1979 in Australian soccer

Soccer in Australia

Season	1979
Men's soccer
National Soccer League	Marconi Fairfield
NSL Cup	Adelaide City
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The 1979 season was the tenth season of national competitive soccer in Australia and 96th overall.

National teams

Australia men's national soccer team

Main article: Australia men's national soccer team

Results and fixtures

Friendlies

New Zealand   v   Australia

13 June 1979	New Zealand	1–0	Australia	Auckland, New Zealand
	Ormond 58'	Report		Stadium: Newmarket Park Attendance: 4,000 [1] Referee: Tom Delahunty

Chinese Taipei   v   Australia

27 November 1979	Chinese Taipei	0–2	Australia	Taipei, Taiwan
		Report	Cumming 43' Cole 74'	Attendance: 2,000

Australia women's national soccer team

Main article: Australia women's national soccer team

Results and fixtures

Friendlies

Australia   v   New Zealand

6 October 1979	Australia	2–2	New Zealand	Sydney, Australia
	Brentnall ?' Loveless ?'	Report	Marshall ?' Hetherington ?'	Stadium: Seymour Shaw Park Attendance: [2]

Australia   v   New Zealand

8 October 1979	Australia	0–1	New Zealand	Sydney, Australia
		Report	Ah Wong ?'	Stadium: Seymour Shaw Park

Australia   v   New Zealand

13 October 1979	Australia	1–0	New Zealand	Brisbane, Australia
	Loveless ?'	Report		Stadium: Perry Park

Australia men's national under-20 soccer team

Main article: Australia men's national under-20 soccer team

Results and fixtures

1979 FIFA World Youth Championship qualification

Inter-continental qualification

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Paraguay	4	4	0	0	10	1	+9	8	Qualification for 1979 FIFA World Youth Championship
2	Israel	4	0	2	2	1	5	−4	2
3	Australia	4	0	2	2	0	5	−5	2

Source: RSSSF

Paraguay   v   Australia

7 February 1979	Paraguay	2–0	Australia	Asunción, Paraguay
	Romerito 11' (60)	Report		Stadium: Estadio Defensores del Chaco Attendance: 45,000

Israel   v   Australia

9 February 1979	Israel	0–0	Australia	Asunción, Paraguay
		Report		Stadium: Estadio Defensores del Chaco Attendance: 25,000

Australia   v   Israel

17 February 1979	Australia	0–0	Israel	Asunción, Paraguay
		Report		Stadium: Estadio Defensores del Chaco Attendance: 5,000

Paraguay   v   Australia

18 February 1979	Paraguay	3–0	Australia	Asunción, Paraguay
		Report		Stadium: Estadio Defensores del Chaco Attendance: 40,000

Domestic soccer

National Soccer League

Main article: 1979 National Soccer League

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Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Marconi Fairfield (C)	26	15	6	5	58	32	+26	40 [a]	Qualification to Finals series [b]
2	Heidelberg United	26	14	7	5	44	30	+14	36 [a]
3	Sydney City	26	15	3	8	47	29	+18	34 [a]
4	Brisbane City	26	14	5	7	38	30	+8	34 [a]
5	Adelaide City	26	13	6	7	43	27	+16	33 [a]
6	Newcastle KB United	26	11	9	6	43	30	+13	32 [a]
7	West Adelaide	26	10	4	12	28	31	−3	25 [a]
8	APIA Leichhardt	26	11	3	12	29	37	−8	25
9	Brisbane Lions	26	8	6	12	28	40	−12	22
10	Footscray JUST	26	8	3	15	29	43	−14	20 [a]
11	St George-Budapest	26	7	6	13	27	43	−16	20
12	Canberra City	26	6	8	12	25	41	−16	20
13	Sydney Olympic (R)	26	7	5	14	23	30	−7	19	Relegated to the 1980 NSW State League
14	South Melbourne	26	6	3	17	26	45	−19	16 [a]

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. A Bonus Point was awarded for victories of 4 goals or more.
2. The Finals series was not considered the championship for the 1979 National Soccer League.

NSL Cup

Main article: 1979 NSL Cup

Final

Main article: 1979 NSL Cup final

30 September 1979 (1979-09-30)

14:30 ACDT

Adelaide City	3–2	St George Budapest
J. Nyskohous 54', 76' B. Nyskohus 65'	Report	O'Connor 21' O'Shea 48'

Olympic Sports Field, Adelaide

Attendance: 9,554

Retirements

• 10 December 1979: Jim Mangopoulos, former Heidelberg United player. ^[4]

References

1. "Socceroo Internationals for 1979". ozfootball.net. Retrieved 19 March 2021.
2. "Matildas Internationals for 1979". ozfootball.net. Retrieved 19 March 2021.
3. "OzFootball Archives - 1979 NSL Season table". ozfootball.net. Retrieved 19 March 2021.
4. "Soccer PSL bonus scheme dropped". The Canberra Times . Vol. 54, no. 16, 147. Australian Capital Territory, Australia. 10 December 1979. p. 15. Retrieved 19 March 2021– via National Library of Australia.

External links

• Football Australia official website