11th season of the National Soccer League
Football league season
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.
Regular season
League table
Updated to match(es) played on unknown. Source: rsssf.com
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated
Notes:
- ^ The Finals series was not considered the championship for the 1987 National Soccer League.
Results
Source: OzFootball.net
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
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
Elimination semi-final
Minor semi-final
Major semi-final
Preliminary Final
Grand Final
Season statistics
Top scorers
Hat-tricks
Awards
References
- OzFootball Archives – 1987 NSL Season
- ^ Stock, Greg. "1987 National Soccer League Top Goalscorers". OzFootball.net.
