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NSW Premier League 2004–05
NSW Premier League 2004–05
League	NSW Premier League
Sport	Association football
Number of teams	16
2004–05
Champions	Bankstown City Lions
Premiers	Bankstown City Lions
Statewide Cup
Champions	Sydney United
NSW Premier League seasons
	← 2003–04 2006 →

The 2004–05 NSW Premier League season was the fourth season of the revamped NSW Premier League.

Throughout the season many Premier League, Super League, Division One and Division Two teams competed in a newly formed FA Cup-style knockout competition called the Statewide Cup in which the Sydney United were crowned champions after defeating Belconnen Blue Devils in 3–1 at Parramatta Stadium.^[1]

Changes from Previous Season

The number of teams increased from 12 to 16, with the inclusion of former National Soccer League teams following the abolishment of that league in favour of the restructured A-League. These teams included Marconi Stallions, Sydney Olympic, Sydney United and Wollongong Wolves. Manly United were also promoted from the NSW Super League. There was also a significant change to the format. The competition was divided into two stages. The first stage consisted of fifteen rounds with each of the sixteen teams playing each other once. The top eight sides would enter the Champions League and the bottom sides the Challengers League. All eight teams in each league would play a further seven matches against those from their league. All points accrued from the first stage would be retained for the second stage to determine the final table positions. Positions one to four from the Champions League and the highest ranked from the Challengers League would compete in the finals series. The bottom three teams in the Challengers League were relegated for the 2006 NSW Super League season.^[2]

Teams

Teams relegated from National Soccer League:
(After the end of the 2003–04 season)

Teams promoted from Super League:
(After the end of the 2004 season.)

Manly United FC

Teams relegated to Super League:
(After the end of the 2003–04 season.)

Canterbury-Marrickville

Teams and locations

Club	Ground	Capacity
A.P.I.A. Leichhardt Tigers	Lambert Park	7,000
Bankstown City Lions FC	Jensen Park	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
Central Coast United
Manly United FC
Marconi Stallions FC	Marconi Stadium
Parramatta Eagles	Melita Stadium	10,000
Penrith Nepean United FC	CUA Stadium	21,000
Rockdale City Suns	Rockdale Ilinden Sports Centre	5,000
St George FC	St George Stadium	15,000
Sydney Crescent Star	Lidcombe Oval
Sydney Olympic FC	Belmore Sports Ground
Sydney United FC	Edensor Park
Wollongong Wolves	WIN Stadium

Regular season

League table

Champions League

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Bankstown City (C)	22	13	6	3	38	28	+10	45	Qualified for the Championship Finals series
2	Bonnyrigg White Eagles	22	13	3	6	47	30	+17	42
3	Blacktown City Demons	22	13	2	7	41	39	+2	41
4	Sydney United	22	10	7	5	44	30	+14	37
5	Sydney Olympic	22	11	4	7	41	27	+14	37
6	APIA Leichhardt Tigers	22	9	4	9	25	29	−4	31
7	St George Saints	22	7	7	8	30	31	−1	28
8	Rockdale City Suns	22	7	5	10	28	33	−5	26

Source: SoccerAust
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions

Challengers League

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Belconnen Blue Devils	22	9	7	6	46	34	+12	34	Qualified for the Championship Finals series
2	Marconi Stallions	22	8	7	7	32	29	+3	31
3	Wollongong Wolves	22	9	4	9	34	32	+2	31
4	Manly United	22	7	7	8	33	29	+4	28
5	Central Coast United	22	7	3	12	41	33	+8	24
6	Penrith Nepean United (R)	22	6	5	11	32	44	−12	23
7	Parramatta Eagles (R)	22	6	5	11	27	43	−16	23
8	Sydney Crescent Star (R)	22	1	4	17	23	71	−48	7

Source: SoccerAust
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(R) Relegated

Finals series


Qualifying Finals			Semi-finals			Preliminary final			Grand final



			1	Bankstown City (p)	1(5)				1	Bankstown City	3

			2	Bonnyrigg	1(4)				2	Bonnyrigg	1

2	Bonnyrigg	5				2	Bonnyrigg (a.e.t.)	2

3	Blacktown City	1					Belconnen	1

			3	Blacktown City	1

				Belconnen	2

4	Sydney United	2(6)

	Belconnen (p)	2(7)

Week 1 Finals

4 June 2005 Qualifying Final	Bonnyrigg White Eagles	5–1	Blacktown City Demons	Sydney, New South Wales
Friday	M. Simonovic 5' T. Martin 41' V. Tomasevic 45' (pen.) T. Devrimol 60' B. Conde 90+2'	Report	L. Roodenburg 55'	Stadium: Bonnyrigg Sports Club

5 June 2005 Elimination final	Sydney United	2–2 (a.e.t.) (6–7 p)	Belconnen Blue Devils	Sydney, New South Wales
Saturday	P. Cardozo 18' Glavas 48'	Report	D. Macor 53' D. Wells 82'	Stadium: Edensor Park

Semi-finals

11 June 2005 Minor semi-final	Blacktown City Demons	1–2	Belconnen Blue Devils	Sydney, New South Wales
Saturday	J. Maguire 22'	Report	D. Wells 4' P. Ivanic 61'	Stadium: Fairfax Community Stadium

12 June 2005 Major semi-final	Bankstown City Lions	1–1 (a.e.t.) (5–4 p)	Bonnyrigg White Eagles	Sydney, New South Wales
Sunday	M. Hoenselaars 20'	Report	V. Tomasevic 52'	Stadium: Jensen Park

Preliminary final

18 June 2005	Bonnyrigg White Eagles	2–1 (a.e.t.)	Belconnen Blue Devils	Sydney, New South Wales
Saturday	W. Heath 100' T. Martin 103'	Report	M. Katz 117'	Stadium: Bonnyrigg Sports Club

Grand final

26 June 2005	Bankstown City Lions	3–1	Bonnyrigg White Eagles	Sydney, New South Wales
Sunday	P. Tsekenis 21' Severino 54' S. Babic 56'	Report	J. Bruni 76'	Stadium: Parramatta Stadium