1989 National Soccer League

NSL 1989
League	National Soccer League
Sport	Association football
Duration	1989
Number of teams	14
NSL season
Champions	Marconi Fairfield
Top scorer	Zlatko Nastevski (20)

The 1989 National Soccer League season, was the 13th season of the National Soccer League in Australia.

Regular season

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Marconi Fairfield (C)	26	16	6	4	62	24	+38	38	1989 National Soccer League Champions
2	St George-Budapest	26	12	8	6	33	24	+9	32	1989 National Soccer League Finals
3	Sydney Olympic	26	11	9	6	37	26	+11	31
4	Melbourne Croatia	26	13	5	8	44	35	+9	31
5	Preston Makedonia	26	11	8	7	31	24	+7	30
6	Adelaide City	26	10	8	8	29	24	+5	28
7	Sydney Croatia	26	10	8	8	25	25	0	28
8	South Melbourne	26	9	8	9	44	37	+7	26
9	Wollongong City	26	8	7	11	22	29	−7	23
10	APIA Leichhardt Tigers	26	7	9	10	27	35	−8	23
11	Sunshine George Cross	26	7	5	14	25	38	−13	19
12	Blacktown City	26	5	9	12	28	50	−22	19
13	Melbourne JUST (R)	26	5	8	13	24	37	−13	18	Relegated to the 1990 Victorian Premier League
14	Heidelberg United (R)	26	7	4	15	22	45	−23	18

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

Finals

	Elimination and Qualifying Finals					Semi Finals					Preliminary Final					Grand Final
						1	Marconi Fairfield	1
						2	St George-Budapest	0								1	Marconi Fairfield	1
	2	St George-Budapest	1								2	St George-Budapest	0			2	Sydney Olympic	0
	3	Sydney Olympic	0								3	Sydney Olympic	1
						3	Sydney Olympic	3
	4	Melbourne Croatia	2		4	Melbourne Croatia	2
	5	Preston Makedonia	0

Individual awards

• Player of the Year: Zlatko Nastevski (Marconi Fairfield)
• U-21 Player of the Year: Paul Trimboli (South Melbourne)
• Top Scorer: Zlatko Nastevski (Marconi Fairfield) – 20 goals
• Coach of the Year: Bertie Mariani (Marconi Fairfield)

References

• - NSL Awards
• Australia - List of final tables (RSSSF)
• 1989 NSL Playoff results at ozfootball