# 2002 National Soccer League Grand Final

The 2002 National Soccer League Grand Final was held on 12 May 2002 between Perth Glory and Olympic Sharks at Subiaco Oval. Olympic Sharks won the match 1–0, with the goal coming from Ante Milicic. Milicic also won the Joe Marston Medal.

## Route to the Final
### League Standings

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Perth Glory | 24 | 16 | 7 | 1 | 52 | 23 | +29 | 55 | Qualification for the Finals series |
| 2 | Newcastle United | 24 | 10 | 12 | 2 | 33 | 21 | +12 | 42 | Qualification for the Finals series |
| 3 | Olympic Sharks (C) | 24 | 12 | 4 | 8 | 37 | 24 | +13 | 40 | Qualification for the Finals series |
| 4 | Brisbane Strikers | 24 | 10 | 7 | 7 | 40 | 34 | +6 | 37 | Qualification for the Finals series |
| 5 | South Melbourne | 24 | 10 | 6 | 8 | 30 | 22 | +8 | 36 | Qualification for the Finals series |
| 6 | Melbourne Knights | 24 | 11 | 3 | 10 | 41 | 40 | +1 | 36 | Qualification for the Finals series |
| 7 | Parramatta Power | 24 | 10 | 4 | 10 | 34 | 30 | +4 | 34 | |
| 8 | Northern Spirit | 24 | 9 | 7 | 8 | 36 | 39 | −3 | 34 | |
| 9 | Marconi Fairfield | 24 | 8 | 6 | 10 | 33 | 36 | −3 | 30 | |
| 10 | Wollongong Wolves | 24 | 6 | 7 | 11 | 28 | 43 | −15 | 25 | |
| 11 | Sydney United | 24 | 6 | 6 | 12 | 27 | 37 | −10 | 24 | |
| 12 | Adelaide Force | 24 | 4 | 8 | 12 | 27 | 39 | −12 | 20 | |
| 13 | Football Kingz | 24 | 3 | 5 | 16 | 28 | 58 | −30 | 14 | |

### Final Bracket

| Elimination finals | Elimination finals | Elimination finals | Elimination finals | Elimination finals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Preliminary final | Preliminary final | Preliminary final | Grand final | Grand final | Grand final |
| | | | | | 1 | Perth Glory | 4 | 0 | 4 | | | | Perth Glory | 0 |
| | | | | | 2 | Newcastle United | 1 | 2 | 3 | | | | Olympic Sharks | Olympic Sharks | 1 |
| | | | | | | | | | | 2 | Newcastle United | 0 | | | |
| 6 | Melbourne Knights | 0 | 2 | 2 | | | | | | 2 | Newcastle United | 0 | | | |
| 6 | Melbourne Knights | 0 | 2 | 2 | | | | | | 3 | Olympic Sharks | 1 | | | |
| 3 | Olympic Sharks | 0 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | 3 | Olympic Sharks | 1 | | | |
| 3 | Olympic Sharks | 0 | 6 | 6 | 3 | Olympic Sharks | Olympic Sharks | Olympic Sharks | 2 | | | | | | |
| | | | | | 5 | South Melbourne | South Melbourne | South Melbourne | 1 | | | | | | |
| 5 | South Melbourne | 2 | 2 | 4 | 5 | South Melbourne | South Melbourne | South Melbourne | 1 | | | | | | |
| 4 | Brisbane Strikers | 0 | 1 | 1 | | | | | | | | | | | |

## Match
### Details

| GK | 1 | Jason Petkovic |
| MF | 2 | Matt Horsley |
| DF | 3 | Jamie Harnwell |
| MF | 7 | Scott Miller |
| FW | 10 | Bobby Despotovski | (c) 15' |
| MF | 12 | Bradley Hassell | | 69' |
| MF | 15 | Edgar Aldrighi |
| FW | 16 | Damian Mori |
| MF | 17 | Gary Faria | | 69' |
| DF | 18 | Shane Pryce |
| DF | 23 | David Tarka |
| Substitutes: ||
| GK | 30 | Vince Matassa |
| DF | 5 | Craig Deans |
| DF | 6 | Gareth Naven |
| FW | 9 | Alistair Edwards | | 69' |
| FW | 26 | Nik Mrdja | | 69' |
| Manager: ||
| Mich d'Avray Joe Marston Medal: Ante Milicic (Olympic Sharks) ||
| GK | 1 | Clint Bolton |
| DF | 4 | Paul Kohler |
| MF | 6 | Wayne Srhoj | 45+1' | 69' |
| DF | 7 | Lindsay Wilson |
| MF | 8 | Tom Pondeljak |
| MF | 11 | Jade North |
| MF | 14 | Greg Owens | | 88' |
| FW | 16 | Jeromy Harris | | 81' |
| FW | 19 | Ante Milicic |
| DF | 23 | Andrew Packer |
| DF | 28 | Ante Jurić (c) |
| Substitutes: ||
| GK | 30 | Brett Hughes |
| DF | 2 | Stephen Laybutt | | 88' |
| FW | 9 | Dylan Macallister | | 69' |
| FW | 12 | Elias Augerinos |
| MF | 27 | Hiroyuki Ishida | | 81' |
| Manager: ||
| Gary Phillips ||
| Assistant referees: Fourth official: | Match rules 90 minutes 30 minutes of extra time if necessary. Penalty shoot-out if scores still level. |