1997–98 Carlton SC season

June 2025 June 2025 Carlton 1997–98 Head Coach Eddie Krncevic Optus OvalOlympic Park National Soccer League 2nd National Soccer League Finals Runners-up Andrew Vlahos (13) 10,632vs. South Melbourne(21 December 1997)National Soccer League 1,548vs. Newcastle Breakers(23 March 1998)National Soccer League 5897 4279 5137 6057 3105 2709 10632 2371 2476 2716 2944 1548 3324 0 5–0vs. South Melbourne (A)(12 April 1998)National Soccer League 1–3vs. Wollongong City (A)(28 December 1997)National Soccer League 1998–99 The 1997–98 season was the first in the National Soccer League for Carlton Soccer Club. Carlton finished 2nd in their National Soccer League season, and lost 2–1 in the Grand Final to South Melbourne.http://www.ozfootball.net/ark/NSL/9798/NSL.html The 1997-1998 Season OzFootball.net Transfers and contracts Transfers in No. Position Player Transferred from Type/fee Contract length Date Ref. 3 3 MF Marcus Stergiopoulos Gippsland Falcons $25,000 2 years 15 July 1997 STERGIOPOULOS JOINS CARLTON Stavroulakis Mark Australian Soccer Weekly 18 834 4 Players 1 AUS GK Dean Anastasiadis 2 AUS DF Robert Trajkovski 3 AUS MF Marcus Stergiopoulos 4 AUS DF Alan Hunter 5 NZL DF Sean Douglas 6 AUS DF Con Anthopoulos 7 AUS MF Kresimir Marusic 10 AUS MF Lubo Lapsansky 11 AUS FW Andrew Vlahos 12 AUS MF Simon Colosimo 13 AUS MF Vince Grella 14 AUS MF John Markovski 15 AUS DF David Cervinski 16 AUS DF Branko Bacak 17 NZL MF Mark Atkinson 18 AUS DF David Della Rocca 20 AUS GK Adrian Cagalj 23 AUS MF Mark Bresciano 25 AUS FW Adrian Cervinski AUS DF Steve Horvat AUS MF David Grbac AUS MF Cameron Pino AUS MF Pece Siveski AUS FW Alex Josifoski AUS FW Vlado Mirković Competitions Overall record National Soccer League 4 October 1997 12 April 1998 Matchday 1 2nd 12 9 5 44 24 National Soccer League Finals 3 May 1998 16 May 1998 Semi-finals Runners-up 1 0 3 3 5 National Soccer League 1997–98 National Soccer League League table CAR Results summary 6 4 3 21 12 6 5 2 23 12 worldfootball.net April 2025 Results by round table b Round Ground H/H/A/H/A/H/A/H/A/H/A/H/A/H/A/A/H/A/H/A/H/A/H/A/H/A Result W/D/W/W/W/D/D/L/W/D/D/L/L/W/D/D/W/D/D/W/L/L/W/W/W/W Position 5/5/3/1/1/2/2/4/3/3/4/4/4/4/5/5/4/4/5/4/4/7/4/4/3/2 green2 Win yellow2 Draw red2 Loss Home Away gold yellow1 worldfootball.net Matches #CCFFCC Win 1px solid #AAAAAA #FFFFCC Draw 1px solid #AAAAAA #FFCCCC Loss 1px solid #AAAAAA 1 4 October 1997 Carlton 2–1 http://www.ozfootball.net/ark/NSL/9798/Round01.html Perth Glory Cervinski 6 Allsopp 57 C. Naven 41 Optus Oval Melbourne 5,897 Gerry Connolly W 2 12 October 1997 Carlton 1–1 http://www.ozfootball.net/ark/NSL/9798/Round02.html Sydney United Lapsansky 45 Burns 29 Optus Oval Melbourne 4,279 Matthew Breeze D 3 18 October 1997 Canberra Cosmos 1–3 http://www.ozfootball.net/ark/NSL/9798/Round03.html Carlton Musitano 68 Anthopoulos 19 Lapsansky 49 Allsopp 60 Seiffert Oval Queanbeyan 3,505 B. McKay W 4 25 October 1997 Carlton 3–1 http://www.ozfootball.net/ark/NSL/9798/Round04.html Adelaide City Markovski 25 65 Vlahos 84 Mori 35 Optus Oval Melbourne 5,137 Gerry Connolly W 5 1 November 1997 Brisbane Strikers 0–1 http://www.ozfootball.net/ark/NSL/9798/Round05.html Carlton Vlahos 26 Suncorp Stadium Brisbane 5,070 Mark Shield W 6 8 November 1997 Carlton 1–1 http://www.ozfootball.net/ark/NSL/9798/Round06.html Melbourne Knights Atkinson 55 Kelic 44 Optus Oval Melbourne 6,057 Simon Micallef D 7 14 November 1997 Newcastle Breakers 0–0 http://www.ozfootball.net/ark/NSL/9798/Round07.html Carlton Topper Stadium Newcastle 3,284 Con Diomis D 8 22 November 1997 Carlton 0–1 http://www.ozfootball.net/ark/NSL/9798/Round08.html UTS Olympic Tome 51 Optus Oval Melbourne 3,105 Eugene Brazzale L 9 28 November 1997 Marconi-Fairfield 1–2 http://www.ozfootball.net/ark/NSL/9798/Round09.html Carlton Babic 68 Casserly 9 o.g. Markovski 27 Marconi Stadium Sydney 3,386 Brett Hugo W 10 6 December 1997 Carlton 1–1 http://www.ozfootball.net/ark/NSL/9798/Round10.html Adelaide Sharks Vlahos 46 Cardozo 87 Optus Oval Melbourne 2,709 Gerry Connolly D 11 13 December 1997 Gippsland Falcons 0–0 http://www.ozfootball.net/ark/NSL/9798/Round11.html Carlton Falcons Park Morwell 4,123 B. Panella D 12 21 December 1997 Carlton 2–3 http://www.ozfootball.net/ark/NSL/9798/Round12.html South Melbourne Grella 8 Colosimo 78 Anastasiadis 30 Boutsianis 37 Curcija 80 pen. Optus Oval Melbourne 10,632 Simon Micallef L 13 28 December 1997 Wollongong City 3–1 http://www.ozfootball.net/ark/NSL/9798/Round13.html Carlton Perinich 22 Surjan 26 pen. Ceccoli 42 Markovski ? Brandon Park Wollongong 6,235 G. Leverton L 14 3 January 1998 Carlton 1–0 http://www.ozfootball.net/ark/NSL/9798/Round14.html Wollongong City Markovski 21 Optus Oval Melbourne 2,371 Gerry Connolly W 15 11 January 1998 Perth Glory 0–0 http://www.ozfootball.net/ark/NSL/9798/Round15.html Carlton Perth Oval Perth 14,687 Mark Shield D 16 18 January 1998 Sydney United 1–1 http://www.ozfootball.net/ark/NSL/9798/Round16.html Carlton Kupresak 48 Lapsansky 38 Parramatta Stadium Sydney 3,333 Brett Hugo D 17 24 January 1998 Carlton 2–0 http://www.ozfootball.net/ark/NSL/9798/Round17.html Canberra Cosmos Markovski 34 Allsopp 68 Optus Oval Melbourne 2,476 J. Blaney W 18 1 February 1998 Adelaide City 1–1 http://www.ozfootball.net/ark/NSL/9798/Round18.html Carlton Hassell 72 Gibson 3 o.g. Hindmarsh Stadium Adelaide 4,605 Simon Micallef D 19 21 February 1998 Carlton 1–1 http://www.ozfootball.net/ark/NSL/9798/Round19.html Brisbane Strikers Lapsansky 36 Meredith 53 Optus Oval Melbourne 2,716 Matthew Breeze D 20 1 March 1998 Melbourne Knights 2–4 http://www.ozfootball.net/ark/NSL/9798/Round20.html Carlton Pondeljak 18 pen. Anastasiadis 66 o.g. Markovski 16 76 Vlahos 23 Anthopoulos 48 Knights Stadium Melbourne 5,185 Brett Hugo W 21 7 March 1998 Carlton 0–1 http://www.ozfootball.net/ark/NSL/9798/Round21.html Marconi-Fairfield Zoric 90+ Optus Oval Melbourne 2,944 Mark Shield L 22 13 March 1998 UTS Olympic 3–2 http://www.ozfootball.net/ark/NSL/9798/Round22.html Carlton Tome 5 N. Carle 28 L. Carle 75 pen. Vlahos 53 Mirkovic 66 Belmore Oval Sydney 3,588 G. Leverton L 23 23 March 1998 Carlton 3–0 http://www.ozfootball.net/ark/NSL/9798/Round23.html Newcastle Breakers Vlahos 55 85 pen. Josifovski 90 Olympic Park Melbourne 1,548 Jane Blaney W 24 29 March 1998 Adelaide Sharks 0–3 http://www.ozfootball.net/ark/NSL/9798/Round24.html Carlton Vlahos 13 80 Markovski 86 Hindmarsh Stadium Adelaide 3,100 Simon Micallef W 25 5 April 1998 Carlton 4–1 http://www.ozfootball.net/ark/NSL/9798/Round25.html Gippsland Falcons Vlahos 27 65 83 pen. Bresciano 71 Cheney 75 Olympic Park Melbourne 3,324 Brett Hugo W 26 12 April 1998 South Melbourne 0–5 http://www.ozfootball.net/ark/NSL/9798/Round26.html Carlton Vlahos 23 Markovski 30 pen. 39 Marusic 62 Bresciano 89 Bob Jane Stadium Melbourne 8,725 Eugene Brazzale W Finals series Major semi-final 1st Leg 26 April 1998 Carlton 1–2 http://www.ozfootball.net/ark/NSL/9798/Playoff.html South Melbourne Markovski 90+ Trimboli 25 Anastasiadis 35 Optus Oval Melbourne 6,767 Brett Hugo L Major semi-final 2nd Leg 3 May 1998 South Melbourne 1–0 3–1 http://www.ozfootball.net/ark/NSL/9798/Playoff.html Carlton Lozanovski 13 Lakeside Stadium Melbourne 14,850 Eddie Lennie L Preliminary Final 10 May 1998 Carlton 1–0 http://www.ozfootball.net/ark/NSL/9798/Playoff.html Marconi-Fairfield Bresciano 90+ Olympic Park Melbourne 3,672 Simon Micallef W Grand Final 16 May 1998 South Melbourne 2–1 http://www.ozfootball.net/ark/NSL/9798/Playoff.html Carlton Anastasiadis 9 Boutsianis 87 Stergiopoulos 78 Olympic Park Melbourne 16,000 Eugene Brazzale L Statistics Appearances and goals Includes all competitions. Players with no appearances not included in the list.https://www.worldfootball.net/team_performance/carlton-sc/aus-a-league-1997-1998/ https://web.archive.org/web/20250616115115/https://www.worldfootball.net/team_performance/carlton-sc/aus-a-league-1997-1998/ dead 16 June 2025 Carlton SC » Appearances A-League 1997/1998 worldfootball.net National SoccerLeague National SoccerLeague Finals 1 AUS GK Dean Anastasiadis 26 0 4 0 2 AUS DF Robert Trajkovski 17+2 0 3 0 3 AUS MF Marcus Stergiopoulos 17+6 0 0+3 1 4 AUS DF Alan Hunter soccer 4+2 0 0 0 5 NZL DF Sean Douglas footballer 26 0 3 0 6 AUS DF Con Anthopoulos 23 2 2 0 7 AUS MF Kresimir Marusic 17+1 1 4 0 10 AUS MF Lubo Lapsansky 20+2 4 3+1 0 11 AUS FW Andrew Vlahos 23+3 13 4 0 12 AUS MF Simon Colosimo 15+2 1 4 0 13 AUS MF Vince Grella 16+4 1 1+1 0 14 AUS MF John Markovski 20 11 4 1 15 AUS DF David Cervinski 18+2 1 4 0 16 AUS DF Branko Bacak 2+8 0 0 0 17 NZL MF Mark Atkinson footballer 23+2 1 3 0 18 AUS DF David Della Rocca 2+7 0 1 0 23 AUS MF Mark Bresciano 8+2 2 3+1 0 25 AUS FW Adrian Cervinski 2+3 0 1+2 0 AUS MF David Grbac 0+1 0 0 0 AUS MF Cameron Pino 0+1 0 0 0 AUS MF Pece Siveski 0+1 0 0 0 AUS FW Alex Josifoski 1+4 1 0 0 AUS FW Vlado Mirković 0+3 0 0 0 worldfootball.net April 2025 References Category:Carlton SC seasons Carlton