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)
National Soccer League seasons
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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 New South Wales and Australian Capital Territory, and a Southern Conference consisted of 12 Victorian, South Australian, and Queensland clubs.

For the first time in the competition, a finals system was introduced, whereby the five highest finishing teams in each conference had a playoff to determine a conference winner. The two conference winners then played 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[edit]

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

Finals[edit]

	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[edit]

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

Finals[edit]

	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[edit]

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• South Melbourne win 4-2 on aggregate

Individual awards[edit]

• 
  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[edit]

• OzFootball Archives - 1984 NSL Season