1997–98 National Soccer League

22nd season of top-tier soccer league in Australia

Sports season

NSL 1997-98

League| National Soccer League
Sport| Association football
Duration| 1997–98
Number of teams| 14
NSL season
Champions| South Melbourne
Top scorer| Damian Mori (19)
National Soccer League seasons

← 1996–97

1998–99 →

The 1997–98 National Soccer League season, was the 22nd season of the National Soccer League in Australia.

## Overview

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It was contested by 14 teams, and South Melbourne won the championship. First year Carlton SC competed.

## Regular season

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### League table

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Pos | Team  | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification

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1  | South Melbourne (C) | 26  | 13  | 9  | 4  | 56  | 41  | +15  | 48  | Qualification for the Finals series
2  | Carlton | 26  | 12  | 9  | 5  | 44  | 24  | +20  | 45
3  | Adelaide City | 26  | 13  | 4  | 9  | 45  | 30  | +15  | 43
4  | Sydney United | 26  | 11  | 10  | 5  | 37  | 26  | +11  | 43
5  | Marconi Fairfield | 26  | 12  | 7  | 7  | 33  | 25  | +8  | 43
6  | Wollongong Wolves | 26  | 13  | 3  | 10  | 51  | 33  | +18  | 42
7  | Melbourne Knights | 26  | 11  | 6  | 9  | 37  | 35  | +2  | 39  |
8  | Perth Glory | 26  | 10  | 6  | 10  | 35  | 40  | −5  | 36
9  | UTS Olympic | 26  | 10  | 5  | 11  | 37  | 43  | −6  | 35
10  | West Adelaide | 26  | 10  | 4  | 12  | 32  | 38  | −6  | 34
11  | Gippsland Falcons | 26  | 8  | 7  | 11  | 28  | 36  | −8  | 31
12  | Brisbane Strikers | 26  | 6  | 5  | 15  | 23  | 40  | −17  | 23
13  | Newcastle Breakers | 26  | 4  | 9  | 13  | 30  | 50  | −20  | 21
14  | Canberra Cosmos | 26  | 3  | 8  | 15  | 29  | 56  | −27  | 17

Source: rsssf.com
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions

## Finals series

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### Bracket

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| Elimination Finals| | | Major/Minor semi-finals| | | Preliminary Final| | | Grand Final
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| 2| Carlton| 1| 0| 1| | South Melbourne| 2
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| 1| South Melbourne| 2| 1| 3| | | 10 May 1998| | | Carlton| 1
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| 5| Marconi Fairfield| 1| 1| 2| | | | |
| | | | | 5| Marconi Fairfield| 0| |
| 4| Sydney United| 0| 0| 0| | | | | | |
| | | 5| Marconi Fairfield| 2|
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| | | 6| Wollongong Wolves| 1| |
| 6| Wollongong Wolves| 3| 2| 5| | | |
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| 3| Adelaide City| 0| 2| 2| |
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* Marconi Fairfield 1-0 : 1-0 Sydney United
* Wollongong Wolves 3-0 : 2-2 Adelaide City
* Marconi Fairfield 2-1 Wollongong Wolves
* Carlton 1-2 : 0-1 South Melbourne
* Carlton 1-0 Marconi Fairfield

### Grand Final

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Main article: 1998 National Soccer League Grand Final

16 May 1998
20:00 AEST

South Melbourne| 2 - 1| Carlton SC

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Anastasiadis 9'
Boutsianis 87' | (report) | Stergiopoulos 78'

Olympic Park Stadium, Melbourne

Attendance: 16,000

Referee: Eugene Brazzale

| SOUTH MELBOURNE:

GK | 1 |  Michael Petkovic
MF | 2 |  Steve Iosifidis
DF | 3 |  Fausto De Amicis
DF | 5 |  Con Blatsis
MF | 6 |  David Clarkson
MF | 7 |  Steve Panopoulos
FW | 9 |  Paul Trimboli (c)
MF | 11 |  Bill Damianos
MF | 15 |  Goran Lozanovski |  |  |  74'
DF | 16 |  Tansel Başer
FW | 17 |  John Anastasiadis |  |  |  85'
Substitutes:
FW | 8 |  Vaughan Coveny |  |  |  74'
FW | 10 |  Michael Curcija
MF | 12 |  Con Boutsianis |  |  |  85'
MF | 19 |  George Goutzioulis
Manager:
Ange Postecoglou
Joe Marston Medal:
Fausto De Amicis
| CARLTON SC:

GK | 1 |  Dean Anastasiadis
DF | 2 |  Rob Trajkovski
DF | 5 |  Sean Douglas (c)
MF | 7 |  Krešimir Marušić
MF | 10 |  Lupo Lapsansky
FW | 11 |  Andrew Vlahos |  |  65'
DF | 12 |  Simon Colosimo
FW | 14 |  John Markovski
DF | 15 |  David Cervinski |  |  78'
MF | 17 |  Mark Atkinson
MF | 23 |  Mark Bresciano
Substitutes:
MF | 3 |  Marcus Stergiopoulos |  |  78'
FW | 9 |  Alex Josifovski
DF | 18 |  David Della Rocca
FW | 25 |  Adrian Cervinski |  |  65'
Manager:
Eddie Krnčević

## References

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* Australia - List of final tables (RSSSF)

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National Soccer League

Seasons|

* 1977
* 1978
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Grand Finals|

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Clubs|

| Last|

* Adelaide United
* Brisbane Strikers
* Football Kingz
* Marconi Stallions
* Melbourne Knights
* Newcastle United Jets
* Northern Spirit
* Parramatta Power
* Perth Glory
* South Melbourne
* Sydney Olympic
* Sydney United
* Wollongong Wolves

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Former|

* APIA Leichhardt
* Adelaide City
* Blacktown City
* Brisbane City
* Brisbane Lions
* Brunswick Juventus
* Canberra City
* Canberra Cosmos
* Canterbury-Marrickville
* Carlton
* Collingwood Warriors
* Footscray JUST
* Green Gully Cavaliers
* Heidelberg United
* Inter Monaro
* Mooroolbark
* Morwell Falcons
* Newcastle Breakers
* Newcastle KB United
* Newcastle Rosebud United
* Parramatta Eagles
* Penrith City
* Preston Makedonia
* St George–Budapest
* Sunshine George Cross
* Sydney City
* West Adelaide
* Western Suburbs
* Wollongong Macedonia

Competition|

* Teams
* winners
* performance record
* Players
* foreign
* foreign scorers
* winners
* Managers
* Stadiums

Statistics and awards|

* Records
* All-time table
* Hat-tricks
* Highest scores
* Top scorers by season
* Player of the Year
* Under 21 Player of the Year
* Coach of the Year
* Johnny Warren Medal
* Joe Marston Medal

Associated competitions|

* NSL Cup
* National Youth League

*[Pos]: Position
*[Pld]: Played
*[W]: Won
*[D]: Drawn
*[L]: Lost
*[GF]: Goals for
*[GA]: Goals against
*[GD]: Goal difference
*[Pts]: Points
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