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 NSW and ACT, and a Southern Conference consisted of 12 Victorian, South Australian, and ironically, Queensland clubs.

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

Contents

Northern Conference

Pos Club P W D L Pts
1 Sydney City 28 17 8 3 42
2 Sydney Olympic 28 16 8 4 40
3 Marconi Fairfield 28 12 8 8 32
4 A.P.I.A. Leichhardt Tigers 28 12 8 8 32
5 Blacktown City 28 12 6 10 30
6 Sydney Croatia 28 8 11 9 27
7 Penrith City 28 8 10 10 26
8 Newcastle KB United 28 11 4 13 26
9 Canberra City 28 12 1 15 25
10 St George Saints 28 8 9 11 25
11 Melita 28 8 8 12 24
12 Wollongong City 28 5 5 18 15

Finals

Elimination Semi-final: APIA Leichhardt 3 d. Blacktown City 1
Preliminary Semi-final: Sydney Olympic 2 d. Marconi Fairfield 1
Minor Semi-final: APIA Leichhardt 3 d. Marconi 3 (4-3 on penalties)
Major Semi-final: Sydney City 1 d. Sydney Olympic 1 (4-2 on penalties)
Preliminary Final: Sydney Olympic 3 d. APIA Leichhardt 0
Final: Sydney Olympic 2 d. Sydney City 1

Northern Conference winners: Sydney Olympic

Southern Conference

Pos Club P W D L Pts
1 South Melbourne 28 18 4 6 40
2 Heidelberg United 28 14 7 7 35
3 Melbourne Croatia 28 13 7 8 33
4 Brisbane Lions 28 12 6 10 30
5 Brunswick Juventus 28 13 4 11 30
6 Preston 28 11 6 11 28
7 Adelaide City 28 10 5 13 25
8 Green Gully 28 9 6 13 24
9 Footscray JUST 28 10 5 13 25
10 West Adelaide 28 8 5 15 21
11 Brisbane City 28 8 5 15 21
12 Sunshine George Cross 28 5 6 17 16

Finals

Elimination Semi-final: Brisbane Lions 4 d. Brunswick Juventus 2
Preliminary Semi-final: Melbourne CSC 2 d. Heidelberg United 1
Minor Semi-final: Heidelberg United 0 d. Brisbane Lions 0 (3-2 on penalties)
Major Semi-final: South Melbourne 3 d. Melbourne CSC 2
Preliminary Final: Heidelberg United 3 d. Melbourne CSC 1
Final: South Melbourne 4 d. Heidelberg United 2

Southern Conference winners: South Melbourne

Grand final

First Leg
24 October, 1984
 South Melbourne 2 – 1 Sydney Olympic Melbourne
Egan  43, 64' Koussas  5'
Second Leg
28 October, 1984
 Sydney Olympic 1 – 2 South Melbourne Sydney
Theodorakopoulos  34' Crino  10'
Yzendoorn  18'

Individual awards

References

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Teams
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