1983 in Australian soccer

The 1983 season was the 14th season of national competitive association football in Australia and 100th overall.

Soccer in Australia
Season1983
Men's soccer
National Soccer LeagueSt George-Budapest
NSL CupSydney Olympic
← 1982 Australia 1984 →

National teams edit

Australia men's national soccer team edit

Results and fixtures edit

Friendlies edit
22 February 1983 New Zealand   2–1   Australia Auckland, New Zealand
Report
Stadium: Mount Smart Stadium
Attendance: [1]
Referee: William Munro (New Zealand)
27 February 1983 Australia   0–2   New Zealand Melbourne, Australia
Report
Stadium: Olympic Park Stadium
Attendance: 14,000~
Referee: Jack Johnston (Australia)
12 June 1983 Australia   0–0   England Sydney, Australia
Report Stadium: Sydney Cricket Ground
Attendance: 28,000
Referee: Tony Boskovic (Australia)
15 June 1983 Australia   0–1   England Brisbane, Australia
Report Stadium: Lang Park
Attendance: 16,000
Referee: Peter Rampley (Australia)
19 June 1983 Australia   1–1   England Melbourne, Australia
Report
Stadium: Olympic Park Stadium
Attendance: 20,000
Referee: Jack Johnston (Australia)
1983 Merlion Cup edit
4 December 1983 China   2–1   Australia Singapore
Report
10 December 1983 Thailand   0–2   Australia Singapore
Report
15 December 1983 South Korea   1–3   Australia Singapore
Report
18 December 1983 Singapore   2–4   Australia Singapore
Report

Domestic soccer edit

National Soccer League edit

[2]

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1 St George-Budapest (C) 30 15 10 5 47 27 +20 55
2 Sydney City 30 15 9 6 48 30 +18 54
3 Preston Makedonia 30 15 7 8 47 32 +15 52
4 South Melbourne 30 15 7 8 44 36 +8 52
5 Newcastle KB United 30 14 7 9 45 26 +19 49
6 Heidelberg United 30 11 10 9 39 38 +1 43
7 Sydney Olympic 30 12 5 13 38 36 +2 41
8 APIA Leichhardt 30 11 6 13 43 36 +7 39
9 Marconi Fairfield 30 9 11 10 43 41 +2 38
10 Canberra City 30 11 5 14 47 53 −6 38
11 Adelaide City 30 10 6 14 37 38 −1 36
12 Footscray JUST 30 9 9 12 25 42 −17 36
13 West Adelaide 30 7 12 11 25 37 −12 33
14 Brisbane City 30 8 9 13 33 50 −17 33
15 Wollongong City 30 4 15 11 41 55 −14 27
16 Brisbane Lions 30 6 8 16 36 61 −25 26
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

NSL Cup edit

Final edit

Sydney Olympic1–0Heidelberg United
Report
Attendance: 6,420
Referee: Tony Boskovic
Heidelberg United0–1Sydney Olympic
Report
Attendance: 6,000

References edit

  1. ^ "Socceroo Internationals for 1983". ozfootball.net. Retrieved 20 March 2021.
  2. ^ "OzFootball Archives - 1983 NSL Season table". ozfootball.net. Retrieved 20 March 2021.

External links edit