1977
National Soccer League CHAMPIONSHIP
1. Eastern Suburbs 26 13 11 2 52-28 37 [Sydney City]
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 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
CUPFINAL
Brisbane City 1-1 Marconi Fairfield
Brisbane City win 5-3 on penalties
1978
National Soccer League CHAMPIONSHIP
1. West Adelaide 26 16 4 6 42-27 36
2. Eastern Suburbs 26 15 5 6 49-27 35 [Sydney City]
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 26 6 10 10 33-40 22
12. Footscray 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
Left League: Western Suburbs
Entered: APIA Leichhardt
CUPFINAL
Brisbane City 2-1 Adelaide City
1979
National Soccer League CHAMPIONSHIP
1. Marconi Fairfield 26 15 (4) 6 5 58-32 40
2. Fitzroy 26 14 (1) 7 5 44-30 36 [*1]
3. Sydney City 26 15 (1) 3 8 47-29 34 [*2]
4. Brisbane City 26 14 (1) 5 7 38-30 34
5. Adelaide City 26 13 (1) 6 7 43-27 33
6. Newcastle 26 11 (1) 9 6 43-30 32
7. West Adelaide 26 10 (1) 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 26 8 (1) 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 (1) 3 17 26-45 16
NB: wins between brackets were by 4 or more goals (earned additional
bonus point)
[*1] aka Heidelberg United
[*2] formerly Hakoah Eastern Suburbs
Left League: Sydney Olympic
Entered: Blacktown
CUPFINAL
Adelaide City 3-2 St. George
1980
National Soccer League CHAMPIONSHIP
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 Utd. 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 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 City, Preston, Sydney Olympic
CUPFINAL
First leg : Heidelberg Utd. 0-0 Marconi Fairfield
Second leg: Marconi Fairfield 3-0 Heidelberg Utd.
1981
National Soccer League CHAMPIONSHIP
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 Utd. 30 11 8 11 41-41 30
11. Wollongong City 30 8 12 10 35-39 28
12. Preston 30 9 7 14 39-41 25
13. Footscray 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
CUPFINAL
Brisbane Lions 3-1 West Adelaide
1982
National Soccer League CHAMPIONSHIP
1. Sydney City 30 20 5 5 68-28 45
2. St. George 30 14 8 8 47-40 36
3. Wollongong City 30 16 3 11 43-46 35
4. Heidelberg United 30 13 8 9 42-37 34
5. Preston 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 Utd. 30 10 7 13 43-52 27
13. Adelaide City 30 6 12 12 36-44 24
14. Footscray 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
CUPFINAL
APIA Leichhardt 2-1 Heidelberg Utd.
1983
National Soccer League CHAMPIONSHIP
1. St George 30 15 10 5 47-27 55
2. Sydney City 30 15 9 6 48-30 54
3. Preston 30 15 7 8 47-32 52
4. South Melbourne 30 15 7 8 44-36 52
5. Newcastle Utd. 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 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 City 30 4 15 11 41-55 27
16. Brisbane Lions 30 6 8 16 36-61 26
Relegated: none
Promoted : none
CUPFINAL
First leg : Sydney Olympic 1-0 Heidelberg United
Second leg: Heidelberg Utd. 0-1 Sydney Olympic
1984
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
1. Sydney City 28 17 8 3 67-21 42 Northern Final Series
2. Sydney Olympic 28 16 8 4 61-27 40 Northern Final Series
3. Marconi-Fairfield 28 12 8 8 58-39 32 Northern Final Series
4. APIA Leichhardt 28 12 8 8 43-35 32 Northern Final Series
5. Blacktown City 28 12 6 10 43-48 30 Northern Final Series
6. Sydney Croatia 28 8 11 9 32-38 27
7. Penrith 28 8 10 10 29-41 26
8. Newcastle United 28 11 4 13 35-52 26
9. Canberra 28 12 1 15 47-39 25
10. St.George Budapest 28 8 9 11 38-41 25
11. Melita 28 8 8 12 23-38 24
12. Wollongong City 28 5 5 18 22-59 15
Elimination Final
APIA Leichhardt 3-1 Blacktown City
Qualifying Final
Sydney Olympic 2-1 Marconi Fairfield
Minor Semifinal
Marconi Fairfield 3-3 APIA Leichhardt [3-4 pen]
Major Semifinal
Sydney City 1-1 Sydney Olympic [4-2 pen]
Preliminary Final
Sydney Olympic 3-0 APIA Leichhardt
Northern Grand Final
Sydney Olympic 2-1 Sydney City
SOUTHERN CONFERENCE
1. South Melbourne 28 18 4 6 48-20 40 Southern Final Series
2. Heidelberg United 28 14 7 7 37-27 35 Southern Final Series
3. Melbourne Croatia 28 13 7 8 38-31 33 Southern Final Series
4. Brisbane Lions 28 12 6 10 38-36 30 Southern Final Series
5. Brunswick 28 13 4 11 36-42 30 Southern Final Series
6. Preston Makedonia 28 11 6 11 42-33 28
7. Adelaide City 28 10 5 13 33-34 25
8. Footscray JUST 28 10 5 13 29-33 25
9. Green Gully 28 9 6 13 34-36 24
10. West Adelaide Hellas 28 8 5 15 40-52 21
11. Brisbane City 28 8 5 15 21-39 21
12. Sunshine Gold Coast 28 5 6 17 24-57 16
Elimination Final
Brisbane Lions 4-2 Brunswick
Qualifying Final
Heidelberg United 1-2 Melbourne Croatia
Minor Semifinal
Heidelberg United 0-0 Brisbane Lions [3-2 pen]
Major Semifinal
South Melbourne 3-2 Melbourne Croatia
Preliminary Final
Heidelberg United 3-1 Melbourne Croatia
Southern Grand Final
South Melbourne 4-2 Heidelberg United
1984 CHAMPIONSHIP PLAY OFF
First Leg [Oct 24]
South Melbourne 2-1 Sydney Olympic
Second Leg [Oct 28]
Sydney Olympic 1-2 South Melbourne
CUPFINAL
Melbourne Croatia SC 0-1 Newcastle Utd.
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
1. Sydney City 22 15 5 2 42-19 35 Northern Final Series
2. Sydney Croatia 22 14 5 3 50-22 33 Northern Final Series
3. Marconi Fairfield 22 11 7 4 44-23 29 Northern Final Series
4. Sydney Olympic 22 12 3 7 29-25 27 Northern Final Series
5. St.George Budapest 22 7 8 7 31-26 22 Northern Final Series
6. Canberra City 22 8 6 8 33-35 22
7. Inter Monaro 22 7 6 9 29-37 20
8. Blacktown City 22 7 4 11 30-34 18
9. APIA Leichhardt 22 7 2 13 20-34 16
10. Wollongong City 22 5 6 11 29-46 16
11. Penrith 22 4 6 12 24-35 14
12. Newcastle Rosebud United 22 4 4 14 20-45 12
Elimination Final
Sydney Olympic 1-0 St.George Budapest
Qualifying Final
Sydney Croatia 2-1 Marconi Fairfield
Minor Semifinal
Marconi Fairfield 3-3 Sydney Olympic [7-6 pen]
Major Semifinal
Sydney City 1-0 Sydney Croatia
Preliminary Final
Marconi Fairfield 1-0 Sydney Croatia
Northern Grand Final
Sydney City 2-0 Marconi Fairfield
SOUTHERN CONFERENCE
1. South Melbourne 22 14 5 3 39-21 33 Southern Final Series
2. Brunswick 22 11 7 4 33-19 29 Southern Final Series
3. Heidelberg United 22 10 7 5 29-17 27 Southern Final Series
4. Preston Makedonia 22 9 6 7 30-28 24 Southern Final Series
5. Melbourne Croatia 22 9 6 7 29-21 24 Southern Final Series
6. Sunshine Gold Coast 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 Hellas 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
Elimination Final
Preston Makedonia 2-1 Melbourne Croatia
Qualifying Final
Brunswick 2-0 Heidelberg United
Minor Semifinal
Preston Makedonia 2-0 Heidelberg United
Major Semifinal
Brunswick 1-0 South Melbourne
Preliminary Final
Preston Makedonia 4-4 South Melbourne [5-4 pen]
Southern Grand Final
Brunswick 2-1 Preston Makedonia
Championship Playoff
First Leg [Sep 4]
Sydney City 0-1 Brunswick
Second Leg [Sep 8]
Brunswick 1-0 Sydney City
CUPFINAL
Sydney Olympic 2-1 Preston
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
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
6. Newcastle United 22 9 6 7 36-33 24
7. APIA Leichhardt 22 9 6 7 25-23 24
8. Wollongong City 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 M. 22 2 7 13 17-41 11
12. Inter Monaro 22 3 5 14 17-43 11
The top 4 teams played off for the championship in post season games.
Qualifying Semifinal St George 1-0 Sydney Olympic
Elimination Semifinal Marconi Fairfield 3-3 Sydney City
Marconi Fairfield win 4-3 on penalties
Minor Semifinal Sydney Olympic 2-0 Marconi Fairfield
Major Semifinal 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
1. Brunswick 22 11 6 5 37-21 28
2. Footscray 22 10 8 4 29-27 28
3. Adelaide City 22 10 7 5 32-19 27
4. Sunshine GC 22 8 11 3 26-17 27
5. Heidelberg United 22 9 8 5 35-25 26
6. Preston 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
The top 4 teams played off for the championship in post season games.
Qualifying Semifinal Adelaide City 3-2 Footscray
Elimination Semifinal Sunshine GC 2-1 Heidelberg Utd.
Minor Semifinal Footscray 2-0 Sunshine GC
Major Semifinal Adelaide City 2-0 Brunswick
Preliminary Final Footscray 2-1 Brunswick
South Grand Final Adealide City 2-1 Footscray
CHAMPIONSHIP PLAY OFF
First leg : Adelaide City 0-1 Sydney Olympic
Second leg: Sydney Olympic 1-3 Adelaide City
Adelaide City champions 1986.
CUPFINAL
Sydney City 3-2 West Adelaide
1987
National Soccer League CHAMPIONSHIP
Regular season
1. APIA Leichhardt 24 13 9 2 39-21 35
2. Preston 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 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 24 7 8 9 17-27 22
12. Sunshine GC 24 3 9 12 26-42 15
13. Heidelberg United 24 3 7 14 25-44 13
Relegated: Heidelberg United
Promoted : Wollongong City, Brisbane Lions
APIA Leichhardt [Sydney] champions 1987.
additional details 1987
CUPFINAL
First leg : Sydney Croatia 1-0 South Melbourne
Second leg: South Melbourne 0-1 Sydney Croatia
1988
National Soccer League CHAMPIONSHIP
Regular season
1. Wollongong City 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
6. Adelaide City 26 10 7 9 36-35 27
7. Sunshine GC 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 26 7 9 10 34-32 23
11. APIA Leichhardt 26 8 7 11 28-35 23
12. Preston 26 5 12 9 29-35 22
13. Brunswick 26 7 5 14 31-43 19
14. Brisbane Lions 26 4 4 18 28-59 12
The top 5 teams entered a playoff for the championship.
Relegated: Footscray, Brisbane Lions, Brunswick
Promoted : Blacktown, Melbourne JUST, Heidelberg United
additional details 1988
CHAMPIONSHIP PLAYOFF
Elimination Semifinal Marconi Fairfield 3-1 Sydney Olympic
Qualifying Semifinal Sydney Croatia 2-1 South Melbourne
Minor Semifinal Marconi Fairfield 2-1 South Melbourne
Major Semifinal Wollongong City 0-0 Sydney Croatia
Sydney Croatia win 4-3 on penalties
Preliminary Final Marconi Fairfield 2-0 Wollongong City
Grand Final Marconi Fairfield 2-2 Sydney Croatia
Marconi Fairfield win 3-2 on penalties
Marconi Fairfield [Sydney] champions 1988.
CUPFINAL
APIA Leichhardt 0-0 Brunswick
APIA Leichhardt win 5-3 on penalties.
1989
National Soccer League CHAMPIONSHIP
Regular season
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 26 11 8 7 31-24 30
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 City 26 8 7 11 22-29 23
10. APIA Leichhardt 26 7 9 10 27-35 23
11. Sunshine George Cr. 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
The top 5 teams entered a playoff for the championship.
Relegated: Melbourne JUST and Heidelberg Utd.
Promoted : Parramatta Eagles and West Adelaide
GRAND FINAL
Marconi Fairfield 1-0 Sydney Olympic a.e.t.
CUPFINAL
Adelaide City 2-0 Sydney Olympic
1989/90
National Soccer League CHAMPIONSHIP
Regular season
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
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 26 9 5 12 33-35 23
10. St. George 26 7 7 12 35-44 21
11. Wollongong City 26 8 4 14 30-48 20
12. Sunshine George Cr. 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
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 1-1 South Melbourne
Melbourne Croatia win 7-6 on penalties
Minor Semifinal Sydney Olympic 1-0 South Melbourne
Major Semifinal 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 1989/90
Relegated: Blacktown and West Adelaide
Promoted : Heidelberg United and Wollongong Makedonia
CUPFINAL
South Melbourne 4-1 Sydney Olympic
1990/91
National Soccer League CHAMPIONSHIP
Regular season
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
6. Sydney Olympic 26 8 13 5 31-25 29
7. Sydney Croatia 26 8 10 8 27-33 26
8. Preston 26 8 9 9 26-27 25
9. Wollongong City 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 GC 26 7 3 16 39-53 17
14. Wollongong Makedonia26 3 9 14 23-53 15
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 Semifinal Adelaide City 1-0 Marconi-Fairfield
Major Semifinal 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 1990/91.
Relegated: Sunshine George Cross, Wollongong Makedonia and St. George
Promoted : West Adelaide, Newcastle Breakers and Brisbane United
CUPFINAL
Sydney, Marconi Stadium
Parramatta Melitta Eagles 1-0 (0-0) Preston Macedonia
1-0 89' Brown
1991/92
Regular Season
Melbourne CSC 26 14 7 5 45 26 35
Sydney Olympic 26 12 10 4 38 27 34
South Melbourne 26 13 5 8 51 28 31
Adelaide City 26 10 9 7 26 23 29
Wollongong City 26 9 10 7 24 17 28
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Brisbane United 26 8 10 8 31 35 26
Marconi Fairfield 26 10 5 11 33 31 25
Apia Leichardt 26 7 11 8 26 28 25
Heidelberg United 26 8 8 10 28 33 24
Parramatta Eagles 26 6 11 9 24 24 23
Newcastle Breakers 26 7 8 11 28 39 22
Sydney CSC 26 6 9 11 22 33 21
West Adelaide 26 7 7 12 25 46 21
Preston 26 5 10 11 21 32 20
PLAYOFFS
Elimination Final: April 12
Adelaide City 1 - Wollongong City 0
(Carl Veart 5th)
Qualifying Final: April 12
Sydney Olympic 0 - South Melbourne 2
(Wright 43rd)
(Michalakopoulos 87th)
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 1991/92 champions
1992/93
Regular Season
South Melbourne 18 4 4 51 23 58
Marconi-Fairfield 17 2 7 57 31 53
Adelaide City 12 5 9 37 34 41
Wollongong City Wolves 11 6 9 33 27 39
West Adelaide 12 3 11 43 39 39
Parramatta Eagles 11 6 9 39 41 39
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Sydney CSC 12 3 11 36 41 39
Newcastle Breakers 10 8 8 38 29 38
Sydney Olympic 10 4 12 36 31 34
Melbourne CSC 10 4 12 38 39 34
Heidelberg United 7 9 10 30 40 30
Morwell Falcons 7 7 12 29 43 28
Brisbane United 5 3 18 32 64 18
Preston 6 4 16 28 45 18
Note: Preston had 4 points deducted by the NSL for Crowd disturbances
in the 1991/92 season.
PLAYOFFS
1st Leg 2nd Leg
Wollongong City 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)
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)
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
Adelaide City 4 - Wollongong 0
(C Veart 1, 77)
(D Mori 58)
(S Maxwell 70)
Wollongong eliminated
South Melbourne 1 - Adelaide City 3
(F Awaritefe 87) (S Melta 4)
(D Mori 26, 74)
May 16.
Marconi-Fairfield 1 - Adelaide City 0
(A Harper pk 53)
Marconi Fairfield 1992/93 champions
1993/94
Regular Season
Melbourne Knights 26 16 5 5 59 24 53
South Melbourne 26 13 8 5 39 20 47
Sydney United 26 13 7 6 31 29 46
Marconi-Fairfield 26 11 9 6 52 33 42
Adelaide City 26 11 8 7 48 27 41
Sydney Olympic 26 11 8 7 40 37 41
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Morwell Falcons 26 11 7 8 31 30 40
Brisbane Strikers 26 10 6 10 28 25 36
West Adelaide 26 10 5 11 41 34 35
Parramatta Eagles 26 8 9 9 27 29 33
Wollongong City 26 6 9 11 24 32 27
Newcastle Breakers 26 5 8 13 30 47 23
Brunswick Pumas 26 5 4 17 22 57 19
Heidelberg United 26 3 5 18 19 67 14
PLAYOFFS
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 Semi-Final (1)
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 Semi-Final (2)
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 are Australian champions for the 1993-94 season.
1994/95
Season 94-95
Melbourne Knights 24 16 2 2 4 56 25 70
Adelaide City 24 16 1 3 4 41 20 69
Sydney United 24 15 3 2 4 34 19 68
Morwell Falcons 24 8 4 7 5 41 37 47
West Adelaide 24 8 5 3 8 28 32 45
South Melbourne 24 9 3 2 10 42 36 44
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Brisbane Strikers 24 8 3 3 10 34 32 41
Wollongong City 24 8 2 2 12 39 46 38
Sydney Olympic 24 8 1 3 12 27 34 37
Marconi-Fairfield 24 6 4 3 11 34 43 35
Melbourne SC 24 6 4 2 12 20 37 34
Parramatta Eagles 24 7 2 1 14 25 34 33
Heidelberg United 24 6 1 2 15 27 53 28
NB: wins give 4 points, draws won on shootouts 2, draws lost on shootouts 1
PLAYOFFS
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 Semi-Final (1)
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 Semi-Final (2)
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 1994/95
1995/96
Regular Season
Marconi-Fairfield 33 17 9 7 58 35 60
Melbourne Knights 33 17 8 8 50 28 59
UTS Olympic 33 17 8 8 55 41 59
Brisbane Strikers 33 17 6 10 54 35 57
Adelaide City 33 15 9 9 65 40 54
Sydney United 33 14 12 7 47 33 54
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West Adelaide 33 16 5 12 49 43 53
South Melbourne 33 14 4 15 50 56 46
Canberra Cosmos 33 8 11 14 48 61 35
Morwell Falcons 33 9 8 16 35 65 35
Wollongong City 33 5 5 23 31 63 20
Newcastle Breakers 33 4 5 24 35 77 17
PLAYOFFS
(played 5/5/96)
Melbourne Knights 1 - Marconi-Fairfield 0
(played 11/5/96)
Marconi-Fairfield 2 - Melbourne Knights 2
(played 5/5/96)
Adelaide City 2 - UTS Olympic 0
(played 12/5/96)
UTS Olympic 0 - Adelaide City 1
(played 5/5/96)
Sydney United 2 - Brisbane Strikers 0
(played 11/5/96)
Brisbane Strikers 1 - Sydney United 2
(played 15/5/96)
Adelaide City 1 - Sydney United 0
(played 19/5/96)
Marconi-Fairfield 4 - Adelaide City 1
(played 26/5/96)
Melbourne Knights 2 - Marconi-Fairfield 1
1996/97
Regular Season
Sydney United Pumas 26 17 5 4 67 33 56
Brisbane Strikers 26 15 2 9 55 40 47
South Melbourne Lakers 26 14 4 8 39 25 46
Adelaide City Zebras 26 11 10 5 32 22 43
Marconi-F'fld Stallions 26 12 4 10 41 37 40
Melbourne Knights 26 11 6 9 36 32 39
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Perth Glory 26 11 5 10 48 41 38
West Adelaide Sharks 26 10 3 13 39 51 33
UTS Olympic 26 8 8 10 41 46 32
Wollongong City Wolves 26 8 8 10 42 48 32
Newcastle Breakers 26 7 9 10 40 46 30
Gippsland Falcons 26 8 6 12 33 41 30
Collingwood Warriors 26 6 9 11 32 44 27
Canberra Cosmos 26 2 5 19 30 69 11
PLAYOFFS
[26/4/97] Marconi-Fairfield 3 - 0 Adelaide City
[ 4/5/97] Adelaide City 4 - 0 Marconi-Fairfield
[27/4/97] Melbourne Knights 1 - 4 South Melbourne
[ 4/5/97] South Melbourne 3 - 0 Melbourne Knights
[11/5/97] South Melbourne 1 - 0 Adelaide City
[ 3/5/97] Brisbane Strikers 1 - 0 Sydney United
[11/5/97] Sydney United 2 - 1 Brisbane Strikers
[18/5/97] Sydney United 1 - 0 South Melbourne
[25/5/97] Brisbane Strikers 2 - 0 Sydney United
Brisbane Strikers champions 1996/97
1997/98
Regular Season
South Melbourne Lakers 26 13 9 4 56 41 48
Carlton 26 12 9 5 44 24 45
Adelaide City Zebras 26 13 4 9 45 30 43
Sydney United Pumas 26 11 10 5 37 26 43
Marconi-F'fld Stallions 26 12 7 7 33 25 43
Wollongong City Wolves 26 13 3 10 51 33 42
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Melbourne Knights 26 11 6 9 37 35 39
Perth Glory 26 10 6 10 35 40 36
UTS Olympic 26 10 5 11 37 43 35
West Adelaide Sharks 26 10 4 12 32 38 34
Gippsland Falcons 26 8 7 11 28 36 31
Brisbane Strikers 26 6 5 15 23 40 23
Newcastle Breakers 26 4 9 13 30 50 21
Canberra Cosmos 26 3 8 15 29 56 17
PLAYOFFS
[19/04/98] Marconi-Fairfield 1 - 0 Sydney United
[26/04/98] Sydney United 0 - 1 Marconi-Fairfield
[19/04/98] Wollongong City 3 - 0 Adelaide City
[26/04/98] Adelaide City 2 - 2 Wollongong City
[02/05/98] Marconi-Fairfield 2 - 1 Wollongong City
[26/04/98] Carlton 1 - 2 South Melbourne
[03/05/98] South Melbourne 1 - 0 Carlton
[10/05/98] Carlton 1 - 0 Marconi-Fairfield
[16/05/98] South Melbourne 2 - 1 Carlton
South Melbourne champions 1997/98
1998/99
A-League
Table:
1.Sydney United Pumas 28 18 4 6 53-33 58
2.South Melbourne Lakers 28 17 6 5 50-26 57
3.Perth Glory 28 16 5 7 62-37 53
4.Marconi-Fairfield Stallions 28 15 3 10 53-47 48
5.Northern Spirit 28 14 4 10 36-35 46
6.Adelaide City Zebras 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 City Wolves 28 8 8 12 45-52 32
11.Carlton Blues 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
First six qualified for championship playoffs.
Playoffs
Elimination Finals
First Legs
[Apr 30]
Northern Spirit 0-0 Marconi-Fairfield
[May 2]
Adelaide City 0-0 Perth Glory
Second Legs
[May 8]
Perth Glory 2-1 Adelaide City
[May 9]
Marconi-Fairfield 2-1 Northern Spirit
[winners (Perth Glory, Marconi-Fairfield) to minor semifinal]
Major Semifinal
First Leg [May 9]
South Melbourne 2-1 Sydney United
Second Leg [May 16]
Sydney United 0-0 South Melbourne
Minor Semifinal [May 15]
Perth Glory 1-0 Marconi-Fairfield
Preliminary Final [May 23]
Sydney United 2-1 Perth Glory
Final [May 30]
South Melbourne 3-2 Sydney United
South Melbourne champions of Australia 1998/99
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