Sport Association football Champions South Melbourne Start date 1984 Number of teams 24 | Duration 1984 Top scorer Doug Brown (22) Champion South Melbourne FC Season champion South Melbourne FC | |
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The National Soccer League 1984 season was the eighth season of the National Soccer League in Australia. This season saw a restructure of the league, introducing a split into two geographical divisions, and an expansion from 16 to 24 teams. A Northern Conference comprised 12 clubs from NSW and ACT, and a Southern Conference consisted of 12 Victorian, South Australian, and ironically, Queensland clubs.
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For the first time in the competition a finals system was introduced, whereby the five highest finishing teams in each conference would playoff to determine a conference winner. The two conference winners would then play each other in a two-legged Grand Final to be declared champions. The Grand Final was won by South Melbourne over Sydney Olympic.
Northern Conference
Source: rsssf.com
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
Southern Conference
Source: rsssf.com
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.