1997–98 National Soccer League

NSL 1996-97
NSL 1996-97
League	National Soccer League
Sport	Association football
Duration	1997–98
Number of teams	14
NSL season
Champions	South Melbourne
Top scorer	Damian Mori (19)
National Soccer League seasons
	← 1996–97 1998–99 →

The 1997–98 National Soccer League season, was the 22nd season of the National Soccer League in Australia.

Overview

It was contested by 14 teams, and South Melbourne won the championship. First year Carlton SC competed.

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	South Melbourne (C)	26	13	9	4	56	41	+15	48	Qualification for the Finals series
2	Carlton	26	12	9	5	44	24	+20	45
3	Adelaide City	26	13	4	9	45	30	+15	43
4	Sydney United	26	11	10	5	37	26	+11	43
5	Marconi Fairfield	26	12	7	7	33	25	+8	43
6	Wollongong Wolves	26	13	3	10	51	33	+18	42
7	Melbourne Knights	26	11	6	9	37	35	+2	39
8	Perth Glory	26	10	6	10	35	40	−5	36
9	UTS Olympic	26	10	5	11	37	43	−6	35
10	West Adelaide	26	10	4	12	32	38	−6	34
11	Gippsland Falcons	26	8	7	11	28	36	−8	31
12	Brisbane Strikers	26	6	5	15	23	40	−17	23
13	Newcastle Breakers	26	4	9	13	30	50	−20	21
14	Canberra Cosmos	26	3	8	15	29	56	−27	17

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

16 May 1998
20:00 AEST

South Melbourne	2 – 1	Carlton SC
Anastasiadis 9' Boutsianis 87'	(report)	Stergiopoulos 78'

Attendance: 16,000

Referee: Eugene Brazzale