# 1977 Adelaide City FC season

The 1977 season was the first in the National Soccer League for Adelaide City Football Club. In addition to the domestic league, Adelaide City competed in the NSL Cup. The record for most goals in a game in Australia, was set by Adelaide City and Mooroolbark where Adelaide won 10–3 in Adelaide.

## Players

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| — | MF | AUS | Ian Bendall |
| — | DF | AUS | John Besir |
| — | FW | SCO | Dixie Deans |
| — | | AUS | Ian Di Bartollo |
| — | | AUS | Ron Fraser |
| — | FW | AUS | David Leane |
| — | MF | ENG | Frank Lister |
| — | MF | AUS | Gary Marocchi |
| — | MF | YUG | Zoran Matić |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| — | FW | AUS | Sergio Melta |
| — | MF | AUS | Agenor Muniz |
| — | MF | AUS | Brian Northcote |
| — | FW | AUS | John Nyskohus |
| — | MF | AUS | John Perin |
| — | | AUS | John Pope |
| — | GK | AUS | Roger Romanowicz |
| — | | AUS | Philip Russo |
| — | DF | AUS | Fred Yung |

## Transfers
### Transfers in

| Date from | Position | Name | From | Fee | Ref. |
| 26 January 1977 | FW | Tito Amarito | — | Free transfer | |
| 26 January 1977 | MF | Ian Bendall | Western Suburbs | Free transfer | |

### Loans in

| Start date | Position | Name | From | End date | Ref. |
| 26 January 1977 | FW | John Nyskohus | Lion | January 1980 | |

## Competitions
### Overall record

| Competition | First match | Last match | Starting round | Final position | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record |
| Competition | First match | Last match | Starting round | Final position | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Win % |
| National Soccer League | 3 April 1977 | 25 September 1977 | Matchday 1 | 4th | 26 | 12 | 7 | 7 | 50 | 31 | +19 | 046.15 |
| NSL Cup | 20 September 1977 | 20 September 1977 | First round | First round | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | +0 | 000.00 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 27 | 12 | 8 | 7 | 52 | 33 | +19 | 044.44 |
Source: Competitions

### National Soccer League
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 2 | Marconi Fairfield | 26 | 15 | 7 | 4 | 42 | 21 | +21 | 37 |
| 3 | Fitzroy United | 26 | 12 | 8 | 6 | 41 | 34 | +7 | 32 |
| 4 | Adelaide City | 26 | 12 | 7 | 7 | 50 | 31 | +19 | 31 |
| 5 | Western Suburbs | 26 | 11 | 7 | 8 | 38 | 29 | +9 | 29 |
| 6 | St George-Budapest | 26 | 7 | 14 | 5 | 39 | 35 | +4 | 28 |

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Source: worldfootball.net

#### Results by round

| Round | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 15 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 |
| Ground | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | H | A | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | H |
| Result | D | W | W | W | L | L | W | D | W | W | W | W | L | W | D | D | D | L | L | D | W | L | W | W | D | L |
| Position | 6 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 |
| Points | 1 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 9 | 10 | 12 | 14 | 16 | 18 | 18 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 23 | 23 | 24 | 26 | 26 | 28 | 30 | 31 | 31 |

#### Matches

Win  Draw  Loss

### NSL Cup

Win  Draw  Loss

## Statistics
### Appearances and goals

Includes all competitions. Players with no appearances not included in the list.
| No. | Pos. | Nat. | Player | National Soccer League | National Soccer League | NSL Cup | NSL Cup | Total | Total |
| No. | Pos. | Nat. | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| — | MF | | Ian Bendall | 0+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| — | DF | | John Besir | 1+6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 |
| — | FW | | Dixie Deans | 19 | 16 | 1 | 0 | 20 | 16 |
| — | — | | Ian Di Bartollo | 1+6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 |
| — | — | | Ron Fraser | 15+1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 17 | 0 |
| — | FW | | David Leane | 15+5 | 5 | 0+1 | 0 | 21 | 5 |
| — | DF | | Frank Lister | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 0 |
| — | MF | | Gary Marocchi | 24 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 25 | 6 |
| — | GK | | Peter Marshall | 3+2 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| — | MF | | Zoran Matic | 25 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 26 | 1 |
| — | MF | | Sergio Melta | 20+2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 1 |
| — | MF | | Agenor Muniz | 17+1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 19 | 2 |
| — | MF | | Brian Northcote | 24+1 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 26 | 8 |
| — | DF | | Bugsy Nyskohus | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| — | FW | | John Nyskohus | 23+1 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 25 | 9 |
| — | MF | | John Perin | 26 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 27 | 3 |
| — | — | | John Pope | 0+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| — | GK | | Roger Romanowicz | 23 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 24 | 0 |
| — | — | | Philip Russo | 0+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| — | DF | | Fred Yung | 25 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 26 | 0 |

### Disciplinary record

Includes all competitions. The list is sorted by squad number when total cards are equal. Players with no cards not included in the list.
| Rank | No. | Pos. | Nat. | Player | National Soccer League | National Soccer League | National Soccer League | NSL Cup | NSL Cup | NSL Cup | Total | Total | Total |
| 1 | — | DF | | Frank Lister | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | — | MF | | Agenor Muniz | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | — | MF | | Brian Northcote | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | — | FW | | Dixie Deans | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | — | MF | | Gary Marocchi | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | — | MF | | Zoran Matić | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | — | MF | | Sergio Melta | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | — | MF | | John Perin | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 0 |

### Clean sheets

Includes all competitions. The list is sorted by squad number when total clean sheets are equal. Numbers in parentheses represent games where both goalkeepers participated and both kept a clean sheet; the number in parentheses is awarded to the goalkeeper who was substituted on, whilst a full clean sheet is awarded to the goalkeeper who was on the field at the start of play. Goalkeepers with no clean sheets not included in the list.
| Rank | No. | Nat. | Goalkeeper | NSL | NSL Cup | Total |
| 1 | — | | Roger Romanowicz | 9 | 0 | 9 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | 9 | 0 | 9 |