| NSL 2001–02 | |
| League: | National Soccer League |
| Sport: | Association football |
| Duration: | 2001–2002 |
| No Of Teams: | 13 |
| Season: | NSL season |
| Season Champs: | Olympic Sharks |
| Season Champ Name: | Champions |
| Top Scorer: | Damian Mori (17) |
| Seasonslist: | List of NSL seasons |
| Seasonslistnames: | National Soccer League |
| Prevseason Link: | 2000–01 National Soccer League |
| Prevseason Year: | 2000–01 |
| Nextseason Link: | 2002–03 National Soccer League |
| Nextseason Year: | 2002–03 |
The 2001–02 National Soccer League season, was the 26th season of the National Soccer League in Australia. Prior to the start of the season, Canberra Cosmos and Eastern Pride were removed from the competition, reducing the league to 13 teams. The league premiership was won by Perth Glory and the championship won by Olympic Sharks.
| Leg | Home team | Score | Away team | Venue | Attendance | Date | |
| 1 | South Melbourne | 2–0 | Brisbane Strikers | 8,450 | 14 April 2002 | ||
| 2 | Brisbane Strikers | 1–2 | South Melbourne | 5,391 | 21 April 2002 |
| Leg | Home team | Score | Away team | Venue | Attendance | Date | |
| 1 | Melbourne Knights | 0–0 | Olympic Sharks | 3,421 | 14 April 2002 | ||
| 2 | Olympic Sharks | 6–2 | Melbourne Knights | 5,850 | 21 April 2002 |
| Leg | Home team | Score | Away team | Venue | Attendance | Date | |
| 1 | Perth Glory | 4–1 | Newcastle United | 31,963 | 20 April 2002 | ||
| 2 | Newcastle United | 2–0 | Perth Glory | 17,503 | 26 April 2002 |
| Home team | Score | Away team | Venue | Attendance | Date | |
| Olympic Sharks | 2–1 | South Melbourne | 6,341 | 28 April 2002 |
| Home team | Score | Away team | Venue | Attendance | Date | |
| Newcastle United | 0–1 | Olympic Sharks | 17,708 | 5 May 2002 |
See main article: 2002 National Soccer League Grand Final.
| GK | 1 |  Jason Petkovic | ||
| MF | 2 | Matt Horsley | ||
| DF | 3 | Jamie Harnwell | ||
| MF | 7 | Scott Miller | ||
| FW | 10 | (c) | ||
| MF | 12 | Bradley Hassell | ||
| MF | 15 |  Edgar Aldrighi | ||
| FW | 16 | Damian Mori | ||
| MF | 17 | Gary Faria | ||
| DF | 18 | Shane Pryce | ||
| DF | 23 | David Tarka | ||
| Substitutes: | ||||
| GK | 30 | Vince Matassa | ||
| DF | 5 | Craig Deans | ||
| DF | 6 | Gareth Naven | ||
| FW | 9 | Alistair Edwards | ||
| FW | 26 | Nik Mrdja | ||
| Manager: | ||||
| Mich d'Avray Joe Marston Medal
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| GK | 1 | Clint Bolton | ||
| DF | 4 | |||
| MF | 6 | |||
| DF | 7 | Lindsay Wilson | ||
| MF | 8 | Tom Pondeljak | ||
| MF | 11 | |||
| MF | 14 | Greg Owens | ||
| FW | 16 | Jeromy Harris | ||
| FW | 19 | Ante Milicic | ||
| DF | 23 | Andrew Packer | ||
| DF | 28 | Ante Jurić (c) | ||
| Substitutes: | ||||
| GK | 30 | Brett Hughes | ||
| DF | 2 | |||
| FW | 9 | Dylan Macallister | ||
| FW | 12 | Elias Augerinos | ||
| MF | 27 | |||
| Manager: | ||||
| Gary Phillips | ||||
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