1978 National Soccer League

NSL 1978
League National Soccer League
Sport Association football
Duration 1978
Number of teams 14
NSL season
Premier West Adelaide
Top scorer Ken Boden
Clive Eaton (14 each)

The National Soccer League 1978 season was the second season of the National Soccer League in Australia. The premiers were West Adelaide.

League standings

Pos
Team Pld
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
Pts
Qualification or relegation
1 West Adelaide (C) 26 16 4 6 42 27+15 36 1978 National Soccer League Champions
2 Eastern Suburbs 26 15 5 6 49 27+22 35
3 South Melbourne 26 12 8 6 45 30+15 32
4 Marconi Fairfield 26 12 6 8 46 31+15 30
5 Fitzroy United 26 9 8 9 39 390 26
6 Brisbane Lions 26 8 10 8 37 392 26
7 St George-Budapest 26 11 3 12 41 40+1 25
8 Sydney Olympic 26 9 7 10 35 438 25
9 Western Suburbs (R) 26 9 6 11 41 454 24 Team withdrew at end of season
10 Adelaide City 26 9 6 11 38 446 24
11 Newcastle KB United 26 6 10 10 33 407 22
12 Footscray JUST 26 7 8 11 29 378 22
13 Canberra City 26 5 10 11 28 4113 20
14 Brisbane City 26 7 3 16 29 4920 17

Source: rsssf.com
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.

Finals series

The top four teams in the league entered a playoff series, however the winner of the grand final match was not considered the overall winner of the NSL season, unlike other NSL grand finals.[1]

Individual awards

Notes

  1. Curran, Brian (20 September 1978). "'Think Australian' advice to Soccer". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 24 February 2015.

References

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