2003 Women's National Soccer League

2003 Women's National Soccer League
League	Women's National Soccer League
Sport	Women's soccer
Duration	17 October–20 December 2003
Number of teams	6
WNSL season and grand final
Champions	NSW Sapphires
Minor premiers	Queensland Sting
Top scorer	Catherine Cannuli

The 2003 Women's National Soccer League, known as the Ansett Summer Series under a sponsorship arrangement with Ansett Australia, was the eighth season of the Women's National Soccer League, the Australian national women's soccer competition. The season was played over 10 rounds followed by a grand final match between the top two teams. Queensland Sting finished first in the league however second-placed NSW Sapphires were crowned champions after winning the grand final.

Clubs

Teams in the 2003 WNSL:

Team	City
Queensland Sting	Brisbane
NSW Sapphires	Sydney
Adelaide Sensation	Adelaide
Canberra Eclipse	Canberra
Victoria Vision	Melbourne
Northern NSW Pride	Newcastle

Regular season

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Queensland Sting	10	8	2	0	37	9	+28	26	Grand final
2	NSW Sapphires (C)	10	6	4	0	32	10	+22	22
3	Adelaide Sensation	10	4	1	5	19	25	−6	13
4	Canberra Eclipse	10	2	4	4	9	12	−3	10
5	Victoria Vision	10	2	3	5	14	32	−18	9
6	Northern NSW Pride	10	0	2	8	15	38	−23	2

Source: OzFootball
(C) Champions

Home and away season

The 2003 WNSL season was played over 10 rounds, followed by a grand final between the top two teams in the league, starting in October and completing in December 2009. While all teams played each other twice, not all teams played each other home and away with several rounds hosted in a single location.

Home \ Away	Ade	CBR	NNSW	NSW	QLD	Vic
Adelaide Sensation	—	2–0	3–1†	1–2	1–4	0–1
Canberra Eclipse	2–0	—	2–0	3–0	0–1	0–0†
Northern NSW Pride	1–3†	1–2	—	0–9	3–4	5–5
NSW Sapphires	3–3	1–0	3–0	—	1–1†	6–1
Queensland Sting	8–2	2–0	5–1	0–0†	—	5–1
Victoria Vision	3–4	0–0	2–1	1–4	0–7†	—

Source: OzFootball

† Match hosted by "away" team.

Grand final

Queensland Sting entered the grand final without losing a match in the league, only missing out on points in two draws against NSW Sapphires.[1]

20 December 2003

Queensland Sting	1–3	NSW Sapphires
Belinda Dawney 90'		Sally Shipard 39' Michelle Carney 55' Leah Blayney 85'

Lions Stadium

Awards

• Golden Boot:
  • Catherine Cannuli, NSW Sapphires[2]

References

1. "Sapphires win WNSL title". The World Game. Special Broadcasting Service. Sportal. 21 December 2003. Retrieved 1 June 2017.
2. "NSL award nominees named". The World Game. Special Broadcasting Service. 25 March 2004. Retrieved 1 June 2017.