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National Soccer League
Founded 1977
First season 1977
Folded 2004
Country Australia
Other club(s) from New Zealand
Number of teams 42 (total)
Last champions
Perth Glory (2nd title)
Most championships
Marconi Stallions
South Melbourne
Sydney City (4 titles each)
Most premierships
Melbourne Knights (5 titles)
TV partners
Seven Network & C7 Sport (1998–2002)
ABC (2000)
SBS (2002–2004)

The National Soccer League (NSL) was the top-level soccer league in Australia, run by Soccer Australia and later the Australian Soccer Association. The NSL, the A-League's predecessor, spanned 28 seasons from its inception in 1977 until its demise in 2004, when it was succeeded by the A-League competition run by Football Federation Australia, the successor to the Australian Soccer Association.[1][2]


During the history of the NSL the league was contested by a total of 42 teams; 41 based in Australia and one based in New Zealand. Seasons initially ran during the winter seasons, until 1989 when this was changed to the summer season. In 1984, the league was split into two conferences (Northern and Southern) to introduce more teams into the competition; the league returned to a single division in 1987. The competition was known by various names through sponsorships; these names included the Philips Soccer League, Olympic Airways Soccer League, Coca-Cola Soccer League, the Ericsson Cup and the A-League.[2][3][4][5][6]


From the league's inaugural season to its demise in 2004, a total of 13 clubs were crowned Champions through either a system of first past the post or a finals series that culminated in a grand final.




Contents






  • 1 History


    • 1.1 Origin


    • 1.2 1977–1983: Sydney dominance


    • 1.3 1984–1986: Conference system and power shift


    • 1.4 1987–1989: Return to single division and last years of winter football


    • 1.5 1989–1996: Birth of summer football


    • 1.6 1996–2001: New clubs and attempts to enter the mainstream


    • 1.7 2001–2004: Decline and demise




  • 2 Competition format


    • 2.1 Related competitions




  • 3 Clubs


  • 4 Champions


    • 4.1 Performance by club


    • 4.2 Competition timeline




  • 5 See also


  • 6 References


  • 7 External links





History[edit]



Origin[edit]


Competition between club sides from different states existed in various forms prior to the formation of the NSL. The petroleum company Ampol sponsored cup competitions in the various states, starting with New South Wales in 1957, with other states following in their stead.[7] Later a national Ampol Cup was conducted which continued throughout the 1960s. From 1962 until 1968 an Australia Cup was held,[8] but its ambition of becoming an FA Cup style knockout competition went unfulfilled. In the 1970s the top sides from Melbourne and Sydney played off in an end of season series,[9] but the tournament didn't seem to quite capture the legitimacy and popularity that was hoped for.


Plans for a national home and away league went back as far as 1965 for a 1967 start,[10] and were followed up by variations on the theme throughout the 1960s and early 1970s, but faced opposition variously from clubs, who deemed the notion uneconomical, and state federations who feared losing their power. Australia's qualification for the 1974 World Cup led to various discussions in 1975 and 1976, with eventually 14 teams being chosen to participate in the inaugural season of the national league.[11]


The transition from state-based leagues to a national competition was not all smooth. The Victorian Soccer Federation was reluctant for its big clubs to be involved and it appeared the dream of Alex Pongrass of St George and Frank Lowy of Hakoah Sydney for a nationwide club competition would not evolve. Little-known Mooroolbark from Melbourne's outer eastern suburbs broke the deadlock by joining the competition, bringing three other Victorian sides with it, making the national league a reality.[12]



1977–1983: Sydney dominance[edit]


The first seven seasons of the league would be dominated by Sydney clubs, with Sydney City winning four titles, and only West Adelaide being able to wrest the title from New South Wales. West secured the 1978 championship after scoring a late equaliser in an Adelaide derby against Adelaide City in the final round of the season. The competition at this stage was a simple first past the post. A post season finals series was played during this era but was considered more of an exhibition series rather than a legitimate game to decide the national champion, although some confusion still exists on this matter particularly amongst some Heidelberg supporters who consider the 1980 'final' as a legitimate decider.[13]



1984–1986: Conference system and power shift[edit]


Shrinking crowds led to the radical move of introducing more teams (mainly from Victoria and New South Wales) and splitting the league into two conferences, with the winner of each division to play off in an end of year two legged final. For season 1984 the 'Australian' Conference had competing teams from New South Wales and the ACT, whilst the 'National' Conference consisted of Victorian, South Australian and Queensland clubs. For 1985 and 1986 this reverted to 'Northern' and 'Southern' Conferences. Strangely, the competition's most geographically northern sides, Brisbane Lions and Brisbane City were in the latter grouping.


This period saw South Melbourne become the first Victorian team to win the league, followed by Brunswick Juventus, and Adelaide City, all Southern conference sides. At the end of the 1986 season, the system was scrapped, and about half the teams were dumped back to their respective state leagues. The criteria used to decide who stayed and who went was based 50% on the 1986 playing record, 40% on past playing record, and 10% on crowd support.[14] The result was that only one team from outside Sydney and Melbourne, reigning champions Adelaide City, was retained.



1987–1989: Return to single division and last years of winter football[edit]


The revamped league suffered a major setback early on when Sydney City pulled out of the competition after just one round into the new season.[14] Apart from returning to a single division, the league also dispensed with finals for the 1987 season, reverting to first past the post. Many considered this an ill-considered move, as it robbed the league of its most high-profile games.[15] Finals were re-introduced from 1988, and were to remain until the league's demise. The 1989 season would be the last to be played in winter. This period saw a re-emergence of New South Wales dominance with all titles, minor premierships and runners-up being from that state.



1989–1996: Birth of summer football[edit]


Attempts to shift the league towards a summer season went back into the early 1980s, but only came to pass for the 1989/90 season. The rationale for this change was simple. The league would avoid being marginalised in the media during the peak of the Australian Football League and Australian Rugby League seasons, as well as providing better playing surfaces and spectator comfort owing to the better weather.


The impetus given to the league from the switch was not enough for some clubs to remain in the league, with many clubs being relegated or being demoted back to the state leagues, including former champions Brunswick Juventus, St George and APIA Leichhardt, as well as once upon a time contenders in Heidelberg and Preston. This coincided with a renewed push by soccer authorities to force clubs to market themselves to mainstream Australia, as opposed to their own mostly migrant fan bases. This included name and logo changes, as well as the banning of ethnic flags, changes which were begrudgingly agreed to by the clubs, though in the terraces the fans generally continued to chant the old names. Marconi, South Melbourne, Adelaide City and the Melbourne Knights were the dominant sides of this era, with
numerous titles and grand final appearances between them.



1996–2001: New clubs and attempts to enter the mainstream[edit]


From 1996 onwards the league attempted to revitalise the competition and attempt to hook into the mainstream support by finally introducing a team from Western Australia, in the form of Perth Glory, as well as other new entities which promised to deliver mainstream support, as well as being fully professional outfits as opposed to the majority of clubs and players who were only semi-professional. Among the new clubs at this time were the Collingwood Warriors, Carlton, Northern Spirit (GHFA Spirit as of 2004) and Parramatta Power, as well as New Zealand's first professional team, the Football Kingz.


These clubs would have varying degrees of success on and off the field. Collingwood Warriors barely managed to last a season, while Carlton reached the grand final in its debut year, but was unable to attract a substantial fan base. Northern Spirit started off with record crowds, and a good debut season reaching the finals, but gradually crowds declined, and financial difficulties along with a controversial takeover by Rangers,[16] didn't help matters. They would survive until the end of the NSL, but fold thereafter. Parramatta Power failed to gather much support, placed as it was in the midst of the already crowded western Sydney soccer market, and it too would not last beyond the end of the NSL. Perth Glory became the most successful of the new mainstream entrants. High crowds and good performances throughout the NSL's last decade made Perth Glory for many observers the benchmark and role model for all future entrants to the Australian top-flight.


A then record grand final crowd of 40,000 people saw the Brisbane Strikers become the first Queensland side to win the title in season 1996/97, but it never resulted in Brisbane gaining much bigger crowds in the following seasons than they were accustomed to. South Melbourne FC won back-to-back titles in the late 1990s, and by also winning the 1999 Oceania Club Championship, earning the right to play in the 2000 FIFA Club World Championship, where it put in some respectable performances, and a tidy sum in prize money. Wollongong Wolves became the only side from regional Australia to win the league, with their back-to-back titles in 1999/2000 and 2000/01. The 1999/2000 Grand Final against Perth Glory at Subiaco Oval in Perth saw a record attendance of 43,242, overtaking the 1997 figure in Brisbane and a record that would remain until the 2007 A-League Grand Final in Melbourne. The cancellation of the 2001 FIFA Club World Championship however was a major blow to the league as clubs which had seen a way of making a substantial amount of much needed money.



2001–2004: Decline and demise[edit]


After the 2001 FIFA Club World Championship was cancelled, the NSL was in great turmoil. High-profile Australian players began to leave the NSL due to more enticing offers from overseas leagues.


In 1998, Soccer Australia sold the television rights for the NSL and Socceroos matches to the Seven Network in a 10-year contract that was worth $2.5 million a year. Seven bought the rights to be one of the flagships of its pay TV sport channel, C7 Sport.
It also broadcast a small amount of coverage on its free-to-air network. At one point in 2000, the amount of free-to-air coverage on the NSL was only a one-hour highlights package of the NSL after midnight on Wednesdays.


In 2002, C7 Sport closed after the Seven Network lost the AFL rights and pay TV networks stopped carrying the channel. The next year, Seven severed its contract in the last week of Soccer Australia's existence. This left the NSL with no TV coverage at all until SBS picked up the rights soon after.


The consequent lack of sponsorship meant the league fell into even further decline which led to its eventual demise at the end of the 2003–04 season. Highlights were few and far between, but Sydney Olympic re-emerged as a genuine leading club for the first time in a decade, winning its second title, and Perth Glory went on to win the last two titles of the NSL, after previously having lost two grand finals.


The birth of Adelaide United, as a quickly formed replacement of Adelaide City who withdrew just before the start of the final NSL season, was perhaps the sole major highlight of this era, as they put in good performances, but most importantly, registered crowds which had not been seen in Adelaide since the heyday of Adelaide City and West Adelaide.


The league in 2003–04 was won by Perth Glory after a 1-0 win against Parramatta Power on 4 April 2004, almost 27 years to the day that the national competition began. Nik Mrdja had the honor of scoring the last goal in the NSL, a 98th minute golden goal to seal the championship for Perth. After this, national competition went into recess for a year and a half. In November 2004, 8 teams, including 5 from the now defunct NSL, formed the A-League, the revamped national competition. The first competition began on 26 August 2005, ending the long recess.



Competition format[edit]


The competition structure changed many times throughout the NSL's history. From its inception in 1977 until 1983, it was simply a matter of first past the post. However a compromise format was devised between the traditional first past the post and the Australian system of finals. In 1978, 1979 (two-legged Grand Final), 1980 and 1982 a finals series was conducted but the winner of the Grand Final didn't determine who won the title. From 1984 until 1986, the league introduced more teams split into two conferences (1984 – Australian Conference, New South Wales/Australian Capital Territory clubs and National Conference, Victoria, South Australia, Queensland; 1985 and 1986 – Northern Conference, New South Wales/Australian Capital Territory clubs and Southern Conference for the rest) with 12 teams in each. The top five in each division would qualify for the playoffs, with the winner of each of the divisional playoffs playing off in a two-legged Grand Final. In 1987, the league dumped 11 teams, scrapped the split divisions, and the championship system reverted to first past the post.


In 1988 the league re-introduced a finals system, with the top five sides qualifying for the playoffs. In season 1992/93, the league increased the finalists to six. This system was used for the rest of the league's duration, except for season 2002/03 when the top six sides played a further series of home and away games against each other, with the top two playing off in the Grand Final.


The NSL also used a variety of point systems throughout its history. From 1977 until season 1991/92, teams were awarded two points for a win, one point for draw, and none for a loss. The exceptions to this were 1979, in which wins by four goals or more were awarded a bonus point, and 1983, in which three points were awarded for a win. From season 1992/93 onwards three points were awarded for a win, except for season 1994/95. In that season, four points were awarded for a win, with games ending in draws, being decided by penalty shootouts at the end of the game. The winner of the shootout received two points, the loser one point.



Related competitions[edit]


Successful NSL clubs gained qualification into the continental competition, the Oceania Club Championship, although the competition only occurred in 1987, 1999 and 2001. In addition to the main league competition, the NSL also held a knock-out cup competition between 1977 and the 1997 season known as the NSL Cup. The NSL Cup was initially held during the regular season, before gradually becoming a pre-season warm-up tournament. Between 1984 and 2004 National Youth League ran in conjunction with the NSL as a national youth developmental and reserve league.



Clubs[edit]
















































































































































































































































































































Team
Also known as
Years participating
Total NSL seasons
Current status

Adelaide City
Adelaide Juventus
Adelaide City Giants
Adelaide City Zebras
Adelaide (City) Force
1977–2003
27

National Premier Leagues South Australia

Adelaide United

2003–2004
1

A-League

APIA Leichhardt
Leichhardt Strikers
1979–1992
14

National Premier Leagues NSW

Blacktown City

1980–1981
1984–1986
1989–1990
7

National Premier Leagues NSW

Brisbane City
Azzurri
Brisbane City Gladiators
1977–1986
10

National Premier Leagues Queensland

Brisbane Lions
Hollandia
1977–1986
1988
11

Brisbane Premier League as Queensland Lions

Brisbane Strikers
Brisbane United
1991–2004
13

National Premier Leagues Queensland

Brunswick Juventus
Brunswick Pumas
Melbourne BUSC
Melbourne Zebras
1984–1988
1993–1995
7

Victorian State League Division 3 as Brunswick Zebras

Canberra City
Canberra City Arrows
Canberra City Olympians
1977–1986
10

National Premier Leagues Capital Football

Canberra Cosmos

1995–2001
6
Defunct

Canterbury-Marrickville
Canterbury-Marrickville Olympic
1986
1

National Premier Leagues NSW 2 as Bankstown Berries

Carlton

1997–2001
4
Defunct

Collingwood Warriors

1996–1997
1
Defunct

Football Kingz
Auckland Kingz
1999–2004
5
Defunct

Footscray JUST
Footscray Eagles
Melbourne City JUST
1977–1989
13
Defunct

Green Gully
Green Gully Ajax
1984–1986
3

National Premier Leagues Victoria

Heidelberg United
Fitzroy United
Heidelberg Alexander
1977–1987
1989–1995
17

National Premier Leagues Victoria

Inter Monaro

1985–1986
2
Defunct

Marconi
Marconi-Fairfield
Marconi-Datsun Leopards
Marconi Stallions
1977–2004
28

National Premier Leagues NSW

Melbourne Knights
Essendon Lions
Melbourne Croatia
Melbourne CSC
1984–2004
20

National Premier Leagues Victoria

Mooroolbark
Mooroolbark United
1977
1

Victorian State League Division 2

Morwell Falcons
Gippsland Falcons
Eastern Pride
1992–2001
10
Defunct

Newcastle Breakers
Newcastle BHP Breakers
1991–2000
9
Defunct

Newcastle KB United
Newcastle United
Newcastle KB Raiders
1978–1984
7
Defunct

Newcastle Rosebud United
Adamstown Rosebuds
1984–1986
3

National Premier Leagues Northern NSW as Adamstown Rosebud

Newcastle United

2000–2004
4

A-League as Newcastle Jets

Northern Spirit

1998–2004
6

National Premier Leagues NSW 2 as GHFA Spirit FC

Parramatta Eagles
Parramatta Melita
1984
1989–1995
7

National Premier Leagues NSW 2

Parramatta Power

1999–2004
5
Defunct

Penrith City

1984–1985
2
Defunct

Perth Glory

1996–2004
8

A-League

Preston Lions
Preston Rams
Preston Makedonia
1981–1993
12

Victorian State League Division 1

South Melbourne
South Melbourne Hellas
South Melbourne Gunners
South Melbourne Lakers
1977–2004
28

National Premier Leagues Victoria

St George Saints
St George Budapest
1977–1980,
1982–1991
13

National Premier Leagues NSW

Sunshine George Cross

1984–1991
7

National Premier Leagues Victoria 1

Sydney City
Eastern Suburbs Hakoah
Sydney City Slickers
1977–1987
11

NSW State League Division 2 as Hakoah Sydney City East

Sydney Olympic
Pan-Hellenic
Sydney Olympians
UTS Olympic
Olympic Sharks
1977–1979
1981–2004
27

National Premier Leagues NSW

Sydney United
Sydney Croatia
Sydney CSC
Sydney United Pumas
1984–2004
20

National Premier Leagues NSW

West Adelaide
West Adelaide Hellas
West Adelaide Hawks
(West) Adelaide Sharks
1977–1986
1989–1999
19

National Premier Leagues South Australia

Western Suburbs

1977–78
1
amalgamated in 1978 with APIA Leichhardt

Wollongong Macedonia
Wollongong United
Illawarra Lions
1990–1991
1

Illawarra Premier League as Wollongong United

Wollongong Wolves
Wollongong City
1981–1986
1988–2004
23

National Premier Leagues NSW


Champions[edit]



























































































































































































































Year
Champion
Runner up
Score
Venue
Crowd

1977[17]

Sydney City

Marconi Stallions
Season decided on league standings

1978[18]

West Adelaide

Sydney City
Season decided on league standings

1979[19]

Marconi Stallions

Heidelberg United
Season decided on league standings

1980[20]

Sydney City

Heidelberg United
Season decided on league standings

1981[21]

Sydney City

South Melbourne
Season decided on league standings

1982[22]

Sydney City

St George
Season decided on league standings

1983[23]

St George

Sydney City
Season decided on league standings

1984[24]

South Melbourne

Sydney Olympic
4–2 agg. over two legs

Olympic Park
St. George Stadium
10,000
11,221

1985[25]

Brunswick Juventus

Sydney City
2–0 agg. over two legs

St. George Stadium
Olympic Park
2,491
7,560

1986[26]

Adelaide City

Sydney Olympic
3–2 agg. over two legs

Hindmarsh Stadium
Parramatta Stadium
12,232
14,032

1987[27]

APIA Leichhardt

Preston Lions
Season decided on league standings

1988

Marconi Stallions

Sydney United
2–2 (5–4 on penalties)

Parramatta Stadium
17,064

1989

Marconi Stallions

Sydney Olympic
1–0

Parramatta Stadium
23,387

1989–90

Sydney Olympic

Marconi Stallions
2–0

Parramatta Stadium
26,353

1990–91

South Melbourne

Melbourne Knights
1–1 (5–4 on penalties)

Olympic Park
21,338

1991–92

Adelaide City

Melbourne Knights
0–0 (4–2 on penalties)

Olympic Park
15,463

1992–93

Marconi Stallions

Adelaide City
1–0

Parramatta Stadium
13,376

1993–94

Adelaide City

Melbourne Knights
1–0

Olympic Park
13,790

1994–95

Melbourne Knights

Adelaide City
2–0

Hindmarsh Stadium
15,573

1995–96

Melbourne Knights

Marconi Stallions
2–1

Olympic Park
14,258

1996–97

Brisbane Strikers

Sydney United
2–0

Lang Park
40,446

1997–98

South Melbourne

Carlton
2–1

Olympic Park
16,000

1998–99

South Melbourne

Sydney United
3–2

Olympic Park
15,194

1999–00

Wollongong Wolves

Perth Glory
3–3 (7–6 on penalties)

Subiaco Oval
43,242

2000–01

Wollongong Wolves

South Melbourne
2–1

Parramatta Stadium
13,402

2001–02

Sydney Olympic

Perth Glory
1–0

Subiaco Oval
42,735

2002–03

Perth Glory

Sydney Olympic
2–0

Subiaco Oval
38,111

2003–04

Perth Glory

Parramatta Power
1–0

Parramatta Stadium
9,630


Performance by club[edit]





















































































































Club
Winners
Runners-up
Winning years

Sydney City

4

3
1977, 1980, 1981, 1982

Marconi Stallions

4

3
1979, 1988, 1989, 1992–93

South Melbourne

4

2
1984, 1990–91, 1997–98, 1998–99

Adelaide City

3

2
1986, 1991–92, 1993–94

Sydney Olympic

2

4
1989–90, 2001–02

Melbourne Knights

2

3
1994–95, 1995–96

Perth Glory

2

2
2002–03, 2003–04

Wollongong Wolves

2

0
1999–00, 2000–01

St. George

1

1
1983

Brisbane Strikers

1

0
1996–97

APIA Leichhardt

1

0
1987

Brunswick Juventus

1

0
1985

West Adelaide

1

0
1978

Sydney United

0

3
1988, 1996–97, 1998–99

Heidelberg United

0

2
1979, 1980

Preston Lions

0

1
1987

Carlton

0

1
1997–98

Parramatta Power

0

1
2003–04


Competition timeline[edit]






See also[edit]




  • Johnny Warren Medal

  • Joe Marston Medal



References[edit]





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