1998 National Soccer League grand final

1998 National Soccer League Grand Final 1997–98 National Soccer League South Melbourne 2 Carlton SC 1 1998 05 16 yes Olympic Park Stadium Melbourne, Australia Fausto De Amicis(Joe Marston Medal) Eugene Brazzale 16,000 1997 1999The 1998 National Soccer League Grand Final was held on 16 May 1998 between South Melbourne and Carlton SC at Olympic Park Stadium. South Melbourne gained home advantage as they won the major semi-final against them two weeks earlier. John Anastasiadis scored in the ninth minute for South Melbourne as they went up 1–0 at the half time break. In the 78th minute, Marcus Stergiopoulos netted a goal for Carlton to equalise, however, an 87th minute winner from Con Boutsianis clinched the victory for South Melbourne, gifting them their third NSL championship.Australian National League http://howe.how/football/HAL_season-guide_201920.pdf Hyundai A-League season guide 2019–20 3221998 National Soccer League Playoff results http://www.ozfootball.net/ark/NSL/9798/Playoff.html www.ozfootball.net 2020-05-02 Fausto De Amicis won the Joe Marston Medal. Route to the final League Standings main WW QR SM South Melbourne CSC Carlton SC AC Adelaide City SU Sydney United MS Marconi Stallions Newcastle Breakers CC Wollongong Wolves Melbourne Knights PG Perth Glory UO UTS Olympic WA West Adelaide GF Gippsland Falcons BS Brisbane Strikers NB 25 WDL 13 13 9 4 56 41 C 12 9 5 44 24 Canberra Cosmos 9 4 45 30 11 10 5 37 26 12 7 7 33 MK 13 5 40 51 33 11 6 9 37 35 10 6 10 35 36 6 10 11 37 43 10 4 12 32 38 8 7 11 28 3 10 29 15 23 40 4 9 13 30 50 3 8 15 5 #D0F0C0 56 1997-98 National Soccer League Champions LC #FFFFAA 1998 National Soccer League Finals LF LF LF LF LF 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored. complete rsssf.com Finals Bracket y y y Elimination Finals Major/Minor Semifinals Preliminary Final Grand Final Wollongong Wolves Marconi Fairfield 1 0 1 4 Sydney United 0 1 1 1 5 3 2 5 3 Adelaide City 0 2 2 2 Carlton 6 0 1 10 May 1998 South Melbourne 2 1 3 5 Marconi Fairfield 2 6 Wollongong Wolves 1 1 2 Carlton 1 5 Marconi Fairfield 0 16 May 1998 South Melbourne 2 Carlton 1 Match Details 16 May 199820:00 AEST South Melbourne 2 – 1 Reports1998 NSL Final http://www.ozfootball.net/ark/NSL/19971998/Playoff.html Oz Football 30 December 2022 Carlton SC Anastasiadis 9 Boutsianis 87 Stergiopoulos 78 Olympic Park Stadium, Melbourne 16,000 Eugene Brazzale GK 1AUS Michael PetkovicMF 2AUS Steve Iosifidis DF 3AUS Fausto De Amicis DF 5AUS Con BlatsisMF 6AUS David ClarksonMF 7AUS Steve PanopoulosFW 9AUS Paul Trimboli (c) MF 11AUS Bill DamianosMF 15AUS Goran Lozanovski 74DF 16AUS Tansel Başer FW 17AUS John Anastasiadis 85Substitutes:FW 8NZL Vaughan Coveny 74FW 10AUS Michael Curcija MF 12AUS Con Boutsianis 85MF 19 AUS George GoutzioulisManager:AUS Ange PostecoglouJoe Marston Medal:Fausto De Amicis (South Melbourne) GK 1 AUS Dean AnastasiadisDF 2 AUS Rob TrajkovskiDF 5NZL Sean Douglas (c) MF 7CRO Krešimir MarušićMF 10 AUS Lupo LapsanskyFW 11AUS Andrew Vlahos 65DF 12AUS Simon ColosimoFW14AUS John Markovski DF 15AUS David Cervinski 78MF 17NZL Mark AtkinsonMF 23AUS Mark Bresciano Substitutes:MF 3AUS Marcus Stergiopoulos 78FW 9 AUS Alex JosifovskiDF 18AUS David Della Rocca FW 25AUS Adrian Cervinski 65Manager:AUS Eddie Krnčević Assistant referees: Fourth official:Match rules 90 minutes. 30 minutes of extra time if necessary. Penalty shoot-out if scores still level. References Grand final 1998 Category:South Melbourne FC matches Category:Carlton SC Category:1990s in sport in Melbourne Category:Men's soccer matches in Melbourne Category:May 1998 sports events in Australia