1984 National Soccer League

NSL 1984
League	National Soccer League
Sport	Association football
Duration	1984
Number of teams	24
NSL season
Champions	South Melbourne
Top scorer	Doug Brown (22)

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.

Northern Conference


Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Sydney City !Sydney City	28	17	8	3	67	21	+46	42	Qualified for the 1984 National Soccer League Northern Conference Finals
2	Sydney Olympic !Sydney Olympic	28	16	8	4	61	27	+34	40
3	Marconi Fairfield !Marconi Fairfield	28	12	8	8	58	39	+19	32
4	APIA Leichhardt Tigers !APIA Leichhardt Tigers	28	12	8	8	43	35	+8	32
5	Blacktown City !Blacktown City	28	12	6	10	43	48	−5	30
6	Sydney Croatia !Sydney Croatia	28	8	11	9	32	38	−6	27
7	Penrith City !Penrith City	28	8	10	10	29	41	−12	26
8	Newcastle KB United !Newcastle KB United	28	11	4	13	35	52	−17	26
9	Canberra City !Canberra City	28	12	1	15	47	39	+8	25
10	St George-Budapest !St George-Budapest	28	8	9	11	38	41	−3	25
11	Melita Eagles !Melita Eagles (R)	28	8	8	12	23	38	−15	24	Relegated to the 1985 NSW Division One
12	Wollongong City !Wollongong City	28	5	5	18	22	59	−37	15

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

Finals

Elimination and Qualifying Finals			Semi Finals				Preliminary Final			Northern Final

			1	Sydney City	1 (4)
			2	Sydney Olympic	1 (2)					1	Sydney City	1
2	Sydney Olympic	2					2	Sydney Olympic	3	2	Sydney Olympic	2
3	Marconi Fairfield	1					4	APIA Leichhardt Tigers	0
				3	Marconi Fairfield	3 (3)
4	APIA Leichhardt Tigers	3	4	APIA Leichhardt Tigers	3 (4)
5	Blacktown City	1

Southern Conference


Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	South Melbourne !South Melbourne (C)	28	18	4	6	48	20	+28	40	1984 National Soccer League Champions
2	Heidelberg United !Heidelberg United	28	14	7	7	37	27	+10	35	Qualified for the 1984 National Soccer League Southern Conference Finals
3	Melbourne Croatia !Melbourne Croatia	28	13	7	8	38	31	+7	33
4	Brisbane Lions !Brisbane Lions	28	12	6	10	38	36	+2	30
5	Brunswick Juventus !Brunswick Juventus	28	13	4	11	36	42	−6	30
6	Preston Makedonia !Preston Makedonia	28	11	6	11	42	33	+9	28
7	Adelaide City !Adelaide City	28	10	5	13	33	34	−1	25
8	Footscray JUST !Footscray JUST	28	10	5	13	29	33	−4	25
9	Green Gully !Green Gully	28	9	6	13	34	36	−2	24
10	West Adelaide !West Adelaide	28	8	5	15	40	52	−12	21
11	Brisbane City !Brisbane City	28	8	5	15	21	39	−18	21
12	Sunshine George Cross !Sunshine George Cross	28	5	6	17	24	57	−33	16

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

Finals

Elimination and Qualifying Finals			Semi Finals				Preliminary Final			Southern Final

			1	South Melbourne	3
			3	Melbourne Croatia	2					1	South Melbourne	4
2	Heidelberg United	1					2	Heidelberg United	3	2	Heidelberg United	2
3	Melbourne Croatia	2					3	Melbourne Croatia	1
				2	Heidelberg United	0 (3)
4	Brisbane Lions	4	4	Brisbane Lions	0 (2)
5	Brunswick Juventus	2

Grand Final

South Melbourne v Sydney Olympic

First Leg
24 October 1984

South Melbourne	2 – 1	Sydney Olympic
Egan 43, 64'		Koussas 5'

Olympic Park Stadium, Melbourne
Attendance: 10,000
Referee: Doug Rennie

Sydney Olympic v South Melbourne

Second Leg
28 October 1984

Sydney Olympic	1 – 2	South Melbourne
Theodorakopoulos 34'		Crino 10' Yzendoorn 18'

St George Stadium, Sydney
Attendance: 11,221
Referee: Chris Bambridge

South Melbourne win 4-2 on aggregate

Individual awards

Player of the Year: Sergio Melta (Adelaide City)
U-21 Player of the Year: Tony Franken (Canberra City)
Top Scorer(s): Doug Brown (South Melbourne – 22 goals)
Coach of the Year: Eddie Thomson (Sydney City)

References

OzFootball Archives - 1984 NSL Season

National Soccer League

List of NSL champions List of NSL players

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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

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