2000–01 in Australian soccer

Soccer in Australia
Season	2000–01
Men's soccer
NSL Premiership	South Melbourne
NSL Championship	Wollongong Wolves
Women's soccer
WNSL Premiership	NSW Sapphires
WNSL Championship	Canberra Eclipse

The 2000–01 season was the 32nd season of national competitive association football in Australia and 118th overall. From July 2000 to June 2001, it was a highly active period for Australian Soccer. The Socceroos participated in their second FIFA Confederations Cup, defying expectations yet again by finishing third, after finishing runners-up in the 1997 edition. They also broke several international records during World Cup Qualification in beating Tonga and America Samoa 22–0 and 31–0 respectively.^[1] The Matildas competed in the 2000 Olympic Games. Domestically, Wollongong Wolves won their second consecutive and overall National Soccer League grand final,^[2] in addition to winning the 2001 Oceania Club Championship^[3] and the NSW Sapphires were unbeaten in the Women's National Soccer League, with the grand final being won by the Canberra Eclipse.^[4]

National teams

Men's senior

Friendlies

4 October 2000	Kuwait	0–1	Australia	Dubai, United Arab Emirates
		Report	Aloisi 49'	Stadium: Al Maktoum Stadium

7 October 2000	South Korea	4–2	Australia	Dubai, United Arab Emirates
	Jae-won 42' Jung-yoon 49' Ki-Hyeon 65' Dong-gook 90' (pen)	Report	Paul Agostino 36', 39'	Stadium: Al Maktoum Stadium

15 November 2000	Scotland	0–2	Australia	Glasgow, Scotland
		Report	Emerton 12' Zdrillic 66'	Stadium: Hampden Park Attendance: 30,985 Referee: Pascal Garibian (France)

28 February 2001	Colombia	3–2	Australia	Bogotá, Colombia
	Serna 12' Salazar 66' Grisales 75'	Report	Corica 77' (pen) Chipperfield 90'	Stadium: Nemesio Camacho Stadium Attendance: 2,071 Referee: Henry Cervantes

Confederations Cup

30 May 2001 Group stage	Mexico	0–2	Australia	Suwon, South Korea
19:30 KST		Report	Murphy 20' Skoko 54'	Stadium: Suwon World Cup Stadium Attendance: 6,232 Referee: Felix Tangawarima (Zimbabwe)

1 June 2001 Group stage	Australia	1–0	France	Daegu, South Korea
17:00 KST	Zane 60'	Report		Stadium: Daegu World Cup Stadium Attendance: 44,400 Referee: Carlos Batres (Guatemala)

3 June 2001 Group stage	South Korea	1–0	Australia	Suwon, South Korea
19:30 KST	Hwang Sun-hong 24'	Report		Stadium: Suwon World Cup Stadium Attendance: 42,754 Referee: Óscar Ruiz (Colombia)

7 June 2001 Semi-final	Japan	1–0	Australia	Yokohama, Japan
17:00 JST	H. Nakata 43'	Report		Stadium: International Stadium Yokohama Attendance: 48,699 Referee: Benito Archundia (Mexico)

9 June 2001 Third-place match	Australia	1–0	Brazil	Ulsan, South Korea
19:00 KST	Murphy 84'	Report		Stadium: Ulsan Munsu Football Stadium Attendance: 28,520 Referee: Hellmut Krug (Germany)

World Cup qualification

9 April 2001 First round	Tonga	0–22	Australia	Coffs Harbour, Australia
16:30		Report	Chipperfield 3', 83' Mori 13', 23', 40', 58' Aloisi 14', 24', 37', 45', 52', 63' Muscat 18', 30', 54', 82' Popovic 67' Vidmar 74' Zdrilic 78', 90' Thompson 80' Boutsianis 87'	Stadium: International Sports Stadium Attendance: 1,500 Referee: Harry Attison (Vanuatu)

11 April 2001 First round	Australia	31–0	American Samoa	Coffs Harbour, Australia
19:00	Boutsianis 10', 50', 84' Thompson 12', 23', 27', 29', 32', 37', 42', 45', 56', 60' Thompson 65', 85', 88' Zdrilic 13', 21', 25', 33', 58', 66', 78', 89' Vidmar 14', 80' Popovic 17', 19' Colosimo 51', 81' De Amicis 55'	^[5]		Stadium: International Sports Stadium Attendance: 3,000 Referee: Ronan Leaustic (Tahiti)

14 April 2001 First round	Fiji	0–2	Australia	Coffs Harbour, Australia
16:30		Report	Corica 23' Foxe 81'	Stadium: International Sports Stadium Attendance: 5,000 Referee: Derek Rugg (New Zealand)

16 April 2001 First round	Australia	11–0	Samoa	Coffs Harbour, Australia
16:30	A. Vidmar 5', 50' Zdrillic 28', 57' Foxe 44' Popovic 55', 89' Thompson 75', 88' Chipperfield 76' Bureta 81' (o.g.)	Report		Stadium: International Sports Stadium Attendance: 2,000 Referee: Brian Precious (New Zealand)

20 June 2001 Second round	New Zealand	0–2	Australia	Wellington, New Zealand
19:30		(report)	Emerton 5', 80'	Stadium: WestpacTrust Stadium Attendance: 19,500 Referee: Masayoshi Okada (Japan)

24 June 2001 Second round	Australia	4–1	New Zealand	Sydney, Australia
15:00	Zdrilic 5', 82' Emerton 40' Aloisi 56'	(report)	Coveny 44' (pen.)	Stadium: Stadium Australia Attendance: 41,976 Referee: Kwon Jong-Chul (South Korea)

Women's senior

Friendlies

8 August 2000	North Korea	2–0	Australia	Pyongyang, North Korea
	Song Ok Jo 6' Sol Yong Suk 68 68'	http://www.ozfootball.net/ark/Matildas/reports/vNK2000a.html Report		Stadium: Yonggakdo Stadium

11 August 2000	North Korea	2–1	Australia	Pyongyang, North Korea
	Song Ok Jo ? 68' Ri Kyong Ae 92'	(Report)	Forman 81'	Stadium: Yonggakdo Stadium

17 August 2000	China	3–0	Australia	Shanghai, China
	Liu Ailing 30' Sun Wen 77' Jin Yan 85'	(Report)

17 August 2000	China	0–0	Australia	Shanghai, China
		(Report)

11 January 2001	Australia	2–1	France	Coffs Harbour, Australia
	Rvell 45' Salisbury 49'	(Report)	Lattaf 66'	Stadium: Coffs Harbour International Stadium Attendance: 5,118

14 January 2001	Australia	1–1	France	Lismore, Australia
	Rvell 80'	(Report)	Mugneret-Beghe 88'	Stadium: Oakes Oval

17 January 2001	Australia	1–0	France	Lismore, Australia
	Mann 52'	(Report)	Mugneret-Beghe 88'	Stadium: Oakes Oval Attendance: 2,350

Olympic Games

13 September 2000 Group stage	Australia	0–3	Germany	Canberra, Australia
17:00		Report	Grings 39' Wiegmann 70' Lingor 90+'	Stadium: Bruce Stadium Attendance: 24,800 Referee: Bola Abidoye (Nigeria)

16 September 2000 Group stage	Australia	1–1	Sweden	Sydney, Australia
17:00	Salisbury 57'	Report	Andersson 66' (pen.)	Stadium: Sydney Football Stadium Attendance: 33,600 Referee: Sonia Denoncourt (Canada)

19 September 2000 Group stage	Australia	1–2	Brazil	Sydney, Australia
17:30	Hughes 33'	Report	Raquel 56' Kátia 64'	Stadium: Sydney Football Stadium Attendance: 29,400 Referee: Vibeke Karlsen (Norway)

Men's soccer

National Soccer League

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	South Melbourne	30	21	6	3	70	24	+46	69	Qualification for the Finals series
2	Wollongong Wolves (C)	30	18	7	5	80	40	+40	61
3	Perth Glory	30	18	7	5	73	33	+40	61
4	Sydney Olympic	30	17	6	7	58	37	+21	57
5	Marconi Fairfield	30	14	8	8	42	33	+9	50
6	Melbourne Knights	30	14	7	9	61	46	+15	49
7	Adelaide Force	30	12	7	11	54	54	0	43
8	Football Kingz	30	12	7	11	52	52	0	43
9	Parramatta Power	30	13	3	14	42	44	−2	42
10	Sydney United	30	12	6	12	46	56	−10	42
11	Canberra Cosmos	30	11	4	15	49	55	−6	37
12	Brisbane Strikers	30	9	8	13	52	56	−4	35
13	Northern Spirit	30	8	8	14	39	50	−11	32
14	Newcastle United	30	7	9	14	37	56	−19	30
15	Eastern Pride	30	5	5	20	32	61	−29	0^[a]
16	Carlton	30	0	0	30	0	90	−90	0^[b]	Withdrew

Source: rsssf.com
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored
(C) Champions
Notes:

^ Eastern Pride were stripped of all their points following a breach of regulations.^[6]
^ Carlton withdrew after eight rounds. All games against them were awarded 3–0.

Finals series

Bracket


Elimination Finals					Major/Minor semi-finals					Preliminary Final			Grand Final

													3 June 2001

					2	Wollongong Wolves	2	2	4				Wollongong Wolves	2

					1	South Melbourne	1	1	2				South Melbourne	1

										1	South Melbourne	2
6	Melbourne Knights (a)	0	2	2
										4	Sydney Olympic	0
3	Perth Glory	0	2	2
					6	Melbourne Knights			0

					4	Sydney Olympic			1
4	Sydney Olympic	3	2	5

5	Marconi Fairfield	1	0	1

Grand final

3 June 2001
12:00 AEST

Wollongong Wolves	2–1	South Melbourne
Petrovski 56' Young 57'	(report)	Anastasiadis 78'

Parramatta Stadium, Sydney

Attendance: 13,402

Referee: Eddie Lennie


WOLLONGONG WOLVES:
GK	26	Dean Anastasiadis
DF	2	George Sounis
DF	3	Alvin Ceccoli	79'
DF	5	David Cervinski
MF	6	Matt Horsley (c)
MF	7	Paul Reid
FW	9	Sasho Petrovski	73'
FW	10	Stuart Young
MF	15	David Huxley
DF	17	Ben Blake
MF	27	Robbie Middleby	90+1'
Substitutes:
GK	1	Daniel Beltrame
DF	4	Robert Stanton	73'
MF	8	Max Nicholson
FW	14	Jay Lucas
MF	23	Dino Mennillo	90+1'
Manager:
Ron Corry
Joe Marston Medal:
Matt Horsley


SOUTH MELBOURNE:
GK	1	Michael Petkovic
MF	2	Steve Iosifidis		36'		71'
DF	3	Fausto De Amicis	(c)		89'
DF	4	Mehmet Durakovic
MF	7	Steve Panopoulos
FW	8	Vaughan Coveny
MF	10	Con Boutsianis
FW	13	Andrew Vlahos
FW	14	Vas Kalogeracos		65'
DF	16	Zeljko Susa		65'
DF	25	Simon Colosimo
Substitutes:
GK	20	Chris Jones
MF	6	David Clarkson
FW	9	Paul Trimboli		65'
FW	11	John Anastasiadis		71'
MF	15	Goran Lozanovski		65'
Manager:
Mike Petersen

References

^ Johnson, Dale (11 April 2001). "Australia smash two world records". ESPN.com Soccernet. ESPN Internet Ventures. Retrieved 15 April 2023.
^ "2001 National Soccer League Playoff results". www.ozfootball.net. Retrieved 15 April 2023.
^ Andre Zlotkowski (2 August 2004). "Oceania Champions Cup 2000". RSSSF. Retrieved 15 April 2023.
^ "Women's National Soccer League (WNSL) Honours Board". Football Australia. 14 June 2021.
^ "2002 FIFA World Cup Korea/Japan Preliminaries Australia – American Samoa". www.fifa.com. FIFA. 11 April 201. Archived from the original on 25 June 2013. Retrieved 29 June 2019.
^ "Australia 2000/01". RSSSF. 29 January 2003. Retrieved 31 May 2014.

[table_hth_EAS0.40983442934688-7] Eastern Pride were stripped of all their points following a breach of regulations.^[6]

[table_hth_CAR0.40983442934688-8] Carlton withdrew after eight rounds. All games against them were awarded 3–0.

[ESPN-1] Johnson, Dale (11 April 2001). "Australia smash two world records". ESPN.com Soccernet. ESPN Internet Ventures. Retrieved 15 April 2023.

[2] "2001 National Soccer League Playoff results". www.ozfootball.net. Retrieved 15 April 2023.

[3] Andre Zlotkowski (2 August 2004). "Oceania Champions Cup 2000". RSSSF. Retrieved 15 April 2023.

[4] "Women's National Soccer League (WNSL) Honours Board". Football Australia. 14 June 2021.

[5] "2002 FIFA World Cup Korea/Japan Preliminaries Australia – American Samoa". www.fifa.com. FIFA. 11 April 201. Archived from the original on 25 June 2013. Retrieved 29 June 2019.

[6] "Australia 2000/01". RSSSF. 29 January 2003. Retrieved 31 May 2014.

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2000–01 in Australian soccer

National teams

Men's senior

Friendlies

Confederations Cup

World Cup qualification

Women's senior

Friendlies

Olympic Games

Men's soccer

National Soccer League

League table

Finals series

Bracket

Elimination finals

Minor semi-final

Major semi-final

Preliminary final

Grand final

References