| Club: | Canberra City |
| Season: | 1978 |
| Mgrtitle: | Head Coach |
| Manager: | Johnny Warren |
| Stadium: | Bruce Stadium Seiffert Oval |
| League: | National Soccer League |
| League Result: | 13th |
| Cup1: | NSL Cup |
| Cup1 Result: | Semi-finals |
| League Topscorer: | Terry Byrne Ivan Grujicic (9 each) |
| Season Topscorer: | Terry Byrne Ivan Grujicic (10 each) |
| Highest Attendance: | 7,450 vs. Marconi Fairfield (6 May 1978) National Soccer League |
| Lowest Attendance: | 2,600 vs. Fitzroy United (24 September 1978) NSL Cup |
| Average Attendance: | |
| Largest Win: | 4–0 (10 May 1978) NSL Cup 4–0 vs. Brisbane City (H) (29 July 1978) National Soccer League |
| Largest Loss: | 0–3 vs. Eastern Suburbs (A) (14 May 1978) National Soccer League 0–3 vs. Newcastle KB United (A) (1 July 1978) National Soccer League 0–3 vs. South Melbourne (A) (26 August 1978) National Soccer League |
| Prevseason: | 1977 |
| Nextseason: | 1979 |
The 1978 season was the second in the history of Canberra City Football Club. In addition to the domestic league, they also participated in the NSL Cup.
See main article: 1978 National Soccer League.
See main article: 1978 NSL Cup.
Includes all competitions. Players with no appearances not included in the list.[1]
| Player | National Soccer League | NSL Cup | Total | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||||||
| 1 | GK | < | --National Soccer League--> | 24 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 27 | 0 | ||
| 2 | DF | < | --National Soccer League--> | 17+1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 19 | 0 | ||
| 3 | DF | < | --National Soccer League--> | 15+2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 18 | 0 | ||
| 4 | DF | < | --National Soccer League--> | 26 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 29 | 1 | ||
| 5 | — | < | --National Soccer League--> | 2+1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 0 | ||
| 6 | MF | < | --National Soccer League--> | 17+1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 21 | 1 | ||
| 7 | DF | < | --National Soccer League--> | 15+2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 18 | 0 | ||
| 8 | MF | < | --National Soccer League--> | 19+3 | 9 | 2+1 | 1 | 25 | 10 | ||
| 9 | DF | < | --National Soccer League--> | 23 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 26 | 10 | ||
| 10 | — | < | --National Soccer League--> | 17 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 20 | 2 | ||
| 11 | DF | < | --National Soccer League--> | 19 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 21 | 0 | ||
| 12 | FW | < | --National Soccer League--> | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| 13 | MF | < | --National Soccer League--> | 17+5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 25 | 2 | ||
| 14 | MF | < | --National Soccer League--> | 23 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 26 | 2 | ||
| 15 | FW | < | --National Soccer League--> | 0+3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
| 16 | — | < | --National Soccer League--> | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 | ||
| 17 | DF | < | --National Soccer League--> | 5+1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 0 | ||
| 18 | DF | < | --National Soccer League--> | 25 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 27 | 1 | ||
| 20 | GK | < | --National Soccer League--> | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| — | — | < | --National Soccer League--> | 0+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| — | FW | < | --National Soccer League--> | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 1 | ||
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 | Player | National Soccer League | NSL Cup | Total | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 9 | DF |  | < | --National Soccer League--> | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | |
| 14 | MF | | < | --National Soccer League--> | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | ||
| 3 | 10 | — | | < | --National Soccer League--> | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | |
| 4 | 4 | DF | | < | --National Soccer League--> | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | |
| 5 | 1 | GK | < | --National Soccer League--> | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 11 | DF | < | --National Soccer League--> | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 7 | 2 | DF | | < | --National Soccer League--> | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| 6 | MF | | < | --National Soccer League--> | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 8 | MF | < | --National Soccer League--> | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 13 | MF | < | --National Soccer League--> | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 16 | — | | < | --National Soccer League--> | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 17 | DF | < | --National Soccer League--> | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Total< | --National Soccer League--> | 24 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 25 | 0 | 2 | |||||
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.