# 2002–03 NSW Premier League season

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

## Clubs

Teams promoted from Winter Super League: (After the end of the 2002 season.)
* Rockdale City Suns
Teams relegated to Winter Super League: (After the end of the 2001–02 season.)
* Sutherland Sharks
| 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 | Qualified for the Championship Finals series |
| 3 | Bonnyrigg White Eagles | 22 | 11 | 5 | 6 | 47 | 35 | +12 | 38 | Qualified for the Championship Finals series |
| 4 | Belconnen Blue Devils | 22 | 10 | 6 | 6 | 43 | 32 | +11 | 36 | Qualified for the Championship Finals series |
| 5 | Parramatta Eagles | 22 | 9 | 7 | 6 | 37 | 30 | +7 | 34 | Qualified for the Championship Finals series |
| 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 |

### 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 | |

## 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 | Blacktown City | 1 | | | | 2 | APIA Leichhardt | 3 |
| | | | 2 | APIA Leichhardt | 2 | | | | 1 | Blacktown City | 1 |
| 2 | APIA Leichhardt | 3 | | | | 1 | Blacktown City (p) | 1(8) | | | |
| 3 | Bonnyrigg | 0 | | | | 3 | Bonnyrigg | 1(7) | | | |
| | | | 3 | Bonnyrigg | 2 | | | | | | |
| | | | 4 | Belconnen | 0 | | | | | | |
| 4 | Belconnen | 1 | | | | | | | | | |
| 5 | Parramatta Eagles | 0 | | | | | | | | | |