1990 NSL Cup final

The 1990 NSL Cup final was the final match of the 1989–90 NSL Cup, the 14th season of the National Soccer League Cup. It was played at Olympic Park in Melbourne on 25 April 1990 between South Melbourne and Sydney Olympic.^[1] South Melbourne won the match 4–1 for their first NSL Cup title.^[2]

1990 NSL Cup final

Event	1989–90 NSL Cup
South Melbourne Sydney Olympic 4 1
Date	25 April 1990 (1990-04-25)
Venue	Olympic Park, Melbourne
Referee	John Santa Isabel
Attendance	8,790
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Route to the final

Main article: 1989–90 NSL Cup

South Melbourne		Round	Sydney Olympic
Opposition	Score		Opposition	Score
Sunshine George Cross (H)	4–2	R1	Melita Eagles (H)	4–1
Blacktown City (H)	5–1	R2	Sydney Croatia (H)	3–1
Adelaide City (A)	1–0	SF	APIA Leichhardt (H)	4–1
Key: (H) = Home venue; (A) = Away venue

Match

Details

25 April 1990

19:00 AEST

South Melbourne	4–1	Sydney Olympic
Taliadoros 21' Petersen 71' Trimboli 72' (pen.) Tsolakis 84'	Report	Edwards 27'

Olympic Park, Melbourne

Attendance: 8,790

Referee: John Santa Isabel

GK 1 Bruce Maclaren DF 2 David Healy DF 3 Ange Postecoglou DF 4 Mehmet Duraković DF 5 Steve Blair MF 6 Paul Wade FW 8 Mike Petersen FW 10 Danny Wright  84' FW 11 Peter Tsolakis FW 9 Paul Trimboli FW 7 Kimon Taliadoros Substitutes: FW 13 Joe Palatsides  84' Head Coach: Ferenc Puskás

GK 1 Clint Gosling DF 2 David Barrett DF 4 Robert Hooker DF 12 Andy Bernal DF 14 Tony Spyridakos MF 7 Grant Lee MF 6 Gary Phillips MF 10 Robert Ironside MF 11 Steve Refenes  82' FW 9 Abbas Saad FW 13 Alistair Edwards Substitutes: FW 8 Marko Perinovic  82' Head Coach: Mick Hickman

Match rules 90 minutes 30 minutes of extra time if necessary Penalty shoot-out if scores still level