| 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.
| Sydney Olympic 1978 Squad | ||||
| Player Details | Home-and-Away Season | Full Name | Birth Date | Position | Start | Sub | App | Gls | Red | Cls |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alan Ainslie | 1947 | Midfielder | 24 | 2 | 26 | 7 | ||
| Don Allan | 16-Jun-1954 | Forward | 11 | 3 | 14 | 5 | ||
| Greg Allan | 11 | 1 | 12 | 0 | ||||
| Richard Bell | 13-Nov-1955 | Defender | 12 | 0 | 12 | 1 | ||
| Ray Botham | 27-Oct-1957 | Forward | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Nick Constantinou | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||||
| Paul Coton | 09-Feb-1949 | Defender | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Mike Cross | 25-Apr-1956 | Defender | 25 | 0 | 25 | 0 | ||
| Con Davourlis | 8 | 0 | 8 | 1 | ||||
| Jim Herron | Midfielder | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | |||
| Alex Jamieson | 21-Nov-1957 | Midfielder | 24 | 0 | 24 | 3 | ||
| Herc Karakostas | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||||
| John Karaspyros | 09-Mar-1960 | Defender | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Derek Laing | 12-Feb-1955 | Forward | 26 | 0 | 26 | 3 | ||
| Paul Luckett | 12-Jan-1957 | Defender | 15 | 2 | 17 | 0 | ||
| Stuart Markland | 12-Feb-1948 | Defender | 19 | 1 | 20 | 0 | 1 | |
| Dave McIntosh | 11-Mar-1954 | Defender | 24 | 0 | 24 | 5 | ||
| Gary Meier | 10-Sep-1955 | Goalkeeper | 23 | 0 | 23 | 0 | 4 | |
| Billy Palmer | 18-Jun-1955 | Defender | 16 | 0 | 16 | 0 | ||
| Billy Pirie | 02-Apr-1949 | Forward | 8 | 0 | 8 | 6 | ||
| Peter Raskopoulos | 22-Feb-1962 | Midfielder | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Joe Senkalski | 20-Aug-1957 | Midfielder | 6 | 5 | 11 | 3 | ||
| Bill Stravopodis | 4 | 3 | 7 | 0 | ||||
| Chris Thamnidis | 20-Nov-1955 | Forward | 2 | 2 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Ken Wilson | 30-Oct-1957 | Defender | 17 | 4 | 21 | 1 | ||
Coaches: Tom Anderson. 11 matches: Won 3; Drew 3; Lost 5.
George Gibson. 7 matches: Won 2; Drew 2; Lost 3.
Joe Marston. 7 matches: Won 4; Drew 2; Lost 1.
Kaz Kulak. 1 match: Won 0; Drew 0; Lost 1.