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)
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Major Semi-Final: April 19
South Melbourne 0 - Melbourne CSC 0 after extra time
Melbourne CSC won 5-3 on penalties
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Preliminary Final: April 26
South Melbourne 0 - Adelaide City 2
(Aloisi 49th)
(Veart 75th)
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GRAND FINAL: May 3
Melbourne CSC 0 - Adelaide City 0 after extra time
Adelaide City won 4-2 on penalties
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Adelaide City champions of Australia 1991-92
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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.
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Elimination Final
1st Leg 2nd Leg
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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)
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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)
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Parramatta and West Adelaide are eliminated, the latter on the away goals rule
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Minor Semi-Final
Adelaide City 4 - Wollongong 0
(C Veart 1, 77)
(D Mori 58)
(S Maxwell 70)
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Wollongong is eliminated
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Preliminary Final
South Melbourne 1 - Adelaide City 3
(F Awaritefe 87) (S Melta 4)
(D Mori 26, 74)
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May 16.
GRAND FINAL
Marconi-Fairfield 1 - Adelaide City 0
(A Harper pk 53)
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Marconi-Fairfield champions of Australia 1992-93
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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.
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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)
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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)
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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)
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Minor Semi-Final (20/4/94)
Marconi-Fairfield 1 - Adelaide City 3
(Andrew Harper 72) (Joe Mullen 25)
(Damien Mori 27)
(Brad Hassell 67)
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Preliminary Final (24/4/1994)
South Melbourne 0 - Adelaide City 2
(Tony Vidmar 65)
(Brad Hassell 86)
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GRAND FINAL (1/5/1994)
Melbourne Knights 0 - Adelaide City 1
(Damien Mori 68)
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Adelaide City champions of Australia 1993-94
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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
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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)
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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.
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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)
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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)
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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)
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Minor Semi-Final (26/4/95)
Sydney United 1 - South Melbourne 3
(Mario Jermen 78) (Kevin Muscat 68 pk, 71)
(Ivan Kelic 82)
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Preliminary Final (30/4/1995)
Melbourne Knights 3 - South Melbourne 2
(Mark Viduka 27, 37, 53) (Con Boutsianis 44, 72)
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GRAND FINAL (7/5/1994)
Adelaide City 0 - Melbourne Knights 2
(Andrew Marth 36)
(Joe Spiteri 41)
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Melbourne Knights champions of Australia 1994-95
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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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