2002–03 NSW Premier League season

The 2002–03 NSW Premier League season was the third season of the revamped NSW Premier League.

NSW Premier League
Season2002–03
ChampionsAPIA Leichhardt Tigers
PremiersBlacktown City
Matches played138
Goals scored464 (3.36 per match)

Clubs

Teams promoted from Winter Super League:
(After the end of the 2002 season.)

Teams relegated to Winter Super League:
(After the end of the 2001–02 season.)

Club Ground Capacity
A.P.I.A. Leichhardt Tigers Lambert Park 7,000
Bankstown City Lions Jensen Oval 8,000
Belconnen Blue Devils Belconnen Soccer Centre 2,000
Blacktown City Demons Fairfax Community Stadium 7,500
Bonnyrigg White Eagles Bonnyrigg Sports Club 10,000
Canterbury-Marrickville Olympic The Crest Reserve
Central Coast Coasties Pluim Park
Fairfield Bulls Nineveh Stadium 1,000
Parramatta Eagles Melita Stadium 10,000
Penrith Panthers CUA Stadium 21,000
Rockdale City Suns Rockdale Ilinden Sports Centre 5,000
St George Saints St George Stadium 15,000

Regular season

League table
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Blacktown City Demons 22 14 3 5 48 23 +25 45 Qualified for the Championship Finals series
2 APIA Leichhardt Tigers (C) 22 11 7 4 44 25 +19 40
3 Bonnyrigg White Eagles 22 11 5 6 47 35 +12 38
4 Belconnen Blue Devils 22 10 6 6 43 32 +11 36
5 Parramatta Eagles 22 9 7 6 37 30 +7 34
6 Rockdale City Suns 22 9 7 6 38 33 +5 34
7 Canterbury-Marrickville 22 8 8 6 36 36 0 32
8 Penrith Panthers 22 6 6 10 29 33 −4 24
9 St George Saints 22 7 2 13 33 49 −16 23
10 Bankstown City 22 6 5 11 28 45 −17 23
11 Central Coast Coasties 22 6 3 13 33 63 −30 21
12 Fairfield Bulls (R) 22 4 3 15 33 55 −22 15 Relegated to Super League
Source: OzFootball
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated

Results
Home \ Away API BAN BEL BCD BWE CMO CCC FFB PAR PEN ROC SGS
APIA Leichhardt Tigers 2–1 1–0 0–2 1–0 0–0 5–1 9–2 1–1 3–1 1–2 2–2
Bankstown City 3–1 1–5 1–0 2–1 1–2 0–0 3–2 1–2 1–1 0–0 0–1
Belconnen Blue Devils 0–3 3–3 2–2 2–2 3–0 5–1 3–1 4–0 1–1 3–3 1–0
Blacktown City Demons 1–3 4–0 4–2 3–1 1–0 4–1 2–1 0–2 4–0 1–2 4–0
Bonnyrigg White Eagles 2–0 3–1 3–1 1–0 1–2 7–2 4–4 3–3 2–1 2–3 3–5
Canterbury-Marrickville Olympic 0–0 6–1 0–1 1–1 0–3 9–2 1–1 1–4 1–1 0–1 4–1
Central Coast Coasties 1–2 3–2 2–1 1–4 2–3 1–1 0–4 1–2 1–0 0–1 2–1
Fairfield Bulls 3–3 1–3 3–1 0–2 1–3 1–2 1–4 1–0 0–3 2–3 2–0
Parramatta Eagles 0–1 1–1 0–0 2–3 1–1 0–3 1–1 2–1 0–0 2–3 4–0
Penrith Panthers 2–2 2–0 0–1 1–2 0–1 0–1 3–1 2–1 2–3 3–3 3–1
Rockdale City Suns 1–1 4–1 1–1 1–2 1–1 1–1 0–2 2–1 2–4 0–1 3–3
St George Saints 0–3 1–2 1–2 0–2 2–0 1–0 7–4 3–0 0–3 4–2 0–3
Updated to match(es) played on 31 May 2003. Source: socceraust.co.uk
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Finals series

Qualifying Finals
10 May 2003 Elimination final Belconnen Blue Devils 1–0 Parramatta Eagles Canberra, Australia
Saturday Daniel Macor 61' Report Stadium: Belconnen Soccer Centre
Referee: Simon Przydacz
11 May 2003 Qualifying Final APIA Leichhardt Tigers 3–0 Bonnyrigg White Eagles Sydney, Australia
Sunday Damon Langan 33'
Norman Tome 63', 90+3'		 Report Stadium: Lambert Park
Referee: Craig Pearce

Semi-finals
17 May 2003 Major semi-final Blacktown City Demons 1–2 APIA Leichhardt Tigers Sydney, Australia
Saturday N. Imaya 66' Report D. Langan 24', 37' (pen.) Stadium: Gabbie Stadium
Referee: Nick Asargiotis
18 May 2003 Minor semi-final Belconnen Blue Devils 0–2 Bonnyrigg White Eagles Sydney, Australia
Sunday Report Shane Knight 15'
Aaron Burgess 28'		 Stadium: Gabbie Stadium
Referee: Mark Hester

Preliminary final
24 May 2003 Bonnyrigg White Eagles 1–1 (a.e.t.)
(8–9 p)		 Blacktown City Demons Sydney, Australia
Saturday Aaron Burgess 19' Report Damien Foxe 90' Stadium: Gabbie Stadium
Referee: Vic Gauci

Grand final
31 May 2003 APIA Leichhardt Tigers 3–1 Blacktown City Demons Sydney, Australia
Arambasic 35' (pen.), 53', 63' Report Reid 39' Stadium: Lambert Park
Attendance: 4,000
Referee: Greg Leverton

See also

References
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