National Soccer League

National Soccer League

Negara	Australia
Klub lain dari	Selandia Baru
Dibentuk	1977
Musim perdana	1977
Dibubarkan	2004
Jumlah tim	42 (total)
Juara bertahan liga	Perth Glory (gelar ke-2)
Klub tersukses	Marconi Stallions South Melbourne Sydney City (masing-masing 4 gelar)
Gelar musim reguler terbanyak	Melbourne Knights (5 gelar)
Televisi penyiar	Seven Network & C7 Sport (1998–2002) ABC (2000) SBS (2002–2004)

National Soccer League (NSL) adalah liga sepak bola tingkat teratas di Australia yang dijalankan oleh Soccer Australia dan kemudian dilanjutkan oleh Asosiasi Sepak Bola Australia. NSL, pendahulu A-League, berjalan selama 28 musim dari awal pada 1977 hingga dibubarkan pada 2004, ketika digantikan oleh kompetisi A-League yang dijalankan oleh Federasi Sepak Bola Australia, penerus Asosiasi Sepak Bola Australia.^[1][2]

Selama sejarah NSL, liga ini diikuti oleh total 42 tim; 41 berbasis di Australia dan satu berbasis di Selandia Baru. Pada awalnya, musim pertandingan berjalan selama musim dingin, hingga pada tahun 1989 diubah menjadi pada musim panas. Pada tahun 1984, liga dibagi menjadi dua konferensi (Utara dan Selatan) agar lebih banyak tim yang dapat bergabung ke dalam kompetisi; sebelum kembali menjadi hanya satu divisi pada tahun 1987. Kompetisi ini dikenal dengan berbagai nama menurut hak sponsor, yakni Philips Soccer League, Olympic Airways Soccer League, Coca-Cola Soccer League, Piala Ericsson dan A-League.^[2][3][4][5]

Sejak musim perdana liga hingga dibubarkan pada tahun 2004, total 13 klub menjadi juara liga (Champions) baik sebagai pemuncak klasemen maupun pemenang seri final yang berakhir pada pertandingan grand final.

Musim		Juara musim (Champions)	Skor	Juara kedua musim	Stadion	Penonton		Juara kompetisi reguler (Premiers)	Juara kedua kompetisi reguler
1977		Eastern Suburbs (1)	Per klasemen	Marconi Fairfield
1978		West Adelaide (1)	Per klasemen	Sydney City
1979		Marconi Fairfield (1)	Per klasemen	Heidelberg United
1980		Sydney City (2)	Per klasemen	Heidelberg United
1981		Sydney City (3)	Per klasemen	South Melbourne
1982		Sydney City (4)	Per klasemen	St. George-Budapest
1983		St. George-Budapest (1)	Per klasemen	Sydney City
1984		South Melbourne (1)	P1: 2–1; P2: 1–2 Agg.: 4–2	Sydney Olympic	P1: Olympic Park, Melbourne P2: Stadion St. George, Sydney	P1: 10.000 P2: 11.221		Sydney City (1)	Sydney Olympic
1985		Brunswick Juventus (1)	P1: 0–1; P2:1–0 Agg.: 2–0	Sydney City	P1: Stadion St. George, Sydney P2: Olympic Park, Melbourne	P1: 2.491 P2: 7.560		Sydney City (2)	Sydney United
1986		Adelaide City (1)	P1: 0–1; P2: 3–1 Agg.: 3–2	Sydney Olympic	P1: Stadion Hindmarsh, Adelaide P2: Stadion Parramatta, Sydney	P1: 12.232 P2: 14.032		Sydney United (1)	Sydney Olympic
1987		APIA Leichhardt (1)	Per klasemen	Preston Makedonia
1988		Marconi Fairfield (2)	2–2 (5–4 a.p.)	Sydney United	Stadion Parramatta, Sydney	17.064		Wollongong Wolves (1)	Sydney United
1989		Marconi Fairfield (3)	1–0	Sydney Olympic	Stadion Parramatta, Sydney	23.387		Marconi Fairfield (1)	St. George-Budapest
1989–1990		Sydney Olympic (1)	2–0	Marconi Fairfield	Stadion Parramatta, Sydney	26.353		Marconi Fairfield (2)	South Melbourne
1990–1991		South Melbourne (2)	1–1 (5–4 a.p.)	Melbourne Knights	Olympic Park, Melbourne	21.338		Melbourne Knights (1)	South Melbourne
1991–1992		Adelaide City (2)	0–0 (4–2 a.p.)	Melbourne Knights	Olympic Park, Melbourne	15.463		Melbourne Knights (2)	Sydney Olympic
1992–1993		Marconi Fairfield (4)	1–0	Adelaide City	Stadion Parramatta, Sydney	13.376		South Melbourne (1)	Marconi Fairfield
1993–1994		Adelaide City (3)	1–0	Melbourne Knights	Olympic Park, Melbourne	13.790		Melbourne Knights (3)	South Melbourne
1994–1995		Melbourne Knights (1)	2–0	Adelaide City	Stadion Hindmarsh, Adelaide	15.573		Melbourne Knights (4)	Adelaide City
1995–1996		Melbourne Knights (2)	2–1	Marconi Fairfield	Olympic Park, Melbourne	14.258		Marconi Fairfield (3)	Melbourne Knights
1996–1997		Brisbane Strikers (1)	2–0	Sydney United	Lang Park, Brisbane	40.446		Sydney United (2)	Brisbane Strikers
1997–1998		South Melbourne (3)	2–1	Carlton SC	Olympic Park, Melbourne	16.000		South Melbourne (2)	Carlton SC
1998–1999		South Melbourne (4)	3–2	Sydney United	Olympic Park, Melbourne	15.194		Sydney United (3)	South Melbourne
1999–2000		Wollongong Wolves (1)	3–3 (7–6 a.p.)	Perth Glory	Subiaco Oval, Perth	43.242		Perth Glory (1)	Wollongong Wolves
2000–2001		Wollongong Wolves (2)	2–1	South Melbourne	Stadion Parramatta, Sydney	13.402		South Melbourne (3)	Wollongong Wolves
2001–2002		Sydney Olympic (2)	1–0	Perth Glory	Subiaco Oval, Perth	42.735		Perth Glory (2)	Newcastle Jets
2002–2003		Perth Glory (1)	2–0	Sydney Olympic	Subiaco Oval, Perth	38.111		Sydney Olympic (1)	Perth Glory
2003–2004		Perth Glory (2)	1–0 (p.w.)	Parramatta Power	Stadion Parramatta, Sydney	9.630		Perth Glory (3)	Parramatta Power

Musim		Peraih Medali Johnny Warren (Pemain Terbaik dalam Musim)	Peraih Medali Joe Marston (Pemain Terbaik Pertandingan Final)	Pencetak gol terbanyak	Jumlah gol
1977				Dixie Deans (West Adelaide)	16
1978				Ken Boden (Newcastle KB United) Clive Eaton (Western Suburbs)	14
1979				Mark Jankovic (Marconi Fairfield)	18
1980				Gary Cole (Heidelberg United)	21
1981				Gary Cole (Heidelberg United)	16
1982				John Kosmina (Sydney City)	23
1983				Doug Brown (South Melbourne)	16
1984				Doug Brown (South Melbourne)	22
1985				Charlie Egan (South Melbourne)	21
1986				Graham Arnold (Sydney United)	15
1987				Frank Farina (Marconi Fairfield)	16
1988				Frank Farina (Marconi Fairfield)	16
1989				Zlatko Nastevski (Marconi Fairfield)	20
1989–1990		Željko Adžić (Melbourne Croatia)	Abbas Saad (Sydney Olympic)	David Seal (Sydney United)	15
1990–1991		Milan Ivanovic (Adelaide City)	Josip Biskic (Melbourne Knights)	David Seal (Marconi Fairfield)	19
1991–1992		Josip Biskic (Melbourne CSC)	Alex Tobin (Adelaide City)	Tim Bredbury (Sydney Olympic) Kimon Taliadoros (South Melbourne)	15
1992–1993		Paul Trimboli (South Melbourne)	Milan Ivanovic (Adelaide City)	Francis Awaritefe (South Melbourne)	19
1993–1994		Mark Viduka (Melbourne Knights )	Alex Tobin (Adelaide City)	Mark Viduka (Melbourne Knights)	16
1994–1995		Mark Viduka (Melbourne Knights )	Steve Horvat (Melbourne Knights)	Mark Viduka (Melbourne Knights)	18
1995–1996		Damian Mori (Adelaide City)	Andrew Marth (Melbourne Knights)	Damian Mori (Adelaide City)	31
1996–1997		Kresimir Marusic (Sydney United)	Alan Hunter (Brisbane Strikers)	David Zdrilic (Sydney United)	21
1997–1998		Paul Trimboli (South Melbourne)	Fausto De Amicis (South Melbourne)	Damian Mori (Adelaide City)	19
1998–1999		Brad Maloney (Marconi-Fairfield)	Goran Lozanovski (South Melbourne)	Mile Sterjovski (Sydney United)	18
1999–2000		Scott Chipperfield (Wollongong Wolves)	Scott Chipperfield (Wollongong Wolves)	Damian Mori (Adelaide City)	22
2000–2001		Scott Chipperfield (Wollongong Wolves)	Matthew Horsley (Wollongong Wolves)	Saso Petrovski (Wollongong Wolves)	21
2001–2002		Fernando Rech (Brisbane Strikers)	Ante Milicic (Sydney Olympic)	Damian Mori (Perth Glory)	17
2002–2003		Damian Mori (Perth Glory)	Simon Colosimo (Perth Glory)	Damian Mori (Perth Glory)	24
2003–2004		Ante Milicic (Parramatta Power)	Ahmad Elrich (Parramatta Power)	Ante Milicic (Parramatta Power)	20