# 1988 in Australian soccer

The 1988 season was the 19th season of national competitive association football in Australia and 105th overall.

## National teams
### Australia men's national soccer team
#### Results and fixtures
##### 1988 Summer Olympics
###### Group D

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 1 | Brazil | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 1 | +8 | 6 |
| 2 | Australia | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | −1 | 4 |
| 3 | Yugoslavia | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 2 |
| 4 | Nigeria | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 8 | −7 | 0 |

###### Knockout stage
##### 1988 OFC Men's Olympic Qualifying Tournament
###### Second round

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Australia | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | +6 | 4 | Qualification for Second round |
| 2 | Chinese Taipei | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6 | −6 | 0 | Qualification for Playoff round |
| 3 | Papua New Guinea | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Withdrew |
| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | New Zealand | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 0 | +19 | 4 | Qualification for Second round |
| 2 | Western Samoa | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 19 | −19 | 0 | Qualification for Playoff round |
| 3 | Fiji | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Withdrew |
| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Australia (H) | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 12 | 4 | +8 | 10 | Qualification for 1988 Summer Olympics |
| 2 | Israel | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 17 | 3 | +14 | 9 | |
| 3 | New Zealand (H) | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 7 | −2 | 5 | |
| 4 | Chinese Taipei | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 23 | −20 | 0 | |

##### 1988 Australia Bicentenary Gold Cup
###### Group stage

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Brazil | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 1 | +4 | 5 | Advance to Final |
| 2 | Australia (H) | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 2 | +5 | 4 | Advance to Final |
| 3 | Argentina | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | −3 | 2 | Advance to Third place play-off |
| 4 | Saudi Arabia | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 9 | −6 | 1 | Advance to Third place play-off |

###### Final
##### 1988 Trans-Tasman Cup
### Australia men's national under-20 soccer team
#### Results and fixtures
##### 1988 OFC U-20 Championship
###### Group 2

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Australia | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 1 | +10 | 4 | Advance to knockout stage |
| 2 | Chinese Taipei | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 8 | −4 | 2 | Advance to knockout stage |
| 3 | Vanuatu | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 8 | −6 | 0 | |

###### Knockout stage
## Domestic soccer
### National Soccer League

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Wollongong City | 26 | 13 | 8 | 5 | 44 | 32 | +12 | 34 | Qualification for the Finals series |
| 2 | Sydney Croatia | 26 | 15 | 4 | 7 | 38 | 30 | +8 | 34 | Qualification for the Finals series |
| 3 | South Melbourne | 26 | 13 | 8 | 5 | 36 | 29 | +7 | 34 | Qualification for the Finals series |
| 4 | Marconi Fairfield (C) | 26 | 12 | 8 | 6 | 46 | 26 | +20 | 32 | Qualification for the Finals series |
| 5 | Sydney Olympic | 26 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 28 | 22 | +6 | 27 | Qualification for the Finals series |
| 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 | 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 | Relegation to the Victorian State League |
| 14 | Brisbane Lions (R) | 26 | 4 | 4 | 18 | 28 | 59 | −31 | 12 | Relegation to the Brisbane Premier League |