1987 National Soccer League

NSL 1987
League	National Soccer League
Sport	Association football
Duration	1987
Number of teams	13
NSL season
Champions	APIA Leichhardt Tigers
Top scorer	Frank Farina (16)

The National Soccer League 1987 season was the 11th season of the National Soccer League in Australia. The season saw the format returned to a single league of fourteen teams instead of the two-conference system. Sydney City SC withdrew from the competition after round 1, reducing the competition to 13 teams. The finals series was also removed with the championship determined by a first past the post, won by APIA Leichhardt.

League table


Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	APIA Leichhardt Tigers !APIA Leichhardt Tigers (C)	24	13	9	2	39	21	+18	35	1987 National Soccer League Champions
2	Preston Makedonia !Preston Makedonia	24	11	7	6	32	22	+10	29
3	St George-Budapest !St George-Budapest	24	12	5	7	31	24	+7	29
4	Marconi Fairfield !Marconi Fairfield	24	11	5	8	41	25	+16	27
5	Sydney Croatia !Sydney Croatia	24	10	6	8	31	25	+6	26
6	South Melbourne !South Melbourne	24	9	7	8	32	34	−2	25
7	Sydney Olympic !Sydney Olympic	24	7	9	8	29	32	−3	23
8	Brunswick Juventus !Brunswick Juventus	24	9	5	10	18	23	−5	23
9	Melbourne Croatia !Melbourne Croatia	24	9	5	10	22	30	−8	23
10	Adelaide City !Adelaide City	24	6	10	8	29	23	+6	22
11	Footscray JUST !Footscray JUST	24	7	8	9	17	27	−10	22
12	Sunshine George Cross !Sunshine George Cross	24	3	9	12	26	42	−16	15
13	Heidelberg United !Heidelberg United (R)	24	3	7	14	25	44	−19	13	Relegated to the 1988 Victorian Premier League
14	Sydney City !Sydney City (R)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Withdrew

Source: rsssf.com
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.

Individual awards

Referee's Player of the Year: Andrew Zinni (Brunswick Juventus)
Player's Player of the Year: Frank Farina (Marconi Fairfield)
U-21 Player of the Year: John Markovski (Sunshine George Cross)
Top Scorer(s): Frank Farina (Marconi Fairfield – 16 goals)
Coach of the Year: Rale Rasic (APIA Leichhardt)

References

OzFootball Archives - 1987 NSL Season

National Soccer League

List of NSL champions List of NSL players

Seasons	1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–2000 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04

Teams	APIA Leichhardt Adelaide City Adelaide United Blacktown City Brisbane City SC Brisbane Lions SC Brisbane Strikers Brunswick Juventus Canberra City SC Canberra Cosmos Canterbury-Marrickville Carlton S.C. Collingwood Warriors Eastern Pride Football Kingz Footscray JUST Green Gully Cavaliers Heidelberg United Inter Monaro Marconi Stallions Melbourne Knights Mooroolbark SC Newcastle Breakers Newcastle Jets Newcastle KB United Newcastle Rosebud United Northern Spirit Parramatta Eagles Parramatta Power Penrith City SC Perth Glory Preston Lions FC South Melbourne St George Saints Sunshine George Cross Sydney City Sydney Olympic Sydney United FC West Adelaide Western Suburbs SC Wollongong Macedonia Wollongong Wolves

Cups	1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97

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