2001 National Soccer League Playoff results
2000-2001 Season Playoff Series Matches
written by Thomas Esamie

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 2000-2001 season.


Wollongong v South Melb --winner--------------------------3___Grand Final
                      \____loser________________              /
                                                \2__winner___/
                                                 /
Perth v Knights ---------winner___              /
                                  \1___winner__/
Olympic v Marconi __________winner_/


Grand Final Match, winner becomes champion
Played (03/06/2001) Parramatta Stadium
Referee : E Lennie, Crowd : 13402
Wollongong
Dean Anastasiadis, George Souris, Alvin Ceccoli, David Cervinski, Matthew Horsley, Paul Reid, Saso Petrovski (Robert Stanton 73), Stuart Young, David Huxley, Ben Blake, Robbie Middleby (Dino Mennillo 91)
Goals : Petrovski 56, Young 57
2 - 1 South Melbourne
Michael Petkovic, Steve Iosifidis (John Anastasiadis 71), Fausto De Amicis, Mehmet Durakovic, Steve Panopoulos, Vaughan Coveny, Con Boutsianis, Andrew Vlahos, Vas Kalogeracos (Goran Lozanovski 65), Zeljko Susao (Paul Trimboli 65), Simon Colosimo
Goals : Anastasiadis 78
Pre-Match report by Michael Cockerill
Match report by David Arnold

Preliminary Final, loser eliminated, winner into Grand Final
Played (27/05/2001) Olympic Park
Referee : B Hugo, Crowd : 6664
South Melbourne
Michael Petkovic, Steve Iosifidis, Fausto De Amicis, Mehmet Durakovic, Steve Panopoulos (Paul Trimboli 46), Vaughan Coveny (John Anastasiadis 82), Con Boutsianis, Andrew Vlahos, Vas Kalogeracos (Goran Lozanovski 87), Zeljko Susa, Simon Colosimo
Goals : Boutsianis 27, Susa 63
2 - 0 Sydney Olympic
Clint Bolton, Paul Kohler, Scott Baillie, Ante Juric, Kresimir Marusic (Anthony Doumanis 67), Troy Halpin, George Goutzioulis (Peter Zorbas 78), Elias Augerinos, Pablo Cardozo, Nick Carle (Dylan MacAllister 67), Andrew Packer
Match report by Alan Clark

Minor Semi-Final, loser eliminated, winner into Preliminary Final
Played (20/05/2001) Parramatta Stadium
Referee : E Lennie, Crowd : 7649
Sydney Olympic
Clint Bolton, Paul Kohler, Scott Baillie, Ante Juric, Kresimir Marusic, Troy Halpin, George Goutzioulis, Damon Collina (Nick Carle 46), Elias Augerinos, Pablo Cardozo (Dylan MacAllister 88), Andrew Packer
Goal : Juric 68
1 - 0 Melbourne Knights
Lupce Acevski, Rodrigo Vargas, Sasa Ognenovski, Joel Porter, Ransford Banini (sent off 76), Alex Kiratzoglou, Andy Vargas (Dragi Nastevski 13), Antonio Da Costa, Steve Horvat, Adrian Cervinski, Ivan Jolic
Match report by Chris Kunz

Major Semi-Final, loser into Preliminary Final, winner into Grand Final
1st leg Played (11/05/2001) WIN Stadium
Referee : M Shield, Crowd : 11201
Wollongong
Dean Anastasiadis, George Souris, Alvin Ceccoli, Robert Stanton (David Cervinski 57), Matthew Horsley, Paul Reid, Saso Petrovski, Stuart Young, Scott Chipperfield, David Huxley, Ben Blake
Goals : Petrovski 6, Young 83pk
2 - 1 South Melbourne
Michael Petkovic, Steve Iosifidis (Andrew Vlahos 46), Fausto De Amicis, Mehmet Durakovic, Steve Panopoulos, Vaughan Coveny (Vas Kalogeracos 57), Paul Trimboli (Goran Lozanovski 46), Con Boutsianis, Zeljko Susa, Patrick Kisnorbo, Simon Colosimo
Goal : Boutsianis 45
Match report by Chris Kunz
2nd leg Played (20/05/2001) Bob Jane Stadium
Referee : S Micallef, Crowd : 10113
South Melbourne
Michael Petkovic, Steve Iosifidis, Fausto De Amicis, Mehmet Durakovic, Steve Panopoulos, Paul Trimboli (Vas Kalogeracos 67), Con Boutsianis, Andrew Vlahos, Goran Lozanovski (John Anastasiadis 73), Zeljko Susa (Vaughan Coveny 60), Simon Colosimo
Goal : Coveny 67
1 - 2 Wollongong
Dean Anastasiadis, George Souris, Alvin Ceccoli, David Cervinski, Matthew Horsley, Paul Reid, Saso Petrovski, Stuart Young, Scott Chipperfield (Robert Stanton 80), David Huxley, Ben Blake
Goals : Horsley 50, Petrovski 69
Match report by Alan Clark

Elimination Final, loser eliminated, winner into Minor Semi-Final
1st leg Played (06/05/2001) Knights Stadium
Referee : C Diomis, Crowd : 5380
Melbourne Knights
Lupce Acevski, Daniel Vasilevski, Rodrigo Vargas, Sasa Ognenovski, Joey Rajher (Alex Kiratzoglou 46), Joel Porter, Antonio Da Costa, Steve Horvat, Adrian Cervinski, Andrew Marth, Lubomir Lapsansky
0 - 0 Perth Glory
Jason Petkovic, Jamie Harnwell (sent off 28), Ljubo Milicevic, Gareth Naven, Scott Miller, Alistair Edwards (Gary Faria 63), Slobodan Despotovski, Kasey Wehrman, Edgar Aldrighi Junior, Damian Mori, Craig Deans
Match report by Markian Jaworsky
Report by AAP
Report by Tom Anderson
Match report by David Arnold
2nd leg Played (12/05/2001) Subiaco Oval
Referee : S Micallef, Crowd : 31710
Perth Glory
Jason Petkovic, Ljubo Milicevic, Gareth Naven, Scott Miller, Alistair Edwards (Brad Maloney 57), Slobodan Despotovski, Kasey Wehrman, Edgar Aldrighi Junior (Nick Mrdja 57), Damian Mori, Gary Faria, Craig Deans (Dion Valle 83)
Goals : Deans 67, Maloney 93
2 - 2 Melbourne Knights
Lupce Acevski, Daniel Vasilevski, Rodrigo Vargas, Sasa Ognenovski, Joel Porter (Joey Rajher 89), Andy Vargas (Ivan Jolic 68), Antonio Da Costa, Steve Horvat, Adrian Cervinski (Jason Vukadin 87), Andrew Marth (sent off 66), Lubomir Lapsansky
Goals : Cervinski 5, Horvat 28
Match report by David Arnold

Elimination Final, loser eliminated, winner into Minor Semi-Final
1st leg Played (06/05/2001) Belmore Sports Ground
Referee : M Shield, Crowd : 5154
Sydney Olympic
Clint Bolton, Paul Kohler, Scott Baillie, Ante Juric, Kresimir Marusic (Dylan MacAllister 88), Troy Halpin, George Goutzioulis, Greg Owens, Elias Augerinos (Damon Collina 75), Pablo Cardozo, Andrew Packer (Peter Zorbas 77)
Goals : Cardozo 3, 59, Marusic 30
3 - 1 Marconi-Fairfield
David Aceski, Mark Babic, Angelo Costanzo, Dominic Longo, James Afkos, Norman Tome (Saso Radulovic 78), John Maisano (Vlado Zoric 46), John Gibson, Brendan Renaud, Kris Trajanovski (Royce Brownlie 61), Grant Last
Goal : Gibson 89
2nd leg Played (13/05/2001) Marconi Stadium
Referee : G Connolly, Crowd : 6087
Marconi-Fairfield
Michael Turnbull, Angelo Costanzo, Dominic Longo, Pan Keun Kim, Saso Radulovic (Christian Care 64), Royce Brownlie (John Maisano 68), John Gibson (Kris Trajanovski 64), Brendan Renaud, Simon Bell (sent off 60), Vlado Zoric, Archie Thompson
0 - 2 Sydney Olympic
Clint Bolton, Paul Kohler, Scott Baillie, Ante Juric, Kresimir Marusic, Troy Halpin (Damon Collina 84), George Goutzioulis (Nick Carle 76), Greg Owens (Peter Zorbas 40), Elias Augerinos, Pablo Cardozo, Andrew Packer
Goals : Cardozo 35, Marusic 62