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| Full name | Western Suburbs Soccer Club |
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| Founded | 1964 |
| Dissolved | 1978 |
The Western Suburbs Soccer Club was an Australian association football club based in Sydney. The club was a foundation member of Australia's National Soccer League in 1977, [1] after previously playing in NSW Division 1 and NSW Division 2. Western Suburbs were absorbed by APIA Leichhardt FC for the 1979 NSL season. [2]
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| Season | League | Waratah Cup | Australia Cup | Other | Top scorer | ||||||||||
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| Div | P | W | D | L | F | A | Pts | Pos | Finals | Player(s) | Goals | ||||
| 1964 | Amateur B | 22 | 10 | 2 | 10 | 62 | 81 | 22 | 7th | – | |||||
| 1965 | unknown | ||||||||||||||
| 1966 | Inter-suburban 3 | 18 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 45 | 37 | 22 | 3rd | – | |||||
| 1967 | NSW Div. 2 | 22 | 11 | 4 | 7 | 45 | 34 | 26 | 6th | – | |||||
| 1968 | NSW Div. 2 | 22 | 17 | 1 | 4 | 64 | 28 | 35 | 2nd | RU | |||||
| 1969 | NSW Div. 2 | 22 | 13 | 5 | 4 | 66 | 19 | 31 | 3rd | RU | |||||
| 1970 | NSW Div. 2 | 22 | 17 | 3 | 2 | 57 | 17 | 37 | 1st | – | |||||
| 1971 | NSW Div. 1 | 22 | 13 | 4 | 5 | 42 | 27 | 30 | 3rd | RU | |||||
| 1972 | NSW Div. 1 | 22 | 4 | 8 | 10 | 27 | 34 | 16 | 9th | – | |||||
| 1973 | NSW Div. 1 | 22 | 11 | 4 | 7 | 39 | 23 | 26 | 4th | SF | |||||
| 1974 | NSW Div. 1 | 22 | 11 | 6 | 5 | 31 | 19 | 28 | 4th | SF | |||||
| 1975 | NSW Div. 1 | 22 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 24 | 23 | 21 | 8th | – | |||||
| 1976 | NSW Div. 1 | 22 | 8 | 2 | 12 | 33 | 38 | 18 | 9th | – | |||||
| 1977 | NSL | 22 | 11 | 7 | 8 | 38 | 29 | 29 | 5th | – | |||||
| 1978 | NSL | 22 | 9 | 6 | 11 | 41 | 45 | 24 | 9th | – | |||||
Source: OzFootball
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