1977 in Australian soccer

Soccer in Australia
Season	1977
Men's soccer
National Soccer League	Sydney City
NSL Cup	Brisbane City

Last updated September 01, 2025

The 1977 season was the eighth national competitive soccer in Australia season and 94th overall.

National teams

Men's senior

Results and fixtures

Friendlies

12 February 1977	Australia	1–1	Israel	Melbourne, Australia
	Ollerton 58'	Report	Damti 10'	Stadium: Olympic Park Stadium Attendance: 8,000^[1] Referee: Barry Harwood (Australia)

16 February 1977	Australia	1–1	Israel	Sydney, Australia
	Muniz 59'	Report	Schweitzer 72'	Stadium: Sydney Sports Ground Attendance: 6,900 Referee: Des Miles (Australia)

19 March 1977	Fiji	1–0	Australia	Suva, Fiji
	Okete 75'	Report		Referee: Bob Khan (Fiji)

13 November 1977	Singapore	0–2	Australia	Singapore
		Report	Ollerton ?' Abonyi ?'

1978 FIFA World Cup qualification

Group 5

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Australia	4	3	1	0	9	3	+6	7	Advance to Final round
2	New Zealand	4	2	1	1	14	4	+10	5
3	Taiwan	4	0	0	4	1	17	−16	0

Source: RSSSF

13 March 1977	Australia	3–0	Taiwan	Ba, Fiji
	Rooney 8', 46' Abonyi 16'	Report		Attendance: 8,000 Referee: P. Watana (Thailand)

16 March 1977	Taiwan	1–2	Australia	Ba, Fiji
	Fang 29'	Report	Kosmina 35' Abonyi 58'	Referee: G. Vijit (Thailand)

27 March 1977	Australia	3–1	New Zealand	Sydney, Australia
	Ollerton 60', 85' Kosmina 72'	Report	Nelson 4'	Stadium: Sydney Cricket Ground Referee: Cham Tan-sun (Hong Kong)

30 March 1977	New Zealand	1–1	Australia	Auckland, New Zealand
	Nelson ?'	Report	Ollerton 18'	Stadium: Newmarket Park Attendance: 11,000 Referee: Cheung Kwok-kui (Hong Kong)

Final round

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Iran	8	6	2	0	12	3	+9	14	Qualification for 1978 FIFA World Cup	—	2–2	1–0	1–0	3–0
2	South Korea	8	3	4	1	12	8	+4	10		0–0	—	1–0	0–0	5–2
3	Kuwait	8	4	1	3	13	8	+5	9		1–2	2–2	—	1–0	4–0
4	Australia	8	3	1	4	11	8	+3	7		0–1	2–1	1–2	—	3–0
5	Hong Kong	8	0	0	8	5	26	−21	0		0–2	0–1	1–3	2–5	—

Source: RSSSF

10 July 1977	Australia	3–0	Hong Kong	Adelaide, Australia
	Kosmina 27', 84' Barnes 46'	Report		Attendance: 8,000 Referee: W. Hungerbuehler (Switzerland)

14 August 1977	Australia	0–1	Iran	Melbourne, Australia
		Report	Rowshan 68'	Stadium: Olympic Park Stadium Attendance: 17,000 Referee: Franz Wohrer (Austria)

28 August 1977	Australia	2–1	South Korea	Sydney, Australia
	Kosmina 63', 75'	Report	Cha 23'	Stadium: Sydney Sports Ground Attendance: 9,000 Referee: Franz Wohrer (Netherlands)

16 October 1977	Australia	1–2	Kuwait	Sydney, Australia
	Rooney 40'	Report	Kamil 41' (pen.) Aziz 49'	Stadium: Sydney Sports Ground Referee: Franz Wohrer (France)

23 October 1977	South Korea	0–0	Australia	Seoul, South Korea
		Report		Attendance: 30,000 Referee: Ulf Eriksson (Sweden)

30 October 1977	Hong Kong	2–5	Australia	Causeway Bay, Hong Kong
	Tang 66' Chung 80'	Report	Ollerton 18', 21', 27' Abonyi 59' (pen.) Bennett 86'	Stadium: Hong Kong Stadium Attendance: 8,000 Referee: Ulf Eriksson (Belgium)

19 November 1977	Kuwait	1–0	Australia	Kuwait City, Kuwait
	Al-Dakhil 51'	Report		Attendance: 25,000 Referee: Josef Bucek (Austria)

25 November 1977	Iran	1–0	Australia	Tehran, Iran
	Jahani 44'	Report		Stadium: Ayramehr Stadium Attendance: 25,000 Referee: Josef Bucek (Austria)

Domestic soccer

National Soccer League

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Relegation
1	Eastern Suburbs (C)	26	13	11	2	52	28	+24	37
2	Marconi Fairfield	26	15	7	4	42	21	+21	37
3	Fitzroy United	26	12	8	6	41	34	+7	32
4	Adelaide City	26	12	7	7	50	31	+19	31
5	Western Suburbs	26	11	7	8	38	29	+9	29
6	St George-Budapest	26	7	14	5	39	35	+4	28
7	West Adelaide	26	8	10	8	38	32	+6	26
8	Footscray JUST	26	9	6	11	36	39	−3	24
9	Brisbane Lions	26	9	5	12	27	41	−14	23
10	Brisbane City	26	8	6	12	30	35	−5	22
11	South Melbourne	26	7	8	11	27	35	−8	22
12	Sydney Olympic	26	7	7	12	25	38	−13	21
13	Canberra City	26	5	7	14	22	39	−17	17
14	Mooroolbark (R)	26	5	5	16	31	61	−30	15	Relegation to the 1978 Victoria Metropolitan League Three

Source: rsssf.com
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated

NSL Cup

Final

5 October 1977

Brisbane City	1–1 (a.e.t.)	Marconi
Tokesi 60'	Report	Sharne 40'
Penalties
	5–3

Perry Park, Brisbane

Attendance: 7,000

Referee: Stewart Mellings

References

↑ "Socceroo Internationals for 1977". ozfootball.net. Retrieved 21 February 2021.

External links

Football Australia official website

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[1] "Socceroo Internationals for 1977". ozfootball.net. Retrieved 21 February 2021.

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