1989–90 National Soccer League
# 1989–90 National Soccer League

The 1989–90 National Soccer League season, was the 14th season of the National Soccer League in Australia. The league was known as the Quit NSL under a sponsorship arrangement with the Victorian Health Promotion Foundation.

## Regular season

### League table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Marconi Fairfield | 26 | 16 | 6 | 4 | 51 | 24 | +27 | 38 | Qualification for the Finals series |
| 2 | South Melbourne | 26 | 15 | 6 | 5 | 42 | 23 | +19 | 36 | Qualification for the Finals series |
| 3 | Melbourne Croatia | 26 | 14 | 7 | 5 | 49 | 26 | +23 | 35 | Qualification for the Finals series |
| 4 | Adelaide City | 26 | 13 | 8 | 5 | 39 | 23 | +16 | 34 | Qualification for the Finals series |
| 5 | Sydney Olympic (C) | 26 | 12 | 7 | 7 | 40 | 25 | +15 | 31 | Qualification for the Finals series |
| 6 | APIA Leichhardt | 26 | 11 | 9 | 6 | 36 | 25 | +11 | 31 | |
| 7 | Sydney Croatia | 26 | 10 | 6 | 10 | 40 | 39 | +1 | 26 | |
| 8 | Parramatta Eagles | 26 | 10 | 6 | 10 | 31 | 31 | 0 | 26 | |
| 9 | Preston Makedonia | 26 | 9 | 5 | 12 | 33 | 35 | −2 | 23 | |
| 10 | St George-Budapest | 26 | 7 | 7 | 12 | 35 | 44 | −9 | 21 | |
| 11 | Wollongong City | 26 | 8 | 4 | 14 | 30 | 48 | −18 | 20 | |
| 12 | Sunshine George Cross | 26 | 6 | 5 | 15 | 24 | 49 | −25 | 17 | |
| 13 | West Adelaide (R) | 26 | 5 | 4 | 17 | 21 | 54 | −33 | 14 | Relegation to the South Australian Division 1 |
| 14 | Blacktown City (R) | 26 | 4 | 4 | 18 | 30 | 55 | −25 | 12 | Relegation to the NSW Division 1 |

## Finals series

| Elimination and qualifying Finals | Elimination and qualifying Finals | Elimination and qualifying Finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Preliminary Final | Preliminary Final | Preliminary Final | Grand Final | Grand Final | Grand Final |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | | | 1 | Marconi Fairfield | 1 | | | | 1 | Marconi Fairfield | 0 |
| | | | 3 | Melbourne Croatia | 0 | | | | 5 | Sydney Olympic | 2 |
| 2 | South Melbourne | 1 (6) | | | | 3 | Melbourne Croatia | 1 | | | |
| 3 | Melbourne Croatia | 1 (7) | | | | 5 | Sydney Olympic | 2 | | | |
| | | | 2 | South Melbourne | 0 | | | | | | |
| | | | 5 | Sydney Olympic | 1 | | | | | | |
| 4 | Adelaide City | 1 | | | | | | | | | |
| 5 | Sydney Olympic | 2 | | | | | | | | | |

### Grand Final

Bob Catlin :

| | 2 | Gary van Egmond |
| - | - | - |
| | 3 | Jean-Paul de Marigny |
| | 4 | Steve Calderan (c) |
| | 5 | Robert Wheatley |
| | 6 | Ian Gray |
| | 7 | Tom McCulloch |
| | 8 | Vince Colagiuri |
| | 9 | Fred de Jong |
| | 10 | Paul Okon |
| | 11 | David Lowe |
| Substitutes: ||||
| | 12 | Peter Katholos |
| | 14 | Gerry Gomez |
| | 20 | Mark Schwarzer |
| Manager: ||||
| Bertie Mariani ||||

Clint Gosling :

| | 2 | David Barrett |
| - | - | - |
| | 3 | Robert Hooker (c) |
| | 4 | Tony Spyridakos |
| | 5 | Andrew Bernal |
| | 6 | Gary Phillips |
| | 7 | Grant Lee |
| | 8 | Alistair Edwards |
| | 9 | Abbas Saad |
| | 10 | Robert Ironside |
| | 11 | Steve Refenes |
| Substitutes: ||||
| | 12 | Marko Perinovic |
| | 13 | Eric Hristodoulou |
| | 20 | Gary Meier |
| Manager: ||||
| Mick Hickman ||||

## Individual awards

* Player of the Year: Zeljko Adzic (Melbourne Croatia)
* U-21 Player of the Year: Paul Okon (Marconi Fairfield)
* Top Scorer: David Seal (Sydney Croatia) - 15 goals
* Coach of the Year: Bertie Mariani (Marconi Fairfield)
