2002–03 National Soccer League Explained

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		Hindmarsh Stadium
		Ballymore Stadium
		Mt Smart Stadium
Marconi-Stallions		Marconi Stadium
Melbourne Knights	Melbourne	Knights Stadium
Newcastle United
Northern Spirit	Sydney	North Sydney Oval
Olympic Sharks	Sydney	Endeavour Field
	Sydney	Parramatta Stadium
Perth Glory		Perth Oval
South Melbourne	Melbourne	Lakeside Stadium
Sydney United	Sydney	Edensor Park
Wollongong City		Brandon Park

Regular season

League table

Home and Away Results

Round 1

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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.

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Round 2

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Round 3

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Round 4

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Round 5

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Round 6

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Round 7

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Round 8

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Round 9

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Round 10

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Round 11

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Round 12

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Round 13

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Round 14

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Round 15

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Round 16

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Round 17

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Round 18

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Round 19

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Round 20

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Round 21

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Round 22

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Round 23

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Round 24

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Round 25

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Round 26

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Championship play-offs

Championship Playoff Results

Playoff Round 1

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Playoff Round 2

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Playoff Round 3

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Playoff Round 4

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Playoff Round 5

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Playoff Round 6

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Playoff Round 7

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Playoff Round 8

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Playoff Round 9

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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.

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Playoff Round 10

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Grand final

See main article: 2003 National Soccer League Grand Final.


PERTH GLORY:
GK	1	Jason Petkovic
MF	2	Matt Horsley
DF	3	Jamie Harnwell
MF	4	Bradley Hassell
MF	6	Andre Gumprecht
MF	7	Scott Miller
FW	10	Bobby Despotovski (c)
FW	16	Damian Mori
DF	18	Shane Pryce
DF	22	Simon Colosimo
DF	23
Substitutes:
GK	20	Vince Matassa
FW	9	Nik Mrdja
DF	12
MF	15	Edgar Aldrighi
FW	21	Adrian Caceres
Manager:
Mich d'Avray
Joe Marston Medal:
Simon Colosimo

OLYMPIC SHARKS:
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GK	1	Clint Bolton
DF	4
DF	6	Ante Jurić (c)
MF	8	Tom Pondeljak
FW	9	Ante Milicic
MF	10	Troy Halpin
MF	11
FW	17	Jeromy Harris
FW	18
DF	23	Andrew Packer
MF	27
Substitutes:
GK	20	Brett Hughes
MF	7
FW	12	Franco Parisi
MF	14
DF	24	Andrew Durante
Manager:
Lee Sterrey

References

OzFootball Archives - 2002–03 NSL Season