# 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.
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 | Qualified for the Championship Finals series |
| 3 | Parramatta Eagles | 18 | 11 | 2 | 5 | 44 | 31 | +13 | 35 | Qualified for the Championship Finals series |
| 4 | Canterbury-Marrickville | 18 | 8 | 4 | 6 | 34 | 28 | +6 | 28 | Qualified for the Championship Finals series |
| 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 | |

### 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 | |

## Finals series

| Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Preliminary finals | Preliminary finals | Preliminary finals | Grand final | Grand final | Grand final |
| 1 | Blacktown | 2 | | | | 2 | Bonnyrigg | 3 |
| 2 | Bonnyrigg | 3 | | | | 3 | Blacktown | 1 |
| | | | 1 | Blacktown | 2 | | | |
| | | | 3 | Parramatta | 0 | | | |
| 3 | Parramatta | 2 | | | | | | |
| 4 | Canterbury-Marrickville | 0 | | | | | | |