1997–98 National Soccer League

Australian soccer season November 2015 November 2015 NSL 1997-98 National Soccer League Association football 1997–98 14 NSL season South Melbourne Champions Damian Mori (19) List of NSL seasons National Soccer League 1996–97 National Soccer League 1996–97 1998–99 National Soccer League 1998–99 The 1997–98 National Soccer League season, was the 22nd season of the National Soccer League in Australia. Overview It was contested by 14 teams, and South Melbourne won the championship. First year Carlton SC competed. Regular season League table main WDL Q FS FS FS FS FS FS SOU, CAR, ADE, SYD, MAR, WOL, MEL, PER, UTS, WES, GIP, BRI, NEW, CAN complete 13 4 9 45 30 6 5 15 23 40 3 8 15 29 56 12 9 5 44 24 8 7 11 28 36 12 7 7 33 25 11 6 9 37 35 4 9 13 30 50 10 6 10 35 40 13 9 4 56 41 11 10 5 37 26 10 5 11 37 43 10 4 12 32 38 13 3 10 51 33 C Adelaide City Brisbane Strikers Canberra Cosmos Carlton Gippsland Falcons Marconi Fairfield Melbourne Knights Newcastle Breakers Perth Glory South Melbourne Sydney United UTS Olympic West Adelaide Wollongong Wolves yellow1 Qualification for the Finals series 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored. rsssf.com Finals series Bracket y y y Elimination Finals Major/Minor semi-finals Preliminary Final Grand Final 5 Marconi Fairfield 1 1 2 4 Sydney United 0 0 0 6 Wollongong Wolves 3 2 5 3 Adelaide City 0 2 2 2 Carlton 1 0 1 1 South Melbourne 2 1 3 5 Marconi Fairfield 2 6 Wollongong Wolves 1 10 May 1998 2 Carlton 1 5 Marconi Fairfield 0 16 May 1998 South Melbourne 2 Carlton 1 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 1998 National Soccer League Grand Final 16 May 199820:00 AEST South Melbourne 2 – 1 (report) Carlton SC Anastasiadis 9 Boutsianis 87 Stergiopoulos 78 Olympic Park Stadium, Melbourne 16,000 Eugene Brazzale SOUTH MELBOURNE: 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:AUS Fausto De Amicis CARLTON SC: GK 1 AUS Dean AnastasiadisDF 2 AUS Rob TrajkovskiDF 5NZL Sean Douglas (c) MF 7AUS 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 References Australia - List of final tables (RSSSF) 1997–98 Category:1997–98 in Australian men's soccer leagues Australia