1999–2000 in Australian soccer

The 1999–2000 season was the 31st season of national competitive association football in Australia and 117th overall.

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

National teams

Australia national soccer team

Main article: Australia men's national soccer team

Results and fixtures

Friendlies

Chile v Australia

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

Australia v Slovakia

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

Australia v Bulgaria

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

Hungary v Australia

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

Czech Republic v Australia

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

Australia v Paraguay

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

Australia v Paraguay

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

Australia v Paraguay

15 June 2000	Australia	2–1	Paraguay	Melbourne, Australia
	Foster 47' Zdrilic 52'	Report	Caceres 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.

Group A

Cook Islands v Australia

19 June 2000	Cook Islands	0–17	Australia	Papeete, 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: Ronan Leaustic (Tahiti)

Australia v Solomon Islands

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

Knockout stage

Australia v Vanuatu

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

Australia v New Zealand

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

LG Cup

Kuwait v Australia

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

South Korea v Australia

7 October 2000	South Korea	4–2	Australia	Dubai, 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

Main article: Australia men's national under-23 soccer team

Australia national under-17 soccer team

Main article: Australia national under-17 soccer team

Australia national women's soccer team

Friendlies

China v Australia

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

China v Australia

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

OFC competitions

Oceania Club Championship

Main article: 1999 Oceania Club Championship

Group stage

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

Source:

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 soccer

National Soccer League

Main article: 1999–2000 National Soccer League

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Perth Glory	34	19	7	8	60	42	+18	64	Qualification for the Finals series
2	Wollongong Wolves (C)	34	17	9	8	72	44	+28	60	Qualification for the Finals series and the Oceania Club Championship
3	Carlton	34	17	7	10	55	39	+16	58	Qualification for the Finals series
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	34	14	9	11	44	44	0	51
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	23	49	−26	29
16	Sydney United	34	5	5	24	19	58	−39	20

Source: rsssf.com
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions

Women's soccer

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
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) Champions

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.

20 November 1999

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

Marconi Stadium, Sydney