2002–03 National Soccer League

The National Soccer League 2002-03 season was the 27th season of the National Soccer League in Australia. The finals format was revised for this season, with the top six teams at the end of the regular season qualifying for a home-and-away championship series. The top two teams from the championship series progressed to the grand final. Olympic Sharks were crowned premiers and Perth Glory were champions.

Contents

Regular season table

Pos Club P W D L GF GA Pts
1 Sydney Olympic 24 16 3 5 51 28 51
2 Perth Glory 24 16 2 6 48 22 50
3 Parramatta Power 24 12 4 8 51 27 40
4 Newcastle United 24 10 7 7 37 25 37
5 Adelaide City 24 11 4 9 40 34 37
6 Northern Spirit 24 11 3 10 37 44 36
7 South Melbourne 24 10 5 9 36 37 35
8 Sydney United 24 7 6 11 23 31 27
9 Melbourne Knights 24 7 6 11 38 52 27
10 Brisbane Strikers 24 7 5 12 38 45 26
11 Football Kingz 24 6 6 12 26 45 24
12 Marconi Fairfield 24 6 5 13 25 42 23
13 Wollongong Wolves 24 5 8 11 25 43 23

Championship series table

Pos Club P W D L GF GA Pts
1 Perth Glory 10 8 0 2 27 7 27
2 Sydney Olympic 10 4 1 5 17 14 19
3 Adelaide City 10 5 2 3 19 14 17
4 Parramatta Power 10 3 4 3 16 21 13
5 Northern Spirit 9 2 2 5 7 22 8
6 Newcastle United 9 2 1 6 9 17 7

Grand final

1 June 2003
13:00 AWST
Perth Glory 2 – 0 Olympic Sharks Subiaco Oval, Perth
Attendance: 38,111
Referee: Mark Shield
Harnwell  29'
Mori  87'
(Report)
PERTH GLORY:
GK 1 Jason Petkovic
MF 2 Matt Horsley
DF 3 Jamie Harnwell
MF 4 Bradley Hassell 60'
MF 6 Andre Gumprecht
MF 7 Scott Miller
FW 10 Bobby Despotovski (c) 87'
FW 16 Damian Mori 89'
DF 18 Shane Pryce
DF 22 Simon Colosimo
DF 23 David Tarka 40'
Substitutes:
GK 20 Vince Matassa
FW 9 Nik Mrdja 89'
DF 12 Mark Byrnes 60'
MF 15 Edgar Aldrighi 87'
FW 21 Adrian Caceres
Manager:
Mich d'Avray

Joe Marston Medal: Simon Colosimo

Assistant Referees:
Fourth Official:

OLYMPIC SHARKS:
GK 1 Clint Bolton
DF 4 Paul Kohler 80'
DF 6 Ante Jurić (c)
MF 8 Tom Pondeljak
FW 9 Ante Milicic
MF 10 Troy Halpin
MF 11 Jade North
FW 17 Jeromy Harris 76'
FW 18 Joel Porter 58' 80'
DF 23 Andrew Packer
MF 27 Hiroyuki Ishida
Substitutes:
GK 20 Brett Hughes
MF 7 Wayne Srhoj 80'
FW 12 Franco Parisi 80'
MF 14 Greg Owens 76'
DF 24 Andrew Durante
Manager:
Lee Sterrey

References