1988 National Soccer League

NSL 1988
League	National Soccer League
Sport	Association football
Duration	1988
Number of teams	14
NSL season
Champions	Marconi Fairfield
Top scorer	Frank Farina (16)
National Soccer League seasons
	← 1987 1989 →

The 1988 National Soccer League season, was the 12th season of the National Soccer League in Australia.

Regular season

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Wollongong City	26	13	8	5	44	32	+12	34	1988 National Soccer League Finals
2	Sydney Croatia	26	15	4	7	38	30	+8	34
3	South Melbourne	26	13	8	5	36	29	+7	34
4	Marconi Fairfield (C)	26	12	8	6	46	26	+20	32	1988 National Soccer League Champions
5	Sydney Olympic	26	9	9	8	28	22	+6	27	1988 National Soccer League Finals
6	Adelaide City	26	10	7	9	36	35	+1	27
7	Sunshine George Cross	26	11	5	10	38	39	−1	27
8	St George-Budapest	26	10	6	10	41	35	+6	26
9	Melbourne Croatia	26	9	6	11	28	33	−5	24
10	Footscray JUST	26	7	9	10	34	32	+2	23
11	APIA Leichhardt Tigers	26	8	7	11	28	35	−7	23
12	Preston Makedonia	26	5	12	9	29	35	−6	22
13	Brunswick Juventus (R)	26	7	5	14	31	43	−12	19	Relegated to the 1989 Victorian Premier League
14	Brisbane Lions (R)	26	4	4	18	28	59	−31	12	Relegated to the 1989 Brisbane Premier League

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

Elimination and Qualifying Finals			Semi Finals				Preliminary Final			Grand Final

			1	Wollongong City	0 (3)
			2	Sydney Croatia (p)	0 (4)					2	Sydney Croatia	2 (2)
2	Sydney Croatia	2					1	Wollongong City	0	4	Marconi Fairfield (p)	2 (3)
3	South Melbourne	1					4	Marconi Fairfield	2
				3	South Melbourne	1
4	Marconi Fairfield	3	4	Marconi Fairfield	2
5	Sydney Olympic	1

Player(s) of the Year: Paul Wade (South Melbourne); Frank Farina (Marconi Fairfield)
U-21 Player of the Year: Paul Trimboli (South Melbourne)
Top Scorer: Frank Farina (Marconi Fairfield) – 16 goals
Coach of the Year: Brian Garvey (South Melbourne)