Final season tables -- Soccer Australia 1996-97

First-grade teams are listed in bold.

 

Tier 1 -- National Soccer League -- 1996-97

Position

Team

Played

Won

Drawn

Lost

Goals
For

Goals
Against

Goal
+ / -

Points

Notes

1

Sydney United

26

17

5

4

67

33

34

56

 

2

Brisbane Strikers

26

15

2

9

55

40

15

47

 

3

South Melbourne

26

14

4

8

39

25

14

46

 

4

Adelaide City

26

11

10

5

32

22

10

43

 

5

Marconi Stallions

26

12

4

10

41

37

4

40

 

6

Melbourne Knights

26

11

6

9

36

32

4

39

 

7

Perth Glory

26

11

5

10

48

41

7

38

 

8

West Adelaide

26

10

3

13

39

51

-12

33

 

9

UTS Olympic

26

8

8

10

41

46

-5

32

 

10

Wollongong Wolves

26

8

8

10

42

48

-6

32

 

11

Newcastle Breakers

26

7

9

10

40

46

-6

30

 

12

Gippsland Falcons

26

8

6

12

33

41

-8

30

 

13

Collingwood Warriors

26

6

9

11

32

44

-12

27

Dissolved 1997

14

Canberra Cosmos

26

2

5

19

30

69

-39

11

 

 

Note: Carlton joined the NSL for the 1997-98 season, replacing Collingwood Warriors.

 

Grand Final: Brisbane Strikers 2 Sydney United 0

 

 

Tiers below:

Tier 2 -- Australian Capital Territory

Tier 2 -- New South Wales

Tier 2 -- Northern New South Wales

Tier 2 -- Northern Territory

Tier 2 -- Queensland

Tier 2 -- South Australia

Tier 2 -- Tasmania

Tier 2 -- Victoria

Tier 2 -- Western Australia

 

 

Australian tables (national)

Final season tables -- Australia | 1995-96 | 1997-98 |

 

Season 1997 index

Complete final season tables -- Australia 1997 -- Index

 

 

About this document

Prepared and maintained by Andrew Robinson

Author: Andrew Robinson (contact: andrew at elitetograssroots dot net)
First created: 18 August 2023

Last updated: 23 August
2023

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