2001–02 National Soccer League

The National Soccer League 2001–02 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.

Table

Pos	Club	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	Pts
1	Perth Glory	24	16	7	1	52	23	55
2	Newcastle United	24	10	12	2	33	21	42
3	Sydney Olympic	24	12	4	8	37	24	40
4	Brisbane Strikers	24	10	7	7	40	34	37
5	South Melbourne	24	10	6	8	30	22	36
6	Melbourne Knights	24	11	3	10	41	40	36
7	Parramatta Power	24	10	4	10	34	30	34
8	Northern Spirit	24	9	7	8	36	39	34
9	Marconi Fairfield	24	8	6	10	33	36	30
10	Wollongong Wolves	24	6	7	11	28	43	25
11	Sydney United	24	6	6	12	27	37	24
12	Adelaide City	24	4	8	12	27	39	20
13	Auckland Kingz	24	3	5	16	28	58	14

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	Perth Glory	0 – 1	Olympic Sharks	Subiaco Oval, Perth Attendance: 42,735 Referee: Shield
		(Report)	Milicic  48'

Individual awards

• Player of the Year: Fernando Rech (Brisbane Strikers)
• U-21 Player of the Year: Joseph Schirripa (Newcastle United)
• Top Scorer(s): Damian Mori (Perth Glory – 17 goals)
• Coach of the Year: Ian Crook (Newcastle United)

References

• OzFootball Archives - 2001-02 NSL Season