2003–04 Perth Glory SC season

Perth Glory
2003–04 season
Owner Nick Tana
Head coach Mich d'Avray
Stadium Members Equity Stadium
Arena Joondalup
Subiaco Oval
National Soccer League Premier (1st)
Finals series Champion
Top goalscorer League: Damian Mori (14)[1]
All: Damian Mori (16)[1]
Highest home attendance 12,624 (regular season)
17,524 (finals)
Lowest home attendance 6,801
Home colours

The 2003–04 Perth Glory SC season was the club's eighth season since its establishment in 1996, and its final season in the National Soccer League (NSL). Perth Glory finished top of the league and were crowned champions after defeating Parramatta Power in the 2004 NSL Grand Final.

First-team squad

Squad at end of season

Final standings

Pos
Team Pld
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
Pts
Qualification or relegation
1 Perth Glory (C) 24 18 3 3 56 22+34 57 2003–04 National Soccer League Champions
2 Parramatta Power 24 16 3 5 58 30+28 51 2004 National Soccer League Elimination Finals
3 Adelaide United 24 11 7 6 28 25+3 40
4 Marconi Stallions 24 10 8 6 29 25+4 38
5 South Melbourne 24 11 4 9 39 21+18 37
6 Brisbane Strikers 24 9 5 10 28 335 32
7 Northern Spirit 24 9 3 12 31 332 30
8 Sydney Olympic 24 7 8 9 26 315 29
9 Wollongong Wolves 24 8 5 11 34 417 29
10 Sydney United 24 7 8 9 18 257 29
11 Newcastle Jets 24 6 6 12 18 3315 24
12 Melbourne Knights 24 6 5 13 21 4120 23
13 Football Kingz 24 4 3 17 25 5126 15

Updated to games played on 29 February 2004
Source: ozfootball.net
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.


Home and away season

28 September 2003 Round 2 Perth Glory 3 0 Melbourne Knights Arena Joondalup
Mori  82',
Pondeljak  87',
Caceres  88'
Report Attendance: 9,780
Referee: Eddie Lennie
4 October 2003 Round 3 Brisbane Strikers 0 0 Perth Glory Perry Park
Report Attendance: 3,042
Referee: Peter Green
12 October 2003 Round 4 Football Kingz 1 3 Perth Glory Ericsson Stadium
Ngata  64' Report Despotovski  48',
Pondeljak  57',
Mori  67'
Attendance: 1,245
Referee: D. Rugg
19 October 2003 Round 5 Northern Spirit 3 5 Perth Glory Pittwater Park
O'Sullivan  6', 34',
Osman  38'
Report Pondeljak  11',
Mori  12',
Despotovski  14',
Hassell  43', 48'
Attendance: 2,867
Referee: Matthew Breeze
26 October 2003 Round 6 Sydney Olympic 0 2 Perth Glory OKI Jubilee Stadium
Report Mori  37', 76' Attendance: 3,383
Referee: S. Pryzdacz
2 November 2003 Round 7 Parramatta Power 6 0 Perth Glory Parramatta Stadium
Milicic  8', 37', 44',
Buonavoglia  29', 49',
Colosimo  90'
Report Attendance: 2,639
Referee: Matthew Breeze
9 November 2003 Round 8 Perth Glory 1 0 South Melbourne Arena Joondalup
Despotovski  62' (pen.) Report Attendance: 7,356
Referee: S. Micallef
16 November 2003 Round 9 Adelaide United 1 4 Perth Glory Hindmarsh Stadium
Kemp  19' Report Pondeljak  15', 92',
Mori  16',
Despotovski  49'
Attendance: 13,096
Referee: Matthew Breeze
23 November 2003 Round 10 Wollongong Wolves 2 1 Perth Glory WIN Stadium
Young  3',
Nwaogazi  54'
Report Mori  69' Attendance: 1,879
Referee: Peter Green
28 November 2003 Round 11 Newcastle United 1 0 Perth Glory Energy Australia Stadium
Masi  82' Report Attendance: 2,976
Referee: S. Micallef
2 February 2004 Round 12 Perth Glory 2 0 Sydney United Perth
Mori  20',
Mrdja  81'
Report Stadium: Members Equity Stadium
Attendance: 6,801
Referee: Matthew Breeze
10 December 2003 Round 13 Marconi Stallions 0 2 Perth Glory Marconi Stadium
Report Mori  68',
Despotovski  73'
Attendance: 1,851
Referee: B. Hugo
21 December 2003 Round 15 Melbourne Knights 0 2 Perth Glory Knights Stadium
Report Mrdja  32', 74' Attendance: 3,693
Referee: Mark Shield
27 December 2003 Round 16 Perth Glory 6 1 Brisbane Strikers Perth
Despotovski  26',
Byrnes  45',
Hassell  55',
Caceres  74',
Pondeljak  76',
Mrdja  84'
Report Brownlie  55' (pen.) Stadium: Members Equity Stadium
Attendance: 12,142
Referee: Eddie Lennie
3 January 2004 Round 17 Perth Glory 4 0 Football Kingz Perth
Murphy  29',
Faria  56',
Mrdja  62', 78'
Stadium: Members Equity Stadium
Attendance: 9,856
Referee: C. Diomis
21 January 2004 Round 18 Perth Glory 3 2 Northern Spirit Perth
Murphy  9',
Pondeljak  42',
Despotovski  85'
Richter  25',
Tomasevic  92'
Stadium: Members Equity Stadium
Attendance: 7,996
Referee: Eddie Lennie
10 January 2004 Round 19 Perth Glory 2 0 Sydney Olympic Perth
Murphy  76', 84' Stadium: Members Equity Stadium
Attendance: 9,005
Referee: A. Nardi
17 January 2004 Round 20 Perth Glory 4 1 Parramatta Power Perth
Mrdja  18', 52',
Despotovski  27' (pen.),
Caceres  90'
Sekulovski  74' Stadium: Members Equity Stadium
Attendance: 12,624
Referee: Eddie Lennie
26 January 2004 Round 21 South Melbourne 0 0 Perth Glory Bob Jane Stadium
Attendance: 11,642
Referee: Matthew Breeze
31 January 2004 Round 22 Perth Glory 2 0 Adelaide United Perth
Mori  30', 34' Stadium: Members Equity Stadium
Attendance: 9,711
Referee: A. Nardi
7 February 2004 Round 23 Perth Glory 2 0 Wollongong Wolves Perth
Despotovski  33',
Mori  62'
Stadium: Members Equity Stadium
Attendance: 9,233
Referee: Mark Shield
14 February 2004 Round 24 Perth Glory 2 0 Newcastle United Perth
Mori  27',
Caceres  85'
Stadium: Members Equity Stadium
Attendance: 8,678
Referee: C. Zetter
22 February 2004 Round 25 Sydney United 2 4 Perth Glory Sydney United Sports Centre
Santalab  69',
Heffernan  78'
Mrdja  28', 38', 92',
Hassell  70'
Attendance: 3,039
Referee: C. Diomis
8 February 2004 Round 26 Perth Glory 2 2 Marconi Stallions Perth
Mori  83',
Mrdja  86'
Spiteri  21', 76' Stadium: Members Equity Stadium
Attendance: 10,458
Referee: Eddie Lennie

Finals

13 March 2004 Major Semi Final, 1st Leg Parramatta Power 42 Perth Glory Parramatta Stadium, Sydney
Ceccoli  9'
Petrovski  41'
Zorbas  45'
Milicic  75'
Report) Despotovski  46'
Harnwell  56'
Attendance: 6,059
Referee: Micallef
20 March 2004 Major Semi Final, 2nd Leg Perth Glory 02
(2–6 agg.)
Parramatta Power Perth
Report Elrich  15'
Petrovski  65'
Stadium: Members Equity Stadium
Attendance: 14,023
Referee: Matthew Breeze
28 March 2004 Preliminary Final Perth Glory 50 Adelaide United Perth
Despotovski  10', 81'
Mori  51', 69'
Mrdja  88'
Report Stadium: Subiaco Oval
Attendance: 17,524
Referee: Mark Shield
4 April 2004 2004 NSL Grand Final Parramatta Power 0 1 (a.e.t.) Perth Glory Sydney
15:00 AEST Report Mrdja  98' Stadium: Parramatta Stadium
Attendance: 9,630
Referee: Mark Shield
Man of the Match: Ahmad Elrich

References

  1. 1 2 "2003/2004 Season Top Scorers". OzFootball. Retrieved 27 January 2014.
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