World Cup Qualification, 1978

107 countries, 252 matches

Top 15 Goal Scorers

	Player	Country	Goals
1	Roberto Bettega	Italy	9
2	Hans Krankl	Austria	7
	Luis Ramirez Zapata	El Salvador	7
	Emmanuel Sanon	Haiti	7
	Keith Nelson	New Zealand	7
6	John Kosmina	Australia	6
	Mahmoud El Khatib	Egypt	6
	Oscar Enrique Sanchez	Guatemala	6
	Leintz Domingue	Haiti	6
	Faisal Al-Dakhil	Kuwait	6
	Victor Rangel	Mexico	6
	Peter Ollerton	Australia	6
13	Ghafour Jahani	Iran	5
	Bum Kun Cha	South Korea	5
	Zico	Brazil	5
	Roy George	Suriname	5
	Martin Hoffmann	East Germany	5
	Cemil Turan	Turkey	5

 

Guatemala, 1978

18 clubs, 10 or 32 matches

Top 1 Goal Scorers

	Player	Nat.	Club	Goals
1	Oscar Sanchez	GUA	Comunicaciones	24

 

 

India, 1978 Calcutta League

- clubs, - matches (home and away)

Top 2 Goal Scorers

	Player	Nat.	Club	Goals
1	Md Akbar	IND	Mohun Bagan	24
2	Shyam Thapa	IND	Mohun Bagan	22

 

South Africa, 1978 NPSL

24 clubs, 34 matches

Top 1 Goal Scorers

	Player	Nat.	Club	Goals
1	Thomas Ngobe	SAF	Witbank Black Aces	40

 

Argentina, Nacional 1978

32 clubs, 14, 16, 18 or 20 matches

Top 15 Goal Scorers

	Player	Nat.	Club	Goals
1	José Reinaldi	ARG	Talleres	19
2	Norberto Outes	ARG	Independiente	15
3	Sergio Fortunato	ARG	Estudiantes	13
4	Victor Sosa	ARG	Atlético Ledesma	11
5	Carlos Babington	ARG	Huracán	10
	Sergio Robles	ARG	Newell’s Old Boys	10
7	Hugo Gottardi	ARG	Estudiantes	9
	Dante Sanabria	ARG	Huracán	9
9	Norberto Alonso	ARG	River Plate	8
	Omar Roldan	ARG	Vélez Sarsfield	8
	Hugo Sánchez	ARG	Newell’s Old Boys	8
	Juan José Lopez	ARG	River Plate	8
	Benito Valencia	ARG	San Martin	8
14	Jorge Sanabria	ARG	Huracán	7
	Ruben Galletti	ARG	River Plate	7
	Julio Apariente	ARG	Ferro Carril Oeste	7
	Luis Luduena	ARG	Talleres	7
	Victor Palomba	ARG	Atlético Tucaman	7

 

 

Curaçao, 1978

8 clubs, 21 matches (clubs play each other three times)

Top 10 Goal Scorers

	Player	Nat.	Club	Goals
1	Erwin Godfried	CUR	Jong Holland	14
2	Siegfried Marceli	CUR	Victory Boys	12
	Richard Kip	CUR	SUBT	12
4	Humphrey Koots	CUR	Victory Boys	11
5	Peng Peng Zimmerman	CUR	Jong Colombia	9
	Leonardo Basilio	CUR	Scherpenheuvel	9
7	Adel Toppenberg	CUR	SUBT	6
8	Natiti Martis	CUR	Centro Dominguito	5
	Erwin Bernardino	CUR	Jong Colombia	5
	Mau Maria	CUR	Vesta	5