2000–01 National Soccer League

NSL 2000–01
League	National Soccer League
Sport	Association football
Duration	2000–2001
Number of teams	16
NSL season
Champions	Wollongong Wolves
Top scorer	Sasho Petrovski (21)

The 2000–01 National Soccer League season, was the 25th season of the National Soccer League in Australia.

Regular season

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	South Melbourne	30	21	6	3	70	24	+46	69	Qualification for the Finals series
2	Wollongong Wolves (C)	30	18	7	5	80	40	+40	61
3	Perth Glory	30	18	7	5	73	33	+40	61
4	Sydney Olympic	30	17	6	7	58	37	+21	57
5	Marconi Fairfield	30	14	8	8	42	33	+9	50
6	Melbourne Knights	30	14	7	9	61	46	+15	49
7	Adelaide Force	30	12	7	11	54	54	0	43
8	Football Kingz	30	12	7	11	52	52	0	43
9	Parramatta Power	30	13	3	14	42	44	−2	42
10	Sydney United	30	12	6	12	46	56	−10	42
11	Canberra Cosmos	30	11	4	15	49	55	−6	37
12	Brisbane Strikers	30	9	8	13	52	56	−4	35
13	Northern Spirit	30	8	8	14	39	50	−11	32
14	Newcastle United	30	7	9	14	37	56	−19	30
15	Eastern Pride	30	5	5	20	32	61	−29	0
16	Carlton	30	0	0	30	0	90	−90	0	Withdrew

Source: rsssf.com
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored
(C) Champions
Notes:

Finals series

Bracket

	Elimination Finals							Major/Minor semi-finals							Preliminary Final					Grand Final
																				3 June 2001
								2	Wollongong Wolves	2	2	4								Wollongong Wolves		2
								1	South Melbourne	1	1	2								South Melbourne		1
															1	South Melbourne	2
	6	Melbourne Knights (a)	0	2	2
															4	Sydney Olympic	0
	3	Perth Glory	0	2	2
								6	Melbourne Knights			0
								4	Sydney Olympic			1
	4	Sydney Olympic	3	2	5
	5	Marconi Fairfield	1	0	1

Elimination finals

• Melbourne Knights 0–0 : 2–2 Perth Glory
• Sydney Olympic 3–1 : 2–0 Marconi Fairfield

Minor semi-final

• Melbourne Knights 0–1 Sydney Olympic

Major semi-final

• Wollongong Wolves 2–1 : 2–1 South Melbourne

Preliminary final

• South Melbourne 2–0 Sydney Olympic

Grand final

Main article: 2001 National Soccer League Grand Final

3 June 2001
12:00 AEST

Wollongong Wolves	2 – 1	South Melbourne
Petrovski 56' Young 57'	(report)	Anastasiadis 78'

Parramatta Stadium, Sydney

Attendance: 13,402

Referee: Eddie Lennie

WOLLONGONG WOLVES:
GK	26	Dean Anastasiadis
DF	2	George Sounis
DF	3	Alvin Ceccoli		79'
DF	5	David Cervinski
MF	6	Matt Horsley (c)
MF	7	Paul Reid
FW	9	Sasho Petrovski		73'
FW	10	Stuart Young
MF	15	David Huxley
DF	17	Ben Blake
MF	27	Robbie Middleby		90+1'
Substitutes:
GK	1	Daniel Beltrame
DF	4	Robert Stanton		73'
MF	8	Max Nicholson
FW	14	Jay Lucas
MF	23	Dino Mennillo		90+1'
Manager:
Ron Corry
Joe Marston Medal:
Matt Horsley

SOUTH MELBOURNE:
GK	1	Michael Petkovic
MF	2	Steve Iosifidis			36'			71'
DF	3	Fausto De Amicis	(c)			89'
DF	4	Mehmet Durakovic
MF	7	Steve Panopoulos
FW	8	Vaughan Coveny
MF	10	Con Boutsianis
FW	13	Andrew Vlahos
FW	14	Vas Kalogeracos			65'
DF	16	Zeljko Susa			65'
DF	25	Simon Colosimo
Substitutes:
GK	20	Chris Jones
MF	6	David Clarkson
FW	9	Paul Trimboli			65'
FW	11	John Anastasiadis			71'
MF	15	Goran Lozanovski			65'
Manager:
Mike Petersen

References

• Australia - List of final tables (RSSSF)