Season | 1988 |
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Dates | 29 January – 3 September 1984 |
Champions | Marconi Fairfield 2nd title |
Premiers | Wollongong City 1st title |
Relegated | Brunswick Juventus Brisbane Lions |
Matches played | 188 |
Goals scored | 501 (2.66 per match) |
Top goalscorer | Frank Farina (17) |
Biggest home win | St George-Budapest 6–0 Adelaide City (7 February 1988) |
Biggest away win | Brisbane Lions 1–5 St George-Budapest (3 April 1988) Brunswick Juventus 0–4 Preston Makedonia (31 July 1988) |
Highest scoring | South Melbourne 5–4 APIA Leichhardt (20 March 1988) |
Highest attendance | 17,064 Sydney Croatia 2–2 Marconi Fairfield (3 September 1988, Grand Final) |
Lowest attendance | 600 Melbourne Croatia 0–2 Brunswick Zebras (7 August 1988) |
Total attendance | 545,935 |
Average attendance | 2,904 |
← 1988 1989 → |
The 1988 National Soccer League season, was the 12th season of the National Soccer League in Australia.
League table
[edit]Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
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1 | Wollongong City | 26 | 13 | 8 | 5 | 44 | 32 | +12 | 34 | Qualification for the Finals series |
2 | Sydney Croatia | 26 | 15 | 4 | 7 | 38 | 30 | +8 | 34 | |
3 | South Melbourne | 26 | 13 | 8 | 5 | 36 | 29 | +7 | 34 | |
4 | Marconi Fairfield (C) | 26 | 12 | 8 | 6 | 46 | 26 | +20 | 32 | |
5 | Sydney Olympic | 26 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 28 | 22 | +6 | 27 | |
6 | Adelaide City | 26 | 10 | 7 | 9 | 36 | 35 | +1 | 27 | |
7 | Sunshine George Cross | 26 | 11 | 5 | 10 | 38 | 39 | −1 | 27 | |
8 | St George-Budapest | 26 | 10 | 6 | 10 | 41 | 35 | +6 | 26 | |
9 | Melbourne Croatia | 26 | 9 | 6 | 11 | 28 | 33 | −5 | 24 | |
10 | Footscray JUST | 26 | 7 | 9 | 10 | 34 | 32 | +2 | 23 | |
11 | APIA Leichhardt | 26 | 8 | 7 | 11 | 28 | 35 | −7 | 23 | |
12 | Preston Makedonia | 26 | 5 | 12 | 9 | 29 | 35 | −6 | 22 | |
13 | Brunswick Juventus (R) | 26 | 7 | 5 | 14 | 31 | 43 | −12 | 19 | Relegation to the Victorian State League |
14 | Brisbane Lions (R) | 26 | 4 | 4 | 18 | 28 | 59 | −31 | 12 | Relegation to the Brisbane Premier League |
Source: rsssf.com
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated
Results
[edit]Finals series
[edit]Elimination and qualifying Finals | Semi-finals | Preliminary Final | Grand Final | |||||||||||||||
1 | Wollongong City | 0 (3) | 2 | Sydney Croatia | 2 (4) | |||||||||||||
2 | Sydney Croatia (p) | 0 (4) | 4 | Marconi Fairfield (p) | 2 (5) | |||||||||||||
2 | Sydney Croatia | 2 | 1 | Wollongong City | 0 | |||||||||||||
3 | South Melbourne | 1 | 4 | Marconi Fairfield | 2 | |||||||||||||
3 | South Melbourne | 1 | ||||||||||||||||
4 | Marconi Fairfield | 2 | ||||||||||||||||
4 | Marconi Fairfield | 3 | ||||||||||||||||
5 | Sydney Olympic | 1 | ||||||||||||||||
Individual awards
[edit]- Player(s) of the Year: Paul Wade (South Melbourne); Frank Farina (Marconi Fairfield)
- U-21 Player of the Year: Paul Trimboli (South Melbourne)
- Top Scorer: Frank Farina (Marconi Fairfield) – 16 goals
- Coach of the Year: Brian Garvey (South Melbourne)