Australia 1997/98

1997-98 Season A-League Table Final Standings Team G W D L Gf Ga P ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- South Melbourne Lakers 26 13 9 4 56 41 48 Carlton 26 12 9 5 44 24 45 Adelaide City Zebras 26 13 4 9 45 30 43 Sydney United Pumas 26 11 10 5 37 26 43 Marconi-F'fld Stallions 26 12 7 7 33 25 43 Wollongong City Wolves 26 13 3 10 51 33 42 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Melbourne Knights 26 11 6 9 37 35 39 Perth Glory 26 10 6 10 35 40 36 UTS Olympic 26 10 5 11 37 43 35 West Adelaide Sharks 26 10 4 12 32 38 34 Gippsland Falcons 26 8 7 11 28 36 31 Brisbane Strikers 26 6 5 15 23 40 23 Newcastle Breakers 26 4 9 13 30 50 21 Canberra Cosmos 26 3 8 15 29 56 17 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Round 1 [3 Oct 97] Newcastle Breakers 4 - 2 Adelaide Sharks [4 Oct 97] Canberra Cosmos 1 - 3 Sydney United Carlton 2 - 1 Perth Glory Brisbane Strikers 0 - 3 South Melbourne [5 Oct 97] Melbourne Knights 0 - 1 Gippsland Falcons UTS Olympic 1 - 0 Marconi-Fairfield [18 Feb 98] Adelaide City 4 - 2 Wollongong City Round 2 [10 Oct 97] Wollongong City 0 - 1 Brisbane Strikers [11 Oct 97] Marconi-Fairfield 2 - 0 Canberra Cosmos [12 Oct 97] Carlton 1 - 1 Sydney United Gippsland Falcons 1 - 1 Newcastle Breakers Perth Glory 1 - 4 Adelaide City South Melbourne 2 - 2 Melbourne Knights Adelaide Sharks 3 - 1 UTS Olympic Round 3 [17 Oct 97] Melbourne Knights 1 - 0 Wollongong City Newcastle 0 - 2 South Melbourne [18 Oct 97] Brisbane Strikers 0 - 1 Perth Glory Canberra Cosmos 1 - 3 Carlton Marconi-Fairfield 2 - 0 Adelaide Sharks [19 Oct 97] UTS Olympic 3 - 0 Gippsland Falcons Adelaide City 0 - 2 Sydney United Round 4 [24 Oct 97] Sydney United 2 - 1 Brisbane Strikers [25 Oct 97] Carlton 3 - 1 Adelaide City [26 Oct 97] Gippsland Falcons 0 - 1 Marconi-Fairfield Perth Glory 3 - 2 Melbourne Knights South Melbourne 2 - 2 UTS Olympic Adelaide Sharks 3 - 0 Canberra Cosmos Wollongong City 1 - 1 Newcastle Breakers Round 5 [31 Oct 97] Newcastle Breakers 2 - 3 Perth Glory [1 Nov 97] Marconi-Fairfield 2 - 2 South Melbourne Brisbane Strikers 0 - 1 Carlton Canberra Cosmos 1 - 2 Adelaide City [2 Nov 97] Melbourne Knights 0 - 0 Sydney United UTS Olympic 0 - 3 Wollongong City Adelaide Sharks 1 - 0 Gippsland Falcons Round 6 [7 Nov 97] South Melbourne 4 - 1 Adelaide Sharks Sydney United 2 - 0 Newcastle Breakers [8 Nov 97] Carlton 1 - 1 Melbourne Knights Gippsland Falcons 0 - 0 Canberra Cosmos [9 Nov 97] Wollongong City 5 - 1 Marconi-Fairfield Perth Glory 1 - 0 UTS Olympic Adelaide City 1 - 0 Brisbane Strikers Round 7 [14 Nov 97] Newcastle Breakers 0 - 0 Carlton [15 Nov 97] Canberra Cosmos 2 - 1 Brisbane Strikers Gippsland Falcons 1 - 1 South Melbourne Marconi-Fairfield 0 - 1 Perth Glory [16 Nov 97] UTS Olympic 0 - 3 Sydney United Adelaide Sharks 3 - 1 Wollongong City [4 Mar 98] Melbourne Knights 2 - 0 Adelaide City Round 8 [22 Nov 97] Wollongong City 2 - 0 Gippsland Falcons Brisbane Strikers 1 - 2 Melbourne Knights Carlton 0 - 1 UTS Olympic [23 Nov 97] Perth Glory 2 - 2 Adelaide Sharks South Melbourne 1 - 1 Canberra Cosmos Sydney United 1 - 1 Marconi-Fairfield [7 Jan 98] Adelaide City 4 - 0 Newcastle Breakers Round 9 [28 Nov 97] South Melbourne 3 - 2 Wollongong City Canberra Cosmos 1 - 1 Melbourne Knights Marconi-Fairfield 1 - 2 Carlton Newcastle Breakers 1 - 2 Brisbane Strikers [30 Nov 97] Adelaide Sharks 1 - 2 Sydney United Gippsland Falcons 2 - 1 Perth Glory UTS Olympic 0 - 1 Adelaide City Round 10 [5 Dec 97] Wollongong City 8 - 0 Canberra Cosmos Melbourne Knights 4 - 1 Newcastle Breakers [6 Dec 97] Carlton 1 - 1 Adelaide Sharks Brisbane Strikers 1 - 0 UTS Olympic [7 Dec 97] Adelaide City 5 - 0 Marconi-Fairfield Perth Glory 4 - 1 South Melbourne Sydney United 1 - 1 Gippsland Falcons Round 11 [13 Dec 97] Marconi-Fairfield 1 - 0 Brisbane Strikers Canberra Cosmos 1 - 1 Newcastle Breakers Gippsland Falcons 0 - 0 Carlton [14 Dec 97] South Melbourne 3 - 0 Sydney United UTS Olympic 2 - 1 Melbourne Knights Adelaide Sharks 1 - 1 Adelaide City Perth Glory 0 - 3 Wollongong City Round 12 [19 Dec 97] Newcastle Breakers 3 - 2 UTS Olympic [20 Dec 97] Brisbane Strikers 2 - 0 Adelaide Sharks [21 Dec 97] Sydney United 2 - 1 Wollongong City Carlton 2 - 3 South Melbourne Perth Glory 1 - 1 Canberra Cosmos Melbourne Knights 2 - 1 Marconi-Fairfield Adelaide City 3 - 0 Gippsland Falcons Round 13 [27 Dec 97] Marconi-Fairfield 2 - 1 Newcastle Breakers [28 Dec 97] South Melbourne 4 - 1 Adelaide City Wollongong City 3 - 1 Carlton Perth Glory 0 - 2 Sydney United Adelaide Sharks 2 - 1 Melbourne Knights Gippsland Falcons 1 - 0 Brisbane Strikers UTS Olympic 1 - 1 Canberra Cosmos Round 14 [2 Jan 98] Newcastle Breakers 0 - 0 Marconi-Fairfield [3 Jan 98] Brisbane Strikers 1 - 2 Gippsland Falcons Carlton 1 - 0 Wollongong City [4 Jan 98] Sydney United 0 - 0 Perth Glory Adelaide City 3 - 1 South Melbourne Melbourne Knights 1 - 0 Adelaide Sharks [5 Jan 98] Canberra Cosmos 8 - 1 UTS Olympic Round 15 [10 Jan 98] Marconi-Fairfield 1 - 1 UTS Olympic Gippsland Falcons 1 - 2 Melbourne Knights [11 Jan 98] South Melbourne 5 - 1 Brisbane Strikers Wollongong City 2 - 1 Adelaide City Sydney United 4 - 1 Canberra Cosmos Adelaide Sharks 3 - 1 Newcastle Breakers Perth Glory 0 - 0 Carlton Round 16 [16 Jan 98] Newcastle Breakers 1 - 5 Gippsland Falcons [17 Jan 98] Brisbane Strikers 2 - 1 Wollongong City Canberra Cosmos 0 - 2 Marconi-Fairfield [18 Jan 98] Sydney United 1 - 1 Carlton UTS Olympic 3 - 0 Adelaide Sharks Melbourne Knights 1 - 1 South Melbourne Adelaide City 0 - 1 Perth Glory Round 17 [24 Jan 98] Carlton 2 - 0 Canberra Cosmos [25 Jan 98] Sydney United 0 - 1 Adelaide City Wollongong City 2 - 0 Melbourne Knights Perth Glory 1 - 3 Brisbane Strikers South Melbourne 2 - 1 Newcastle Breakers Gippsland Falcons 3 - 2 UTS Olympic Adelaide Sharks 0 - 2 Marconi-Fairfield Round 18 [30 Jan 98] Newcastle Breakers 1 - 2 Wollongong City [31 Jan 98] Marconi-Fairfield 3 - 0 Gippsland Falcons Brisbane Strikers 0 - 3 Sydney United Canberra Cosmos 1 - 0 Adelaide Sharks [1 Feb 98] UTS Olympic 1 - 3 South Melbourne Adelaide City 1 - 1 Carlton Melbourne Knights 1 - 2 Perth Glory Round 19 [21 Feb 98] Carlton 1 - 1 Brisbane Strikers [22 Feb 98] Perth Glory 3 - 4 Newcastle Breakers Sydney United 0 - 3 Melbourne Knights Adelaide City 4 - 1 Canberra Cosmos Wollongong City 3 - 2 UTS Olympic Gippsland Falcons 0 - 0 Adelaide Sharks South Melbourne 3 - 1 Marconi Fairfield Round 20 [27 Feb 98] Newcastle Breakers 3 - 1 Sydney United [28 Feb 98] Brisbane Strikers 2 - 2 Adelaide City Marconi-Fairfield 0 - 0 Wollongong City [1 Mar 98] Adelaide Sharks 2 - 0 South Melbourne UTS Olympic 3 - 1 Perth Glory Melbourne Knights 2 - 4 Carlton [2 Mar 98] Canberra Cosmos 1 - 3 Gippsland Falcons Round 21 [7 Mar 98] Brisbane Strikers 1 - 1 Newcastle Breakers Carlton 0 - 1 Marconi-Fairfield [8 Mar 98] Sydney United 2 - 1 Adelaide Sharks Wollongong City 1 - 2 South Melbourne Perth Glory 2 - 1 Gippsland Falcons Melbourne Knights 3 - 1 Canberra Cosmos Adelaide City 0 - 1 UTS Olympic Round 22 [13 Mar 98] UTS Olympic 3 - 2 Carlton Newcastle Breakers 0 - 0 Adelaide City [14 Mar 98] Marconi-Fairfield 1 - 0 Sydney United [15 Mar 98] Gippsland Falcons 2 - 3 Wollongong City Melbourne Knights 2 - 0 Brisbane Strikers Adelaide Sharks 1 - 0 Perth Glory [16 Mar 98] Canberra Cosmos 1 - 1 South Melbourne Round 23 [21 Mar 98] Brisbane Strikers 2 - 2 Canberra Cosmos [22 Mar 98] Adelaide City 3 - 1 Melbourne Knights Sydney United 0 - 0 Sydney Olympic Wollongong City 0 - 2 Adelaide Sharks South Melbourne 2 - 1 Gippsland Falcons Perth Glory 1 - 1 Marconi-Fairfield [23 Mar 98] Carlton 3 - 0 Newcastle Breakers Round 24 [27 Mar 98] Newcastle Breakers 0 - 0 Melbourne Knights [28 Mar 98] Marconi-Fairfield 2 - 0 Adelaide City [29 Mar 98] South Melbourne 3 - 3 Perth Glory UTS Olympic 3 - 0 Brisbane Strikers Gippsland Falcons 1 - 1 Sydney United Adelaide Sharks 0 - 3 Carlton [30 Mar 98] Canberra Cosmos 1 - 3 Wollongong City Round 25 [3 Apr 98] Newcastle Breakers 2 - 1 Canberra Cosmos [4 Apr 98] Brisbane Strikers 0 - 0 Marconi-Fairfield Wollongong City 1 - 0 Perth Glory [5 Apr 98] Adelaide City 3 - 1 Adelaide Sharks Melbourne Knights 2 - 1 UTS Olympic Carlton 4 - 1 Gippsland Falcons Sydney United 2 - 2 South Melbourne Round 26 [12 Apr 98] UTS Olympic 2 - 2 Newcastle Breakers Wollongong City 2 - 2 Sydney United South Melbourne 0 - 5 Carlton Marconi-Fairfield 5 - 0 Melbourne Knights Gippsland Falcons 1 - 0 Adelaide City Adelaide Sharks 2 - 1 Brisbane Strikers [13 Apr 98] Canberra Cosmos 1 - 2 Perth Glory 1997-98 Season A-League Table Final Standings Team G W D L Gf Ga P ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- South Melbourne Lakers 26 13 9 4 56 41 48 Carlton 26 12 9 5 44 24 45 Adelaide City Zebras 26 13 4 9 45 30 43 Sydney United Pumas 26 11 10 5 37 26 43 Marconi-F'fld Stallions 26 12 7 7 33 25 43 Wollongong City Wolves 26 13 3 10 51 33 42 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Melbourne Knights 26 11 6 9 37 35 39 Perth Glory 26 10 6 10 35 40 36 UTS Olympic 26 10 5 11 37 43 35 West Adelaide Sharks 26 10 4 12 32 38 34 Gippsland Falcons 26 8 7 11 28 36 31 Brisbane Strikers 26 6 5 15 23 40 23 Newcastle Breakers 26 4 9 13 30 50 21 Canberra Cosmos 26 3 8 15 29 56 17 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1997-98 Regular Season Top Scorers ---------------------------------- 19 - Damian Mori................(Adelaide City) 14 - Norman Tome................(UTS Olympic) 13 - Pablo Cardozo..............(Adelaide Sharks) Scott Chipperfield.........(Wollongong City) Andrew Vlahos..............(Carlton SC) 11 - Tomislav Pondeljak.........(Melbourne Knights) John Markovski.............(Carlton SC) 10 - Ivan Kelic.................(Melbourne Knights) John Anastasiadis..........(South Melbourne) Playoff Results --------------- [19/04/98] Marconi-Fairfield 1 - 0 Sydney United [26/04/98] Sydney United 0 - 1 Marconi-Fairfield [19/04/98] Wollongong City 3 - 0 Adelaide City [26/04/98] Adelaide City 2 - 2 Wollongong City [02/05/98] Marconi-Fairfield 2 - 1 Wollongong City [26/04/98] Carlton 1 - 2 South Melbourne [03/05/98] South Melbourne 1 - 0 Carlton [10/05/98] Carlton 1 - 0 Marconi-Fairfield [16/05/98] South Melbourne 2 - 1 Carlton South Melbourne become champions for the 1997/98 season State Leagues 1997 Queensland 1.Brisbane City 21 12 6 3 39-22 42 2.Bundaberg Waves 21 11 4 6 40-31 37 3.Taringa Rovers 21 11 3 7 37-23 36 4.Brisbane Lions 21 10 6 5 27-19 36 5.Rochedale Rovers 21 8 6 7 40-32 30 6.Wynnum 21 6 2 13 30-46 20 7.Beenleigh 21 6 1 14 27-47 19 8.Coalstars 21 5 2 14 22-42 17 Playoffs [Aug 17] Taringa 1-0 Brisbane Lions NB: Brisbane Lions eliminated Brisbane City 1-0 Bundaberg [3-1?] [Aug 24] Bundaberg 1-3 Taringa [0-1?] MN: Bundaberg eliminated Grand Final [Aug 31] Brisbane City 2-0 Taringa NB: Brisbane City champions Victoria 1.Altona Magic 26 14 9 3 53-17 51 2.Bentleigh Greens 26 14 7 5 75-36 49 3.Green Gully 26 13 9 4 40-19 48 4.Preston Lions 26 13 6 7 45-30 45 5.Bulleen Inter 26 13 6 7 45-37 45 6.Springvale W Eagles 26 11 8 7 43-37 41 7.St Albans 26 11 7 8 48-38 40 8.Sunshine Georgies 26 10 6 10 54-53 36 9.Heidelberg United 26 10 4 12 44-47 34 10.Port Melbourne 26 10 3 13 48-43 33 11.Thomastown Zebras 26 8 5 13 38-42 29 12.Fawkner 26 6 9 11 37-47 27 13.North Geelong 26 4 4 18 22-77 16 14.Melton Reds 26 2 3 21 29-98 9 Playoffs [Aug 17] Preston Lions 0-2 Bulleen Inter NB: Preston Lions eliminated Bentleigh Greens 1-4 Green Gully [Aug 24] Bentleigh Greens 1-2 Bulleen Inter NB: Bentleigh Greens eliminated Altona Magic 2-1 Green Gully [Aug 31] Green Gully 0-1 Bulleen Inter NB: Green Gully eliminated [Sep 7] Altona Magic 4-2 Bulleen Inter [aet] NB: Altona Magic champions

1996/97.

1998/99.

list of champions.

list of cup winners.

list of final tables.

list of regional champions.

list of regional cup winners.

About this document

With thanks to John Punshon

Prepared and maintained by Thomas Esamie for the Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation

Author: Thomas Esamie (algor@zeta.org.au)
Last updated: 2 Feb 2003