Australia 1989

National Soccer League CHAMPIONSHIP

Regular season

 1. Marconi Fairfield   26      16      6       4       62-24   38
 2. St. George          26      12      8       6       33-24   32
 3. Sydney Olympic      26      11      9       6       37-26   31
 4. Melbourne Croatia   26      13      5       8       44-35   31
 5. Preston             26      11      8       7       31-24   30 
 6. Adelaide City       26      10      8       8       29-24   28
 7. Sydney Croatia      26      10      8       8       25-25   28 
 8. South Melbourne     26       9      8       9       44-37   26
 9. Wollongong City     26       8      7      11       22-29   23
10. APIA Leichhardt     26       7      9      10       27-35   23
11. Sunshine George Cr. 26       7      5      14       25-38   19
12. Blacktown           26       5      9      12       28-50   19
13. Melbourne JUST      26       5      8      13       24-37   18
14. Heidelberg United   26       7      4      15       22-45   18

The top 5 teams entered a playoff for the championship.

Relegated: Melbourne JUST and Heidelberg Utd.
Promoted : Parramatta Eagles and West Adelaide

Qualifying Semi-Final
St George               1-0     Sydney Olympic

Elimination Semi-Final
Melbourne CSC           2-0     Preston  

Major Semi-Final
Marconi                 1-0     St George 

Minor Semi-Final
Sydney Olympic          3-2     Melbourne CSC  

Preliminary Final
St George               0-1     Sydney Olympic 

 
GRAND FINAL [At Sydney Football Ground, Ref: Jim Reeves Att: 23,387]        
Marconi Fairfield       1-0     Sydney Olympic          [aet]
  [Sent Off: Matteo Colucci (M) 39]
  [Marconi: Bob Catlin, Martteo Colucci, Robert Wheatley, Steve Calderan,
     Jean Paul de Marigny, Tom McCulloch, Peter Katholos, Ian Gray,
     Zlatko Nastevski, Fred de Jong, David Lowe (67 Gerry Gomez);  
     manager: Bertie Mariani;
   Sydney Olympic: Gary Maier, Dave Barret, Steve Georgakis, Robert Hooker,
     George Haniotis, Grant Lee, Robert Ironside, John Koch, Jason Polak,
     Abbas Sand, Alistair Edwards; manager: Eddie Thomson]


Leading Goalscorer: Zlatko Nastevski [Marconi]
Footballer Of The Year: Ian Gray [Marconi]


          
CUPFINAL 1988/89
Adelaide City           2-0     Sydney Olympic
     



1988.

1990/91 (Cup).

1991/92.

list of champions.

list of cup winners.

list of final tables.

list of regional champions.

list of regional cup winners.

Source: [sss 16]

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

Author: Ian King (soccerking@members.v21.co.uk)
Last updated: 12 Nov 2003

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