0Parramatta EaglesSerbian Centre, Sydney
Sunday S. Riches 36'
J. Acchner 86'		 Report

Grand final
8 April 2001 Bonnyrigg White Eagles 3–1Blacktown CityMarconi Stadium, Sydney
D. Harding 13'
J. Ghisso 80', 87'		 Report D. Iocca 89' Referee: Greg Leverton

See also

References
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