# 1978 South Melbourne FC season

The 1978 season was the second in the National Soccer League for South Melbourne Football Club. In addition to the domestic league, they also participated in the NSL Cup.

## 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 |
| 1 | GK | AUS | John Hansen |
| 2 | DF | ENG | Mike Pye |
| 3 | DF | AUS | Kris Kalifatidis |
| 4 | MF | ENG | Stuart Baxter |
| 5 | | GRE | Margaritis Hagegmanouil |
| 6 | DF | AUS | Bertie Lutton |
| 7 | | NIR | Sammy Wright |
| 8 | MF | AUS | Billy Rogers |
| 9 | FW | AUS | Duncan Cummings |
| 10 | FW | AUS | Peter Ollerton |
| 11 | DF | SCO | Frank Munro |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 12 | MF | AUS | Socrates Nicolaides |
| 13 | FW | SCO | Bobby McGuinness |
| 14 | MF | AUS | George Christopoulos |
| 15 | FW | AUS | Steve Kakantonis |
| 16 | FW | SCO | George Campbell |
| 17 | DF | AUS | Kyri Kyriakouleas |
| 20 | GK | AUS | Jack Reilly |
| — | | AUS | Billy Bergman |
| — | FW | ENG | Alun Evans |
| — | MF | AUS | Chris Kent |
| — | | AUS | Peter Vaughan |

## 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 | 5 March 1978 | 26 August 1978 | Matchday 1 | 3rd | 26 | 12 | 8 | 6 | 45 | 30 | +15 | 046.15 |
| NSL Cup | 31 May 1978 | 2 August 1978 | First round | Second round | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | +0 | 050.00 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 28 | 13 | 8 | 7 | 48 | 33 | +15 | 046.43 |
Source: Competitions

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

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | West Adelaide (C) | 26 | 16 | 4 | 6 | 42 | 27 | +15 | 36 | Qualification to Finals series |
| 2 | Eastern Suburbs | 26 | 15 | 5 | 6 | 49 | 27 | +22 | 35 | Qualification to Finals series |
| 3 | South Melbourne | 26 | 12 | 8 | 6 | 45 | 30 | +15 | 32 | Qualification to Finals series |
| 4 | Marconi Fairfield | 26 | 12 | 6 | 8 | 46 | 31 | +15 | 30 | Qualification to Finals series |
| 5 | Fitzroy United | 26 | 9 | 8 | 9 | 39 | 39 | 0 | 26 | |
* ↑ The Finals series was not considered the championship for the 1978 National Soccer League.

#### 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 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 |
| Ground | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | H | A |
| Result | W | D | W | D | D | W | L | L | D | W | D | L | D | W | W | D | W | L | W | W | D | W | L | W | L | W |
| Position | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 3 |
| Points | 2 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 12 | 13 | 13 | 14 | 16 | 18 | 19 | 21 | 21 | 23 | 25 | 26 | 28 | 28 | 30 | 30 | 32 |

#### Matches

Win  Draw  Loss

#### Finals series

The Finals series was not considered the championship for the 1978 National Soccer League.

### 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 |
| 1 | GK | | John Hansen | 16 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 17 | 0 |
| 2 | DF | | Mike Pye | 25+1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 28 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | | Kris Kalifatidis | 23 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 24 | 1 |
| 4 | MF | | Stuart Baxter | 25 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 27 | 1 |
| 5 | — | | Margaritis Hagegmanouil | 26 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 28 | 3 |
| 6 | DF | | Bertie Lutton | 21+1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 24 | 2 |
| 7 | — | | Sammy Wright | 24 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 26 | 1 |
| 8 | MF | | Billy Rogers | 25+1 | 4 | 1+1 | 1 | 28 | 5 |
| 9 | FW | | Duncan Cummings | 21+1 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 24 | 10 |
| 10 | FW | | Peter Ollerton | 12 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 7 |
| 11 | DF | | Frank Munro | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| 12 | MF | | Socrates Nicolaides | 1+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 13 | FW | | Bobby McGuinness | 3+4 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 8 | 0 |
| 14 | MF | | George Christopoulos | 11+3 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 16 | 5 |
| 15 | FW | | Steve Kakantonis | 1+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 16 | FW | | George Campbell | 14 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 16 | 4 |
| 17 | DF | | Kyri Kyriakouleas | 1+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 20 | GK | | Jack Reilly | 10 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 0 |
| — | — | | Billy Bergman | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| — | FW | | Alun Evans | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 6 |
| — | MF | | Chris Kent | 13 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 1 |
| — | — | | Peter Vaughan | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 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 | 11 | DF | | Frank Munro | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2 | 2 | DF | | Mike Pye | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | 6 | DF | | Bertie Lutton | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | 7 | — | | Sammy Wright | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | 9 | FW | | Duncan Cummings | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | — | FW | | Alun Evans | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 1 |

### 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 | 1 | | John Hansen | 5 | 0 | 5 |
| 2 | 20 | | Jack Reilly | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | 9 | 0 | 9 |