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1978 in Australian soccer

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Soccer in Australia
Season1978
Men's soccer
National Soccer LeagueWest Adelaide
NSL CupBrisbane City
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The 1978 season was the ninth season of national competitive association football in Australia and 95th overall.

National teams

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Australia men's national soccer team

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Results and fixtures

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Friendlies
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11 June 1978 Australia  1–2  Greece Melbourne, Australia
  • Cole 62'
Report
Stadium: Olympic Park Stadium
Attendance: 25,000[1]
Referee: Peter Rampley (Australia)
14 June 1978 Australia  0–1  Greece Adelaide, Australia
Report Stadium: Hindmarsh Stadium
Attendance: 9,502
Referee: Don Campbell (Australia)
18 June 1978 Australia  1–1  Greece Sydney, Australia
Report Stadium: Sydney Cricket Ground
Attendance: 15,000
Referee: David Yelland (Australia)

Australia men's national under-20 soccer team

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Results and fixtures

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1978 OFC U-20 Championship
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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Australia 3 3 0 0 16 2 +14 6 Advance to Inter-continental qualification
2  Fiji 3 1 1 1 6 6 0 3
3  New Zealand (H) 3 1 1 1 6 3 +3 3
4  Papua New Guinea 3 0 0 3 0 17 −17 0
Source: RSSSF
(H) Hosts
11 November 1978 Australia  9–0  Papua New Guinea Auckland, New Zealand
Report Referee: A. Blackburn (New Zealand)
14 November 1978 Australia  5–1  Fiji Auckland, New Zealand
Report
  • Saleem ?'
Referee: S. Pouru (Papua New Guinea)
16 November 1978 New Zealand  1–2  Australia Auckland, New Zealand
Report Referee: H. Naicker (Fiji)

Domestic soccer

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National Soccer League

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 West Adelaide (C) 26 16 4 6 42 27 +15 36 Qualification to Finals series[a]
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
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) Goals scored
(C) Champions
Notes:
  1. ^ The Finals series was not considered the championship for the 1978 National Soccer League.

NSL Cup

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Final

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Brisbane City2–1Adelaide City
Report
Attendance: 4,964
Referee: Tony Boskovic

Retirements

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References

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