2001–02 National Soccer League

NSL 2001-02
League National Soccer League
Sport Association football
Duration 2001-2002
Number of teams 13
NSL season
Champions Sydney Olympic
Top scorer Damian Mori (17)

The 2001–02 National Soccer League season, was the 26th season of the National Soccer League in Australia. Prior to the start of the season, Canberra Cosmos and Eastern Pride were removed from the competition, reducing the league to 13 teams. The league premiership was won by Perth Glory and the championship won by Olympic Sharks.

Regular season

Pos
 Team Pld
 W
 D
 L
 GF
 GA
 GD
 Pts
Qualification or relegation
1 Perth Glory 24 16 7 1 52 23+29 55 2002 National Soccer League Finals
2 Newcastle Jets 24 10 12 2 33 21+12 42
3 Sydney Olympic (C) 24 12 4 8 37 24+13 40 2001–02 National Soccer League Champions
4 Brisbane Strikers 24 10 7 7 40 34+6 37 2002 National Soccer League Finals
5 South Melbourne 24 10 6 8 30 22+8 36
6 Melbourne Knights 24 11 3 10 41 40+1 36
7 Parramatta Power 24 10 4 10 34 30+4 34
8 Northern Spirit 24 9 7 8 36 39−3 34
9 Marconi Fairfield 24 8 6 10 33 36−3 30
10 Wollongong Wolves 24 6 7 11 28 43−15 25
11 Sydney United 24 6 6 12 27 37−10 24
12 Adelaide City 24 4 8 12 27 39−12 20
13 Auckland Kingz 24 3 5 16 28 58−30 14

Updated to games played on 7 April 2002
Source: rsssf.com
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.

Finals

Elimination Final 1

Leg Home team Score Away team Venue Attendance Date
1 South Melbourne 2-0 Brisbane Strikers Bob Jane Stadium 8,450 14 April 2002
2 Brisbane Strikers 1-2 South Melbourne Ballymore 5,391 21 April 2002

Elimination Final 2

Leg Home team Score Away team Venue Attendance Date
1 Melbourne Knights 0-0 Olympic Sharks Knights Stadium 3,421 14 April 2002
2 Olympic Sharks 6-2 Melbourne Knights Toyota Park 5,850 21 April 2002

Major Semi Final

Leg Home team Score Away team Venue Attendance Date
1 Perth Glory 4-1 Newcastle United Subiaco Oval 31,963 20 April 2002
2 Newcastle United 2-0 Perth Glory Energy Australia Stadium 17,503 26 April 2002

Minor Semi Final

Home team Score Away team Venue Attendance Date
Olympic Sharks 2-1 South Melbourne Marconi Stadium 6,341 28 April 2002

Preliminary Final

Home team Score Away team Venue Attendance Date
Newcastle United 0-1 Olympic Sharks Energy Australia Stadium 17,708 5 May 2002

Grand final

12 May 2002
13:00 AWST
Perth Glory 0 – 1 Olympic Sharks
(report) Miličić  48'
Subiaco Oval, Perth
Attendance: 42,735
Referee: Mark Shield
PERTH GLORY:
GK 1 Australia Jason Petkovic
MF 2 Australia Matt Horsley
DF 3Australia Jamie Harnwell
MF 7Australia Scott Miller
FW 10Australia Bobby Despotovski (c)  15'
MF 12Australia Bradley Hassell  69'
MF 15Brazil Edgar Aldrighi
FW 16Australia Damian Mori
MF 17Australia Gary Faria  69'
DF 18 Australia Shane Pryce
DF 23Australia David Tarka
Substitutes:
GK 30 Australia Vince Matassa
DF 5Australia Craig Deans
DF 6England Gareth Naven
FW 9Australia Alistair Edwards  69'
FW 26Australia Nik Mrdja  69'
Manager:
South Africa Mich d'Avray
OLYMPIC SHARKS:
GK 1 Australia Clint Bolton
DF 4 Australia Paul Kohler
MF 6 Australia Wayne Srhoj  45+1'  69'
DF 7Australia Lindsay Wilson
MF 8Australia Tom Pondeljak
MF 11Australia Jade North
MF 14 Australia Greg Owens  88'
FW 16Australia Jeromy Harris  81'
FW 19Australia Ante Milicic
DF 23 Australia Andrew Packer
DF 28 Australia Ante Jurić (c)
Substitutes:
GK 30Australia Brett Hughes
DF 2 Australia Stephen Laybutt  88'
FW 9Australia Dylan Macallister  69'
FW 12Australia Elias Augerinos
MF 27Japan Hiroyuki Ishida  81'
Manager:
Australia Gary Phillips
Joe Marston Medal:
Australia Ante Milicic

Individual awards

References

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