Australia 2003/04

National Soccer League
  
Final Table:

 1.Perth Glory                 24 18  3  3 56-22 57
 2.Parramatta Power            24 16  3  5 58-30 51
 3.Adelaide United             24 11  7  6 28-25 40  [*1]
 4.Marconi-Fairfield Stallions 24 10  8  6 29-25 38
 5.South Melbourne             24 11  4  9 39-21 37
 6.Brisbane Strikers           24  9  5 10 28-33 32
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
 7.Northern Spirit             24  9  3 12 31-33 30
 8.Sydney Olympic              24  7  8  9 26-31 29  [*2]
 9.Wollongong City Wolves      24  8  5 11 34-41 29
10.Sydney United               24  7  8  9 18-25 29
11.Newcastle United            24  6  6 12 18-33 24
12.Melbourne Knights           24  6  5 13 21-41 23
13.Football Kingz (Auckland)   24  4  3 17 25-51 15  [New Zealand]
 
[*1] Adelaide Force withdrew and were replaced by Adelaide United
[*2] Olympic Sharks were renamed Sydney Olympic
 
Top-6 qualify for championship playoffs.

Round 1
[Sep 19]
Wollongong Wolves       0-1 Sydney United
[Sep 20]
Parramatta Power        0-0 South Melbourne
[Sep 21]
Football Kingz          1-2 Newcastle United
Melbourne Knights       1-1 Marconi Stallions
Northern Spirit         1-3 Brisbane Strikers
[Nov 30]
Sydney Olympic          0-0 Adelaide United
Perth Glory             bye

Round 2
[Sep 26]
Newcastle United        2-1 Northern Spirit
[Sep 27]
Brisbane Strikers       1-1 Sydney Olympic
Marconi Stallions       2-1 Wollongong Wolves
[Sep 28]
Perth Glory             3-0 Melbourne Knights
Sydney United           2-1 Football Kingz
[Feb 25]
Adelaide United         0-2 Parramatta Power
South Melbourne         bye

Round 3
[Oct 3]
Wollongong Wolves       0-4 South Melbourne
[Oct 4]
Brisbane Strikers       0-0 Perth Glory
Marconi Stallions       1-1 Newcastle United
Northern Spirit         4-0 Sydney Olympic
Parramatta Power        4-1 Football Kingz
[Feb 8]
Melbourne Knights       3-4 Adelaide United
Sydney United           bye

Round 4
[Oct 10]
Newcastle United        1-1 Parramatta Power
[Oct 12]
Football Kingz          1-3 Perth Glory
Marconi Stallions       2-1 Northern Spirit
Melbourne Knights       1-2 Wollongong Wolves
South Melbourne         0-1 Brisbane Strikers
Sydney Olympic          1-0 Sydney United
Adelaide United         bye
 
Round 5
[Oct 17]
Adelaide United         1-0 Brisbane Strikers
[Oct 19]
Football Kingz          1-2 Melbourne Knights
Northern Spirit         3-5 Perth Glory
South Melbourne         4-1 Newcastle United
Sydney Olympic          1-2 Marconi Stallions
Sydney United           0-2 Parramatta Power
Wollongong Wolves       bye

Round 6
[Oct 24]
Newcastle United        2-3 Adelaide United
[Oct 25]
Marconi Stallions       1-2 Parramatta Power
[Oct 26]
Melbourne Knights       0-1 Northern Spirit
Sydney Olympic          0-2 Perth Glory
Sydney United           0-0 South Melbourne
[Jan 19]
Wollongong Wolves       1-2 Football Kingz
Brisbane Strikers       bye

Round 7
[Nov 1]
Brisbane Strikers       2-1 Newcastle United
[Nov 2]
Adelaide United         0-0 Sydney United
Northern Spirit         3-0 Wollongong Wolves
Parramatta Power        6-0 Perth Glory
South Melbourne         2-0 Marconi Stallions
Sydney Olympic          0-2 Melbourne Knights
Football Kingz          bye
 
Round 8
[Nov 7]
Wollongong Wolves       0-1 Sydney Olympic
[Nov 8]
Football Kingz          0-2 Northern Spirit
Marconi Stallions       0-0 Adelaide United
Parramatta Power        4-0 Melbourne Knights
[Nov 9]
Perth Glory             1-0 South Melbourne
Sydney United           3-0 Brisbane Strikers
Newcastle United        bye

Round 9
[Nov 14]
Newcastle United        0-0 Sydney United
Wollongong Wolves       3-1 Parramatta Power
[Nov 15]
Marconi Stallions       1-0 Brisbane Strikers
[Nov 16]
Adelaide United         1-4 Perth Glory
Melbourne Knights       0-5 South Melbourne
Sydney Olympic          2-2 Football Kingz
Northern Spirit         bye

Round 10
[Nov 21]
Newcastle United        0-1 Sydney Olympic 
[Nov 22]
Brisbane Strikers       4-2 Parramatta Power
Football Kingz          3-1 Marconi Stallions 
[Nov 23]
South Melbourne         2-1 Adelaide United 
Wollongong Wolves       2-1 Perth Glory 
Northern Spirit         0-1 Sydney United 
Melbourne Knights       bye
 
Round 11
[Nov 28]
Adelaide United         2-2 Wollongong Wolves
Newcastle United        1-0 Perth Glory
[Nov 29]
Brisbane Strikers       1-0 Melbourne Knights
Parramatta Power        3-0 Northern Spirit
[Nov 30]
South Melbourne         6-0 Football Kingz
Sydney United           1-1 Marconi Stallions
Sydney Olympic          bye

Round 12
[Dec 5]
Wollongong Wolves       1-1 Brisbane Strikers
[Dec 6]
Football Kingz          1-3 Adelaide United
[Dec 7]
Melbourne Knights       1-1 Newcastle United 
Northern Spirit         3-1 South Melbourne
Sydney Olympic          0-1 Parramatta Power 
[Feb 18]
Perth Glory             2-0 Sydney United
Marconi Stallions       bye
 
Round 13 
[Oct 17]
Newcastle United        2-0 Wollongong Wolves
[Dec 10]
Adelaide United         1-0 Northern Spirit
Brisbane Strikers       1-1 Football Kingz
Marconi Stallions       0-2 Perth Glory
South Melbourne         4-2 Sydney Olympic
Sydney United           3-1 Melbourne Knights
Parramatta Power        bye

Round 14
[Dec 12]
Newcastle United        2-0 Football Kingz
[Dec 13]
Brisbane Strikers       3-1 Northern Spirit
Marconi Stallions       0-1 Melbourne Knights
[Dec 14]
Adelaide United         1-1 Sydney Olympic
South Melbourne         2-1 Parramatta Power
Sydney United           0-1 Wollongong Wolves
Perth Glory             bye

Round 15
[Dec 19]
Football Kingz          0-1 Sydney United 
Wollongong Wolves       3-3 Marconi Stallions 
[Dec 20]
Parramatta Power        1-2 Adelaide United
[Dec 21]
Melbourne Knights       0-2 Perth Glory
Northern Spirit         1-1 Newcastle United 
Sydney Olympic          1-1 Brisbane Strikers 
South Melbourne         bye
    
Round 16
[Dec 27]
Perth Glory             6-1 Brisbane Strikers 
South Melbourne         2-3 Wollongong Wolves 
[Dec 28]
Adelaide United         2-1 Melbourne Knights
Football Kingz          1-2 Parramatta Power 
Newcastle United        0-1 Marconi Stallions  
Sydney Olympic          1-0 Northern Spirit
Sydney United           bye
 
Round 17
[Jan 2]
Parramatta Power        4-0 Newcastle United
[Jan 3]
Brisbane Strikers       1-0 South Melbourne
Perth Glory             4-0 Football Kingz
[Jan 4]
Sydney United           0-0 Sydney Olympic
Northern Spirit         0-0 Marconi Stallions
Wollongong Wolves       1-1 Melbourne Knights
Adelaide United         bye

Round 18
[Dec 19]
Newcastle United        0-1 South Melbourne
[Jan 7]
Brisbane Strikers       1-0 Adelaide United
Parramatta Power        5-1 Sydney United
Melbourne Knights       1-0 Football Kingz
[Jan 21]
Perth Glory             3-2 Northern Spirit
[Feb 11]
Marconi Stallions       1-0 Sydney Olympic
Wollongong Wolves       bye

Round 19
[Jan 10]
Perth Glory             2-0 Sydney Olympic
[Jan 11]
Football Kingz          1-1 Wollongong Wolves
Northern Spirit         2-0 Melbourne Knights
Adelaide United         0-0 Newcastle United
South Melbourne         1-0 Sydney United
[Feb 4]
Parramatta Power        2-2 Marconi Stallions
Brisbane Strikers       bye

Round 20
[Jan 16]
Newcastle United        1-0 Brisbane Strikers
Wollongong Wolves       4-1 Northern Spirit
[Jan 17]
Perth Glory             4-1 Parramatta Power
[Jan 18]
Melbourne Knights       1-1 Sydney Olympic
Sydney United           1-1 Adelaide United
[Feb 17]
Marconi Stallions       1-0 South Melbourne
Football Kingz          bye

Round 21
[Jan 24]
Brisbane Strikers       abd Sydney United          [abandoned at 1-0 in 68'
[Jan 25]                                            due to thunderstorm]
Melbourne Knights       1-3 Parramatta Power
Sydney Olympic          5-2 Wollongong Wolves
[Jan 26]
South Melbourne         0-0 Perth Glory 
[Feb 4]
Brisbane Strikers       2-0 Sydney United    
[Feb 20]
Adelaide United         1-0 Marconi Stallions
Northern Spirit         1-0 Football Kingz
Newcastle United        bye

Round 22
[Jan 31]
Parramatta Power        4-3 Wollongong Wolves
Perth Glory             2-0 Adelaide United
South Melbourne         4-0 Melbourne Knights
Football Kingz          2-4 Sydney Olympic
[Feb 1]
Brisbane Strikers       0-2 Marconi Stallions
Sydney United           2-0 Newcastle United
Northern Spirit         bye

Round 23
[Feb 6]
Adelaide United         2-0 South Melbourne
[Feb 7]
Perth Glory             2-0 Wollongong Wolves
Marconi Stallions       2-1 Football Kingz
[Feb 8]
Sydney Olympic          2-0 Newcastle United
Sydney United           0-0 Northern Spirit
[Feb 9]
Parramatta Power        3-2 Brisbane strikers
Melbourne Knights       bye

Round 24
[Feb 13]
Wollongong Wolves       0-1 Adelaide United
[Feb 14]
Perth Glory             2-0 Newcastle United 
Football Kingz          2-0 South Melbourne
Marconi Stallions       3-0 Sydney United 
[Feb 15]
Northern Spirit         0-1 Parramatta Power
Melbourne Knights       2-0 Brisbane Strikers 
Sydney Olympic          bye 

Round 25
[Jan 24]
Adelaide United         1-0 Football Kingz 
[Feb 20]
Newcastle United        0-2 Melbourne Knights 
Parramatta Power        3-2 Sydney Olympic
[Feb 21]
Brisbane Strikers       0-1 Wollongong Wolves
[Feb 22]
Sydney United           2-4 Perth Glory
South Melbourne         1-2 Northern Spirit
Marconi Stallions       bye  

Round 26
[Feb 28]
Perth Glory             2-2 Marconi Stallions
[Feb 29]
Football Kingz          4-3 Brisbane Strikers 
Northern Spirit         2-1 Adelaide United 
Sydney Olympic          0-0 South Melbourne
Melbourne Knights       0-0 Sydney United
Wollongong Wolves       3-0 Newcastle United
Parramatta Power        bye  
  
Final Table:

 1.Perth Glory                 24 18  3  3 56-22 57
 2.Parramatta Power            24 16  3  5 58-30 51
 3.Adelaide United             24 11  7  6 28-25 40  [*1]
 4.Marconi-Fairfield Stallions 24 10  8  6 29-25 38
 5.South Melbourne             24 11  4  9 39-21 37
 6.Brisbane Strikers           24  9  5 10 28-33 32
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
 7.Northern Spirit             24  9  3 12 31-33 30
 8.Sydney Olympic              24  7  8  9 26-31 29  [*2]
 9.Wollongong City Wolves      24  8  5 11 34-41 29
10.Sydney United               24  7  8  9 18-25 29
11.Newcastle United            24  6  6 12 18-33 24
12.Melbourne Knights           24  6  5 13 21-41 23
13.Football Kingz (Auckland)   24  4  3 17 25-51 15  [New Zealand]
 
[*1] Adelaide Force withdrew and were replaced by Adelaide United
[*2] Olympic Sharks were renamed Sydney Olympic

Top-6 qualify for championship playoffs.

Champions Playoffs

Elimination Finals (winners to Minor Semifinal)

First Legs [Mar 7]
Marconi Stallions       0-0 South Melourne
Adelaide United         3-0 Brisbane Strikers
  [Veart 31, Agius 67, Brooks 92]

Second Legs
[Mar 13]
Brisbane Strikers       4-1 Adelaide United
  [Moon 45, Rose 58, Brain 82, Grierson 87; Veart 65]
[Mar 14]
South Melbourne         2-0 Marconi Stallions
  [Curcija 20, 60]

Major Semifinal (winners to Grand Final, losers to Preliminary Final)

First Leg [Mar 14]
Parramatta Power        4-2 Perth Glory
  [Ceccoli 9, Petrovski 41, Zorbas 45, Milicic 75; Despotovski 46,
   Harnwell 56]

Second Leg [Mar 20]
Perth Glory             0-2 Parramatta Power
  [Elrich 15, Petrovski 65]

Minor Semifinal [Mar 20] (winners to Preliminary Final)
South Melbourne         1-2 Adelaide United        [asdet]
  [Curcija 12; Aloisi 71, Alagich 105pen]

Preliminary Final [Mar 28]
Perth Glory             5-0 Adelaide United   
  [Despotovski 10, 81, Mori 51, 69, Mrdja 88]

Grand Final [Apr 4; att: 9630]
Parramatta Power        0-1 Perth Glory            [asdet]
  [Nick Mrdja 99]


NB: the 2004/05 season is cancelled as a 'New National Competition'
    (NNC) is to start with 8 clubs (chosen from a shortlist of 12) 
    in August 2005, having its Grand Final in February 2006.
    The 8 selected teams are:

    Adelaide United
    Auckland Kingz (New Zealand)  
    Central Coast Mariners (Gosford)
    Melbourne Victory
    Newcastle United
    Perth Glory 
    Queensland Lions 
    Sydney FC
  
    They are to play each other 3 times each (21 rounds) in the
    regular season.

Qualification Tournament for Oceanian Champions Clup Cup 2005

Round 1 [May 7]
Perth Glory             bye
Sydney FC               3-0 Queensland Roar FC   
  [Andrew Packer 19, Ufuk Talay 41pen, Saso Petrovski 52]
Central Coast Mariners  0-0 Newcastle Jets FC    [aet, 4-2 pen] 
Adelaide United         0-0 Melbourne Victory    [aet, 4-1 pen]
 
Round 2 [May 11]
Perth Glory             1-2 Sydney FC        
  [Ufuk Talay 47og; David Carney 49, Saso Petrovski 76]
Central Coast Mariners  4-0 Adelaide United    
  [Nick Mrdja 20, 43, 65, Petrie 24]

Final [May 15, Central Coast Stadium, Gosford; att: 9,627; ref: Mark Shield]
Sydney FC               1-0 Central Coast Mariners   
  [David Carney 18]
  [Mariners: John Crawley; Wayne O’Sullivan (Matthew Osman 69), Noel
     Spencer (c), Michael Beauchamp, Andre Gumprecht (John Hutchinson 71),
     Nick Mrdja, Tom Pondeljak, Damien Brown (Dean Heffernan 59’),
     Stewart Petrie, Andrew Clark, Alex Wilkinson;
   Sydney: Clint Bolton; Iain Fyfe, Alvin Ceccoli, Ufuk Talay (Mark
     Rudan 85), Matthew Bingley, David Zdrilic (c), Saso Petrovski,
     David Carney (Robbie Middleby 64), Andrew Packer, Terry McFlynn,
     Mark Milligan (Steve Corica 77);
   yellow cards: Clark (M, 63), Hutchinson (M, 88); Zdrlic (S, 82);
   red card: Clark (M, 80, direct red)]


All Goal Scorers (Regular Stage):

Ante Milicic         Parramatta Power  19

Damian Mori          Perth Glory       14

Nick Mrdja           Perth Glory       12
Vaughan Coveny       South Melbourne   12(4)

Chimaobi Nwaogazi    Wollongong Wolves 11

Carl Veart           Adelaide United   10(1)
Michael Curcija      South Melbourne   10

Fernando Rech        Parramatta Power   9
Bobby Despotovski    Perth Glory        9(2)
Pablo Cardozo        Sydney Olympic     9(1)

Heremaia Ngata       Football Kingz     8(3)
Stuart Young         Wollongong Wolves  8(1)

Brad Maloney         Marconi Stallions  7
Anthony Pelikan      Melbourne Knights  7(1)
Stewart Petrie       Northern Spirit    7
Tom Pondeljak        Perth Glory        7

Luke Morley          Brisbane Strikers  6
Joe Spiteri          Marconi Stallions  6
Nick Carle           Marconi Stallions  6(2)
Travis Dodd          Parramatta Power   6

Joshua Rose          Brisbane Strikers  5
Jonathon Richter     Northern Spirit    5
Sasho Petrovski      Parramatta Power   5
Brendan Santalab     Sydney United      5

David Pilic          Brisbane Strikers  4
Jobe Wheelhouse      Newcastle United   4(2)
Adam Kwasnik         Northern Spirit    4
Dylan Macallister    Northern Spirit    4
Adrian Caceres       Perth Glory        4
Bradley Hassell      Perth Glory        4
Shaun Murphy         Perth Glory        4
Zenon Caravella      Sydney Olympic     4
Michael Hawrysiuk    Wollongong Wolves  4

Ross Aloisi          Adelaide United    3
Royce Brownlie       Brisbane Strikers  3(1)
Jason Rowley         Football Kingz     3
Noah Hickey          Football Kingz     3
Tallan Martin        Football Kingz     3
Alex Brosque         Marconi Stallions  3
Nicholas Marinos     Melbourne Knights  3
Serkan Oksuz         Melbourne Knights  3
Esala Masi           Newcastle United   3
Ryan Griffiths       Newcastle United   3
Ahmad Elrich         Parramatta Power   3
John Buonavoglia     Parramatta Power   3
Lucas Pantelis       Parramatta Power   3
Con Boutsianis       South Melbourne    3
Scott Tunbridge      South Melbourne    3
Jim Bakis            Sydney Olympic     3

Aurelio Vidmar       Adelaide United    2
Michael Brooks       Adelaide United    2
Mislav Saric         Adelaide United    2
Richie Alagich       Adelaide United    2
Louis Brain          Brisbane Strikers  2
Steve Fitzsimmons    Brisbane Strikers  2
Warren Moon          Brisbane Strikers  2
Chad Gibson          Marconi Stallions  2
Jeromy Harris        Marconi Stallions  2
Andrew Marth         Melbourne Knights  2(1)
Daniel Vasilevski    Melbourne Knights  2
Kris Trajanovski     Melbourne Knights  2
Greg Owens           Newcastle United   2
Ian Ferguson         Northern Spirit    2(1)
John Hutchinson      Northern Spirit    2
Wayne O'Sullivan     Northern Spirit    2
Andre Gumprecht      Parramatta Power   2
Matthew Thompson     Parramatta Power   2
Ante Kovacevic       South Melbourne    2
Paul Trimboli        South Melbourne    2
Sam Poutakidis       South Melbourne    2
Hiroyuki Ishida      Sydney Olympic     2
Michael Baird        Sydney Olympic     2(1)
Anthony Doumanis     Sydney United      2(1)
Damon Collina        Sydney United      2
John Majurovski      Wollongong Wolves  2
Nahuel Arrarte       Wollongong Wolves  2
Nick Sabljak         Wollongong Wolves  2

Adriano Pellegrino   Adelaide United    1
David Terminello     Adelaide United    1
Matthew Kemp         Adelaide United    1
Michael Valkanis     Adelaide United    1
Nick Budin           Adelaide United    1
Shane Smeltz         Adelaide United    1
Shane Thompson       Adelaide United    1
Josh McCloughan      Brisbane Strikers  1
Matthew McKay        Brisbane Strikers  1
Peter Grierson       Brisbane Strikers  1
Stuart McLaren       Brisbane Strikers  1
Aleksander Midtsian  Football Kingz     1
Danny Hay            Football Kingz     1
Espen Schjerven      Football Kingz     1
Jeremy Christie      Football Kingz     1
John Tambouras       Football Kingz     1
Paul Harries         Football Kingz     1
Angelo Costanzo      Marconi Stallions  1
Eric Anabalon        Marconi Stallions  1
Shane Webb           Marconi Stallions  1
Rodrigo Vargas       Melbourne Knights  1
Tomi Razov           Melbourne Knights  1
Craig Deans          Newcastle United   1
Mitchell Johnson     Newcastle United   1
Peter Tsekenis       Newcastle United   1
Robbie Middleby      Newcastle United   1
Tom Libbesson        Newcastle United   1
Brent Fisher         Northern Spirit    1
Mark Milligan        Northern Spirit    1
Matthew Osman        Northern Spirit    1
Vuko Tomasevic       Northern Spirit    1
Alvin Ceccoli        Parramatta Power   1
Naum Sekulovski      Parramatta Power   1
Peter Zorbas         Parramatta Power   1
Simon Colosimo       Parramatta Power   1
Gary Faria           Perth Glory        1
Mark Byrnes          Perth Glory        1
Kristian Sarkies     South Melbourne    1
Michael Panopoulos   South Melbourne    1
Steve Laurie         South Melbourne    1
Ante Juric           Sydney Olympic     1
Elias Augerinos      Sydney Olympic     1
George Goutzioulis   Sydney Olympic     1
Jim Nikas            Sydney Olympic     1
Joseph Schirripa     Sydney Olympic     1
Predrag Bojic        Sydney Olympic     1
Antoni Zmire         Sydney United      1
Dean Heffernan       Sydney United      1
Franco Parisi        Sydney United      1
Joe Vrkic            Sydney United      1(1)
Labinot Haliti       Sydney United      1
Liam Austin          Sydney United      1
Matthew Langdon      Sydney United      1
Michael Cunico       Sydney United      1
Zeljko Babic         Sydney United      1
Adam Hughes          Wollongong Wolves  1
Ben Blake            Wollongong Wolves  1
Borislav Dragas      Wollongong Wolves  1
Jason Van Blerk      Wollongong Wolves  1
Tanju Balabanel      Wollongong Wolves  1

OWNGOALS:
Adrian Leijer     (Melbourne Knights for South Melbourne)   1
Antun Kovacic     (Melbourne Knights for Parramatta Power)  1
John Perosh       (Newcastle United for South Melbourne)    1
Scott Thomas      (Newcastle United for Northern Spirit)    1
Alvin Ceccoli     (Parramatta Power for Newcastle United)   1
George Souris     (Sydney Olympic for Football Kingz)       1
Anthony Doumanis  (Sydney United for Parramatta Power)      1
Michael Cunico    (Sydney United for Football Kingz)        1




2002/03.

2005/06.

list of champions.

list of cup winners.

list of final tables.

list of regional champions.

list of regional cup winners.


About this document

Goalscorers thanks to Gurgen Mahari (gmahari@arminco.com); Oceanian Champions Cup qualifying info thanks to Andre Zlotkowski

Prepared and maintained by Ian King for the Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation

Author: Ian King (soccerking@members.v21.co.uk)
Last updated: 18 Jun 2005

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