Australia 1998/99

A-League Table: 1.Sydney United Pumas 28 18 4 6 53-33 58 2.South Melbourne Lakers 28 17 6 5 50-26 57 3.Perth Glory 28 16 5 7 62-37 53 4.Marconi-Fairfield Stallions 28 15 3 10 53-47 48 5.Northern Spirit 28 14 4 10 36-35 46 6.Adelaide City Zebras 28 13 6 9 39-26 45 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 7.Sydney Olympic 28 12 7 9 46-36 43 8.Newcastle Breakers 28 11 7 10 29-33 40 9.Brisbane Strikers 28 11 6 11 41-47 39 10.Wollongong City Wolves 28 8 8 12 45-52 32 11.Carlton Blues 28 9 4 15 47-47 31 12.Melbourne Knights 28 8 5 15 32-43 29 13.West Adelaide Sharks 28 7 6 15 36-46 27 14.Gippsland Falcons 28 5 10 13 17-44 25 15.Canberra Cosmos 28 4 3 21 21-55 15 First six qualified for championship playoffs. Round 1 [Oct 9] Northern Spirit 0-2 Sydney Olympic [Oct 10] Brisbane Strikers 3-2 Marconi-Fairfield [Oct 11] Adelaide City 0-1 Perth Glory Canberra Cosmos 1-3 Adelaide Sharks Carlton 4-0 Wollongong City South Melbourne 2-1 Gippsland Falcons Sydney United 1-1 Newcastle Breakers Melbourne Knights bye Round 2 [Oct 16] Newcastle Breakers 2-1 Canberra Cosmos [Oct 17] Marconi-Fairfield 2-0 Sydney United [Oct 18] Melbourne Knights 1-2 Wollongong City Carlton 4-1 Adelaide City Perth Glory 2-0 Northern Spirit Adelaide Sharks 1-1 South Melbourne Sydney Olympic 2-1 Brisbane Strikers Gippsland Falcons bye Round 3 [Oct 24] Brisbane Strikers 2-2 Perth Glory [Oct 25] Adelaide City 3-0 Melbourne Knights Canberra Cosmos 1-2 Marconi-Fairfield Carlton 1-2 Northern Spirit Gippsland Falcons 1-0 Adelaide Sharks South Melbourne 2-0 Newcastle Breakers Sydney United 4-1 Sydney Olympic Wollongong City bye Round 4 [Oct 31] Brisbane Strikers 1-0 Carlton [Nov 1] Marconi-Fairfield 5-3 South Melbourne Northern Spirit 2-1 Melbourne Knights Newcastle Breakers 1-2 Gippsland Falcons Wollongong City 1-1 Adelaide City Sydney Olympic 5-0 Canberra Cosmos Perth Glory 3-1 Sydney United Adelaide Sharks bye Round 5 [Nov 8] Canberra Cosmos 1-5 Perth Glory Sydney United 2-1 Carlton South Melbourne 3-1 Sydney Olympic Adelaide Sharks 3-1 Newcastle Breakers Melbourne Knights 3-2 Brisbane Strikers Northern Spirit 1-0 Wollongong City Gippsland Falcons 0-0 Marconi-Fairfield Adelaide City bye Round 6 [Nov 14] Marconi-Fairfield 4-0 Adelaide Sharks [Nov 15] Melbourne Knights 0-1 Sydney United Perth Glory 2-1 South Melbourne Carlton 3-0 Canberra Cosmos Wollongong City 1-1 Brisbane Strikers Adelaide City 2-0 Northern Spirit Sydney Olympic 0-0 Gippsland Falcons Newcastle Breakers bye Round 7 [Nov 21] Brisbane Strikers 0-1 Adelaide City [Nov 22] South Melbourne 4-4 Carlton Sydney United 2-1 Wollongong City Gippsland Falcons 0-3 Perth Glory Adelaide Sharks 4-1 Sydney Olympic Canberra Cosmos 0-2 Melbourne Knights [in Melbourne] Newcastle Breakers 1-2 Marconi-Fairfield Northern Spirit bye Round 8 [Nov 28] Northern Spirit 1-1 Brisbane Strikers [Nov 30] Sydney Olympic 2-1 Newcastle Breakers Melbourne Knights 0-1 South Melbourne Perth Glory 2-1 Adelaide Sharks Carlton 3-0 Gippsland Falcons Wollongong City 4-2 Canberra Cosmos Adelaide City 3-2 Sydney United Marconi-Fairfield bye Round 9 [Dec 4] Newcastle Breakers 3-2 Perth Glory [Dec 5] Gippsland Falcons 0-1 Melbourne Knights [Dec 6] Marconi-Fairfield 2-1 Sydney Olympic South Melbourne 3-1 Wollongong City Adelaide Sharks 1-1 Carlton Sydney United 1-0 Northern Spirit [Dec 7] Canberra Cosmos 0-1 Adelaide City Brisbane Strikers bye Round 10 [Dec 12] Brisbane Strikers 2-2 Sydney United [Dec 13] Wollongong City 6-1 Gippsland Falcons Melbourne Knights 0-1 Adelaide Sharks Perth Glory 2-2 Marconi-Fairfield Carlton 3-0 Newcastle Breakers Adelaide City 1-1 South Melbourne [Dec 14] Canberra Cosmos 0-1 Northern Spirit Sydney Olympic bye Round 11 [Dec 18] Newcastle Breakers 2-2 Melbourne Knights [Dec 19] Marconi-Fairfield 0-2 Carlton Gippsland Falcons 1-0 Adelaide City [Dec 20] Sydney Olympic 3-1 Perth Glory South Melbourne 2-0 Northern Spirit Adelaide Sharks 5-0 Wollongong City [Dec 21] Canberra Cosmos 0-1 Brisbane Strikers Sydney United bye Round 12 [Dec 25-27] South Melbourne 1-0 Brisbane Strikers Adelaide City 5-0 Adelaide Sharks Newcastle Breakers 2-1 Wollongong City Marconi-Fairfield 2-1 Melbourne Knights Carlton 0-0 Sydney Olympic Sydney United 2-0 Canberra Cosmos Northern Spirit 1-0 Gippsland Falcons Perth Glory bye Round 13 [Jan 2] Marconi-Fairfield 3-3 Wollongong City [Jan 3] Newcastle Breakers 1-0 Adelaide City South Melbourne 1-0 Sydney United Gippsland Falcons 0-2 Brisbane Strikers Adelaide Sharks 2-3 Northern Spirit Perth Glory 3-0 Carlton Sydney Olympic 3-0 Melbourne Knights Canberra Cosmos bye Round 14 [Jan 8] Northern Spirit 0-0 Newcastle Breakers [Jan 9] Brisbane Strikers 2-1 Adelaide Sharks [Jan 10] Sydney United 4-0 Gippsland Falcons Melbourne Knights 1-1 Perth Glory Wollongong City 1-1 Sydney Olympic Adelaide City 2-0 Marconi-Fairfield Canberra Cosmos 1-3 South Melbourne Carlton bye Round 15 [Jan 15] Northern Spirit 4-0 Marconi-Fairfield Newcastle Breakers 1-0 Brisbane Strikers [Jan 17] Sydney Olympic 2-1 Adelaide City Carlton 4-2 Melbourne Knights Gippsland Falcons 1-1 Canberra Cosmos Adelaide Sharks 1-2 Sydney United Perth Glory 0-1 Wollongong City South Melbourne bye Round 16 [Jan 23] Gippsland Falcons 1-4 South Melbourne [Jan 24] Marconi-Fairfield 1-2 Brisbane Strikers Northern Spirit 3-2 Sydney Olympic Perth Glory 1-2 Adelaide City Newcastle Breakers 0-1 Sydney United Wollongong City 1-2 Carlton Adelaide Sharks 1-1 Canberra Cosmos Melbourne Knights bye Round 17 [Jan 26] South Melbourne 1-0 Adelaide Sharks Adelaide City 3-0 Carlton Northern Spirit 1-0 Perth Glory Brisbane Strikers 2-1 Sydney Olympic Sydney United 3-2 Marconi-Fairfield Canberra Cosmos 3-0 Newcastle Breakers Wollongong City 0-0 Melbourne Knights Gippsland Falcons bye Round 18 [Jan 31] Sydney Olympic 5-0 Marconi-Fairfield Melbourne Knights 2-2 Gippsland Falcons Carlton 2-2 Adelaide Sharks Wollongong City 2-1 South Melbourne Northern Spirit 1-2 Sydney United Perth Glory 0-1 Newcastle Breakers Adelaide City 1-0 Canberra Cosmos Brisbane Strikers bye Round 19 [Feb 5] Newcastle Breakers 1-1 Sydney Olympic [Feb 6] Brisbane Strikers 5-1 Northern Spirit Gippsland Falcons 2-1 Carlton [Feb 7] Sydney United 1-1 Adelaide City Adelaide Sharks 1-3 Perth Glory South Melbourne 3-1 Melbourne Knights [Feb 8] Canberra Cosmos 1-0 Wollongong City Marconi-Fairfield bye Round 20 [Feb 14] Perth Glory 6-0 Brisbane Strikers Northern Spirit 3-1 Carlton Melbourne Knights 3-1 Adelaide City Sydney Olympic 2-1 Sydney United Adelaide Sharks 0-0 Gippsland Falcons Marconi-Fairfield 2-1 Canberra Cosmos Newcastle Breakers 0-0 South Melbourne Wollongong City bye Round 21 [Feb 21] Melbourne Knights 2-3 Northern Spirit Adelaide City 4-4 Wollongong City Sydney United 3-4 Perth Glory South Melbourne 2-0 Marconi-Fairfield Carlton 5-2 Brisbane Strikers Gippsland Falcons 0-1 Newcastle Breakers [Feb 22] Canberra Cosmos 0-1 Sydney Olympic Adelaide Sharks bye Round 22 [Feb 28] Sydney Olympic 1-1 South Melbourne Carlton 1-3 Sydney United Wollongong City 3-2 Northern Spirit Perth Glory 3-1 Canberra Cosmos Newcastle Breakers 2-2 Adelaide Sharks Brisbane Strikers 0-0 Melbourne Knights Marconi-Fairfield 5-1 Gippsland Falcons Adelaide City bye Round 23 [Mar 5] Northern Spirit 1-0 Adelaide City [Mar 6] Brisbane Strikers 1-0 Wollongong City Adelaide Sharks 2-3 Marconi-Fairfield [Mar 7] Gippsland Falcons 1-0 Sydney Olympic Sydney United 2-1 Melbourne Knights [Mar 8] Canberra Cosmos 2-0 Carlton [Mar 31] South Melbourne 2-1 Perth Glory Newcastle Breakers bye Round 24 [Mar 13] Marconi-Fairfield 0-1 Newcastle Breakers [Mar 14] Adelaide City 3-0 Brisbane Strikers Carlton 0-3 South Melbourne Melbourne Knights 3-0 Canberra Cosmos Perth Glory 1-0 Gippsland Falcons Sydney Olympic 1-0 Adelaide Sharks Wollongong City 0-1 Sydney United Northern Spirit bye Round 25 [Mar 19] Adelaide Sharks 1-0 Melbourne Knights Newcastle Breakers 1-0 Carlton Northern Spirit 1-2 Canberra Cosmos [Mar 20] Marconi-Fairfield 3-4 Perth Glory [Mar 21] Sydney United 4-3 Brisbane Strikers South Melbourne 1-1 Adelaide City Gippsland Falcons 0-3 Wollongong City Sydney Olympic bye Round 26 [Mar 26] Northern Spirit 1-0 South Melbourne [Mar 27] Brisbane Strikers 3-1 Canberra Cosmos [Mar 28] Adelaide City 0-0 Gippsland Falcons Carlton 1-2 Marconi-Fairfield Melbourne Knights 1-0 Newcastle Breakers Perth Glory 2-2 Sydney Olympic Wollongong City 2-0 Adelaide Sharks Sydney United bye Round 27 [Apr 3] Gippsland Falcons 1-1 Northern Spirit Marconi-Fairfield 2-0 Melbourne Knights [Apr 4] Adelaide Sharks 1-0 Adelaide City South Melbourne 3-0 Brisbane Strikers Sydney Olympic 3-2 Carlton [Apr 5] Canberra Cosmos 1-4 Sydney United [Apr 7] Newcastle Breakers 3-1 Wollongong City Perth Glory bye Round 28 [Apr 9] Northern Spirit 2-1 Adelaide Sharks [Apr 10] Brisbane Strikers 2-2 Gippsland Falcons [Apr 11] Adelaide City 1-0 Newcastle Breakers Carlton 1-2 Perth Glory Melbourne Knights 2-1 Sydney Olympic Sydney United 1-0 South Melbourne Wollongong City 2-5 Marconi-Fairfield Canberra Cosmos bye Round 29 [Apr 16] Newcastle Breakers 1-1 Northern Spirit [Apr 18] Adelaide Sharks 1-2 Brisbane Strikers Gippsland Falcons 0-0 Sydney United Marconi-Fairfield 1-0 Adelaide City Perth Glory 3-1 Melbourne Knights South Melbourne 1-0 Canberra Cosmos Sydney Olympic 2-2 Wollongong City Carlton bye Round 30 [Apr 24] Canberra Cosmos 0-0 Gippsland Falcons [Apr 25] Marconi-Fairfield 1-0 Northern Spirit Wollongong City 3-3 Perth Glory Adelaide City 1-0 Sydney Olympic Brisbane Strikers 1-2 Newcastle Breakers Sydney United 3-1 Adelaide Sharks Melbourne Knights 2-1 Carlton South Melbourne bye Table: 1.Sydney United Pumas 28 18 4 6 53-33 58 2.South Melbourne Lakers 28 17 6 5 50-26 57 3.Perth Glory 28 16 5 7 62-37 53 4.Marconi-Fairfield Stallions 28 15 3 10 53-47 48 5.Northern Spirit 28 14 4 10 36-35 46 6.Adelaide City Zebras 28 13 6 9 39-26 45 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 7.Sydney Olympic 28 12 7 9 46-36 43 8.Newcastle Breakers 28 11 7 10 29-33 40 9.Brisbane Strikers 28 11 6 11 41-47 39 10.Wollongong City Wolves 28 8 8 12 45-52 32 11.Carlton Blues 28 9 4 15 47-47 31 12.Melbourne Knights 28 8 5 15 32-43 29 13.West Adelaide Sharks 28 7 6 15 36-46 27 14.Gippsland Falcons 28 5 10 13 17-44 25 15.Canberra Cosmos 28 4 3 21 21-55 15 New teams for 1999/2000: Parramatta Power (collaboration between the Parramatta Rugby League Club and the Parramatta (Melita) Eagles, a former National league team with Maltese foundations) Auckland Kings (from New Zealand, given a 2-year license) First six qualified for playoffs. Topscorers (regular season): 18 - Pablo Cardozo...............(Sydney Olympic) 16 - Mile Sterjovski.............(Sydney United) +2 in playoffs Brad Maloney................(Marconi-Fairfield) 14 - Damian Mori.................(Adelaide City) +1 in playoffs 13 - Vaughan Coveny..............(South Melbourne) +1 in playoffs 12 - Alex Moreira................(Carlton) 11 - Michael Curcija.............(South Melbourne) +1 in playoffs Con Boutsianis..............(Perth Glory) +1 in playoffs John Markovski..............(Perth Glory) Francis Awaritefe...........(Marconi-Fairfield) 10 - Ivan Kelic..................(Melbourne Knights) 9 - Slobodan Despotovski........(Perth Glory) +1 in playoffs Peter Buljan................(Canberra Cosmos) Playoffs Elimination Finals First Legs [Apr 30] Northern Spirit 0-0 Marconi-Fairfield [May 2] Adelaide City 0-0 Perth Glory Second Legs [May 8] Perth Glory 2-1 Adelaide City [May 9] Marconi-Fairfield 2-1 Northern Spirit [winners (Perth Glory, Marconi-Fairfield) to minor semifinal] Major Semifinal First Leg [May 9] South Melbourne 2-1 Sydney United Second Leg [May 16] Sydney United 0-0 South Melbourne Minor Semifinal [May 15] Perth Glory 1-0 Marconi-Fairfield Preliminary Final [May 23] Sydney United 2-1 Perth Glory Final [May 30] South Melbourne 3-2 Sydney United South Melbourne champions of Australia 1998/99

1997/98.

1999/2000.

list of champions.

list of cup winners.

list of final tables.

list of regional champions.

list of regional cup winners.

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