National Soccer League CHAMPIONSHIP Regular season 1. Wollongong City 26 13 8 5 44-32 34 2. Sydney Croatia 26 15 4 7 38-30 34 3. South Melbourne 26 13 8 5 36-29 34 4. Marconi Fairfield 26 12 8 6 46-26 32 5. Sydney Olympic 26 9 9 8 28-22 27 6. Adelaide City 26 10 7 9 36-35 27 7. Sunshine GC 26 11 5 10 38-39 27 8. St. George 26 10 6 10 41-35 26 9. Melbourne Croatia 26 9 6 11 28-33 24 10. Footscray 26 7 9 10 34-32 23 11. APIA Leichhardt 26 8 7 11 28-35 23 12. Preston 26 5 12 9 29-35 22 13. Brunswick 26 7 5 14 31-43 19 14. Brisbane Lions 26 4 4 18 28-59 12 The top 5 teams entered a playoff for the championship. Relegated: Footscray, Brisbane Lions, Brunswick Promoted : Blacktown, Melbourne JUST, Heidelberg United CHAMPIONSHIP PLAYOFF Qualifying Semi-Final [Aug 16; att 4561] Sydney Croatia 2-1 South Melbourne [aet] [Ingham 72, Jones 97; Postecoglou 38] Elimination Semi-Final [Aug 17, att: 6200] Marconi 3-1 Sydney Olympic [aet] [Katholos 82, Nastevski 104, 111; Patalis 18] Major Semi-Final [Aug 21; att: 7106] Wollongong City 0-0 Sydney Croatia [aet, 3-4 pen] Minor Semi-Final [Aig 21; att: 5232] South Melbourne 1-2 Marconi [aet] [Wright 67; Gray 77, Colagiuri 95] Preliminary Final [Aug 28; att: 3592] Wollongong City 0-2 Marconi [Lowe 55, Farina 57] Grand Final [Sep 9; Sydney, att: 17064] Sydney Croatia 2-2 Marconi [aet, 4-5 pen] [Hunter 57, Lamond 108; Calderon 39, Nastevski 117pen] MARCONI: Catlin, Carter, Colucci [15. Wheatley], Henderson, Calderon, Gray, Gomez, Katholos, Lowe [105. De Jong], Nastevski, Farina. SYDNEY CROATIA: Franken, Savor [91. Foster], Jennings, Hunter, Rozic, Clinch, Slater, Jones, Arnold, Petkovic, Lamond [115. Ingham]. Cup 1988 Round 1 [Jan 23] Adelaide City Juventus 2-0 Sunshine George Cross APIA 2-1 Marconi Brisbane Lions 5-3 Wollongong City Brunswick Juventus 1-0 Melbourne Croatia Footscray JUST 3-2 Preston Makedonia Sydney Olympic 2-1 St George Budapest Quarterfinals [Mar 5] APIA 0-0 Sydney Olympic [aet, 4-2 pen] Brunswick Juventus 1-1 Footscray JUST [aet, 7-6 pen] South Melbourne 5-2 Adelaide City Juventus Sydney Croatia 3-0 Brisbane Lions Semifinals [Apr 6] APIA 2-1 Sydney Croatia [aet] Brunswick Juventus 1-0 South Melbourne Final [Apr 14, Marconi stadium, Sydney; att: 2200] Apia 0-0 Brunswick Juventus [aet, 5-3 pen] APIA: Pezzano, De Marigny, Yankos, Bertogna, Stewart, Bundalo, Phillips, Zaijmi [95. Watson], Brown, McKinna, Butler [73. Reynolds]. BRUNSWICK JUVENTUS: Laumets, Durakovic, Belic, Brown, McDowall, Yzendoorn, Palatsidis, Lane, Egan, Patterson, Zinni [91. Mc Grellis].
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