- List of NSL champions
This is a list of National Soccer League champions. The NSL was the elite
football (soccer) competition inAustralia from 1977 until 2004, when the competition was scrapped and replaced in 2005 by theA-League .Champions and runners up
From 1977 until 1983, the winner was the top placed team at the end of the season. From 1984 until 1986, the competition was split into two conferences, with playoffs to decide two grand finalists who met over two legs. In 1987 the system reverted to the pre 1984 system. From 1988 until the demise of the league in 2004, various playoff systems were used to decide the champion.
Cup Winners
The NSL also held a cup competition, which was held initially during the regular season, before gradually becoming a pre-season warm-up tournament. It was discontinued after season 1996/97.
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