1984 National Soccer League

The National Soccer League 1984 season was the eighth season of the National Soccer League in Australia. This season saw a restructure of the league, introducing a split into two geographical divisions, and an expansion from 16 to 24 teams. A Northern Conference comprised 12 clubs from New South Wales and Australian Capital Territory, and a Southern Conference consisted of 12 Victorian, South Australian, and Queensland clubs.

NSL 1984
LeagueNational Soccer League
SportAssociation football
Duration1984
Number of teams24
NSL season
ChampionsSouth Melbourne
Top scorerDoug Brown (22)

This season also saw the introduction of the two well-supported Croatian clubs, Melbourne Croatia and Sydney Croatia, both of which had had recent success in the state-leagues.

For the first time in the competition, a finals system was introduced, whereby the five highest finishing teams in each conference had a playoff to determine a conference winner. The two conference winners then played each other in a two-legged Grand Final to be declared champions. The Grand Final was won by South Melbourne over Sydney Olympic.

League tables

Northern Conference

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Sydney City 28 17 8 3 67 21 +46 42 Qualification to Finals series
2 Sydney Olympic 28 16 8 4 61 27 +34 40
3 Marconi Fairfield 28 12 8 8 58 39 +19 32
4 APIA Leichhardt 28 12 8 8 43 35 +8 32
5 Blacktown City 28 12 6 10 43 48 −5 30
6 Sydney Croatia 28 8 11 9 32 38 −6 27
7 Penrith City 28 8 10 10 29 41 −12 26
8 Newcastle Rosebud United 28 11 4 13 35 52 −17 26
9 Canberra Arrows 28 12 1 15 47 39 +8 25
10 St George-Budapest 28 8 9 11 38 41 −3 25
11 Melita Eagles (R) 28 8 8 12 23 38 −15 24 Relegation to the 1985 NSW State League
12 Wollongong City 28 5 5 18 22 59 −37 15
Updated to match(es) played on unknown. Source: rsssf.com
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(R) Relegated

Southern Conference

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 South Melbourne (C) 28 18 4 6 48 20 +28 40 Qualification to Finals series
2 Heidelberg United 28 14 7 7 37 27 +10 35
3 Melbourne Croatia 28 13 7 8 38 31 +7 33
4 Brisbane Lions 28 12 6 10 38 36 +2 30
5 Brunswick Juventus 28 13 4 11 36 42 −6 30
6 Preston Makedonia 28 11 6 11 42 33 +9 28
7 Adelaide City 28 10 5 13 33 34 −1 25
8 Green Gully 28 9 6 13 34 36 −2 24
9 Footscray JUST 28 10 5 13 29 33 −4 25
10 West Adelaide 28 8 5 15 40 52 −12 21
11 Brisbane City 28 8 5 15 21 39 −18 21
12 Sunshine George Cross 28 5 6 17 24 57 −33 16
Updated to match(es) played on unknown. Source: rsssf.com
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions

Finals series

Northern Conference

Southern Conference

Grand Final
South Melbourne2–1Sydney Olympic
Egan 43, 64' Koussas 5'
Attendance: 10,000
Referee: Doug Rennie
Sydney Olympic1–2South Melbourne
Theodorakopoulos 34' Crino 10'
Yzendoorn 18'
Attendance: 11,221
Referee: Chris Bambridge
  • South Melbourne win 4–2 on aggregate

Individual awards


References
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