2003–04 Perth Glory SC season

Perth Glory

2003–04 season

Owner

Nick Tana

Head coach

Mich d'Avray

Stadium

Members Equity Stadium
Arena Joondalup
Subiaco Oval

National Soccer League

Premier (1st)

Finals series

Champion

Top goalscorer

League: Damian Mori (14)^[1]
All: Damian Mori (16)^[1]

Highest home attendance

12,624 (regular season)
17,524 (finals)

Lowest home attendance

6,801

Home colours

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The 2003–04 Perth Glory SC season was the club's eighth season since its establishment in 1996, and its final season in the National Soccer League (NSL). Perth Glory finished top of the league and were crowned champions after defeating Parramatta Power in the 2004 NSL Grand Final.

First-team squad

Squad at end of season

Final standings


Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Perth Glory !Perth Glory (C)	24	18	3	3	56	22	+34	57	2003–04 National Soccer League Champions
2	Parramatta Power !Parramatta Power	24	16	3	5	58	30	+28	51	2004 National Soccer League Elimination Finals
3	Adelaide United !Adelaide United	24	11	7	6	28	25	+3	40
4	Marconi Stallions !Marconi Stallions	24	10	8	6	29	25	+4	38
5	South Melbourne !South Melbourne	24	11	4	9	39	21	+18	37
6	Brisbane Strikers !Brisbane Strikers	24	9	5	10	28	33	−5	32
7	Northern Spirit !Northern Spirit	24	9	3	12	31	33	−2	30
8	Sydney Olympic !Sydney Olympic	24	7	8	9	26	31	−5	29
9	Wollongong Wolves !Wollongong Wolves	24	8	5	11	34	41	−7	29
10	Sydney United !Sydney United	24	7	8	9	18	25	−7	29
11	Newcastle Jets !Newcastle Jets	24	6	6	12	18	33	−15	24
12	Melbourne Knights !Melbourne Knights	24	6	5	13	21	41	−20	23
13	Football Kingz !Football Kingz	24	4	3	17	25	51	−26	15

Updated to games played on 29 February 2004
Source: ozfootball.net
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.

Home and away season

28 September 2003 Round 2	Perth Glory	3 – 0	Melbourne Knights	Arena Joondalup
	Mori 82', Pondeljak 87', Caceres 88'	Report		Attendance: 9,780 Referee: Eddie Lennie

4 October 2003 Round 3	Brisbane Strikers	0 – 0	Perth Glory	Perry Park
		Report		Attendance: 3,042 Referee: Peter Green

12 October 2003 Round 4	Football Kingz	1 – 3	Perth Glory	Ericsson Stadium
	Ngata 64'	Report	Despotovski 48', Pondeljak 57', Mori 67'	Attendance: 1,245 Referee: D. Rugg

19 October 2003 Round 5	Northern Spirit	3 – 5	Perth Glory	Pittwater Park
	O'Sullivan 6', 34', Osman 38'	Report	Pondeljak 11', Mori 12', Despotovski 14', Hassell 43', 48'	Attendance: 2,867 Referee: Matthew Breeze

26 October 2003 Round 6	Sydney Olympic	0 – 2	Perth Glory	OKI Jubilee Stadium
		Report	Mori 37', 76'	Attendance: 3,383 Referee: S. Pryzdacz

2 November 2003 Round 7	Parramatta Power	6 – 0	Perth Glory	Parramatta Stadium
	Milicic 8', 37', 44', Buonavoglia 29', 49', Colosimo 90'	Report		Attendance: 2,639 Referee: Matthew Breeze

9 November 2003 Round 8	Perth Glory	1 – 0	South Melbourne	Arena Joondalup
	Despotovski 62' (pen.)	Report		Attendance: 7,356 Referee: S. Micallef

16 November 2003 Round 9	Adelaide United	1 – 4	Perth Glory	Hindmarsh Stadium
	Kemp 19'	Report	Pondeljak 15', 92', Mori 16', Despotovski 49'	Attendance: 13,096 Referee: Matthew Breeze

23 November 2003 Round 10	Wollongong Wolves	2 – 1	Perth Glory	WIN Stadium
	Young 3', Nwaogazi 54'	Report	Mori 69'	Attendance: 1,879 Referee: Peter Green

28 November 2003 Round 11	Newcastle United	1 – 0	Perth Glory	Energy Australia Stadium
	Masi 82'	Report		Attendance: 2,976 Referee: S. Micallef

2 February 2004 Round 12	Perth Glory	2 – 0	Sydney United	Perth
	Mori 20', Mrdja 81'	Report		Stadium: Members Equity Stadium Attendance: 6,801 Referee: Matthew Breeze

10 December 2003 Round 13	Marconi Stallions	0 – 2	Perth Glory	Marconi Stadium
		Report	Mori 68', Despotovski 73'	Attendance: 1,851 Referee: B. Hugo

21 December 2003 Round 15	Melbourne Knights	0 – 2	Perth Glory	Knights Stadium
		Report	Mrdja 32', 74'	Attendance: 3,693 Referee: Mark Shield

27 December 2003 Round 16	Perth Glory	6 – 1	Brisbane Strikers	Perth
	Despotovski 26', Byrnes 45', Hassell 55', Caceres 74', Pondeljak 76', Mrdja 84'	Report	Brownlie 55' (pen.)	Stadium: Members Equity Stadium Attendance: 12,142 Referee: Eddie Lennie

3 January 2004 Round 17	Perth Glory	4 – 0	Football Kingz	Perth
	Murphy 29', Faria 56', Mrdja 62', 78'			Stadium: Members Equity Stadium Attendance: 9,856 Referee: C. Diomis

21 January 2004 Round 18	Perth Glory	3 – 2	Northern Spirit	Perth
	Murphy 9', Pondeljak 42', Despotovski 85'		Richter 25', Tomasevic 92'	Stadium: Members Equity Stadium Attendance: 7,996 Referee: Eddie Lennie

10 January 2004 Round 19	Perth Glory	2 – 0	Sydney Olympic	Perth
	Murphy 76', 84'			Stadium: Members Equity Stadium Attendance: 9,005 Referee: A. Nardi

17 January 2004 Round 20	Perth Glory	4 – 1	Parramatta Power	Perth
	Mrdja 18', 52', Despotovski 27' (pen.), Caceres 90'		Sekulovski 74'	Stadium: Members Equity Stadium Attendance: 12,624 Referee: Eddie Lennie

26 January 2004 Round 21	South Melbourne	0 – 0	Perth Glory	Bob Jane Stadium
				Attendance: 11,642 Referee: Matthew Breeze

31 January 2004 Round 22	Perth Glory	2 – 0	Adelaide United	Perth
	Mori 30', 34'			Stadium: Members Equity Stadium Attendance: 9,711 Referee: A. Nardi

7 February 2004 Round 23	Perth Glory	2 – 0	Wollongong Wolves	Perth
	Despotovski 33', Mori 62'			Stadium: Members Equity Stadium Attendance: 9,233 Referee: Mark Shield

14 February 2004 Round 24	Perth Glory	2 – 0	Newcastle United	Perth
	Mori 27', Caceres 85'			Stadium: Members Equity Stadium Attendance: 8,678 Referee: C. Zetter

22 February 2004 Round 25	Sydney United	2 – 4	Perth Glory	Sydney United Sports Centre
	Santalab 69', Heffernan 78'		Mrdja 28', 38', 92', Hassell 70'	Attendance: 3,039 Referee: C. Diomis

8 February 2004 Round 26	Perth Glory	2 – 2	Marconi Stallions	Perth
	Mori 83', Mrdja 86'		Spiteri 21', 76'	Stadium: Members Equity Stadium Attendance: 10,458 Referee: Eddie Lennie

Finals

13 March 2004 Major Semi Final, 1st Leg	Parramatta Power	4–2	Perth Glory	Parramatta Stadium, Sydney
	Ceccoli 9' Petrovski 41' Zorbas 45' Milicic 75'	Report)	Despotovski 46' Harnwell 56'	Attendance: 6,059 Referee: Micallef

20 March 2004 Major Semi Final, 2nd Leg	Perth Glory	0–2 (2–6 agg.)	Parramatta Power	Perth
		Report	Elrich 15' Petrovski 65'	Stadium: Members Equity Stadium Attendance: 14,023 Referee: Matthew Breeze

28 March 2004 Preliminary Final	Perth Glory	5–0	Adelaide United	Perth
	Despotovski 10', 81' Mori 51', 69' Mrdja 88'	Report		Stadium: Subiaco Oval Attendance: 17,524 Referee: Mark Shield

4 April 2004 2004 NSL Grand Final	Parramatta Power	0 – 1 (aet)	Perth Glory	Sydney
15:00 AEST		Report	Mrdja 98'	Stadium: Parramatta Stadium Attendance: 9,630 Referee: Mark Shield Man of the Match: Ahmad Elrich

References

1 2 "2003/2004 Season Top Scorers". OzFootball. Retrieved 27 January 2014.

Perth Glory FC

Youth Women's

Club	History Players Managers Records Seasons Player awards

Grounds	Perth Oval

Seasons (19)	Seasons Summary 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–00 2000-01 2001-02 2002-03 2003-04 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16

Head coaches	Marocchi (1996–99) Stange (1999–2001) d'Avray (2001–04) McMahon (2005) Smith (2006–07) Mitchell (2007–10) Ferguson (2010–2013) Edwards (2013) Lowe (2013–)

Captains	Naven (1996–2002) Murphy (2003–2004) Harnwell (2005–07) Colosimo (2007–08) Coyne (2008–09) Burns (2009–14) Thwaite (2014–15) Garcia (2015–)

Rivalries	Long Distance Derby Cup Iron Ore Cup

2003–04 in Australian soccer

« 2002–03 2004–05 »

Domestic leagues	National Soccer League (Final) National Youth League

Club seasons

NSL	Adelaide United Brisbane Strikers Football Kingz Marconi Stallions Melbourne Knights Newcastle United Northern Spirit Parramatta Power Perth Glory South Melbourne Sydney Olympic Sydney United Wollongong Wolves

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