1996–97 Women's National Soccer League

Women's National Soccer League
Season1996–97
Dates6 December 1996 — 23 March 1997
Matches played28
Goals scored99 (3.54 per match)

The 1996–97 Women's National Soccer League was the first season of the Women's National Soccer League, the former top Australian women's professional soccer league, since its establishment in 1996. Sponsored by Ansett Airlines, it was the first organized Australia-wide female football competition.

Teams

Six teams competed in the league split into a north and south conference. The teams were mostly representative sides of their states elite sporting institutes.[1]

Group 1

Group 2

League tables

Group 1
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 SA Sports Institute 9 6 1 2 21 13 +8 19 Qualification to the Grand Final
2 ACT Academy of Sport 9 3 2 4 13 14 −1 11
3 Victoria ITC 9 1 2 6 7 20 −13 5
Source: OzFootball.net

Group 2
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Queensland Academy of Sport 9 4 2 3 18 15 +3 14 Qualification to the Grand Final
2 NSW Institute of Sport 9 4 2 3 18 15 +3 14
3 Northern NSW ITC 9 4 1 4 19 19 0 13
Source: OzFootball.net

Results

Home \ Away ACT NOR NSW QLD SAS VIC ACT NOR NSW QLD SAS VIC
ACT Academy of Sport 2–3 3–2 2–2 1–2 1–3
Northern NSW ITC 1–3 2–3 2–4 1–0 3–1 3–2
NSW Institute of Sport 3–2 2–1 3–1 5–0 1–1
Queensland Academy of Sport 3–2 3–0 2–3 1–0
SA Sports Institute 1–0 6–1 0–2 2–0
Victoria ITC 0–1 2–2 1–1
Source: OzFootball.net
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Fifth place play-off

23 March 1997 Northern NSW ITC 1–0 Victoria ITC

Third place play-off

23 March 1997 ACT Academy of Sport 1–2 NSW Institute of Sport

Grand Final

23 March 1997 Queensland Academy of Sport 2–1 SA Sports Institute Canberra
Dunne 23', 82' Moore 14' Stadium: AIS Fields

Season statistics

Scoring

Top scorers

Rank Player Club Goals
1 England Kristy Moore SA Sports Institute 9
2 Australia Sharon Black SA Sports Institute 8
3 Australia Lisa Dunne Queensland Academy of Sport 7
4 Australia Kim Revell Queensland Academy of Sport 6
5 Australia Julie Murray NSW Institute of Sport 5
Australia Traci Bartlett ACT Academy of Sport

Hat-tricks

Player For Against Result Date
Australia Sharon Black SA Sports Institute Victoria ITC 6–1 (H) 7 December 1996
Australia Lisa Dunne Queensland Academy of Sport Northern NSW ITC 3–2 (A) 14 December 1996

References

General

  • "Women's National Soccer League — Season 1996/1997". OzFootball.net.
  • "Women's National Soccer League 1996/1997". WorldFootball.net.

Specific

  1. ^ "The first national women's championships". Football Australia. Retrieved 14 April 2023.
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