2000 National Soccer League results
2000/2001 Season Round 01 Results
written by Thomas Esamie and John Punshon

Played (13/10/2000) Parramatta Stadium
Referee : M Breeze, Crowd : 5299
Parramatta Power
Les Pogliacomi, David Barrett, Ahmad Elrich, Nick Orlic, Alex Tobin, Joel Griffiths (Steve Eagleton 81), Milan Blagojevic (Joe Miller 70), Matt Thompson, Hamilton Thorp, Andrew Clark (Steve Berry 70), Peter Bennett (sent off 45)
0 - 2 Marconi-Fairfield
David Aceski, Chad Gibson, Angelo Costanzo, Dominic Longo, Darren McDonald, Norman Tome (Harry Karl 92), John Maisano, Raphael Bove (Christian Care 80), Buddy Farah, John Gibson, Brendan Renaud
Goals : C Gibson 64, 92
Match report by Chris Dunkerley

Played (13/10/2000) Hindmarsh Stadium
Referee : C Diomis, Crowd : 3625
Adelaide Force
Adrian Cagalj, Gianluca Lagati, Ante Kovacevic, Fabrizio Bucciarelli, Louis Brain, Carl Veart, Nick Sabljak, Bradley Hassell, Lucas Pantelis (Mario Karlovic 79), Claudio Pelosi (Scott Tunbridge 68), Nathan Day
Goal : Hassell 80
1 - 3 South Melbourne
Michael Petkovic, Steve Iosifidis, Fausto De Amicis, Mehmet Durakovic, Steve Panopoulos, Vaughan Coveny, Paul Trimboli, John Anastasiadis (Vas Kalogeracos 59), Andy Vlahos (sent off 83), Zeljko Susa, Patrick Kisnorbo
Goals : Vlahos 67, 83, Kalogeracos 90

Played (14/10/2000) Suncorp Stadium
Referee : B Hugo, Crowd : 2349
Brisbane Strikers
Danny Duke, Shane Steffanuto, Jon McKain, Matthew Bell, Peter Grierson, Paul Foster, Peter Dwyer (Wade Baldwin 83), David Pilic (Adam Webber 56), Jade North, Jeromy Harris, Nick Meredith (Lawrence Drake 71)
Goal : Grierson 58
1 - 2 Melbourne Knights
Martin John, Rod Vargas, Sasa Ognenovski, Jason Vudakin, Joey Rajher, Joel Porter (Anthony Pelikan 83), Ivan Zelic (Zoltan Zold 65), Xhezair Sulemani (Michael Bosevski 85), Paul Magdic, Alex Kiratzoglou, Andrew Vargas
Goals : Vargas 41, Sulemani 69

Played (14/10/2000) WIN Stadium
Referee : S Micallef, Crowd : 5443
Wollongong
Daniel Beltrame, George Souris, David Cervinski, Matthew Horsley, Paul Reid, Saso Petrovski, Stuart Young, Scott Chipperfield, David Huxley, Ben Blake, Dino Mennillo
Goal : Young pk
1 - 1 Perth Glory
Jason Petkovic, Robert Trajkovski, Jamie Harnwell (Ljubo Milicevic), Gareth Naven, Scott Miller, Brad Maloney, Alistair Edwards, Slobodan Despotovski, Edgar Aldrighi Junior, Damian Mori, Shane Pryce
Goal : Mori

Played (14/10/2000) Mobil Park
Referee : G Connolly, Crowd : 1576
Eastern Pride
Bojo Jevdjevic, Dean Fak, Dong Ki Kim, Ante Deak, Michael Katz (Naum Sekulovski 85), Clayton Bell, Neville Roach, Robbie Puca, John Hutchinson, Juan Nilo, Paul Wearne
Goal : Roach 50
1 - 1 Newcastle United
Brad Swancott, Andy Roberts, Chris Zoricich, Todd McManus, Travis Dodd (Vasko Trpcevski 70), Mark Wilson (Glenn Sprod 85), John Buonavoglia, Peter Tsekenis, Brad Wieczorek (Daniel McBreen 88), Anthony Surjan, Esala Masi
Goal : Surjan 78
Match report by Chris Tanner

Played (14/10/2000) Bruce Stadium
Referee : J Blaney, Crowd : 1870
Canberra Cosmos
Barney Smith, Toplica Popovich, Andrew Ravanello, Nicholas Purdue (Shane Lyons 81), David Milin, Alex Castro, Jon Angelucci, David Arranz, Marcus Phillips, Robbie Hooker, Brad Scott (Naoki Imaya 81)
Goal : Phillips 70
3 - 0 Carlton
Dean Anastasiadis, Dave McPherson, Craig Deans (Sean Douglas 85), Andrew Marth, Robert Middleby, Lubomir Lapsansky, Archie Thompson, David Terminello, Steve Horvat, Daniel Vasilevski (Con Anthopoulos 81), Andrew Packer (Angelo Motsiopoulos 81)
Goals : Thompson 14, 47
Match awarded on walkover after Carlton folded in December 2000
Match report by Chris Kunz
Match report by David Arnold

Played (15/10/2000) Sydney United Sports Center
Referee : C Zetter, Crowd : 4958
Sydney United
Brett Hughes (Steve Tolios 10), Damien Foxe, Danny Burt, Richard Plesa, Vince Savocca (Commins Menapi 75), Mark Silic (Goran Talevski 55), Zlatko Arambasic, Nahuel Arrarte, Tom Pondeljak, Aytec Genc, Francis Awaritefe
Goals : Arambasic 73, 88
2 - 1 Northern Spirit
John Perosh, Michael Cunico, Matthew Langdon, Matthew Bingley, Robbie Enes, Gabriel Mendez, Troy Cranney, Ben Burgess (Alex Moreira 77), Noel Spencer, Paul Bilokapic, Daniel Watkins (Ryan Griffiths 82)
Goal : Langdon 5
Match report by Chris Dunkerley

Played (15/10/2000) Belmore Sports Ground
Referee : M Shield, Crowd : 5873
Sydney Olympic
Clint Bolton, Sebastian Sinozic, Lindsay Wilson, Paul Kohler, Scott Baillie, Ante Juric, Kresimir Marusic (Anthony Doumanis 85), Ante Moric, Troy Halpin, Greg Owens (Dylan Macallister 70), Nick Carle
Goals : Moric 34, Marusic 78
2 - 0 Football Kingz
Chris Marsh, Aaran Lines, Jonathon Perry, Chris Jackson, Paul Urlovic (Dennis Ibrahim 67), Andreas Bluhm (Gerard Davis 76), Heremai Ngata, Ivan Vicelich, Michael Cartwright, Riki van Steeden (Che Bunce 82), Tim Stevens
Match report by Chris Dunkerley