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This is a list of National Soccer League champions. The NSL was the elite football (soccer) competition in Australia from 1977 until 2004, when the competition was scrapped and replaced in 2005 by the A-League.
[edit] Champions and runners up
From 1977 until 1983, the winner was the top placed team at the end of the season. From 1984 until 1986, the competition was split into two conferences, with playoffs to decide two grand finalists who met over two legs. In 1987 the system reverted to the pre 1984 system. From 1988 until the demise of the league in 2004, various playoff systems were used to decide the champion.
| Year |
Champion |
Runner up |
Score |
Venue |
Crowd |
| 1977 |
Sydney City |
Marconi Stallions |
No Grand Final held |
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| 1978 |
West Adelaide |
Sydney City |
No Grand Final held |
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| 1979 |
Marconi Stallions |
Heidelberg United |
No Grand Final held |
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| 1980 |
Sydney City |
Heidelberg United |
No Grand Final held |
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| 1981 |
Sydney City |
South Melbourne |
No Grand Final held |
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| 1982 |
Sydney City |
St George |
No Grand Final held |
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| 1983 |
St George |
Sydney City |
No Grand Final held |
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| 1984 |
South Melbourne |
Sydney Olympic |
4-2 aggregate over two legs |
Olympic Park and St. George Stadium |
10,000 and 11,221 |
| 1985 |
Brunswick Juventus |
Sydney City |
2-0 aggregate over two legs |
St. George Stadium and Olympic Park |
2,491 and 7,560 |
| 1986 |
Adelaide City |
Sydney Olympic |
3-2 on aggregate over two legs |
Hindmarsh Stadium and Parramatta Stadium |
12,232 and 14,032 |
| 1987 |
APIA Leichardt |
Preston Lions |
No Grand Final held |
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| 1988 |
Marconi Stallions |
Sydney United |
2-2 (5-4 on penalties) |
Parramatta Stadium |
17,064 |
| 1989 |
Marconi Stallions |
Sydney Olympic |
1-0 |
Parramatta Stadium |
23,387 |
| 1989/1990 |
Sydney Olympic |
Marconi Stallions |
2-0 |
Parramatta Stadium |
26,353 |
| 1990/1991 |
South Melbourne |
Melbourne Knights |
1-1 (5-4 on penalties) |
Olympic Park |
21,338 |
| 1991/1992 |
Adelaide City |
Melbourne Knights |
0-0 (4-2 on penalties) |
Olympic Park |
15,463 |
| 1992/1993 |
Marconi Stallions |
Adelaide City |
1-0 |
Parramatta Stadium |
13,376 |
| 1993/1994 |
Adelaide City |
Melbourne Knights |
1-0 |
Olympic Park |
13,790 |
| 1994/1995 |
Melbourne Knights |
Adelaide City |
2-0 |
Hindmarsh Stadium |
16,000 |
| 1995/1996 |
Melbourne Knights |
Marconi Stallions |
2-1 |
Olympic Park |
14,258 |
| 1996/1997 |
Brisbane Strikers |
Sydney United |
2-0 |
Lang Park |
40,446 |
| 1997/1998 |
South Melbourne |
Carlton S.C. |
2-1 |
Olympic Park |
16,000 |
| 1998/1999 |
South Melbourne |
Sydney United |
3-2 |
Olympic Park |
15,194 |
| 1999/2000 |
Wollongong Wolves |
Perth Glory |
3-3 (7-6 on penalties) |
Subiaco Oval |
43,242 |
| 2000/2001 |
Wollongong Wolves |
South Melbourne |
2-1 |
Parramatta Stadium |
13,402 |
| 2001/2002 |
Sydney Olympic |
Perth Glory |
1-0 |
Subiaco Oval |
42,735 |
| 2002/2003 |
Perth Glory |
Sydney Olympic |
2-0 |
Subiaco Oval |
38,111 |
| 2003/2004 |
Perth Glory |
Parramatta Power |
1-0 |
Parramatta Stadium |
9,630 |
[edit] Cup Winners
The NSL also held a cup competition, which was held initially during the regular season, before gradually becoming a pre-season warm-up tournament. It was discontinued after season 1996/97.
