1981 in Australian soccer

Soccer in Australia

Season	1981
Men's soccer
National Soccer League	Sydney City
NSL Cup	Brisbane Lions
Charity Shield	Marconi Fairfield
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The 1981 season was the twelfth season of national competitive soccer in Australia and 98th overall.

National teams

Australia men's national soccer team

Main article: Australia men's national soccer team

Results and fixtures

1982 FIFA World Cup qualification

Main article: 1982 FIFA World Cup qualification (AFC and OFC)

Group 1

Main article: 1982 FIFA World Cup qualification (AFC and OFC) § Group 1

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	New Zealand	8	6	2	0	31	3	+28	14	Advance to Final round		—	3–3	5–0	2–0	13–0
2	Australia	8	4	2	2	22	9	+13	10			0–2	—	2–0	3–2	10–0
3	Indonesia	8	2	2	4	5	14	−9	6			0–2	1–0	—	1–0	3–3
4	Chinese Taipei	8	1	3	4	5	8	−3	5			0–0	0–0	2–0	—	0–0
5	Fiji	8	1	3	4	6	35	−29	5			0–4	1–4	0–0	2–1	—

Source: RSSSF

New Zealand   v   Australia

25 April 1981	New Zealand	3–3	Australia	Auckland, New Zealand
	G. Turner 25' Woodin 34' Sumner 80'	Report	Krncevic 15', 42' Boden 31'	Stadium: Mount Smart Stadium Attendance: 10,000 [1] Referee: Gianfranco Menegali (Italy)

Australia   v   New Zealand

16 May 1981	Australia	0–2	New Zealand	Sydney, Australia
		Report	Woodin 29' G. Turner 81'	Stadium: Sydney Cricket Ground Attendance: 12,000 Referee: George Courtney (England)

Australia   v   Indonesia

20 May 1981	Australia	2–0	Indonesia	Melbourne, Australia
	Kosmina 29' Davidson 33'	Report		Stadium: Olympic Park Stadium Attendance: 10,000 Referee: V. Garcia Olivera (Portugal)

Australia   v   Chinese Taipei

10 June 1981	Australia	3–2	Chinese Taipei	Adelaide, Australia
	Henderson 18' Kosmina 56' Byrne 68' (pen.)	Report		Stadium: Hindmarsh Stadium Attendance: 3,200 Referee: Vijit Getkaen (Thailand)

Fiji   v   Australia

26 July 1981	Fiji	1–4	Australia	Suva, Fiji
	Vuilanassa 83'	Report	Cole 4', 31' Barnes 10' Sharne 28'	Stadium: National Stadium Attendance: 11,000

Australia   v   Fiji

14 August 1981	Australia	10–0	Fiji	Melbourne, Australia
	Mitchell 28', 43', 80' Cole 37', 43', 54', 63', 70', 71', 76'	Report		Stadium: Olympic Park Stadium Attendance: 3,500 Referee: A. Nobnom (Thailand)

Indonesia   v   Australia

30 August 1981	Indonesia	1–0	Australia	Suribaya, Indonesia
	Risdianto 88'	Report		Attendance: 25,000 Referee: A. Nobnom (Thailand)

Chinese Taipei   v   Australia

6 September 1981	Chinese Taipei	0–0	Australia	Taipei, Taiwan
		Report		Attendance: 7,000 Referee: T. Gurkan (Philippines)

Australia women's national soccer team

Main article: Australia women's national soccer team

Results and fixtures

Friendlies

New Zealand   v   Australia

5 October 1981Trans-Tasman Cup	New Zealand	1–2	Australia	Manurewa, New Zealand
	Fulham ?'	Report	Porter ?' Brentnall ?'	Stadium: Gallaher Park Attendance: [2]

Australia men's national under-20 soccer team

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

1981 FIFA World Youth Championship

Main article: 1981 FIFA World Youth Championship

Group D

Main article: 1981 FIFA World Youth Championship § Group D

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	England	3	1	2	0	4	2	+2	4	Advance to knockout stage
2	Australia (H)	3	1	2	0	6	5	+1	4
3	Argentina	3	1	1	1	3	3	0	3
4	Cameroon	3	0	1	2	3	6	−3	1

Source: RSSSF
(H) Hosts

Australia   v   Argentina

3 October 1981	Australia	2–1	Argentina	Sydney, Australia
15:00 AEST	Koussas 79' Hunter 89'	Report	Morresi 66'	Stadium: Sydney Sports Ground Attendance: 15,814 Referee: Alojzy Jarguz (Poland)

Australia   v   Cameroon

5 October 1981	Australia	3–3	Cameroon	Sydney, Australia
15:00 AEST	Mitchell 9' Koussas 53', 78' (pen.)	Report	Ollé Ollé 17' Djonkep 35', 52'	Stadium: Sydney Sports Ground Attendance: 13,797 Referee: Toros Kibritjian (Syria)

England   v   Australia

8 October 1981	England	1–1	Australia	Sydney, Australia
21:00 AEST	Small 82'	Report	Koussas 7'	Stadium: Sydney Sports Ground Attendance: 28,932 Referee: Toros Kibritjian (Romania)

Knockout stage

Main article: 1981 FIFA World Youth Championship § Knockout stage

West Germany   v   Australia

11 October 1981 QF	West Germany	1–0	Australia	Canberra, Australia
21:00 AEST	Wohlfarth 69'			Stadium: Bruce Stadium Attendance: 13,780 Referee: Henning Lund-Sørensen (Denmark)

Domestic soccer

National Soccer League

Main article: 1981 National Soccer League

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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

Cup competitions

NSL Cup

Main article: 1981 NSL Cup

Final

Main article: 1981 NSL Cup final

20 September 1981

15:00 AEST

Brisbane Lions	3–1	West Adelaide
Daunt 4' Ferris 75' Williamson 87' (pen.)	Report	Topaz 82'

Canberra Stadium , Canberra

Attendance: 6,132

Referee: Chris Bambridge

Charity Shield

Main article: 1981 Charity Shield (NSL)

30 January 1981

Sydney City	1–3 (a.e.t.)	Marconi Fairfield
Kosmina ?'	Report	Cant 90' (o.g.) Sharne ?', ?'

Redfern Oval , Sydney

Attendance: 3,500

Referee: Henry Witschge

References

1. "Socceroo Internationals for 1981". ozfootball.net. Retrieved 19 March 2021.
2. "Matildas Internationals for 1981". ozfootball.net. Retrieved 19 March 2021.
3. "OzFootball Archives - 1981 NSL Season table". ozfootball.net. Retrieved 19 March 2021.

External links

• Football Australia official website