2001–02 Women's National Soccer League

Women's National Soccer League

Season	2001–02
Dates	3 November 2001 – 9 March 2002
Champions	Canberra Eclipse 1st title
Premiers	NSW Sapphires 2nd title
Biggest away win	Adelaide Sensation 0–5 NSW Sapphires (2 December 2000)
Highest scoring	NSW Sapphires 5–1 Northern NSW Pride (17 November 2000)
Longest winning run	5 matches Queensland Sting
Longest unbeaten run	5 matches Queensland Sting
Longest winless run	5 matches Canberra Eclipse
Longest losing run	4 matches Canberra Eclipse
← 2000 2002 →

The 2001–02 Women's National Soccer League was the sixth season of the Women's National Soccer League. The season began on 3 November 2001, and concluded with the grand final on 9 March 2002.

Queensland Sting were the defending champions, as Canberra Eclipse won their first championship in a 1–0 win over NSW Sapphires in the grand final.

Teams

Adelaide Sensation

Canberra Eclipse

Northern NSW Pride

NSW Sapphires

Queensland Sting

Victoria Vision

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Locations of the 2001–02 Women's National Soccer League

• Adelaide Sensation
• Canberra Eclipse
• Northern NSW Pride
• NSW Sapphires
• Queensland Sting
• Victoria Vision

Regular season

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	NSW Sapphires	10	9	1	0	39	7	+32	28	Qualification for Grand final
2	Canberra Eclipse	10	6	2	2	20	9	+11	20
3	Queensland Sting	10	5	3	2	16	8	+8	18
4	Adelaide Sensation	10	3	0	7	12	23	−11	9
5	Northern NSW Pride	10	2	1	7	15	32	−17	7
6	Victoria Vision	10	1	1	8	5	28	−23	4

Source: OzFootball
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.

Results

Home \ Away	ADE	CAN	NOR	NSW	QLD	VIC
Adelaide Sensation		0–1	2–4	0–2	1–0	4–1
Canberra Eclipse	3–0		3–1	1–4	1–1	2–0
Northern NSW Pride	1–3	0–5		2–4	1–4	3–0
NSW Sapphires	6–1	2–1	5–1		3–0	10–0
Queensland Sting	3–0	1–1	4–0	1–1		1–0
Victoria Vision	2–1	0–2	2–2	0–2	0–1

Source: OzFootball
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Grand final

9 March 2002

NSW Sapphires	0–1	Canberra Eclipse
	Report	Munoz 66'

Parramatta Stadium, Sydney