1988 National Soccer League

NSL 1988
League	National Soccer League
Sport	Association football
Duration	1988
Number of teams	14
NSL season
Champions	Marconi Fairfield
Top scorer	Frank Farina (16)

The 1988 National Soccer League season, was the 12th season of the National Soccer League in Australia.

Regular season


Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Wollongong City !Wollongong City	26	13	8	5	44	32	+12	34	1988 National Soccer League Finals
2	Sydney Croatia !Sydney Croatia	26	15	4	7	38	30	+8	34
3	South Melbourne !South Melbourne	26	13	8	5	36	29	+7	34
4	Marconi Fairfield !Marconi Fairfield (C)	26	12	8	6	46	26	+20	32	1988 National Soccer League Champions
5	Sydney Olympic !Sydney Olympic	26	9	9	8	28	22	+6	27	1988 National Soccer League Finals
6	Adelaide City !Adelaide City	26	10	7	9	36	35	+1	27
7	Sunshine George Cross !Sunshine George Cross	26	11	5	10	38	39	−1	27
8	St George-Budapest !St George-Budapest	26	10	6	10	41	35	+6	26
9	Melbourne Croatia !Melbourne Croatia	26	9	6	11	28	33	−5	24
10	Footscray JUST !Footscray JUST	26	7	9	10	34	32	+2	23
11	APIA Leichhardt Tigers !APIA Leichhardt Tigers	26	8	7	11	28	35	−7	23
12	Preston Makedonia !Preston Makedonia	26	5	12	9	29	35	−6	22
13	Brunswick Juventus !Brunswick Juventus (R)	26	7	5	14	31	43	−12	19	Relegated to the 1989 Victorian Premier League
14	Brisbane Lions !Brisbane Lions (R)	26	4	4	18	28	59	−31	12	Relegated to the 1989 Brisbane Premier League

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

Finals

Elimination and Qualifying Finals			Semi Finals				Preliminary Final			Grand Final

			1	Wollongong City	0 (3)
			2	Sydney Croatia (p)	0 (4)					2	Sydney Croatia	2 (2)
2	Sydney Croatia	2					1	Wollongong City	0	4	Marconi Fairfield (p)	2 (3)
3	South Melbourne	1					4	Marconi Fairfield	2
				3	South Melbourne	1
4	Marconi Fairfield	3	4	Marconi Fairfield	2
5	Sydney Olympic	1

Individual awards

Player(s) of the Year: Paul Wade (South Melbourne); Frank Farina (Marconi Fairfield)
U-21 Player of the Year: Paul Trimboli (South Melbourne)
Top Scorer: Frank Farina (Marconi Fairfield) – 16 goals
Coach of the Year: Brian Garvey (South Melbourne)

References

Soccer in Australia

Football Federation Australia

National teams	Men's Men's U-23 Men's U-20 Men's U-17 Men's Beach Men's Paralympic Women's Women's U-20 Women's U-17

Current competitions	A-League Youth League W-League National Premier Leagues FFA Cup FFA State Institute Challenge Kanga Cup

Defunct competitions	National Soccer League NSL Cup National Youth League (1984–2004) Women's National Soccer League Australia Cup

Lists	Clubs Venues (stadiums by capacity) Champions

Other	League system Professional Footballers Australia Football Hall of Fame Women's soccer in Australia

National Soccer League

List of NSL champions List of NSL players

Seasons	1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–2000 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04

Teams	APIA Leichhardt Adelaide City Adelaide United Blacktown City Brisbane City SC Brisbane Lions SC Brisbane Strikers Brunswick Juventus Canberra City SC Canberra Cosmos Canterbury-Marrickville Carlton S.C. Collingwood Warriors Eastern Pride Football Kingz Footscray JUST Green Gully Cavaliers Heidelberg United Inter Monaro Marconi Stallions Melbourne Knights Mooroolbark SC Newcastle Breakers Newcastle Jets Newcastle KB United Newcastle Rosebud United Northern Spirit Parramatta Eagles Parramatta Power Penrith City SC Perth Glory Preston Lions FC South Melbourne St George Saints Sunshine George Cross Sydney City Sydney Olympic Sydney United FC West Adelaide Western Suburbs SC Wollongong Macedonia Wollongong Wolves

Cups	1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97

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