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].
Victoria State League 1988
Final Table:
1.Heidelberg United 30 16 7 7 51-29 39
2.Croydon City 30 14 9 7 33-27 37
3.Green Gully 30 12 12 6 37-23 36
4.St Albans 30 13 10 7 37-26 36
5.Caulfield City 30 13 9 8 43-35 35
6.Thomastown 30 14 7 9 38-31 35
7.Ringwood City 30 12 7 11 49-41 31
8.Northcote City 30 10 11 9 37-34 31
9.Bulleen 30 10 9 11 31-41 29
10.Morwell Falcons 30 9 10 11 26-30 28
11.Springvale City 30 9 10 11 30-36 28
12.Maribyrnong 30 10 6 14 41-42 26
13.Box Hill 30 7 12 11 35-40 26
14.Fawkner 30 9 6 15 28-35 24
15.Western Suburbs 30 10 4 16 32-47 24
16.Oakleigh 30 5 5 20 22-53 15
Source: http://www.ozfootball.net/ark/States/VIC/1988SLT.html
1987.
1989.
Source: [sss 7]
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