List of NSL champions
NSL Cup Winners
The NSL also held a cup competition, which was held initially during the regular season, before gradually becoming a pre-season warm-up tournament.

List of NSL champions

Section Title: NSL Cup Winners
Table Section Text: The NSL also held a cup competition, which was held initially during the regular season, before gradually becoming a pre-season warm-up tournament.

Season	Cup Final Date	Winning Team	Score	Losing Team	Location	Cup Final Attendance

1977	9 October 1977	-	1–1 (5-3 Penalties)	-	Perry Park, Brisbane (1)	9,000

1978	8 October 1978	-	2–1	-	Perry Park, Brisbane (2)	6,964

1979	30 September 1979	-	3–1	-	Olympic Sports Field, Adelaide (1)	9,554

1980	5 October 1980 15 October 1980	-	0–0 (a.e.t.) 3–0 (Replay)	-	Olympic Park, Melbourne (1) Marconi Stadium, Sydney (1)	7,000 5,000

1981	20 September 1981	-	3–1	Sydney Olympic colours.PNG West Adelaide	Canberra Stadium, Canberra (1)	8,132

1982	12 September 1982	Sydney Tigers colours.PNG APIA Leichhardt (2)	2–1	-	Olympic Park, Melbourne (2)	7,000

1983	6 November 1983 13 November 1983	Sydney Olympic colours.PNG Sydney Olympic (1)	1–0 1–0	-	St. George Stadium, Sydney (1) Olympic Park, Melbourne (3)	9,420 6,000

1984	13 September 1984	-	1–0	Sydney United colours.PNG Melbourne Knights	Olympic Park, Melbourne (4)	5,000

1985	11 August 1985	Sydney Olympic colours.PNG Sydney Olympic (2)	2–1	-	St. George Stadium, Sydney (2)	11,187

1986	17 September 1986	-	3–2 (a.e.t.)	Sydney Olympic colours.PNG West Adelaide	Hindmarsh Stadium, Adelaide (1)	5,200

1987	14 October 1987 18 October 1987	Sydney United colours.PNG Sydney United (1)	1–0 1–0	Sydney Olympic colours.PNG South Melbourne	St. George Stadium, Sydney (3) Olympic Park, Melbourne (5)	5,845 6,000

1988	14 August 1988	Sydney Tigers colours.PNG APIA Leichhardt (2)	0–0 (5–3 Penalties)	-	Marconi Stadium, Sydney (2)	5,200

1989	20 August 1989	-	2–0	Sydney Olympic colours.PNG Sydney Olympic	Hindmarsh Stadium, Adelaide (2)	10,000

1989–90	25 April 1990	Sydney Olympic colours.PNG South Melbourne (1)	4–1	Sydney Olympic colours.PNG Sydney Olympic	Olympic Park, Melbourne (6)	7,000

1990–91	7 April 1991	-	1–0	-	Marconi Stadium, Sydney (3)	8,749

1991–92	7 April 1992	-	2–1	-	Hindmarsh Stadium, Adelaide (3)	6,500

1992–93	18 April 1993	-	2–0	-	Marconi Stadium, Sydney (4)	4,596

1993–94	17 October 1993	-	2–0	Sydney United colours.PNG Sydney United	Marconi Stadium, Sydney (5)	5,156

1994–95	16 October 1994	Sydney United colours.PNG Melbourne Knights (1)	6–0	-	Olympic Park, Melbourne (7)	6,000

1995–96	27 January 1996	Sydney Olympic colours.PNG South Melbourne (2)	3–1	-	Lakeside Stadium, Melbourne (1)	5,000

1996–97	6 October 1996	-	1–0	-	Lakeside Stadium, Melbourne (2)	2,327

Sentence(s)

The 1996–97 NSL Cup was the twenty-first and final season of the NSL Cup.

final_sentence: The 1996–97 NSL Cup was the twenty-first and final season of the NSL Cup.