| Season | 1987 |
|---|---|
| Dates | 27 March – 1 November 1987 |
| Champions | APIA Leichhardt 1st title |
| Relegated | Heidelberg United |
| Matches played | 162 |
| Goals scored | 391 (2.41 per match) |
| Top goalscorer | Frank Farina (18 goals) |
| Biggest home win | Sydney Croatia 6–1 Melbourne Croatia (29 March 1987) |
| Biggest away win | Sydney Croatia 0–5 Marconi Fairfield (11 October 1987) |
| Highest scoring | Heidelberg United 6–2 Sunshine George Cross (10 May 1987) |
| Highest attendance | 9,000 Heidelberg United 1–1 South Melbourne (24 May 1987) |
| Lowest attendance | 400 Brunswick Juventus 0–1 Adelaide City (27 September 1987) |
| Total attendance | 500,763 |
| Average attendance | 3,091 |
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The 1987 National Soccer League season was the 11th season of the National Soccer League, the former top Australian professional league for association football clubs since its establishment in 1977. The season saw the format returned to a single league of fourteen teams instead of the two-conference system. Sydney City SC withdrew from the competition after round 1, reducing the competition to 13 teams. The finals series for the Championship was also removed and replaced with the standard non-Championship defining play-offs with the actual Championship determined by a first past the post, won by APIA Leichhardt.