1989–90 National Soccer League

NSL 1989–90
NSL 1989–90
League	National Soccer League
Sport	Association football
Duration	1989–90
Number of teams	14
NSL season
Champions	Sydney Olympic
Top scorer	David Seal (15)
National Soccer League seasons
	← 1989 1990–91 →

The 1989–90 National Soccer League season, was the 14th season of the National Soccer League in Australia. The league was known as the Quit NSL under a sponsorship arrangement with the Victorian Health Promotion Foundation.^[1]

Regular season

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Marconi Fairfield	26	16	6	4	51	24	+27	38	Qualification for the Finals series
2	South Melbourne	26	15	6	5	42	23	+19	36
3	Melbourne Croatia	26	14	7	5	49	26	+23	35
4	Adelaide City	26	13	8	5	39	23	+16	34
5	Sydney Olympic (C)	26	12	7	7	40	25	+15	31
6	APIA Leichhardt	26	11	9	6	36	25	+11	31
7	Sydney Croatia	26	10	6	10	40	39	+1	26
8	Parramatta Eagles	26	10	6	10	31	31	0	26
9	Preston Makedonia	26	9	5	12	33	35	−2	23
10	St George-Budapest	26	7	7	12	35	44	−9	21
11	Wollongong City	26	8	4	14	30	48	−18	20
12	Sunshine George Cross	26	6	5	15	24	49	−25	17
13	West Adelaide (R)	26	5	4	17	21	54	−33	14	Relegation to the South Australian Division 1
14	Blacktown City (R)	26	4	4	18	30	55	−25	12	Relegation to the NSW Division 1

Updated to match(es) played on unknown. Source: rsssf.com
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated

Finals series


Elimination and qualifying Finals			Semi-finals			Preliminary Final			Grand Final



			1	Marconi Fairfield	1				1	Marconi Fairfield	0

			3	Melbourne Croatia	0				5	Sydney Olympic	2

2	South Melbourne	1 (6)				3	Melbourne Croatia	1

3	Melbourne Croatia	1 (7)				5	Sydney Olympic	2

			2	South Melbourne	0

			5	Sydney Olympic	1

4	Adelaide City	1

5	Sydney Olympic	2

Grand Final

Marconi Stallions	0–2	Sydney Olympic
		Alistair Edwards, Robert Ironside

Parramatta Stadium, Sydney

Attendance: 26,353

Referee: John Santa Isabel



	1	Bob Catlin
	2	Gary van Egmond
	3	Jean-Paul de Marigny
	4	Steve Calderan (c)
	5	Robert Wheatley
	6	Ian Gray
	7	Tom McCulloch
	8	Vince Colagiuri
	9	Fred de Jong
	10	Paul Okon
	11	David Lowe
Substitutes:
	12	Peter Katholos
	14	Gerry Gomez
	20	Mark Schwarzer
Manager:
Bertie Mariani



	1	Clint Gosling
	2	David Barrett
	3	Robert Hooker (c)
	4	Tony Spyridakos
	5	Andrew Bernal
	6	Gary Phillips
	7	Grant Lee
	8	Alistair Edwards
	9	Abbas Saad
	10	Robert Ironside
	11	Steve Refenes
Substitutes:
	12	Marko Perinovic
	13	Eric Hristodoulou
	20	Gary Meier
Manager:
Mick Hickman

Individual awards

Player of the Year: Zeljko Adzic (Melbourne Croatia)
U-21 Player of the Year: Paul Okon (Marconi Fairfield)
Top Scorer: David Seal (Sydney Croatia) - 15 goals
Coach of the Year: Bertie Mariani (Marconi Fairfield)

References

^ Williams, Daniel (31 October 1989). "NSL prepares to turn up the heat on rival codes". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 26 May 2020 – via Newspapers.com.

Other sources

[1] Williams, Daniel (31 October 1989). "NSL prepares to turn up the heat on rival codes". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 26 May 2020 – via Newspapers.com.

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