# 1977 Sydney Olympic FC season

The 1977 season was the first 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 12th in their National Soccer League season, and were eliminated in the first 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 |
| — | FW | AUS | Don Allan |
| — | | AUS | Greg Allan |
| — | DF | AUS | Richard Bell |
| — | FW | ENG | Ray Botham |
| — | DF | ENG | Mike Cross |
| — | | AUS | Bernie Cullerton |
| — | | AUS | Michael Drossos |
| — | DF | SCO | George Gibson |
| — | | AUS | Tony Ikonomou |
| — | FW | AUS | Jim Izatt |
| — | MF | SCO | Alex Jamieson |
| — | | AUS | Bill Kardambis |
| — | DF | ENG | Paul Luckett |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| — | FW | AUS | Greg Lynch |
| — | | AUS | Neil Malone |
| — | DF | AUS | Dave McIntosh |
| — | GK | AUS | Gary Meier |
| — | DF | AUS | Billy Palmer |
| — | | AUS | Lazaros Paraskevas |
| — | FW | AUS | Brian Parker |
| — | FW | SCO | Billy Pirie |
| — | MF | AUS | Peter Raskopoulos |
| — | MF | AUS | Joe Senkalski |
| — | FW | AUS | Chris Thamnidis |
| — | DF | SCO | Ken Wilson |

## 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 | 2 April 1977 | 25 September 1977 | Matchday 1 | 12th | 26 | 7 | 7 | 12 | 25 | 38 | −13 | 026.92 |
| NSL Cup | 20 September 1977 | 20 September 1977 | First round | First round | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | −1 | 000.00 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 27 | 7 | 7 | 13 | 26 | 40 | −14 | 025.93 |
Source: Competitions

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

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Relegation |
| 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 | |
| 13 | Canberra City | 26 | 5 | 7 | 14 | 22 | 39 | −17 | 17 | |
| 14 | Mooroolbark (R) | 26 | 5 | 5 | 16 | 31 | 61 | −30 | 15 | Relegation to the 1978 Victoria Metropolitan League Three |

#### 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 | 13 | 12 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 |
| Ground | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | H | A | H | A | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H |
| Result | L | D | L | W | D | W | L | W | L | W | D | L | W | L | D | W | L | L | L | W | L | D | L | L | D | D |
| Position | 13 | 12 | 13 | 11 | 10 | 9 | 10 | 9 | 11 | 8 | 9 | 8 | 6 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 11 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 12 | 12 |
| Points | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 8 | 8 | 10 | 11 | 11 | 13 | 13 | 14 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 18 | 18 | 19 | 19 | 19 | 20 | 21 |

#### 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 |
| — | FW | | Don Allan | 20+1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 3 |
| — | — | | Greg Allan | 18+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 0 |
| — | DF | | Richard Bell | 13 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 14 | 0 |
| — | FW | | Ray Botham | 26 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 27 | 6 |
| — | DF | | Mike Cross | 24+1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 26 | 2 |
| — | — | | Bernie Cullerton | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 0 |
| — | — | | Michael Drossos | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| — | DF | | George Gibson | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 0 |
| — | — | | Tony Ikonomou | 4+3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 |
| — | FW | | Jim Izatt | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| — | MF | | Alex Jamieson | 11 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 1 |
| — | — | | Bill Kardambis | 0+4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| — | DF | | Paul Luckett | 22+2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 25 | 0 |
| — | FW | | Greg Lynch | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| — | — | | Neil Malone | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| — | DF | | Dave McIntosh | 18 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 19 | 3 |
| — | GK | | Gary Meier | 26 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 27 | 0 |
| — | DF | | Billy Palmer | 12+2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 15 | 0 |
| — | — | | Lazaros Paraskevas | 0+3 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| — | FW | | Brian Parker | 2+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| — | FW | | Billy Pirie | 8+1 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 7 |
| — | MF | | Peter Raskopoulos | 7+1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 0 |
| — | MF | | Joe Senkalski | 25 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 26 | 4 |
| — | FW | | Chris Thamnidis | 10+7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 18 | 0 |
| — | DF | | Ken Wilson | 3+2 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 6 | 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 | — | FW | | Don Allan | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 |
| 2 | — | FW | | Chris Thamnidis | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 3 | — | FW | | Dave McIntosh | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | — | DF | | Richard Bell | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | — | DF | | Mike Cross | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 9 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 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 | — | | Gary Meier | 8 | 0 | 8 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | 8 | 0 | 8 |