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2002–03 National Soccer League

Australian soccer season

Field	Value
title	NSL 2002–03
league	National Soccer League
sport	Association football
duration	2002–2003
no_of_teams	13
season	NSL season
season_champs	Perth Glory
season_champ_name	Champions
top_scorer	Damian Mori (24)
seasonslist	List of NSL seasons
seasonslistnames	National Soccer League
prevseason_link	2001–02 National Soccer League
prevseason_year	2001–02
nextseason_link	2003–04 National Soccer League
nextseason_year	2003–04

The 2002–03 National Soccer League 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.

Teams

Team	Home city	Home ground
Adelaide City FC	Adelaide	Hindmarsh Stadium
Brisbane Strikers	Brisbane	Ballymore Stadium
Football Kingz	Auckland	Mt Smart Stadium
Marconi-Stallions	Sydney	Marconi Stadium
Melbourne Knights	Melbourne	Knights Stadium
Newcastle United	Newcastle	Newcastle Stadium
Northern Spirit	Sydney	North Sydney Oval
Olympic Sharks	Sydney	Endeavour Field
Parramatta Power	Sydney	Parramatta Stadium
Perth Glory	Perth	Perth Oval
South Melbourne	Melbourne	Lakeside Stadium
Sydney United	Sydney	Edensor Park
Wollongong City	Wollongong	Brandon Park

Regular season

League table

Home and Away Results

Round 1

Baillie

Hutchinson

Despotovski

This match was awarded to Parramatta 3-0 after it was found that Perth Glory breached regulation 16.13 in playing an unregistered player - Andre Gumprecht. The determination was made on 4 February 2003.

Round 2

Porter Ishida

Menapi

Mori , Grierson Roche

Round 3

Budin

Thomas Moreira

Babic

Parisi

Round 4

Hutchinson Richter Buljan

Parisi

Vidmar Elrich

Round 5

Dodd

Brown R Vargas

Grierson Vidmar

Harris

Baird

Round 6

Salapasidis

Tunbridge

Fa’Arodo , Pilic

Round 7

Almendra Pelikan

Masi

Miller Mori

Perinich Sekulic

Buljan Coveny , Panopoulos Milicic Halpin Pondeljak

Cacic

Round 8

Brownlie

Durakovic Smeltz Pelosi

Buhic

Young

Round 9

Urlovic

Porter Pondeljak

Mrdja

Buljan Damianos Tolios Pelikan

Round 10

Almendra

Biscayzacu Cervinski

Harris

Dodd ,

Report 2

Round 11

Richter

Tsekenis J Griffiths Drake

Durante Porter

Deur

Round 12

Almendra

McLaren

Mori , Hassell

Maloney Elrich

Round 13

Round 14

Round 15

Round 16

Round 17

Round 18

Round 19

Round 20

Round 21

Round 22

Round 23

Round 24

Round 25

Round 26

Championship play-offs

Championship Playoff Results

Playoff Round 1

Playoff Round 2

Playoff Round 3

Playoff Round 4

Playoff Round 5

Playoff Round 6

Playoff Round 7

Playoff Round 8

Playoff Round 9

This match was initially postponed due to heavy rains in Sydney making the pitch unplayable. It was intended to be rescheduled for Rat Park. Neither side could affect the championship, so the match was not played.

Playoff Round 10

Grand final

Main article: 2003 National Soccer League Grand Final

13:00 AWST Mori

AUS Simon Colosimo

AUS Lee Sterrey

References

OzFootball Archives - 2002–03 NSL Season

References

"A-League: Adelaide marks a decade United". abc.net.au.

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