# 2001–02 NSW Premier League season

The 2001–02 NSW Premier League season was the second season of the revamped NSW Premier League. From the original ten teams in the inaugural version of the Premier League, two more were added for the follow-up tournament. They were Bankstown City Lions and Fairfield Bulls.
The Parramatta Eagles took out the double winning the Championship and the Premiership.

## Clubs

Teams promoted from Super League: (After the end of the 2001 season.)
* Bankstown City Lions
* Fairfield Bulls
Teams relegated to Super League: (After the end of the 2000–01 season.)
* Nil
| Club | Ground | Capacity |
| A.P.I.A. Leichhardt Tigers | Lambert Park | 7,000 |
| Bankstown City Lions FC | Jensen Oval | 8,000 |
| 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 | The Crest Reserve | |
| Central Coast | Pluim Park | |
| Fairfield Bulls | Nineveh Soccer Stadium | 1,000 |
| 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 or relegation |
| 1 | Parramatta FC (C) | 22 | 17 | 1 | 4 | 61 | 23 | +38 | 52 | Qualified for the Championship Finals series |
| 2 | Bonnyrigg White Eagles | 22 | 15 | 2 | 5 | 59 | 21 | +38 | 47 | Qualified for the Championship Finals series |
| 3 | Blacktown City | 22 | 13 | 5 | 4 | 51 | 26 | +25 | 44 | Qualified for the Championship Finals series |
| 4 | APIA Leichhardt Tigers | 22 | 12 | 5 | 5 | 40 | 29 | +11 | 41 | Qualified for the Championship Finals series |
| 5 | Belconnen Blue Devils | 22 | 12 | 4 | 6 | 44 | 31 | +13 | 40 | Qualified for the Championship Finals series |
| 6 | Fairfield Bulls | 22 | 12 | 4 | 6 | 50 | 43 | +7 | 40 | |
| 7 | Bankstown City | 22 | 10 | 5 | 7 | 51 | 48 | +3 | 35 | |
| 8 | Central Coast FC | 22 | 4 | 6 | 12 | 21 | 41 | −20 | 18 | |
| 9 | Canterbury-Marrickville | 22 | 5 | 3 | 14 | 25 | 49 | −24 | 18 | |
| 10 | St George FC | 22 | 4 | 5 | 13 | 27 | 52 | −25 | 17 | |
| 11 | Penrith Nepean United | 22 | 1 | 8 | 13 | 24 | 45 | −21 | 11 | |
| 12 | Sutherland Sharks (R) | 22 | 1 | 4 | 17 | 21 | 66 | −45 | 7 | Relegated to Super League |

### Results

| Home \ Away | API | BAN | BEL | BCD | BWE | CMO | CCC | FFB | PAR | PEN | SGS | SUT |
| APIA Leichhardt Tigers | | 1–1 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 4–0 | 3–3 | 1–4 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 2–1 |
| Bankstown City | 1–3 | | 6–0 | 4–3 | 0–5 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 2–2 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 6–0 |
| Belconnen Blue Devils | 2–3 | 2–3 | | 0–1 | 3–1 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 4–4 | 3–2 | 4–2 | 2–0 | 3–2 |
| Blacktown City Demons | 1–2 | 3–1 | 0–0 | | 1–2 | 1–1 | 4–0 | 3–2 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 8–1 | 2–2 |
| Bonnyrigg White Eagles | 5–0 | 4–0 | 3–2 | 1–2 | | 7–0 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 4–3 | 2–1 | 3–2 | 1–0 |
| Canterbury-Marrickville Olympic | 0–1 | 3–5 | 0–1 | 5–2 | 0–1 | | 0–2 | 0–1 | 0–4 | 3–2 | 0–1 | 3–1 |
| Central Coast Coasties | 0–3 | 2–2 | 1–3 | 0–0 | 0–5 | 3–1 | | 0–1 | 2–3 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 4–0 |
| Fairfield Bulls | 0–3 | 2–3 | 2–2 | 2–6 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 4–2 | | 0–1 | 2–0 | 7–3 | 6–3 |
| Parramatta Eagles | 2–0 | 4–0 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 5–1 | 4–0 | 4–1 | | 2–1 | 3–0 | 3–1 |
| Penrith Panthers | 1–1 | 2–3 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 0–6 | 2–2 | 0–1 | 2–3 | 1–2 | | 0–2 | 3–1 |
| St George Saints | 3–2 | 4–4 | 0–3 | 0–2 | 0–5 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 2–3 | 1–3 | 1–1 | | 4–0 |
| Sutherland Sharks | 1–5 | 2–4 | 0–3 | 0–2 | 2–2 | 2–3 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 0–6 | 0–0 | 2–1 | |

## Finals series

| Qualifying Finals | Qualifying Finals | Qualifying Finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Preliminary finals | Preliminary finals | Preliminary finals | Grand final | Grand final | Grand final |
| | | | 1 | Parramatta Eagles | 2 | | | | 1 | Parramatta Eagles | 1 |
| | | | 2 | Bonnyrigg White Eagles | 0 | | | | 3 | Blacktown City | 0 |
| 2 | Bonnyrigg White Eagles | 3 | | | | 3 | Blacktown City | 5 | | | |
| 3 | Blacktown City | 1 | | | | 2 | Bonnyrigg White Eagles | 1 | | | |
| | | | 3 | Blacktown City | 2 | | | | | | |
| | | | 5 | Belconnen Blue Devils | 0 | | | | | | |
| 4 | APIA Leichhardt | 0 | | | | | | | | | |
| 5 | Belconnen Blue Devils | 1 | | | | | | | | | |