| Competition: | National Professional Soccer League |
| Season: | 1978 |
| Winners: | Lusitano |
| League Topscorer: | Thomas ‘Junior’ Ngobe, 40 goals (Witbank Aces) |
| Prevseason: | 1977 NPSL 1977 NFL |
| Nextseason: | 1979 |
The 1978 National Professional Soccer League was the first season of the newly-formed multi-racial South African National Professional Soccer League (NPSL). The league was a merger of the previous NPSL, which due to the country's apartheid policies were for black teams only, and the National Football League, for white teams only. It was won by Lusitano.[1] [2]
The third professional league, the Federation Professional League, for Indian and coloured South Africans, continued to function independently.
Lusitano's 13-0 victory over Mangaung United is the largest margin of victory in a top-flight league game in South Africa.[3]
The top scorer was Witbank Ace's Thomas ‘Junior’ Ngobe, with 40 goals.[4]