- 2002–03 National Soccer League
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The National Soccer League 2002-03 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.
Contents
Regular season table
Pos Club P W D L GF GA Pts 1 Sydney Olympic 24 16 3 5 51 28 51 2 Perth Glory 24 16 2 6 48 22 50 3 Parramatta Power 24 12 4 8 51 27 40 4 Newcastle United 24 10 7 7 37 25 37 5 Adelaide City 24 11 4 9 40 34 37 6 Northern Spirit 24 11 3 10 37 44 36 7 South Melbourne 24 10 5 9 36 37 35 8 Sydney United 24 7 6 11 23 31 27 9 Melbourne Knights 24 7 6 11 38 52 27 10 Brisbane Strikers 24 7 5 12 38 45 26 11 Football Kingz 24 6 6 12 26 45 24 12 Marconi Fairfield 24 6 5 13 25 42 23 13 Wollongong Wolves 24 5 8 11 25 43 23 Championship series table
Pos Club P W D L GF GA Pts 1 Perth Glory 10 8 0 2 27 7 27 2 Sydney Olympic 10 4 1 5 17 14 19 3 Adelaide City 10 5 2 3 19 14 17 4 Parramatta Power 10 3 4 3 16 21 13 5 Northern Spirit 9 2 2 5 7 22 8 6 Newcastle United 9 2 1 6 9 17 7 Grand final
1 June 2003 Perth Glory 2 – 0 Olympic Sharks Subiaco Oval, Perth
Attendance: 38,111
Referee: Mark ShieldHarnwell 29'
Mori87'
(Report) 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
Substitutes: FW 9 Nik Mrdja
89'
DF 12 Mark Byrnes
60'
MF 15 Edgar Aldrighi
87'
Manager: Mich d'Avray
Joe Marston Medal:Simon Colosimo
Assistant Referees:
Fourth Official: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
80'
DF 23 Andrew Packer
MF 27 Hiroyuki Ishida
Substitutes: MF 7 Wayne Srhoj
80'
FW 12 Franco Parisi
80'
MF 14 Greg Owens
76'
Manager: Lee Sterry
References
National Soccer League List of NSL champions · List of NSL playersSeasons Teams APIA Leichhardt · Adelaide City · Adelaide United · Blacktown City · Brisbane City SC · Brisbane Lions SC · Brisbane Strikers · Brunswick Juventus · Canberra City SC · Canberra Cosmos · Canterbury-Marrickville · Carlton S.C. · Collingwood Warriors · Eastern Pride · Footscray JUST · Green Gully Cavaliers · Heidelberg United · Inter Monaro · Marconi Stallions · Melbourne Knights · Mooroolbark SC · Football Kingz · Newcastle Breakers · Newcastle KB United · Newcastle Rosebud United · Newcastle United · Northern Spirit · Parramatta Eagles · Parramatta Power · Penrith City SC · Perth Glory · Preston Lions FC · South Melbourne · St George Saints · Sunshine George Cross · Sydney City · Sydney Olympic · Sydney United FC · West Adelaide · Western Suburbs SC · Wollongong Macedonia · Wollongong WolvesCategories:- National Soccer League (Australia) seasons
- 2002 in Australian soccer
- 2003 in Australian soccer
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