1977 National Football League (South Africa)
National Football League (South Africa)1977-1978
Final table
Template:Fb cl header |-align="center" | 1 ||align="left"| Highlands Park F.C. ||24||17||3||4||52||20||32||37||Champion of the League |-align="center" | 2 ||align="left"| Lusitano F.C. ||24||15||7||2||38||10||28||37|| |-align="center" | 3 ||align="left"| Durban United F.C. ||24||13||7||4||32||15||17||33|| |-align="center" | 4 ||align="left"| Hellenic F.C. ||24||11||4||9||35||29||6||26|| |-align="center" | 5 ||align="left"| Wits University F.C. ||24||9||8||7||21||24||-3||26|| |-align="center" | 6 ||align="left"| Arcadia Shepherds F.C. ||24||9||8||7||31||27||4||26|| |-align="center" | 7 ||align="left"| Maritzburg F.C. ||24||6||9||9||32||31||4||21|| |-align="center" | 8 ||align="left"| Durban City F.C. ||24||8||5||11||21||34||-13||21|| |-align="center" | 9 ||align="left"| East London United F.C. ||24||6||6||12||20||31||-11||18|| |-align="center" | 10 ||align="left"| Rangers F.C. ||24||5||8||11||21||34||-13||18|| |-align="center" | 11 ||align="left"| Cape Town City F.C. ||24||6||5||13||22||35||-13||17|| |-align="center" | 12 ||align="left"| Roodepoort Guild ||24||5||5||14||18||38||-20||15|| Previously Guild Apollo |-align="center" | 13 ||align="left"| Germiston Callies F.C. ||24||5||4||15||17||49||-32||14|| |}
NB: 3 more losses than wins; odd number of draws; 9 more goals conceded than scored.