1988 National Soccer League

The 1988 National Soccer League season, was the 12th season of the National Soccer League in Australia.

National Soccer League
Season1988
Dates29 January – 3 September 1984
ChampionsMarconi Fairfield
2nd title
PremiersWollongong City
1st title
RelegatedBrunswick Juventus
Brisbane Lions
Matches played188
Goals scored501 (2.66 per match)
Top goalscorerFrank Farina (17)
Biggest home winSt George-Budapest 6–0 Adelaide City
(7 February 1988)
Biggest away winBrisbane Lions 1–5 St George-Budapest
(3 April 1988)
Brunswick Juventus 0–4 Preston Makedonia
(31 July 1988)
Highest scoringSouth Melbourne 5–4 APIA Leichhardt
(20 March 1988)
Highest attendance17,064
Sydney Croatia 2–2 Marconi Fairfield
(3 September 1988, Grand Final)
Lowest attendance600
Melbourne Croatia 0–2 Brunswick Zebras
(7 August 1988)
Total attendance545,935
Average attendance2,904
1988
1989

League table

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
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

Results

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Home \ Away ADE API BRI BRU FOO MAR MEL PRE SOU STG SGC SYC SYO WOL
Adelaide City 0–1 5–1 0–0 3–2 1–1 2–0 1–1 1–0 2–1 0–0 2–3 1–0 2–3
APIA Leichhardt 1–1 2–0 2–1 2–2 0–2 3–1 1–1 0–2 0–1 1–3 0–1 1–0 1–1
Brisbane Lions 1–3 0–0 1–0 4–2 3–1 0–1 1–1 1–3 1–5 2–3 4–0 1–1 2–3
Brunswick Juventus 0–3 0–2 3–0 2–1 1–0 0–1 0–4 1–2 2–1 4–2 2–0 0–0 1–2
Footscray JUST 2–2 2–0 2–0 4–1 0–1 0–0 1–2 1–1 2–1 1–1 3–0 0–1 0–0
Marconi Fairfield 2–1 3–1 3–0 2–1 0–1 1–1 2–0 1–1 3–1 6–0 1–1 1–1 1–1
Melbourne Croatia 4–1 0–1 1–1 0–2 2–0 0–2 1–0 0–1 2–1 2–1 1–1 3–1 0–1
Preston Makedonia 0–0 2–0 3–0 4–3 1–1 2–2 1–4 0–0 0–0 1–4 0–2 0–3 1–1
South Melbourne 2–1 5–4 2–1 0–0 1–1 3–0 1–1 2–1 0–2 1–4 1–0 2–1 2–1
St George-Budapest 6–0 0–2 3–2 1–1 2–0 3–2 1–1 1–1 1–1 3–1 0–1 0–1 2–1
Sunshine George Cross 1–2 1–0 2–0 3–3 1–0 0–3 2–0 1–1 1–0 4–1 1–0 0–2 0–1
Sydney Croatia 1–0 4–2 1–0 3–1 2–0 3–2 2–0 3–2 1–3 1–1 1–0 3–0 1–1
Sydney Olympic 0–1 1–1 3–1 2–0 1–1 0–0 3–1 1–0 0–0 1–2 1–1 3–0 0–1
Wollongong City 2–1 0–0 6–1 3–2 1–4 0–4 4–1 0–0 4–0 3–1 3–1 0–3 1–1
Source: OzFootball
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Finals series

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Individual awards

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References

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