# 1978 Sydney Olympic FC season

The 1978 season was the second in the National Soccer League for Sydney Olympic Football Club. In addition to the domestic league, they also participated in the NSL Cup. Sydney Olympic finished 8th in their National Soccer League season, and were eliminated in the second round of 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 | Gary Meier |
| 2 | DF | AUS | Billy Palmer |
| 3 | DF | ENG | Mike Cross |
| 4 | DF | SCO | Stuart Markland |
| 5 | DF | AUS | Dave McIntosh |
| 6 | | AUS | Bill Starvopodis |
| 7 | FW | SCO | Derek Laing |
| 8 | MF | SCO | Alex Jamieson |
| 9 | | AUS | Con Davourlis |
| 10 | MF | AUS | Joe Senkalski |
| 11 | MF | AUS | Alan Ainslie |
| 12 | FW | ENG | Ray Botham |
| 13 | DF | SCO | Ken Wilson |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 14 | DF | ENG | Paul Luckett |
| 15 | MF | AUS | Peter Raskopoulos |
| 17 | DF | AUS | Richard Bell |
| 20 | | AUS | Herc Karakostas |
| — | FW | AUS | Don Allan |
| — | | AUS | Greg Allan |
| — | | AUS | Nick Constantinou |
| — | DF | ENG | Paul Cotton |
| — | MF | IRL | Jim Herron |
| — | DF | AUS | John Karaspyros |
| — | FW | SCO | Billy Pirie |
| — | FW | AUS | Chris Thamnidis |

## 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 | 25 September 1978 | Matchday 1 | 8th | 26 | 9 | 7 | 10 | 35 | 43 | −8 | 034.62 |
| NSL Cup | 24 May 1978 | 19 July 1978 | First round | Second round | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | −2 | 050.00 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 28 | 10 | 7 | 11 | 37 | 47 | −10 | 035.71 |
Source: Competitions

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

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 6 | Brisbane Lions | 26 | 8 | 10 | 8 | 37 | 39 | −2 | 26 |
| 7 | St George-Budapest | 26 | 11 | 3 | 12 | 41 | 40 | +1 | 25 |
| 8 | Sydney Olympic | 26 | 9 | 7 | 10 | 35 | 43 | −8 | 25 |
| 9 | Western Suburbs | 26 | 9 | 6 | 11 | 41 | 45 | −4 | 24 |
| 10 | Adelaide City | 26 | 9 | 6 | 11 | 38 | 44 | −6 | 24 |

#### 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 | H | A | A | H | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H |
| Result | L | D | W | L | W | W | D | L | L | D | L | D | L | L | D | L | W | W | W | D | W | L | W | W | D | W |
| Position | 9 | 12 | 7 | 10 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 9 | 11 | 12 | 10 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 11 | 11 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 10 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 8 |
| Points | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 11 | 11 | 13 | 15 | 17 | 18 | 20 | 20 | 22 | 24 | 25 | 27 |

#### 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 |
| 1 | GK | | Gary Meier | 23 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 24 | 0 |
| 2 | DF | | Billy Palmer | 16 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 18 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | | Mike Cross | 25 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 27 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | | Stuart Markland | 19+1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 21 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | | Dave McIntosh | 24 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 25 | 5 |
| 6 | — | | Bill Starvopodis | 4+3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 0 |
| 7 | FW | | Derek Laing | 26 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 28 | 4 |
| 8 | MF | | Alex Jamieson | 24 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 26 | 3 |
| 9 | — | | Con Davourlis | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 1 |
| 10 | MF | | Joe Senkalski | 6+5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 13 | 3 |
| 11 | MF | | Alan Ainslie | 24+2 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 27 | 7 |
| 12 | FW | | Ray Botham | 2+1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 13 | DF | | Ken Wilson | 17+4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 22 | 1 |
| 14 | DF | | Paul Luckett | 15+2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 19 | 0 |
| 15 | MF | | Peter Raskopoulos | 1+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 17 | DF | | Richard Bell | 12 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 1 |
| 20 | — | | Herc Karakostas | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| — | FW | | Don Allan | 11+3 | 5 | 1+1 | 1 | 16 | 6 |
| — | — | | Greg Allan | 11+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 0 |
| — | — | | Nick Constantinou | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| — | DF | | Paul Cotton | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| — | MF | | Jim Herron | 1+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| — | DF | | John Karaspyros | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| — | FW | | Billy Pirie | 8 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 6 |
| — | FW | | Chris Thamnidis | 2+2 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 5 | 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 | 4 | DF | | Stuart Markland | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| 2 | 5 | DF | | Dave McIntosh | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | 7 | FW | | Derek Laing | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | 8 | MF | | Alex Jamieson | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | 3 | DF | | Mike Cross | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | 6 | — | | Bill Starvopodis | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | 14 | DF | | Paul Luckett | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | — | — | | Greg Allan | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 13 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 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 | | Gary Meier | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| 2 | 20 | | Herc Karakostas | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | 4 | 1 | 5 |