1980 South Melbourne FC season

South Melbourne
1980 season
Head Coach	John Margaritis
Stadium	Middle Park Soccer Stadium
National Soccer League	3rd
NSL Cup	Second round
Top goalscorer	League: Branko Buljevic (10); All: Branko Buljevic (10)
Highest home attendance	8,565; vs. Heidelberg United ; (9 March 1980); National Soccer League
Lowest home attendance	1,600; vs. St George-Budapest ; (14 September 1980); National Soccer League
Average home league attendance	4,728
Biggest win	5–0; vs. Blacktown City (H); (20 July 1980); National Soccer League
Biggest defeat	0–3; vs. Footscray JUST (A); (4 May 1980); National Soccer League
	← 1979 1981 →

Last updated July 14, 2024

The 1980 season was the fourth in the National Soccer League for South Melbourne Football Club. In addition to the domestic league, they also participated in the NSL Cup. South Melbourne finished 3rd in their National Soccer League season, and were eliminated in the second round of the NSL Cup.

Players

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
1	GK	AUS	Peter Laumets
2	DF	SCO	Vince Bannon
3	DF	AUS	Alan Davidson
5	DF	AUS	Arthur Xanthopoulos
6	MF	AUS	Billy Rogers
7		NIR	Sammy Wright
8	MF	AUS	George Christopoulos
9	FW	AUS	Steve Kakantonis


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
10	FW	ENG	Alun Evans
11	FW	AUS	Branko Buljevic
12	DF	AUS	Kris Kalifatidis
14	DF	AUS	Bertie Lutton
15	FW	AUS	Duncan Cummings
16	FW	SCO	George Campbell
18	DF	AUS	Steve Blair

Competitions

Overall record

Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Final position	Record
Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Final position	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
National Soccer League	9 March 1980	28 September 1980	Matchday 1	3rd	26	15	5	6	42	21	+21	057.69
NSL Cup	25 April 1980	23 July 1980	First round	Second round	2	1	0	1	6	3	+3	050.00
Total					28	16	5	7	48	24	+24	057.14

Source: Competitions

National Soccer League

League table

Pos	Team v t e	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 ^{[lower-alpha 1]}
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:

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

Results summary


Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
26	15	5	6	42	21	+21	50	8	4	1	25	10	+15	7	1	5	17	11	+6

Source: worldfootball.net

Results by round

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	14	16	15	17	18	19	13	20	21	22	23	24	25	26
Ground	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	A	H	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H
Result	D	W	L	L	W	W	W	W	L	W	W	W	D	L	W	W	W	L	L	D	D	W	W	W	W	D
Position	9	3	8	10	6	5	4	4	5	5	4	3	4	4	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3
Points	1	3	3	3	5	7	9	11	11	13	15	17	18	18	20	22	24	24	24	25	26	28	30	32	34	35

Source: worldfootball.net
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

Win Draw Loss

9 March 19801	South Melbourne	0–0	Heidelberg United	Melbourne
		Report		Stadium: Middle Park Soccer Stadium Attendance: 8,565^[1] Referee: Stewart Mellings

16 March 19802	Brisbane Lions	1–2	South Melbourne	Brisbane
	Reid 50'	Report	Campbell 3' Rogers 67'	Stadium: Lions Stadium Attendance: 2,000 Referee: Dave Nugent

23 March 19803	West Adelaide	1–0	South Melbourne	Adelaide
	Koulianos 68'	Report		Stadium: Hindmarsh Stadium Attendance: 4,200 Referee: Tim Davies

30 March 19804	South Melbourne	1–2	Sydney City	Melbourne
	Buljevic 85'	Report	Boden 30', 52'	Stadium: Middle Park Soccer Stadium Attendance: 5,000 Referee: Chris Bambridge

6 April 19805	Blacktown City	0–3	South Melbourne	Sydney
15:00 AEST		Report	Rogers 12' Buljevic 59' Campbell 60'	Stadium: Gabbie Stadium Attendance: 3,250 Referee: Henry Witschge

13 April 19806	South Melbourne	1–0	APIA Leichhardt	Melbourne
	Christopoulos 23'	Report		Stadium: Middle Park Soccer Stadium Attendance: 3,500 Referee: Don Campbell

20 April 19807	Brisbane City	0–1	South Melbourne	Brisbane
		Report	Cummings 72'	Stadium: Perry Park Attendance: 2,634 Referee: Richard Lorenc

27 April 19808	South Melbourne	1–0	Canberra City	Melbourne
15:00 AEST	Christopoulos 3' (pen.)	Report		Stadium: Middle Park Soccer Stadium Attendance: 3,600 Referee: Evan Venios

4 May 19809	Footscray JUST	3–0	South Melbourne	Melbourne
	Petrov 1' Vasic 10' Ollerton 84' (pen.)	Report		Stadium: Olympic Park Attendance: 6,500 Referee: Peter Rampley

11 May 198010	South Melbourne	2–1	Adelaide City	Melbourne
	Xanthopoulos 18' Buljevic 56'	Report	Rogers 50' (o.g.)	Stadium: Middle Park Soccer Stadium Attendance: 4,400 Referee: Tony Boskovic

18 May 198011	St George-Budapest	0–3	South Melbourne	Sydney
		Report	Xanthopoulos 35' Cummings 64' Evans 74'	Stadium: Sydney Cricket Ground Attendance: 6,000 Referee: Richard Lorenc

25 May 198012	South Melbourne	3–1	Marconi Fairfield	Melbourne
	Evans 42', 49' Campbell 60'	Report	Byrne 10'	Stadium: Middle Park Soccer Stadium Attendance: 8,000 Referee: Jim Brennan

8 June 198014	South Melbourne	2–2	Brisbane Lions	Melbourne
	Buljevic 44' Campbell 57'	Report	Millman 32', 76'	Stadium: Middle Park Soccer Stadium Attendance: 4,500 Referee: Jack Johnston

22 June 198016	Sydney City	2–1	South Melbourne	Sydney
	Boden 24' Trenter 37'	Report	Christopoulos 75'	Stadium: ES Marks Athletics Field Attendance: 3,601 Referee: Tony Boskovic

6 July 198015	Heidelberg United	1–2	South Melbourne	Melbourne
	Paton 2'	Report	Buljevic 51', 80'	Stadium: Olympic Park Attendance: 15,000 Referee: Graham Neal

13 July 198017	South Melbourne	2–0	West Adelaide	Melbourne
	Buljevic 63', 64'	Report		Stadium: Middle Park Soccer Stadium Attendance: 5,000 Referee: Peter Rampley

20 July 198018	South Melbourne	5–0	Blacktown City	Melbourne
	Buljevic 21', 33' Campbell 42', 81' Bannon 66'	Report		Stadium: Middle Park Soccer Stadium Attendance: 3,000 Referee: Tony Beazleigh

27 July 198019	APIA Leichhardt	1–0	South Melbourne	Sydney
	O'Connor 43'	Report		Stadium: Lambert Park Attendance: 2,341 Referee: Richard Lorenc

3 August 198013	Newcastle KB United	1–0	South Melbourne	Newcastle
	Curran 21'	Report		Stadium: Newcastle International Sports Centre Attendance: 5,412 Referee: Jim Reeves

10 August 198020	South Melbourne	3–3	Brisbane City	Melbourne
	Rogers 22' Bannon 78' Evans 90'	Report	Conner 57', 80' Kelso 83'	Stadium: Middle Park Soccer Stadium Attendance: 4,800 Referee: Evans Venios

17 August 198021	Canberra City	0–0	South Melbourne	Canberra
15:00 AEST		Report		Stadium: Bruce Stadium Attendance: 1,860 Referee: Bob Mee

31 August 198022	South Melbourne	3–0	Footscray JUST	Melbourne
	Evans 14', 51' Wright 34'	Report		Stadium: Middle Park Soccer Stadium Attendance: 3,500 Referee: Henry Witschge

7 September 198023	Adelaide City	0–1	South Melbourne	Adelaide
		Report	Cummings 82'	Stadium: Olympic Sports Field Attendance: 4,923 Referee: Peter Rampley

14 September 198024	South Melbourne	2–1	St George-Budapest	Melbourne
	Kakantonis 17' Wright 35'	Report	Cotton 78'	Stadium: Middle Park Soccer Stadium Attendance: 1,600 Referee: Bobby Kerr

21 September 198025	Marconi Fairfield	1–4	South Melbourne	Sydney
15:00 AEST	Jankovics 34'	Report	Evans 13', 88' Cummings 54', 90'	Stadium: Marconi Oval Attendance: 3,406 Referee: Dave Nugent

28 September 198026	South Melbourne	0–0	Newcastle KB United	Melbourne
		Report		Stadium: Middle Park Soccer Stadium Attendance: 6,000 Referee: Peter Rampley

Finals series

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

12 October 1980 Elimination semi-final	South Melbourne	4–3	Marconi Fairfield	Melbourne
	Evans 49', 82' Xanthopoulos 75' Buljevic 80'	Report	Sharne 10' Byrne 19' (pen.) Krncevic 41'	Stadium: Middle Park Soccer Stadium Attendance: 4,500 Referee: Chris Bambridge

18 October 1980 Preliminary Final	Heidelberg United	4–1	South Melbourne	Melbourne
	Paton 5', 85' Bozikas 26' Cole 67' (pen.)	Report	Buljevic 9'	Stadium: Olympic Park Attendance: 7,700 Referee: Tim Davies

NSL Cup

Win Draw Loss

25 April 1980 First round	South Melbourne	5–1	Frankston City	Melbourne
	Campbell 10', 37' Christopoulos 35', 65' Cummings 87'	Report	Wall 75'	Stadium: Middle Park Soccer Stadium Attendance: 3,000^[2] Referee: Jim Fearn

23 July 1980 Second round	Heidelberg United	2–1	South Melbourne	Melbourne
	Yzendoorn 55' Cole 76'	Report	Rogers 30'	Stadium: Olympic Park Attendance: 7,232 Referee: Henry Witschge

Statistics

Appearances and goals

Includes all competitions. Players with no appearances not included in the list.^[3]^[2]

No.	Pos.	Nat.	Player	National Soccer League		NSL Cup		Total
No.	Pos.	Nat.	Player	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1	GK		Peter Laumets	26	0	2	0	28	0
2	DF		Vince Bannon	26	2	2	0	28	2
3	DF		Alan Davidson	17	0	1+1	0	19	0
5	DF		Arthur Xanthopoulos	26	2	2	0	28	2
6	MF		Billy Rogers	24	3	2	1	26	4
7	—		Sammy Wright	8+2	2	0+1	0	11	2
8	MF		George Christopoulos	20+1	3	2	2	23	5
9	FW		Steve Kakantonis	2+10	1	0+1	0	13	1
10	FW		Alun Evans	24	8	2	0	26	8
11	FW		Branko Buljevic	25	10	2	0	27	10
12	DF		Kris Kalifatidis	2+10	1	1	0	13	1
14	DF		Bertie Lutton	24	0	2	0	26	0
15	FW		Duncan Cummings	21+3	5	1	1	25	6
16	FW		George Campbell	24	6	2	2	26	8
18	DF		Steve Blair	14+2	0	1	0	17	0

Disciplinary record

Includes all competitions. The list is sorted by squad number when total cards are equal. Players with no cards not included in the list.

Rank	No.	Pos.	Nat.	Player	National Soccer League			NSL Cup			Total
Rank	No.	Pos.	Nat.	Player
1	14	DF		Bertie Lutton	1	0	1	1	0	0	2	0	1
2	8	MF		George Christopoulos	3	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0
3	2	DF		Vince Bannon	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0
3	10	FW		Alun Evans	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0
5	3	DF		Alan Davidson	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
	5	DF		Arthur Xanthopoulos	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
	6	MF		Billy Rogers	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
	12	DF		Kris Kalifatidis	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
	15	FW		Duncan Cummings	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
	16	FW		George Campbell	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
	18	DF		Steve Blair	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0
Total					14	0	1	2	0	0	16	0	1

Clean sheets

Includes all competitions. The list is sorted by squad number when total clean sheets are equal. Numbers in parentheses represent games where both goalkeepers participated and both kept a clean sheet; the number in parentheses is awarded to the goalkeeper who was substituted on, whilst a full clean sheet is awarded to the goalkeeper who was on the field at the start of play. Goalkeepers with no clean sheets not included in the list.

Rank	No.	Nat.	Goalkeeper	NSL	NSL Cup	Total
1	1		Peter Laumets	12	0	12
Total				12	0	12

References

↑ Stock, Greg. "1980 National Soccer League Results". OzFootball.
1 2 Stock, Greg. "1980 National Soccer League Cup Results". OzFootball.
↑ "South Melbourne 1980 Squad". OzFootball.

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[table_note_res_FS0.65000178136397-1] The Finals series was not considered the championship for the 1980 National Soccer League.

[2] Stock, Greg. "1980 National Soccer League Results". OzFootball.

[NSLCup-3] 1 2 Stock, Greg. "1980 National Soccer League Cup Results". OzFootball.

[4] "South Melbourne 1980 Squad". OzFootball.

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