National Soccer League 1977
Encyclopedia
The 1977 National Soccer League season was the first season of the National Soccer League
of Australia
.
The league was the first national football (soccer)
league format competition in Australia. Clubs predominantly joined from the top leagues in each state, with some clubs forming in 1977 to join the league. The inaugural champions were Eastern Suburbs
.
National Soccer League
The National Soccer League is the former national association football competition in Australasia, overseen by Soccer Australia and later the Australian Soccer Association. The NSL spanned 28 seasons from its inception in 1977, until its demise in 2004...
of Australia
Australia
Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...
.
The league was the first national football (soccer)
Football (soccer)
Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a sport played between two teams of eleven players with a spherical ball...
league format competition in Australia. Clubs predominantly joined from the top leagues in each state, with some clubs forming in 1977 to join the league. The inaugural champions were Eastern Suburbs
Sydney City Soccer Club
Sydney City Soccer Club is a football club from Sydney, Australia.The club was formed in 1939 as Sydney Hakoah by members of the Sydney Jewish community. They played between 1977 and 1986 in the National Soccer League as Eastern Suburbs and Sydney City...
.
League table
| Pos | Club | P | W | D | L | GF | GA | Pts |
| 1 | Eastern Suburbs Sydney City Soccer Club Sydney City Soccer Club is a football club from Sydney, Australia.The club was formed in 1939 as Sydney Hakoah by members of the Sydney Jewish community. They played between 1977 and 1986 in the National Soccer League as Eastern Suburbs and Sydney City... |
26 | 13 | 11 | 2 | 52 | 28 | 37 |
| 2 | Marconi Fairfield Marconi Stallions The Marconi Stallions Football Club is an Australian football club located in Sydney, Australia. The club won the National Soccer League title a record four times, along with South Melbourne FC and Sydney City SC... |
26 | 15 | 7 | 4 | 42 | 21 | 37 |
| 3 | Fitzroy United Heidelberg United Heidelberg United Football Club is a football club based in the northern Melbourne suburb of Heidelberg, Victoria, Australia... |
26 | 12 | 8 | 6 | 41 | 34 | 32 |
| 4 | Adelaide City Adelaide City Adelaide City is a football club in Adelaide, South Australia. They are also known as The Zebras. They played in the National Soccer League for 27 Seasons but withdrew just prior to the 2003/2004 season. They now play in the South Australian Super League. City won the inaugural Super League... |
26 | 12 | 7 | 7 | 50 | 31 | 31 |
| 5 | Western Suburbs Western Suburbs SC (NSW) The Western Suburbs Soccer Club is a defunct Australian football club that was based in Sydney, New South Wales. The club was a founding member of the National Soccer League in 1977.-History:... |
26 | 11 | 7 | 8 | 38 | 29 | 29 |
| 6 | St George Saints St George Saints The St. George Saints Football Club are an Association football club based in the St. George region of Sydney in New South Wales, Australia. The club plays its home games at St. George Stadium, after playing a brief stint at Belmore Sports Ground in the 2007-08. The St... |
26 | 7 | 14 | 5 | 39 | 35 | 28 |
| 7 | West Adelaide West Adelaide SC West Adelaide Soccer Club is an Australian football club from Adelaide, Australia. Currently it plays in the FFSA State League Competition. It participated in the National Soccer League from the 1977 season until the end of the 1998/99 season, except for the periods 1987-89 and 1990-91. It was... |
26 | 8 | 10 | 8 | 38 | 32 | 26 |
| 8 | Footscray JUST Footscray JUST Footscray JUST is a defunct association football club from Melbourne, Australia.Established in 1950 by migrants from Yugoslavia they played in the Victorian leagues with a fair amount of success, winning five Victorian State League titles, and three Dockerty Cup titles... |
26 | 9 | 6 | 11 | 36 | 39 | 24 |
| 9 | Brisbane Lions Queensland Lions Soccer Club Queensland Lions Football Club is an football club based in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.-History:The club was founded in 1957 as Hollandia-Inala Soccer Club by Dutch immigrants. From the start they were based at grounds in the Brisbane suburb of Richlands, where they still play... |
26 | 9 | 5 | 12 | 27 | 41 | 23 |
| 10 | Brisbane City | 26 | 8 | 6 | 12 | 30 | 35 | 22 |
| 11 | South Melbourne South Melbourne FC South Melbourne FC is a football club based in South Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.Considered the most successful association football club in Australia, they have won four national championships, a string of Victorian State League titles, and represented Oceania in the 2000 FIFA Club World... |
26 | 7 | 8 | 11 | 27 | 35 | 22 |
| 12 | Sydney Olympic Sydney Olympic FC Sydney Olympic Football Club is an Australian football club that plays in the NSW Premier League. It competed in the National Soccer League from 1977 until the league's demise in 2004, having won the championship in 1989–90, 2001–02, the League Cup in 1980, the minor premiership in 2002–03 and the... |
26 | 7 | 7 | 12 | 25 | 38 | 21 |
| 13 | Canberra City Canberra City SC Canberra City Football Club, also known for some time as the Canberra Arrows, is an Australian football club based in Canberra in the ACT... |
26 | 5 | 7 | 14 | 22 | 39 | 17 |
| 14 | Mooroolbark Mooroolbark FC Mooroolbark is an Australian association football club based in Mooroolbark, an outer eastern suburb of Melbourne, Victoria. They currently play in Victorian Provisional League 1 South-East.-History:... |
26 | 5 | 5 | 16 | 31 | 61 | 15 |
Individual awards
- Player of the Year: Jim Rooney (Marconi Fairfield)
- U-21 Player of the Year: John KosminaJohn KosminaAlexander John Kosmina , known as John Kosmina, is a former Australian football player and manager of Polish Australian ethnicity. He was most recently the manager of Sydney FC...
(West AdelaideWest AdelaideWest Adelaide may refer to:*A geographical region to the west of the Adelaide Central business district*West Adelaide SC, Reformed football club 1978 NSL Champions...
) - Top Scorer(s): Dixie Deans (Adelaide CityAdelaide CityAdelaide City is a football club in Adelaide, South Australia. They are also known as The Zebras. They played in the National Soccer League for 27 Seasons but withdrew just prior to the 2003/2004 season. They now play in the South Australian Super League. City won the inaugural Super League...
– 16 goals) - Coach of the Year: Rale RasicRalé RasicZvonimir "Ralé" Rašić OAM Zvonimir "Ralé" Rašić OAM Zvonimir "Ralé" Rašić OAM (born 26 December 1935 in Mostar, Littoral Banovina, Kingdom of Yugoslavia (now Bosnia and Herzegovina) is a Serbian-Australian former football player, coach and media personality....
(Marconi Fairfield)