1996-97 Season A-League Table Final Standings
Team G W D L Gf Ga P
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Sydney United Pumas 26 17 5 4 67 33 56
Brisbane Strikers 26 15 2 9 55 40 47
South Melbourne Lakers 26 14 4 8 39 25 46
Adelaide City Zebras 26 11 10 5 32 22 43
Marconi-F'fld Stallions 26 12 4 10 41 37 40
Melbourne Knights 26 11 6 9 36 32 39
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Perth Glory 26 11 5 10 48 41 38
West Adelaide Sharks 26 10 3 13 39 51 33
UTS Olympic 26 8 8 10 41 46 32
Wollongong City Wolves 26 8 8 10 42 48 32
Newcastle Breakers 26 7 9 10 40 46 30
Gippsland Falcons 26 8 6 12 33 41 30
Collingwood Warriors 26 6 9 11 32 44 27
Canberra Cosmos 26 2 5 19 30 69 11
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Round 1
[11 Oct 96]
Newcastle Breakers 6 - 1 West Adelaide
[12 Oct 96]
Canberra Cosmos 2 - 3 Marconi-Fairfield
Gippsland Falcons 0 - 0 South Melbourne
[13 Oct 96]
Perth Glory 1 - 4 UTS Olympic
Collingwood Warriors 3 - 0 Melbourne Knights
Sydney United 3 - 3 Wollongong City
Adelaide City 0 - 0 Brisbane Strikers
Round 2
[19 Oct 96]
Brisbane Strikers 6 - 1 Newcastle Breakers
Marconi-Fairfield 1 - 1 Collingwood Warriors
[20 Oct 96]
South Mebourne 1 - 3 Sydney United
Melbourne Knights 1 - 0 Gippsland Falcons
UTS Olympic 1 - 0 Canberra Cosmos
West Adelaide 3 - 1 Perth Glory
Wollongong City 1 - 0 Adelaide City
Round 3
[25 Oct 96]
Canberra Cosmos 1 - 3 West Adelaide
[26 Oct 96]
Brisbane Strikers 2 - 1 Wollongong City
Gippsland Falcons 2 - 2 Marconi-Fairfield
Newcastle Breakers 1 - 3 Perth Glory
[6 Nov 96]
Sydney United 3 - 1 Melbourne Knights
[13 Nov 96]
Adelaide City 2 - 1 South Melbourne
[23 Dec 96]
Collingwood Warriors 0 - 0 UTS Olympic
Round 4
[2 Nov 96]
Marconi-Fairfield 0 - 3 Sydney United
[3 Nov 96]
South Melbourne 1 - 2 Brisbane Strikers
Wollongong City 0 - 0 Newcastle Breakers
Melbourne Knights 0 - 0 Adelaide City
Perth Glory 6 - 0 Canberra Cosmos
UTS Olympic 3 - 0 Gippsland Falcons
West Adelaide 1 - 2 Collingwood Warriors
Round 5
[8 Nov 96]
Wollongong City 1 - 1 South Melbourne
Newcastle Breakers 2 - 2 Canberra Cosmos
[9 Nov 96]
Gippsland Falcons 1 - 2 West Adelaide
Brisbane Strikers 2 - 1 Melbourne Knights
[10 Nov 96]
Sydney United 2 - 1 UTS Olympic
Collingwood Warriors 0 - 0 Perth Glory
Adelaide City 0 - 1 Marconi-Fairfield
Round 6
[16 Nov 96]
Perth Glory 2 - 3 Gippsland Falcons
Marconi-Fairfield 0 - 1 Brisbane Strikers
Canberra Cosmos 2 - 2 Collingwood Warriors
[17 Nov 96]
South Melbourne 1 - 0 Newcastle Breakers
Melbourne Knights 0 - 0 Wollongong City
West Adelaide 2 - 3 Sydney United
UTS Olympic 1 - 1 Adelaide City
Round 7
[22 Nov 96]
Newcastle Breakers 1 - 1 Collingwood Warriors
[23 Nov 96]
Brisbane Strikers 4 - 1 UTS Olympic
Sydney United 4 - 2 Perth Glory
Gippsland Falcons 0 - 0 Canberra Cosmos
[24 Nov 96]
South Melbourne 1 - 1 Melbourne Knights
Adelaide City 1 - 0 West Adelaide
Wollongong City 3 - 2 Marconi-Fairfield
Round 8
[29 Nov 96]
Melbourne Knights 2 - 0 Newcastle Breakers
[30 Nov 96]
Canberra Cosmos 1 - 3 Sydney United
Marconi-Fairfield 0 - 1 South Melbourne
[1 Dec 96]
Perth Glory 2 - 1 Adelaide City
Collingwood Warriors 0 - 1 Gippsland Falcons
UTS Olympic 1 - 1 Wollongong City
West Adelaide 0 - 0 Brisbane Strikers
Round 9
[6 Dec 96]
Newcastle Breakers 2 - 2 Gippsland Falcons
Wollongong City 2 - 0 West Adelaide
[7 Dec 96]
Brisbane Strikers 1 - 5 Perth Glory
[8 Dec 96]
South Melbourne 4 - 1 UTS Olympic
Sydney United 7 - 0 Collingwood Warriors
Melbourne Knights 1 - 2 Marconi-Fairfield
Adelaide City 1 - 0 Canberra Cosmos
Round 10
[14 Dec 96]
Canberra Cosmos 1 - 4 Brisbane Strikers
Marconi-Fairfield 2 - 1 Newcastle Breakers
Perth Glory 3 - 1 Wollongong City
Gippsland Falcons 1 - 2 Sydney United
[15 Dec 96]
Collingwood Warriors 1 - 3 Adelaide City
UTS Olympic 1 - 0 Melbourne Knights
West Adelaide 0 - 2 South Melbourne
Round 11
[20 Dec 96]
Wollongong City 2 - 1 Canberra Cosmos
Newcastle Breakers 3 - 1 Sydney United
[21 Dec 96]
Brisbane Strikers 5 - 2 Collingwood Warriors
South Melbourne 1 - 0 Perth Glory
Marconi-Fairfield 5 - 1 UTS Olympic
[22 Dec 96]
Adelaide City 4 - 1 Gippsland Falcons
Melbourne Knights 4 - 0 West Adelaide
Round 12
[28 Dec 96]
Canberra Cosmos 1 - 0 South Melbourne
Gippsland Falcons 1 - 0 Brisbane Strikers
Perth Glory 3 - 2 Melbourne Knights
[29 Dec 96]
Collingwood Warriors 1 - 1 Wollongong City
UTS Olympic 2 - 2 Newcastle Breakers
West Adelaide 2 - 1 Marconi-Fairfield
Sydney United 1 - 1 Adelaide City
Round 13
[3 Jan 97]
Wollongong City 5 - 2 Gippsland Falcons
[4 Jan 97]
Brisbane Strikers 3 - 0 Sydney United
Marconi-Fairfield 1 - 2 Perth Glory
[5 Jan 97]
Adelaide City 2 - 2 Newcastle Breakers
South Melbourne 4 - 0 Collingwood Warriors
Melbourne Knights 1 - 1 Canberra Cosmos
UTS Olympic 1 - 4 West Adelaide
Round 14
[10 Jan 97]
Newcastle Breakers 1 - 1 Adelaide City
[11 Jan 97]
Canberra Cosmos 2 - 4 Melbourne Knights
Gippsland Falcons 1 - 3 Wollongong City
[12 Jan 97]
West Adelaide 2 - 1 UTS Olympic
Perth Glory 1 - 1 Marconi-Fairfield
Collingwood Warriors 0 - 0 South Melbourne
Sydney United 4 - 0 Brisbane Strikers
Round 15
[1 Feb 97]
Brisbane Strikers 1 - 3 Adelaide City
Marconi-Fairfield 1 - 0 Canberra Cosmos
[2 Feb 97]
Wollongong City 1 - 4 Sydney United
South Melbourne 2 - 0 Gippsland Falcons
Melbourne Knights 0 - 1 Collingwood Warriors
UTS Olympic 0 - 2 Perth Glory
West Adelaide 2 - 1 Newcastle Breakers
Round 16
[7 Feb 97]
Newcastle Breakers 3 - 1 Brisbane Strikers
Canberra Cosmos 0 - 2 UTS Olympic
[8 Feb 97]
Gippsland Falcons 1 - 2 Melbourne Knights
[9 Feb 97]
Perth Glory 1 - 1 West Adelaide
Adelaide City 0 - 0 Wollongong City
Collingwood Warriors 1 - 2 Marconi Fairfield
Sydney United 2 - 0 South Melbourne
Round 17
[14 Feb 97]
Wollongong City 0 - 4 Brisbane Strikers
[15 Feb 97]
Marconi-Fairfield 1 - 0 Gippsland Falcons
Perth Glory 0 - 2 Newcastle Breakers
[16 Feb 97]
South Melbourne 0 - 2 Adelaide City
Melbourne Knights 1 - 1 Sydney United
West Adelaide 4 - 1 Canberra Cosmos
UTS Olympic 3 - 0 Collingwood Warriors (match awarded)
Round 18
[21 Feb 97]
Newcastle Breakers 1 - 0 Wollongong City
[22 Feb 97]
Brisbane Strikers 2 - 3 South Melbourne
Gippsland Falcons 1 - 1 UTS Olympic
Canberra Cosmos 4 - 1 Perth Glory
[23 Feb 97]
Sydney United 1 - 3 Marconi-Fairfield
Adelaide City 1 - 0 Melbourne Knights
Collingwood Warriors 3 - 0 West Adelaide
Round 19
[1 Nov 96]
Canberra Cosmos 1 - 1 Newcastle Breakers
[28 Feb 97]
South Melbourne 3 - 0 Wollongong City
[1 Mar 97]
Marconi-Fairfield 3 - 1 Adelaide City
[2 Mar 97]
Perth Glory 0 - 2 Collingwood Warriors
Melbourne Knights 1 - 0 Brisbane Strikers
UTS Olympic 1 - 1 Sydney United
West Adelaide 3 - 2 Gippsland Falcons
Round 20
[8 Mar 97]
Wollongong City 5 - 2 Melbourne Knights
Newcastle Breakers 0 - 4 South Melbourne
[9 Mar 97]
Brisbane Strikers 2 - 1 Marconi-Fairfield
Gippsland Falcons 1 - 1 Perth Glory
[10 Mar 97]
Adelaide City 2 - 2 UTS Olympic
Collingwood Warriors 6 - 2 Canberra Cosmos
Sydney United 4 - 0 West Adelaide
Round 21
[15 Mar 97]
Marconi-Fairfield 2 - 0 Wollongong City
UTS Olympic 5 - 3 Brisbane Strikers
Perth Glory 3 - 1 Sydney United
Canberra Cosmos 2 - 4 Gippsland Falcons
[16 Mar 97]
West Adelaide 0 - 2 Adelaide City
Collingwood Warriors 0 - 0 Newcastle Breakers
Melbourne Knights 1 - 0 South Melbourne
Round 22
[21 Mar 97]
Newcastle Breakers 1 - 2 Melbourne Knights
[22 Mar 97]
Brisbane Strikers 3 - 2 West Adelaide
Gippsland Falcons 1 - 0 Collingwood Warriors
[23 Mar 97]
Wollongong City 2 - 3 UTS Olympic
Sydney United 7 - 2 Canberra Cosmos
Adelaide City 1 - 1 Perth Glory
South Melbourne 3 - 1 Marconi-Fairfield
Round 23
[29 Mar 97]
Marconi-Fairfield 0 - 1 Melbourne Knights
Gippsland Falcons 3 - 0 Newcastle Breakers
Canberra Cosmos 0 - 1 Adelaide City
[30 Mar 97]
Perth Glory 0 - 2 Brisbane Strikers
UTS Olympic 1 - 2 South Melbourne
West Adelaide 3 - 1 Wollongong City
[31 Mar 97]
Collingwood Warriors 2 - 3 Sydney United
Round 24
[4 Apr 97]
Newcastle Breakers 5 - 2 Marconi-Fairfield
[5 Apr 97]
Brisbane Strikers 3 - 1 Canberra Cosmos
[6 Apr 97]
Wollongong City 1 - 3 Perth Glory
South Melbourne 1 - 0 West Adelaide
Melbourne Knights 1 - 1 UTS Olympic
Sydney United 1 - 0 Gippsland Falcons
Adelaide City 1 - 0 Collingwood Warriors
Round 25
[12 Apr 97]
Perth Glory 4 - 0 South Melbourne
Canberra Cosmos 2 - 4 Wollongong City
Gippsland Falcons 2 - 0 Adelaide City
[13 Apr 97]
UTS Olympic 0 - 2 Marconi-Fairfield
West Adelaide 2 - 4 Melbourne Knights
Collingwood Warriors 0 - 2 Brisbane Strikers
Sydney United 2 - 0 Newcastle Breakers
Round 26
[20 Apr 97]
Adelaide City 1 - 1 Sydney United
Brisbane Strikers 2 - 3 Gippsland Falcons
Wollongong City 4 - 4 Collingwood Warriors
South Melbourne 3 - 1 Canberra Cosmos
Melbourne Knights 3 - 1 Perth Glory
Marconi-Fairfield 2 - 2 West Adelaide
Newcastle Breakers 4 - 3 UTS Olympic
1996-97 Season A-League Table Final Standings
Team G W D L Gf Ga P
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Sydney United Pumas 26 17 5 4 67 33 56
Brisbane Strikers 26 15 2 9 55 40 47
South Melbourne Lakers 26 14 4 8 39 25 46
Adelaide City Zebras 26 11 10 5 32 22 43
Marconi-F'fld Stallions 26 12 4 10 41 37 40
Melbourne Knights 26 11 6 9 36 32 39
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Perth Glory 26 11 5 10 48 41 38
West Adelaide Sharks 26 10 3 13 39 51 33
UTS Olympic 26 8 8 10 41 46 32
Wollongong City Wolves 26 8 8 10 42 48 32
Newcastle Breakers 26 7 9 10 40 46 30
Gippsland Falcons 26 8 6 12 33 41 30
Collingwood Warriors 26 6 9 11 32 44 27
Canberra Cosmos 26 2 5 19 30 69 11
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1996-97 Regular Season Top Scorers
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21 - David Zdrilic..............(Sydney United)
18 - Ante Milicic...............(Sydney United)
14 - Slobodan Despotovski.......(Perth Glory)
12 - Norman Tome................(UTS Olympic)
Adrian Cervinski...........(Melbourne Knights)
Vasili Kalogeracos.........(Perth Glory)
11 - Frank Farina...............(Brisbane Strikers)
Rod Brown..................(Brisbane Strikers)
Hamilton Thorp.............(West Adelaide)
10 - Jim Tsekinis...............(West Adelaide)
Ice Kutlesovski............(Melbourne Knights)
Michael Brooks.............(Adelaide City)
9 - Kris Trajanovski...........(UTS Olympic)
Paul Trimboli..............(UTS Olympic)
Playoff Results
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[26/4/97] Marconi-Fairfield 3 - 0 Adelaide City
[ 4/5/97] Adelaide City 4 - 0 Marconi-Fairfield
[27/4/97] Melbourne Knights 1 - 4 South Melbourne
[ 4/5/97] South Melbourne 3 - 0 Melbourne Knights
[11/5/97] South Melbourne 1 - 0 Adelaide City
[ 3/5/97] Brisbane Strikers 1 - 0 Sydney United
[11/5/97] Sydney United 2 - 1 Brisbane Strikers
[18/5/97] Sydney United 1 - 0 South Melbourne
[25/5/97] Brisbane Strikers 2 - 0 Sydney United
Brisbane Strikers become champions for the 1996/97 season
Australia Cup 1996/97
Round of 16
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15/09/96 Adelaide City 0 - 0 West Adelaide
18/09/96 West Adelaide 0 - 1 Adelaide City
15/09/96 South Australian XI 1 - 0 Collingwood Warriors
18/09/96 Collingwood Warriors 2 - 0 South Australian XI (ASDET)
06/09/96 South Melbourne 1 - 2 Gippsland Falcons
13/09/96 Gippsland Falcons 0 - 3 South Melbourne
07/09/96 Canberra Cosmos 1 - 2 Melbourne Knights
13/09/96 Melbourne Knights 2 - 1 Canberra Cosmos
04/09/96 Wollongong City 0 - 1 Marconi-Fairfield
13/09/96 Marconi-Fairfield 3 - 1 Wollongong City
12/09/96 Northern NSW XI 1 - 7 Newcastle Breakers
18/09/96 Newcastle Breakers 5 - 1 Northern NSW XI
08/09/96 Brisbane Strikers 0 - 1 Brisbane Lions
15/09/96 Brisbane Lions 0 - 2 Brisbane Strikers (ASDET)
06/09/96 Sydney United 0 - 1 UTS Olympic
10/09/96 UTS Olympic 1 - 0 Sydney United
Quarterfinals
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22/09/96 Collingwood Warriors 0 - 0 Adelaide City (ASDET)
(Collingwood win 3-1 on pk)
21/09/96 South Melbourne 1 - 0 Melbourne Knights
20/09/96 Marconi-Fairfield 3 - 1 Newcastle Breakers
21/09/96 UTS Olympic 1 - 3 Brisbane Strikers
Semifinals
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27/09/96 South Melbourne 1 - 3 Collingwood Warriors
28/09/96 Marconi-Fairfield 5 - 0 Brisbane Strikers
Final
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06/10/96 Collingwood Warriors 1 - 0 Marconi-Fairfield
State Leagues 1996
New South Wales
First Stage
1.Adamstown Rosebud 13 9 1 3 23-12 28
2.Sutherland Sharks 13 7 6 0 22-11 27
3.Leichhardt Tigers 13 7 3 3 20-14 24
4.Central Coast 13 7 3 3 23-18 24
5.Bankstown City Lions 13 6 2 5 28-20 20
6.Warringah Dolphins 13 5 5 3 23-16 20
7.Parramatta Eagles 13 6 2 5 22-15 20
8.Blacktown City Demons 13 5 4 4 17-11 19
9.Bonnyrigg White Eagles 13 4 5 4 28-30 17
10.St George Saints 13 4 3 6 16-22 15
11.Rockdale City Suns 13 4 3 6 19-26 15
12.Canterbury Berries 13 2 4 7 19-28 10
13.Illawarra Lions 13 1 5 7 13-27 8
14.Macarthur Rams 13 1 0 12 5-28 3
Second Stage
1.Parramatta Eagles 13 8 5 0 19- 7 29
2.Sutherland Sharks 13 7 4 2 21-12 25
3.St George Saints 13 7 3 3 26-14 24
4.Illawarra Lions 13 7 2 4 25-24 23
5.Bankstown City Lions 13 6 3 4 25-24 21
6.Canterbury Berries 13 5 4 4 14-15 19
7.Bonnyrigg White Eagles 13 5 2 6 21-22 17
8.Leichhardt Tigers 13 4 5 4 19-22 17
9.Rockdale City Suns 13 3 5 5 18-18 14
10.Warringah Dolphins 13 3 4 6 14-18 13
11.Macarthur Rams 13 4 1 8 11-15 13
12.Blacktown City Demons 13 3 3 7 19-20 12
13.Adamstown Rosebud 13 3 3 7 16-26 12
14.Central Coast 13 2 4 7 12-23 10
Grand Final
Parramatta Eagles 1-1 Adamstown Rosebud [aet, 5-3pen]
Queensland
1.Brisbane Lions 22 17 2 3 54-24 53
2.Rochedale Rovers 22 14 5 3 77-24 47
3.Brisbane City 22 15 2 5 53-21 47
4.Wynnum District 22 11 4 7 39-30 37
5.Taringa Rovers 22 11 3 8 55-33 36
6.Beenleigh 22 11 3 8 28-33 36
7.Pine Rivers United 22 9 1 12 39-46 28
8.Nerang Soccer Club 22 8 3 11 38-46 27
9.Coalstars 22 7 3 12 31-37 24
10.Grange Thistle 22 6 3 13 23-71 21
11.Eastern Suburbs 22 4 4 14 28-45 16
12.North Star 22 2 1 19 19-74 7
Playoffs
[Aug 11]
Wynnum District 1-1 Taringa Rovers [aet, 3-5pen]
NB: Wynnum District eliminated
Rochedale Rovers 2-1 Brisbane City
[Aug 18]
Rochedale Rovers 0-1 Brisbane Lions
Taringa Rovers 0-1 Brisbane City
NB: Taringa Rovers eliminated
[Aig 25]
Brisbane City 2-1 Rochedale Rovers
NB: Rochedale Rovers eliminated
Grand Final [Sep 1]
Brisbane Lions 2-0 Brisbane City
NB: Brisbane Lions champions
Victoria
1.Altona Magic 26 18 2 6 58-25 56
2.Heidelberg United 26 16 5 5 63-29 53 [aka Melbourne Warriors]
3.Sunshine Georgies 26 16 4 6 38-32 52
4.Bentleigh Greens 26 15 4 7 48-34 49
5.Green Gully Cavaliers 26 12 10 4 51-30 46
6.Thomastown Zebras 26 13 7 6 46-33 46
7.Port Melbourne Sharks 26 11 9 6 59-42 42
8.Bulleen Lions 26 8 9 9 33-40 33
9.North Geelong Warriors 26 8 5 13 28-44 29
10.Albion RedSox 26 5 6 15 26-43 21
11.St.Albans Saints 26 5 6 15 31-49 21
12.Box Hill Inter 26 5 6 15 27-54 21
13.Fawkner Blues 26 4 7 15 24-49 19
14.Springvale City Vales 26 3 6 17 31-59 15
Playoffs
Bentleigh Greens 1-3 Green Gully Cavaliers
NB: Bentleigh Greens eliminated
Heidelberg United 4-0 Sunshine Georgies
Sunshine Georgies 1-2 Green Gully Cavaliers
NB: Sunshine Georgies eliminated
Heidelberg United 0-0 Altona Magic [aet, 5-4pen]
Altona Magic 2-0 Green Gully Cavaliers
NB: Green Gully Cavaliers eliminated
Heidelberg United 3-3 Altona Magic [aet, 3-5pen]
NB: Altona Magic champions
With thanks to Greg Stock and John Punshon
Prepared and maintained by Thomas Esamie for the Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation
Author: Thomas Esamie
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Last updated: 2 Feb 2003
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