| 1997 National Soccer League Grand Final | |
| Event: | 1996–97 National Soccer League |
| Team1: | Brisbane Strikers |
| Team1score: | 2 |
| Team2: | Sydney United |
| Team2score: | 0 |
| Stadium: | Lang Park |
| City: | Brisbane, Australia |
| Man Of The Match1a: | Alan Hunter (Joe Marston Medal) |
| Referee: | Simon Micallef |
| Attendance: | 40,446 |
| Previous: | 1996 |
| Next: | 1998 |
The 1997 National Soccer League Grand Final was held on 25 May 1997 between Brisbane Strikers and Sydney United at Lang Park. Brisbane gained home advantage because despite finishing below United on the league standings, they defeated the Sydney side in the major semi-final two weeks earlier. The teams were all locked up at half time, however two goals for the Strikers by Frank Farina and Rod Brown secured their first NSL championship.[1] [2] [3] Alan Hunter won the Joe Marston Medal.
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| GK | 1 |  Clint Bolton | |||
| DF | 2 | ||||
| DF | 3 | ||||
| FW | 5 | ||||
| MF | 6 | Sean Cranney | |||
| FW | 7 | Rod Brown | |||
| FW | 9 | Danny Wright | |||
| MF | 11 | Troy Cranney | |||
| MF | 15 | ||||
| DF | 16 | Kasey Wehrman | |||
| FW | 17 | Craig Williams | |||
| Substitutes: | |||||
| FW | 8 | Matt Bell | |||
| FW | 10 | ||||
| MF | 12 | Jeremy Harris | |||
| Manager: | |||||
| Frank Farina | |||||
Joe Marston Medal | |||||
| Alan Hunter (Brisbane Strikers) | |||||
| GK | 1 | Zeljko Kalac | ||
| DF | 2 | |||
| DF | 5 | Velimir Kupresak | ||
| DF | 7 | Mark Babic | ||
| MF | 10 | Richard Plesa | ||
| MF | 11 | Kresimir Marusic | ||
| MF | 12 | Ante Moric | ||
| FW | 14 | |||
| MF | 15 | Aytec Genc | ||
| FW | 17 | David Zdrilic | ||
| MF | 23 | |||
| Substitutes: | ||||
| MF | 3 | |||
| DF | 25 | |||
| Manager: | ||||
| Branko Culina | ||||
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