1978 in Australian soccer

The 1978 season was the ninth season of competitive association football in Australia.

National teams[]

11 June 1978	Australia	1–2	Greece	showMelbourne, Australia
	Cole 62'	Report	63', 77'	Stadium: Olympic Park Stadium Attendance: 25,000^[1] Referee: (Australia)

14 June 1978	Australia	0–1	Greece	showAdelaide, Australia
		Report	71'	Stadium: Hindmarsh Stadium Attendance: 9,502 Referee: (Australia)

18 June 1978	Australia	1–1	Greece	showSydney, Australia
	Barnes 77' (pen.)	Report	12'	Stadium: Sydney Cricket Ground Attendance: 15,000 Referee: David Yelland (Australia)

Pos	Team v t	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

8 October 1978^[3]^[4]

Brisbane City	2–1	Adelaide City
28' 75'		Marocchi 5'

Attendance: 6,964

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^ "Soccer Action Volume 3, No. 37". Soccer Action. 11 October 1978