1981 Footscray JUST season

Footscray JUST
1981 season
Head Coach	Cedo Cirkovic
Stadium	Schintler Reserve
National Soccer League	13th
NSL Cup	First round
Top goalscorer	League: Bruno Cozzella (7); All: Bruno Cozzella (8)
Highest home attendance	5,890; vs. South Melbourne ; (8 March 1981); National Soccer League
Lowest home attendance	1,000; vs. Sydney City ; (12 April 1981); National Soccer League
Average home league attendance	2,556
Biggest win	3–1 (3 times); 2–0 (twice)
Biggest defeat	0–5; vs. Canberra City ; (20 April 1981); National Soccer League
	← 1980 1982 →

Last updated November 30, 2025

The 1981 season was the fifth in the National Soccer League for Footscray JUST. In addition to the domestic league, they also participated in the NSL Cup. Footscray JUST finished 13th in their National Soccer League season, and were eliminated in the first round of the NSL Cup.

Players

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


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
1	GK	SCO	Dennis Boland
2	DF	YUG	Igor Hazabent
3	DF	AUS	Chris Petrov
4	DF	AUS	Kyri Kyriakouleas
5	DF	GRE	Jim Kondarios
6	MF	YUG	Slobodan Jovanovic
7	FW	AUS	Paul Simic
8	MF	AUS	Zoran Ilioski
10	FW	YUG	Dragan Vasic
11	MF	YUG	Zdravko Lujic
12	MF	YUG	Nebojsa Licanin


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
13	MF	NZL	Johan Verweij
14	MF	AUS	Vlatko Belic
15	DF	AUS	Shaun Parton
16	DF	SCO	Jim O'Reilly
17	FW	AUS	Bruno Cozzella
18	DF	AUS	Jim Milne
—	MF	AUS	Suleiman Curovic
—	FW	AUS	Steve Kakantonis
—		AUS	Mike McIvor
—		AUS	James McLaughlin
—	GK	AUS	Steve Potter

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	15 February 1981	13 September 1981	Matchday 1	13th	30	9	7	14	32	48	−16	030.00
NSL Cup	4 March 1981		First round	First round	1	0	0	1	1	3	−2	000.00
Total					31	9	7	15	33	51	−18	029.03

Source: Competitions

National Soccer League

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Relegation
1	Sydney City (C)	30	19	5	6	59	30	+29	43
2	South Melbourne	30	13	13	4	41	27	+14	39
3	Brisbane City	30	12	11	7	37	25	+12	35
4	APIA Leichhardt	30	12	11	7	39	33	+6	35
5	Canberra City	30	13	7	10	41	32	+9	33
6	Brisbane Lions	30	11	11	8	41	33	+8	33
7	Adelaide City	30	13	6	11	46	42	+4	32
8	Heidelberg United	30	12	7	11	48	40	+8	31
9	Sydney Olympic	30	11	9	10	46	46	0	31
10	Newcastle KB United	30	11	8	11	41	41	0	30
11	Wollongong City	30	8	12	10	35	39	−4	28
12	Preston Makedonia	30	9	7	14	39	41	−2	25
13	Footscray JUST	30	9	7	14	32	48	−16	25
14	Marconi Fairfield	30	9	7	14	23	45	−22	25
15	Blacktown City (R)	30	6	9	15	32	47	−15	21	Relegated to the 1982 NSW State League
16	West Adelaide	30	5	4	21	26	57	−31	14

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

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
30	9	7	14	32	48	−16	34	7	5	3	21	14	+7	2	2	11	11	34	−23

Source: worldfootball.net

Results by round

Round	1	2	3	4	5	10	6	7	8	9	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30
Ground	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H
Result	L	W	L	L	L	L	D	L	W	L	D	D	D	L	W	L	D	L	W	W	W	L	W	W	D	L	L	W	D	L
Position	16	9	13	14	15	16	16	16	15	15	15	16	16	16	15	15	15	15	14	13	13	13	13	12	13	13	14	13	13	13
Points	0	2	2	2	2	2	3	3	5	5	6	7	8	8	10	10	11	11	13	15	17	17	19	21	22	22	22	24	25	25

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

Matches

Win Draw Loss

15 February 19811	Newcastle KB United	3–0	Footscray JUST	Newcastle
	Buckley 9' McClelland 25', 31'	Report		Stadium: Newcastle International Sports Centre Attendance: 5,619^[1] Referee: Jim Reeves

22 February 19812	Footscray JUST	2–1	APIA Leichhardt	Melbourne
	Kondarios 15' Vasic 44'	Report	O'Connor 24'	Stadium: Schintler Reserve Attendance: 1,951 Referee: Stewart Mellings

1 March 19813	Wollongong City	2–1	Footscray JUST	Wollongong
	Tredinnick 71' Dunleavy 85'	Report	Cozzella 78'	Stadium: Wollongong Showground Attendance: 5,317 Referee: Tim Davies

8 March 19814	Footscray JUST	1–2	South Melbourne	Melbourne
	Ilioski 11'	Report	Christopoulos 20' Evans 68'	Stadium: Schintler Reserve Attendance: 5,890 Referee: David Yelland

15 March 19815	Preston Makedonia	3–0	Footscray JUST	Melbourne
	Ollerton 42', 71' Cullen 61'	Report		Stadium: B.T. Connor Reserve Attendance: 4,500 Referee: Chris Bambridge

22 March 198110	Footscray JUST	1–2	Marconi Fairfield	Melbourne
	Ilioski 71'	Report	Sharne 62' Muir 80'	Stadium: Schintler Reserve Attendance: 2,000 Referee: Jim Fearn

29 March 19816	Footscray JUST	1–1	Adelaide City	Melbourne
	Cozzella 28'	Report	Mitchell 59'	Stadium: Schintler Reserve Attendance: 2,000 Referee: Evan Venios

5 April 19817	Brisbane City	2–0	Footscray JUST	Brisbane
	P. Wilkinson 71' Conner 80'	Report		Stadium: Spencer Park Attendance: 1,600 Referee: Jack Wood

12 April 19818	Footscray JUST	1–0	Sydney City	Melbourne
	Belic 67'	Report		Stadium: Schintler Reserve Attendance: 1,000 Referee: Dennis Voutsinas

20 April 19819	Canberra City	5–0	Footscray JUST	Canberra
	Brennan 1' Gibson 43', 66', 80' Maclaren 78'	Report		Stadium: Bruce Stadium Attendance: 6,190 Referee: Bob Mee

3 May 198111	Sydney Olympic	0–0	Footscray JUST	Sydney
		Report		Stadium: Pratten Park Attendance: 5,675 Referee: Peter Rampley

10 May 198112	Footscray JUST	2–2	Heidelberg United	Melbourne
	Belic 19' Jovanovic 62'	Report	Monagle 64' McGrory 82'	Stadium: Schintler Reserve Attendance: 3,500 Referee: Stewart Mellings

17 May 198113	Footscray JUST	1–1	West Adelaide	Melbourne
	Belic 28'	Report	Forde 24'	Stadium: Schintler Reserve Attendance: 2,000 Referee: Jim Fearn

24 May 198114	Brisbane Lions	4–0	Footscray JUST	Melbourne
	Latchford 24', 62' Millman 27' Low 32'	Report		Stadium: Richlands Stadium Attendance: 3,000 Referee: Jack Wood

31 May 198115	Footscray JUST	2–0	Blacktown City	Melbourne
	Ilioski 53' Kakantonis 85'	Report		Stadium: Schintler Reserve Attendance: 2,300 Referee: Jim Fearn

7 June 198116	APIA Leichhardt	2–0	Footscray JUST	Sydney
15:00 AEST	Wilson 84' Soper 86'	Report		Stadium: Lambert Park Attendance: 3,482 Referee: Alf Rodway

14 June 198117	Footscray JUST	1–1	Wollongong City	Melbourne
	Verweij 78'	Report	Adam 87' (pen.)	Stadium: Schintler Reserve Attendance: 2,000 Referee: Bob Kerr

21 June 198118	South Melbourne	2–1	Footscray JUST	Melbourne
	Wooddin 30' Christopoulos 40' (pen.)	Report	Verweij 90'	Stadium: Middle Park Soccer Stadium Attendance: 4,500 Referee: Jim Fearn

28 June 198119	Footscray JUST	2–1	Preston Makedonia	Melbourne
	Ilioski 10' Milne 87'	Report	Cullen 73'	Stadium: Schintler Reserve Attendance: 5,000 Referee: Tim Davies

5 July 198120	Adelaide City	1–3	Footscray JUST	Adelaide
	J. Nyskohus 59'	Report	Ilioski 15' Cozzella 82', 84'	Stadium: Olympic Sports Field Attendance: 3,300 Referee: Don Campbell

12 July 198121	Footscray JUST	1–0	Brisbane City	Melbourne
	Verweij 12'	Report		Stadium: Schintler Reserve Attendance: 1,800 Referee: Chris Bambridge

19 July 198122	Sydney City	3–0	Footscray JUST	Sydney
	Watson 10' Boden 69' Barnes 81'	Report		Stadium: ES Marks Athletics Field Attendance: 3,427 Referee: Ken Allen

26 July 198123	Footscray JUST	3–1	Canberra City	Melbourne
	Ilioski 39' (pen.) Kondarios 59' Cozzella 71'	Report	R. O'Shea 84'	Stadium: Schintler Reserve Attendance: 2,300 Referee: Evan Venios

2 August 198124	Marconi Fairfield	1–3	Footscray JUST	Sydney
	Jankovics 79'	Report	Verweij 7' Cozzella 47' Lujic 84'	Stadium: Marconi Stadium Attendance: 3,450 Referee: Richard Lorenc

9 August 198125	Footscray JUST	1–1	Sydney Olympic	Melbourne
	Kakantonis 60'	Report	Redfern 79'	Stadium: Schintler Reserve Attendance: 1,300 Referee: David Yelland

16 August 198126	Heidelberg United	2–0	Footscray JUST	Melbourne
	Paton 84' Cole 88'	Report		Stadium: Olympic Park Attendance: 4,000 Referee: Graham Neal

23 August 198127	West Adelaide	3–2	Footscray JUST	Adelaide
	Honeyman 30' Topaz 64' Lorenzoni 80'	Report	Verweij 29' Lujic 63'	Stadium: Hindmarsh Stadium Attendance: 2,500 Referee: Bob Kerr

30 August 198128	Footscray JUST	2–0	Brisbane Lions	Melbourne
	Cozzella 37' Lujic 50'	Report		Stadium: Schintler Reserve Attendance: 2,500 Referee: Chris Bambridge

6 September 198129	Blacktown City	1–1	Footscray JUST	Sydney
	Krstic 90'	Report	Boland 27' (pen.)	Stadium: Gabbie Stadium Attendance: 2,040 Referee: Jim Reeves

13 September 198130	Footscray JUST	0–1	Newcastle KB United	Melbourne
		Report	Heys 50'	Stadium: Schintler Reserve Attendance: 2,800 Referee: Stewart Mellings

NSL Cup

Win Draw Loss

4 March 1981	Preston Makedonia	3–1	Footscray JUST	Melbourne
	Ollerton 73', 85' (pen.) Brown 81'	Report	Cozzella 68'	Stadium: Olympic Park Attendance: 3,500^[2] Referee: Chris Bambridge

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		Dennis Boland	29	1	1	0	30	1
2	DF		Igor Hazabent	21+4	0	1	0	26	0
3	DF		Chris Petrov	6+2	0	1	0	9	0
4	DF		Kyri Kyriakouleas	24+1	0	1	0	26	0
5	DF		Jim Kondarios	29	3	1	0	30	3
6	MF		Slobodan Jovanovic	26	1	1	0	27	1
7	FW		Paul Simic	5+3	0	1	0	9	0
8	MF		Zoran Ilioski	27+1	6	1	0	29	6
10	FW		Dragan Vasic	5+3	1	0+1	0	9	1
11	MF		Zdravko Lujic	19	3	0	0	19	3
12	MF		Nebojsa Licanin	5	0	0	0	5	0
13	MF		Johan Verweij	14	5	0	0	14	5
14	MF		Vlatko Belic	15+4	3	0+1	0	20	3
15	DF		Shaun Parton	0+1	0	0	0	1	0
16	DF		Jim O'Reilly	20	0	0	0	20	0
17	FW		Bruno Cozzella	23+4	7	1	1	28	8
18	DF		Jim Milne	25+1	1	1	0	27	1
—	MF		Suleiman Curovic	3+4	0	0	0	7	0
—	FW		Steve Kakantonis	22+2	1	0	0	24	1
—	—		Mike McIvor	3	0	0	0	3	0
—	—		James McLaughlin	3+1	0	0	0	4	0
—	GK		Steve Potter	1+1	0	0	0	2	0
Player(s) transferred out but featured this season
9	MF		Josip Picioane	5	0	1	0	6	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	2	DF		Igor Hazabent	6	0	1	0	0	0	6	0	1
1	4	DF		Kyri Kyriakouleas	6	0	1	0	0	0	6	0	1
3	14	MF		Vlatko Belic	6	0	1	0	0	0	6	0	1
4	—	FW		Steve Kakantonis	4	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0
5	6	MF		Slobodan Jovanovic	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0
	9	MF		Josip Picioane	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0
	16	DF		Jim O'Reilly	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0
8	1	GK		Dennis Boland	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
	5	DF		Jim Kondarios	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
	11	MF		Zdravko Lujic	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
	12	MF		Nebojsa Licanin	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
	15	DF		Shaun Parton	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
	18	DF		Jim Milne	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
Total					30	0	3	0	0	0	30	0	3

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		Dennis Boland	4	0	4
Total				4	0	4

References

↑ Stock, Greg. "1981 National Soccer League Results". OzFootball.
1 2 Stock, Greg. "1981 National Soccer League Cup Results". OzFootball.
↑ "Footscray JUST 1981 Squad". OzFootball.

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[1] Stock, Greg. "1981 National Soccer League Results". OzFootball.

[NSLCup-2] 1 2 Stock, Greg. "1981 National Soccer League Cup Results". OzFootball.

[3] "Footscray JUST 1981 Squad". OzFootball.

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