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3rd season of the Women's National Soccer League

Football league season
Women's National Soccer League
Season1998–99
Dates7 November 1998 – 28 February 1999
ChampionsSASI Buffalo Pirates
1st title
PremiersCanberra Eclipse
1st title
Matches played41
Goals scored130 (3.17 per match)
Biggest home winQAS Sting 5–0 Northern NSW Horizon
(13 February 1999)
SASI Buffalo Pirates 5–0 Northern NSW Horizon
(20 February 1999)
Biggest away winNorthern NSW Horizon 0–9 Canberra Eclipse
(6 February 1999)
Highest scoringNorthern NSW Horizon 0–9 Canberra Eclipse
(6 February 1999)
← 1997–98 1999 →

The 1998–99 Women's National Soccer League was the third season of the Women's National Soccer League. The season began on 7 November 1998, and concluded with the grand final on 28 February 1999.

NSWIS Sapphires were the defending champions, as SASI Buffalo Pirates won their first championship in a 2–0 win over Canberra Eclipse in the grand final.

Teams

1998–99 Women's National Soccer League is located in AustraliaCanberra EclipseCanberra EclipseNorthern NSW HorizonNorthern NSW HorizonNSWIS SapphiresNSWIS SapphiresQAS StingQAS StingSASI Buffalo PiratesSASI Buffalo Piratesclass=notpageimage| Locations of the 1998–99 Women's National Soccer League

Regular season

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Canberra Eclipse 16 9 3 4 32 25 +7 30 Qualification for Grand final
2 SASI Buffalo Pirates (C) 16 8 4 4 29 11 +18 28
3 NSWIS Sapphires 16 7 6 3 24 13 +11 27
4 QAS Sting 16 5 3 8 26 30 −4 18
5 Northern NSW Horizon 16 2 2 12 16 48 −32 8
Source: OzFootball
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions

Results

Home \ Away CAN NOR NSW QAS SAS CAN NOR NSW QAS SAS
Canberra Eclipse 3–2 3–2 5–3 1–0 1–2 0–4 2–2 1–0
Northern NSW Horizon 0–9 2–5 4–0 0–1 1–1 1–1 1–3 0–5
NSWIS Sapphires 2–0 1–0 1–1 0–0 0–1 1–0 0–2 0–0
QAS Sting 0–1 5–0 1–2 2–0 1–2 5–2 1–1 0–4
SASI Buffalo Pirates 5–1 5–0 0–3 3–0 1–1 2–1 1–1 2–0
Source: OzFootball
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Grand final

SASI Buffalo Pirates2–0Canberra Eclipse
Report
Ainslie Football Club, CanberraAttendance: 852Referee: Tammy Ogston

References

  1. Esamie, Thomas; Persoglia, Tony. "1998-99 Ansett Australia Summer Series". OzFootball.
  2. Mar, Janene (3 March 1998). "SASI PIRATES TO TREASURE GRAND FINAL NUMBER THREE". Australian & British Soccer Weekly. Vol. 20, no. 920. p. 10.
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