1978 in Australian soccer

The 1978 season was the ninth season of national competitive association football in Australia and 95th overall.

National teams

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

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

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

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Australia	3	3	0	0	16	2	+14	6	Advance to Inter-continental qualification
2	Fiji	3	1	1	1	6	6	0	3
3	New Zealand (H)	3	1	1	1	6	3	+3	3
4	Papua New Guinea	3	0	0	3	0	17	−17	0

Source: RSSSF
(H) Hosts

11 November 1978	Australia	9–0	Papua New Guinea	Auckland, New Zealand
	Jennings ?', ?' Tredinnick ?', ?' Krncevic ?', ?' Raskopoulos ?' Moulis ?' Christopoulos ?'	Report		Referee: A. Blackburn (New Zealand)

14 November 1978	Australia	5–1	Fiji	Auckland, New Zealand
	Krncevic ?', ?', ?' (pen.) Hunter ?' Tredinnick ?'	Report	Saleem ?'	Referee: S. Pouru (Papua New Guinea)

16 November 1978	New Zealand	1–2	Australia	Auckland, New Zealand
	Broeke ?'	Report	Selemidis ?' Krncevic ?'	Referee: H. Naicker (Fiji)

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	West Adelaide (C)	26	16	4	6	42	27	+15	36	Qualification to Finals series^[a]
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
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) Goals scored
(C) Champions
Notes:

^ The Finals series was not considered the championship for the 1978 National Soccer League.

8 October 1978

Brisbane City	2–1	Adelaide City
Kelso 28' Pimblett 77'	Report	Zoran Matić 31'

Attendance: 4,964

^ "Socceroo Internationals for 1978". ozfootball.net. Retrieved 16 March 2021.
^ "OzFootball Archives - 1978 NSL Season table". ozfootball.net. Retrieved 16 March 2021.