| 1978 National Soccer League Squads Written by Tony Persoglia and Greg Stock |
| 1977 |
Results | Table | Top Scorers | Squads | NSL Cup | NSL Index | 1979
Club | Adelaide City | Brisbane City | Brisbane Lions | Canberra City | Eastern Suburbs Hakoah | Fitzroy United | Footscray JUST | Marconi | Newcastle KB United | South Melbourne | St. George | Sydney Olympic | West Adelaide | Western Suburbs
Sources: Soccer Action, Soccer World.
| South Melbourne 1978 Squad | ||||
| Player Details | Home-and-Away Season | Top 4 Finals | Full Name | Birth Date | Position | Start | Sub | App | Gls | Red | Cls | Start | Sub | App | Gls | Red | Cls |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stuart Baxter | 16-Aug-1953 | Midfielder | 25 | 0 | 25 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||||
| Billy Bergman | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| George Campbell | 03-May-1957 | Forward | 14 | 0 | 14 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| George Christopoulos | 11-Dec-1960 | Midfielder | 11 | 3 | 14 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||||
| Duncan Cummings | 20-Mar-1958 | Forward | 21 | 1 | 22 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||||
| Alun Evans | 30-Sep-1949 | Forward | 7 | 0 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||||
| Margaritis Hagegmanouil | 26 | 0 | 26 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||||||
| John Hansen | Goalkeeper | 16 | 0 | 16 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Steve Kakantonis | 26-Jan-1961 | Forward | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Kris Kalifatidis | 03-Jan-1958 | Defender | 23 | 0 | 23 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||||
| Chris Kent | 15-Apr-1955 | Midfielder | 13 | 0 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||||
| Kyri Kyriakouleas | 27-Sep-1959 | Defender | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Bertie Lutton | 1950 | Defender | 21 | 1 | 22 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||||
| Bobby McGuinness | 29-Jan-1954 | Forward | 3 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Frank Munro | 25-Oct-1947 | Defender | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||
| Socrates Nicolaidis | 15-Aug-1962 | Midfielder | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Peter Ollerton | 20-May-1951 | Forward | 12 | 0 | 12 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Mike Pye | 09-Aug-1947 | Defender | 25 | 1 | 26 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Jack Reilly | 27-Aug-1945 | Goalkeeper | 10 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||
| Billy Rogers | 16-Jul-1949 | Midfielder | 25 | 1 | 26 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||||
| Peter Vaughan | 15-Apr-1952 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||
| Sammy Wright | 09-Jan-1956 | 24 | 0 | 24 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||||
Coaches: David MacLaren. 25 matches: Won 11; Drew 8; Lost 6.
Top 4 Finals: 1 match: Won 0; Drew 0; Lost 1.
Ted Smith. 1 match: Won 1; Drew 0; Lost 0.