National Soccer League Tables

National Soccer League Tables

By Josef Bobrowsky (until 1992) and Thomas Esamie (1992 onwards) for the Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation

NATIONAL SOCCER LEAGUE TABLES

1977

                               P     W     D    L    FOR    AGST   PTS
 1 Sydney City                26    13    11    2     52     28     37
 2 Marconi-Fairfield          26    15     7    4     42     21     37
 3 Fitzroy                    26    12     8    6     41     34     32
 4 Adelaide City              26    12     7    7     50     31     31
 5 Western Suburbs            26    11     7    8     38     29     29
 6 St George                  26     7    14    5     39     35     28
 7 West Adelaide              26     8    10    8     38     32     26
 8 Footscray JUST             26     9     6   11     36     39     24
 9 Brisbane Lions             26     9     5   12     27     41     23
10 Brisbane City              26     8     6   12     30     35     22
11 South Melbourne            26     7     8   11     27     35     22
12 Sydney Olympic             26     7     7   12     25     38     21
13 Canberra City              26     5     7   14     22     39     17
14 Mooroolbark                26     5     5   16     31     61     15

Relegated: Mooroolbark
Promoted : Newcastle Rosebud

Sydney City champions of Australia 1977

CUP FINAL

Brisbane City   1-1     Marconi-Fairfield
Brisbane City win 5-3 on penalties

1978

                               P     W     D    L    FOR    AGST   PTS
 1 West Adelaide              26    16     4    6     42     27     36
 2 Sydney City                26    15     5    6     49     27     35
 3 South Melbourne            26    12     8    6     45     30     32
 4 Marconi-Fairfield          26    12     6    8     46     31     30
 5 Fitzroy                    26     9     8    9     39     39     26
 6 Brisbane Lions             26     8    10    8     37     39     26
 7 St George                  26    11     3   12     41     40     25
 8 Sydney Olympic             26     9     7   10     35     43     25
 9 Western Suburbs            26     9     6   11     41     45     24
10 Adelaide City              26     9     6   11     38     44     24
11 Newcastle Rosebud          26     6    10   10     33     40     22
12 Footscray JUST             26     7     8   11     29     37     22
13 Canberra City              26     5    10   11     28     41     20
14 Brisbane City              26     7     3   16     29     49     17

Relegated: Western Suburbs
Promoted : APIA Leichhardt

West Adelaide champions of Australia 1978

1978 Cup Winner: Brisbane City

1979

                               P     W     D    L    FOR    AGST   PTS
 1 Marconi-Fairfield          26     15    6    5     58     32     40
 2 Fitzroy                    26     14    7    5     44     30     36
 3 Sydney City                26     15    3    8     47     29     34
 4 Brisbane City              26     14    5    7     38     30     34
 5 Adelaide City              26     13    6    7     43     27     33
 6 Newcastle Rosebud          26     11    9    6     43     30     32
 7 West Adelaide              26     10    4   12     28     31     25
 8 APIA Leichhardt            26     11    3   12     29     37     25
 9 Brisbane Lions             26      8    6   12     28     40     22
10 Footscray JUST             26      8    3   15     29     43     20
11 St George                  26      7    6   13     27     43     20
12 Canberra City              26      6    8   12     25     41     20
13 Sydney Olympic             26      7    5   14     23     30     19
14 South Melbourne            26      6    3   17     26     45     16

Relegated: Sydney Olympic
Promoted : Blacktown

Marconi-Fairfield champions of Australia 1979

1979 Cup Winner: Adelaide City

1980

                               P     W     D    L    FOR    AGST   PTS
 1 Sydney City                26    16     5    5     51     26     37
 2 Heidelberg United          26    15     6    5     55     33     36
 3 South Melbourne            26    15     5    6     42     21     35
 4 Marconi-Fairfield          26    14     6    6     53     32     34
 5 Adelaide City              26    13     4    9     40     27     30
 6 Newcastle Rosebud          26    12     6    8     32     31     30
 7 Brisbane Lions             26     7    11    8     28     32     25
 8 APIA Leichhardt            26     8     7   11     27     35     23
 9 Footscray JUST             26     7     9   10     32     41     23
10 Canberra City              26     7     7   12     34     33     21
11 Blacktown                  26     9     3   14     34     55     21
12 Brisbane City              26     4    10   12     29     36     18
13 West Adelaide              26     7     3   16     24     46     17
14 St George                  26     5     4   17     32     65     14

Relegated: St George
Promoted : Wollongong Wolves, Preston Macedonia, Sydney Olympic

Sydney City champions of Australia 1980

CUP FINAL

First leg : Heidelberg Utd.     0-0 Marconi-Fairfield
Second leg: Marconi-Fairfield   3-0 Heidelberg Utd.

1981

                               P     W     D    L    FOR    AGST   PTS
 1 Sydney City                30    19     5    6     59     30     43
 2 South Melbourne            30    13    13    4     41     27     39
 3 Brisbane City              30    12    11    7     37     25     35
 4 APIA Leichhardt            30    12    11    7     39     33     35
 5 Canberra City              30    13     7   10     41     32     33
 6 Brisbane Lions             30    11    11    8     41     33     33
 7 Adelaide City              30    13     6   11     46     42     32
 8 Heidelberg United          30    12     7   11     48     40     31
 9 Sydney Olympic             30    11     9   10     46     46     31
10 Newcastle Rosebud          30    11     8   11     41     41     30
11 Wollongong Wolves          30     8    12   10     35     39     28
12 Preston Macedonia          30     9     7   14     39     41     25
13 Footscray JUST             30     9     7   14     32     48     25
14 Marconi-Fairfield          30     9     7   14     23     45     25
15 Blacktown                  30     6     9   15     32     47     21
16 West Adelaide              30     5     4   21     26     57     14

Relegated: Blacktown
Promoted : St George

Sydney City champions of Australia 1981

CUP FINAL
Brisbane Lions  3-1     West Adelaide

1982

                               P     W     D    L    FOR    AGST   PTS
 1 Sydney City                30    20     5    5     68     28     45
 2 St George                  30    14     8    8     47     40     36
 3 Wollongong Wolves          30    16     3   11     43     46     35
 4 Heidelberg United          30    13     8    9     42     37     34
 5 Preston Macedonia          30    12    10    8     45     41     34
 6 South Melbourne            30    11     9   10     46     37     31
 7 APIA Leichhardt            30    12     7   11     49     54     31
 8 Sydney Olympic             30    12     6   12     52     42     30
 9 West Adelaide              30    10     8   12     44     40     28
10 Marconi-Fairfield          30    12     4   14     44     43     28
11 Brisbane Lions             30    10     8   12     39     42     28
12 Newcastle Rosebud          30    10     7   13     43     52     27
13 Adelaide City              30    6     12   12     36     44     24
14 Footscray JUST             30    5     14   11     34     46     24
15 Canberra City              30    7     10   13     37     54     24
16 Brisbane City              30    5     11   14     32     55     21

Relegated: none
Promoted : none

Sydney City champions of Australia 1982

CUPFINAL

APIA Leichhardt  2-1 Heidelberg Utd.

1983

                               P     W     D    L    FOR    AGST   PTS
 1 St George                  30    15    10    5     47     27     55
 2 Sydney City                30    15     9    6     48     30     54
 3 Preston Macedonia          30    15     7    8     47     32     52
 4 South Melbourne            30    15     7    8     44     36     52
 5 Newcastle Rosebud          30    14     7    9     45     26     49
 6 Heidelberg United          30    11    10    9     39     38     43
 7 Sydney Olympic             30    12     5   13     38     36     41
 8 APIA Leichhardt            30    11     6   13     42     36     39
 9 Marconi-Fairfield          30     9    11   10     43     41     38
10 Canberra City              30    11     5   14     47     53     38
11 Adelaide City              30    10     6   14     37     38     36
12 Footscray JUST             30     9     9   12     25     42     36
13 West Adelaide              30     7    12   11     25     36     33
14 Brisbane City              30     8     9   13     33     50     33
15 Wollongong Wolves          30     4    15   11     41     55     27
16 Brisbane Lions             30     6     8   16     36     61     26

Relegated: none
Promoted : Sydney Croatia, Parramatta Melita, Heidelberg United, Melbourne Croatia,
           Sunshine George Cross, Penrith, Brunswick Juventus, Green Gully

St George champions of Australia 1983

CUP FINAL

First leg : Sydney Olympic      1-0  Heidelberg United
Second leg: Heidelberg Utd.     0-1  Sydney Olympic

1984

The national soccer league was split into two conferences (each 12
teams) based on a north-south geographic split of teams

Northern Conference

                               P     W     D    L    PTS
 1 Sydney City                28    17     8    3     42
 2 Sydney Olympic             28    16     8    4     40
 3 Marconi-Fairfield          28    12     8    8     32
 4 APIA Leichhardt            28    12     8    8     32
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 5 Blacktown                  28    12     6   10     30
 6 Sydney Croatia             28     8    11    9     27
 7 Penrith                    28     8    10   10     26
 8 Newcastle Rosebud          28    11     4   13     26
 9 Canberra City              28    12     1   15     25
10 St George                  28     8     9   11     25
11 Parramatta Melita          28     8     8   12     24
12 Wollongong Wolves          28     5     5   18     15


Minor Semifinal         Marconi-Fairfield       3-3     APIA Leichhardt
                        APIA Leichhardt won 4-3 on pens.

Major Semifinal         Sydney City             1-1     Sydney Olympic
                        Sydney City won 4-2 on pens.

Preliminary Final       Sydney Olympic          3-0     APIA Leichhardt

North Grand Final       Sydney Olympic          2-1     Sydney City

Southern Conference

                               P     W     D    L    PTS
 1 South Melbourne            28    18     4    6     40
 2 Heidelberg United          28    14     7    7     35
 3 Melbourne Croatia          28    13     7    8     33
 4 Brisbane Lions             28    12     6   10     30
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 5 Brunswick Juventus         28    13     4   11     30
 6 Preston Macedonia          28    11     6   11     28
 7 Adelaide City              28    10     5   13     25
 8 Green Gully                28     9     6   13     24
 9 Footscray JUST             28    10     5   13     25
10 West Adelaide              28     8     5   15     21
11 Brisbane City              28     8     5   15     21
12 Sunshine George Cross      28     5     6   17     16

Relegated: Parramatta Melita
Promoted : Inter Monaro

Minor Semi-final        Heidelberg Utd.         0-0     Brisbane Lions
                        Heidelberg won 3-2 on pens.

Major Semi-final        South Melbourne         3-2     Melbourne Croatia SC

Preliminary Final       Heidelberg Utd.         3-1     Melbourne Croatia SC

South Grand Final       South Melbourne         4-2     Heidelberg Utd.

GRAND FINAL

First leg :     South Melbourne     2-1     Sydney Olympic
Second leg:     Sydney Olympic      1-2     South Melbourne

South Melbourne champions of Australia 1984

Relegated: none
Promoted : none

CUP FINAL

Melbourne Croatia   0-1     Newcastle Rosebud

1985

National Soccer League CHAMPIONSHIP

The national soccer league was split into two conferences (each 12
teams) based on a north-south geographic split of teams

Northern Conference

                               P     W     D    L    FOR    AGST   PTS
 1 Sydney City                22    15     5    2     42     19     35
 2 Sydney Croatia             22    14     5    3     50     22     33
 3 Marconi-Fairfield          22    11     7    4     44     23     29
 4 Sydney Olympic             22    12     3    7     29     25     27
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 5 St George                  22     7     8    7     31     26     22
 6 Canberra City              22     8     6    8     33     35     22
 7 Inter Monaro               22     7     6    9     29     37     20
 8 Blacktown                  22     7     4   11     30     34     18
 9 APIA Leichhardt            22     7     2   13     20     34     16
10 Wollongong Wolves          22     5     6   11     29     46     16
11 Penrith                    22     4     6   12     24     35     14
12 Newcastle Rosebud          22     4     4   14     20     45     12

The top 4 teams played off for the championship in post season games.


Minor Semi-final        Marconi-Fairfield       3-3     Sydney Olympic
                        Marconi win 7-6 on penalties

Major Semi-final        Sydney City             1-0     Sydney Croatia

Preliminary Final       Marconi-Fairfield       1-0     Sydney Croatia

North Grand Final       Sydney City             2-0     Marconi-Fairfield

Southern Conference

                               P     W     D    L    FOR    AGST   PTS
 1 South Melbourne            22    14     5    3     39     21     33
 2 Brunswick Juventus         22    11     7    4     33     19     29
 3 Heidelberg United          22    10     7    5     29     17     27
 4 Preston Macedonia          22     9     6    7     30     28     24
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 5 Melbourne Croatia          22     9     6    7     29     21     24
 6 Sunshine George Cross      22     8     7    7     25     22     23
 7 Brisbane Lions             22     9     4    9     29     29     22
 8 Green Gully                22     6     6   10     24     29     18
 9 Adelaide City              22     6     6   10     29     35     18
10 West Adelaide              22     6     5   11     24     37     17
11 Brisbane City              22     6     5   11     25     42     17
12 Footscray JUST             22     5     2   15     25     41     12

Relegated: Penrith
Promoted : Canterbury

The top 4 teams played off for the championship in post season games.

Minor Semi-final        Preston Macedonia       2-0     Heidelberg United

Major Semi-final        Brunswick Juventus      1-0     South Melbourne

Preliminary Final       Preston Macedonia       4-4     South Melbourne
                        Preston Macedonia win 5-4 on penalties

South Grand Final       Brunswick Juventus      2-1     Preston Macedonia

GRAND FINAL

First leg : Brunswick Juventus   1-0 Sydney City
Second leg: Sydney City 0-1 Brunswick Juventus

Brunswick Juventus champions of Australia 1985

CUP FINAL
Sydney Olympic  2-1     Preston Macedonia

1986

National Soccer League CHAMPIONSHIP

The national soccer league was split into two conferences (each 12
teams) based on a north-south geographic split of teams

Northern Conference

                               P     W     D    L    FOR    AGST   PTS
 1 Sydney Croatia             22    14     4    4     43     18     32
 2 Sydney Olympic             22     9     9    4     33     22     27
 3 St George                  22    11     5    6     33     29     27
 4 Marconi-Fairfield          22     9     7    6     35     22     25
 5 Sydney City                22     8     8    6     36     27     24
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 6 Newcastle Rosebud          22     9     6    7     36     33     24
 7 APIA Leichhardt            22     9     6    7     25     23     24
 8 Wollongong Wolves          22     9     5    8     26     25     23
 9 Blacktown                  22     8     4   10     24     36     20
10 Canberra City              22     5     6   11     21     27     16
11 Canterbury                 22     2     7   13     17     41     11
12 Inter Monaro               22     3     5   14     17     43     11

The top 5 teams played off for the championship in post season games.

Qualifying Final        St George               1-0     Sydney Olympic

Elimination Final       Marconi-Fairfield       3-3     Sydney City
                        Marconi-Fairfield win 4-3 on penalties

Minor Semi-final        Sydney Olympic          2-0     Marconi-Fairfield

Major Semi-final        St George               3-0     Sydney Croatia

Preliminary Final       Sydney Olympic          4-3     Sydney Croatia

North Grand Final       Sydney Olympic          3-2     St George

Southern Conference

                               P     W     D    L    FOR    AGST   PTS
 1 Brunswick Juventus         22    11     6    5     37     21     28
 2 Footscray JUST             22    10     8    4     29     27     28
 3 Adelaide City              22    10     7    5     32     19     27
 4 Sunshine George Cros       22     8    11    3     26     17     27
 5 Heidelberg United          22     9     8    5     35     25     26
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 6 Preston Macedonia          22     8     9    5     30     20     25
 7 South Melbourne            22    10     5    7     27     20     25
 8 Brisbane Lions             22     7     5   10     27     28     19
 9 West Adelaide              22     7     4   11     26     34     18
10 Melbourne Croatia          22     6     6   10     25     33     18
11 Brisbane City              22     3     7   12     18     46     13
12 Green Gully                22     2     6   14     16     38     10

Relegated: Sydney City, Newcastle Rosebud, Canberra City, Canterbury, Inter Monaro,
           Brisbane Lions, West Adelaide, Brisbane City, Green Gully
Promoted : none

The top 5 teams played off for the championship in post season games.

Qualifying Final        Adelaide City           3-2     Footscray JUST

Elimination Final       Sunshine George Cross   2-1     Heidelberg Utd.

Minor Semi-final        Footscray JUST          2-0     Sunshine George Cross

Major Semi-final        Adelaide City           2-0     Brunswick Juventus

Preliminary Final       Footscray JUST          2-1     Brunswick Juventus

South Grand Final       Adelaide City           2-1     Footscray JUST

GRAND FINAL

First leg : Adelaide City       0-1     Sydney Olympic
Second leg: Sydney Olympic      1-3     Adelaide City

Adelaide City champions of Australia 1986


CUP FINAL
Sydney City             3-2     West Adelaide

1987

                               P     W     D    L    FOR    AGST   PTS
 1 APIA Leichhardt            24    13     9    2     39     21     35
 2 Preston Macedonia          24    11     7    6     32     22     29
 3 St George                  24    12     5    7     31     24     29
 4 Marconi-Fairfield          24    11     5    8     41     25     27
 5 Sydney Croatia             24    10     6    8     31     25     26
 6 South Melbourne            24     9     7    8     32     34     25
 7 Sydney Olympic             24     7     9    8     29     32     23
 8 Brunswick Juventus         24     9     5   10     18     23     23
 9 Melbourne Croatia          24     9     5   10     22     30     23
10 Adelaide City              24     6    10    8     29     23     22
11 Footscray JUST             24     7     8    9     17     27     22
12 Sunshine George Cross      24     3     9   12     26     42     15
13 Heidelberg United          24     3     7   14     25     44     13

Relegated: Heidelberg United
Promoted : Wollongong Wolves, Brisbane Lions

NO GRAND FINAL PLAYED

APIA Leichhardt champions of Australia 1987

CUP FINAL

First leg : Sydney Croatia   1-0  South Melbourne
Second leg: South Melbourne  0-1  Sydney Croatia

1988

                               P     W     D    L    FOR    AGST   PTS
 1 Wollongong Wolves          26    13     8    5     44     32     34
 2 Sydney Croatia             26    15     4    7     38     30     34
 3 South Melbourne            26    13     8    5     36     29     34
 4 Marconi-Fairfield          26    12     8    6     46     26     32
 5 Sydney Olympic             26     9     9    8     28     22     27
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 6 Adelaide City              26    10     7    9     36     35     27
 7 Sunshine George Cross      26    11     5    10    38     39     27
 8 St George                  26    10     6    10    41     35     26
 9 Melbourne Croatia          26     9     6    11    28     33     24
10 Footscray JUST             26     7     9    10    34     32     23
11 APIA Leichhardt            26     8     7    11    28     35     23
12 Preston Macedonia          26     5    12     9    29     35     22
13 Brunswick Juventus         26     7     5    14    31     43     19
14 Brisbane Lions             26     4     4    18    28     59     12

Relegated: Footscray JUST, Brisbane Lions, Brunswick Juventus
Promoted : Blacktown, Melbourne JUST, Heidelberg United

The top 5 teams entered a playoff for the championship.


CHAMPIONSHIP PLAYOFF


Elimination Final       Marconi-Fairfield       3-1     Sydney Olympic

Qualifying Final        Sydney Croatia          2-1     South Melbourne

Minor Semi-final        Marconi-Fairfield       2-1     South Melbourne

Major Semi-final        Wollongong Wolves       0-0     Sydney Croatia
                        Sydney Croatia win 4-3 on penalties

Preliminary Final       Marconi-Fairfield       2-0     Wollongong Wolves

GRAND FINAL             Marconi-Fairfield       2-2     Sydney Croatia
                        Marconi-Fairfield win 3-2 on penalties

Marconi-Fairfield champions of Australia 1988


CUP FINAL

APIA Leichhardt  0-0     Brunswick Juventus
APIA Leichhardt win 5-3 on penalties.

1989

                               P     W     D    L    FOR    AGST   PTS
 1 Marconi-Fairfield          26    16     6    4     62     24     38
 2 St George                  26    12     8    6     33     24     32
 3 Sydney Olympic             26    11     9    6     37     26     31
 4 Melbourne Croatia          26    13     5    8     44     35     31
 5 Preston Macedonia          26    11     8    7     31     24     30
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 6 Adelaide City              26    10     8    8     29     24     28
 7 Sydney Croatia             26    10     8    8     25     25     28
 8 South Melbourne            26     9     8    9     44     37     26
 9 Wollongong Wolves          26     8     7    11    22     29     23
10 APIA Leichhardt            26     7     9    10    27     35     23
11 Sunshine George Cross      26     7     5    14    25     38     19
12 Blacktown                  26     5     9    12    28     50     19
13 Melbourne JUST             26     5     8    13    24     37     18
14 Heidelberg United          26     7     4    15    22     45     18

Relegated: Melbourne JUST and Heidelberg United
Promoted : Parramatta Eagles and West Adelaide

The top 5 teams entered a playoff for the championship.


GRAND FINAL             Marconi-Fairfield       1-0     Sydney Olympic  a.e.t.

Marconi-Fairfield champions of Australia 1989

1989-90

                               P     W     D    L    FOR    AGST   PTS
 1 Marconi-Fairfield          26    16     6    4     51     24     38
 2 South Melbourne            26    15     6    5     42     23     36
 3 Melbourne Croatia          26    14     7    5     49     26     35
 4 Adelaide City              26    13     8    5     39     23     34
 5 Sydney Olympic             26    12     7    7     40     25     31
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 6 APIA Leichhardt            26    11     9    6     36     25     31
 7 Sydney Croatia             26    10     6   10     40     39     26
 8 Parramatta Eagles          26    10     6   10     31     31     26
 9 Preston Macedonia          26     9     5   12     33     35     23
10 St George                  26     7     7   12     35     44     21
11 Wollongong Wolves          26     8     4   14     30     48     20
12 Sunshine George Cross      26     6     5   15     24     49     17
13 West Adelaide              26     5     4   17     21     54     14
14 Blacktown                  26     4     4   18     30     55     12

Relegated: Blacktown and West Adelaide
Promoted : Heidelberg United and Wollongong Makedonia

The top 5 teams entered a playoff for the championship.


CHAMPIONSHIP PLAY-OFF

Elimination Final       Sydney Olympic          2-1     Adelaide City
Qualifying Final        Melbourne Croatia       2-1     South Melbourne
                        Melbourne Croatia win 7-6 on penalties

Minor Semi-final        Sydney Olympic          1-0     South Melbourne

Major Semi-final        Marconi-Fairfield       1-0     Melbourne Croatia

Preliminary Final       Sydney Olympic          2-1     Melbourne Croatia

GRAND FINAL             Sydney Olympic          2-0     Marconi-Fairfield

Sydney Olympic champions of Australia 1989-90

CUP FINAL

South Melbourne 4-1 Sydney Olympic

1990-91

                               P     W     D    L    FOR    AGST   PTS
 1 Melbourne Croatia          26    15     7    4     55     39     37
 2 South Melbourne            26    14     6    6     45     33     34
 3 Adelaide City              26    12     9    5     40     24     33
 4 Marconi-Fairfield          26    14     3    9     48     33     31
 5 Parramatta Eagles          26    10     9    7     38     31     29
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 6 Sydney Olympic             26     8    13    5     31     25     29
 7 Sydney Croatia             26     8    10    8     27     33     26
 8 Preston Macedonia          26     8     9    9     26     27     25
 9 Wollongong Wolves          26     8     8   10     32     34     24
10 St George                  26     6    10   10     34     41     22
11 APIA Leichhardt            26     7     7   12     27     28     21
12 Heidelberg United          26     6     9   11     26     37     21
13 Sunshine George Cross      26     7     3   16     39     53     17
14 Wollongong Makedonia       26     3     9   14     23     53     15

Relegated: Shunshine George Cross, Wollongong Makedonia and St George
Promoted : West Adelaide, Newcastle Breakers and Brisbane United


The top 5 teams entered a playoff for the championship.



CHAMPIONSHIP PLAY-OFF

Elimination Final       Marconi-Fairfield       3-3     Parramatta Eagles
                        Marconi-Fairfield win 7-6 on penalties

Qualifying Final        South Melbourne         4-3     Adelaide City


Minor Semi-final        Adelaide City           1-0     Marconi-Fairfield

Major Semi-final        Melbourne Croatia       1-0     South Melbourne


Preliminary Final       South Melbourne         1-0     Adelaide City

GRAND FINAL             South Melbourne         1-1     Melbourne Croatia
                        South Melbourne win 5-4 on penalties

South Melbourne champions of Australia 1990-91


CUP FINAL

Sydney, Marconi Stadium
Parramatta Melitta Eagles       1-0 (0-0)       Preston Macedonia
                1-0 89' Brown


1991-92

                               P     W     D    L    FOR    AGST   PTS
 1 Melbourne CSC              26    14     7    5     45     26     35
 2 Sydney Olympic             26    12    10    4     38     27     34
 3 South Melbourne            26    13     5    8     51     28     31
 4 Adelaide City              26    10     9    7     26     23     29
 5 Wollongong Wolves          26     9    10    7     24     17     28
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 6 Brisbane United            26     8    10    8     31     35     26
 7 Marconi-Fairfield          26    10     5   11     33     31     25
 8 APIA Leichhardt            26     7    11    8     26     28     25
 9 Heidelberg United          26     8     8   10     28     33     24
10 Parramatta Eagles          26     6    11    9     24     24     23
11 Newcastle Breakers         26     7     8   11     28     39     22
12 Sydney CSC                 26     6     9   11     22     33     21
13 West Adelaide              26     7     7   12     25     46     21
14 Preston Lions              26     5    10   11     21     32     20

Relegated: APIA Leichhardt
Promoted : Morwell Falcons

Season 91-92 - Playoff


The top five teams entered the final series and the games were as follows:
(home teams listed first)
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Elimination Final: April 12
Adelaide City   1       -       Wollongong Wolves 0
(Carl Veart 5th)
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Qualifying Final: April 12
Sydney Olympic  0       -       South Melbourne 2
                                (Wright 43rd)
                                (Michalakopoulos 87th)
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Minor Semi-Final: April 19
Sydney Olympic  1       -       Adelaide City 2
(Saad 75th)                     (Veart 18th, 117th)
------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Major Semi-Final: April 19
South Melbourne 0       -       Melbourne CSC 0  after extra time
Melbourne CSC won 5-3 on penalties
------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Preliminary Final: April 26
South Melbourne 0       -       Adelaide City 2
                                (Aloisi 49th)
                                (Veart 75th)
------------------------------------------------------------------------------
GRAND FINAL: May 3
Melbourne CSC   0       -       Adelaide City 0 after extra time
Adelaide City won 4-2 on penalties
==============================================================================
Adelaide City champions of Australia 1991-92
==============================================================================

1992-93

                               P     W     D    L    FOR    AGST   PTS
 1 South Melbourne            26    18     4    4     51     23     58
 2 Marconi-Fairfield          26    17     2    7     57     29     53
 3 Adelaide City              26    12     5    9     37     34     41
 4 Wollongong Wolves          26    11     6    9     33     27     39
 5 West Adelaide              26    12     3   11     43     39     39
 6 Parramatta Eagles          26    11     6    9     39     41     39
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 7 Sydney CSC                 26    12     3   11     36     41     39
 8 Newcastle Breakers         26    10     8    8     38     29     38
 9 Sydney Olympic             26    10     4   12     36     31     34
10 Melbourne CSC              26    10     4   12     38     39     34
11 Heidelberg United          26     7     9   10     30     40     30
12 Morwell Falcons            26     7     7   12     29     43     28
13 Brisbane United            26     5     3   18     32     64     18
14 Preston Lions              26     6     4   16     28     45     18

Note: Preston Lions had 4 points deducted by the NSL for Crowd disturbances
      in the 1991/92 season.

Relegated: Preston Lions
Promoted : Brunswick Pumas

Season 92-93 - Playoff


The top six teams entered a playoff to determine the champion for
the 92/93 season.
============================================================================
Elimination Final
1st Leg                                 2nd Leg
-------                                 -------
Wollongong Wolves 3 - Parramatta  0     Parramatta      2 - Wollongong  1
(M O'Shea 3)                            (G Mendez 30)       (M Horsley 52)
(R Wheatley og 71)                      (M Soper 92)
(C Yankos 82)
----------------------------------------------------------------------------
Major Semi-Final
Sth Melbourne   0 - Marconi     1       Marconi         7 - Sth Melbourne 0
                    (S Corica 67)       (A Harper 8, 36)
                                        (J deMarigny 10)
                                        (K Taliadoros 60)
                                        (G van Egmond 69)
                                        (G Johnson 84)
                                        (B Kuleski 86)
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Elimination Final
West Adelaide   1 - Adelaide City 0     Adelaide City   2 - West Adelaide 1
(S Lazaridis 50)                        (S Maxwell 35, 79)  (B Hiern 87)
----------------------------------------------------------------------------
Parramatta and West Adelaide are eliminated, the latter on the away goals rule
----------------------------------------------------------------------------
Minor Semi-Final
Adelaide City   4 - Wollongong  0
(C Veart 1, 77)
(D Mori 58)
(S Maxwell 70)
----------------------------------------------------------------------------
Wollongong is eliminated
----------------------------------------------------------------------------
Preliminary Final
South Melbourne 1 - Adelaide City       3
(F Awaritefe 87)    (S Melta 4)
                    (D Mori 26, 74)
----------------------------------------------------------------------------
May 16.
GRAND FINAL
Marconi-Fairfield 1 - Adelaide City 0
(A Harper pk 53)
============================================================================
Marconi-Fairfield champions of Australia 1992-93
============================================================================



1993-94

                               P     W     D    L    FOR    AGST   PTS
 1 Melbourne Knights          26    16     5    5     59     24     53
 2 South Melbourne            26    13     8    5     39     20     47
 3 Sydney United              26    13     7    6     31     29     46
 4 Marconi-Fairfield          26    11     9    6     52     33     42
 5 Adelaide City              26    11     8    7     48     27     41
 6 Sydney Olympic             26    11     8    7     40     37     41
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 7 Morwell Falcons            26    11     7    8     31     30     40
 8 Brisbane Strikers          26    10     6   10     28     25     36
 9 West Adelaide              26    10     5   11     41     34     35
10 Parramatta Eagles          26     8     9    9     27     29     33
11 Wollongong Wolves          26     6     9   11     24     32     27
12 Newcastle Breakers         26     5     8   13     28     47     23
13 Brunswick Pumas            26     5     4   17     22     57     19
14 Heidelberg United          26     3     5   18     19     68     14

Relegated: Newcastle Breakers
Promoted : None

Season 93-94 - Playoff


The top six teams enter a playoff to decide the champions of the
1993-94 season of the National Soccer League.
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
Major Semi-Final

1st Leg (10/4/94)
South Melbourne 1 - Melbourne Knights 2
(Paul Trimboli 82)  (Adrian Cervinski 20, 68)
2nd Leg (17/4/94)
Melbourne Knights 2 - South Melbourne 2
(Mark Viduka 4)       (Paul Wade 41)
(Fausto De Amicis 86) (Francis Awaritefe 80)
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
Elimination Final

1st Leg (10/4/94)
Adelaide City 0 - Sydney United 1
                  (Ante Moric 56)
2nd Leg (17/4/94)
Sydney United 0 - Adelaide City 2
                  (Brad Hassell 55)
                  (Damian Mori 72)
------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Elimination Final

1st Leg (10/4/94)
Sydney Olympic 2 - Marconi-Fairfield 1
(Ivan Kelic 26)    (Jean-Paul deMarigny 37)
(Matthew Bingley og 79)
2nd Leg (17/4/94)
Marconi-Fairfield 3 - Sydney Olympic 1
(Steve Corica 11)     (Kris Trajanovski 80)
(Kimon Taliadoros 30)
(Jean-Paul deMarigny 60)
------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Minor Semi-Final  (20/4/94)

Marconi-Fairfield 1 - Adelaide City 3
(Andrew Harper 72)    (Joe Mullen 25)
                      (Damien Mori 27)
                      (Brad Hassell 67)
------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Preliminary Final  (24/4/1994)

South Melbourne 0 - Adelaide City 2
                    (Tony Vidmar 65)
                    (Brad Hassell 86)
------------------------------------------------------------------------------
GRAND FINAL  (1/5/1994)

Melbourne Knights 0 - Adelaide City 1
                      (Damien Mori 68)
==============================================================================
Adelaide City champions of Australia 1993-94
==============================================================================


1994-95

                               P     W   PW   PL    L    FOR    AGST   PTS
 1 Melbourne Knights          24    16    2    2    4     56     25     70
 2 Adelaide City              24    16    1    3    4     41     20     69
 3 Sydney United              24    15    3    2    4     34     19     68
 4 Morwell Falcons            24     8    4    7    5     41     37     47
 5 West Adelaide              24     8    5    3    8     28     32     45
 6 South Melbourne            24     9    3    2   10     42     36     44
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 7 Brisbane Strikers          24     8    3    3   10     34     32     41
 8 Wollongong Wolves          24     8    2    2   12     39     46     38
 9 Sydney Olympic             24     8    1    3   12     27     34     37
10 Marconi-Fairfield          24     6    4    3   11     34     43     35
11 Brunswick Pumas (Melb SC)  24     6    4    2   12     20     37     34
12 Parramatta Eagles          24     7    2    1   14     25     34     33
13 Heidelberg United          24     6    1    2   15     27     53     28
=============================================================================
W  = Games Won (4 pts)
PW = Penalty wins ie. Games won on shootout after a drawn game (2pts)
PL = Penalty losses ie. Games lost on shootout after a drawn game (1pt)
L  = Games Lost (0 pts)
=============================================================================

Relegated: Brunswick Pumas, Parramatta Eagles, Heidelberg United
Promoted : Canberra Cosmos, Newcastle Breakers

Season 94-95 - Playoff


The top six teams enter a playoff to decide the champions of the
1993-94 season of the National Soccer League.
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
Major Semi-Final

1st Leg (17/4/94)
Adelaide City 1 - Melbourne Knights 0
(Damien Mori 12 pk)
2nd Leg (17/4/94)
Melbourne Knights 1 - Adelaide City 2
(Danny Tiatto 3)      (Sergio Melta 6)
                      (Craig Foster 55)
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
Elimination Final

1st Leg (15/4/95)
Morwell Falcons 0 - South Melbourne 1
                    (Ivan Kelic 60)
2nd Leg (23/4/95)
South Melbourne 5 - Morwell Falcons 1
(Paul Trimboli 12)  (John Markovski 66)
(Mike Petersen 30)
(Kevin Muscat 45)
(Ivan Kelic 59)
(Jason Polak 64)
------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Elimination Final

1st Leg (16/4/95)
West Adelaide 1      - Sydney United 1
(Robbie Hooker 44 pk)  (Mario Jermen 90)
2nd Leg (23/4/95)
Sydney  United 1     - West Adelaide 0
(Ante Milicic 51)
------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Minor Semi-Final  (26/4/95)

Sydney United 1 - South Melbourne 3
(Mario Jermen 78) (Kevin Muscat 68 pk, 71)
                  (Ivan Kelic 82)
------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Preliminary Final  (30/4/1995)

Melbourne Knights 3      - South Melbourne 2
(Mark Viduka 27, 37, 53)   (Con Boutsianis 44, 72)
------------------------------------------------------------------------------
GRAND FINAL  (7/5/1994)

Adelaide City 0 - Melbourne Knights 2
                  (Andrew Marth 36)
                  (Joe Spiteri 41)
==============================================================================
Melbourne Knights champions of Australia 1994-95
==============================================================================


1995-96

                               P     W     D    L    FOR    AGST   PTS
 1 Marconi-Fairfield          33    17     9    7     58     35     60
 2 Melbourne Knights          33    17     8    8     50     28     59
 3 UTS Olympic                33    17     8    8     55     41     59
 4 Brisbane Strikers          33    17     6   10     54     35     57
 5 Adelaide City              33    15     9    9     65     40     54
 6 Sydney United              33    14    12    7     47     33     54
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 7 West Adelaide              33    16     5   12     49     43     53
 8 South Melbourne            33    14     4   15     50     56     46
 9 Canberra Cosmos            33     8    11   14     48     61     35
10 Morwell Falcons            33     9     8   16     35     65     35
11 Wollongong Wolves          33     5     5   23     31     63     20
12 Newcastle Breakers         33     4     5   24     35     77     17

Relegated: None
Promoted : Perth Glory, Collingwood Warriors

Playoffs

Major Semi-final

(played 5/5/96)
Melbourne Knights       1       -       Marconi-Fairfield       0

(played 11/5/96)
Marconi-Fairfield       2       -       Melbourne Knights       2

Elimination Final

(played 5/5/96)
Adelaide City           2       -       UTS Olympic             0

(played 12/5/96)
UTS Olympic             0       -       Adelaide City           1

Elimination Final

(played 5/5/96)
Sydney United           2       -       Brisbane Strikers       0

(played 11/5/96)
Brisbane Strikers       1       -       Sydney United           2

Minor Semi-final

(played 15/5/96)
Adelaide City           1       -       Sydney United           0

Preliminary Final

(played 19/5/96)
Marconi-Fairfield       4       -       Adelaide City           1

GRAND FINAL

(played 26/5/96)
Melbourne Knights       2       -       Marconi-Fairfield       1

Melbourne Knights champions of Australia 1995-96

1996-97

                               P     W     D    L    FOR    AGST   PTS
 1 Sydney United              26    17     5    4     67     33     56
 2 Brisbane Strikers          26    15     2    9     55     40     47
 3 South Melbourne            26    14     4    8     39     25     46
 4 Adelaide City              26    11    10    5     32     22     43
 5 Marconi-Fairfield          26    12     4   10     41     37     40
 6 Melbourne Knights          26    11     6    9     36     32     39
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 7 Perth Glory                26    11     5   10     48     41     38
 8 West Adelaide Sharks       26    10     3   13     39     51     33
 9 UTS Olympic                26     8     8   10     41     46     32
10 Wollongong Wolves          26     8     8   10     42     48     32
11 Newcastle Breakers         26     7     9   10     40     46     30
12 Gippsland Falcons          26     8     6   12     33     41     30
13 Collingwood Warriors       26     6     9   11     32     44     27
14 Canberra Cosmos            26     2     5   19     30     69     11

Relegated: Collingwood Warriors
Promoted : Carlton

Playoff Results

Elimination Final

[26/4/97] Marconi-Fairfield  3 - 0 Adelaide City
[ 4/5/97] Adelaide City      4 - 0 Marconi-Fairfield

Elimination Final

[27/4/97] Melbourne Knights  1 - 4 South Melbourne
[ 4/5/97] South Melbourne    3 - 0 Melbourne Knights

Minor Semi-final

[11/5/97] South Melbourne    1 - 0 Adelaide City

Major Semi-final

[ 3/5/97] Brisbane Strikers  1 - 0 Sydney United
[11/5/97] Sydney United      2 - 1 Brisbane Strikers

Preliminary Final

[18/5/97] Sydney United      1 - 0 South Melbourne

GRAND FINAL

[25/5/97] Brisbane Strikers  2 - 0 Sydney United

Brisbane Strikers champions of Australia 1996-97

1997-98

                               P     W     D    L    FOR    AGST   PTS
 1 South Melbourne            26    13     9    4     56     41     48
 2 Carlton                    26    12     9    5     44     24     45
 3 Adelaide City              26    13     4    9     45     30     43
 4 Sydney United              26    11    10    5     37     26     43
 5 Marconi-Fairfield          26    12     7    7     33     25     43
 6 Wollongong Wolves          26    13     3   10     51     33     42
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 7 Melbourne Knights          26    11     6    9     37     35     39
 8 Perth Glory                26    10     6   10     35     40     36
 9 UTS Olympic                26    10     5   11     37     43     35
10 West Adelaide Sharks       26    10     4   12     32     38     34
11 Gippsland Falcons          26     8     7   11     28     36     31
12 Brisbane Strikers          26     6     5   15     23     40     23
13 Newcastle Breakers         26     4     9   13     30     50     21
14 Canberra Cosmos            26     3     8   15     29     56     17

Relegated: None
Promoted : Northern Spirit

Playoff Results

Elimination Final

[19/04/98] Marconi-Fairfield 1 - 0 Sydney United
[26/04/98] Sydney United     0 - 1 Marconi-Fairfield

Elimination Final

[19/04/98] Wollongong Wolves 3 - 0 Adelaide City
[26/04/98] Adelaide City     2 - 2 Wollongong Wolves

Minor Semi-final

[02/05/98] Marconi-Fairfield 2 - 1 Wollongong Wolves

Major Semi-final

[26/04/98] Carlton           1 - 2 South Melbourne
[03/05/98] South Melbourne   1 - 0 Carlton

Preliminary Final

[10/05/98] Carlton           1 - 0 Marconi-Fairfield

GRAND FINAL

[16/05/98] South Melbourne   2 - 1 Carlton

South Melbourne champions of Australia 1997-98

1998-99

                               P     W     D    L    FOR    AGST   PTS
 1 Sydney United              28    18     4    6     53     33     58
 2 South Melbourne            28    17     6    5     50     26     57
 3 Perth Glory                28    16     5    7     62     37     53
 4 Marconi-Fairfield          28    15     3   10     53     47     48
 5 Northern Spirit            28    14     4   10     36     35     46
 6 Adelaide City              28    13     6    9     39     26     45
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 7 Sydney Olympic             28    12     7    9     46     36     43
 8 Newcastle Breakers         28    11     7   10     29     33     40
 9 Brisbane Strikers          28    11     6   11     41     47     39
10 Wollongong Wolves          28     8     8   12     45     52     32
11 Carlton                    28     9     4   15     47     47     31
12 Melbourne Knights          28     8     5   15     32     43     29
13 West Adelaide Sharks       28     7     6   15     36     46     27
14 Gippsland Falcons          28     5    10   13     17     44     25
15 Canberra Cosmos            28     4     3   21     21     55     15

Relegated: West Adelaide Sharks
Promoted : Auckland Kingz, Parramatta Power

First six qualified for championship playoffs.

Playoffs

Elimination Final

[Apr 30]
Northern Spirit    0-0 Marconi-Fairfield
[May 9]
Marconi-Fairfield  2-1 Northern Spirit

Elimination Final

[May 2]
Adelaide City      0-0 Perth Glory
[May 8]
Perth Glory        2-1 Adelaide City


[winners (Perth Glory, Marconi-Fairfield) to minor semifinal]

Major Semi-final

First Leg [May 9]
South Melbourne    2-1 Sydney United
Second Leg [May 16]
Sydney United      0-0 South Melbourne


Minor Semi-final [May 15]
Perth Glory        1-0 Marconi-Fairfield

Preliminary Final [May 23]
Sydney United      2-1 Perth Glory

GRAND FINAL [May 30]
South Melbourne    3-2 Sydney United

South Melbourne champions of Australia 1998-99

1999-2000

                               P     W     D    L    FOR    AGST   PTS
 1 Perth Glory                34    19     7    8     60     42     64
 2 Wollongong Wolves          34    17     9    8     72     44     60
 3 Carlton                    34    17     7   10     55     39     58
 4 Adelaide City              34    16     8   10     57     37     56
 5 Sydney Olympic             34    16     7   11     56     40     55
 6 Marconi-Fairfield          34    16     7   11     53     49     55
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 7 Newcastle Breakers         34    14     9   11     44     44     51
 8 Auckland Kingz             34    15     5   14     57     59     50
 9 Brisbane Strikers          34    13    10   11     46     40     49
10 South Melbourne            34    14     7   13     55     51     49
11 Parramatta Power           34    14     5   15     52     47     47
12 Melbourne Knights          34    13     6   15     44     57     45
13 Northern Spirit            34    11     3   20     41     58     36
14 Canberra Cosmos            34     9     9   16     44     64     36
15 Gippsland Falcons          34     7     8   19     23     49     29
16 Sydney United              34     5     5   24     19     58     20

Relegated: Carlton
Promoted : None

First six qualified for championship playoffs.

Playoffs

Elimination Final

[May 13]
Marconi-Fairfield  0-1 Carlton
[May 19]
Carlton            2-0 Marconi-Fairfield
[May 14]
Sydney Olympic     4-1 Adelaide City

Elimination Final

[May 14]
Sydney Olympic     4-1 Adelaide City
[May 19]
Adelaide City     1-2 Sydney Olympic

[winners (Carlton, Sydney Olympic) to minor semifinal]

Major Semi-final

First Leg [May 21]
Wollongong Wolves    1-0 Perth Glory
Second Leg [May 27]
Perth Glory        2-0 Wollongong Wolves


Minor Semi-final [May 28]
Carlton            2-1 Sydney Olympic

Preliminary Final [June 4]
Wollongong Wolves    2-1 Carlton

GRAND FINAL [June 11]
Perth Glory        3-3 Wollongong Wolves
Wollongong Wolves won 7-6 on penalties

Wollongong Wolves champions of Australia 1999-2000

2000-01

                               P     W     D    L    FOR    AGST   PTS
 1 South Melbourne            30    21     6    3     70     24     69
 2 Wollongong Wolves          30    18     7    5     80     40     61
 3 Perth Glory                30    18     7    5     73     33     61
 4 Sydney Olympic             30    17     6    7     58     37     57
 5 Marconi-Fairfield          30    14     8    8     42     33     50
 6 Melbourne Knights          30    14     7    9     61     46     49
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 7 Adelaide City              30    12     7   11     54     54     43
 8 Auckland Kingz             30    12     7   11     52     52     43
 9 Parramatta Power           30    13     3   14     42     44     42
10 Sydney United              30    12     6   12     46     56     42
11 Canberra Cosmos            30    11     4   15     49     55     37
12 Brisbane Strikers          30     9     8   13     52     56     35
13 Northern Spirit            30     8     8   14     39     50     32
14 Newcastle United           30     7     9   14     37     56     30
15 Eastern Pride              30     5     5   20     32     61      0 [*]

[*] Eastern Pride were stripped of all their points following a breach of
    regulations

Relegated: Eastern Pride, Canberra Cosmos
Promoted : None

Championship Playoff

Elimination Final

[May 6]
Melbourne K    0-0 Perth
[May 12]
Perth          2-2 Melbourne K    [Melbourne on away goals]

Elimination Final

[May 6]
Sydney Olympic 3-1 Marconi
[May 13]
Marconi        0-2 Sydney Olympic

Melbourne K and Sydney Olympic to minor semifinal

Minor Semi-final [May 19,20]
Melbourne K    0-1 Sydney Olympic

Sydney Olympic to preliminary final

Major Semi-final

First Leg [May 12,13]
Wollongong     2-1 S Melbourne

Second Leg [May 19,20]
S Melbourne    1-2 Wollongong

Wollongong to grand final, S Melbourne to preliminary final

Preliminary Final [May 27]
S Melbourne    2-0 Sydney Olympic

GRAND FINAL [Jun 3]
Wollongong     2-1 S Melbourne
  [Saso Petrovski 57, Stuart Young 58; John Anastasiadis 79]

Wollongong Wolves champions of Australia 2000-01

2001-02

                               P     W     D    L    FOR    AGST   PTS
 1 Perth Glory                24    16     7    1     52     23     55
 2 Newcastle United           24    10    12    2     33     21     42
 3 Olympic Sharks             24    12     4    8     37     24     40
 4 Brisbane Strikers          24    10     7    7     40     34     37
 5 South Melbourne            24    10     6    8     30     22     36
 6 Melbourne Knights          24    11     3   10     41     40     36
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 7 Parramatta Power           24    10     4   10     34     30     34
 8 Northern Spirit            24     9     7    8     36     39     34
 9 Marconi-Fairfield          24     8     6   10     33     36     30
10 Wollongong Wolves          24     6     7   11     28     43     25
11 Sydney United              24     6     6   12     27     37     24
12 Adelaide City              24     4     8   12     27     39     20
13 Auckland Kingz             24     3     5   16     28     58     14

Relegated: None
Promoted : None

Championship Playoff

Elimination Finals

[Apr 14]
South Melbourne     2-0 Brisbane Strikers
[Apr 21]
Brisbane Strikers   1-2 South Melbourne

[Apr 14]
Melbourne Knights   0-0 Olympic Sharks
[Apr 21]
Olympic Sharks      6-2 Melbourne Knights

Minor Semi-final [Apr 28, Marconi Stadium, Sydney]
Olympic Sharks      2-1 South Melbourne

Major Semi-final

First Leg [Apr 20]
Perth Glory         4-1 Newcastle United

Second Leg [Apr 26]
Newcastle United    2-0 Perth Glory

Preliminary Final [May 5]
Newcastle United    0-1 Olympic Sharks

GRAND FINAL [May 12]
Perth Glory         0-1 Olympic Sharks

Olympic Sharks champions of Australia 2001-02

2002-03

                               P     W     D    L    FOR    AGST   PTS
 1 Olympic Sharks             24    16     3    5     51     28     51
 2 Perth Glory                24    16     2    6     48     22     50
 3 Parramatta Power           24    12     4    8     51     27     40
 4 Newcastle United           24    10     7    7     37     25     37
 5 Adelaide City              24    11     4    9     40     34     37
 6 Northern Spirit            24    11     3   10     37     44     36
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 7 South Melbourne            24    10     5    9     36     37     35
 8 Sydney United              24     7     6   11     23     31     27
 9 Melbourne Knights          24     7     6   11     38     52     27
10 Brisbane Strikers          24     7     5   12     38     45     26
11 Auckland Kingz             24     6     6   12     26     45     24
12 Marconi-Fairfield          24     6     5   13     25     42     23
13 Wollongong Wolves          24     5     8   11     25     43     23

Relegated: None
Promoted : None

Championship Playoff (Round Robin)

*NOTE: Olympic Sharks receives six bonus points for the championship play-off
       Perth Glory receives three bonus points for the championship play-off
       Third to sixth placed teams starts the championship play-off on zero points

                               P     W     D    L    FOR    AGST   PTS
 1 Perth Glory                10     8     0    2     27      7     27  [ 3]
 2 Olympic Sharks             10     4     1    5     17     14     19  [ 6]
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 3 Adelaide City Force        10     5     2    3     19     14     17
 4 Parramatta Power           10     3     4    3     16     21     13
 5 Northern Spirit             9     2     2    5      7     22      8
 6 Newcastle United            9     2     1    6      9     17      7

Top 2 teams in the Championship Playoff Round Robin meet in the Grand Final

GRAND FINAL [Jun 1]
Perth Glory          2-0  Olympic Sharks

Perth Glory champions of Australia 2002-03

2003-04

                               P     W     D    L    FOR    AGST   PTS
 1 Perth Glory                24    18     3    3     56     22     57
 2 Parramatta Power           24    16     3    5     58     30     51
 3 Adelaide United            24    11     7    6     28     25     40  [*1]
 4 Marconi-Fairfield          24    10     8    6     29     25     38
 5 South Melbourne            24    11     4    9     39     21     37
 6 Brisbane Strikers          24     9     5   10     28     33     32
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 7 Northern Spirit            24     9     3   12     31     33     30
 8 Sydney Olympic             24     7     8    9     26     31     29  [*2]
 9 Wollongong Wolves          24     8     5   11     34     41     29
10 Sydney United              24     7     8    9     18     25     29
11 Newcastle United           24     6     6   12     18     33     24
12 Melbourne Knights          24     6     5   13     21     41     23
13 Auckland Kingz             24     4     3   17     25     51     15
 
[*1] Adelaide Force withdrew and were replaced by Adelaide United
[*2] Olympic Sharks were renamed Sydney Olympic

Relegated: None
Promoted : None

Championship Playoff

Elimination Finals (winners to Minor Semifinal)

First Legs [Mar 7]
Marconi Stallions       0-0 South Melourne
Adelaide United         3-0 Brisbane Strikers
  [Veart 31, Agius 67, Brooks 92]

Second Legs
[Mar 13]
Brisbane Strikers       4-1 Adelaide United
  [Moon 45, Rose 58, Brain 82, Grierson 87; Veart 65]
[Mar 14]
South Melbourne         2-0 Marconi Stallions
  [Curcija 20, 60]

Minor Semifinal [Mar 20] (winners to Preliminary Final)
South Melbourne         1-2 Adelaide United        [asdet]
  [Curcija 12; Aloisi 71, Alagich 105pen]

Major Semifinal (winners to Grand Final, losers to Preliminary Final)

First Leg [Mar 14]
Parramatta Power        4-2 Perth Glory
  [Ceccoli 9, Petrovski 41, Zorbas 45, Milicic 75; Despotovski 46,
   Harnwell 56]

Second Leg [Mar 20]
Perth Glory             0-2 Parramatta Power
  [Elrich 15, Petrovski 65]

Preliminary Final [Mar 28]
Perth Glory             5-0 Adelaide United   
  [Despotovski 10, 81, Mori 51, 69, Mrdja 88]

Grand Final [Apr 4; att: 9630]
Parramatta Power        0-1 Perth Glory            [asdet]
  [Nick Mrdja 99]


NB: the 2004/05 season is cancelled as a 'New National Competition'
    (NNC) is to start with 8 clubs (still to be chosen from a shortlist
    of 12) in July/August 2005, having its Grand Final in February 2006.

Perth Glory champions of Australia 2003-04

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