The 2002–03 National Soccer League season, was the 27th season of the
National Soccer League
The National Soccer League (NSL) was the top-level soccer league in Australia, run by Soccer Australia and later the Australian Soccer Association. The NSL, the A-League's predecessor, spanned 28 seasons from its inception in 1977 until its ...
in Australia. The finals format was revised for this season, with the top six teams at the end of the regular season qualifying for a home-and-away championship series. The top two teams from the championship series progressed to the grand final.
Olympic Sharks were crowned premiers and
Perth Glory
Perth Glory Football Club is an Australian professional Association football, soccer club based in Perth, Perth, Western Australia. It competes in the country's premier men's competition, A-League Men, under Professional sports league organi ...
were champions.
Teams
Regular season
League table
Home and Away Results
Round 1
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* This match was awarded to Parramatta 3-0 after it was found that Perth Glory breached regulation 16.13 in playing an unregistered player - Andre Gumprecht. The determination was made on 4 February 2003.
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Round 2
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Round 3
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Round 4
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Round 5
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Round 6
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Round 7
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Round 8
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Round 9
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Round 10
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Round 11
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Round 12
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Round 13
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Round 14
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Round 15
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Round 16
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Round 17
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Round 18
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Round 19
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Round 20
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Round 21
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Round 22
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Round 23
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Round 24
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Round 25
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Round 26
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Championship play-offs
Championship Playoff Results
Playoff Round 1
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Playoff Round 2
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Playoff Round 3
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Playoff Round 4
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Playoff Round 5
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Playoff Round 6
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Playoff Round 7
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Playoff Round 8
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Playoff Round 9
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*This match was initially postponed due to heavy rains in Sydney making the pitch unplayable. It was intended to be rescheduled for
Rat Park
Park was a series of studies into drug addiction conducted in the late 1970s and published between 1978 and 1981 by Canadian psychologist Bruce K. Alexander and his colleagues at Simon Fraser University in British Columbia, Canada.
At the time ...
. Neither side could affect the championship, so the match was not played.
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Playoff Round 10
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Grand final
References
OzFootball Archives - 2002–03 NSL Season
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National Soccer League (Australia) seasons
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National Soccer League
The National Soccer League (NSL) was the top-level soccer league in Australia, run by Soccer Australia and later the Australian Soccer Association. The NSL, the A-League's predecessor, spanned 28 seasons from its inception in 1977 until its ...