1989–90 in Australian soccer

The 1989–90 season was the 21st season of national competitive association football in Australia and 107th overall.

Soccer in Australia

Season	1989–90
Men's soccer
NSL Premiership	Marconi Fairfield
NSL Championship	Sydney Olympic
NSL Cup	South Melbourne

National teams

Australia women's national soccer team

Main article: Australia women's national soccer team

Results and fixtures

Friendlies

Japan v Australia

4 December 1989	Japan	2–2	Australia	Kanagawa, Japan
		Report	Hughes 52' Vinson 81'

Japan v Australia

5 December 1989	Japan	1–1	Australia	Kanagawa, Japan
		Report

Domestic soccer

National Soccer League

Main article: 1989–90 National Soccer League

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Marconi Fairfield	26	16	6	4	51	24	+27	38	Qualification for the Finals series
2	South Melbourne	26	15	6	5	42	23	+19	36
3	Melbourne Croatia	26	14	7	5	49	26	+23	35
4	Adelaide City	26	13	8	5	39	23	+16	34
5	Sydney Olympic (C)	26	12	7	7	40	25	+15	31
6	APIA Leichhardt	26	11	9	6	36	25	+11	31
7	Sydney Croatia	26	10	6	10	40	39	+1	26
8	Parramatta Eagles	26	10	6	10	31	31	0	26
9	Preston Makedonia	26	9	5	12	33	35	−2	23
10	St George-Budapest	26	7	7	12	35	44	−9	21
11	Wollongong City	26	8	4	14	30	48	−18	20
12	Sunshine George Cross	26	6	5	15	24	49	−25	17
13	West Adelaide (R)	26	5	4	17	21	54	−33	14	Relegation to the South Australian Division 1
14	Blacktown City (R)	26	4	4	18	30	55	−25	12	Relegation to the NSW Division 1

Updated to match(es) played on unknown. Source: rsssf.com
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated

NSL Cup

Main article: 1989–90 NSL Cup

Final

Main article: 1990 NSL Cup final

25 April 1990

19:00 AEST

South Melbourne	4–1	Sydney Olympic
Taliadoros 21' Petersen 71' Trimboli 72' (pen.) Tsolakis 84'	Report	Edwards 27'

Olympic Park, Melbourne

Attendance: 8,790

Referee: John Santa Isabel

External links

• Football Australia official website