2002–03 National Soccer League

NSL 2002-03
League	National Soccer League
Sport	Association football
Duration	2002-2003
Number of teams	13
NSL season
Champions	Perth Glory
Top scorer	Damian Mori (24)

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.

Teams

Team	Home city	Home ground
Adelaide Force	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

League standings


Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Sydney Olympic !Sydney Olympic	24	16	3	5	51	28	+23	51	2003 National Soccer League Championship Playoff
2	Perth Glory !Perth Glory	24	16	2	6	48	22	+26	50
3	Parramatta Power !Parramatta Power	24	12	4	8	51	27	+24	40
4	Newcastle Jets !Newcastle Jets	24	10	7	7	37	25	+12	37
5	Adelaide City !Adelaide City	24	11	4	9	40	34	+6	37
6	Northern Spirit !Northern Spirit	24	11	3	10	37	44	−7	36
7	South Melbourne !South Melbourne	24	10	5	9	36	37	−1	35
8	Sydney United !Sydney United	24	7	6	11	23	31	−8	27
9	Melbourne Knights !Melbourne Knights	24	7	6	11	38	52	−14	27
10	Brisbane Strikers !Brisbane Strikers	24	7	5	12	38	45	−7	26
11	Football Kingz !Football Kingz	24	6	6	12	26	45	−19	24
12	Marconi Fairfield !Marconi Fairfield	24	6	5	13	25	42	−17	23
13	Wollongong Wolves !Wollongong Wolves	24	5	8	11	25	43	−18	23

Updated to games played on 16 March 2003
Source: Soccer Australia
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.

Championship Playoff


Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Perth Glory !Perth Glory (C)	10	8	0	2	27	7	+20	027¹	2002–03 National Soccer League Champions
2	Sydney Olympic !Sydney Olympic	10	4	1	5	17	14	+3	019²	2003 National Soccer League Grand Final
3	Adelaide City !Adelaide City (R)	10	5	2	3	19	14	+5	17	Joined the 2003 SASF Premier League³
4	Parramatta Power !Parramatta Power	10	3	4	3	16	21	−5	13
5	Northern Spirit !Northern Spirit	9	2	2	5	7	22	−15	8
6	Newcastle Jets !Newcastle Jets	9	2	1	6	9	17	−8	7

Updated to games played on 25 May 2003
Source: Soccer Australia
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.

^NBThe final round match between Northern Spirit and Newcastle Jets was not played, as neither team could progress.
¹ Awarded 3 bonus points, due to regular season position.
² Awarded 6 bonus points, due to regular season position.
³ Adelaide City was not forcibly relegated, but voluntarily left the League due to financial difficulties.^[1]

Grand Final

Perth Glory v Olympic Sharks

1 June 2003
13:00 AWST

Perth Glory	2 – 0	Olympic Sharks
Harnwell 29' Mori 87'	(Report)

Subiaco Oval, Perth
Attendance: 38,111
Referee: Mark Shield


PERTH GLORY:
GK	1	Jason Petkovic
MF	2	Matt Horsley
DF	3	Jamie Harnwell
MF	4	Bradley Hassell		60'
MF	6	Andre Gumprecht
MF	7	Scott Miller
FW	10	Bobby Despotovski (c)		87'
FW	16	Damian Mori		89'
DF	18	Shane Pryce
DF	22	Simon Colosimo
DF	23	David Tarka	40'
Substitutes:
GK	20	Vince Matassa
FW	9	Nik Mrdja		89'
DF	12	Mark Byrnes		60'
MF	15	Edgar Aldrighi		87'
FW	21	Adrian Caceres
Manager:
Mich d'Avray
Joe Marston Medal:
Simon Colosimo


OLYMPIC SHARKS:
GK	1	Clint Bolton
DF	4	Paul Kohler			80'
DF	6	Ante Jurić (c)
MF	8	Tom Pondeljak
FW	9	Ante Milicic
MF	10	Troy Halpin
MF	11	Jade North
FW	17	Jeromy Harris			76'
FW	18	Joel Porter	58'		80'
DF	23	Andrew Packer
MF	27	Hiroyuki Ishida
Substitutes:
GK	20	Brett Hughes
MF	7	Wayne Srhoj			80'
FW	12	Franco Parisi			80'
MF	14	Greg Owens		76'
DF	24	Andrew Durante
Manager:
Lee Sterrey

References

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

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