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2002–03 National Soccer League

The 2002–03 National Soccer League season, was the 27th season of the National Soccer League in Australia. The finals format was revised for this season, with the top six teams at the end of the regular season qualifying for a home-and-away championship series. The top two teams from the championship series progressed to the grand final. Olympic Sharks were crowned premiers and Perth Glory were champions.

NSL 2002–03
LeagueNational Soccer League
SportAssociation football
Duration2002–2003
Number of teams13
NSL season
ChampionsPerth Glory
Top scorerDamian Mori (24)
National Soccer League seasons

Teams edit

Team Home city Home ground
Adelaide City FC Adelaide Hindmarsh Stadium
Brisbane Strikers Brisbane Ballymore Stadium
Football Kingz Auckland Mt Smart Stadium
Marconi-Stallions Sydney Marconi Stadium
Melbourne Knights Melbourne Knights Stadium
Newcastle United Newcastle Newcastle Stadium
Northern Spirit Sydney North Sydney Oval
Olympic Sharks Sydney Endeavour Field
Parramatta Power Sydney Parramatta Stadium
Perth Glory Perth Perth Oval
South Melbourne Melbourne Lakeside Stadium
Sydney United Sydney Edensor Park
Wollongong City Wollongong Brandon Park

Regular season edit

League table edit

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Olympic Sharks 24 16 3 5 51 28 +23 51 Qualification for the Championship play-offs
2 Perth Glory 24 16 2 6 48 22 +26 50
3 Parramatta Power 24 12 4 8 51 27 +24 40
4 Newcastle United 24 10 7 7 37 25 +12 37
5 Adelaide Force 24 11 4 9 40 34 +6 37
6 Northern Spirit 24 11 3 10 37 44 −7 36
7 South Melbourne 24 10 5 9 36 37 −1 35
8 Sydney United 24 7 6 11 23 31 −8 27
9 Melbourne Knights 24 7 6 11 38 52 −14 27
10 Brisbane Strikers 24 7 5 12 38 45 −7 26
11 Football Kingz 24 6 6 12 26 45 −19 24
12 Marconi Fairfield 24 6 5 13 25 42 −17 23
13 Wollongong Wolves 24 5 8 11 25 43 −18 23
Source: rsssf.com
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored

Home and Away Results edit

Round 1 edit

Marconi Fairfield2–2Wollongong Wolves
Brosque   7',   75' Report Sekulovski   44',   53'
Attendance: 3,972
Referee: Ben Williams
Newcastle United2–0South Melbourne
A Griffiths   43'
Baillie   47'
Attendance: 7,853
Referee: Con Diomis
Brisbane Strikers1–2Northern Spirit
Grierson   42' Report Tomasevic   20'
Hutchinson   57'
Attendance: 2,103
Referee: Peter Green
Parramatta Power3–0*Perth Glory
Horsley   59'
Despotovski   64'
Attendance: 4,155
  • This match was awarded to Parramatta 3-0 after it was found that Perth Glory breached regulation 16.13 in playing an unregistered player - Andre Gumprecht. The determination was made on 4 February 2003.
Football Kingz0–0Sydney United
Attendance: 2,999
Referee: Derek Rugg
Melbourne Knights1-1Olympic Sharks
Pelikan   36' Report Milicic   47'
Attendance: 4,462

Round 2 edit

Northern Spirit1-4Football Kingz
Tomasevic   90' (pen.) Report Ngata   3',   18',   83' (pen.),   87'
Attendance: 3,289
Referee: Angelo Nardi
Wollongong Wolves0–0Parramatta Power
Attendance: 3,627
Referee: Mark Shield
Olympic Sharks3–0Marconi Fairfield
Juric   26'
Porter   50'
Ishida   62'		 Report
Attendance: 4,638
Sydney United2–0Newcastle United
B Santalab   49'
Menapi   74'
Attendance: 3,441
Referee: Brett Hugo
Adelaide Force1-1Melbourne Knights
Valkanis   90+2' Tunbridge   15' (o.g.)
Attendance: 3,441
Referee: Craig Zetter
Perth Glory3-4Brisbane Strikers
Hassell   56'
Mori   75' (pen.),   85' (pen.)		 Rech   9',   78'
Grierson   21'
Roche   73'
Attendance: 10,573
Referee: Eddie Lennie

Round 3 edit

Marconi Fairfield1-2Adelaide Force
Brosque   57' Report Valkanis   72'
Budin   87'
Attendance: 2,800
Referee: Mark Shield
Newcastle United5–0Northern Spirit
J Griffiths   23',   32',   67'
Thomas   45'
Moreira   76'
Attendance: 5,219
Brisbane Strikers1-2Wollongong Wolves
Rech   82' Young   7',   16'
Babic   31'
Attendance: 2,065
Referee: Craig Zetter
Football Kingz0–1Perth Glory
Mori   58'
Attendance: 3,282
Referee: Con Diomis
South Melbourne1-1Sydney United
Coveny   24' Report Cacic   32'
Attendance: 4,156
Referee: Perry Mur
Parramatta Power1-2Olympic Sharks
Cardozo   45' Juric   60'
Parisi   69'
Attendance: 6,298
Referee: Brett Hugo

Round 4 edit

Wollongong Wolves0–0Football Kingz
Report
Attendance: 3,681
Referee: James Lewis
Northern Spirit3-2South Melbourne
Spencer   16'
Hutchinson   37'
Richter   88'		 Kisnorbo   62'
Buljan   85'
Attendance: 2,823
Olympic Sharks2–0Brisbane Strikers
Packer   52'
Parisi   90+2'
Attendance: 4,439
Referee: Derek Rugg
Adelaide Force2–2Parramatta Power
Pantelis   34'
Vidmar   52'		 Thompson   60'
Elrich   74'
Attendance: 2,454
Referee: Eddie Lennie
Perth Glory1–0Newcastle United
Mori   26'
Attendance: 10,448
Referee: Angelo Nardi
Melbourne Knights1–0Marconi Fairfield
Vasilevski   78' Report
Attendance: 3,287
Referee: Perry Mur

Round 5 edit

Newcastle United2–0Wollongong Wolves
J Griffiths   71' (pen.)
Dodd   87'
Referee: Brett Hugo
Parramatta Power2–2Melbourne Knights
Piorkowski   38' (o.g.)
Brown   75'		 Lapansky   68'
R Vargas   90+3'
Attendance: 2,450
Referee: Peter Green
Brisbane Strikers2-3Adelaide Force
Rech   18'
Grierson   23'		 Report Pelosi   66',   77'
Vidmar   79'
Attendance: 1,840
Referee: Derek Rugg
Football Kingz2-2Olympic Sharks
Almendra   52',   81' (pen.) Packer   51'
Harris   54'
Attendance: 2,804
Referee: Ben Williams
South Melbourne2–0Perth Glory
Buljan   61'
Baird   6'
Attendance: 6,194
Referee: Perry Mur
Sydney United1-1Northern Spirit
Menapi   38' McDermott   43'
Attendance: 5,352
Referee: Con Diomis

Round 6 edit

Marconi Fairfield0–2Parramatta Power
Renaud   28'
Salapasidis   54'
Attendance: 2,750
Referee: Angelo Nardi
Olympic Sharks1–0Newcastle United
Porter   39'
Attendance: 2,513
Referee: Eddie Lennie
Wollongong Wolves0–0South Melbourne
Attendance: 3,286
Referee: James Lewis
Adelaide Force2-1Football Kingz
Vidmar   43'
Tunbridge   52'		 Almendra   40' (pen.)
Attendance: 2,996
Referee: Craig Zetter
Perth Glory2–0Sydney United
Mori   9',   74' (pen.)
Attendance: 7,595
Referee: Mark Shield
Melbourne Knights3-3Brisbane Strikers
Pelikan   8'
Fa’Arodo   39',   50'		 Report Rech   21',   90+4' (pen.)
Pilic   52'
Attendance: 3,873
Referee: Ben Williams

Round 7 edit

Football Kingz2-2Melbourne Knights
deGregorio   47'
Almendra   51' (pen.)		 Sabljak   69'
Pelikan   81'
Attendance: 3,682
Referee: Peter Green
Newcastle United2-1Adelaide Force
J Griffiths   53' (pen.)
Masi   90+1'		 Tunbridge   35'
Attendance: 7,099
Referee: Eddie Lennie
Northern Spirit1-3Perth Glory
Fisher   55' Hassell   26'
Miller   62'
Mori   90+1'
Attendance: 2,918
Referee: Craig Zetter
Brisbane Strikers1-4Marconi Fairfield
Trajanovski   57' (pen.) Report Spiteri   11',   84'
Perinich   51'
Sekulic   65'
Attendance: 2,061
South Melbourne6–4Olympic Sharks
Baird   2',   40'
Buljan   8'
Coveny   13',   89' (pen.)
Panopoulos   20'		 Report Packer   22'
Milicic   44'
Halpin   60'
Pondeljak   85'
Attendance: 6,027
Referee: Mark Shield
Sydney United2-1Wollongong Wolves
Angelucci   71'
Cacic   81'		 Young   53'
Attendance: 4,152

Round 8 edit

Marconi Fairfield2-1Football Kingz
Spiteri   40',   56' Ngata   69'
Attendance: 3,040
Referee: Brett Hugo
Parramatta Power2–0Brisbane Strikers
Cardozo   16' (pen.)
Brownlie   78'
Attendance: 2,148
Referee: Con Diomis
Adelaide Force4–0South Melbourne
Tunbridge   18'
Durakovic   19' (o.g.)
Smeltz   62'
Pelosi   81' (pen.)
Attendance: 3,308
Referee: Eddie Lennie
Olympic Sharks1–0Sydney United
Packer   90+2'
Attendance: 3,620
Referee: Derek Rugg
Melbourne Knights2–0Newcastle United
Pelikan   3'
Buhic   44'		 Report
Attendance: 3,955
Referee: Mark Shield
Wollongong Wolves2-1Northern Spirit
Babic   35'
Young   62'		 Hutchinson   55'
Attendance: 2,925

Round 9 edit

Football Kingz2-1Parramatta Power
Renaud   62' (o.g.)
Urlovic   81'		 Salaoasidis   4'
Attendance: 2,908
Referee: Derek Rugg
Newcastle United0–0Marconi Fairfield
Attendance: 6,132
Referee: Con Diomis
Northern Spirit2-3Olympic Sharks
Tomasevic   77',   90+2' Watts   2' (o.g.)
Porter   17'
Pondeljak   68'
Attendance: 2,795
Perth Glory3-1Wollongong Wolves
Hassell   14',   43'
Mrdja   23'		 Young   37' (pen.)
Attendance: 12,801
Referee: Peter Green
South Melbourne4-2Melbourne Knights
Trimboli   1' (pen.)
Buljan   31'
Damianos   61'
Tolios   67'		 Report Buhic   30'
Pelikan   43' (pen.)
Attendance: 8,997
Referee: Brett Hugo
Sydney United2-1Adelaide Force
Angelucci   45',   87' Vidmar   84'
Attendance: 3,963
Referee: Mark Shield

Round 10 edit

Brisbane Strikers0–2Football Kingz
Report Ngata   25'
Almendra   81'
Attendance: 1,695
Referee: Angelo Nardi
Melbourne Knights3-2Sydney United
Pelikan   28' (pen.)
Biscayzacu   58' (pen.)
Cervinski   78'		 Santalab   3',   55'
Attendance: 4,155
Referee: Craig Zetter
Olympic Sharks2-1Perth Glory
Milicic   60'
Harris   86'		 Report Hassell   65'
Attendance: 5,020
Referee: Mark Shield
Parramatta Power1-4Newcastle United
Buonavoglia   88' J Griffiths   7',   18'
Dodd   24',   74'
Attendance: 2,755
Referee: Eddie Lennie
South Melbourne1–0Marconi Fairfield
Damianos   36' Report 1
Report 2
Attendance: 4,972
Adelaide Force1-1Northern Spirit
Valkanis   83' Hutchinson   89'
Attendance: 1,897
Referee: Con Diomis

Round 11 edit

Northern Spirit2-1Melbourne Knights
Kwasnik   18'
Richter   65'		 Biscayzacu   87'
Attendance: 1,004
Referee: Brett Hugo
Newcastle United3-3Brisbane Strikers
Masi   12'
Tsekenis   39'
J Griffiths   81'		 Roche   55',   79'
Drake   59'
Attendance: 2,003
Referee: Craig Zetter
Perth Glory1–0Adelaide Force
Mrdja   84'
Attendance: 9,687
Referee: Con Diomis
South Melbourne1–0Parramatta Power
Coveny   85' Report
Attendance: 4,250
Olympic Sharks3–0Wollongong Wolves
Milicic   39'
Durante   52'
Porter   90+2'
Attendance: 3,920
Referee: Perry Mur
Sydney United2–0Marconi Fairfield
Santalab   34' (pen.)
Deur   64'		 Report
Attendance: 3,826
Referee: Eddie Lennie

Round 12 edit

Football Kingz2–0Newcastle United
Urlovic   9'
Almendra   65'		 Report
Attendance: 2,753
Referee: Perry Mur
Brisbane Strikers2–1South Melbourne
Trajanovski   12'
McLaren   80'		 Report Coveny   52'
Attendance: 1,721
Referee: Mark Shield
Marconi Fairfield0–1Northern Spirit
Report Tomasevic   61' (pen.)
Attendance: 2,199
Melbourne Knights1-4Perth Glory
Pelikan   18' (pen.) Report Mrdja   25'
Mori   33',   80'
Hassell   45'
Attendance: 4,770
Parramatta Power3–0Sydney United
Salapasidis   44'
Maloney   45'
Elrich   75'
Attendance: 3,004
Referee: Ben Williams
Wollongong Wolves1–0Adelaide Force
Sekulovski   9'
Attendance: 2,683
Referee: Angelo Nardi

Round 13 edit

Northern Spirit2 - 1Parramatta Power
Adelaide Force1 - 3Olympic Sharks
Perth Glory3 - 0Marconi Fairfield
South Melbourne3 - 0Football Kingz
Melbourne Knights1 - 4Wollongong Wolves
Sydney United0 - 3Brisbane Strikers

Round 14 edit

Marconi Fairfield0 - 3Olympic Sharks
Newcastle United4 - 1Sydney United
Brisbane Strikers1 - 1Perth Glory
Melbourne Knights4 - 3Adelaide Force
Parramatta Power1 - 0Wollongong Wolves
Football Kingz1 - 3Northern Spirit

Round 15 edit

Northern Spirit2 - 3Brisbane Strikers
Wollongong Wolves2 - 4Marconi Fairfield
Perth Glory2 - 1Parramatta Power
South Melbourne1 - 1Newcastle United
Olympic Sharks3 - 1Melbourne Knights
Sydney United1 - 0Football Kingz

Round 16 edit

Adelaide Force3 - 0Marconi Fairfield
Wollongong Wolves1 - 1Brisbane Strikers
Perth Glory5 - 0Football Kingz
Northern Spirit0 - 0Northern Spirit
Olympic Sharks1 - 2Parramatta Power
Sydney United0 - 1South Melbourne

Round 17 edit

Football Kingz1 - 1Wollongong Wolves
Marconi Fairfield4 - 1Melbourne Knights
Newcastle United0 - 1Perth Glory
Brisbane Strikers3 - 0Olympic Sharks
Parramatta Power1 - 1Adelaide Force
South Melbourne1 - 0Northern Spirit

Round 18 edit

Adelaide Force1 - 0Brisbane Strikers
Northern Spirit1 - 0Sydney United
Perth Glory2 - 0South Melbourne
Olympic Sharks1 - 0Football Kingz
Melbourne Knights0 - 4Parramatta Power
Wollongong Wolves2 - 2Newcastle United

Round 19 edit

Newcastle United2 - 1Olympic Sharks
Brisbane Strikers1 - 5Melbourne Knights
Football Kingz0 - 3Adelaide Force
Parramatta Power7 - 0Marconi Fairfield
Sydney United1 - 1Perth Glory
South Melbourne0 - 0Wollongong Wolves

Round 20 edit

Adelaide Force2 - 3Newcastle United
Marconi Fairfield2 - 1Brisbane Strikers
Wollongong Wolves2 - 1Sydney United
Perth Glory3 - 0Northern Spirit
Melbourne Knights1 - 2Football Kingz
Olympic Sharks3 - 2South Melbourne

Round 21 edit

Football Kingz0 - 0Marconi Fairfield
Newcastle United1 - 1Melbourne Knights
Northern Spirit3 - 0Wollongong Wolves
Sydney United1 - 1Olympic Sharks
Brisbane Strikers3 - 0Parramatta Power
South Melbourne1 - 2Adelaide Force

Round 22 edit

Adelaide Force2 - 0Sydney United
Marconi Fairfield0 - 1Newcastle United
Parramatta Power7 - 0Football Kingz
Melbourne Knights1 - 0South Melbourne
Olympic Sharks2 - 3Northern Spirit
Wollongong Wolves1 - 6Perth Glory

Round 23 edit

Marconi Fairfield2 - 2South Melbourne
Newcastle United3 - 0Parramatta Power
Northern Spirit2 - 3Adelaide Force
Perth Glory0 - 1Olympic Sharks
Football Kingz0 - 3Brisbane Strikers
Sydney United2 - 0Melbourne Knights

Round 24 edit

Adelaide Force0 - 2Perth Glory
Marconi Fairfield1 - 1Sydney United
Wollongong Wolves0 - 5Olympic Sharks
Brisbane Strikers1 - 1Newcastle United
Parramatta Power4 - 1SouM
Melbourne Knights1 - 3Northern Spirit

Round 25 edit

South Melbourne1 - 0Brisbane Strikers
Newcastle United1 - 2Football Kingz
Northern Spirit2 - 1Marconi Fairfield
Adelaide Force2 - 1Wollongong Wolves
Perth Glory3 - 1Melbourne Knights
Sydney United0 - 1Parramatta Power

Round 26 edit

Wollongong Wolves1 - 2Melbourne Knights
Olympic Sharks3 - 0Adelaide Force
Brisbane Strikers1 - 3Sydney United
Football Kingz4 - 5South Melbourne
Marconi Fairfield2 - 0Perth Glory
Parramatta Power5 - 1Northern Spirit

Championship play-offs edit

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Perth Glory (C) 10 8 0 2 27 7 +20 27[a] Qualification for the Grand Final
2 Olympic Sharks 10 4 1 5 17 14 +3 19[b]
3 Adelaide Force (R) 10 5 2 3 19 14 +5 17 Joined the SASF Premier League[c]
4 Parramatta Power 10 3 4 3 16 21 −5 13
5 Northern Spirit 9 2 2 5 7 22 −15 8[d]
6 Newcastle United 9 2 1 6 9 17 −8 7[d]
Source: rsssf.com
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. ^ Awarded 3 bonus points, due to regular season position.
  2. ^ Awarded 6 bonus points, due to regular season position.
  3. ^ Adelaide Force was not forcibly relegated, but voluntarily left the league due to financial difficulties.[1]
  4. ^ a b The Round 9 match between Northern Spirit and Newcastle United was not played, as neither team could progress.

Championship Playoff Results edit

Playoff Round 1 edit

Adelaide Force1 - 0Olympic Sharks
Perth Glory5 - 0Northern Spirit
Newcastle United1 - 2Parramatta Power

Playoff Round 2 edit

Adelaide Force3 - 2Newcastle United
Parramatta Power2 - 1Perth Glory
Olympic Sharks1 - 3Northern Spirit

Playoff Round 3 edit

Newcastle United1 - 3Olympic Sharks
Perth Glory3 - 1Adelaide Force
Northern Spirit1 - 0Parramatta Power

Playoff Round 4 edit

Adelaide Force2 - 2Parramatta Power
Newcastle United0 - 0Northern Spirit
Olympic Sharks1 - 2Perth Glory

Playoff Round 5 edit

Northern Spirit1 - 2Adelaide Force
Perth Glory4 - 0Newcastle United
Parramatta Power2 - 2Olympic Sharks

Playoff Round 6 edit

Northern Spirit0 - 3Perth Glory
Parramatta PowervNewcastle United
Olympic SharksvAdelaide Force

Playoff Round 7 edit

Newcastle United0 - 1Adelaide Force
Perth Glory6 - 1Parramatta Power
Northern Spirit0 - 3Olympic Sharks

Playoff Round 8 edit

Adelaide Force1 - 2Perth Glory
Parramatta Power2 - 2Northern Spirit
Olympic Sharks1 - 2Newcastle United

Playoff Round 9 edit

Northern SpiritP - PNewcastle United
  • This match was initially postponed due to heavy rains in Sydney making the pitch unplayable. It was intended to be rescheduled for Rat Park. Neither side could affect the championship, so the match was not played.
Perth Glory1 - 0Olympic Sharks
Parramatta Power1 - 1Adelaide Force

Playoff Round 10 edit

Newcastle United1 - 0Perth Glory
Adelaide Force6 - 0Northern Spirit
Olympic Sharks3 - 1Parramatta Power

Grand final edit

Main article: 2003 National Soccer League Grand Final
Perth Glory2 – 0Olympic Sharks
Harnwell   29'
Mori   87'		 (Report)
Attendance: 38,111
Referee: Mark Shield

References edit

  1. ^ "A-League: Adelaide marks a decade United". abc.net.au. Retrieved 18 December 2014.
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