# 1999–2000 National Soccer League

The 1999–2000 National Soccer League season was the 24th season of the National Soccer League in Australia.

## Overview

1999–2000 was the first season since a 1995–96 rebrand to be officially known as the National Soccer League after Ericsson withdrew their sponsorship shortly before the season.
The league was originally scheduled for 17 teams, however with the late withdrawal of the Southern Stars, (previously Adelaide Sharks and West Adelaide) Soccer Australia was forced to redraw fixtures less than a week out from the season. The rescheduled 34-week season saw each team play two teams four times, and the remaining teams two times.
Wollongong Wolves won the championship. Auckland Kingz and Parramatta Power entered the competition.

## Regular season
### League table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Perth Glory | 34 | 19 | 7 | 8 | 60 | 42 | +18 | 64 | Qualification for the Finals series |
| 2 | Wollongong Wolves (C) | 34 | 17 | 9 | 8 | 72 | 44 | +28 | 60 | Qualification for the Finals series and the Oceania Club Championship |
| 3 | Carlton | 34 | 17 | 7 | 10 | 55 | 39 | +16 | 58 | Qualification for the Finals series |
| 4 | Adelaide Force | 34 | 16 | 8 | 10 | 57 | 37 | +20 | 56 | Qualification for the Finals series |
| 5 | Sydney Olympic | 34 | 16 | 7 | 11 | 56 | 40 | +16 | 55 | Qualification for the Finals series |
| 6 | Marconi Fairfield | 34 | 16 | 7 | 11 | 53 | 49 | +4 | 55 | Qualification for the Finals series |
| 7 | Newcastle Breakers | 34 | 14 | 9 | 11 | 44 | 44 | 0 | 51 | |
| 8 | Auckland Kingz | 34 | 15 | 5 | 14 | 57 | 59 | −2 | 50 | |
| 9 | Brisbane Strikers | 34 | 13 | 10 | 11 | 46 | 40 | +6 | 49 | |
| 10 | South Melbourne | 34 | 14 | 7 | 13 | 55 | 51 | +4 | 49 | |
| 11 | Parramatta Power | 34 | 14 | 5 | 15 | 52 | 47 | +5 | 47 | |
| 12 | Melbourne Knights | 34 | 13 | 6 | 15 | 44 | 57 | −13 | 45 | |
| 13 | Northern Spirit | 34 | 11 | 3 | 20 | 41 | 58 | −17 | 36 | |
| 14 | Canberra Cosmos | 34 | 9 | 9 | 16 | 44 | 64 | −20 | 36 | |
| 15 | Gippsland Falcons | 34 | 7 | 8 | 19 | 23 | 49 | −26 | 29 | |
| 16 | Sydney United | 34 | 5 | 5 | 24 | 19 | 58 | −39 | 20 | |

## Finals series

| Elimination Finals | Elimination Finals | Elimination Finals | Elimination Finals | Elimination Finals | Major/Minor semi-finals | Major/Minor semi-finals | Major/Minor semi-finals | Major/Minor semi-finals | Major/Minor semi-finals | Preliminary Final | Preliminary Final | Preliminary Final | Grand Final | Grand Final | Grand Final |
| | | | | | 21 May & 27 May 2000 | 21 May & 27 May 2000 | 21 May & 27 May 2000 | 21 May & 27 May 2000 | 21 May & 27 May 2000 | | | | 11 June 2000 | 11 June 2000 | 11 June 2000 |
| | | | | | 2 | Wollongong Wolves | 1 | 0 | 1 | | | | Perth Glory | 3 (6) |
| | | | | | 1 | Perth Glory | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 June 2000 | 4 June 2000 | 4 June 2000 | Wollongong Wolves (p) | Wollongong Wolves (p) | 3 (7) |
| | | | | | | | | | | 2 | Wollongong Wolves | 2 | | | |
| 6 | Marconi Fairfield | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | | | | 2 | Wollongong Wolves | 2 | | | |
| 6 | Marconi Fairfield | 0 | 0 | 0 | 28 May 2000 | 28 May 2000 | 28 May 2000 | 28 May 2000 | 28 May 2000 | 3 | Carlton | 1 | | | |
| 3 | Carlton SC | 1 | 2 | 3 | 28 May 2000 | 28 May 2000 | 28 May 2000 | 28 May 2000 | 28 May 2000 | 3 | Carlton | 1 | | | |
| 3 | Carlton SC | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | Carlton | Carlton | Carlton | 2 | | | | | | |
| | | | | | 5 | Sydney Olympic | Sydney Olympic | Sydney Olympic | 1 | | | | | | |
| 5 | Sydney Olympic | 4 | 2 | 6 | 5 | Sydney Olympic | Sydney Olympic | Sydney Olympic | 1 | | | | | | |
| 4 | Adelaide Force | 1 | 1 | 2 | | | | | | | | | | | |

### Grand Final

PERTH GLORY: :
| GK | 23 | Jason Petkovic |
| DF | 2 | Rob Trajkovski |
| DF | 3 | Jamie Harnwell |
| MF | 7 | Scott Miller | 63' |
| MF | 8 | Troy Halpin |
| FW | 9 | Alistair Edwards (c) |
| FW | 10 | Bobby Despotovski | 68' |
| MF | 11 | Kasey Wehrman |
| MF | 15 | Edgar Aldrighi |
| MF | 21 | Ivan Ergić | 84' |
| DF | 22 | Ljubo Miličević | 16' |
| Substitutes: |||
| GK | 20 | Tony Franken |
| FW | 4 | Aurelio Schwertz | 75' | 68' |
| DF | 6 | Gareth Naven | 84' |
| MF | 13 | James Afkos | 63' |
| DF | 14 | Dion Valle |
| Manager: |||
| Bernd Stange ||||
WOLLONGONG WOLVES: :
| GK | 1 | Les Pogliacomi |
| DF | 3 | Alvin Ceccoli |
| DF | 4 | Robert Stanton | 82' |
| DF | 5 | David Cervinski | 46' |
| MF | 6 | Matt Horsley (c) |
| MF | 7 | Paul Reid |
| FW | 10 | Stuart Young |
| DF | 11 | Scott Chipperfield | | 90' |
| MF | 13 | Noel Spencer | 46' |
| FW | 17 | Esala Masi | 66' |
| MF | 23 | Dino Mennillo | 28' |
| Substitutes: |||
| GK | 20 | Daniel Beltrame |
| DF | 2 | George Sounis | 46' |
| FW | 14 | Sasho Petrovski | 66' |
| MF | 15 | David Huxley |
| DF | 21 | Mark Robertson | 106' | | 46' |
| Manager: |||
| Nick Theodorakopoulos ||||
| Joe Marston Medal: |||
| : Scott Chipperfield ||||

## Footnotes

* ↑ Cockerill, Michael (16 December 1999). "Eve of extinction". The Age. p. 42.
* ↑ Cockerill, Michael (11 September 1999). "Ericsson exit boosts league". The Sydney Morning Herald. p. 57.
* ↑ Lynch, Michael (30 September 1999). "Top coaches label draw reshuffle 'ridiculous'". The Age. p. 45. Retrieved 30 August 2022.
* ↑ Toutsidis, Meno (28 September 1999). "Force flies SA flag alone". The Advertiser. Adelaide. p. 66.
* ↑ Toutsidis, Meno (22 September 1999). "Stars could go out". The Advertiser. Adelaide. p. 114.
* ↑ Lynch, Michael (12 June 2000). "Wolves' title in shootout thriller". The Age. p. 6.
* ↑ Cockerill, Michael (22 September 1999). "Parra seek the Power in yellow jersey". The Sydney Morning Herald. p. 42.
* ↑ Millmow, Jonathan (3 September 1999). "Kingz primed for bumper debut season". Evening Post. Wellington. p. 23.