2003–04 National Soccer League

The 2003–04 National Soccer League season was the 28th and final season of the National Soccer League in Australia. Perth Glory were crowned both premiers and champions after winning both the league and grand final.

2003–04 National Soccer League
LeagueNational Soccer League
SportAssociation football
Duration2003–2004
Number of teams13
NSL season
ChampionsPerth Glory
Top scorerAnte Milicic (20)

Overview

The season was remembered as the end of an era for the national league, following the announcement in 2003 that the national competition would be wholly scrapped in response to the Crawford Report into soccer in Australia. The end of the NSL led to the formation of the A-League, a new national competition that began in 2005.

The season was played as a single league, home-and-away format with top six teams qualifying for a finals series. Adelaide City withdrew from the competition shortly before the start of the season, leading to the hasty formation of Adelaide United to take their place.

At the beginning of the season, it became obvious that the title would be fought between Perth Glory and Parramatta Power. The Champions Glory lost several of their title-winning squad, most notably their dominant midfield, most of whom to the Power. Parramatta, backed by the Leagues Club, bought big for the last year including notably Ante Milicic and Sasho Petrovski, looking to simply buy the title.

This tactic seemed to be working for a large part of the season, as Power held off major challengers Perth, including a memorable 6–0 hiding, Glory's worst-ever loss. However, a turning point came and Perth began to close the gap both in results and performance terms, and won the Premiership by 6 points in the end. Neither of these sides were ever really matched by other sides during the season. Perhaps the surprise of the season was Adelaide United, who surprised all by making the finals and nearly breaking Perth's all-time average season record attendance in the process, with the biggest crowds of the season. This was most notable as the club was thrown together just a few weeks before the season to take the place of former heavyweight Adelaide City.

In the finals series, notably Perth were comprehensively beaten in both legs of the major semi-final, while Adelaide progressed to the minor semi-final in their first ever season, only to be thrashed by Glory, just highlighting the gap between the top two sides and the rest of the league.

The last ever NSL Grand Final was held at Parramatta Stadium, due to Power winning the major semi-final. The Final was attended by a very measly crowd of just over 9,000, and played in thick rain from kick-off. Power's slick passing game was somewhat hurt by the poor conditions, and the game turned into something of a scrap. No goals were scored in 90 minutes of football, so the game went to extra-time where young Glory striker Nik Mrdja slotted to give Glory their fifth National League title and second NSL Championship, while Power finished the season with nothing to show for their quality and dominance.

Regular season

League table
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Perth Glory (C) 24 18 3 3 56 22 +34 57 Qualification to Finals series
2 Parramatta Power 24 16 3 5 58 30 +28 51
3 Adelaide United 24 11 7 6 28 25 +3 40
4 Marconi Stallions 24 10 8 6 29 25 +4 38
5 South Melbourne 24 11 4 9 39 21 +18 37
6 Brisbane Strikers 24 9 5 10 28 33 −5 32
7 Northern Spirit 24 9 3 12 31 33 −2 30
8 Sydney Olympic 24 7 8 9 26 31 −5 29
9 Wollongong Wolves 24 8 5 11 34 41 −7 29
10 Sydney United 24 7 8 9 18 25 −7 29
11 Newcastle United Jets 24 6 6 12 18 33 −15 24
12 Melbourne Knights 24 6 5 13 21 41 −20 23
13 Football Kingz 24 4 3 17 25 51 −26 15
Updated to match(es) played on 29 February 2004. Source: ozfootball.net
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored;
(C) Champion.

Round 1
Wollongong Wolves0 – 1Sydney United
Report Vrkic  19' (Pen)
Attendance: 2,346
Parramatta Power0 – 0South Melbourne FC
Report
Attendance: 1,861
Referee: Simon Micallef
Football Kingz1 – 2Newcastle United
Ngata  74' Report Masi  19'
Wheelhouse  29'
Attendance: 2,304
Referee: D. Rugg
Melbourne Knights1 – 1Marconi Stallions
Pelikan  46' Report Maloney  27'
Attendance: 2,205
Referee: Craig Zetter
Northern Spirit1 – 3Brisbane Strikers
Hutchinson  53' Report Morley  15',  45'
Rose  62'
Attendance: 2,971
Referee: C. Diomis
Sydney Olympic0 – 0Adelaide United
Attendance: 2,370
Referee: James Lewis

Round 2
Newcastle United2 – 1Northern Spirit
Wheelhouse  2' (Pen), 77' (Pen) Report Macallister  28'
Attendance: 4,673
Referee: James Lewis
Brisbane Strikers1 – 1Sydney Olympic
Pilic  53' Report Bakis  63'
Attendance: 2,625
Referee: Mark Shield
Marconi Stallions2 – 1Wollongong Wolves
Maloney  9', 18' Majurovski  73'
Attendance: 1,945
Referee: Simon Micallef
Sydney United2 – 1Football Kingz
Langdon  58',
Zmire  62',
Ozbey  85'		 Report Cunico  73' (OG)
Attendance: 3,169
Referee: Ben Williams
Perth Glory3 – 0Melbourne Knights
Mori  82',
Pondeljak  87',
Caceres  88'		 Report
Attendance: 9,780
Referee: Eddie Lennie
Adelaide United0 – 2Parramatta Power
Report Elrich  5',
Milicic  52'
Attendance: 12,125
Referee: Perry Mur

Round 3
Wollongong Wolves0 – 4South Melbourne FC
Report Coveny  16', 53',
Curcija  78',
Poutakidis  92'
Attendance: 2,005
Referee: Mark Shield
Northern Spirit4 – 0Sydney Olympic
Richter  47',
Ferguson  57',
Macallister  68',
Petrie  81'		 Report
Attendance: 2,819
Parramatta Power4 – 1Football Kingz
Dodd  33', 36', 73',
Elrich  94'		 Report Martin  57'
Attendance: 1,616
Referee: Craig Zetter
Brisbane Strikers0 – 0Perth Glory
Report
Attendance: 3,042
Referee: P. Green
Marconi Stallions1 – 1Newcastle United
Renaud  72',
Costanzo  92'		 Report Middleby  54',
Thomas  72'
Attendance: 2,068
Referee: Eddie Lennie
Melbourne Knights3 – 4Adelaide United
Vasilevski  53',
Marinos  57', 90'		 Report Alagich  45',
Aloisi  62',
Brooks  65',
Veart  83'
Attendance: 1,164
Referee: James Lewis

Round 4
Newcastle United1 – 1Parramatta Power
Ceccoli  28' (o.g.) Report Dodd  45'
Attendance: 3,501
Football Kingz1 – 3Perth Glory
Ngata  64' Report Despotovski  48',
Pondeljak  57',
Mori  67'
Attendance: 1,245
Referee: D. Rugg
Melbourne Knights1 – 2Wollongong Wolves
Pelikan  11' Young  7',
Hawrysiuk  83'
Attendance: 3,100
Referee: Perry Mur
South Melbourne FC0 – 1Brisbane Strikers
Report Brain  47'
Attendance: 7,250
Referee: Eddie Lennie
Sydney Olympic1 – 0Sydney United
Baird  62' Report
Attendance: 4,327
Referee: Simon Micallef
Marconi Stallions2 – 1Northern Spirit
Harris  21',
Spiteri  54'		 Report Petrie  40'
Attendance: 2,255
Referee: A. Nardi

Round 5
Adelaide United1 – 0Brisbane Strikers
Veart  38' Report
Attendance: 15,568
Referee: Craig Zetter
Football Kingz1 – 2Melbourne Knights
Ngata  4' Report Pelikan  26',
Oksuz  72'
Attendance: 1,271
Referee: C. Diomis
Sydney Olympic1 – 2Marconi Stallions
Schirripa  92' Webb  8',
Spiteri  80'
Attendance: 5,199
Referee: P. Green
Sydney United0 – 2Parramatta Power
Report Milicic  15', 92'
Attendance: 3,152
Referee: Mark Shield
South Melbourne4 – 1Newcastle United
Coveny  24' (pen.), 39', 76',
Perosh  56' (o.g.)		 Report Owens  30'
Attendance: 3,750
Referee: D. Rugg
Northern Spirit3 – 5Perth Glory
O'Sullivan  6', 34',
Osman  38'		 Report Pondeljak  11',
Mori  12',
Despotovski  14',
Hassell  43', 48'
Attendance: 2,867

Round 6
Newcastle United2 – 3Adelaide United
Owens  16',
R. Griffiths  61'		 Report Veart  64' (pen.), 78',
Vidmar  73'
Attendance: 3,005
Referee: C. Diomis
Marconi Stallions1 – 2Parramatta Power
Anabalon  46' Report Buonavoglia  33',
Thompson  76'
Attendance: 2,040
Referee: P. Mur
Melbourne Knights0 – 1Northern Spirit
Macallister  2'
Attendance: 2,900
Referee: B. Williams
Sydney Olympic0 – 2Perth Glory
Report Mori  37', 76'
Attendance: 3,383
Referee: S. Pryzdacz
Sydney United0 – 0South Melbourne
Report
Attendance: 2,691
Referee: C. Zetter
Wollongong Wolves1 – 2Football Kingz
Hawrysiuk  2' Hickey  9',
Ngata  48' (pen.)
Attendance: 3,226
Referee: B. Williams

Round 7
Brisbane Strikers2 – 1Newcastle United
Morley  36',
Brownlie  45'		 Report Tsekenis  90'
Attendance: 2,715
Referee: J. Lewis
Parramatta Power6 – 0Perth Glory
Milicic  8', 37', 44',
Buonavoglia  29', 49',
Colosimo  90'		 Report
Attendance: 2,639
Referee: M. Breeze
Sydney Olympic0 – 2Melbourne Knights
Report Pelikan  19', 41'
Attendance: 2,593
Referee: S. Micallef
Adelaide United0 – 0Sydney United
Report
Attendance: 14,413
Referee: A. Nardi
Northern Spirit3 – 0Wollongong Wolves
Petrie  35', 64', 80' Report
Attendance: 2,388
Referee: E. Lennie
South Melbourne2 – 0Marconi Stallions
Boutsianis  62',
Coveny  69'		 Report
Attendance: 5,950
Referee: M. Shield

Round 8
Wollongong Wolves0 – 1Sydney Olympic
Report Cardozo  74' (pen.)
Attendance: 2,251
Referee: C. Diomis
Football Kingz0 – 2Northern Spirits
Report Macallister  55',
Ferguson  68' (pen.)
Attendance: 1,662
Referee: B. Hugo
Parramatta Power4 – 0Melbourne Knights
Kovacic  37' (o.g.),
Milicic  54', 62',
Dodd  78'		 Report
Attendance: 1,683
Referee: P. Green
Marconi Stallions0 – 0Adelaide United
Attendance: 1,820
Referee: C. Zetter
Perth Glory1 – 0South Melbourne
Despotovski  62' (pen.) Report
Attendance: 7,356
Referee: S. Micallef
Sydney United3 – 0Brisbane Strikers
Collina  7',
Doumanis  56' (pen.), 89'
Attendance: 2,756
Referee: M. Breeze

Round 9
Newcastle United0 – 0Sydney United
Report
Attendance: 3,672
Referee: P. Mur
Wollongong Wolves3 – 1Parramatta Power
Arrarte  29',
Hawrysiuk  41', 54'		 Report Ceccoli  33'
Attendance: 2,085
Referee: B. Hugo
Marconi Stallions1 – 0Brisbane Strikers
Carle  68' Report
Attendance: 2,439
Referee: S. Micallef
Sydney Olympic2 – 2Football Kingz
Ishida  10',
Cardozo  36'		 Rowley  3',
Souris  45' (o.g.)
Attendance: 2,398
Referee: B. Williams
Melbourne Knights0 – 5South Melbourne
Report Panopoulos  14',
Trimboli  22', 34',
Coveny  39',
Curcija  89'
Attendance: 6,200
Referee: A. Nardi
Adelaide United1 – 4Perth Glory
Kemp  19' Report Pondeljak  15', 92',
Mori  16',
Despotovski  49'
Attendance: 13,096
Referee: M. Breeze

Round 10
Newcastle United0 – 1Sydney Olympic
Caravella  84'
Attendance: 1,651
Referee: C. Zetter
Brisbane Strikers4 – 2Parramatta Power
Moon  34',
Rose  71', 86',
Morley  90'		 Report Milicic  11',
Rech  58'
Attendance: 2,170
Referee: C. Diomis
Football Kingz3 – 1Marconi Stallions
Tambouras  28',
Martin  65',
Midtsian  78'		 Report Carle  86' (pen.)
Attendance: 1,410
Referee: D. Rugg
Northern Spirit0 – 1Sydney United
Report Šantalab  4'
Attendance: 1,371
Referee: B. Hugo
Wollongong Wolves2 – 1Perth Glory
Young  3',
Nwaogazi  54'		 Report Mori  69'
Attendance: 1,879
Referee: P. Green
South Melbourne2 – 1Adelaide United
Kovacevic  23', 61' Report Veart  70'
Attendance: 8,359
Referee: S. Micallef

Round 11
Adelaide United2 – 2Wollongong Wolves
Valkanis  48',
Saric  81'		 Report Nwaogazi  20',
Blake  90'
Attendance: 9,528
Referee: P. Mur
Newcastle United1 – 0Perth Glory
Masi  82' Report
Attendance: 2,976
Referee: S. Micallef
Parramatta Power3 – 0Northern Spirit
Milicic  19', 47',
Elrich  96'		 Report
Attendance: 3,123
Referee: B. Williams
Brisbane Strikers1 – 0Melbourne Knights
Moon  66' Report
Attendance: 2,354
Referee: S. Pryzdacz
South Melbourne6 – 0Football Kingz
Curcija  3', 57', 72', 85',
Laurie  34',
Tunbridge  90'
Attendance: 5,005
Referee: C. Diomis
Sydney United1 – 1Marconi Stallions
Collina  80' Report Spiteri  53'
Attendance: 4,132
Referee: E. Lennie

Round 12
Wollongong Wolves1 – 1Brisbane Strikers
Nwaogazi  46' Report Brain  13'
Attendance: 2,130
Referee: C. Zetter
Football Kingz1 – 3Adelaide United
Ngata  80' Report Pellegrino  50',
Smeltz  76',
Veart  86'
Attendance: 1,121
Referee: P. Green
Sydney Olympic0 – 1Parramatta Power
Milicic  78'
Attendance: 3,203
Referee: D. Rugg
Melbourne Knights1 – 1Newcastle United
Razov  49' R. Griffiths  58'
Attendance: 2,673
Referee: E. Lennie
Northern Spirit3 – 1South Melbourne
Petrie  45', 56',
Fisher  88'		 Report Curcija  54'
Attendance: 1,859
Referee: A. Nardi
Perth Glory2 – 0Sydney United
Mori  20',
Mrdja  81'		 Report
Attendance: 6,801
Referee: M. Breeze

Round 13
Newcastle United2 – 0Wollongong Wolves
R. Griffiths  6',
Libbesson  91'		 Report
Attendance: 3,513
Referee: S. Przydacz
Adelaide United1 – 0Northern Spirit
Saric  8' Report
Attendance: 9,159
Referee: C. Zetter
Brisbane Strikers1 – 1Football Kingz
McLaren  10' Report Rowley  14'
Attendance: 2,336
Referee: P. Green
Marconi Stallions0 – 2Perth Glory
Report Mori  68',
Despotovski  73'
Attendance: 1,851
Referee: B. Hugo
South Melbourne4 – 2Sydney Olympic
Tunbridge  7',
Poutakidis  25',
Curcija  32',
Boutsianis  78'		 Augerinos  36',
Bakis  62'
Attendance: 4,125
Referee: P. Mur
Sydney United3 – 1Melbourne Knights
Babic  47',
Cunico  56',
Parisi  66'		 Report Vasilevski  83'
Attendance: 1,876
Referee: C. Diomis

Round 14
Newcastle United2 – 0Football Kingz
Johnson  34',
Deans  55'		 Report
Attendance: 1,433
Referee: B. Williams
Brisbane Strikers3 – 1Northern Spirit
Morley  56',
Brownlie  82',
Pilic  87'		 Report Kwasnik  46'
Attendance: 2,137
Referee: A. Nardi
Marconi Stallions0 – 1Melbourne Knights
Report Marinos  92'
Attendance: 1,650
Referee: D. Rugg
Sydney United0 – 1Wollongong Wolves
Report Nwaogazi  47'
Attendance: 3,002
Referee: S. Przydacz
Adelaide United1 – 1Sydney Olympic
Thompson  87' Report Cardozo  62'
Attendance: 11,153
Referee: E. Lennie
South Melbourne2 – 1Parramatta Power
Coveny  34' (pen.), 62' (pen.) Report Rech  15'
Attendance: 10,005
Referee: B. Hugo

Round 15
Football Kingz0 – 1Sydney United
Report Haliti  45'
Attendance: 1,054
Referee: J. Lewis
Wollongong Wolves3 – 3Marconi Stallions
Young  2', 68',
Nwaogazi  81'		 Report Carle  45',
Maloney  52',
Brosque  77'
Attendance: 2,302
Referee: S. Micallef
Parramatta Power1 – 2Adelaide United
Petrovski  44' Report Aloisi  10',
Veart  18'
Attendance: 1,967
Referee: A. Nardi
Sydney Olympic1 – 1Brisbane Strikers
Bakis  53' Pilic  12'
Attendance: 2,690
Referee: C. Diomis
Melbourne Knights0 – 2Perth Glory
Report Mrdja  32', 74'
Attendance: 3,693
Referee: M. Shield
Northern Spirit1 – 1Newcastle United
Thomas  62' (o.g.) Report Masi  34'
Attendance: 1,935
Referee: E. Lennie

Round 16
Perth Glory6 – 1Brisbane Strikers
Despotovski  26',
Byrnes  45',
Hassell  55',
Caceres  74',
Pondeljak  76',
Mrdja  84'		 Report Brownlie  55' (pen.)
Attendance: 12,142
Referee: E. Lennie
South Melbourne2 – 3Wollongong Wolves
Boutsianis  67',
Coveny  81'		 Report Arrarte  13',
Nwaogazi  76',
Balabanel  90'
Attendance: 6,780
Referee: B. Williams
Sydney Olympic1 – 0Northern Spirit
Baird  47' (pen.) Report
Attendance: 2,484
Referee: M. Shield
Football Kingz1 – 2Parramatta Power
Schjerven  34' Report Gumprecht  20',
Rech  62'
Attendance: 1,176
Referee: C. Zetter
Newcastle United0 – 1Marconi Stallions
Report Maloney  29'
Attendance: 3,084
Referee: B. Hugo
Adelaide United2 – 1Melbourne Knights
Veart  15',
Terminello  31'		 Report Trajanovski  4'
Attendance: 13,032
Referee: S. Micallef

Round 17
Parramatta Power4 – 0Newcastle United
Dodd  57',
Petrovski  62', 84',
Milicic  71'
Attendance: 2,736
Referee: B. Williams
Brisbane Strikers1 – 0South Melbourne
Grierson  79'
Attendance: 3,417
Referee: M. Shield
Perth Glory4 – 0Football Kingz
Murphy  29',
Faria  56',
Mrdja  62', 78'
Attendance: 9,856
Referee: C. Diomis
Sydney United0 – 0Sydney Olympic
Attendance: 3,462
Referee: M. Breeze
Wollongong Wolves1 – 1Melbourne Knights
Young  50' (pen.) Trajanovski  66'
Attendance: 3,211
Referee: N. Rice
Northern Spirit0 – 0Marconi Stallions
Attendance: 2,115
Referee: S. Przydacz

Round 18
Newcastle United0 – 1South Melbourne
Crucija  7'
Attendance: 1,231
Referee: P. Green
Parramatta Power5 – 1Sydney United
Milicic  8',
Pantelis  28', 33',
Zorbas  40',
Doumanis  92' (o.g.)		 B. Šantalab  67'
Attendance: 3,105
Referee: M. Breeze
Melbourne Knights1 – 0Football Kingz
Marth  45'
Attendance: 1,516
Referee: C. Zetter
Brisbane Strikers1 – 0Adelaide United
Morley  10'
Attendance: 3,298
Referee: P. Mur
Perth Glory3 – 2Northern Spirit
Murphy  9',
Pondeljak  42',
Despotovski  85'		 Richter  25',
Tomasevic  92'
Attendance: 7,996
Referee: E. Lennie
Marconi Stallions1 – 0Sydney Olympic
Carle  79' (pen.)
Attendance: 2,433
Referee: C. Diomis

Round 19
Perth Glory2 – 0Sydney Olympic
Murphy  76', 84'
Attendance: 9,005
Referee: A. Nardi
Football Kingz1 – 1Wollongong Wolves
Martin  13' Dragas  76'
Attendance: 1,175
Referee: D. Rugg
Northern Spirit2 – 0Melbourne Knights
Hutchinson  21',
Milligan  58'
Attendance: 1,496
Referee: J. Lewis
Adelaide United0 – 0Newcastle United
Attendance: 14,280
Referee: P. Green
South Melbourne1 – 0Sydney United
Coveny  65' (pen.)
Attendance: 5,750
Referee: E. Lennie
Parramatta Power2 – 2Marconi Stallions
Milicic  4',
Rech  76'		 Brosque  46',
Spiteri  81'
Attendance: 2,234
Referee: M. Breeze

Round 20
Newcastle United1 – 0Brisbane Strikers
Wheelhouse  20'
Attendance: 2,181
Referee: P. Green
Wollongong Wolves4 – 1Northern Spirit
Hughes  35',
Young  38', 65',
Nwaogazi  64'		 Richter  84'
Attendance: 2,855
Referee: J. Lewis
Perth Glory4 – 1Parramatta Power
Mrdja  18', 52',
Despotovski  27' (pen.),
Caceres  90'		 Sekulovski  74'
Attendance: 12,624
Referee: E. Lennie
Sydney United1 – 1Adelaide United
Šantalab  89' Alagich  76'
Attendance: 2,065
Referee: M. Breeze
Melbourne Knights1 – 1Sydney Olympic
Marth  89' (pen.) Caravella  3'
Attendance: 2,173
Referee: P. Mur
Marconi Stallions1 – 0South Melbourne
Maloney  38'
Attendance: 1,277
Referee: M. Shield

Round 21
Sydney Olympic5 – 2Wollongong Wolves
Caravella  44',
Cardozo  57', 92',
Nikas  63',
Goutzioulis  89'		 Nwaogazi  16',
Majurovski  75'
Attendance: 2,369
Referee: C. Zetter
Melbourne Knights1 – 3Parramatta Power
Oksuz  52' Rech  27', 76', 92'
Attendance: 1,868
Referee: P. Green
South Melbourne0 – 0Perth Glory
Attendance: 11,642
Referee: M. Breeze
Brisbane Strikers2 – 0Sydney United
McCloughan  20',
Pilic  84'
Attendance: 1,617
Referee: M. Shield
Adelaide United1 – 0Marconi Stallions
Veart  3'
Attendance: 13,690
Referee: S. Micallef
Northern Spirit1 – 0Football Kingz
Richter  60'
Attendance: 1,061
Referee: C. Zetter

Round 22
Perth Glory2 – 0Adelaide United
Mori  30', 34'
Attendance: 9,711
Referee: A. Nardi
South Melbourne4 – 0Melbourne Knights
Leijer  23' (o.g.),
Sarkies  41',
Curcija  52',
Tunbridge  90'
Attendance: 8,120
Referee: M. Shield
Football Kingz2 – 4Sydney Olympic
Hickey  51',
Rowley  94'		 Cardozo  8',
Juric  28',
Bojić  58',
Ishida  63'
Attendance: 1,013
Referee: N. Rice
Parramatta Power4 – 3Wollongong Wolves
Milicic  14',
Rech  40',
Petrovski  49',
Gumprecht  63'		 van Blerk  3',
Nwaogazi  23',
Sabljak  42'
Attendance: 2,237
Referee: E. Lennie
Sydney United2 – 0Newcastle United
B. Šantalab  22',
Austin  40'
Attendance: 2,276
Referee: P. Mur
Brisbane Strikers0 – 2Marconi Stallions
Maloney  66',
Carle  87'
Attendance: 2,257
Referee: S. Micallef

Round 23
Adelaide United2 – 0South Melbourne
Budin  6',
Aloisi  31'
Attendance: 12,463
Referee: E. Lennie
Perth Glory2 – 0Wollongong Wolves
Despotovski  33',
Mori  62'
Attendance: 9,233
Referee: M. Shield
Marconi Stallions2 – 1Football Kingz
Gibson  31',
Carle  61'		 Harries  92'
Attendance: 1,740
Referee: B. Williams
Sydney United0 – 0Northern Spirit
Attendance: 1,964
Referee: S. Micallef
Sydney Olympic2 – 0Newcastle United
Cardozo  72', 79'
Attendance: 2,685
Referee: D. Rugg
Parramatta Power3 – 2Brisbane Strikers
Milicic  12', 37',
Pantelis  47'		 Fitzsimmons  56',
Rose  81'
Attendance: 1,873
Referee: M. Breeze

Round 24
Wollongong Wolves0 – 1Adelaide United
Brooks  80'
Attendance: 3,010
Referee: P. Green
Perth Glory2 – 0Newcastle United
Mori  27',
Caceres  85'
Attendance: 8,678
Referee: C. Zetter
Football Kingz2 – 0South Melbourne
Hickey  19',
Ngata  59'
Attendance: 892
Referee: P. O'Leary
Marconi Stallions3 – 0Sydney United
Brosque  23',
Harris  45',
Gibson  66'
Attendance: 2,579
Referee: S. Micallef
Northern Spirit0 – 1Parramatta Power
Petrovski  23'
Attendance: 1,106
Referee: J. Lewis
Melbourne Knights2 – 0Brisbane Strikers
R. Vargas  27',
Oksuz  88'
Attendance: 2,469
Referee: C. Diomis

Round 25
Adelaide United1 – 0Football Kingz
Veart  58'
Attendance: 12,312
Referee: M. Shield
Newcastle United0 – 2Melbourne Knights
Pelikan  64', 75' (pen.)
Attendance: 3,263
Referee: J. Lewis
Parramatta Power3 – 2Sydney Olympic
Rech  4',
Milicic  34',
Thompson  82'		 Caravella  3',
P. Cardozo  43'
Attendance: 2,832
Referee: M. Shield
Brisbane Strikers0 – 1Wollongong Wolves
Nwaogazi  34'
Attendance: 2,824
Referee: E. Lennie
Sydney United2 – 4Perth Glory
Šantalab  69',
Heffernan  78'		 Mrdja  28', 38', 92',
Hassell  70'
Attendance: 3,039
Referee: C. Diomis
South Melbourne1 – 2Northern Spirit
Coveny  71' Kwasnik  52',
Richter  68'
Attendance: 5,250
Referee: B. Williams

Round 26
Perth Glory2 – 2Marconi Stallions
Mori  83',
Mrdja  86'		 Spiteri  21', 76'
Attendance: 10,458
Referee: E. Lennie
Football Kingz4 – 3Brisbane Strikers
Hay  42',
Ngata  45' (pen.), 81' (pen.),
Christie  76'		 McKay  7',
Rose  54',
Fitzsimmons  57'
Attendance: 950
Referee: D. Rugg
Northern Spirit2 – 1Adelaide United
Kwasnik  27', 69' Vidmar  45'
Attendance: 2,009
Referee: M. Breeze
Sydney Olympic0 – 0South Melbourne
Attendance: 3,682
Referee: S. Micallef
Melbourne Knights0 – 0Sydney United
Attendance: 8,423
Referee: A. Nardi
Wollongong Wolves3 – 0Newcastle United
Nwaogazi  10',
Young  19',
Sabljak  83'
Attendance: 3,531
Referee: P. Green

Finals

Bracket
  Elimination finals Semi-finals Preliminary Final Grand Final
                                           
 
2  Parramatta Power  4  2  6    Parramatta Power  0
1  Perth Glory  2  0  2            Perth Glory (a.e.t.)  1
       
       
         
  3  Adelaide United (a)  3  1 4           1  Perth Glory  5  
  6  Brisbane Strikers  0  4  4         3  Adelaide United  0
       
       
        3  Adelaide United (a.e.t.)  2  
        5  South Melbourne  1
     
     
  4  Marconi Stallions  0  0  0  
  5  South Melbourne  0  2  2

Elimination Final 1 (3rd v 6th)
Adelaide United3–0Brisbane Strikers
Veart  31'
Agius  67'
Brooks  92'		 (Report)
Attendance: 16,258
Referee: Williams
Brisbane Strikers4–1Adelaide United
Moon  45'
Rose  58'
Brain  82'
Grierson  87'		 (Report) Veart  65'
Attendance: 2,790
Referee: Breeze
  • Adelaide United progress on away goals rule (4–4 on aggregate)

Elimination Final 2 (4th v 5th)
Marconi Stallions0–0South Melbourne
(Report)
Attendance: 2,127
Referee: Lennie
South Melbourne2–0Marconi Stallions
Curcija  20', 60' (Report)
Attendance: 6,063
Referee: Shield
  • South Melbourne progress 2–0 on aggregate

Major Semi Final (1st v 2nd)
Parramatta Power4–2Perth Glory
Ceccoli  9'
Petrovski  41'
Zorbas  45'
Milicic  75'		 (Report) Despotovski  46'
Harnwell  56'
Attendance: 6,059
Referee: Micallef
Perth Glory0–2Parramatta Power
(Report Elrich  15'
Petrovski  65'
Attendance: 14,023
Referee: Breeze
  • Parramatta Power progress 6–2 on aggregate

Minor Semi Final
Adelaide United2–1 (a.e.t.)South Melbourne
Aloisi  71'
Alagich  105'  (pen.)		 (Report Curcija  12'
Attendance: 16,558
Referee: Micallef

Preliminary Final
Perth Glory5–0Adelaide United
Despotovski  10', 81'
Mori  51', 69'
Mrdja  88'		 (Report)
Attendance: 17,524
Referee: Shield

Grand Final
Parramatta Power0 – 1 (a.e.t.)Perth Glory
(Report) Mrdja  98'
Attendance: 9,630
Referee: Mark Shield
PARRAMATTA POWER:
GK1 Clint Bolton
DF3 Alvin Ceccoli (c)
DF4 Simon Colosimo
DF5 Michael Beauchamp
FW7 Travis Dodd
MF8 Andre Gumprecht 86'
FW9 Ante Milicic 68'
DF13 Paul O'Grady
FW14 Sasho Petrovski
FW21 Ahmad Elrich
MF22 Peter Zorbas 97'
Substitutes:
GK20 Daniel Beltrame
MF6 Matt Thompson 97'
MF10 Fernando Rech 68'
MF11 Lucas Pantelis
DF16 Jacek Sobczyk
Manager:
Nick Theodorakopoulos


Joe Marston Medal: Ahmad Elrich

Assistant Referees:
Fourth Official:
PERTH GLORY:
GK1 Jason Petkovic
DF3 Matthew Bingley
DF5 Shaun Murphy (c)
FW10 Bobby Despotovski 82'
MF11 Jade North
DF12 Mark Byrnes 62'
MF15 Tom Pondeljak
FW16 Damian Mori
DF19 Jamie Harnwell
FW21 Adrian Caceres
DF24 Jamie Coyne 95'
Substitutes:
GK20 Vince Matassa
MF4 Bradley Hassell 95'
MF6 Wayne Srhoj
MF8 Anthony Danze
FW9 Nik Mrdja 82'
Manager:
Mich d'Avray

Individual awards

References
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