2003–04 National Soccer League

Australian soccer season November 2015 July 2020 2003–04 National Soccer League National Soccer League Soccer 2003–2004 13 NSL season Perth Glory Champions Perth Glory Premiers Ante Milicic (20) List of NSL seasons National Soccer League 2002–03 National Soccer League 2002–03 2005–06 A-League 2005–06 A-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.Golden goal earns Perth NSL glory https://www.abc.net.au/news/2004-04-04/golden-goal-earns-perth-nsl-glory/164218 ABC News 4 April 2004 15 February 2024 3 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. Clubs Australia right 350 Locations of the Australian 2003–04 National Soccer League clubs Australia -34.5539 138.3600 80 Adelaide United left Australia -27.2804 153.0141 80 Brisbane Strikers left Australia -37.814167 144.963056 80 Melbourne Blue pog.svg bottom Australia -32.5550 151.4515 80 Newcastle United left Australia -31.5721 115.5135 80 Perth Glory right Australia -33.866667 151.2 80 Sydney Blue pog.svg left Australia -34.4275 150.8975 80 Wollongong Wolves bottom Australia TransparentPlaceholder.png 3 -10.00 111.50 80 Sydney teams:Northern SpiritMarconi StallionsParramatta PowerSydney OlympicSydney United 58 Australia TransparentPlaceholder.png 3 -41.00 111.50 80 Melbourne teams:Melbourne KnightsSouth Melbourne TeamCityHome GroundCapacityAdelaide UnitedAdelaideHindmarsh Stadium17,000Brisbane StrikersBrisbanePerry Park5,000Football KingzAucklandEricsson Stadium25,000Marconi StallionsSydney (Fairfield)Marconi Stadium9,000Melbourne KnightsMelbourne (Sunshine North)Knights Stadium15,000Newcastle UnitedNewcastleEnergy Australia Stadium30,000Northern SpiritSydney (North Sydney)Pittwater Park6,000Parramatta PowerSydney (Parramatta)Parramatta Stadium21,500Perth GloryPerthnib Stadium20,500South MelbourneMelbourne (Albert Park)Bob Jane Stadium12,000Sydney OlympicSydney (Belmore)OKI Jubilee Stadium20,500Sydney UnitedSydney (Edensor Park)Sydney United Sports Centre12,000Wollongong WolvesWollongongWIN Stadium23,750 Regular season League table Home and away season Round 1 19 September 2003 Wollongong Wolves 0 – 1 Report Sydney United Vrkic 19 Pen WIN Stadium 2,346 Matthew Breeze 20 September 2003 Parramatta Power 0 – 0 Report South Melbourne FC Parramatta Stadium 1,861 Simon Micallef 20 September 2003 Football Kingz 1 – 2 Report Newcastle United Ngata 74 Masi 19 Wheelhouse 29 Ericsson Stadium 2,304 D. Rugg 21 September 2003 Melbourne Knights 1 – 1 Report Marconi Stallions Pelikan 46 Maloney 27 Knights Stadium 2,205 Craig Zetter 21 September 2003 Northern Spirit 1 – 3 Report Brisbane Strikers Hutchinson 53 Morley 15, 45 Rose 62 Pittwater Park 2,971 C. Diomis 30 November 2003 Sydney Olympic 0 – 0 Adelaide United OKI Jubilee Stadium 2,370 James Lewis Round 2 26 September 2003 Newcastle United 2 – 1 Report Northern Spirit Wheelhouse 2 Pen 77 Pen Macallister 28 Energy Australia Stadium 4,673 James Lewis 27 September 2003 Brisbane Strikers 1 – 1 Report Sydney Olympic Pilic 53 Bakis 63 Perry Park 2,625 Mark Shield 27 September 2003 Marconi Stallions 2 – 1 Wollongong Wolves Maloney 9 18 Majurovski 73 Marconi Stadium 1,945 Simon Micallef 28 September 2003 Sydney United 2 – 1 Report Football Kingz Langdon 58, Zmire 62, Ozbey 0 85 Cunico 73 OG Sydney United Sports Centre 3,169 Ben Williams 28 September 2003 Perth Glory 3 – 0 Report Melbourne Knights Mori 82, Pondeljak 87, Caceres 88 Arena Joondalup 9,780 Eddie Lennie 25 February 2004 Adelaide United 0 – 2 Report Parramatta Power Elrich 5, Milicic 52 Hindmarsh Stadium 12,125 Perry Mur Round 3 3 October 2003 Wollongong Wolves 0 – 4 Report South Melbourne FC Coveny 16 53, Curcija 78, Poutakidis 92 WIN Stadium 2,005 Mark Shield 4 October 2003 Northern Spirit 4 – 0 Report Sydney Olympic Richter 47, Ferguson 57, Macallister 68, Petrie 81 Pittwater Park 2,819 Matthew Breeze 4 October 2003 Parramatta Power 4 – 1 Report Football Kingz Dodd 33 36 73, Elrich 94 Martin 57 Parramatta Stadium 1,616 Craig Zetter 4 October 2003 Brisbane Strikers 0 – 0 Report Perth Glory Perry Park 3,042 P. Green 4 October 2003 Marconi Stallions 1 – 1 Report Newcastle United Renaud 0 72, Costanzo 92 Middleby 54, Thomas 0 72 Marconi Stadium 2,068 Eddie Lennie 8 February 2004 Melbourne Knights 3 – 4 Report Adelaide United Vasilevski 53, Marinos 57 90 Alagich 45, Aloisi 62, Brooks 65, Veart 83 Knights Stadium 1,164 James Lewis Round 4 10 October 2003 Newcastle United 1 – 1 Report Parramatta Power Ceccoli 28 o.g. Dodd 45 Energy Australia Stadium 3,501 Matthew Breeze 12 October 2003 Football Kingz 1 – 3 Report Perth Glory Ngata 64 Despotovski 48, Pondeljak 57, Mori 67 Ericsson Stadium 1,245 D. Rugg 12 October 2003 Melbourne Knights 1 – 2 Wollongong Wolves Pelikan 11 Young 7, Hawrysiuk 83 Knights Stadium 3,100 Perry Mur 12 October 2003 South Melbourne FC 0 – 1 Report Brisbane Strikers Brain 47 Bob Jane Stadium 7,250 Eddie Lennie 12 October 2003 Sydney Olympic 1 – 0 Report Sydney United Baird 62 OKI Jubilee Stadium 4,327 Simon Micallef 12 October 2003 Marconi Stallions 2 – 1 Report Northern Spirit Harris 21, Spiteri 54 Petrie 40 Marconi Stadium 2,255 A. Nardi Round 5 17 October 2003 Adelaide United 1 – 0 Report Brisbane Strikers Veart 38 Hindmarsh Stadium 15,568 Craig Zetter 19 October 2003 Football Kingz 1 – 2 Report Melbourne Knights Ngata 4 Pelikan 26, Oksuz 72 Ericsson Stadium 1,271 C. Diomis 19 October 2003 Sydney Olympic 1 – 2 Marconi Stallions Schirripa 92 Webb 8, Spiteri 80 OKI Jubilee Stadium 5,199 P. Green 19 October 2003 Sydney United 0 – 2 Report Parramatta Power Milicic 15 92 Sydney United Sports Centre 3,152 Mark Shield 19 October 2003 South Melbourne 4 – 1 Report Newcastle United Coveny 24 pen. 39 76, Perosh 56 o.g. Owens 30 Bob Jane Stadium 3,750 D. Rugg 19 October 2003 Northern Spirit 3 – 5 Report Perth Glory O'Sullivan 6 34, Osman 38 Pondeljak 11, Mori 12, Despotovski 14, Hassell 43 48 Pittwater Park 2,867 Matthew Breeze Round 6 24 October 2003 Newcastle United 2 – 3 Report Adelaide United Owens 16, R. Griffiths 61 Veart 64 pen. 78, Vidmar 73 Energy Australia Stadium 3,005 C. Diomis 25 October 2003 Marconi Stallions 1 – 2 Report Parramatta Power Anabalon 46 Buonavoglia 33, Thompson 76 Marconi Stadium 2,040 P. Mur 26 October 2003 Melbourne Knights 0 – 1 Northern Spirit Macallister 2 Knights Stadium 2,900 B. Williams 26 October 2003 Sydney Olympic 0 – 2 Report Perth Glory Mori 37 76 OKI Jubilee Stadium 3,383 S. Pryzdacz 26 October 2003 Sydney United 0 – 0 Report South Melbourne Sydney United Sports Centre 2,691 C. Zetter 19 January 2004 Wollongong Wolves 1 – 2 Football Kingz Hawrysiuk 2 Hickey 9, Ngata 48 pen. WIN Stadium 3,226 B. Williams Round 7 1 November 2003 Brisbane Strikers 2 – 1 Report Newcastle United Morley 36, Brownlie 45 Tsekenis 90 Perry Park 2,715 J. Lewis 2 November 2003 Parramatta Power 6 – 0 Report Perth Glory Milicic 8 37 44, Buonavoglia 29 49, Colosimo 90 Parramatta Stadium 2,639 M. Breeze 2 November 2003 Sydney Olympic 0 – 2 Report Melbourne Knights Pelikan 19 41 OKI Jubilee Stadium 2,593 S. Micallef 2 November 2003 Adelaide United 0 – 0 Report Sydney United Hindmarsh Stadium 14,413 A. Nardi 2 November 2003 Northern Spirit 3 – 0 Report Wollongong Wolves Petrie 35 64 80 Pittwater Park 2,388 E. Lennie 2 November 2003 South Melbourne 2 – 0 Report Marconi Stallions Boutsianis 62, Coveny 69 Bob Jane Stadium 5,950 M. Shield Round 8 7 November 2003 Wollongong Wolves 0 – 1 Report Sydney Olympic Cardozo 74 pen. WIN Stadium 2,251 C. Diomis 8 November 2003 Football Kingz 0 – 2 Report Northern Spirits Macallister 55, Ferguson 68 pen. Ericsson Stadium 1,662 B. Hugo 8 November 2003 Parramatta Power 4 – 0 Report Melbourne Knights Kovacic 37 o.g., Milicic 54 62, Dodd 78 Parramatta Stadium 1,683 P. Green 8 November 2003 Marconi Stallions 0 – 0 Adelaide United Marconi Stadium 1,820 C. Zetter 9 November 2003 Perth Glory 1 – 0 Report South Melbourne Despotovski 62 pen. Arena Joondalup 7,356 S. Micallef 9 November 2003 Sydney United 3 – 0 Brisbane Strikers Collina 7, Doumanis 56 pen. 89 Sydney United Sports Centre 2,756 M. Breeze Round 9 14 November 2003 Newcastle United 0 – 0 Report Sydney United Energy Australia Stadium 3,672 P. Mur 14 November 2003 Wollongong Wolves 3 – 1 Report Parramatta Power Arrarte 29, Hawrysiuk 41 54 Ceccoli 33 WIN Stadium 2,085 B. Hugo 15 November 2003 Marconi Stallions 1 – 0 Report Brisbane Strikers Carle 68 Marconi Stadium 2,439 S. Micallef 16 November 2003 Sydney Olympic 2 – 2 Football Kingz Ishida 10, Cardozo 36 Rowley 3, Souris 45 o.g. OKI Jubilee Stadium 2,398 B. Williams 16 November 2003 Melbourne Knights 0 – 5 Report South Melbourne Panopoulos 14, Trimboli 22 34, Coveny 39, Curcija 89 Knights Stadium 6,200 A. Nardi 16 November 2003 Adelaide United 1 – 4 Report Perth Glory Kemp 19 Pondeljak 15 92, Mori 16, Despotovski 49 Hindmarsh Stadium 13,096 M. Breeze Round 10 21 November 2003 Newcastle United 0 – 1 Sydney Olympic Caravella 84 Energy Australia Stadium 1,651 C. Zetter 22 November 2003 Brisbane Strikers 4 – 2 Report Parramatta Power Moon 34, Rose 71 86, Morley 90 Milicic 11, Rech 58 Perry Park 2,170 C. Diomis 23 November 2003 Football Kingz 3 – 1 Report Marconi Stallions Tambouras 28, Martin 65, Midtsian 78 Carle 86 pen. Ericsson Stadium 1,410 D. Rugg 23 November 2003 Northern Spirit 0 – 1 Report Sydney United Šantalab 4 Pittwater Park 1,371 B. Hugo 23 November 2003 Wollongong Wolves 2 – 1 Report Perth Glory Young 3, Nwaogazi 54 Mori 69 WIN Stadium 1,879 P. Green 23 November 2003 South Melbourne 2 – 1 Report Adelaide United Kovacevic 23 61 Veart 70 Bob Jane Stadium 8,359 S. Micallef Round 11 28 November 2003 Adelaide United 2 – 2 Report Wollongong Wolves Valkanis 48, Saric 81 Nwaogazi 20, Blake 90 Hindmarsh Stadium 9,528 P. Mur 28 November 2003 Newcastle United 1 – 0 Report Perth Glory Masi 82 Energy Australia Stadium 2,976 S. Micallef 29 November 2003 Parramatta Power 3 – 0 Report Northern Spirit Milicic 19 47, Elrich 96 Parramatta Stadium 3,123 B. Williams 29 November 2003 Brisbane Strikers 1 – 0 Report Melbourne Knights Moon 66 Perry Park 2,354 S. Pryzdacz 30 November 2003 South Melbourne 6 – 0 Football Kingz Curcija 3 57 72 85, Laurie 34, Tunbridge 90 Bob Jane Stadium 5,005 C. Diomis 30 November 2003 Sydney United 1 – 1 Report Marconi Stallions Collina 80 Spiteri 53 Sydney United Sports Centre 4,132 E. Lennie Round 12 5 December 2003 Wollongong Wolves 1 – 1 Report Brisbane Strikers Nwaogazi 46 Brain 13 WIN Stadium 2,130 C. Zetter 6 December 2003 Football Kingz 1 – 3 Report Adelaide United Ngata 80 Pellegrino 50, Smeltz 76, Veart 86 Ericsson Stadium 1,121 P. Green 7 December 2003 Sydney Olympic 0 – 1 Parramatta Power Milicic 78 OKI Jubilee Stadium 3,203 D. Rugg 7 December 2003 Melbourne Knights 1 – 1 Newcastle United Razov 49 R. Griffiths 58 Knights Stadium 2,673 E. Lennie 7 December 2003 Northern Spirit 3 – 1 Report South Melbourne Petrie 45 56, Fisher 88 Curcija 54 Pittwater Park 1,859 A. Nardi 2 February 2004 Perth Glory 2 – 0 Report Sydney United Mori 20, Mrdja 81 Members Equity Stadium 6,801 M. Breeze Round 13 17 October 2003 Newcastle United 2 – 0 Report Wollongong Wolves R. Griffiths 6, Libbesson 91 Energy Australia Stadium 3,513 S. Przydacz 10 December 2003 Adelaide United 1 – 0 Report Northern Spirit Saric 8 Hindmarsh Stadium 9,159 C. Zetter 10 December 2003 Brisbane Strikers 1 – 1 Report Football Kingz McLaren 10 Rowley 14 Perry Park 2,336 P. Green 10 December 2003 Marconi Stallions 0 – 2 Report Perth Glory Mori 68, Despotovski 73 Marconi Stadium 1,851 B. Hugo 10 December 2003 South Melbourne 4 – 2 Sydney Olympic Tunbridge 7, Poutakidis 25, Curcija 32, Boutsianis 78 Augerinos 36, Bakis 62 Bob Jane Stadium 4,125 P. Mur 10 December 2003 Sydney United 3 – 1 Report Melbourne Knights Babic 47, Cunico 56, Parisi 66 Vasilevski 83 Sydney United Sports Centre 1,876 C. Diomis Round 14 12 December 2003 Newcastle United 2 – 0 Report Football Kingz Johnson 34, Deans 55 Energy Australia Stadium 1,433 B. Williams 13 December 2003 Brisbane Strikers 3 – 1 Report Northern Spirit Morley 56, Brownlie 82, Pilic 87 Kwasnik 46 Perry Park 2,137 A. Nardi 13 December 2003 Marconi Stallions 0 – 1 Report Melbourne Knights Marinos 92 Marconi Stadium 1,650 D. Rugg 14 December 2003 Sydney United 0 – 1 Report Wollongong Wolves Nwaogazi 47 Sydney United Sports Centre 3,002 S. Przydacz 14 December 2003 Adelaide United 1 – 1 Report Sydney Olympic Thompson 87 Cardozo 62 Hindmarsh Stadium 11,153 E. Lennie 14 December 2003 South Melbourne 2 – 1 Report Parramatta Power Coveny 34 pen. 62 pen. Rech 15 Bob Jane Stadium 10,005 B. Hugo Round 15 19 December 2003 Football Kingz 0 – 1 Report Sydney United Haliti 45 Ericsson Stadium 1,054 J. Lewis 19 December 2003 Wollongong Wolves 3 – 3 Report Marconi Stallions Young 2 68, Nwaogazi 81 Carle 45, Maloney 52, Brosque 77 WIN Stadium 2,302 S. Micallef 20 December 2003 Parramatta Power 1 – 2 Report Adelaide United Petrovski 44 Aloisi 10, Veart 18 Parramatta Stadium 1,967 A. Nardi 21 December 2003 Sydney Olympic 1 – 1 Brisbane Strikers Bakis 53 Pilic 12 OKI Jubilee Stadium 2,690 C. Diomis 21 December 2003 Melbourne Knights 0 – 2 Report Perth Glory Mrdja 32 74 Knights Stadium 3,693 M. Shield 21 December 2003 Northern Spirit 1 – 1 Report Newcastle United Thomas 62 o.g. Masi 34 Pittwater Park 1,935 E. Lennie Round 16 27 December 2003 Perth Glory 6 – 1 Report Brisbane Strikers Despotovski 26, Byrnes 45, Hassell 55, Caceres 74, Pondeljak 76, Mrdja 84 Brownlie 55 pen. Members Equity Stadium 12,142 E. Lennie 27 December 2003 South Melbourne 2 – 3 Report Wollongong Wolves Boutsianis 67, Coveny 81 Arrarte 13, Nwaogazi 76, Balabanel 90 Bob Jane Stadium 6,780 B. Williams 28 December 2003 Sydney Olympic 1 – 0 Report Northern Spirit Baird 47 pen. OKI Jubilee Stadium 2,484 M. Shield 28 December 2003 Football Kingz 1 – 2 Report Parramatta Power Schjerven 34 Gumprecht 20, Rech 62 Waikato Stadium 1,176 C. Zetter 28 December 2003 Newcastle United 0 – 1 Report Marconi Stallions Maloney 29 Energy Australia Stadium 3,084 B. Hugo 28 December 2003 Adelaide United 2 – 1 Report Melbourne Knights Veart 15, Terminello 31 Trajanovski 4 Hindmarsh Stadium 13,032 S. Micallef Round 17 2 January 2004 Parramatta Power 4 – 0 Newcastle United Dodd 57, Petrovski 62 84, Milicic 71 Parramatta Stadium 2,736 B. Williams 3 January 2003 Brisbane Strikers 1 – 0 South Melbourne Grierson 79 Perry Park 3,417 M. Shield 3 January 2004 Perth Glory 4 – 0 Football Kingz Murphy 29, Faria 56, Mrdja 62 78 Members Equity Stadium 9,856 C. Diomis 4 January 2004 Sydney United 0 – 0 Sydney Olympic Sydney United Sports Centre 3,462 M. Breeze 4 January 2004 Wollongong Wolves 1 – 1 Melbourne Knights Young 50 pen. Trajanovski 66 WIN Stadium 3,211 N. Rice 4 January 2004 Northern Spirit 0 – 0 Marconi Stallions Pittwater Park 2,115 S. Przydacz Round 18 19 December 2003 Newcastle United 0 – 1 South Melbourne Curcija 7 Energy Australia Stadium 1,231 P. Green 7 January 2004 Parramatta Power 5 – 1 Sydney United Milicic 8, Pantelis 28 33, Zorbas 40, Doumanis 92 o.g. B. Šantalab 67 Parramatta Stadium 3,105 M. Breeze 7 January 2004 Melbourne Knights 1 – 0 Football Kingz Marth 45 Knights Stadium 1,516 C. Zetter 7 January 2004 Brisbane Strikers 1 – 0 Adelaide United Morley 10 Perry Park 3,298 P. Mur 21 January 2004 Perth Glory 3 – 2 Northern Spirit Murphy 9, Pondeljak 42, Despotovski 85 Richter 25, Tomasevic 92 Members Equity Stadium 7,996 E. Lennie 11 February 2004 Marconi Stallions 1 – 0 Sydney Olympic Carle 79 pen. Marconi Stadium 2,433 C. Diomis Round 19 10 January 2004 Perth Glory 2 – 0 Sydney Olympic Murphy 76 84 Members Equity Stadium 9,005 A. Nardi 11 January 2004 Football Kingz 1 – 1 Wollongong Wolves Martin 13 Dragas 76 Ericsson Stadium 1,175 D. Rugg 11 January 2004 Northern Spirit 2 – 0 Melbourne Knights Hutchinson 21, Milligan 58 Pittwater Park 1,496 J. Lewis 11 January 2004 Adelaide United 0 – 0 Newcastle United Hindmarsh Stadium 14,280 P. Green 11 January 2004 South Melbourne 1 – 0 Sydney United Coveny 65 pen. Bob Jane Stadium 5,750 E. Lennie 4 February 2004 Parramatta Power 2 – 2 Marconi Stallions Milicic 4, Rech 76 Brosque 46, Spiteri 81 Parramatta Stadium 2,234 M. Breeze Round 20 16 January 2004 Newcastle United 1 – 0 Brisbane Strikers Wheelhouse 20 Energy Australia Stadium 2,181 P. Green 16 January 2004 Wollongong Wolves 4 – 1 Northern Spirit Hughes 35, Young 38 65, Nwaogazi 64 Richter 84 WIN Stadium 2,855 J. Lewis 17 January 2004 Perth Glory 4 – 1 Parramatta Power Mrdja 18 52, Despotovski 27 pen., Caceres 90 Sekulovski 74 Members Equity Stadium 12,624 E. Lennie 18 January 2004 Sydney United 1 – 1 Adelaide United Šantalab 89 Alagich 76 Sydney United Sports Centre 2,065 M. Breeze 18 January 2004 Melbourne Knights 1 – 1 Sydney Olympic Marth 89 pen. Caravella 3 Knights Stadium 2,173 P. Mur 17 February 2004 Marconi Stallions 1 – 0 South Melbourne Maloney 38 Marconi Stadium 1,277 M. Shield Round 21 21 January 2004 Sydney Olympic 5 – 2 Wollongong Wolves Caravella 44, Cardozo 57 92, Nikas 63, Goutzioulis 89 Nwaogazi 16, Majurovski 75 OKI Jubilee Stadium 2,369 C. Zetter 25 January 2004 Melbourne Knights 1 – 3 Parramatta Power Oksuz 52 Rech 27 76 92 Knights Stadium 1,868 P. Green 26 January 2004 South Melbourne 0 – 0 Perth Glory Bob Jane Stadium 11,642 M. Breeze 4 February 2004 Brisbane Strikers 2 – 0 Sydney United McCloughan 20, Pilic 84 Perry Park 1,617 M. Shield 20 February 2004 Adelaide United 1 – 0 Marconi Stallions Veart 3 Hindmarsh Stadium 13,690 S. Micallef 20 February 2004 Northern Spirit 1 – 0 Football Kingz Richter 60 Gabbie Stadium 1,061 C. Zetter Round 22 31 January 2004 Perth Glory 2 – 0 Adelaide United Mori 30 34 Members Equity Stadium 9,711 A. Nardi 31 January 2004 South Melbourne 4 – 0 Melbourne Knights Leijer 23 o.g., Sarkies 41, Curcija 52, Tunbridge 90 Bob Jane Stadium 8,120 M. Shield 31 January 2004 Football Kingz 2 – 4 Sydney Olympic Hickey 51, Rowley 94 Cardozo 8, Juric 28, Bojić 58, Ishida 63 Waikato Stadium 1,013 N. Rice 31 January 2004 Parramatta Power 4 – 3 Wollongong Wolves Milicic 14, Rech 40, Petrovski 49, Gumprecht 63 van Blerk 3, Nwaogazi 23, Sabljak 42 Parramatta Stadium 2,237 E. Lennie 1 February 2004 Sydney United 2 – 0 Newcastle United B. Šantalab 22, Austin 40 Sydney United Sports Centre 2,276 P. Mur 1 February 2004 Brisbane Strikers 0 – 2 Marconi Stallions Maloney 66, Carle 87 Perry Park 2,257 S. Micallef Round 23 6 February 2004 Adelaide United 2 – 0 South Melbourne Budin 6, Aloisi 31 Hindmarsh Stadium 12,463 E. Lennie 7 February 2004 Perth Glory 2 – 0 Wollongong Wolves Despotovski 33, Mori 62 Members Equity Stadium 9,233 M. Shield 7 February 2004 Marconi Stallions 2 – 1 Football Kingz Gibson 31, Carle 61 Harries 92 Marconi Stadium 1,740 B. Williams 8 February 2004 Sydney United 0 – 0 Northern Spirit Sydney United Sports Centre 1,964 S. Micallef 8 February 2004 Sydney Olympic 2 – 0 Newcastle United Cardozo 72 79 OKI Jubilee Stadium 2,685 D. Rugg 9 February 2004 Parramatta Power 3 – 2 Brisbane Strikers Milicic 12 37, Pantelis 47 Fitzsimmons 56, Rose 81 Parramatta Stadium 1,873 M. Breeze Round 24 13 February 2004 Wollongong Wolves 0 – 1 Adelaide United Brooks 80 WIN Stadium 3,010 P. Green 14 February 2004 Perth Glory 2 – 0 Newcastle United Mori 27, Caceres 85 Members Equity Stadium 8,678 C. Zetter 14 February 2004 Football Kingz 2 – 0 South Melbourne Hickey 19, Ngata 59 Ericsson Stadium 892 P. O'Leary 14 February 2004 Marconi Stallions 3 – 0 Sydney United Brosque 23, Harris 45, Gibson 66 Marconi Stadium 2,579 S. Micallef 15 February 2004 Northern Spirit 0 – 1 Parramatta Power Petrovski 23 Pittwater Park 1,106 J. Lewis 15 February 2004 Melbourne Knights 2 – 0 Brisbane Strikers R. Vargas 27, Oksuz 88 Knights Stadium 2,469 C. Diomis Round 25 23 January 2004 Adelaide United 1 – 0 Football Kingz Veart 58 Hindmarsh Stadium 12,312 M. Shield 20 February 2004 Newcastle United 0 – 2 Melbourne Knights Pelikan 64 75 pen. Energy Australia Stadium 3,263 J. Lewis 20 February 2004 Parramatta Power 3 – 2 Sydney Olympic Rech 4, Milicic 34, Thompson 82 Caravella 3, P. Cardozo 43 Parramatta Stadium 2,832 M. Shield 21 February 2004 Brisbane Strikers 0 – 1 Wollongong Wolves Nwaogazi 34 Perry Park 2,824 E. Lennie 22 February 2004 Sydney United 2 – 4 Perth Glory Šantalab 69, Heffernan 78 Mrdja 28 38 92, Hassell 70 Sydney United Sports Centre 3,039 C. Diomis 22 February 2004 South Melbourne 1 – 2 Northern Spirit Coveny 71 Kwasnik 52, Richter 68 Bob Jane Stadium 5,250 B. Williams Round 26 28 February 2004 Perth Glory 2 – 2 Marconi Stallions Mori 83, Mrdja 86 Spiteri 21 76 Members Equity Stadium 10,458 E. Lennie 29 February 2004 Football Kingz 4 – 3 Brisbane Strikers Hay 42, Ngata 45 pen. 81 pen., Christie 76 McKay 7, Rose 54, Fitzsimmons 57 Ericsson Stadium 950 D. Rugg 29 February 2004 Northern Spirit 2 – 1 Adelaide United Kwasnik 27 69 Vidmar 45 Pittwater Park 2,009 M. Breeze 29 February 2004 Sydney Olympic 0 – 0 South Melbourne OKI Jubilee Stadium 3,682 S. Micallef 29 February 2004 Melbourne Knights 0 – 0 Sydney United Knights Stadium 8,423 A. Nardi 29 February 2004 Wollongong Wolves 3 – 0 Newcastle United Nwaogazi 10, Young 19, Sabljak 83 WIN Stadium 3,531 P. Green Finals Bracket y y y Elimination Finals Major/Minor semi-finals Preliminary Final Grand Final 3 Adelaide United (a) 3 1 4 6 Brisbane Strikers 0 4 4 4 Marconi Stallions 0 0 0 5 South Melbourne 0 2 2 2 Parramatta Power 4 2 6 1 Perth Glory 2 0 2 3 Adelaide United 2 5 South Melbourne 1 1 Perth Glory 5 3 Adelaide United 0 4 April 2004 Parramatta Power 0 Perth Glory 1 Elimination Final 1 (3rd v 6th) 1st Leg7 March 2004 Adelaide United 3–0 (Report) Brisbane Strikers Veart 31Agius 67Brooks 92 Hindmarsh Stadium, Adelaide 16,258 Williams 2nd Leg13 March 2004 Brisbane Strikers 4–1 (Report) Adelaide United Moon 45Rose 58Brain 82Grierson 87 Veart 65 Perry Park, Brisbane 2,790 Breeze Adelaide United progress on away goals rule (4–4 on aggregate) Elimination Final 2 (4th v 5th) 1st Leg7 March 2004 Marconi Stallions 0–0 (Report) South Melbourne Marconi Stadium, Sydney 2,127 Lennie 2nd Leg13 March 2004 South Melbourne 2–0 (Report) Marconi Stallions Curcija 20 60 Bob Jane Stadium, Melbourne 6,063 Shield South Melbourne progress 2–0 on aggregate Major semi Final (1st v 2nd) 1st Leg13 March 2004 Parramatta Power 4–2 (Report) Perth Glory Ceccoli 9Petrovski 41Zorbas 45Milicic 75 Despotovski 46Harnwell 56 Parramatta Stadium, Sydney 6,059 Micallef 2nd Leg20 March 2004 Perth Glory 0–2 (Report Parramatta Power Elrich 15Petrovski 65 Members Equity Stadium Perth 14,023 Breeze Parramatta Power progress 6–2 on aggregate Minor semi Final 20 March 2004 Adelaide United 2–1 (a.e.t.) (Report South Melbourne Aloisi 71Alagich 105 pen. Curcija 12 Hindmarsh Stadium, Adelaide 16,558 Micallef Preliminary Final 28 March 2004 Perth Glory 5–0 (Report) Adelaide United Despotovski 10 81Mori 51 69Mrdja 88 Subiaco Oval, Perth 17,524 Shield Grand Final 2004 National Soccer League Grand Final 4 April 200415:00 AEST Parramatta Power 0 – 1 (a.e.t.) (Report) Perth Glory Mrdja 98 Parramatta Stadium, Sydney 9,630 Mark Shield PARRAMATTA POWER: GK 1 AUS Clint BoltonDF 3 AUS Alvin Ceccoli (c)DF 4 AUS Simon ColosimoDF 5AUS Michael BeauchampFW 7 AUS Travis DoddMF 8GER Andre Gumprecht 86FW 9AUS Ante Milicic 68DF 13AUS Paul O'GradyFW 14 AUS Sasho PetrovskiFW 21 AUS Ahmad ElrichMF 22AUS Peter Zorbas 97Substitutes:GK 20 AUS Daniel BeltrameMF 6AUS Matt Thompson97MF 10 BRA Fernando Rech68MF 11 AUS Lucas PantelisDF 16 AUS Jacek SobczykManager:AUS Nick Theodorakopoulos Joe Marston Medal: AUS Ahmad Elrich Assistant Referees: Fourth Official:PERTH GLORY: GK 1 AUS Jason PetkovicDF 3 AUS Matthew BingleyDF 5 AUS Shaun Murphy (c)FW 10AUS Bobby Despotovski 82MF 11AUS Jade NorthDF 12 AUS Mark Byrnes 62MF 15AUS Tom PondeljakFW 16AUS Damian MoriDF 19AUS Jamie HarnwellFW 21 AUS Adrian CaceresDF 24 AUS Jamie Coyne 95Substitutes:GK 20 AUS Vince MatassaMF 4AUS Bradley Hassell 95MF 6 AUS Wayne SrhojMF 8 AUS Anthony DanzeFW 9AUS Nik Mrdja 82Manager:ENG Mich d'Avray Individual awards Johnny Warren Medal (Player of the Year): Ante Milicic (Parramatta Power) U-21 Player of the Year: Alex Brosque (Marconi Stallions) Top Scorer(s): Ante Milicic (Parramatta Power – 20 goals) References External links OzFootball Archives - 2003–04 NSL Season 2003–04 Category:2003–04 in Australian men's soccer leagues Australia