1989–90 National Soccer League Explained

NSL 1989–90
League:	National Soccer League
Sport:	Association football
Duration:	1989–90
No Of Teams:	14
Season:	NSL season
Season Champs:	Sydney Olympic
Season Champ Name:	Champions
Top Scorer:	David Seal (15)
Seasonslist:	List of NSL seasons
Seasonslistnames:	National Soccer League
Prevseason Link:	1989 National Soccer League
Prevseason Year:	1989
Nextseason Link:	1990–91 National Soccer League
Nextseason Year:	1990–91

The 1989–90 National Soccer League season, was the 14th season of the National Soccer League in Australia. The league was known as the Quit NSL under a sponsorship arrangement with the Victorian Health Promotion Foundation.^[1]

Regular season

League table

Finals series

Grand Final

1 Bob Catlin 2 Gary van Egmond 3 Jean-Paul de Marigny 4 Steve Calderan (c) 5 Robert Wheatley 6 Ian Gray 7 Tom McCulloch 8 Vince Colagiuri 9 Fred de Jong 10 Paul Okon 11 David Lowe Substitutes: 12 Peter Katholos 14 Gerry Gomez 20 Mark Schwarzer Manager: Bertie Mariani

1 Clint Gosling 2 David Barrett 3 Robert Hooker (c) 4 Tony Spyridakos 5 Andrew Bernal 6 Gary Phillips 7 Grant Lee 8 Alistair Edwards 9 Abbas Saad 10 Robert Ironside 11 Steve Refenes Substitutes: 12 Marko Perinovic 13 Eric Hristodoulou 20 Gary Meier Manager: Mick Hickman

Individual awards

• Player of the Year: Zeljko Adzic (Melbourne Croatia)
• U-21 Player of the Year: Paul Okon (Marconi Fairfield)
• Top Scorer: David Seal (Sydney Croatia) - 15 goals
• Coach of the Year: Bertie Mariani (Marconi Fairfield)

Other sources

• Australia - List of final tables (RSSSF)
• NSL awards at ozfootball.net

Notes and References

1. News: Williams . Daniel . 31 October 1989 . NSL prepares to turn up the heat on rival codes . en . The Sydney Morning Herald . 2020-05-26. Newspapers.com. subscription.