Carlton Soccer Club was an Australian semi-professional association football club based in Joimont, Melbourne. The club was formed in 1997 and joined the National Soccer League in the 1997–98 season until they were disbanded from the 2000–01 National Soccer League and became defunct. The club's first team spent four seasons in the National Soccer League. The table details the club's achievements in major competitions, and the top scorers for each season.

History

Carlton's inaugural season in 1997–98 saw the club finish regular season runners-up against South Melbourne[1] and qualify for their first Grand Final losing 2–1 against South Melbourne with Carlton claiming the two runners-up medals. The next season in 1998–99 had the team miss out on the Finals series finishing 11th out of 15.[2] Carlton had qualified for the Finals series the next season in 1999–2000 finished 3rd but being eliminated in the Preliminary Final by Wollongong Wolves. This was to be the club's last completed season, as the 2000–01 season saw the club become defunct after playing just eight rounds in the 2000–01 National Soccer League season[3] and effectively forfeiting all results in the league being awarded 3–0 losses.[4]

Key

Key to league competitions:

Seasons

Results of league and cup competitions by season
Season Division Pld W D L GF GA Pts Pos Finals Name(s) Goals
League Top goalscorer(s)
1997–98 NSL 261295442445 2nd RU Andrew Vlahos 11
1998–99 NSL 289415474731 11th DNQ Alex Moreira 12
1999–2000 NSL 3417710553958 3rd PF Alex Moreira 15
2000–01[lower-alpha 1] NSL 3000300900 16th DNQ Archie Thompson 6

Footnotes

  1. ↑ When Carlton became defunct, the club forfeited all results in the 2000–01 National Soccer League with all matches being awarded 3–0 losses.

References

Specific

  1. ↑ "1997-98 Season A-League Table". OzFootball.net. Retrieved 30 July 2022.
  2. ↑ "1998-99 Season A-League Table". OzFootball.net. Retrieved 30 July 2022.
  3. ↑ "SYDNEY OYLMPIC STUMBLES". Australian & British Soccer Weekly. Vol. 21, no. 1012. p. 7.
  4. ↑ "2000-2001 Season A-League Table". OzFootball.net. Retrieved 30 July 2022.
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