- National Soccer League 1991-92
Statistics of
National Soccer League in season1991 /1992 .Overview
The 1991/92
National Soccer League season saw fourteen teams compete withAdelaide City winning the championship after defeatingMelbourne Croatia in the grand final on apenalty shootout 4-2 after the scores were locked at 0-0 after full time andextra time atOlympic Park ,Melbourne in front of 15,463 fans.Melbourne Croatia were namedpremiers after finishing the home-and-away season on top of the table one point clear ahead ofSydney Olympic .This was the only season future socceroos
goalkeeper Mark Bosnich andstriker Paul Agostino would compete in theNational Soccer League . Bosnich, signed fromManchester United , would make five appearances for his junior clubSydney Croatia before heading back toEngland to play forAston Villa [citeweb|url=http://www.ozfootball.net/ark/Players/B/BOS.html|title=Australian Player Database |publisher= ozfootball.net |accessdate=2008-08-26] and Agostino, at age sixteen, would make seventeen appearances and score six goals with West Adelaide before heading toSwitzerland to play forBSC Young Boys . [citeweb|url=http://www.ozfootball.net/ark/Players/A/AG.html|title=Australian Player Database |publisher= ozfootball.net |accessdate=2008-08-26] Other significant signings included former Hong Kong internationalstriker Tim Bredbury signing withSydney Olympic who would finish the season joint top goal scorer with fifteen goals. This would be the final season in theNational Soccer League forA.P.I.A. Leichhardt as they fell into financial troubles and went down to the NSW Super League in 1993. [citeweb|url=http://www.ozfootball.net/ark/States/NSW/1993/1993SLT.html|title=1993 NSW Super League final table |publisher= ozfootball.net |accessdate=2008-08-25] [citeweb|url=http://www.ozfootball.net/ark/NSL/9192/NSLTable.html|title=1991-92 Season Final Table|publisher= ozfootball.net |accessdate=2008-08-25]Regular season
Championship playoff
Elimination final
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Adelaide City 1-0 Wollongong CityQualifying final
*Sydney Olympic 0-2 South Melbourne
Minor semi final
*Sydney Olympic 1-2
Adelaide City Major semi final
*South Melbourne 0-0 (pen 3-5) Melbourne Croatia
Preliminary final
*South Melbourne 0-2
Adelaide City Grand final
*Melbourne Croatia 0-0 (pen 2-4)
Adelaide City Individual Awards
*Player of the Year:
Josip Biskic (Melbourne Croatia )
*U-21 Player of the Year:Kevin Muscat (Heidelberg United )
*Top Scorer(s):Tim Bredbury (Sydney Olympic ) andKimon Taliadoros (South Melbourne ) – 15 goals
*Coach of the Year:David Ratcliffe (Wollongong City)External Links
* [http://www.rsssf.com/tablesa/aushist.html Australia - List of final tables (RSSSF)]
* [http://www.ozfootball.net/ark/NSL/9192/NSL.html All scores and match details of 1991/92 NSL season (ozfootball.net)]
* [http://www.ozfootball.net/ark/NSL/9192/NSLTable.html 1991/92 final season table including notes (ozfootball.net)]References
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