1998–99 National Soccer League

NSL 1998-99
League	National Soccer League
Sport	Association football
Duration	1998-99
Number of teams	15
NSL season
Champions	South Melbourne
Top scorer	Mile Sterjovski Pablo Cardozo (18 each)

The 1998–99 National Soccer League season, was the 23rd season of the National Soccer League in Australia.

Overview

It was performed in 15 teams, and South Melbourne won the championship.


Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Sydney United 58	28	18	4	6	53	33	+20	58	1999 National Soccer League Finals
2	South Melbourne (C)	28	17	6	5	50	26	+24	57	1999 Oceania Club Championship
3	Perth Glory	28	16	5	7	62	37	+25	53	1999 National Soccer League Finals
4	Marconi Stallions	28	15	3	10	53	47	+6	48
5	Northern Spirit	28	14	4	10	36	35	+1	46
6	Adelaide City	28	13	6	9	39	26	+13	45
7	Sydney Olympic	28	12	7	9	46	36	+10	43
8	Newcastle Breakers	28	11	7	10	29	33	−4	40
9	Brisbane Strikers	28	11	6	11	41	47	−6	39
10	Wollongong Wolves	28	8	8	12	45	52	−7	32
11	Carlton SC	28	9	4	15	47	47	0	31
12	Melbourne Knights	28	8	5	15	32	43	−11	29
13	West Adelaide (R)	28	7	6	15	36	46	−10	27	Disbanded at end of season
14	Gippsland Falcons	28	5	10	13	17	44	−27	25
15	Canberra Cosmos	28	4	3	21	21	55	−34	15

Updated to games played on 25 April 1999
Source: rsssf.com
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.

South Melbourne v Sydney United

30 May 1999
15:15 AEST

South Melbourne	3 – 2	Sydney United
Trimboli 53' Anastasiadis 63,87'	(report)	Sterjovski 8' Townsend 90+'

Olympic Park Stadium, Melbourne
Attendance: 15,194
Referee: Simon Michallef

Soccer in Australia

Football Federation Australia

National teams	Men's Men's U-23 Men's U-20 Men's U-17 Men's Beach Men's Paralympic Women's Women's U-20 Women's U-17

Current competitions	A-League Youth League W-League National Premier Leagues FFA Cup FFA State Institute Challenge

Defunct competitions	National Soccer League NSL Cup National Youth League (1984–2004) Women's National Soccer League Australia Cup

Lists	Clubs Venues (stadiums by capacity) Champions

Other	League system Professional Footballers Australia Football Hall of Fame Women's soccer in Australia

National Soccer League

List of NSL champions List of NSL players

Seasons	1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–2000 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04

Teams	APIA Leichhardt Adelaide City Adelaide United Blacktown City Brisbane City SC Brisbane Lions SC Brisbane Strikers Brunswick Juventus Canberra City SC Canberra Cosmos Canterbury-Marrickville Carlton S.C. Collingwood Warriors Eastern Pride Football Kingz Footscray JUST Green Gully Cavaliers Heidelberg United Inter Monaro Marconi Stallions Melbourne Knights Mooroolbark SC Newcastle Breakers Newcastle Jets Newcastle KB United Newcastle Rosebud United Northern Spirit Parramatta Eagles Parramatta Power Penrith City SC Perth Glory Preston Lions FC South Melbourne St George Saints Sunshine George Cross Sydney City Sydney Olympic Sydney United FC West Adelaide Western Suburbs SC Wollongong Macedonia Wollongong Wolves

Cups	1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97