2003–04 National Soccer League

NSL 2003-04
League	National Soccer League
Sport	Association football
Duration	2003-2004
Number of teams	13
NSL season
Champions	Perth Glory
Top scorer	Ante Milicic, (20)
National Soccer League seasons
← 2002-03

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.

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 passign 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 yound Glory striker Nick 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.

Regular season

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Perth Glory	24	18	3	3	56	22	+34	57
2	Parramatta Power	24	16	3	5	58	30	+38	51
3	Adelaide United	24	11	7	6	28	25	+3	40
4	Marconi Stallions	24	10	8	6	29	25	+4	38
5	South Melbourne	24	11	4	9	39	21	+18	37
6	Brisbane Strikers	24	9	5	10	28	33	−5	32
7	Northern Spirit	24	9	3	12	31	33	−2	30
8	Sydney Olympic	24	7	8	9	26	31	−5	29
9	Wollongong Wolves	24	8	5	11	34	41	−7	29
10	Sydney United	24	7	8	9	18	25	−7	29
11	Newcastle United	24	6	6	12	18	33	−15	24
12	Melbourne Knights	24	6	5	13	21	41	−20	23
13	Football Kingz	24	4	3	17	25	51	−26	15

Home and away season

Round 1

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19 September 2003	Wollongong Wolves	0 – 1	Sydney United	WIN Stadium Attendance: 2,346 Referee: Matthew Breeze
		Report	Vrkic  19' (Pen)

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20 September 2003	Parramatta Power	0 – 0	South Melbourne FC	Parramatta Stadium Attendance: 1,861 Referee: Simon Micallef
		Report

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20 September 2003	Football Kingz	1 – 2	Newcastle United	Ericsson Stadium Attendance: 2,304 Referee: D. Rugg
	Ngata  74'	Report	Masi  19' Wheelhouse  29'

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21 September 2003	Melbourne Knights	1 – 1	Marconi Stallions	Knights Stadium Attendance: 2,205 Referee: Craig Zetter
	Pelikan  46'	Report	Maloney  27'

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21 September 2003	Northern Spirit	1 – 3	Brisbane Strikers	Pittwater Park Attendance: 2,971 Referee: C. Diomis
	Hutchinson  53'	Report	Morley  15',  45' Rose  62'

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30 November 2003	Sydney Olympic	0 – 0	Adelaide United	OKI Jubilee Stadium Attendance: 2,370 Referee: James Lewis

Round 2

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26 September 2003	Newcastle United	2 – 1	Northern Spirit	Energy Australia Stadium Attendance: 4,673 Referee: James Lewis
	Wheelhouse  2' (Pen), 77' (Pen)	Report	Macallister  28'

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27 September 2003	Brisbane Strikers	1 – 1	Sydney Olympic	Perry Park Attendance: 2,625 Referee: Mark Shield
	Pilic  53'	Report	Bakis  63'

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27 September 2003	Marconi Stallions	2 – 1	Wollongong Wolves	Marconi Stadium Attendance: 1,945 Referee: Simon Micallef
	Maloney  9', 18'		Majurovski  73'

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28 September 2003	Sydney United	2 – 1	Football Kingz	Sydney United Sports Centre Attendance: 3,169 Referee: Ben Williams
	Langdon  58', Zmire  62', Ozbey  85'	Report	Cunico  73' (OG)

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28 September 2003	Perth Glory	3 – 0	Melbourne Knights	Arena Joondalup Attendance: 9,780 Referee: Eddie Lennie
	Mori  82', Pondeljak  87', Caceres  88'	Report

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25 February 2004	Adelaide United	0 – 2	Parramatta Power	Hindmarsh Stadium Attendance: 12,125 Referee: Perry Mur
		Report	Elrich  5', Milicic  52'

Round 3

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3 October 2003	Wollongong Wolves	0 – 4	South Melbourne FC	WIN Stadium Attendance: 2,005 Referee: Mark Shield
		Report	Coveny  16', 53', Curcija  78', Poutakidis  92'

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4 October 2003	Northern Spirit	4 – 0	Sydney Olympic	Pittwater Park Attendance: 2,819 Referee: Matthew Breeze
	Richter  47', Ferguson  57', Macallister  68', Petrie  81'	Report

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4 October 2003	Parramatta Power	4 – 1	Football Kingz	Parramatta Stadium Attendance: 1,616 Referee: Craig Zetter
	Dodd  33', 36', 73', Elrich  94'	Report	Martin  57'

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4 October 2003	Brisbane Strikers	0 – 0	Perth Glory	Perry Park Attendance: 3,042 Referee: P. Green
		Report

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4 October 2003	Marconi Stallions	1 – 1	Newcastle United	Marconi Stadium Attendance: 2,068 Referee: Eddie Lennie
	Renaud  72', Costanzo  92'	Report	Middleby  54', Thomas  72'

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8 February 2004	Melbourne Knights	3 – 4	Adelaide United	Knights Stadium Attendance: 1,164 Referee: James Lewis
	Vasilevski  53', Marinos  57', 90'	Report	Alagich  45', Aloisi  62', Brooks  65', Veart  83'

Round 4

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10 October 2003	Newcastle United	1 – 1	Parramatta Power	Energy Australia Stadium Attendance: 3,501 Referee: Matthew Breeze
	Ceccoli  28' (o.g.)	Report	Dodd  45'

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12 October 2003	Football Kingz	1 – 3	Perth Glory	Ericsson Stadium Attendance: 1,245 Referee: D. Rugg
	Ngata  64'	Report	Despotovski  48', Pondeljak  57', Mori  67'

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12 October 2003	Melbourne Knights	1 – 2	Wollongong Wolves	Knights Stadium Attendance: 3,100 Referee: Perry Mur
	Pelikan  11'		Young  7', Hawrysiuk  83'

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12 October 2003	South Melbourne FC	0 – 1	Brisbane Strikers	Bob Jane Stadium Attendance: 7,250 Referee: Eddie Lennie
		Report	Brain  47'

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12 October 2003	Sydney Olympic	1 – 0	Sydney United	OKI Jubilee Stadium Attendance: 4,327 Referee: Simon Micallef
	Baird  62'	Report

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12 October 2003	Marconi Stallions	2 – 1	Northern Spirit	Marconi Stadium Attendance: 2,255 Referee: A. Nardi
	Harris  21', Spiteri  54'	Report	Petrie  40'

Round 5

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17 October 2003	Adelaide United	1 – 0	Brisbane Strikers	Hindmarsh Stadium Attendance: 15,568 Referee: Craig Zetter
	Veart  38'	Report

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19 October 2003	Football Kingz	1 – 2	Melbourne Knights	Ericsson Stadium Attendance: 1,271 Referee: C. Diomis
	Ngata  4'	Report	Pelikan  26', Oksuz  72'

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19 October 2003	Sydney Olympic	1 – 2	Marconi Stallions	OKI Jubilee Stadium Attendance: 5,199 Referee: P. Green
	Schirripa  92'		Webb  8', Spiteri  80'

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19 October 2003	Sydney United	0 – 2	Parramatta Power	Sydney United Sports Centre Attendance: 3,152 Referee: Mark Shield
		Report	Milicic  15', 92'

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19 October 2003	South Melbourne	4 – 1	Newcastle United	Bob Jane Stadium Attendance: 3,750 Referee: D. Rugg
	Coveny  24' (pen.), 39', 76', Perosh  56' (o.g.)	Report	Owens  30'

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19 October 2003	Northern Spirit	3 – 5	Perth Glory	Pittwater Park Attendance: 2,867 Referee: Matthew Breeze
	O'Sullivan  6', 34', Osman  38'	Report	Pondeljak  11', Mori  12', Despotovski  14', Hassell  43', 48'

Round 6

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24 October 2003	Newcastle United	2 – 3	Adelaide United	Energy Australia Stadium Attendance: 3,005 Referee: C. Diomis
	Owens  16', R. Griffiths  61'	Report	Veart  64' (pen.), 78', Vidmar  73'

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25 October 2003	Marconi Stallions	1 – 2	Parramatta Power	Marconi Stadium Attendance: 2,040 Referee: P. Mur
	Anabalon  46'	Report	Buonavoglia  33', Thompson  76'

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26 October 2003	Melbourne Knights	0 – 1	Northern Spirit	Knights Stadium Attendance: 2,900 Referee: B. Williams
			Macallister  2'

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26 October 2003	Sydney Olympic	0 – 2	Perth Glory	OKI Jubilee Stadium Attendance: 3,383 Referee: S. Pryzdacz
		Report	Mori  37', 76'

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26 October 2003	Sydney United	0 – 0	South Melbourne	Sydney United Sports Centre Attendance: 2,691 Referee: C. Zetter
		Report

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19 January 2004	Wollongong Wolves	1 – 2	Football Kingz	WIN Stadium Attendance: 3,226 Referee: B. Williams
	Hawrysiuk  2'		Hickey  9', Ngata  48' (pen.)

Round 7

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1 November 2003	Brisbane Strikers	2 – 1	Newcastle United	Perry Park Attendance: 2,715 Referee: J. Lewis
	Morley  36', Brownlie  45'	Report	Tsekenis  90'

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2 November 2003	Parramatta Power	6 – 0	Perth Glory	Parramatta Stadium Attendance: 2,639 Referee: M. Breeze
	Milicic  8', 37', 44', Buonavoglia  29', 49', Colosimo  90'	Report

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2 November 2003	Sydney Olympic	0 – 2	Melbourne Knights	OKI Jubilee Stadium Attendance: 2,593 Referee: S. Micallef
		Report	Pelikan  19', 41'

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2 November 2003	Adelaide United	0 – 0	Sydney United	Hindmarsh Stadium Attendance: 14,413 Referee: A. Nardi
		Report

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2 November 2003	Northern Spirit	3 – 0	Wollongong Wolves	Pittwater Park Attendance: 2,388 Referee: E. Lennie
	Petrie  35', 64', 80'	Report

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2 November 2003	South Melbourne	2 – 0	Marconi Stallions	Bob Jane Stadium Attendance: 5,950 Referee: M. Shield
	Boutsianis  62', Coveny  69'	Report

Round 8

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7 November 2003	Wollongong Wolves	0 – 1	Sydney Olympic	WIN Stadium Attendance: 2,251 Referee: C. Diomis
		Report	Cardozo  74' (pen.)

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8 November 2003	Football Kingz	0 – 2	Northern Spirits	Ericsson Stadium Attendance: 1,662 Referee: B. Hugo
		Report	Macallister  55', Ferguson  68' (pen.)

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8 November 2003	Parramatta Power	4 – 0	Melbourne Knights	Parramatta Stadium Attendance: 1,683 Referee: P. Green
	Kovacic  37' (o.g.), Milicic  54', 62', Dodd  78'	Report

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8 November 2003	Marconi Stallions	0 – 0	Adelaide United	Marconi Stadium Attendance: 1,820 Referee: C. Zetter

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9 November 2003	Perth Glory	1 – 0	South Melbourne	Arena Joondalup Attendance: 7,356 Referee: S. Micallef
	Despotovski  62' (pen.)	Report

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9 November 2003	Sydney United	3 – 0	Brisbane Strikers	Sydney United Sports Centre Attendance: 2,756 Referee: M. Breeze
	Collina  7', Doumanis  56' (pen.), 89'

Round 9

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14 November 2003	Newcastle United	0 – 0	Sydney United	Energy Australia Stadium Attendance: 3,672 Referee: P. Mur
		Report

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14 November 2003	Wollongong Wolves	3 – 1	Parramatta Power	WIN Stadium Attendance: 2,085 Referee: B. Hugo
	Arrarte  29', Hawrysiuk  41', 54'	Report	Ceccoli  33'

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15 November 2003	Marconi Stallions	1 – 0	Brisbane Strikers	Marconi Stadium Attendance: 2,439 Referee: S. Micallef
	Carle  68'	Report

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16 November 2003	Sydney Olympic	2 – 2	Football Kingz	OKI Jubilee Stadium Attendance: 2,398 Referee: B. Williams
	Ishida  10', Cardozo  36'		Rowley  3', Souris  45' (o.g.)

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16 November 2003	Melbourne Knights	0 – 5	South Melbourne	Knights Stadium Attendance: 6,200 Referee: A. Nardi
		Report	Panopoulos  14', Trimboli  22', 34', Coveny  39', Curcija  89'

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16 November 2003	Adelaide United	1 – 4	Perth Glory	Hindmarsh Stadium Attendance: 13,096 Referee: M. Breeze
	Kemp  19'	Report	Pondeljak  15', 92', Mori  16', Despotovski  49'

Round 10

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21 November 2003	Newcastle United	0 – 1	Sydney Olympic	Energy Australia Stadium Attendance: 1,651 Referee: C. Zetter
			Caravella  84'

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22 November 2003	Brisbane Strikers	4 – 2	Parramatta Power	Perry Park Attendance: 2,170 Referee: C. Diomis
	Moon  34', Rose  71', 86', Morley  90'	Report	Milicic  11', Rech  58'

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23 November 2003	Football Kingz	3 – 1	Marconi Stallions	Ericsson Stadium Attendance: 1,410 Referee: D. Rugg
	Tambouras  28', Martin  65', Midtsian  78'	Report	Carle  86' (pen.)

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23 November 2003	Northern Spirit	0 – 1	Sydney United	Pittwater Park Attendance: 1,371 Referee: B. Hugo
		Report	Santalab  4'

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23 November 2003	Wollongong Wolves	2 – 1	Perth Glory	WIN Stadium Attendance: 1,879 Referee: P. Green
	Young  3', Nwaogazi  54'	Report	Mori  69'

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23 November 2003	South Melbourne	2 – 1	Adelaide United	Bob Jane Stadium Attendance: 8,359 Referee: S. Micallef
	Kovacevic  23', 61'	Report	Veart  70'

Round 11

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28 November 2003	Adelaide United	2 – 2	Wollongong Wolves	Hindmarsh Stadium Attendance: 9,528 Referee: P. Mur
	Valkanis  48', Saric  81'	Report	Nwaogazi  20', Blake  90'

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28 November 2003	Newcastle United	1 – 0	Perth Glory	Energy Australia Stadium Attendance: 2,976 Referee: S. Micallef
	Masi  82'	Report

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29 November 2003	Parramatta Power	3 – 0	Northern Spirit	Parramatta Stadium Attendance: 3,123 Referee: B. Williams
	Milicic  19', 47', Elrich  96'	Report

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29 November 2003	Brisbane Strikers	1 – 0	Melbourne Knights	Perry Park Attendance: 2,354 Referee: S. Pryzdacz
	Moon  66'	Report

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30 November 2003	South Melbourne	6 – 0	Football Kingz	Bob Jane Stadium Attendance: 5,005 Referee: C. Diomis
	Curcija  3', 57', 72', 85', Laurie  34', Tunbridge  90'

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30 November 2003	Sydney United	1 – 1	Marconi Stallions	Sydney United Sports Centre Attendance: 4,132 Referee: E. Lennie
	Collina  80'	Report	Spiteri  53'

Round 12

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5 December 2003	Wollongong Wolves	1 – 1	Brisbane Strikers	WIN Stadium Attendance: 2,130 Referee: C. Zetter
	Nwaogazi  46'	Report	Brain  13'

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6 December 2003	Football Kingz	1 – 3	Adelaide United	Ericsson Stadium Attendance: 1,121 Referee: P. Green
	Ngata  80'	Report	Pellegrino  50', Smeltz  76', Veart  86'

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7 December 2003	Sydney Olympic	0 – 1	Parramatta Power	OKI Jubilee Stadium Attendance: 3,203 Referee: D. Rugg
			Milicic  78'

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7 December 2003	Melbourne Knights	1 – 1	Newcastle United	Knights Stadium Attendance: 2,673 Referee: E. Lennie
	Razov  49'		R. Griffiths  58'

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7 December 2003	Northern Spirit	3 – 1	South Melbourne	Pittwater Park Attendance: 1,859 Referee: A. Nardi
	Petrie  45', 56', Fisher  88'	Report	Curcija  54'

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2 February 2004	Perth Glory	2 – 0	Sydney United	Members Equity Stadium Attendance: 6,801 Referee: M. Breeze
	Mori  20', Mrdja  81'	Report

Round 13

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17 October 2003	Newcastle United	2 – 0	Wollongong Wolves	Energy Australia Stadium Attendance: 3,513 Referee: S. Przydacz
	R. Griffiths  6', Libbesson  91'	Report

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10 December 2003	Adelaide United	1 – 0	Northern Spirit	Hindmarsh Stadium Attendance: 9,159 Referee: C. Zetter
	Saric  8'	Report

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10 December 2003	Brisbane Strikers	1 – 1	Football Kingz	Perry Park Attendance: 2,336 Referee: P. Green
	McLaren  10'	Report	Rowley  14'

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10 December 2003	Marconi Stallions	0 – 2	Perth Glory	Marconi Stadium Attendance: 1,851 Referee: B. Hugo
		Report	Mori  68', Despotovski  73'

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10 December 2003	South Melbourne	4 – 2	Sydney Olympic	Bob Jane Stadium Attendance: 4,125 Referee: P. Mur
	Tunbridge  7', Poutakidis  25', Curcija  32', Boutsianis  78'		Augerinos  36', Bakis  62'

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10 December 2003	Sydney United	3 – 1	Melbourne Knights	Sydney United Sports Centre Attendance: 1,876 Referee: C. Diomis
	Babic  47', Cunico  56', Parisi  66'	Report	Vasilevski  83'

Round 14

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12 December 2003	Newcastle United	2 – 0	Football Kingz	Energy Australia Stadium Attendance: 1,433 Referee: B. Williams
	Johnson  34', Deans  55'	Report

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13 December 2003	Brisbane Strikers	3 – 1	Northern Spirit	Perry Park Attendance: 2,137 Referee: A. Nardi
	Morley  56', Brownlie  82', Pilic  87'	Report	Kwasnik  46'

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13 December 2003	Marconi Stallions	0 – 1	Melbourne Knights	Marconi Stadium Attendance: 1,650 Referee: D. Rugg
		Report	Marinos  92'

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14 December 2003	Sydney United	0 – 1	Wollongong Wolves	Sydney United Sports Centre Attendance: 3,002 Referee: S. Przydacz
		Report	Nwaogazi  47'

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14 December 2003	Adelaide United	1 – 1	Sydney Olympic	Hindmarsh Stadium Attendance: 11,153 Referee: E. Lennie
	Thompson  87'	Report	Cardozo  62'

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14 December 2003	South Melbourne	2 – 1	Parramatta Power	Bob Jane Stadium Attendance: 10,005 Referee: B. Hugo
	Coveny  34' (pen.), 62' (pen.)	Report	Rech  15'

Round 15

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19 December 2003	Football Kingz	0 – 1	Sydney United	Ericsson Stadium Attendance: 1,054 Referee: J. Lewis
		Report	Haliti  45'

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19 December 2003	Wollongong Wolves	3 – 3	Marconi Stallions	WIN Stadium Attendance: 2,302 Referee: S. Micallef
	Young  2', 68', Nwaogazi  81'	Report	Carle  45', Maloney  52', Brosque  77'

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20 December 2003	Parramatta Power	1 – 2	Adelaide United	Parramatta Stadium Attendance: 1,967 Referee: A. Nardi
	Petrovski  44'	Report	Aloisi  10', Veart  18'

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21 December 2003	Sydney Olympic	1 – 1	Brisbane Strikers	OKI Jubilee Stadium Attendance: 2,690 Referee: C. Diomis
	Bakis  53'		Pilic  12'

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21 December 2003	Melbourne Knights	0 – 2	Perth Glory	Knights Stadium Attendance: 3,693 Referee: M. Shield
		Report	Mrdja  32', 74'

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21 December 2003	Northern Spirit	1 – 1	Newcastle United	Pittwater Park Attendance: 1,935 Referee: E. Lennie
	Thomas  62' (o.g.)	Report	Masi  34'

Round 16

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27 December 2003	Perth Glory	6 – 1	Brisbane Strikers	Members Equity Stadium Attendance: 12,142 Referee: E. Lennie
	Despotovski  26', Byrnes  45', Hassell  55', Caceres  74', Pondeljak  76', Mrdja  84'	Report	Brownlie  55' (pen.)

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27 December 2003	South Melbourne	2 – 3	Wollongong Wolves	Bob Jane Stadium Attendance: 6,780 Referee: B. Williams
	Boutsianis  67', Coveny  81'	Report	Arrarte  13', Nwaogazi  76', Balabanel  90'

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28 December 2003	Sydney Olympic	1 – 0	Northern Spirit	OKI Jubilee Stadium Attendance: 2,484 Referee: M. Shield
	Baird  47' (pen.)	Report

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28 December 2003	Football Kingz	1 – 2	Parramatta Power	Waikato Stadium Attendance: 1,176 Referee: C. Zetter
	Schjerven  34'	Report	Gumprecht  20', Rech  62'

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28 December 2003	Newcastle United	0 – 1	Marconi Stallions	Energy Australia Stadium Attendance: 3,084 Referee: B. Hugo
		Report	Maloney  29'

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28 December 2003	Adelaide United	2 – 1	Melbourne Knights	Hindmarsh Stadium Attendance: 13,032 Referee: S. Micallef
	Veart  15', Terminello  31'	Report	Trajanovski  4'

Round 17

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2 January 2004	Parramatta Power	4 – 0	Newcastle United	Parramatta Stadium Attendance: 2,736 Referee: B. Williams
	Dodd  57', Petrovski  62', 84', Milicic  71'

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3 January 2003	Brisbane Strikers	1 – 0	South Melbourne	Perry Park Attendance: 3,417 Referee: M. Shield
	Grierson  79'

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3 January 2004	Perth Glory	4 – 0	Football Kingz	Members Equity Stadium Attendance: 9,856 Referee: C. Diomis
	Murphy  29', Faria  56', Mrdja  62', 78'

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4 January 2004	Sydney United	0 – 0	Sydney Olympic	Sydney United Sports Centre Attendance: 3,462 Referee: M. Breeze

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4 January 2004	Wollongong Wolves	1 – 1	Melbourne Knights	WIN Stadium Attendance: 3,211 Referee: N. Rice
	Young  50' (pen.)		Trajanovski  66'

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4 January 2004	Northern Spirit	0 – 0	Marconi Stallions	Pittwater Park Attendance: 2,115 Referee: S. Przydacz

Round 18

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19 December 2003	Newcastle United	0 – 1	South Melbourne	Energy Australia Stadium Attendance: 1,231 Referee: P. Green
			Crucija  7'

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7 January 2004	Parramatta Power	5 – 1	Sydney United	Parramatta Stadium Attendance: 3,105 Referee: M. Breeze
	Milicic  8', Pantelis  28', 33', Zorbas  40', Doumanis  92' (o.g.)		B. Santalab  67'

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7 January 2004	Melbourne Knights	1 – 0	Football Kingz	Knights Stadium Attendance: 1,516 Referee: C. Zetter
	Marth  45'

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7 January 2004	Brisbane Strikers	1 – 0	Adelaide United	Perry Park Attendance: 3,298 Referee: P. Mur
	Morley  10'

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21 January 2004	Perth Glory	3 – 2	Northern Spirit	Members Equity Stadium Attendance: 7,996 Referee: E. Lennie
	Murphy  9', Pondeljak  42', Despotovski  85'		Richter  25', Tomasevic  92'

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11 February 2004	Marconi Stallions	1 – 0	Sydney Olympic	Marconi Stadium Attendance: 2,433 Referee: C. Diomis
	Carle  79' (pen.)

Round 19

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10 January 2004	Perth Glory	2 – 0	Sydney Olympic	Members Equity Stadium Attendance: 9,005 Referee: A. Nardi
	Murphy  76', 84'

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11 January 2004	Football Kingz	1 – 1	Wollongong Wolves	Ericsson Stadium Attendance: 1,175 Referee: D. Rugg
	Martin  13'		Dragas  76'

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11 January 2004	Northern Spirit	2 – 0	Melbourne Knights	Pittwater Park Attendance: 1,496 Referee: J. Lewis
	Hutchinson  21', Milligan  58'

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11 January 2004	Adelaide United	0 – 0	Newcastle United	Hindmarsh Stadium Attendance: 14,280 Referee: P. Green

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11 January 2004	South Melbourne	1 – 0	Sydney United	Bob Jane Stadium Attendance: 5,750 Referee: E. Lennie
	Coveny  65' (pen.)

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4 February 2004	Parramatta Power	2 – 2	Marconi Stallions	Parramatta Stadium Attendance: 2,234 Referee: M. Breeze
	Milicic  4', Rech  76'		Brosque  46', Spiteri  81'

Round 20

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16 January 2004	Newcastle United	1 – 0	Brisbane Strikers	Energy Australia Stadium Attendance: 2,181 Referee: P. Green
	Wheelhouse  20'

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16 January 2004	Wollongong Wolves	4 – 1	Northern Spirit	WIN Stadium Attendance: 2,855 Referee: J. Lewis
	Hughes  35', Young  38', 65', Nwaogazi  64'		Richter  84'

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17 January 2004	Perth Glory	4 – 1	Parramatta Power	Members Equity Stadium Attendance: 12,624 Referee: E. Lennie
	Mrdja  18', 52', Despotovski  27' (pen.), Caceres  90'		Sekulovski  74'

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18 January 2004	Sydney United	1 – 1	Adelaide United	Sydney United Sports Centre Attendance: 2,065 Referee: M. Breeze
	Santalab  89'		Alagich  76'

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18 January 2004	Melbourne Knights	1 – 1	Sydney Olympic	Knights Stadium Attendance: 2,173 Referee: P. Mur
	Marth  89' (pen.)		Caravella  3'

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17 February 2004	Marconi Stallions	1 – 0	South Melbourne	Marconi Stadium Attendance: 1,277 Referee: M. Shield
	Maloney  38'

Round 21

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21 January 2004	Sydney Olympic	5 – 2	Wollongong Wolves	OKI Jubilee Stadium Attendance: 2,369 Referee: C. Zetter
	Caravella  44', Cardozo  57', 92', Nikas  63', Goutzioulis  89'		Nwaogazi  16', Majurovski  75'

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25 January 2004	Melbourne Knights	1 – 3	Parramatta Power	Knights Stadium Attendance: 1,868 Referee: P. Green
	Oksuz  52'		Rech  27', 76', 92'

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26 January 2004	South Melbourne	0 – 0	Perth Glory	Bob Jane Stadium Attendance: 11,642 Referee: M. Breeze

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4 February 2004	Brisbane Strikers	2 – 0	Sydney United	Perry Park Attendance: 1,617 Referee: M. Shield
	McCloughan  20', Pilic  84'

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20 February 2004	Adelaide United	1 – 0	Marconi Stallions	Hindmarsh Stadium Attendance: 13,690 Referee: S. Micallef
	Veart  3'

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20 February 2004	Northern Spirit	1 – 0	Football Kingz	Gabbie Stadium Attendance: 1,061 Referee: C. Zetter
	Richter  60'

Round 22

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31 January 2004	Perth Glory	2 – 0	Adelaide United	Members Equity Stadium Attendance: 9,711 Referee: A. Nardi
	Mori  30', 34'

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31 January 2004	South Melbourne	4 – 0	Melbourne Knights	Bob Jane Stadium Attendance: 8,120 Referee: M. Shield
	Leijer  23' (o.g.), Sarkies  41', Curcija  52', Tunbridge  90'

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31 January 2004	Football Kingz	2 – 4	Sydney Olympic	Waikato Stadium Attendance: 1,013 Referee: N. Rice
	Hickey  51', Rowley  94'		Cardozo  8', Juric  28', Bojić  58', Ishida  63'

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31 January 2004	Parramatta Power	4 – 3	Wollongong Wolves	Parramatta Stadium Attendance: 2,237 Referee: E. Lennie
	Milicic  14', Rech  40', Petrovski  49', Gumprecht  63'		van Blerk  3', Nwaogazi  23', Sabljak  42'

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1 February 2004	Sydney United	2 – 0	Newcastle United	Sydney United Sports Centre Attendance: 2,276 Referee: P. Mur
	B. Santalab  22', Austin  40'

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1 February 2004	Brisbane Strikers	0 – 2	Marconi Stallions	Perry Park Attendance: 2,257 Referee: S. Micallef
			Maloney  66', Carle  87'

Round 23

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6 February 2004	Adelaide United	2 – 0	South Melbourne	Hindmarsh Stadium Attendance: 12,463 Referee: E. Lennie
	Budin  6', Aloisi  31'

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7 February 2004	Perth Glory	2 – 0	Wollongong Wolves	Members Equity Stadium Attendance: 9,233 Referee: M. Shield
	Despotovski  33', Mori  62'

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7 February 2004	Marconi Stallions	2 – 1	Football Kingz	Marconi Stadium Attendance: 1,740 Referee: B. Williams
	Gibson  31', Carle  61'		Harries  92'

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8 February 2004	Sydney United	0 – 0	Northern Spirit	Sydney United Sports Centre Attendance: 1,964 Referee: S. Micallef

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8 February 2004	Sydney Olympic	2 – 0	Newcastle United	OKI Jubilee Stadium Attendance: 2,685 Referee: D. Rugg
	Cardozo  72', 79'

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9 February 2004	Parramatta Power	3 – 2	Brisbane Strikers	Parramatta Stadium Attendance: 1,873 Referee: M. Breeze
	Milicic  12', 37', Pantelis  47'		Fitzsimmons  56', Rose  81'

Round 24

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13 February 2004	Wollongong Wolves	0 – 1	Adelaide United	WIN Stadium Attendance: 3,010 Referee: P. Green
			Brooks  80'

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14 February 2004	Perth Glory	2 – 0	Newcastle United	Members Equity Stadium Attendance: 8,678 Referee: C. Zetter
	Mori  27', Caceres  85'

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14 February 2004	Football Kingz	2 – 0	South Melbourne	Ericsson Stadium Attendance: 892 Referee: P. O'Leary
	Hickey  19', Ngata  59'

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14 February 2004	Marconi Stallions	3 – 0	Sydney United	Marconi Stadium Attendance: 2,579 Referee: S. Micallef
	Brosque  23', Harris  45', Gibson  66'

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15 February 2004	Northern Spirit	0 – 1	Parramatta Power	Pittwater Park Attendance: 1,106 Referee: J. Lewis
			Petrovski  23'

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15 February 2004	Melbourne Knights	2 – 0	Brisbane Strikers	Knights Stadium Attendance: 2,469 Referee: C. Diomis
	R. Vargas  27', Oksuz  88'

Round 25

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23 January 2004	Adelaide United	1 – 0	Football Kingz	Hindmarsh Stadium Attendance: 12,312 Referee: M. Shield
	Veart  58'

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20 February 2004	Newcastle United	0 – 2	Melbourne Knights	Energy Australia Stadium Attendance: 3,263 Referee: J. Lewis
			Pelikan  64', 75' (pen.)

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20 February 2004	Parramatta Power	3 – 2	Sydney Olympic	Parramatta Stadium Attendance: 2,832 Referee: M. Shield
	Rech  4', Milicic  34', Thompson  82'		Caravella  3', P. Cardozo  43'

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21 February 2004	Brisbane Strikers	0 – 1	Wollongong Wolves	Perry Park Attendance: 2,824 Referee: E. Lennie
			Nwaogazi  34'

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22 February 2004	Sydney United	2 – 4	Perth Glory	Sydney United Sports Centre Attendance: 3,039 Referee: C. Diomis
	Santalab  69', Heffernan  78'		Mrdja  28', 38', 92', Hassell  70'

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22 February 2004	South Melbourne	1 – 2	Northern Spirit	Bob Jane Stadium Attendance: 5,250 Referee: B. Williams
	Coveny  71'		Kwasnik  52', Richter  68'

Round 26

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8 February 2004	Perth Glory	2 – 2	Marconi Stallions	Members Equity Stadium Attendance: 10,458 Referee: E. Lennie
	Mori  83', Mrdja  86'		Spiteri  21', 76'

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29 February 2004	Football Kingz	4 – 3	Brisbane Strikers	Ericsson Stadium Attendance: 950 Referee: D. Rugg
	Hay  42', Ngata  45' (pen.), 81' (pen.), Christie  76'		McKay  7', Rose  54', Fitzsimmons  57'

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29 February 2004	Northern Spirit	2 – 1	Adelaide United	Pittwater Park Attendance: 2,009 Referee: M. Breeze
	Kwasnik  27', 69'		Vidmar  45'

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29 February 2004	Sydney Olympic	0 – 0	South Melbourne	OKI Jubilee Stadium Attendance: 3,682 Referee: S. Micallef

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29 February 2004	Melbourne Knights	0 – 0	Sydney United	Knights Stadium Attendance: 8,423 Referee: A. Nardi

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29 February 2004	Wollongong Wolves	3 – 0	Newcastle United	WIN Stadium Attendance: 3,531 Referee: P. Green
	Nwaogazi  10', Young  19', Sabljak  83'

Finals

Elimination Final 1 (3rd v 6th)

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1st Leg 7 March 2004	Adelaide United	3–0	Brisbane Strikers	Hindmarsh Stadium, Adelaide Attendance: 16,258 Referee: Williams
	Veart  31' Agius  67' Brooks  92'	(Report)

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2nd Leg 13 March 2004	Brisbane Strikers	4–1	Adelaide United	Perry Park, Brisbane Attendance: 2,790 Referee: Breeze
	Moon  45' Rose  58' Brain  82' Grierson  87'	(Report)	Veart  65'

• Adelaide United progress on away goals rule (4-4 on aggregate)

Elimination Final 2 (4th v 5th)

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1st Leg 7 March 2004	Marconi Stallions	0–0	South Melbourne	Marconi Stadium, Sydney Attendance: 2,127 Referee: Lennie
		(Report)

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2nd Leg 13 March 2004	South Melbourne	2–0	Marconi Stallions	Bob Jane Stadium, Melbourne Attendance: 6,063 Referee: Shield
	Curcija  20', 60'	(Report)

• South Melbourne progress 2-0 on aggregate

Major Semi Final (1st v 2nd)

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1st Leg 13 March 2004	Parramatta Power	4–2	Perth Glory	Parramatta Stadium, Sydney Attendance: 6,059 Referee: Micallef
	Ceccoli  9' Petrovski  41' Zorbas  45' Milicic  75'	(Report)	Despotovski  46' Harnwell  56'

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2nd Leg 20 March 2004	Perth Glory	0–2	Parramatta Power	Members Equity Stadium Perth Attendance: 14,023 Referee: Breeze
		(Report	Elrich  15' Petrovski  65'

• Parramatta Power progress 6-2 on aggregate

Minor Semi Final

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20 March 2004	Adelaide United	2–1 (a.e.t.)	South Melbourne	Hindmarsh Stadium, Adelaide Attendance: 16,558 Referee: Micallef
	Aloisi  71' Alagich  105' (pen.)	(Report	Curcija  12'

Preliminary Final

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28 March 2004	Perth Glory	5–0	Adelaide United	Subiaco Oval, Perth Attendance: 17,524 Referee: Shield
	Despotovski  10', 81' Mori  51', 69' Mrdja  88'	(Report)

Grand Final

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4 April 2004 15:00 AEST	Parramatta Power	0 – 1 (a.e.t.)	Perth Glory	Parramatta Stadium, Sydney Attendance: 9,630 Referee: Mark Shield
		(Report)	Mrdja  98'

PARRAMATTA POWER: GK 1 Clint Bolton DF 3 Alvin Ceccoli (c) DF 4 Simon Colosimo DF 5 Michael Beauchamp FW 7 Travis Dodd MF 8 Andre Gumprecht 86' FW 9 Ante Milicic 68' DF 13 Paul O'Grady FW 14 Sasho Petrovski FW 21 Ahmad Elrich MF 22 Peter Zorbas 97' Substitutes: GK 20 Daniel Beltrame MF 6 Matt Thompson 97' MF 10 Fernando Rech 68' MF 11 Lucas Pantelis DF 16 Jacek Sobczyk Manager: Nick Theodorakopoulos Joe Marston Medal: Ahmad Elrich Assistant Referees: Fourth Official:

PERTH GLORY: GK 1 Jason Petkovic DF 3 Matthew Bingley DF 5 Shaun Murphy (c) FW 10 Bobby Despotovski 82' MF 11 Jade North DF 12 Mark Byrnes 62' MF 15 Tom Pondeljak FW 16 Damian Mori DF 19 Jamie Harnwell FW 21 Adrian Caceres DF 24 Jamie Coyne 95' Substitutes: GK 20 Vince Matassa MF 4 Bradley Hassell 95' MF 6 Wayne Srhoj MF 8 Anthony Danze FW 9 Nik Mrdja 82' Manager: 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

• OzFootball Archives - 2003-04 NSL Season

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