# 2006 NSW Premier League season

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

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Blacktown City | 18 | 14 | 2 | 2 | 47 | 15 | +32 | 44 | Qualified for the Championship Finals Series |
| 2 | Bankstown City | 18 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 35 | 28 | +7 | 33 | Qualified for the Championship Finals Series |
| 3 | Marconi Stallions | 18 | 10 | 2 | 6 | 42 | 25 | +17 | 32 | Qualified for the Championship Finals Series |
| 4 | Sydney United (C) | 18 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 33 | 22 | +11 | 31 | Qualified for the Championship Finals Series |
| 5 | Manly United | 18 | 8 | 4 | 6 | 31 | 24 | +7 | 28 | |
| 6 | Sydney Olympic | 18 | 6 | 3 | 9 | 24 | 35 | −11 | 21 | |
| 7 | Parramatta Eagles (R) | 18 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 18 | 25 | −7 | 19 | Relegated to 2007 NSW Super League |
| 8 | Sutherland Sharks | 18 | 5 | 3 | 10 | 26 | 40 | −14 | 18 | |
| 9 | Wollongong Wolves | 18 | 5 | 1 | 12 | 26 | 46 | −20 | 16 | |
| 10 | APIA Leichhardt Tigers | 18 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 16 | 38 | −22 | 13 | |

### Results

| Home \ Away | 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 | |

## 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.
| Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Preliminary final | Preliminary final | Preliminary final | Final | Final | Final |
| Blacktown City | Blacktown City | 2 | | | | 1 | Blacktown City | 0 |
| Bankstown City | Bankstown City | 0 | | | | 4 | Sydney United | 4 |
| | | | 2 | Bankstown City | 1 (5) | | | |
| | | | 4 | Sydney United (p) | 1 (6) | | | |
| Marconi Stallions | Marconi Stallions | 0 | | | | | | |
| Sydney United | Sydney United | 3 | | | | | | |