1980 National Soccer League

The 1980 National Soccer League season was the fourth season of the National Soccer League in Australia. The champions were Sydney City SC, their second title after winning the 1977 season (as Eastern Suburbs).

National Soccer League
Season1980
Dates9 March – 28 September 1980
ChampionsSydney City
2nd National Soccer League title
RelegatedSt George-Budapest
Matches played182
Goals scored513 (2.82 per match)
Top goalscorerGary Cole (21 goals)
Biggest home winMarconi Fairfield 9–0 Blacktown City
(16 March 1980)
Biggest away winAPIA Leichhardt 0–5 Heidelberg United
(17 June 1979)
Highest scoringMarconi Fairfield 9–0 Blacktown City
(16 March 1980)
Longest winning run5 matches
Heidelberg United
Marconi Fairfield
Sydney City
Longest unbeaten run10 matches
Marconi Fairfield
Longest winless run14 matches
Brisbane Lions
Longest losing run5 matches
Blacktown City
West Adelaide
Highest attendance15,000
Heielberg United 1–2 South Melbourne
(6 July 1980)
Lowest attendance800
Footscray JUST 0–1 Canberra City
(28 June 1980)
Total attendance670,068
Average attendance3,682
1979
1981

Teams

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Fourteen teams competed in the league.

Stadiums and locations

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Note: Table lists in alphabetical order.
Team Location Stadium Capacity
Adelaide City Adelaide (Norwood) Olympic Sports Field 8,000
APIA Leichhardt Sydney (Leichhardt) Lambert Park 7,000
Blacktown City Sydney (Seven Hills) Gabbie Stadium 5,000
Brisbane City Brisbane (Newmarket) Spencer Park 5,000
Brisbane Lions Brisbane (Inala) Lions Stadium 5,000
Canberra City Canberra Canberra Stadium 25,011
Footscray JUST Melbourne (Footscray) Schintler Reserve ?
Heidelberg United Melbourne (Brunswick) Olympic Village 12,000
Marconi Fairfield Sydney (Bossley Park) Marconi Stadium 9,000
Newcastle KB United Newcastle Newcastle International Sports Centre 30,000
South Melbourne Melbourne (Middle Park) Middle Park 18,000
St George-Budapest Sydney (Mortdale) St George Stadium 12,000
Sydney City Sydney (Bondi) ES Marks Athletics Field 8,000
West Adelaide Adelaide (City of Adelaide) Hindmarsh Stadium 16,500

League table

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Sydney City (C) 26 16 5 5 51 26 +25 37 Qualification to Finals series[a]
2 Heidelberg United 26 15 6 5 55 33 +22 36
3 South Melbourne 26 15 5 6 42 21 +21 35
4 Marconi Fairfield 26 14 6 6 53 32 +21 34
5 Adelaide City 26 13 4 9 40 27 +13 30
6 Newcastle KB United 26 12 6 8 32 31 +1 30
7 Brisbane Lions 26 7 11 8 28 32 −4 25
8 APIA Leichhardt 26 8 7 11 27 35 −8 23
9 Footscray JUST 26 7 9 10 32 41 −9 23
10 Canberra City 26 7 7 12 34 33 +1 21
11 Blacktown City 26 9 3 14 34 55 −21 21
12 Brisbane City 26 4 10 12 29 36 −7 18
13 West Adelaide 26 7 3 16 24 46 −22 17
14 St George-Budapest (R) 26 5 4 17 32 65 −33 14 Relegated to the 1981 NSW State League
Updated to match(es) played on unknown. Source: rsssf.com
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. ^ The Finals series was not considered the championship for the 1980 National Soccer League.

Results

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Home \ Away ADE API BLA BRC BRL CAN FOO HEI MAR NKU SOU STG SYC WES
Adelaide City 3–2 1–1 0–0 1–1 4–1 1–0 0–1 1–3 0–1 6–1 1–0 1–0
APIA Leichhardt 2–1 0–0 2–1 0–0 2–1 0–0 0–5 2–2 1–0 1–0 1–2 2–2 2–0
Blacktown City 1–2 0–0 3–1 4–1 1–0 3–0 1–2 5–1 1–1 0–3 4–2 1–3 1–0
Brisbane City 1–2 1–0 1–2 1–1 1–1 1–1 7–0 2–1 1–2 0–1 0–1 1–0 1–1
Brisbane Lions 1–2 2–1 1–0 1–0 0–0 1–1 1–2 0–0 1–4 1–2 0–0 2–0 2–1
Canberra City 1–0 2–2 0–1 1–1 2–4 0–0 0–1 0–1 1–2 0–0 4–1 2–3 4–3
Footscray JUST 1–3 1–0 3–0 1–1 3–1 0–1 0–2 0–4 2–1 3–0 5–3 1–2 0–3
Heidelberg United 0–0 5–1 5–1 3–1 1–0 2–0 3–2 3–3 4–0 1–2 4–2 0–0 4–2
Marconi Fairfield 2–1 1–2 9–0 4–0 2–1 3–2 2–2 1–1 4–1 1–4 0–0 2–0 2–1
Newcastle KB United 3–1 1–0 1–0 1–1 0–0 0–4 0–0 3–1 0–1 1–0 2–1 0–3 2–0
South Melbourne 2–1 1–0 5–0 3–3 2–2 1–0 3–0 0–0 3–1 0–0 2–1 1–2 2–0
St George-Budapest 1–4 1–0 4–1 1–1 2–3 1–5 1–1 3–5 0–3 0–3 0–3 0–2 3–1
Sydney City 2–1 4–2 3–0 2–1 1–1 0–2 2–2 1–1 2–1 2–0 2–1 4–1 7–0
West Adelaide 0–2 0–4 4–2 1–0 1–1 2–0 0–2 1–0 0–1 1–1 1–0 1–0 0–2
Source: OzFootball
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Finals series

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The Finals series was not considered the championship for the 1980 National Soccer League.

Semi-finals

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11 October 1980 Qualifying final Sydney City 2–0 Heidelberg United Sydney
Report Stadium: Sydney Sports Ground
Attendance: 3,457
Referee: Tony Boskovic
12 October 1980 Elimination final South Melbourne 4–3Marconi FairfieldMelbourne
Report
Stadium: Middle Park Soccer Stadium
Attendance: 4,500
Referee: Chris Bambridge

Preliminary final

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18 October 1980 Heidelberg United 4–1South MelbourneMelbourne
Report
Stadium: Olympic Park
Attendance: 7,700
Referee: Tim Davies

Grand final

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Sydney City0–4Heidelberg United
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Attendance: 11,126
Referee: Don Campbell

Season statistics

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Top scorers

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Rank Player Club Goals[1]
1   Gary Cole Heidelberg United 21
2   Mark Jankovics Marconi Fairfield 16
3   Jamie Paton Heidelberg United 15
4   Ken Boden Sydney City 13
  Eddie Krncevic Marconi Fairfield
6   John Nyskohus Adelaide City 12
7   Dennis Duarte St George-Budapest 11
8   Murray Barnes Sydney City 10
  Branko Buljevic South Melbourne
  Phil O'Connor APIA Leichhardt

Hat-tricks

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Player For Against Result Date
  Gary Cole Heidelberg United West Adelaide 4–2 (H)[2] 16 March 1980
  Eddie Krncevic Marconi Fairfield Blacktown City 9–0 (H)[2]
  Mark Jankovics
  Gary Cole Heidelberg United APIA Leichhardt 5–0 (A)[3] 6 April 1980
  Murray Barnes Sydney City West Adelaide 7–0 (H)[3]
  Gary Cole Heidelberg United Blacktown City 3–1 (H)[4] 13 April 1980
  John Nyskohus Adelaide City St George-Budapest 4–1 (A)[4]
  Barry Kelso Brisbane City Heidelberg United 7–0 (H)[5] 27 July 1980
  Dennis Duarte St George-Budapest West Adelaide 3–1 (H)[6] 28 September 1980

Clean sheets

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Rank Player Club Clean
sheets
1   Peter Laumets South Melbourne 12
2   Allan Maher Marconi Fairfield 10
3   Peter Marshall Adelaide City 8
  Greg Woodhouse APIA Leichhardt
5   Dennis Boland Footscray JUST 7
6   Martyn Crook West Adelaide 6
  Tony Scalan Brisbane Lions
  Richard Wilson Canberra City
9   Yakka Banovic Heidelberg United 5
  Phil Dando Newcastle KB United

Discipline

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Player

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Club

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  • Most yellow cards: 30
    • Footscray JUST
    • St George-Budapest
  • Fewest yellow cards: 13
    • Heidelberg United
  • Most red cards: 3
    • West Adelaide
  • Fewest red cards: 0
    • Adelaide City
    • Brisbane Lions
    • Heidelberg United

Awards

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Annual awards

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Award Winner Club
National Soccer League Player of the Year   Jim Hermiston Brisbane Lions
National Soccer League Under 21 Player of the Year   John Spanos Sydney City
National Soccer League Coach of the Year   John Margeritis South Melbourne

References

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General

  • Stock, Greg. "1980 National Soccer League Results". OzFootball.net.

Specific

  1. ^ Stock, Greg. "1980 National Soccer League Top Goalscorers". OzFootball.net.
  2. ^ a b "SOCCER Drubbing for PSL newcomer". The Canberra Times. Vol. 54, no. 16, 244. Australian Capital Territory, Australia. 17 March 1980. p. 16. Retrieved 29 November 2023 – via National Library of Australia.
  3. ^ a b "WESTFIELD SCOREBOARD". Soccer World. 10 April 1980. p. 4.
  4. ^ a b "PHILIPS SOCCER LEAGUE Cole takes Heidelberg to top of ladder". The Canberra Times. Vol. 54, no. 16, 272. Australian Capital Territory, Australia. 14 April 1980. p. 18. Retrieved 29 November 2023 – via National Library of Australia.
  5. ^ "SOCCER". The Canberra Times. Vol. 54, no. 16, 377. Australian Capital Territory, Australia. 28 July 1980. p. 15. Retrieved 29 November 2023 – via National Library of Australia.
  6. ^ "Final effort for 3 top teams". The Canberra Times. Vol. 55, no. 16, 439. Australian Capital Territory, Australia. 28 September 1980. p. 23. Retrieved 29 November 2023 – via National Library of Australia.