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2003–04 National Soccer League

The 2003–04 National Soccer League season was the 28th and final season of the National Soccer League in Australia. Perth Glory were crowned both premiers and champions after winning both the league and grand final.[1]

2003–04 National Soccer League
LeagueNational Soccer League
SportSoccer
Duration2003–2004
Number of teams13
NSL season
ChampionsPerth Glory
Top scorerAnte Milicic (20)
National Soccer League seasons

Overview edit

The season was remembered as the end of an era for the national league, following the announcement in 2003 that the national competition would be wholly scrapped in response to the Crawford Report into soccer in Australia. The end of the NSL led to the formation of the A-League, a new national competition that began in 2005.

The season was played as a single league, home-and-away format with top six teams qualifying for a finals series. Adelaide City withdrew from the competition shortly before the start of the season, leading to the hasty formation of Adelaide United to take their place.

At the beginning of the season, it became obvious that the title would be fought between Perth Glory and Parramatta Power. The Champions Glory lost several of their title-winning squad, most notably their dominant midfield, most of whom to the Power. Parramatta, backed by the Leagues Club, bought big for the last year including notably Ante Milicic and Sasho Petrovski, looking to simply buy the title.

This tactic seemed to be working for a large part of the season, as Power held off major challengers Perth, including a memorable 6–0 hiding, Glory's worst-ever loss. However, a turning point came and Perth began to close the gap both in results and performance terms, and won the Premiership by 6 points in the end. Neither of these sides were ever really matched by other sides during the season. Perhaps the surprise of the season was Adelaide United, who surprised all by making the finals and nearly breaking Perth's all-time average season record attendance in the process, with the biggest crowds of the season. This was most notable as the club was thrown together just a few weeks before the season to take the place of former heavyweight Adelaide City.

In the finals series, notably Perth were comprehensively beaten in both legs of the major semi-final, while Adelaide progressed to the minor semi-final in their first ever season, only to be thrashed by Glory, just highlighting the gap between the top two sides and the rest of the league.

The last ever NSL Grand Final was held at Parramatta Stadium, due to Power winning the major semi-final. The Final was attended by a very measly crowd of just over 9,000, and played in thick rain from kick-off. Power's slick passing game was somewhat hurt by the poor conditions, and the game turned into something of a scrap. No goals were scored in 90 minutes of football, so the game went to extra-time where young Glory striker Nik Mrdja slotted to give Glory their fifth National League title and second NSL Championship, while Power finished the season with nothing to show for their quality and dominance.

Regular season edit

League table edit

Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Perth Glory (C) 24 18 3 3 56 22 +34 57 Qualification to Finals series
2 Parramatta Power 24 16 3 5 58 30 +28 51
3 Adelaide United 24 11 7 6 28 25 +3 40
4 Marconi Stallions 24 10 8 6 29 25 +4 38
5 South Melbourne 24 11 4 9 39 21 +18 37
6 Brisbane Strikers 24 9 5 10 28 33 −5 32
7 Northern Spirit 24 9 3 12 31 33 −2 30
8 Sydney Olympic 24 7 8 9 26 31 −5 29
9 Wollongong Wolves 24 8 5 11 34 41 −7 29
10 Sydney United 24 7 8 9 18 25 −7 29
11 Newcastle United 24 6 6 12 18 33 −15 24
12 Melbourne Knights 24 6 5 13 21 41 −20 23
13 Football Kingz 24 4 3 17 25 51 −26 15
Source: ozfootball.net
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored;
(C) Champions

Home and away season edit

Round 1 edit

Wollongong Wolves0 – 1Sydney United
Report Vrkic   19' (Pen)
Attendance: 2,346
Parramatta Power0 – 0South Melbourne FC
Report
Attendance: 1,861
Football Kingz1 – 2Newcastle United
Ngata   74' Report Masi   19'
Wheelhouse   29'
Attendance: 2,304
Referee: D. Rugg
Melbourne Knights1 – 1Marconi Stallions
Pelikan   46' Report Maloney   27'
Attendance: 2,205
Referee: Craig Zetter
Northern Spirit1 – 3Brisbane Strikers
Hutchinson   53' Report Morley   15',   45'
Rose   62'
Attendance: 2,971
Referee: C. Diomis
Sydney Olympic0 – 0Adelaide United
Attendance: 2,370
Referee: James Lewis

Round 2 edit

Newcastle United2 – 1Northern Spirit
Wheelhouse   2' (Pen), 77' (Pen) Report Macallister   28'
Attendance: 4,673
Referee: James Lewis
Brisbane Strikers1 – 1Sydney Olympic
Pilic   53' Report Bakis   63'
Attendance: 2,625
Referee: Mark Shield
Marconi Stallions2 – 1Wollongong Wolves
Maloney   9', 18' Majurovski   73'
Attendance: 1,945
Sydney United2 – 1Football Kingz
Langdon   58',
Zmire   62',
Ozbey   85'		 Report Cunico   73' (OG)
Attendance: 3,169
Referee: Ben Williams
Perth Glory3 – 0Melbourne Knights
Mori   82',
Pondeljak   87',
Caceres   88'		 Report
Attendance: 9,780
Referee: Eddie Lennie
Adelaide United0 – 2Parramatta Power
Report Elrich   5',
Milicic   52'
Attendance: 12,125
Referee: Perry Mur

Round 3 edit

Wollongong Wolves0 – 4South Melbourne FC
Report Coveny   16', 53',
Curcija   78',
Poutakidis   92'
Attendance: 2,005
Referee: Mark Shield
Northern Spirit4 – 0Sydney Olympic
Richter   47',
Ferguson   57',
Macallister   68',
Petrie   81'		 Report
Attendance: 2,819
Parramatta Power4 – 1Football Kingz
Dodd   33', 36', 73',
Elrich   94'		 Report Martin   57'
Attendance: 1,616
Referee: Craig Zetter
Brisbane Strikers0 – 0Perth Glory
Report
Attendance: 3,042
Referee: P. Green
Marconi Stallions1 – 1Newcastle United
Renaud   72',
Costanzo   92'		 Report Middleby   54',
Thomas   72'
Attendance: 2,068
Referee: Eddie Lennie
Melbourne Knights3 – 4Adelaide United
Vasilevski   53',
Marinos   57', 90'		 Report Alagich   45',
Aloisi   62',
Brooks   65',
Veart   83'
Attendance: 1,164
Referee: James Lewis

Round 4 edit

Newcastle United1 – 1Parramatta Power
Ceccoli   28' (o.g.) Report Dodd   45'
Attendance: 3,501
Football Kingz1 – 3Perth Glory
Ngata   64' Report Despotovski   48',
Pondeljak   57',
Mori   67'
Attendance: 1,245
Referee: D. Rugg
Melbourne Knights1 – 2Wollongong Wolves
Pelikan   11' Young   7',
Hawrysiuk   83'
Attendance: 3,100
Referee: Perry Mur
South Melbourne FC0 – 1Brisbane Strikers
Report Brain   47'
Attendance: 7,250
Referee: Eddie Lennie
Sydney Olympic1 – 0Sydney United
Baird   62' Report
Attendance: 4,327
Marconi Stallions2 – 1Northern Spirit
Harris   21',
Spiteri   54'		 Report Petrie   40'
Attendance: 2,255
Referee: A. Nardi

Round 5 edit

Adelaide United1 – 0Brisbane Strikers
Veart   38' Report
Attendance: 15,568
Referee: Craig Zetter
Football Kingz1 – 2Melbourne Knights
Ngata   4' Report Pelikan   26',
Oksuz   72'
Attendance: 1,271
Referee: C. Diomis
Sydney Olympic1 – 2Marconi Stallions
Schirripa   92' Webb   8',
Spiteri   80'
Attendance: 5,199
Referee: P. Green
Sydney United0 – 2Parramatta Power
Report Milicic   15', 92'
Attendance: 3,152
Referee: Mark Shield
South Melbourne4 – 1Newcastle United
Coveny   24' (pen.), 39', 76',
Perosh   56' (o.g.)		 Report Owens   30'
Attendance: 3,750
Referee: D. Rugg
Northern Spirit3 – 5Perth Glory
O'Sullivan   6', 34',
Osman   38'		 Report Pondeljak   11',
Mori   12',
Despotovski   14',
Hassell   43', 48'
Attendance: 2,867

Round 6 edit

Newcastle United2 – 3Adelaide United
Owens   16',
R. Griffiths   61'		 Report Veart   64' (pen.), 78',
Vidmar   73'
Attendance: 3,005
Referee: C. Diomis
Marconi Stallions1 – 2Parramatta Power
Anabalon   46' Report Buonavoglia   33',
Thompson   76'
Attendance: 2,040
Referee: P. Mur
Melbourne Knights0 – 1Northern Spirit
Macallister   2'
Attendance: 2,900
Referee: B. Williams
Sydney Olympic0 – 2Perth Glory
Report Mori   37', 76'
Attendance: 3,383
Referee: S. Pryzdacz
Sydney United0 – 0South Melbourne
Report
Attendance: 2,691
Referee: C. Zetter
Wollongong Wolves1 – 2Football Kingz
Hawrysiuk   2' Hickey   9',
Ngata   48' (pen.)
Attendance: 3,226
Referee: B. Williams

Round 7 edit

Brisbane Strikers2 – 1Newcastle United
Morley   36',
Brownlie   45'		 Report Tsekenis   90'
Attendance: 2,715
Referee: J. Lewis
Parramatta Power6 – 0Perth Glory
Milicic   8', 37', 44',
Buonavoglia   29', 49',
Colosimo   90'		 Report
Attendance: 2,639
Referee: M. Breeze
Sydney Olympic0 – 2Melbourne Knights
Report Pelikan   19', 41'
Attendance: 2,593
Referee: S. Micallef
Adelaide United0 – 0Sydney United
Report
Attendance: 14,413
Referee: A. Nardi
Northern Spirit3 – 0Wollongong Wolves
Petrie   35', 64', 80' Report
Attendance: 2,388
Referee: E. Lennie
South Melbourne2 – 0Marconi Stallions
Boutsianis   62',
Coveny   69'		 Report
Attendance: 5,950
Referee: M. Shield

Round 8 edit

Wollongong Wolves0 – 1Sydney Olympic
Report Cardozo   74' (pen.)
Attendance: 2,251
Referee: C. Diomis
Football Kingz0 – 2Northern Spirits
Report Macallister   55',
Ferguson   68' (pen.)
Attendance: 1,662
Referee: B. Hugo
Parramatta Power4 – 0Melbourne Knights
Kovacic   37' (o.g.),
Milicic   54', 62',
Dodd   78'		 Report
Attendance: 1,683
Referee: P. Green
Marconi Stallions0 – 0Adelaide United
Attendance: 1,820
Referee: C. Zetter
Perth Glory1 – 0South Melbourne
Despotovski   62' (pen.) Report
Attendance: 7,356
Referee: S. Micallef
Sydney United3 – 0Brisbane Strikers
Collina   7',
Doumanis   56' (pen.), 89'
Attendance: 2,756
Referee: M. Breeze

Round 9 edit

Newcastle United0 – 0Sydney United
Report
Attendance: 3,672
Referee: P. Mur
Wollongong Wolves3 – 1Parramatta Power
Arrarte   29',
Hawrysiuk   41', 54'		 Report Ceccoli   33'
Attendance: 2,085
Referee: B. Hugo
Marconi Stallions1 – 0Brisbane Strikers
Carle   68' Report
Attendance: 2,439
Referee: S. Micallef
Sydney Olympic2 – 2Football Kingz
Ishida   10',
Cardozo   36'		 Rowley   3',
Souris   45' (o.g.)
Attendance: 2,398
Referee: B. Williams
Melbourne Knights0 – 5South Melbourne
Report Panopoulos   14',
Trimboli   22', 34',
Coveny   39',
Curcija   89'
Attendance: 6,200
Referee: A. Nardi
Adelaide United1 – 4Perth Glory
Kemp   19' Report Pondeljak   15', 92',
Mori   16',
Despotovski   49'
Attendance: 13,096
Referee: M. Breeze

Round 10 edit

Newcastle United0 – 1Sydney Olympic
Caravella   84'
Attendance: 1,651
Referee: C. Zetter
Brisbane Strikers4 – 2Parramatta Power
Moon   34',
Rose   71', 86',
Morley   90'		 Report Milicic   11',
Rech   58'
Attendance: 2,170
Referee: C. Diomis
Football Kingz3 – 1Marconi Stallions
Tambouras   28',
Martin   65',
Midtsian   78'		 Report Carle   86' (pen.)
Attendance: 1,410
Referee: D. Rugg
Northern Spirit0 – 1Sydney United
Report Šantalab   4'
Attendance: 1,371
Referee: B. Hugo
Wollongong Wolves2 – 1Perth Glory
Young   3',
Nwaogazi   54'		 Report Mori   69'
Attendance: 1,879
Referee: P. Green
South Melbourne2 – 1Adelaide United
Kovacevic   23', 61' Report Veart   70'
Attendance: 8,359
Referee: S. Micallef

Round 11 edit

Adelaide United2 – 2Wollongong Wolves
Valkanis   48',
Saric   81'		 Report Nwaogazi   20',
Blake   90'
Attendance: 9,528
Referee: P. Mur
Newcastle United1 – 0Perth Glory
Masi   82' Report
Attendance: 2,976
Referee: S. Micallef
Parramatta Power3 – 0Northern Spirit
Milicic   19', 47',
Elrich   96'		 Report
Attendance: 3,123
Referee: B. Williams
Brisbane Strikers1 – 0Melbourne Knights
Moon   66' Report
Attendance: 2,354
Referee: S. Pryzdacz
South Melbourne6 – 0Football Kingz
Curcija   3', 57', 72', 85',
Laurie   34',
Tunbridge   90'
Attendance: 5,005
Referee: C. Diomis
Sydney United1 – 1Marconi Stallions
Collina   80' Report Spiteri   53'
Attendance: 4,132
Referee: E. Lennie

Round 12 edit

Wollongong Wolves1 – 1Brisbane Strikers
Nwaogazi   46' Report Brain   13'
Attendance: 2,130
Referee: C. Zetter
Football Kingz1 – 3Adelaide United
Ngata   80' Report Pellegrino   50',
Smeltz   76',
Veart   86'
Attendance: 1,121
Referee: P. Green
Sydney Olympic0 – 1Parramatta Power
Milicic   78'
Attendance: 3,203
Referee: D. Rugg
Melbourne Knights1 – 1Newcastle United
Razov   49' R. Griffiths   58'
Attendance: 2,673
Referee: E. Lennie
Northern Spirit3 – 1South Melbourne
Petrie   45', 56',
Fisher   88'		 Report Curcija   54'
Attendance: 1,859
Referee: A. Nardi
Perth Glory2 – 0Sydney United
Mori   20',
Mrdja   81'		 Report
Attendance: 6,801
Referee: M. Breeze

Round 13 edit

Newcastle United2 – 0Wollongong Wolves
R. Griffiths   6',
Libbesson   91'		 Report
Attendance: 3,513
Referee: S. Przydacz
Adelaide United1 – 0Northern Spirit
Saric   8' Report
Attendance: 9,159
Referee: C. Zetter
Brisbane Strikers1 – 1Football Kingz
McLaren   10' Report Rowley   14'
Attendance: 2,336
Referee: P. Green
Marconi Stallions0 – 2Perth Glory
Report Mori   68',
Despotovski   73'
Attendance: 1,851
Referee: B. Hugo
South Melbourne4 – 2Sydney Olympic
Tunbridge   7',
Poutakidis   25',
Curcija   32',
Boutsianis   78'		 Augerinos   36',
Bakis   62'
Attendance: 4,125
Referee: P. Mur
Sydney United3 – 1Melbourne Knights
Babic   47',
Cunico   56',
Parisi   66'		 Report Vasilevski   83'
Attendance: 1,876
Referee: C. Diomis

Round 14 edit

Newcastle United2 – 0Football Kingz
Johnson   34',
Deans   55'		 Report
Attendance: 1,433
Referee: B. Williams
Brisbane Strikers3 – 1Northern Spirit
Morley   56',
Brownlie   82',
Pilic   87'		 Report Kwasnik   46'
Attendance: 2,137
Referee: A. Nardi
Marconi Stallions0 – 1Melbourne Knights
Report Marinos   92'
Attendance: 1,650
Referee: D. Rugg
Sydney United0 – 1Wollongong Wolves
Report Nwaogazi   47'
Attendance: 3,002
Referee: S. Przydacz
Adelaide United1 – 1Sydney Olympic
Thompson   87' Report Cardozo   62'
Attendance: 11,153
Referee: E. Lennie
South Melbourne2 – 1Parramatta Power
Coveny   34' (pen.), 62' (pen.) Report Rech   15'
Attendance: 10,005
Referee: B. Hugo

Round 15 edit

Football Kingz0 – 1Sydney United
Report Haliti   45'
Attendance: 1,054
Referee: J. Lewis
Wollongong Wolves3 – 3Marconi Stallions
Young   2', 68',
Nwaogazi   81'		 Report Carle   45',
Maloney   52',
Brosque   77'
Attendance: 2,302
Referee: S. Micallef
Parramatta Power1 – 2Adelaide United
Petrovski   44' Report Aloisi   10',
Veart   18'
Attendance: 1,967
Referee: A. Nardi
Sydney Olympic1 – 1Brisbane Strikers
Bakis   53' Pilic   12'
Attendance: 2,690
Referee: C. Diomis
Melbourne Knights0 – 2Perth Glory
Report Mrdja   32', 74'
Attendance: 3,693
Referee: M. Shield
Northern Spirit1 – 1Newcastle United
Thomas   62' (o.g.) Report Masi   34'
Attendance: 1,935
Referee: E. Lennie

Round 16 edit

Perth Glory6 – 1Brisbane Strikers
Despotovski   26',
Byrnes   45',
Hassell   55',
Caceres   74',
Pondeljak   76',
Mrdja   84'		 Report Brownlie   55' (pen.)
Attendance: 12,142
Referee: E. Lennie
South Melbourne2 – 3Wollongong Wolves
Boutsianis   67',
Coveny   81'		 Report Arrarte   13',
Nwaogazi   76',
Balabanel   90'
Attendance: 6,780
Referee: B. Williams
Sydney Olympic1 – 0Northern Spirit
Baird   47' (pen.) Report
Attendance: 2,484
Referee: M. Shield
Football Kingz1 – 2Parramatta Power
Schjerven   34' Report Gumprecht   20',
Rech   62'
Attendance: 1,176
Referee: C. Zetter
Newcastle United0 – 1Marconi Stallions
Report Maloney   29'
Attendance: 3,084
Referee: B. Hugo
Adelaide United2 – 1Melbourne Knights
Veart   15',
Terminello   31'		 Report Trajanovski   4'
Attendance: 13,032
Referee: S. Micallef

Round 17 edit

Parramatta Power4 – 0Newcastle United
Dodd   57',
Petrovski   62', 84',
Milicic   71'
Attendance: 2,736
Referee: B. Williams
Brisbane Strikers1 – 0South Melbourne
Grierson   79'
Attendance: 3,417
Referee: M. Shield
Perth Glory4 – 0Football Kingz
Murphy   29',
Faria   56',
Mrdja   62', 78'
Attendance: 9,856
Referee: C. Diomis
Sydney United0 – 0Sydney Olympic
Attendance: 3,462
Referee: M. Breeze
Wollongong Wolves1 – 1Melbourne Knights
Young   50' (pen.) Trajanovski   66'
Attendance: 3,211
Referee: N. Rice
Northern Spirit0 – 0Marconi Stallions
Attendance: 2,115
Referee: S. Przydacz

Round 18 edit

Newcastle United0 – 1South Melbourne
Curcija   7'
Attendance: 1,231
Referee: P. Green
Parramatta Power5 – 1Sydney United
Milicic   8',
Pantelis   28', 33',
Zorbas   40',
Doumanis   92' (o.g.)		 B. Šantalab   67'
Attendance: 3,105
Referee: M. Breeze
Melbourne Knights1 – 0Football Kingz
Marth   45'
Attendance: 1,516
Referee: C. Zetter
Brisbane Strikers1 – 0Adelaide United
Morley   10'
Attendance: 3,298
Referee: P. Mur
Perth Glory3 – 2Northern Spirit
Murphy   9',
Pondeljak   42',
Despotovski   85'		 Richter   25',
Tomasevic   92'
Attendance: 7,996
Referee: E. Lennie
Marconi Stallions1 – 0Sydney Olympic
Carle   79' (pen.)
Attendance: 2,433
Referee: C. Diomis

Round 19 edit

Perth Glory2 – 0Sydney Olympic
Murphy   76', 84'
Attendance: 9,005
Referee: A. Nardi
Football Kingz1 – 1Wollongong Wolves
Martin   13' Dragas   76'
Attendance: 1,175
Referee: D. Rugg
Northern Spirit2 – 0Melbourne Knights
Hutchinson   21',
Milligan   58'
Attendance: 1,496
Referee: J. Lewis
Adelaide United0 – 0Newcastle United
Attendance: 14,280
Referee: P. Green
South Melbourne1 – 0Sydney United
Coveny   65' (pen.)
Attendance: 5,750
Referee: E. Lennie
Parramatta Power2 – 2Marconi Stallions
Milicic   4',
Rech   76'		 Brosque   46',
Spiteri   81'
Attendance: 2,234
Referee: M. Breeze

Round 20 edit

Newcastle United1 – 0Brisbane Strikers
Wheelhouse   20'
Attendance: 2,181
Referee: P. Green
Wollongong Wolves4 – 1Northern Spirit
Hughes   35',
Young   38', 65',
Nwaogazi   64'		 Richter   84'
Attendance: 2,855
Referee: J. Lewis
Perth Glory4 – 1Parramatta Power
Mrdja   18', 52',
Despotovski   27' (pen.),
Caceres   90'		 Sekulovski   74'
Attendance: 12,624
Referee: E. Lennie
Sydney United1 – 1Adelaide United
Šantalab   89' Alagich   76'
Attendance: 2,065
Referee: M. Breeze
Melbourne Knights1 – 1Sydney Olympic
Marth   89' (pen.) Caravella   3'
Attendance: 2,173
Referee: P. Mur
Marconi Stallions1 – 0South Melbourne
Maloney   38'
Attendance: 1,277
Referee: M. Shield

Round 21 edit

Sydney Olympic5 – 2Wollongong Wolves
Caravella   44',
Cardozo   57', 92',
Nikas   63',
Goutzioulis   89'		 Nwaogazi   16',
Majurovski   75'
Attendance: 2,369
Referee: C. Zetter
Melbourne Knights1 – 3Parramatta Power
Oksuz   52' Rech   27', 76', 92'
Attendance: 1,868
Referee: P. Green
South Melbourne0 – 0Perth Glory
Attendance: 11,642
Referee: M. Breeze
Brisbane Strikers2 – 0Sydney United
McCloughan   20',
Pilic   84'
Attendance: 1,617
Referee: M. Shield
Adelaide United1 – 0Marconi Stallions
Veart   3'
Attendance: 13,690
Referee: S. Micallef
Northern Spirit1 – 0Football Kingz
Richter   60'
Attendance: 1,061
Referee: C. Zetter

Round 22 edit

Perth Glory2 – 0Adelaide United
Mori   30', 34'
Attendance: 9,711
Referee: A. Nardi
South Melbourne4 – 0Melbourne Knights
Leijer   23' (o.g.),
Sarkies   41',
Curcija   52',
Tunbridge   90'
Attendance: 8,120
Referee: M. Shield
Football Kingz2 – 4Sydney Olympic
Hickey   51',
Rowley   94'		 Cardozo   8',
Juric   28',
Bojić   58',
Ishida   63'
Attendance: 1,013
Referee: N. Rice
Parramatta Power4 – 3Wollongong Wolves
Milicic   14',
Rech   40',
Petrovski   49',
Gumprecht   63'		 van Blerk   3',
Nwaogazi   23',
Sabljak   42'
Attendance: 2,237
Referee: E. Lennie
Sydney United2 – 0Newcastle United
B. Šantalab   22',
Austin   40'
Attendance: 2,276
Referee: P. Mur
Brisbane Strikers0 – 2Marconi Stallions
Maloney   66',
Carle   87'
Attendance: 2,257
Referee: S. Micallef

Round 23 edit

Adelaide United2 – 0South Melbourne
Budin   6',
Aloisi   31'
Attendance: 12,463
Referee: E. Lennie
Perth Glory2 – 0Wollongong Wolves
Despotovski   33',
Mori   62'
Attendance: 9,233
Referee: M. Shield
Marconi Stallions2 – 1Football Kingz
Gibson   31',
Carle   61'		 Harries   92'
Attendance: 1,740
Referee: B. Williams
Sydney United0 – 0Northern Spirit
Attendance: 1,964
Referee: S. Micallef
Sydney Olympic2 – 0Newcastle United
Cardozo   72', 79'
Attendance: 2,685
Referee: D. Rugg
Parramatta Power3 – 2Brisbane Strikers
Milicic   12', 37',
Pantelis   47'		 Fitzsimmons   56',
Rose   81'
Attendance: 1,873
Referee: M. Breeze

Round 24 edit

Wollongong Wolves0 – 1Adelaide United
Brooks   80'
Attendance: 3,010
Referee: P. Green
Perth Glory2 – 0Newcastle United
Mori   27',
Caceres   85'
Attendance: 8,678
Referee: C. Zetter
Football Kingz2 – 0South Melbourne
Hickey   19',
Ngata   59'
Attendance: 892
Referee: P. O'Leary
Marconi Stallions3 – 0Sydney United
Brosque   23',
Harris   45',
Gibson   66'
Attendance: 2,579
Referee: S. Micallef
Northern Spirit0 – 1Parramatta Power
Petrovski   23'
Attendance: 1,106
Referee: J. Lewis
Melbourne Knights2 – 0Brisbane Strikers
R. Vargas   27',
Oksuz   88'
Attendance: 2,469
Referee: C. Diomis

Round 25 edit

Adelaide United1 – 0Football Kingz
Veart   58'
Attendance: 12,312
Referee: M. Shield
Newcastle United0 – 2Melbourne Knights
Pelikan   64', 75' (pen.)
Attendance: 3,263
Referee: J. Lewis
Parramatta Power3 – 2Sydney Olympic
Rech   4',
Milicic   34',
Thompson   82'		 Caravella   3',
P. Cardozo   43'
Attendance: 2,832
Referee: M. Shield
Brisbane Strikers0 – 1Wollongong Wolves
Nwaogazi   34'
Attendance: 2,824
Referee: E. Lennie
Sydney United2 – 4Perth Glory
Šantalab   69',
Heffernan   78'		 Mrdja   28', 38', 92',
Hassell   70'
Attendance: 3,039
Referee: C. Diomis
South Melbourne1 – 2Northern Spirit
Coveny   71' Kwasnik   52',
Richter   68'
Attendance: 5,250
Referee: B. Williams

Round 26 edit

Perth Glory2 – 2Marconi Stallions
Mori   83',
Mrdja   86'		 Spiteri   21', 76'
Attendance: 10,458
Referee: E. Lennie
Football Kingz4 – 3Brisbane Strikers
Hay   42',
Ngata   45' (pen.), 81' (pen.),
Christie   76'		 McKay   7',
Rose   54',
Fitzsimmons   57'
Attendance: 950
Referee: D. Rugg
Northern Spirit2 – 1Adelaide United
Kwasnik   27', 69' Vidmar   45'
Attendance: 2,009
Referee: M. Breeze
Sydney Olympic0 – 0South Melbourne
Attendance: 3,682
Referee: S. Micallef
Melbourne Knights0 – 0Sydney United
Attendance: 8,423
Referee: A. Nardi
Wollongong Wolves3 – 0Newcastle United
Nwaogazi   10',
Young   19',
Sabljak   83'
Attendance: 3,531
Referee: P. Green

Finals edit

Bracket edit

Elimination Final 1 (3rd v 6th) edit

Adelaide United3–0Brisbane Strikers
Veart   31'
Agius   67'
Brooks   92'		 (Report)
Attendance: 16,258
Referee: Williams
Brisbane Strikers4–1Adelaide United
Moon   45'
Rose   58'
Brain   82'
Grierson   87'		 (Report) Veart   65'
Attendance: 2,790
Referee: Breeze
  • Adelaide United progress on away goals rule (4–4 on aggregate)

Elimination Final 2 (4th v 5th) edit

Marconi Stallions0–0South Melbourne
(Report)
Attendance: 2,127
Referee: Lennie
South Melbourne2–0Marconi Stallions
Curcija   20', 60' (Report)
Attendance: 6,063
Referee: Shield
  • South Melbourne progress 2–0 on aggregate

Major semi Final (1st v 2nd) edit

Parramatta Power4–2Perth Glory
Ceccoli   9'
Petrovski   41'
Zorbas   45'
Milicic   75'		 (Report) Despotovski   46'
Harnwell   56'
Attendance: 6,059
Referee: Micallef
Perth Glory0–2Parramatta Power
(Report Elrich   15'
Petrovski   65'
Attendance: 14,023
Referee: Breeze
  • Parramatta Power progress 6–2 on aggregate

Minor semi Final edit

Adelaide United2–1 (a.e.t.)South Melbourne
Aloisi   71'
Alagich   105'  (pen.)		 (Report Curcija   12'
Attendance: 16,558
Referee: Micallef

Preliminary Final edit

Perth Glory5–0Adelaide United
Despotovski   10', 81'
Mori   51', 69'
Mrdja   88'		 (Report)
Attendance: 17,524
Referee: Shield

Grand Final edit

Main article: 2004 National Soccer League Grand Final
Parramatta Power0 – 1 (a.e.t.)Perth Glory
(Report) Mrdja   98'
Attendance: 9,630
Referee: Mark Shield
PARRAMATTA POWER:
GK 1   Clint Bolton
DF 3   Alvin Ceccoli (c)
DF 4   Simon Colosimo
DF 5   Michael Beauchamp
FW 7   Travis Dodd
MF 8   Andre Gumprecht   86'
FW 9   Ante Milicic   68'
DF 13   Paul O'Grady
FW 14   Sasho Petrovski
FW 21   Ahmad Elrich
MF 22   Peter Zorbas   97'
Substitutes:
GK 20   Daniel Beltrame
MF 6   Matt Thompson   97'
MF 10   Fernando Rech   68'
MF 11   Lucas Pantelis
DF 16   Jacek Sobczyk
Manager:
  Nick Theodorakopoulos


Joe Marston Medal:   Ahmad Elrich

Assistant Referees:
Fourth Official:

PERTH GLORY:
GK 1   Jason Petkovic
DF 3   Matthew Bingley
DF 5   Shaun Murphy (c)
FW 10   Bobby Despotovski   82'
MF 11   Jade North
DF 12   Mark Byrnes   62'
MF 15   Tom Pondeljak
FW 16   Damian Mori
DF 19   Jamie Harnwell
FW 21   Adrian Caceres
DF 24   Jamie Coyne   95'
Substitutes:
GK 20   Vince Matassa
MF 4   Bradley Hassell   95'
MF 6   Wayne Srhoj
MF 8   Anthony Danze
FW 9   Nik Mrdja   82'
Manager:
  Mich d'Avray

Individual awards edit

References edit

  1. ^ "Golden goal earns Perth NSL glory". abc.net.au. Retrieved 15 February 2024.

External links edit

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