2000–01 National Soccer League

25th season of top-tier soccer league in Australia

Sports season

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)
National Soccer League seasons
← 1999–2000 2001–02 →

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:

Eastern Pride were stripped of all their points following a breach of regulations.
Carlton withdrew after eight rounds. All games against them were awarded 3–0.

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

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

Parramatta Stadium, SydneyAttendance: 13,402Referee: 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 2000/01". RSSSF. 29 January 2003. Retrieved 31 May 2014.

Australia - List of final tables (RSSSF)

Soccer in Australia

National teams

Men's	Senior B U-23 U-20 U-17 Futsal Beach Paralympic
Women's	Senior B U-23 U-20 U-17 Futsal

League competitions

Men's

Level 1	A-League Men
Level 2	National Second Division
Level 3	National Premier Leagues Capital Football NSW Northern NSW Queensland South Australia Tasmania Victoria Western Australia
Levels 4–10	Capital Football Premier League State League NSW NSW League Northern NSW League One Zone League One Northern Territory NorZone Premier League Southern Zone Premier League Queensland Premier League South Australia State League Tasmania Northern Championship Northern Social League Southern Championship Southern League One Southern League Two Southern League Three Southern League Four Victoria Premier League State League Western Australia State League

Women's

Level 1	A-League Women
Level 2	National Premier Leagues Women's Capital Football NSW Northern NSW Queensland South Australia Victoria Western Australia
Levels 3–8	Capital Football State League NSW League One Queensland Premier League South Australia State League Community Leagues Victoria Premier League State League Western Australia Women's League

Cup competitions

National	Australia Cup
State	Capital Football Federation Cup Waratah Cup Sapphire Cup NNSWF State Cup Football SA Federation Cup Milan Lakoseljac Cup Dockerty Cup Football West State Cup

Others

Lists

National Soccer League

Seasons

Grand Finals

Clubs

Last

Former

Competition

Statistics and awards

Associated competitions

Categories:

Regular season

League table

Finals series

Bracket

Elimination finals

Minor semi-final

Major semi-final

Preliminary final

Grand final

References