1987 National Soccer League

Australian soccer season the Australian season the Canadian season 1987 National Soccer League (Canada) season November 2015 November 2015 1987 27 March – 1 November 1987 National Soccer League APIA Leichhardt1st title Heidelberg United 162 391 Top scorers Frank Farina(18 goals) Sydney Croatia 6–1 Melbourne Croatia(29 March 1987) Sydney Croatia 0–5 Marconi Fairfield(11 October 1987) Heidelberg United 6–2 Sunshine George Cross(10 May 1987) 9,000Heidelberg United 1–1 South Melbourne(24 May 1987) 400Brunswick Juventus 0–1 Adelaide City(27 September 1987) 1986 1988 500,763 3,091 The 1987 National Soccer League season was the 11th season of the National Soccer League, the former top Australian professional league for association football clubs since its establishment in 1977. 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 for the Championship was also removed and replaced with the standard non-Championship defining play-offs with the actual Championship determined by a first past the post, won by APIA Leichhardt. Teams Note: Table lists in alphabetical order. Team Location Stadium(s) CapacityAdelaide CityAdelaideHindmarsh StadiumOlympic Sports Field16,5008,000APIA LeichhardtSydney (Leichhardt)Lambert ParkBelmore Oval7,00019,000Brunswick JuventusMelbourne (Brunswick East)Olympic VillageOlympic Park12,00018,500Footscray JUSTMelbourne (Footscray)Schintler Reserve?Heidelberg UnitedMelbourne (Heidelberg West)Olympic VillageDeakin Reserve12,00010,000Marconi Fairfield Sydney (Fairfield)Marconi Stadium9,000Melbourne CroatiaMelbourne (Sunshine North)Olympic Park12,000Preston MakedoniaMelbourne (Preston)B.T. Connor Reserve8,000South MelbourneMelbourne (Albert Park)Middle ParkOlympic Park18,00012,000St George-BudapestSydney (Banksia)St George Stadium12,000Sunshine George CrossMelbourne (Sunshine)Chaplin Reserve5,000Sydney CroatiaSydney (Edensor Park)Croatian Sports Centre12,000Sydney OlympicSydney (Belmore)St George StadiumKing Tomislav Park12,000 Regular season League table main WDL QR 2 FS FS FS FS FS REL W API, PRE, STG, MAR, SCR, SOU, SOL, BRU, MEL, ADE, FOO, SGC, HEI, SCI 6 10 8 29 23 13 9 2 39 21 9 5 10 18 23 7 8 9 17 27 3 7 14 25 44 11 5 8 41 25 9 5 10 22 30 11 7 6 32 22 9 7 8 32 34 12 5 7 31 24 3 9 12 26 42 0 0 0 0 0 10 6 8 31 25 7 9 8 29 32 C R Adelaide City APIA Leichhardt Brunswick Juventus Footscray JUST Heidelberg United Marconi Fairfield Melbourne Croatia Preston Makedonia South Melbourne St George-Budapest Sunshine George Cross Sydney City Sydney Croatia Sydney Olympic yellow1 Qualification for the Finals series The Finals series was not considered the championship for the 1987 National Soccer League. red1 Relegation to the Victorian State League black1 Withdrew 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored. rsssf.com Results main OzFootball.net complete FBR ADE API BRU FOO HEI MAR MEL PRE SOU STG SGC SCR SOL Adelaide City APIA Leichhardt Brunswick Juventus Footscray JUST Heidelberg United Marconi Fairfield Melbourne Croatia Preston Makedonia South Melbourne St George-Budapest Sunshine George Cross Sydney Croatia Sydney Olympic 0–1 4–0 0–0 4–1 1–2 3–0 0–0 0–1 0–1 1–1 0–0 2–2 2–2 1–0 3–1 1–1 1–1 3–0 2–0 4–0 0–0 3–1 1–2 2–1 0–1 1–1 0–0 3–1 2–1 0–1 1–1 3–1 1–0 1–0 0–0 1–0 2–2 0–0 0–1 1–0 0–2 0–0 0–0 1–2 0–2 1–1 0–0 1–0 1–1 2–2 0–1 0–3 1–5 1–3 0–1 1–1 1–2 6–2 0–2 3–1 1–1 0–2 2–0 4–0 1–0 0–1 0–1 0–2 2–0 3–3 0–1 1–1 0–3 0–1 2–0 0–1 1–0 1–0 0–2 0–2 1–1 1–1 3–1 1–1 2–1 4–0 0–0 3–0 1–2 2–3 1–0 2–1 2–0 0–2 1–2 1–1 1–0 1–1 1–0 1–2 1–1 0–2 2–1 2–2 2–1 3–0 1–1 2–2 1–0 1–3 4–1 1–0 1–1 1–2 0–2 3–0 3–2 2–1 2–1 2–0 0–0 2–3 0–2 1–2 1–1 2–2 0–2 0–1 3–0 2–2 0–0 2–1 2–3 0–1 1–0 0–2 2–0 0–5 6–1 1–1 2–0 0–1 3–1 0–1 1–0 1–1 1–0 3–0 3–1 2–1 1–1 1–4 2–2 0–0 2–0 1–4 Finals series A top five Finals series was played at the end of the regular season. The Finals series was not considered the Championship for this season. Preliminary semi-final 18 October 1987 Preston Makedonia 1–2 http://www.ozfootball.net/ark/NSL/1987/1987NSLResults.html#Finals St George-Budapest Slifkas 66 Ollerenshaw 42 81 St George Stadium Sydney 3,964 Jim Reeves Elimination semi-final 21 October 1987 Marconi Fairfield 3–2 yes http://www.ozfootball.net/ark/NSL/1987/1987NSLResults.html#Finals Sydney Croatia Farina 81 Nastevski 85 McCulloch 98 Clinch 10 Arnold 87 St George Stadium Sydney 4,500 Chris Bambridge Minor semi-final 25 October 1987 Preston Makedonia 2–2 5–3 yes http://www.ozfootball.net/ark/NSL/1987/1987NSLResults.html#Finals Marconi Fairfield Smith 30 Dimovski 56 Farina ? Gomez 39 Olympic Park Melbourne 2,700 Rob Davies Major semi-final 25 October 1987 APIA Leichhardt 1–2 http://www.ozfootball.net/ark/NSL/1987/1987NSLResults.html#Finals St George Phillips 77 Moffitt 16 Fletcher 85 St George Stadium Sydney 3,400 Dennis Voutsianis Preliminary Final 28 October 1987 APIA Leichhardt 0–0 yes 3–1 http://www.ozfootball.net/ark/NSL/1987/1987NSLResults.html#Finals Preston Makedonia Olympic Park Melbourne 2,700 Don Campbell Grand Final 1 November 1987 St George-Budapest 4–0 http://www.ozfootball.net/ark/NSL/1987/1987NSLResults.html#GrandFinal APIA Leichhardt Hagan 20 72 Ollerenshaw 32 Ricoy 44 Parramatta Stadium Sydney 6,961 Richard Lorenc Season statistics Top scorers RankPlayerClubGoalshttp://www.ozfootball.net/ark/NSL/1987/1987NSLGoalscorers.html 1987 National Soccer League Top Goalscorers Stock Greg OzFootball.net1AUS Frank FarinaMarconi Fairfield162AUS Rod BrownAPIA Leichhardt143ENG Paul LewisMelbourne Croatia10AUS Steve SmithPreston Makedonia5AUS Joe MullenAdelaide City9AUS Robbie SlaterSydney CroatiaAUS Charlie VillaniAdelaide City8SCO Ron CampbellPreston Makedonia8AUS John MarkovskiSunshine George CrossAUS Paul WadeSouth Melbourne Hat-tricks Player For Against Result DateAUS Robbie SlaterSydney CroatiaMelbourne Croatia6–1 (H)29 March 1987SCO Frank McGrellisBrunswick JuventusHeidelberg United3–1 (H)5 July 1987AUS Paul TrimboliSunshine George CrossSouth Melbourne3–0 (H)19 July 1987AUS Frank FarinaMarconi FairfieldHeidelberg United5–1 (A)9 August 1987YUG Goce DimovskiPreston MakedoniaAPIA Leichhardt4–0 (H)13 September 1987AUS Frank FarinaMarconi FairfieldSydney Croatia5–0 (A)11 October 1987 Awards Award Winner Club Referee's Player of the Year AUS Andrew Zinni Brunswick Juventus Player's Player of the Year AUS Frank Farina Marconi Fairfield U-21 Player of the Year AUS John Markovski Sunshine George Cross Coach of the Year YUG Rale Rasic APIA Leichhardt References OzFootball Archives – 1987 NSL Season Category:National Soccer League (Australia) seasons National Soccer League Australia