Australia - List of Final Tables (original) (raw)

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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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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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