List of NSL champions

This is a list of National Soccer League (NSL) champions. The NSL was the elite football (soccer) competition in Australia from 1977 until 2004,[1] when the competition was scrapped and replaced in 2005 by the fully professional A-League.[2]

National Soccer League Champions
See also: List of Australian soccer champions

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.

Season Grand Final Date Winning Team Score Losing Team Location GF Attendance Joe Marston Medal
1977 - Sydney City (1) By Table Marconi Stallions - - -
1978 - West Adelaide (1) By Table Sydney City - - -
1979 - Marconi Stallions (1) By Table Heidelberg United - - -
1980 - Sydney City (2) By Table Heidelberg United - - -
1981 - Sydney City (3) By Table South Melbourne - - -
1982 - Sydney City (4) By Table St George - - -
1983 - St George (1) By Table Sydney City - - -
1984 24 October 1984 South Melbourne (1) 2–1 Sydney Olympic Olympic Park, Melbourne (1) 10,000 -
28 October 1984 1–2 St. George Stadium, Sydney (1) 11,221
1985 4 September 1985 Brunswick Juventus (1) 0–1 Sydney City St. George Stadium, Sydney (2) 2,491 -
8 September 1985 1–0 Olympic Park, Melbourne (2) 7,560
1986 12 October 1986 Adelaide City (1) 0–1 Sydney Olympic Hindmarsh Stadium, Adelaide (1) 12,232 -
19 October 1986 3–1 Parramatta Stadium, Sydney (1) 14,032
1987 - APIA Leichhardt (1) By Table Preston Lions - - -
1988 4 September 1988 Marconi Stallions (2) 2–2 (5-4 Penalties) Sydney United Parramatta Stadium, Sydney (2) 17,064 -
1989 13 August 1989 Marconi Stallions (3) 1–0 (a.e.t.) Sydney Olympic Parramatta Stadium, Sydney (3) 23,387 -
1989–90 20 May 1990 Sydney Olympic (1) 2–0 Marconi Stallions Parramatta Stadium, Sydney (4) 26,353 Abbas Saad (Sydney Olympic)
1990–91 5 May 1991 South Melbourne (2) 1–1 (5-4 Penalties) Melbourne Knights Olympic Park, Melbourne (3) 21,338 Josip Biskic (Melbourne Knights)
1991–92 3 May 1992 Adelaide City (2) 0–0 (4-2 Penalties) Melbourne Knights Olympic Park, Melbourne (4) 15,463 Alex Tobin (Adelaide City)
1992–93 16 May 1993 Marconi Stallions (4) 1–0 Adelaide City Parramatta Stadium, Sydney (5) 13,376 Milan Ivanovic (Adelaide City)
1993–94 1 May 1994 Adelaide City (3) 1–0 Melbourne Knights Olympic Park, Melbourne (5) 13,790 Alex Tobin (Adelaide City)
1994–95 7 May 1995 Melbourne Knights (1) 2–0 Adelaide City Hindmarsh Stadium, Adelaide (2) 15,573 Steve Horvat (Melbourne Knights)
1995–96 26 May 1996 Melbourne Knights (2) 2–1 Marconi Stallions Olympic Park, Melbourne (6) 14,258 Andrew Marth (Melbourne Knights)
1996–97 25 May 1997 Brisbane Strikers (1) 2–0 Sydney United Lang Park, Brisbane (1) 40,446 Alan Hunter (Brisbane Strikers)
1997–98 16 May 1998 South Melbourne (3) 2–1 Carlton S.C. Olympic Park, Melbourne (7) 16,000 Fausto De Amicis (South Melbourne)
1998–99 30 May 1999 South Melbourne (4) 3–2 Sydney United Olympic Park, Melbourne (8) 15,194 Goran Lozanovski (South Melbourne)
1999–2000 11 June 2000 Wollongong Wolves (1) 3–3 (7-6 Penalties) Perth Glory Subiaco Oval, Perth (1) 43,242 Scott Chipperfield (Wollongong Wolves)
2000–01 3 June 2001 Wollongong Wolves (2) 2–1 South Melbourne Parramatta Stadium, Sydney (6) 13,402 Matthew Horsley (Wollongong Wolves)
2001–02 12 May 2002 Sydney Olympic (2) 1–0 Perth Glory Subiaco Oval, Perth (2) 42,735 Ante Milicic (Sydney Olympic)
2002–03 1 June 2003 Perth Glory (1) 2–0 Sydney Olympic Subiaco Oval, Perth (3) 38,111 Simon Colosimo (Perth Glory)
2003–04 4 April 2004 Perth Glory (2) 1–0 (a.e.t.) Parramatta Power Parramatta Stadium, Sydney (7) 9,630 Ahmad Elrich (Parramatta Power)

The numbers in brackets indicate the number of championships won by a team, or the number of Grand Finals held in a city.

Playoff Series Champions

From 1977-1983 and 1987, the top placed team at the end of the regular season was declared champion. However a compromise format was devised between the traditional first past the post system and the Australian system of finals. A Playoff series was conducted in these years except for the 1977,1981 & 1983 seasons, however the winner of the Playoff Series didn't become champion of the NSL.

Season Grand Final Date Winning Team Score Losing Team Location GF Attendance
1978 17 September 1978 Sydney City (1) 4–2 Marconi Stallions Sydney Sports Ground, Sydney (1) 9,136
1979 28 October 1979
4 November 1979		 Sydney City (2) 1–0
1–1		 Brisbane City Wentworth Park, Sydney (1)
Perry Park, Brisbane (1)		 2,532
4,200
1980 26 October 1980 Heidelberg United (1) 4–0 Sydney City Canberra Stadium, Canberra (1) 11,126
1982 3 October 1982 St George (1) 3–1 Sydney City Penrith Stadium, Sydney (1) 6,495
1987 1 November 1987 St George (2) 4–0 APIA Leichhardt Parramatta Stadium, Sydney (1) 6,961

The numbers in brackets indicate the number of playoff series won by a team, or the number of Grand Finals held in a city.

NSL 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.

Season Cup Final Date Winning Team Score Losing Team Location Cup Final Attendance
1977 9 October 1977 Brisbane City (1) 1–1 (5-3 Penalties) Marconi Stallions Perry Park, Brisbane (1) 9,000
1978 8 October 1978 Brisbane City (2) 2–1 Adelaide City Perry Park, Brisbane (2) 6,964
1979 30 September 1979 Adelaide City (1) 3–1 St George Olympic Sports Field, Adelaide (1) 9,554
1980 5 October 1980
15 October 1980		 Marconi Stallions (1) 0–0 (a.e.t.)
3–0 (Replay)		 Heidelberg United Olympic Park, Melbourne (1)
Marconi Stadium, Sydney (1)		 7,000
5,000
1981 20 September 1981 Brisbane Lions (1) 3–1 West Adelaide Canberra Stadium, Canberra (1) 8,132
1982 12 September 1982 APIA Leichhardt (2) 2–1 Heidelberg United Olympic Park, Melbourne (2) 7,000
1983 6 November 1983
13 November 1983		 Sydney Olympic (1) 1–0
1–0		 Heidelberg United St. George Stadium, Sydney (1)
Olympic Park, Melbourne (3)		 9,420
6,000
1984 13 September 1984 Newcastle Rosebud United (1) 1–0 Melbourne Knights Olympic Park, Melbourne (4) 5,000
1985 11 August 1985 Sydney Olympic (2) 2–1 Preston Lions St. George Stadium, Sydney (2) 11,187
1986 17 September 1986 Sydney City (1) 3–2 (a.e.t.) West Adelaide Hindmarsh Stadium, Adelaide (1) 5,200
1987 14 October 1987
18 October 1987		 Sydney United (1) 1–0
1–0		 South Melbourne St. George Stadium, Sydney (3)
Olympic Park, Melbourne (5)		 5,845
6,000
1988 14 August 1988 APIA Leichhardt (2) 0–0 (5–3 Penalties) Brunswick Juventus Marconi Stadium, Sydney (2) 5,200
1989 20 August 1989 Adelaide City (2) 2–0 Sydney Olympic Hindmarsh Stadium, Adelaide (2) 10,000
1989–90 25 April 1990 South Melbourne (1) 4–1 Sydney Olympic Olympic Park, Melbourne (6) 7,000
1990–91 7 April 1991 Parramatta Eagles (1) 1–0 Preston Lions Marconi Stadium, Sydney (3) 8,749
1991–92 7 April 1992 Adelaide City (3) 2–1 Marconi Stallions Hindmarsh Stadium, Adelaide (3) 6,500
1992–93 18 April 1993 Heidelberg United (1) 2–0 Parramatta Eagles Marconi Stadium, Sydney (4) 4,596
1993–94 17 October 1993 Parramatta Eagles (2) 2–0 Sydney United Marconi Stadium, Sydney (5) 5,156
1994–95 16 October 1994 Melbourne Knights (1) 6–0 Heidelberg United Olympic Park, Melbourne (7) 6,000
1995–96 27 January 1996 South Melbourne (2) 3–1 Newcastle Breakers Lakeside Stadium, Melbourne (1) 5,000
1996–97 6 October 1996 Collingwood Warriors (1) 1–0 Marconi Stallions Lakeside Stadium, Melbourne (2) 2,327

The numbers in brackets indicate the number of cups won by a team, or the number of Cup Finals held in a city.

National Youth League

The NSL also had a national youth competition, consisting of a variety teams, both from within and outside of the NSL's membership. The competition began in 1984, and was ended at the same time as the NSL, in 2004.

Year Champion Runner up Score Venue
1984 South Melbourne Hellas Melita Eagles 3–2
1985 Sydney City Heidelberg Alexander 3-0
1986 Australian Institute of Sport Sunshine George Cross 3–0
1987 Sydney Olympic Sunshine George Cross 1-0
1988 Marconi Sunshine George Cross 2-1
1989 Sunshine George Cross Marconi 3–2
1989/1990 Melbourne Croatia APIA Leichhardt 2–1
1990/1991 South Melbourne Sydney Olympic 3–2
1991/1992 Sydney Croatia South Melbourne 3–1
1992/1993 West Adelaide Australian Institute of Sport 1–0
1993/1994 South Melbourne Sydney United 2–0
1994/1995 Sydney United Melbourne Knights 1-0
1995/1996 Marconi Stallions West Adelaide 3–1
1996/1997 Melbourne Knights Sydney United 1–0
1997/1998 Australian Institute of Sport Adelaide City 4-1
1998/1999 Australian Institute of Sport Adelaide City 8–1 Knights Stadium
1999/2000 Carlton Parramatta Power 1-0
2000/2001 Melbourne Knights Marconi Stallions 3–2
2001/2002 Parramatta Power Melbourne Knights 2-0
2002/2003 Parramatta Power Whittlesea Stallions 6-2
2003/2004 Canberra Deakin South Melbourne 2–1
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See also

References
  1. http://www.ozfootball.net/ark/NSL/NSL.shtml
  2. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2012-03-05. Retrieved 2014-05-23.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
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