1999–2000 in Australian soccer

Soccer in Australia
Season	1999–2000
Men's soccer
NSL Premiership	Perth Glory
NSL Championship	Wollongong City
Women's soccer
WNSL Premiership	NSW Sapphires
WNSL Championship	NSW Sapphires

The 1999–2000 season was the 31st season of competitive association football in Australia.

National teams[]

Australia national soccer team[]

Results and fixtures[]

Friendlies[]

9 February 2000	Chile	2–1	Australia	showValparaiso, Chile
	Gonzalez 10' Navia 90+2' (pen.)	Report	Corica 15'	Stadium: Estadio Playa Ancha Attendance: 9,000 Referee: Eduardo Gamboa (Chile)

12 February 2000	Australia	0–0	Slovakia	showValparaiso, Chile
		Report		Stadium: Estadio Playa Ancha Attendance: 9,000 Referee: (Chile)

15 February 2000	Australia	1–1	Bulgaria	showValparaiso, Chile
	Agostino 1'	Report	Ivanov 89'	Stadium: Estadio Playa Ancha Attendance: 8,000 Referee: Ruben Selman (Chile)

23 February 2000	Hungary	0–3	Australia	showBudapest, Hungary
		Report	Laybutt 12' Skoko 72' Moore 89'	Stadium: Üllői úti Stadion Attendance: 14,000 Referee: Dietmar Drabek (Austria)

29 March 2000	Czech Republic	3–1	Australia	showTeplice, Czech Republic
	Fukal 10' Koller 53' Ulich 66'	Report	Foster 88'	Stadium: Na Stínadlech Stadium Attendance: 9,820 Referee: Hrinak (Slovenia)

9 June 2000	Australia	0–0	Paraguay	showSydney, Australia
		Report		Stadium: Sydney Football Stadium Attendance: 10,000 Referee: (Australia)

12 June 2000	Australia	0–0	Paraguay	showBrisbane, Australia
		Report		Stadium: The Gabba Attendance: 10,000 Referee: Mark Shield (Australia)

15 June 2000	Australia	2–1	Paraguay	showMelbourne, Australia
	Foster 47' Zdrilic 52'	Report	58'	Stadium: Olympic Park Stadium Attendance: 7,500 Referee: Gerry Connolly (Australia)

OFC Nations Cup[]

In Australia's fourth OFC Nations Cup run, they were declared Champions after they won 2–0 against New Zealand and had conceded no goals through their whole run in the 2000 OFC Nations Cup.^[1]

Group A[]

19 June 2000	Cook Islands	0–17	Australia	showPapeete, Tahiti
		Report	Agostino 18', 53', 68' Muscat 21', 45' (pen.) Tiatto 24' Foster 30', 51', 80' Zdrilic 35', 42', 65' Popovic 59' Corica 70' Zane 82', 87', 89'	Stadium: Stade de Pater Attendance: 1,000 Referee: (Tahiti)

23 June 2000	Australia	6–0	Solomon Islands	showPapeete, Tahiti
	Chipperfield 6' Zane 13', 35' Omokirio 36' (o.g.) Muscat 39' (pen.) Cardozo 43'	Report		Stadium: Stade de Pater Attendance: 300 Referee: (New Zealand)

Knockout stage[]

25 June 2000	Australia	1–0	Vanuatu	showPapeete, Tahiti
	Muscat 4' (pen.)	Report		Stadium: Stade de Pater Attendance: 300 Referee: (New Zealand)

28 June 2000	Australia	2–0	New Zealand	showPapeete, Tahiti
	Murphy 40' Foster 66'	Report		Attendance: 2,000 Referee: (Vanuatu)

LG Cup[]

4 October 2000	Kuwait	0–1	Australia	showDubai, United Arab Emirates
		Report	Aloisi 49'

7 October 2000	South Korea	4–2	Australia	showDubai, United Arab Emirates
	Jae-won 44' Jung-yoon 48' Ki-hyeon 65' Dong-gook 90+2' (pen.)	Report	Agostino 30', 35'

Australia national under-23 soccer team[]

Australia national under-17 soccer team[]

Australia national women's soccer team[]

Friendlies[]

28 October 1999	China PR	3–1	Australia	showGuangdong, China
	Liping 35' Huilin 37' Lihong 77'	Report	Hughes 61'	Stadium: Zhuhai Stadium Attendance: 15,000

31 October 1999	China PR	4–2	Australia	showXiamen, China
	Ying 15', 58' Ouying 41' 61'	Report	Hughes 7' Salisbury 80'	Stadium: Xiamen Stadium Attendance: 15,000

OFC competitions[]

Oceania Club Championship[]

Group stage[]

Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
South Melbourne	2	2	0	12	1	+11	6
Malaita Eagles	2	1	1	15	4	+11	3
	2	0	2	2	24	−22	0

Source:^{[citation needed]}

18 Sep

South Melbourne	2–1	Malaita Eagles

Knockout stage[]

Semi-finals[]

Team 1	Score	Team 2
South Melbourne	3–0	Vénus

Final[]

Team 1	Score	Team 2
South Melbourne	5–1	Nadi

Men's football[]

National Soccer League[]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Perth Glory	34	19	7	8	60	42	+18	64	2000 National Soccer League Finals
2	Wollongong Wolves (C)	34	17	9	8	72	44	+28	60	2001 Oceania Club Championship
3	Carlton SC	34	17	7	10	55	39	+16	58	2000 National Soccer League Finals
4	Adelaide Force	34	16	8	10	57	37	+20	56
5	Sydney Olympic	34	16	7	11	56	40	+16	55
6	Marconi Fairfield	34	16	7	11	53	49	+4	55
7	Newcastle Breakers (R)	34	14	9	11	44	44	0	51	Disbanded at end of season and were replaced
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	25	51	−26	29
16	Sydney United	34	5	5	24	19	58	−39	20

Updated to match(es) played on 7 May 2000. Source: rsssf.com
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champion; (R) Relegated

Women's football[]

Women's National Soccer League[]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	NSW Sapphires (C)	10	7	2	1	26	8	+18	23	Qualification for the Grand Final
2	SASI Pirates	10	5	4	1	13	8	+5	19	Qualification for the Grand Final
3	Queensland Sting	10	5	3	2	21	8	+13	18
4	Northern NSW Pride	10	3	2	5	18	19	−1	11
5	Canberra Eclipse	10	2	1	7	15	30	−15	7
6	Victoria Vision	10	1	2	7	8	28	−20	5

Source: ozfootball.net
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored
(C) Champion

Grand Final[]

The 1999 Women's National Soccer League Grand Final was played at Marconi Stadium on 20 November. The match was contested between the NSW Sapphires and the SASI Pirates. NSW won the Grand Final in a 1–0 victory by an own goal by Dianne Alagich in the 18th minute.^[2]

20 November 1999

NSW Sapphires	1–0	SASI Pirates
Alagich 18' (o.g.)	Report

Marconi Stadium, Sydney

References[]

^ "Oceanian Nations Cup 2000". RSSSF. Retrieved 20 April 2020.
^ Esamie, Thomas. "1999 Women's National Soccer League Table and Championship Match". ozfootball.net. Retrieved 20 February 2021.

[1] "Oceanian Nations Cup 2000". RSSSF. Retrieved 20 April 2020.

[2] Esamie, Thomas. "1999 Women's National Soccer League Table and Championship Match". ozfootball.net. Retrieved 20 February 2021.

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