1982 APIA Leichhardt FC season

APIA Leichhardt
1982 season
President	Nick Papallo
Manager-Coach	Willie Wallace ; Peter Wilson
Stadium	Lambert Park
National Soccer League	7th
NSL Cup	Winners
Top goalscorer	League: Marshall Soper (14); All: Marshall Soper (15)
Highest home attendance	6,484; vs. Sydney Olympic ; (11 July 1982); National Soccer League
Lowest home attendance	2,380; vs. Heidelberg United ; (15 August 1982); National Soccer League
Average home league attendance	3,846
Biggest win	4–0; vs. Brisbane Lions (A); (21 February 1982); National Soccer League
Biggest defeat	1–7; vs. Marconi Fairfield (A); (6 June 1982); National Soccer League
Home colours	Away colours
	← 1981 1983 →

Last updated November 30, 2025

The 1982 season was the fourth in the National Soccer League for APIA Leichhardt Football Club. In addition to the domestic league, they also participated in the NSL Cup. APIA Leichhardt finished 7th in their National Soccer League season, and won 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	AUS	Greg Woodhouse
2	DF	AUS	Rod Skellern
3	DF	AUS	Col McAusland
4	DF	AUS	Mark Pullen
5	MF	AUS	Ian Gray
6	FW	SCO	John Bradley
7	MF	AUS	Terry Butler
8		ENG	Jim McBreen
9	FW	AUS	Marshall Soper
10	FW	AUS	Tony Morsello
11	FW	AUS	Paul Burrows
12	FW	AUS	Sebastian Giampaolo


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	DF	AUS	Paul Carter
—	FW	AUS	Robert De Ceglie
—	FW	AUS	Bernie Godzik
—	MF	SCO	Alan Hughes
—	FW	AUS	Peter Jones
—	MF	AUS	Zdenko Kafka
—		AUS	Tom Kilkelly
—	GK	AUS	Bob Parks
—	DF	AUS	David Watt
—	DF	AUS	Peter Wilson
—		AUS	Frank Zaccomer

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	14 February 1982	5 September 1982	Matchday 1	7th	30	12	7	11	49	54	−5	040.00
NSL Cup	14 June 1982	12 September 1982	First round	Winners	4	4	0	0	11	5	+6	100.00
Total					34	16	7	11	60	59	+1	047.06

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	20	5	5	68	28	+40	45	Qualification to Finals series ^[a]
2	St George-Budapest	30	14	8	8	47	40	+7	36
3	Wollongong City	30	16	3	11	43	46	−3	35
4	Heidelberg United	30	13	8	9	42	37	+5	34
5	Preston Makedonia	30	12	10	8	45	41	+4	34
6	South Melbourne	30	11	9	10	46	37	+9	31
7	APIA Leichhardt	30	12	7	11	49	54	−5	31
8	Sydney Olympic	30	12	6	12	52	42	+10	30
9	West Adelaide	30	10	8	12	44	40	+4	28
10	Marconi Fairfield	30	12	4	14	44	43	+1	28
11	Brisbane Lions	30	10	8	12	39	42	−3	28
12	Newcastle KB United	30	10	7	13	43	52	−9	27
13	Adelaide City	30	6	12	12	36	44	−8	24
14	Footscray JUST	30	5	14	11	34	46	−12	24
15	Canberra City	30	7	10	13	37	54	−17	24
16	Brisbane City	30	5	11	14	32	55	−23	21

Source: rsssf.com
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions
Notes:

↑ The Finals series was not considered the championship for the 1982 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
30	12	7	11	49	54	−5	43	8	4	3	28	22	+6	4	3	8	21	32	−11

Source: worldfootball.net

Results by round

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30
Ground	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A
Result	W	W	W	W	W	W	D	L	D	L	D	W	L	W	D	W	L	D	L	L	L	L	D	W	W	L	D	L	W	L
Position	4	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	2	2	2	2	1	3	2	3	5	6	7	7	7	5	5	5	7	6	7
Points	2	4	6	8	10	12	13	13	14	14	15	17	17	19	20	22	22	23	23	23	23	23	24	26	28	28	29	29	31	31

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

Matches

Win Draw Loss

14 February 19821	APIA Leichhardt	2–0	Marconi Fairfield	Sydney
	McBreen 41' Giampaolo 83'	Report		Stadium: Lambert Park Attendance: 4,233^[1] Referee: Tony Boskovic

21 February 19822	Brisbane Lions	0–4	APIA Leichhardt	Brisbane
		Report	Giampaolo 37' Bradley 64' Soper 67' Morsello 73'	Stadium: Richlands Stadium Attendance: 2,000 Referee: Alan Kibbler

28 February 19823	APIA Leichhardt	4–2	Preston Makedonia	Sydney
	Giampaolo 3', 88' Bradley 40' Soper 84'	Report	Whittle 65' Cullen 80'	Stadium: Lambert Park Attendance: 4,419 Referee: Richard Lorenc

7 March 19824	Wollongong City	2–4	APIA Leichhardt	Wollongong
	Dunleavy 78' Campbell ?'	Report	Soper 41', 47' Bradley 44' Morsello 66'	Stadium: Wollongong Showground Attendance: 3,000 Referee: Tim Davies

14 March 19825	APIA Leichhardt	3–2	South Melbourne	Sydney
	Burrows 10' Soper 80', 88'	Report	Egan 53' Buljevic 86'	Stadium: Lambert Park Attendance: 2,794 Referee: Jim Reeves

21 March 19826	Sydney City	0–1	APIA Leichhardt	Sydney
		Report	Soper 85'	Stadium: ES Marks Athletics Field Attendance: 3,560 Referee: Peter Rampley

28 March 19827	APIA Leichhardt	0–0	West Adelaide	Sydney
		Report		Stadium: Lambert Park Attendance: 4,219 Referee: Doug Rennie

4 April 19828	Sydney Olympic	2–0	APIA Leichhardt	Sydney
	Koussas 39' Phillips 85'	Report		Stadium: Pratten Park Attendance: 12,186 Referee: Richard Lorenc

11 April 19829	Brisbane City	1–1	APIA Leichhardt	Brisbane
	Palinkas 13'	Report	Bohan 18' (o.g.)	Stadium: Spencer Park Attendance: 2,600 Referee: Col Amos

18 April 198210	APIA Leichhardt	0–2	Footscray JUST	Sydney
		Report	Simic 72' Kojic 84'	Stadium: Lambert Park Attendance: 4,128 Referee: Ken Small

26 April 198211	Canberra City	2–2	APIA Leichhardt	Canberra
	Christopoulos 17' T. Byrne 73'	Report	Soper 47' Bradley 75'	Stadium: Bruce Stadium Attendance: 3,800 Referee: Bob Mee

2 May 198212	APIA Leichhardt	3–2	Newcastle KB United	Sydney
	Bradley 28' Gray 33' Giampaolo 85'	Report	Tredinnick 78' Lowe 81'	Stadium: Lambert Park Attendance: 3,000 Referee: Brian Fowler (Terry Seacy 57')

9 May 198213	Heidelberg United	3–2	APIA Leichhardt	Melbourne
	Cole 32' Rooney 49' Paton 77'	Report	Giampaolo 48' (pen.) Bradley 80'	Stadium: Olympic Village Attendance: 3,000 Referee: Chris Bambridge

16 May 198214	APIA Leichhardt	3–2	St George-Budapest	Sydney
	Soper 11' Giampaolo 29' (pen.) Skeen 42' (o.g.)	Report	Slater 81', 90+2'	Stadium: Lambert Park Attendance: 5,259 Referee: Peter Rampley

23 May 198215	Adelaide City	1–1	APIA Leichhardt	Adelaide
	Melta 50'	Report	Soper 35'	Stadium: Olympic Sports Field Attendance: 3,120 Referee: Bob Kerr

30 May 198216	APIA Leichhardt	1–0	Brisbane Lions	Sydney
	Soper 59'	Report		Stadium: Lambert Park Attendance: 4,022 Referee: Ray Davies

6 June 198217	Marconi Fairfield	7–1	APIA Leichhardt	Sydney
	Hunter 5' Jankovics 30', 51' Bozanic 45' (pen.) Licata 61', 87' McCulloch 73'	Report	Giampaolo 85' (pen.)	Stadium: Marconi Stadium Attendance: 7,863 Referee: Ken Small

13 June 198218	APIA Leichhardt	2–2	Wollongong City	Sydney
	Bradley 36' Giampaolo 43' (pen.)	Report	O'Connor 53', 87'	Stadium: Lambert Park Attendance: 3,828 Referee: Gary Power

20 June 198219	Preston Makedonia	2–0	APIA Leichhardt	Melbourne
	Lucchesi 12' Ollerton 89' (pen.)	Report		Stadium: B.T. Connor Reserve Attendance: 1,800 Referee: Evan Venios

27 June 198220	APIA Leichhardt	1–4	Sydney City	Sydney
	Giampaolo 21' (pen.)	Report	Patikas 47' Murray ?' Spanos 71' Mitchell 75'	Stadium: Lambert Park Attendance: 5,428 Referee: Richard Lorenc

4 July 198221	West Adelaide	5–2	APIA Leichhardt	Adelaide
	Dunn 11' Manecas 50' Boath 55' Honeyman 63' Heys 84'	Report	Giampaolo 25' Kafka 89'	Stadium: Hindmarsh Stadium Attendance: 3,250 Referee: Don Campbell

11 July 198222	APIA Leichhardt	0–3	Sydney Olympic	Sydney
		Report	Katholos 29', 36', 86'	Stadium: Lambert Park Attendance: 6,484 Referee: Peter Rampley

18 July 198223	APIA Leichhardt	1–1	Brisbane City	Sydney
	Carter 85' (pen.)	Report	Palinkas 61'	Stadium: Lambert Park Attendance: 2,483 Referee: Ken Small

25 July 198224	Footscray JUST	0–1	APIA Leichhardt	Melbourne
		Report	Jones 55'	Stadium: Schintler Reserve Attendance: 1,500 Referee: Jim Fearn

1 August 198225	APIA Leichhardt	3–0	Canberra City	Sydney
	Jones 4', 81' McBreen ?'	Report		Stadium: Lambert Park Attendance: 2,403 Referee: Jim Reeves

7 August 198226	Newcastle KB United	1–0	APIA Leichhardt	Newcastle
15:00 AEST	Drysdale 29'	Report		Stadium: Newcastle International Sports Centre Attendance: 3,462 Referee: Gary Power

15 August 198227	APIA Leichhardt	1–1	Heidelberg United	Sydney
	Jones 83'	Report	Paton 67'	Stadium: Lambert Park Attendance: 2,380 Referee: Doug Rennie

22 August 198228	St George-Budapest	3–1	APIA Leichhardt	Sydney
	MacDougall 2' Marton 34', 74'	Report	Jones 63'	Stadium: St George Stadium Attendance: 4,320 Referee: Tony Boskovic

29 August 198229	APIA Leichhardt	4–1	Adelaide City	Sydney
	Pullen 5' Giampaolo 65' (pen.) Soper 80', 85'	Report	L. Carter 68'	Stadium: Lambert Park Attendance: 2,608 Referee: Peter Rampley

5 September 198230	South Melbourne	3–1	APIA Leichhardt	Melbourne
	Kilkelly 13' (o.g.) Davidson 60' Egan 71'	Report	Soper 50'	Stadium: Middle Park Soccer Stadium Attendance: 1,500 Referee: Chris Bambridge

NSL Cup

Win Draw Loss

14 June 1982 First round	APIA Leichhardt	5–3	Sydney Olympic	Sydney
	Bradley 42' Burrows 56' Giampaolo 70' McBreen 84' Soper 90'	Report	Jennings 24' Redfern 73' Gavin 77'	Stadium: Pratten Park Attendance: 2,216^[2] Referee: Tim Davies

14 July 1982 Quarter-finals	Marconi Fairfield	1–2	APIA Leichhardt	Sydney
	Jankovics 75'	Report	Jones 80', 89'	Stadium: Marconi Stadium Attendance: 1,055 Referee: Tim Davies

11 August 1982 Semi-finals	APIA Leichhardt	2–0	Brisbane Lions	Sydney
	Bradley 13' Morsello 84'	Report		Stadium: St George Stadium Attendance: 831 Referee: Peter Rampley

12 September 1982 Final	Heidelberg United	1–2	APIA Leichhardt	Melbourne
15:00 AEST	Campbell 63'	Report	McBreen 79' Butler 85'	Stadium: Olympic Park Attendance: 5,000 Referee: Don Campbell

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		Greg Woodhouse	17	0	0	0	17	0
2	DF		Rod Skellern	16	0	1	0	17	0
3	DF		Col McAusland	28	0	4	0	32	0
4	DF		Mark Pullen	27	1	3	0	30	1
5	MF		Ian Gray	17	1	0	0	17	1
6	FW		John Bradley	30	7	4	2	34	9
7	MF		Terry Butler	27	0	4	1	31	1
8	—		Jim McBreen	21+2	2	3	2	26	4
9	FW		Marshall Soper	24	14	1+1	1	26	15
10	FW		Tony Morsello	20+2	2	2	1	24	3
11	FW		Paul Burrows	12+2	1	1	1	15	2
12	FW		Sebastian Giampaolo	18+2	12	2+1	1	23	13
—	DF		Paul Carter	13	1	4	0	17	1
—	FW		Robert De Ceglie	7	0	3	0	10	0
—	FW		Bernie Godzik	1+6	0	0+2	0	9	0
—	MF		Alan Hughes	9+3	0	2	0	14	0
—	FW		Peter Jones	9	5	3	2	12	7
—	MF		Zdenko Kafka	5+2	1	0	0	7	1
—	—		Tom Kilkelly	7+1	0	0	0	8	0
—	GK		Bob Parks	13	0	4	0	17	0
—	DF		David Watt	1	0	0	0	1	0
—	DF		Peter Wilson	8	0	3	0	11	0
—	—		Frank Zaccomer	0+3	0	0	0	3	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	7	MF		Terry Butler	3	0	1	0	0	0	3	0	1
2	9	FW		Marshall Soper	6	0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0
3	4	DF		Mark Pullen	2	0	0	2	0	0	4	0	0
4	3	DF		Col McAusland	2	0	0	1	0	0	3	0	0
4	8	MF		Jim McBreen	2	0	0	1	0	0	3	0	0
6	—	FW		Peter Jones	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0
7	11	FW		Paul Burrows	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
	12	FW		Sebastian Giampaolo	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
	—	MF		Zdenko Kafka	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
Total					20	0	1	4	0	0	24	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.	Goalkeeper	NSL	NSL Cup	Total
1	1	Greg Woodhouse	5	0	5
2	—	Bob Parks	2	1	3
Total			7	1	8

References

↑ Stock, Greg. "1982 National Soccer League Results". OzFootball.
1 2 Stock, Greg. "1982 National Soccer League Cup Results". OzFootball.
↑ "APIA Leichhardt 1982 Squad". OzFootball.

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[table_note_res_FS0.98409005859126-1] The Finals series was not considered the championship for the 1982 National Soccer League.

[2] Stock, Greg. "1982 National Soccer League Results". OzFootball.

[NSLCup-3] 1 2 Stock, Greg. "1982 National Soccer League Cup Results". OzFootball.

[4] "APIA Leichhardt 1982 Squad". OzFootball.

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