2003–04 National Soccer League

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

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

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.[1]

Overview[edit]

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[edit]

League table[edit]

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 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
Source: ozfootball.net
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored;
(C) Champions

Home and away season[edit]

Round 1[edit]

Wollongong Wolves0 – 1Sydney United
Report Vrkic 19' (Pen)
Attendance: 2,346
Parramatta Power0 – 0South Melbourne FC
Report
Attendance: 1,861
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[edit]

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
Sydney United2 – 1Football Kingz
Langdon 58',
Zmire 62',
Ozbey Red card 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[edit]

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 Red card 72',
Costanzo 92'		 Report Middleby 54',
Thomas Red card 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[edit]

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
Marconi Stallions2 – 1Northern Spirit
Harris 21',
Spiteri 54'		 Report Petrie 40'
Attendance: 2,255
Referee: A. Nardi

Round 5[edit]

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[edit]

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[edit]

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[edit]

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[edit]

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[edit]

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[edit]

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[edit]

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[edit]

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[edit]

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[edit]

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[edit]

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[edit]

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[edit]

Newcastle United0 – 1South Melbourne
Curcija 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[edit]

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[edit]

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[edit]

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[edit]

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[edit]

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[edit]

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[edit]

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[edit]

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[edit]

Bracket[edit]

Elimination Final 1 (3rd v 6th)[edit]

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)[edit]

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)[edit]

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[edit]

Adelaide United2–1 (a.e.t.)South Melbourne
Aloisi 71'
Alagich gold-colored soccer ball 105'  (pen.)		 (Report Curcija 12'
Attendance: 16,558
Referee: Micallef

Preliminary Final[edit]

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

Grand Final[edit]

Main article: 2004 National Soccer League Grand Final
Parramatta Power0 – 1 (a.e.t.)Perth Glory
(Report) Mrdja gold-colored soccer ball 98'
Attendance: 9,630
Referee: Mark Shield
PARRAMATTA POWER:
GK 1 Australia Clint Bolton
DF 3 Australia Alvin Ceccoli (c)
DF 4 Australia Simon Colosimo
DF 5 Australia Michael Beauchamp
FW 7 Australia Travis Dodd
MF 8 Germany Andre Gumprecht Yellow card 86'
FW 9 Australia Ante Milicic downward-facing red arrow 68'
DF 13 Australia Paul O'Grady
FW 14 Australia Sasho Petrovski
FW 21 Australia Ahmad Elrich
MF 22 Australia Peter Zorbas downward-facing red arrow 97'
Substitutes:
GK 20 Australia Daniel Beltrame
MF 6 Australia Matt Thompson upward-facing green arrow 97'
MF 10 Brazil Fernando Rech upward-facing green arrow 68'
MF 11 Australia Lucas Pantelis
DF 16 Australia Jacek Sobczyk
Manager:
Australia Nick Theodorakopoulos


Joe Marston Medal: Australia Ahmad Elrich

Assistant Referees:
Fourth Official:

PERTH GLORY:
GK 1 Australia Jason Petkovic
DF 3 Australia Matthew Bingley
DF 5 Australia Shaun Murphy (c)
FW 10 Australia Bobby Despotovski downward-facing red arrow 82'
MF 11 Australia Jade North
DF 12 Australia Mark Byrnes Yellow card 62'
MF 15 Australia Tom Pondeljak
FW 16 Australia Damian Mori
DF 19 Australia Jamie Harnwell
FW 21 Australia Adrian Caceres
DF 24 Australia Jamie Coyne downward-facing red arrow 95'
Substitutes:
GK 20 Australia Vince Matassa
MF 4 Australia Bradley Hassell upward-facing green arrow 95'
MF 6 Australia Wayne Srhoj
MF 8 Australia Anthony Danze
FW 9 Australia Nik Mrdja upward-facing green arrow 82'
Manager:
England Mich d'Avray

Individual awards[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Golden goal earns Perth NSL glory". abc.net.au. Retrieved 15 February 2024.

External links[edit]

Retrieved from "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=2003–04_National_Soccer_League&oldid=1210982361"