1978 in Australian soccer

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Soccer in Australia
Season1978
Men's soccer
National Soccer League West Adelaide
NSL Cup Brisbane City
  1977 Flag of Australia (converted).svg 1979  

The 1978 season was the ninth season of national competitive soccer in Australia and 95th overall.

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National teams

Australia men's national soccer team

Results and fixtures

Friendlies
11 June 1978 Australia  Flag of Australia (converted).svg1–2Flag of Greece.svg  Greece Melbourne, Australia
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Report
Stadium: Olympic Park Stadium
Attendance: 25,000 [1]
Referee: Peter Rampley (Australia)
14 June 1978 Australia  Flag of Australia (converted).svg0–1Flag of Greece.svg  Greece Adelaide, Australia
Report Stadium: Hindmarsh Stadium
Attendance: 9,502
Referee: Don Campbell (Australia)
18 June 1978 Australia  Flag of Australia (converted).svg1–1Flag of Greece.svg  Greece Sydney, Australia
Report Stadium: Sydney Cricket Ground
Attendance: 15,000
Referee: David Yelland (Australia)

Australia men's national under-20 soccer team

Results and fixtures

1978 OFC U-20 Championship
PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification
1Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 3300162+146Advance to Inter-continental qualification
2Flag of Fiji.svg  Fiji 31116603
3Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand (H)311163+33
4Flag of Papua New Guinea.svg  Papua New Guinea 3003017170
Source: RSSSF
(H) Hosts
11 November 1978 Australia  Flag of Australia (converted).svg9–0Flag of Papua New Guinea.svg  Papua New Guinea Auckland, New Zealand
Report Referee: A. Blackburn (New Zealand)
14 November 1978 Australia  Flag of Australia (converted).svg5–1Flag of Fiji.svg  Fiji Auckland, New Zealand
Report
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Referee: S. Pouru (Papua New Guinea)
16 November 1978 New Zealand  Flag of New Zealand.svg1–2Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia Auckland, New Zealand
Report Referee: H. Naicker (Fiji)

Domestic soccer

National Soccer League

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PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification
1 West Adelaide (C)2616464227+1536Qualification to Finals series [a]
2 Eastern Suburbs 2615564927+2235
3 South Melbourne 2612864530+1532
4 Marconi Fairfield 2612684631+1530
5 Fitzroy United 269893939026
6 Brisbane Lions 2681083739226
7 St George-Budapest 26113124140+125
8 Sydney Olympic 2697103543825
9 Western Suburbs 2696114145424
10 Adelaide City 2696113844624
11 Newcastle KB United 26610103340722
12 Footscray JUST 2678112937822
13 Canberra City 265101128411320
14 Brisbane City 26731629492017
Source: rsssf.com
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored
(C) Champions
Notes:
  1. The Finals series was not considered the championship for the 1978 National Soccer League.

NSL Cup

Final

Brisbane City 2–1 Adelaide City
Report
Attendance: 4,964
Referee: Tony Boskovic

Retirements


References

  1. "Socceroo Internationals for 1978". ozfootball.net. Retrieved 16 March 2021.
  2. "OzFootball Archives - 1978 NSL Season table". ozfootball.net. Retrieved 16 March 2021.