1978 National Soccer League

The 1978 National Soccer League was the second season of the National Soccer League, the former top-tier Australian professional soccer league, since its establishment in 1977. The premiers were West Adelaide.

National Soccer League
Season1978
Dates5 March — 17 September
Matches played186
Goals scored550 (2.96 per match)
Biggest home winEastern Suburbs 5–0 Sydney Olympic
(28 March 1978)
South Melbourne 5–0 Adelaide City
(13 August 1978)
Highest scoringMarconi-Fairfield 6–2 Western Suburbs
(16 April 1978)
← 1977
1979 →

Teams

Stadiums and locations

Note: Table lists in alphabetical order.

Team Location Stadium Capacity
Adelaide City Adelaide Olympic Sports Field 5,000
Brisbane City Brisbane Perry Park 5,000
Brisbane Lions Brisbane Perry Park 5,000
Canberra City Canberra
Queanbeyan		 Manuka Oval
Seiffert Oval		 16,000
?
Fitzroy United Melbourne Olympic Park Stadium 18,500
Footscray Melbourne Middle Park 18,000
Marconi-Fairfield Sydney Marconi Stadium 9,000
South Melbourne Melbourne Middle Park 18,000
St George Sydney Sydney Sports Ground
Marconi Stadium		 35,000
9,000
Eastern Suburbs Sydney Sydney Sports Ground 35,000
Sydney Olympic Sydney Sydney Sports Ground
Wentworth Park		 35,000
?
Western Suburbs Sydney Sydney Sports Ground
Englefield Stadium		 35,000
?
West Adelaide Adelaide Hindmarsh Stadium 16,500

League table
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
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 39 0 26
6 Brisbane Lions 26 8 10 8 37 39 −2 26
7 St George-Budapest 26 11 3 12 41 40 +1 25
8 Sydney Olympic 26 9 7 10 35 43 −8 25
9 Western Suburbs 26 9 6 11 41 45 −4 24 Team withdrew at end of season
10 Adelaide City 26 9 6 11 38 44 −6 24
11 Newcastle KB United 26 6 10 10 33 40 −7 22
12 Footscray JUST 26 7 8 11 29 37 −8 22
13 Canberra City 26 5 10 11 28 41 −13 20
14 Brisbane City 26 7 3 16 29 49 −20 17
Source: rsssf.com
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champion.

Results
Home \ Away ADC BRC BRL CAN ESU FIT FOO MAR NUN SME STG SYO WSA WSU
Adelaide City 3–2 1–4 3–1 0–1 3–2 0–1 4–0 1–1 1–1 1–0 0–1 1–2 4–2
Brisbane City 2–1 0–1 1–0 0–3 1–1 3–0 0–3 1–2 3–4 1–4 3–2 0–1 0–0
Brisbane Lions 3–1 1–2 2–2 1–1 1–1 0–0 0–3 2–1 1–1 0–0 1–2 1–0 3–1
Canberra City 2–2 4–0 2–1 1–2 2–2 1–1 0–0 2–2 0–3 1–1 1–3 1–1 2–2
Eastern Suburbs 1–2 2–0 1–3 3–0 2–1 1–2 0–0 1–0 0–0 4–2 5–0 2–1 3–0
Fitzroy United 3–0 1–0 0–0 0–1 1–1 0–1 4–1 1–0 4–1 1–4 3–1 1–1 0–3
Footscray 0–1 2–2 4–0 1–2 1–1 1–2 0–2 0–1 0–2 2–0 2–3 2–2 2–3
Marconi Fairfield 1–1 3–2 3–1 2–0 1–2 4–0 1–2 4–2 1–1 2–1 0–0 2–0 6–2
Newcastle KB United 2–2 2–3 2–2 3–0 1–4 2–2 1–1 1–0 1–1 1–2 1–1 0–1 2–1
South Melbourne 5–0 0–1 2–1 0–0 3–0 1–1 ?–0 0–3 3–0 5–2 1–1 0–2 2–1
St George-Budapest 2–1 2–0 2–2 2–1 1–3 2–0 3–1 2–1 2–3 0–2 1–2 0–1 1–0
Sydney Olympic 2–1 2–1 2–4 1–2 0–2 1–3 1–1 1–1 1–1 1–2 2–0 2–4 0–1
West Adelaide 1–1 2–0 3–0 2–0 3–2 3–2 1–2 2–1 1–0 3–1 1–4 0–1 2–0
Western Suburbs 2–3 3–1 2–2 1–0 3–2 2–3 0–0 3–1 1–1 3–0 2–1 2–2 1–2
Source: OzFootball.net

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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