2003 Women's National Soccer League
LeagueWomen's National Soccer League
SportWomen's soccer
Duration17 October–20 December 2003
Number of teams6
WNSL season and grand final
ChampionsNSW Sapphires
Minor premiersQueensland Sting
Top scorerCatherine Cannuli

The 2003 Women's National Soccer League, known as the Ansett Summer Series under a sponsorship arrangement with Ansett Australia, was the eighth season of the Women's National Soccer League, the Australian national women's soccer competition. The season was played over 10 rounds followed by a grand final match between the top two teams. Queensland Sting finished first in the league however second-placed NSW Sapphires were crowned champions after winning the grand final.

Clubs

Teams in the 2003 WNSL:

Team City
Queensland StingBrisbane
NSW SapphiresSydney
Adelaide SensationAdelaide
Canberra EclipseCanberra
Victoria VisionMelbourne
Northern NSW PrideNewcastle

Regular season

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Queensland Sting 10 8 2 0 37 9 +28 26 Grand final
2 NSW Sapphires (C) 10 6 4 0 32 10 +22 22
3 Adelaide Sensation 10 4 1 5 19 25 −6 13
4 Canberra Eclipse 10 2 4 4 9 12 −3 10
5 Victoria Vision 10 2 3 5 14 32 −18 9
6 Northern NSW Pride 10 0 2 8 15 38 −23 2
Source: OzFootball
(C) Champions

Home and away season

The 2003 WNSL season was played over 10 rounds, followed by a grand final between the top two teams in the league, starting in October and completing in December 2009. While all teams played each other twice, not all teams played each other home and away with several rounds hosted in a single location.

Home \ Away Ade CBR NNSW NSW QLD Vic
Adelaide Sensation — 2–0 3–1† 1–2 1–4 0–1
Canberra Eclipse 2–0 — 2–0 3–0 0–1 0–0†
Northern NSW Pride 1–3† 1–2 — 0–9 3–4 5–5
NSW Sapphires 3–3 1–0 3–0 — 1–1† 6–1
Queensland Sting 8–2 2–0 5–1 0–0† — 5–1
Victoria Vision 3–4 0–0 2–1 1–4 0–7† —
Source: OzFootball

† Match hosted by "away" team.

Grand final

Queensland Sting entered the grand final without losing a match in the league, only missing out on points in two draws against NSW Sapphires.[1]

Queensland Sting1–3NSW Sapphires
Belinda Dawney 90' Sally Shipard 39'
Michelle Carney 55'
Leah Blayney 85'
Lions Stadium

Awards

References

  1. ↑ "Sapphires win WNSL title". The World Game. Special Broadcasting Service. Sportal. 21 December 2003. Retrieved 1 June 2017.
  2. ↑ "NSL award nominees named". The World Game. Special Broadcasting Service. 25 March 2004. Retrieved 1 June 2017.
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