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1987 National Soccer League

Australian soccer season

Field	Value
season	1987
dates	27 March – 1 November 1987
competition	National Soccer League
winners	APIA Leichhardt
1st title
relegated	Heidelberg United
matches	162
total goals	391
league topscorer section	Top scorers
league topscorer	Frank Farina
(18 goals)
biggest home win	Sydney Croatia 6–1 Melbourne Croatia
(29 March 1987)
biggest away win	Sydney Croatia 0–5 Marconi Fairfield
(11 October 1987)
highest scoring	Heidelberg United 6–2 Sunshine George Cross
(10 May 1987)
highest attendance	9,000
Heidelberg United 1–1 South Melbourne
(24 May 1987)
lowest attendance	400
Brunswick Juventus 0–1 Adelaide City
(27 September 1987)
prevseason	1986
nextseason	1988
attendance	500,763
average attendance	3,091

1st title (18 goals) (29 March 1987) (11 October 1987) (10 May 1987) Heidelberg United 1–1 South Melbourne (24 May 1987) Brunswick Juventus 0–1 Adelaide City (27 September 1987) 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)
Adelaide City	Adelaide	Hindmarsh Stadium
Olympic Sports Field

APIA Leichhardt	Sydney (Leichhardt)	Lambert Park
Belmore Oval

Brunswick Juventus	Melbourne (Brunswick East)	Olympic Village
Olympic Park

Footscray JUST	Melbourne (Footscray)	Schintler Reserve
Heidelberg United	Melbourne (Heidelberg West)	Olympic Village
Deakin Reserve

Marconi Fairfield	Sydney (Fairfield)	Marconi Stadium
Melbourne Croatia	Melbourne (Sunshine North)	Olympic Park
Preston Makedonia	Melbourne (Preston)	B.T. Connor Reserve
South Melbourne	Melbourne (Albert Park)	Middle Park
Olympic Park

St George-Budapest	Sydney (Banksia)	St George Stadium
Sunshine George Cross	Melbourne (Sunshine)	Chaplin Reserve
Sydney Croatia	Sydney (Edensor Park)	Croatian Sports Centre
Sydney Olympic	Sydney (Belmore)	St George Stadium
King Tomislav Park

Regular season

League table

Results

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

Slifkas
Ollerenshaw

Elimination semi-final

Farina
Nastevski
McCulloch
Clinch
Arnold

Minor semi-final

Smith
Dimovski
Farina
Gomez

Major semi-final

Phillips
Moffitt
Fletcher

Preliminary Final

Grand Final

Hagan
Ollerenshaw
Ricoy

Season statistics

Top scorers

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	AUS Frank Farina	Marconi Fairfield	16
2	AUS Rod Brown	APIA Leichhardt	14
3	ENG Paul Lewis	Melbourne Croatia	10
AUS Steve Smith	Preston Makedonia
5	AUS Joe Mullen	Adelaide City	9
AUS Robbie Slater	Sydney Croatia
AUS Charlie Villani	Adelaide City
8	SCO Ron Campbell	Preston Makedonia	8
AUS John Markovski	Sunshine George Cross
AUS Paul Wade	South Melbourne

Hat-tricks

Main article: List of National Soccer League hat-tricks

Player	For	Against	Result	Date
AUS Robbie Slater	Sydney Croatia	Melbourne Croatia	6–1 (H)	29 March 1987
SCO Frank McGrellis	Brunswick Juventus	Heidelberg United	3–1 (H)	5 July 1987
AUS Paul Trimboli	Sunshine George Cross	South Melbourne	3–0 (H)	19 July 1987
AUS Frank Farina	Marconi Fairfield	Heidelberg United	5–1 (A)	9 August 1987
YUG Goce Dimovski	Preston Makedonia	APIA Leichhardt	4–0 (H)	13 September 1987
AUS Frank Farina	Marconi Fairfield	Sydney Croatia	5–0 (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

References

Stock, Greg. "1987 National Soccer League Top Goalscorers".

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