2003–04 Perth Glory SC season

Perth Glory

2003–04 season
Owner	Nick Tana
Head coach	Mich d'Avray
Stadium	Members Equity Stadium Arena Joondalup Subiaco Oval
National Soccer League	Premier (1st)
Finals series	Champion
Top goalscorer	League: Damian Mori (14)[1] All: Damian Mori (16)[1]
Highest home attendance	12,624 (regular season) 17,524 (finals)
Lowest home attendance	6,801
Home colours
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The 2003–04 Perth Glory SC season was the club's eighth season since its establishment in 1996, and its final season in the National Soccer League (NSL). Perth Glory finished top of the league and were crowned champions after defeating Parramatta Power in the 2004 NSL Grand Final.

First-team squad

Squad at end of season

Final standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Perth Glory (C)	24	18	3	3	56	22	+34	57	2003–04 National Soccer League Champions
2	Parramatta Power	24	16	3	5	58	30	+28	51	2004 National Soccer League Elimination Finals
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 58	24	7	8	9	18	25	−7	29
11	Newcastle Jets	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

Updated to games played on 29 February 2004
Source: ozfootball.net
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.

Home and away season

Round 2 28 September 2003	Perth Glory	3 – 0	Melbourne Knights	Arena Joondalup
	Mori  82', Pondeljak  87', Caceres  88'	Report		Attendance: 9,780 Referee: Eddie Lennie

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

Round 4 12 October 2003	Football Kingz	1 – 3	Perth Glory	Ericsson Stadium
	Ngata  64'	Report	Despotovski  48', Pondeljak  57', Mori  67'	Attendance: 1,245 Referee: D. Rugg

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

Round 6 26 October 2003	Sydney Olympic	0 – 2	Perth Glory	OKI Jubilee Stadium
		Report	Mori  37', 76'	Attendance: 3,383 Referee: S. Pryzdacz

Round 7 2 November 2003	Parramatta Power	6 – 0	Perth Glory	Parramatta Stadium
	Milicic  8', 37', 44', Buonavoglia  29', 49', Colosimo  90'	Report		Attendance: 2,639 Referee: Matthew Breeze

Round 8 9 November 2003	Perth Glory	1 – 0	South Melbourne	Arena Joondalup
	Despotovski  62' (pen.)	Report		Attendance: 7,356 Referee: S. Micallef

Round 9 16 November 2003	Adelaide United	1 – 4	Perth Glory	Hindmarsh Stadium
	Kemp  19'	Report	Pondeljak  15', 92', Mori  16', Despotovski  49'	Attendance: 13,096 Referee: Matthew Breeze

Round 10 23 November 2003	Wollongong Wolves	2 – 1	Perth Glory	WIN Stadium
	Young  3', Nwaogazi  54'	Report	Mori  69'	Attendance: 1,879 Referee: Peter Green

Round 11 28 November 2003	Newcastle United	1 – 0	Perth Glory	Energy Australia Stadium
	Masi  82'	Report		Attendance: 2,976 Referee: S. Micallef

Round 12 2 February 2004	Perth Glory	2 – 0	Sydney United	Perth
	Mori  20', Mrdja  81'	Report		Stadium: Members Equity Stadium Attendance: 6,801 Referee: Matthew Breeze

Round 13 10 December 2003	Marconi Stallions	0 – 2	Perth Glory	Marconi Stadium
		Report	Mori  68', Despotovski  73'	Attendance: 1,851 Referee: B. Hugo

Round 15 21 December 2003	Melbourne Knights	0 – 2	Perth Glory	Knights Stadium
		Report	Mrdja  32', 74'	Attendance: 3,693 Referee: Mark Shield

Round 16 27 December 2003	Perth Glory	6 – 1	Brisbane Strikers	Perth
	Despotovski  26', Byrnes  45', Hassell  55', Caceres  74', Pondeljak  76', Mrdja  84'	Report	Brownlie  55' (pen.)	Stadium: Members Equity Stadium Attendance: 12,142 Referee: Eddie Lennie

Round 17 3 January 2004	Perth Glory	4 – 0	Football Kingz	Perth
	Murphy  29', Faria  56', Mrdja  62', 78'			Stadium: Members Equity Stadium Attendance: 9,856 Referee: C. Diomis

Round 18 21 January 2004	Perth Glory	3 – 2	Northern Spirit	Perth
	Murphy  9', Pondeljak  42', Despotovski  85'		Richter  25', Tomasevic  92'	Stadium: Members Equity Stadium Attendance: 7,996 Referee: Eddie Lennie

Round 19 10 January 2004	Perth Glory	2 – 0	Sydney Olympic	Perth
	Murphy  76', 84'			Stadium: Members Equity Stadium Attendance: 9,005 Referee: A. Nardi

Round 20 17 January 2004	Perth Glory	4 – 1	Parramatta Power	Perth
	Mrdja  18', 52', Despotovski  27' (pen.), Caceres  90'		Sekulovski  74'	Stadium: Members Equity Stadium Attendance: 12,624 Referee: Eddie Lennie

Round 21 26 January 2004	South Melbourne	0 – 0	Perth Glory	Bob Jane Stadium
				Attendance: 11,642 Referee: Matthew Breeze

Round 22 31 January 2004	Perth Glory	2 – 0	Adelaide United	Perth
	Mori  30', 34'			Stadium: Members Equity Stadium Attendance: 9,711 Referee: A. Nardi

Round 23 7 February 2004	Perth Glory	2 – 0	Wollongong Wolves	Perth
	Despotovski  33', Mori  62'			Stadium: Members Equity Stadium Attendance: 9,233 Referee: Mark Shield

Round 24 14 February 2004	Perth Glory	2 – 0	Newcastle United	Perth
	Mori  27', Caceres  85'			Stadium: Members Equity Stadium Attendance: 8,678 Referee: C. Zetter

Round 25 22 February 2004	Sydney United	2 – 4	Perth Glory	Sydney United Sports Centre
	Santalab  69', Heffernan  78'		Mrdja  28', 38', 92', Hassell  70'	Attendance: 3,039 Referee: C. Diomis

Round 26 8 February 2004	Perth Glory	2 – 2	Marconi Stallions	Perth
	Mori  83', Mrdja  86'		Spiteri  21', 76'	Stadium: Members Equity Stadium Attendance: 10,458 Referee: Eddie Lennie

Finals

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

Major Semi Final, 2nd Leg 20 March 2004	Perth Glory	0–2 (2–6 agg.)	Parramatta Power	Perth
		Report	Elrich  15' Petrovski  65'	Stadium: Members Equity Stadium Attendance: 14,023 Referee: Matthew Breeze

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

2004 NSL Grand Final 4 April 2004	Parramatta Power	0 – 1 (aet)	Perth Glory	Sydney
15:00 AEST		Report	Mrdja  98'	Stadium: Parramatta Stadium Attendance: 9,630 Referee: Mark Shield Man of the Match: Ahmad Elrich

References

Perth Glory FC Youth Women's Club History Players Managers Records Seasons Player awards Grounds Perth Oval Seasons (18) 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–00 2000-01 2001-02 2002-03 2003-04 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 Head coaches Marocchi (1996–99) Stange (1999–2001) d'Avray (2001–04) McMahon (2005) Smith (2006–07) Mitchell (2007–10) Ferguson (2010–2013) Edwards (2013) Lowe (2013–) Captains Naven (1996–2002) Murphy (2003–2004) Harnwell (2005–07) Colosimo (2007–08) Coyne (2008–09) Burns (2009–2014) Thwaite (2014–) Rivalries Iron Ore Cup

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