# 1977 Brisbane City FC season

The 1977 season was the first in the National Soccer League for Brisbane City Football Club. In addition to the domestic league, they also participated in the inaugural NSL Cup. Although Brisbane City finished 10th in their National Soccer League season, they were winners 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 |
| — | GK | ARG | Osvaldo Borzi |
| — | FW | AUS | Kevin Caldwell |
| — | FW | AUS | Willie Conner |
| — | FW | AUS | John Coyne |
| — | MF | AUS | Roberto Echeverria |
| — | MF | AUS | Larry Gaffney |
| — | DF | AUS | Karl Herdle |
| — | DF | SCO | Jim Hermiston |
| — | FW | AUS | Ian Johnston |
| — | FW | AUS | Brian Kibbey |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| — | | AUS | Ron Kidd |
| — | MF | SCO | John Lavelle |
| — | MF | SCO | Tom McLeod |
| — | DF | DEN | Peter Neilson |
| — | | AUS | Ian Perry |
| — | MF | ENG | Frank Pimblett |
| — | DF | SCO | Ian Rathmell |
| — | DF | AUS | Peter Tokesi |
| — | FW | AUS | Craig Wallace |

## 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 | 10th | 26 | 8 | 6 | 12 | 30 | 35 | −5 | 030.77 |
| NSL Cup | 21 September 1977 | 9 October 1977 | First round | Winners | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 4 | +4 | 050.00 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 30 | 10 | 8 | 12 | 38 | 39 | −1 | 033.33 |
Source: Competitions

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

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 8 | Footscray JUST | 26 | 9 | 6 | 11 | 36 | 39 | −3 | 24 |
| 9 | Brisbane Lions | 26 | 9 | 5 | 12 | 27 | 41 | −14 | 23 |
| 10 | Brisbane City | 26 | 8 | 6 | 12 | 30 | 35 | −5 | 22 |
| 11 | South Melbourne | 26 | 7 | 8 | 11 | 27 | 35 | −8 | 22 |
| 12 | Sydney Olympic | 26 | 7 | 7 | 12 | 25 | 38 | −13 | 21 |

#### 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 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 6 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 15 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 |
| Ground | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | H | H | A | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A |
| Result | L | L | D | W | W | W | L | L | L | D | D | L | W | D | W | L | D | L | W | L | L | D | W | L | L | W |
| Position | 10 | 14 | 11 | 9 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 11 | 7 | 10 | 11 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 11 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 12 | 10 | 11 | 11 | 10 |
| Points | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 11 | 12 | 14 | 14 | 15 | 15 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 18 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 22 |

#### 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 |
| — | GK | | Osvaldo Borzi | 26 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 30 | 0 |
| — | FW | | Kevin Caldwell | 15+9 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 28 | 3 |
| — | FW | | Willie Conner | 17+8 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 29 | 4 |
| — | FW | | John Coyne | 20+5 | 4 | 0+4 | 0 | 29 | 4 |
| — | MF | | Roberto Echeverria | 23 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 27 | 2 |
| — | MF | | Larry Gaffney | 26 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 30 | 3 |
| — | — | | Karl Herdle | 4+4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 1 |
| — | DF | | Jim Hermiston | 20 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 24 | 3 |
| — | FW | | Ian Johnston | 15 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 19 | 6 |
| — | FW | | Brian Kibbey | 14+2 | 0 | 0+2 | 1 | 18 | 1 |
| — | — | | Ron Kidd | 0+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| — | MF | | John Lavelle | 12+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 0 |
| — | MF | | Tom McLeod | 3+4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 11 | 0 |
| — | DF | | Peter Neilson | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| — | — | | Ian Perry | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| — | MF | | Frank Pimblett | 25+1 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 30 | 4 |
| — | DF | | Ian Rathmell | 26 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 30 | 0 |
| — | DF | | Peter Tokesi | 26 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 30 | 3 |
| — | FW | | Craig Wallace | 9+1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 3 |

### 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 | — | FW | | Ian Johnston | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | — | DF | | Peter Tokesi | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | — | MF | | Roberto Echeverria | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | — | DF | | Ian Rathmell | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 |
| 5 | — | FW | | Kevin Caldwell | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | — | — | | Karl Herdle | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | — | MF | | John Lavelle | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | — | FW | | Craig Wallace | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 10 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 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 | — | | Osvaldo Borzi | 7 | 1 | 8 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | 7 | 1 | 8 |