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The 1989–90 National Soccer League season, was the 14th season of the National Soccer League in Australia. The league was known as the Quit NSL under a sponsorship arrangement with the Victorian Health Promotion Foundation.^[1]

Regular season

League table

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

Finals series


Elimination and qualifying Finals			Semi-finals			Preliminary Final			Grand Final



			1	Marconi Fairfield	1				1	Marconi Fairfield	0

			3	Melbourne Croatia	0				5	Sydney Olympic	2

2	South Melbourne	1 (6)				3	Melbourne Croatia	1

3	Melbourne Croatia	1 (7)				5	Sydney Olympic	2

			2	South Melbourne	0

			5	Sydney Olympic	1

4	Adelaide City	1

5	Sydney Olympic	2

Grand Final

Marconi Stallions	0–2	Sydney Olympic
		Alistair Edwards, Robert Ironside

Parramatta Stadium, Sydney

Attendance: 26,353

Referee: John Santa Isabel



	1	Bob Catlin
	2	Gary van Egmond
	3	Jean-Paul de Marigny
	4	Steve Calderan (c)
	5	Robert Wheatley
	6	Ian Gray
	7	Tom McCulloch
	8	Vince Colagiuri
	9	Fred de Jong
	10	Paul Okon
	11	David Lowe
Substitutes:
	12	Peter Katholos
	14	Gerry Gomez
	20	Mark Schwarzer
Manager:
Bertie Mariani



	1	Clint Gosling
	2	David Barrett
	3	Robert Hooker (c)
	4	Tony Spyridakos
	5	Andrew Bernal
	6	Gary Phillips
	7	Grant Lee
	8	Alistair Edwards
	9	Abbas Saad
	10	Robert Ironside
	11	Steve Refenes
Substitutes:
	12	Marko Perinovic
	13	Eric Hristodoulou
	20	Gary Meier
Manager:
Mick Hickman

Individual awards

Player of the Year: Zeljko Adzic (Melbourne Croatia)
U-21 Player of the Year: Paul Okon (Marconi Fairfield)
Top Scorer: David Seal (Sydney Croatia) - 15 goals
Coach of the Year: Bertie Mariani (Marconi Fairfield)

References

^ Williams, Daniel (31 October 1989). "NSL prepares to turn up the heat on rival codes". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 26 May 2020 – via Newspapers.com.

Other sources

[1] Williams, Daniel (31 October 1989). "NSL prepares to turn up the heat on rival codes". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 26 May 2020 – via Newspapers.com.

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