1991–92 National Soccer League
NSL 1991-92 | |
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League | National Soccer League |
Sport | Association football |
Duration | 1991–92 |
Number of teams | 14 |
NSL season | |
Champions | Adelaide City |
Top scorer | Tim Bredbury Kimon Taliadoros (15 each) |
The 1991–92 National Soccer League season, was the 16th season of the National Soccer League in Australia.
Overview
The 1991/92 National Soccer League season saw fourteen teams compete with Adelaide City winning the championship after defeating Melbourne Croatia in the grand final on a penalty shootout 4-2 after the scores were locked at 0-0 after full-time and extra time at Olympic Park, Melbourne in front of 15,463 fans. Melbourne Croatia were named premiers after finishing the home-and-away season on top of the table one point clear ahead of Sydney Olympic.
This was the only season future socceroos goalkeeper Mark Bosnich, strikers Paul Agostino and John Aloisi would compete in the National Soccer League. Bosnich, signed from Manchester United, would make five appearances for his junior club Sydney Croatia before heading back to England to play for Aston Villa.[1]Agostino, at age sixteen, would make seventeen appearances and score six goals with West Adelaide before heading to Switzerland to play for BSC Young Boys[2] and John Aloisi would make one appearance for Adelaide City before heading to Standard Liege in Belgium. Other significant signings included former Hong Kong international striker Tim Bredbury signing with Sydney Olympic who would finish the season joint top goal scorer with fifteen goals.
This would be the final season in the National Soccer League for A.P.I.A. Leichhardt as they fell into financial troubles and went down to the NSW Super League in 1993.[3][4]
Regular season
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
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1 | Melbourne Croatia | 26 | 14 | 7 | 5 | 45 | 26 | +19 | 35 | 1992 National Soccer League Finals |
2 | Sydney Olympic | 26 | 12 | 10 | 4 | 38 | 27 | +11 | 34 | |
3 | South Melbourne | 26 | 13 | 5 | 8 | 51 | 28 | +23 | 31 | |
4 | Adelaide City (C) | 26 | 10 | 9 | 7 | 26 | 23 | +3 | 29 | 1991–92 National Soccer League Champions |
5 | Wollongong City | 26 | 9 | 10 | 7 | 24 | 17 | +7 | 28 | 1992 National Soccer League Finals |
6 | Brisbane United | 26 | 8 | 10 | 8 | 31 | 35 | −4 | 26 | |
7 | Marconi Fairfield | 26 | 10 | 5 | 11 | 33 | 31 | +2 | 25 | |
8 | APIA Leichhardt Tigers (R) | 26 | 7 | 11 | 8 | 26 | 28 | −2 | 25 | Relegated to the 1993 NSW Division 1 |
9 | Heidelberg United | 26 | 8 | 8 | 10 | 28 | 33 | −5 | 24 | |
10 | Parramatta Eagles | 26 | 6 | 11 | 9 | 24 | 24 | 0 | 23 | |
11 | Newcastle Breakers | 26 | 7 | 8 | 11 | 28 | 39 | −11 | 22 | |
12 | Sydney Croatia | 26 | 6 | 9 | 11 | 22 | 33 | −11 | 21 | |
13 | West Adelaide | 26 | 7 | 7 | 12 | 25 | 46 | −21 | 21 | |
14 | Preston Makedonia | 26 | 5 | 10 | 11 | 21 | 32 | −11 | 20 |
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated
Finals
Elimination and Qualifying Finals | Semi Finals | Preliminary Final | Grand Final | |||||||||||||||
1 | Melbourne Croatia (p) | 0 (5) | 1 | Melbourne Croatia | 0 (2) | |||||||||||||
3 | South Melbourne | 0 (3) | 4 | Adelaide City (p) | 0 (4) | |||||||||||||
2 | Sydney Olympic | 0 | 3 | South Melbourne | 0 | |||||||||||||
3 | South Melbourne | 2 | 4 | Adelaide City | 2 | |||||||||||||
2 | Sydney Olympic | 1 | ||||||||||||||||
4 | Adelaide City | 2 | ||||||||||||||||
4 | Adelaide City | 1 | ||||||||||||||||
5 | Wollongong Wolves | 0 | ||||||||||||||||
Individual awards
- Player of the Year: Josip Biskic (Melbourne Croatia)
- U-21 Player of the Year: Kevin Muscat (Heidelberg United)
- Top Scorer(s): Tim Bredbury (Sydney Olympic) and Kimon Taliadoros (South Melbourne) – 15 goals
- Coach of the Year: David Ratcliffe (Wollongong City)
References
- ^ "Australian Player Database". ozfootball.net. Archived from the original on 3 August 2008. Retrieved 26 August 2008.
- ^ "Australian Player Database". ozfootball.net. Archived from the original on 19 July 2008. Retrieved 26 August 2008.
- ^ "1993 NSW Super League final table". ozfootball.net. Retrieved 25 August 2008.
- ^ "1991-92 Season Final Table". ozfootball.net. Archived from the original on 22 July 2008. Retrieved 25 August 2008.