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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)
National Soccer League seasons

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.

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

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


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