2000 National Soccer League Playoff results
1999-2000 Season Playoff Series Matches
written by Thomas Esamie and John Punshon

The top six teams of the regular season meet in matches as shown in home and away legs. Matches marked '1', '2' and '3' are single elimination games, winner of Match 3 is crowned Champion of the 1999-2000 season.


Perth Glory v Wollongong --winner-----------------------3___Grand Final
                      \____loser________________              /
                                                \2__winner___/
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Carlton v Marconi -------winner___              /
                                  \1___winner__/
Sydney Olympic v Ad Force _winner_/


Grand Final Match, winner becomes champion
Played (11/06/2000) Subiaco Oval
Referee : E Lennie, Crowd : 43242
Perth Glory
Jason Petkovic, Robert Trajkovski, Jamie Harnwell, Scott Miller (James Afkos 63), Troy Halpin, Alistair Edwards, Slobodan Despotovski (Aurelio Schwertz 68), Kasey Wehrman, Edgar Aldrighi Junior, Ivan Ergic (Gareth Naven 84), Ljubo Milicevic
Goals : Despotovski 20, Milicevic 33, Harnwell 42
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- 3
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Wollongong City
Les Pogliacomi, Alvin Ceccoli, Robert Stanton, David Cervinski (George Souris 46), Matt Horsley, Paul Reid, Stuart Young, Scott Chipperfield, Noel Spencer (Mark Robertson 46), Esala Masi (Saso Petrovski 66), Dino Mennillo
Goals : Chipperfield 56, Horsley 69, Reid 89
Penalty Sequence: Young (1-0), Trajkovski (1-1); Robertson (2-1), Harnwell (2-2); Ceccoli (3-2), Schwertz (3-3); Pogliacomi (4-3), Naven (4-4); Petrovski (5-4), Wehrman (5-5); Horsley (missed), Junior (saved); Mennillo (saved), Edwards (saved); Chipperfield (6-5), Milicevic (6-6); Reid (7-6), Afkos (saved)
Match report by Gerry Prewett

Preliminary Final, loser eliminated, winner into Grand Final
Played (04/06/2000) Brandon Park
Referee : S Micallef, Crowd : 8034
Wollongong
Les Pogliacomi, Alvin Ceccoli, Robert Stanton, David Cervinski, Matt Horsley, Paul Reid, Stuart Young (David Huxley 88), Scott Chipperfield, Noel Spencer (Mark Robertson 68), Esala Masi (Saso Petrovski 79), Dino Mennillo
Goals : Masi 24, Young 45
2 - 1 Carlton
Dean Anastasiadis, Dave McPherson (David Terminello 88), Craig Deans, Simon Colosimo, Andrew Marth, Mark Atkinson, Lubomir Lapsansky (Stuart Slater 66), Archie Thompson, John Markovski (Alex Moreira 71), Andrew Packer, Steve Horvat
Goal : Markovski 18
Match report by David Arnold

Minor Semi-Final, loser eliminated, winner into Preliminary Final
Played (28/05/2000) Olympic Park
Referee : S Micallef, Crowd : 2552
Carlton
Dean Anastasiadis, Dave McPherson, Craig Deans, Simon Colosimo, Andrew Marth, Mark Atkinson, Lubomir Lapsansky, Archie Thompson, John Markovski (Alex Moreira 59), Andrew Packer (David Terminello 83), Steve Horvat
Goals : Thompson 36, Horvat 103
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Sydney Olympic
John Perosh, Scott Thomas, Scott Baillie, Ante Juric, Pablo Cardozo, Brett Emerton, Sebastian Sinozic, Gabriel Mendez, Lindsay Wilson (Nick Carle 64), Paul Kohler, Kresimir Marusic
Goal : Juric 67
Match report by David Arnold

Major Semi-Final, loser into Preliminary Final, winner into Grand Final
1st leg Played (21/05/2000) Brandon Park
Referee : B Hugo, Crowd : 8326
Wollongong
Les Pogliacomi, Alvin Ceccoli, Robert Stanton, David Cervinski, Matt Horsley, Paul Reid, Stuart Young, Scott Chipperfield, Noel Spencer (Mark Robertson 81), Saso Petrovski (Esala Masi 69), Dino Mennillo
Goal : Young 28pk
1 - 0 Perth Glory
Jason Petkovic, Robert Trajkovski (Troy Halpin 78), Jamie Harnwell, Gareth Naven, Scott Miller, Alistair Edwards, Slobodan Despotovski (Aurelio Schwertz 61), Kasey Wehrman, Dion Valle, Edgar Aldrighi Junior, Ljubo Milicevic
2nd leg Played (27/05/2000) Subiaco Oval
Referee : M Shield, Crowd : 42760
Perth Glory
Jason Petkovic, Robert Trajkovski, Jamie Harnwell, Gareth Naven (Ivan Ergic 46), Scott Miller, Troy Halpin, Alistair Edwards, Slobodan Despotovski (Aurelio Schwertz 60), Kasey Wehrman, Edgar Aldrighi Junior, Ljubo Milicevic
Goals : Trajkovski 85pk, Ergic 93
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Wollongong
Les Pogliacomi, Alvin Ceccoli, Robert Stanton, David Cervinski, Matt Horsley, Paul Reid, Stuart Young, Scott Chipperfield, Noel Spencer, Saso Petrovski (Esala Masi 86), Dino Mennillo (George Souris 80)

Elimination Final, loser eliminated, winner into Minor Semi-Final
1st leg Played (13/05/2000) Marconi Stadium
Referee : M Breeze, Crowd : 7224
Marconi-Fairfield
Michael Turnbull, Mark Babic (sent off 58), Dominic Longo, Pan Keun Kim, Christian Care (Sean Babic 81), Brad Maloney, Mike Smith, Danny Invincible, Francis Awaritefe (Darren McDonald 75), Brendan Renaud, Kris Trajanovski
0 - 1 Carlton
Dean Anastasiadis, Dave McPherson, Craig Deans, Simon Colosimo (David Terminello 88), Andrew Marth, Mark Atkinson, Alex Moreira (Stuart Slater 75), Lubomir Lapsansky, Archie Thompson (John Markovski 86), Andrew Packer, Steve Horvat
Goal : McPherson 67
2nd leg Played (19/05/2000) Olympic Park
Referee : M Shield, Crowd : 3236
Carlton
Dean Anastasiadis, Dave McPherson, Craig Deans, Simon Colosimo (David Terminello 83), Andrew Marth, Mark Atkinson, Alex Moreira (Stuart Slater 70), Lubomir Lapsansky, Archie Thompson, Andrew Packer (Sean Douglas 89), Steve Horvat
Goals : Colosimo 28, Thompson 77
2 - 0 Marconi-Fairfield
Michael Turnbull, Chad Gibson, Dominic Longo, Sean Babic (Grant Last 68 (sent off 82)), Brad Maloney (Christian Care 60), Mike Smith, Danny Invincible, Buddy Farah, Brendan Renaud, Kris Trajanovski (Francis Awaritefe 60), Vlado Zoric

Elimination Final, loser eliminated, winner into Minor Semi-Final
1st leg Played (14/05/2000) Belmore Sports Ground
Referee : E Lennie, Crowd : 5449
Sydney Olympic
John Perosh, Scott Thomas, Scott Baillie, Ante Juric, Pablo Cardozo, Brett Emerton, Gabriel Mendez, Lindsay Wilson (Peter Zorbas 83), George Goutzioulis (Peter Tsekenis 56), Paul Kohler, Kresimir Marusic (Zlatko Arambasic 84)
Goals : Emerton 20, 46, Cardozo 33pk, 88
4 - 1 Adelaide Force
Adrian Cagalj, Gianluca Lagati, Alex Tobin (Michael Cartwright 63), Damian Mori, Carl Veart, Nick Sabljak, Aurelio Vidmar, Matt Kemp, Angelo Costanzo (sent off 87), Brad Hassell, Claudio Pelosi
Goal : Veart 47
2nd leg Played (19/05/2000) Hindmarsh Stadium
Referee : G Connolly, Crowd : 9054
Adelaide Force
Adrian Cagalj, Gianluca Lagati, Damian Mori, Carl Veart, Nick Sabljak, Aurelio Vidmar, Nathan Day, Michael Cartwright, Matt Kemp, Brad Hassell (Dong Ki Kim 75), Claudio Pelosi
Goal : Pelosi 45
1 - 2 Sydney Olympic
John Perosh, Scott Thomas, Scott Baillie, Ante Juric, Pablo Cardozo, Brett Emerton (Norman Tome 71), Sebastian Sinozic (George Goutzioulis 77), Gabriel Mendez, Lindsay Wilson (Peter Zorbas 84), Paul Kohler, Kresimir Marusic
Goals : Wilson 36, Mendez 66