The 2007 NSW Premier League season was the seventh season of the revamped

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. The 2007 regular season began on 24 February 2007, at 16:00 UTC+10, and concluded on 5 August 2007 with the Grand Final where Blacktown City Demons FC defeated

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3–1. During the course of the season, all Premier League,

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and Division teams were involved in the TigerTurf Cup, an equivalent to the English

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with teams competing in a series of elimination games.

Changes from Previous Season

The only format change for this competition was that the first week of the finals would be played over two legs instead of one. The regular season remained a home-away format.

Clubs

Teams promoted from

:
(After the end of the 2006 season.) *

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Teams relegated to

:
(After the end of the 2006 season.) *

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Regular season

League table

Results

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 modified

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, with the difference that each first-round game would be played over two legs. The winner of the finals series, Blacktown City Demons FC was crowned as the NSW Premier League champions and as the holder of the top position on the league ladder were also named premiers. Standard cup rules – such as the

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(two-leg ties only),

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and penalty shootouts were used to decide drawn games.

Statistics

Top goalscorers

References

External links

NSW Premier League Official Website
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2007 domestic association football leagues