1997–98 National Soccer League

NSL 1996-97
League National Soccer League
Sport Association football
Duration 1997-98
Number of teams 14
NSL season
Champions South Melbourne
Top scorer Damian Mori (19)

The 1997–98 National Soccer League season, was the 22nd season of the National Soccer League in Australia.

Overview

It was performed in 14 teams, and South Melbourne won the championship.

Regular season

Pos
Team Pld
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
Pts
Qualification or relegation
1 South Melbourne (C) 26 13 9 4 56 41+15 48 1997-98 National Soccer League Champions
2 Carlton SC 26 12 9 5 44 24+20 45 1998 National Soccer League Finals
3 Adelaide City 26 13 4 9 45 30+15 43
4 Sydney United 26 11 10 5 37 26+11 43
5 Marconi Stallions 26 12 7 7 33 25+8 43
6 Wollongong Wolves 26 13 3 10 51 33+18 42
7 Melbourne Knights 26 11 6 9 37 35+2 39
8 Perth Glory 26 10 6 10 35 405 36
9 Sydney Olympic 26 10 5 11 37 436 35
10 West Adelaide 26 10 4 12 32 386 34
11 Gippsland Falcons 26 8 7 11 28 368 31
12 Brisbane Strikers 26 6 5 15 23 4017 23
13 Newcastle Breakers 26 4 9 13 30 5020 21
14 Canberra Cosmos 26 3 8 15 29 5627 17

Source: rsssf.com
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.

Finals

Grand Final

16 May 1998
20:00 AEST
South Melbourne 2 1 Carlton SC
Anastasiadis  9'
Boutsianis  87'
(report) Stergiopoulos  78'
Olympic Park Stadium, Melbourne
Attendance: 16,000
Referee: Eugene Brazzale
SOUTH MELBOURNE:
GK 1Australia Michael Petkovic
MF 2Australia Steve Iosifidis
DF 3Australia Fausto De Amicis
DF 5Australia Con Blatsis
MF 6Australia David Clarkson
MF 7Australia Steve Panopoulos
FW 9Australia Paul Trimboli (c)
MF 11Australia Bill Damianos
MF 15Australia Goran Lozanovski  74'
DF 16Australia Tansel Başer
FW 17Australia John Anastasiadis  85'
Substitutes:
FW 8New Zealand Vaughan Coveny  74'
FW 10Australia Michael Curcija
MF 12Australia Con Boutsianis  85'
MF 19 Australia George Goutzioulis
Manager:
Australia Ange Postecoglou
Joe Marston Medal:
Australia Fausto De Amicis
CARLTON SC:
GK 1 Australia Dean Anastasiadis
DF 2 Australia Rob Trajkovski
DF 5New Zealand Sean Douglas (c)
MF 7Australia Krešimir Marušić
MF 10 Australia Lupo Lapsansky
FW 11Australia Andrew Vlahos  65'
DF 12Australia Simon Colosimo
FW14Australia John Markovski
DF 15Australia David Cervinski  78'
MF 17New Zealand Mark Atkinson
MF 23Australia Mark Bresciano
Substitutes:
MF 3Australia Marcus Stergiopoulos  78'
FW 9 Australia Alex Josifovski
DF 18Australia David Della Rocca
FW 25Australia Adrian Cervinski  65'
Manager:
Australia Eddie Krnčević

References

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