# 1978 Canberra City FC season

The 1978 season was the second in the history of Canberra City 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 | ENG | Ron Tilsed |
| 2 | DF | AUS | Danny Moulis |
| 3 | DF | AUS | Milan Milovanovic |
| 4 | DF | AUS | Tony Henderson |
| 5 | | ARG | Luis Salgado |
| 6 | MF | AUS | John Davies |
| 7 | DF | AUS | Steve Hogg |
| 8 | MF | YUG | Ivan Grujicic |
| 9 | DF | AUS | Terry Byrne |
| 10 | | AUS | Brian Stoddart |
| 11 | DF | SCO | John Brown |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 12 | FW | AUS | Alan Reis |
| 13 | MF | ENG | Ian Heywood |
| 14 | MF | AUS | Jimmy Cant |
| 15 | FW | AUS | Bernard Lustica |
| 16 | | AUS | Garry Parker |
| 17 | DF | FIJ | Keni Kawaleva |
| 18 | DF | ENG | Roy Stark |
| 20 | GK | AUS | David Lindenmayer |
| — | | AUS | Ken Henderson |
| — | FW | SCO | Peter Marinello |

## 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 | 13th | 26 | 5 | 10 | 11 | 28 | 41 | −13 | 019.23 |
| NSL Cup | 10 May 1978 | 1 October 1978 | First round | Semi-finals | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 6 | +3 | 050.00 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 30 | 7 | 11 | 12 | 37 | 47 | −10 | 023.33 |
Source: Competitions

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

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 10 | Adelaide City | 26 | 9 | 6 | 11 | 38 | 44 | −6 | 24 |
| 11 | Newcastle KB United | 26 | 6 | 10 | 10 | 33 | 40 | −7 | 22 |
| 12 | Footscray JUST | 26 | 7 | 8 | 11 | 29 | 37 | −8 | 22 |
| 13 | Canberra City | 26 | 5 | 10 | 11 | 28 | 41 | −13 | 20 |
| 14 | Brisbane City | 26 | 7 | 3 | 16 | 29 | 49 | −20 | 17 |

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

#### 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 | | Ron Tilsed | 24 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 27 | 0 |
| 2 | DF | | Danny Moulis | 17+1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 19 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | | Milan Milovanovic | 15+2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 18 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | | Tony Henderson | 26 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 29 | 1 |
| 5 | — | | Luis Selgado | 2+1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| 6 | MF | | John Davies | 17+1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 21 | 1 |
| 7 | DF | | Steve Hogg | 15+2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 18 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | | Ivan Grujicic | 19+3 | 9 | 2+1 | 1 | 25 | 10 |
| 9 | DF | | Terry Byrne | 23 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 26 | 10 |
| 10 | — | | Brian Stoddart | 17 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 20 | 2 |
| 11 | DF | | John Brown | 19 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 21 | 0 |
| 12 | FW | | Alan Reis | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 13 | MF | | Ian Heywood | 17+5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 25 | 2 |
| 14 | MF | | Jimmy Cant | 23 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 26 | 2 |
| 15 | FW | | Bernard Lustica | 0+3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 16 | — | | Garry Parker | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 |
| 17 | DF | | Keni Kawaleva | 5+1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 0 |
| 18 | DF | | Roy Stark | 25 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 27 | 1 |
| 20 | GK | | David Lindenmayer | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| — | — | | Ken Henderson | 0+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| — | FW | | Peter Marinello | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 1 |

### 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 | 9 | DF | | Terry Byrne | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 |
| 1 | 14 | MF | | Jimmy Cant | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 |
| 3 | 10 | — | | Brian Stoddart | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | 4 | DF | | Tony Henderson | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | 1 | GK | | Ron Tilsed | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | 11 | DF | | John Brown | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | 2 | DF | | Danny Moulis | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | 6 | MF | | John Davies | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | 8 | MF | | Ivan Grujicic | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | 13 | MF | | Ian Heywood | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | 16 | — | | Garry Parker | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | 17 | DF | | Keni Kawaleva | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 24 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 25 | 0 | 2 |

### 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 | | Ron Tilsed | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | 4 | 0 | 4 |