Parramatta Power Soccer Club were a professional association football club who were based in the Western Sydney city of

Parramatta Parramatta () is a suburb and major Central business district, commercial centre in Greater Western Sydney, located in the state of New South Wales, Australia. It is located approximately west of the Sydney central business district on the ban ...

. They played in the

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from season 1999-00 until the league folded in 2004. The Power were runners up to Perth Glory in the 2003–04 season of the NSL, both on the ladder and in the grand final, after Perth took control in

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and scored the

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winner in horrendous weather to become the final NSL champions. The club was backed by the Parramatta Leagues club which also owns the

Parramatta Eels The Parramatta Eels are an Australian professional rugby league football club based in the Sydney suburb of Parramatta that competes in the National Rugby League. The Parramatta District Rugby League Football Club was formed in 1947, and thei ...

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team. The club played at

Parramatta Stadium Parramatta Stadium was a sports stadium in Parramatta, New South Wales, Australia, 23 kilometres west of Sydney's central business district. The stadium was the home ground of several western Sydney-based sports teams, at the time of closure ...

(the home of the Eels) and played in gold and blue (the Eels colours). The club suffered from poor attendances throughout its existence, partly because of its links to the Eels, as well as it being in the already crowded Western Sydney football market.

National Soccer League history

Kit info

Performance (by club)

* Carlton S.C. folded during the 2000–01 season, 2 matches awarded 3–0 to Parramatta on forfeit.

Honours

Premiership **Runners-up (1): 2003–04 *

Championship **Runners-up (1):

2004 2004 was designated as an International Year of Rice by the United Nations, and the International Year to Commemorate the Struggle Against Slavery and its Abolition (by UNESCO). Events January * January 3 – Flash Airlines Flight 60 ...

External links

Statistics on Parramatta Power in NSL
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