1991–92 National Soccer League

NSL 1991-92
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]


Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Melbourne Croatia !Melbourne Croatia	26	14	7	5	45	26	+19	35	1992 National Soccer League Finals
2	Sydney Olympic !Sydney Olympic	26	12	10	4	38	27	+11	34
3	South Melbourne !South Melbourne	26	13	5	8	51	28	+23	31
4	Adelaide City !Adelaide City (C)	26	10	9	7	26	23	+3	29	1991–92 National Soccer League Champions
5	Wollongong City !Wollongong City	26	9	10	7	24	17	+7	28	1992 National Soccer League Finals
6	Brisbane United !Brisbane United	26	8	10	8	31	35	−4	26
7	Marconi Fairfield !Marconi Fairfield	26	10	5	11	33	31	+2	25
8	APIA Leichhardt Tigers !APIA Leichhardt Tigers (R)	26	7	11	8	26	28	−2	25	Voluntary demotion to the 1993 NSW Division 1
9	Heidelberg United !Heidelberg United	26	8	8	10	28	33	−5	24
10	Parramatta Eagles !Parramatta Eagles	26	6	11	9	24	24	0	23
11	Newcastle Breakers !Newcastle Breakers	26	7	8	11	28	39	−11	22
12	Sydney Croatia !Sydney Croatia	26	6	9	11	22	33	−11	21
13	West Adelaide !West Adelaide	26	7	7	12	25	46	−21	21
14	Preston Makedonia !Preston Makedonia	26	5	10	11	21	32	−11	20

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

Elimination and Qualifying Finals			Semi Finals				Preliminary Final			Grand Final

			1	Melbourne Croatia (p)	0 (5)
			3	South Melbourne	0 (3)					1	Melbourne Croatia	0 (2)
2	Sydney Olympic	0					3	South Melbourne	0	4	Adelaide City (p)	0 (4)
3	South Melbourne	2					4	Adelaide City	2
				2	Sydney Olympic	1
4	Adelaide City	1	4	Adelaide City	2
5	Wollongong Wolves	0

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)

↑ "Australian Player Database". ozfootball.net. Archived from the original on 3 August 2008. Retrieved 2008-08-26.
↑ "Australian Player Database". ozfootball.net. Archived from the original on 19 July 2008. Retrieved 2008-08-26.
↑ "1993 NSW Super League final table". ozfootball.net. Retrieved 2008-08-25.
↑ "1991-92 Season Final Table". ozfootball.net. Archived from the original on 22 July 2008. Retrieved 2008-08-25.

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Seasons	1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–2000 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04

Teams	APIA Leichhardt Adelaide City Adelaide United Blacktown City Brisbane City SC Brisbane Lions SC Brisbane Strikers Brunswick Juventus Canberra City SC Canberra Cosmos Canterbury-Marrickville Carlton S.C. Collingwood Warriors Eastern Pride Football Kingz Footscray JUST Green Gully Cavaliers Heidelberg United Inter Monaro Marconi Stallions Melbourne Knights Mooroolbark SC Newcastle Breakers Newcastle Jets Newcastle KB United Newcastle Rosebud United Northern Spirit Parramatta Eagles Parramatta Power Penrith City SC Perth Glory Preston Lions FC South Melbourne St George Saints Sunshine George Cross Sydney City Sydney Olympic Sydney United FC West Adelaide Western Suburbs SC Wollongong Macedonia Wollongong Wolves

Cups	1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97

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