1982 in Australian soccer

Soccer in Australia

Season	1982
Men's soccer
National Soccer League	Sydney City
NSL Cup	APIA Leichhardt
Charity Shield	Sydney City
←  1981 1983  →

The 1982 season was the 13th season of national competitive soccer in Australia and 99th overall.

National teams

Australia men's national soccer team

Main article: Australia men's national soccer team

Results and fixtures

Friendlies

Thailand   v   Australia

6 October 1982	Thailand	0–4	Australia	Kallang, Singapore
		Report	O'Connor ?' Kosmina 46', 79' Cole 71'	Stadium: National Stadium Attendance: 3,000 [1] Referee: N. Chandra (Singapore)

Indonesia   v   Australia

11 October 1982	Indonesia	0–2	Australia	Singapore
		Report	Mitchell 73', 77'	Attendance: 5,000 Referee: Lee Kok Leong (Singapore)

Malaysia   v   Australia

14 October 1982	Malaysia	0–5	Australia	Kallang, Singapore
	Katholos 19', 37' Kosmina 56' O'Connor 64' Cole 77'	Report		Stadium: National Stadium Attendance: 12,000

Malaysia   v   Australia

17 October 1982	Malaysia	2–3	Australia	Kallang, Singapore
	Jae-suk 59' Seun-chang 83'	Report	O'Connor 17' Mitchell 34' Christopoulos 61'	Stadium: National Stadium Attendance: 25,000 Referee: N. Chandra (Singapore)

Australia men's national under-20 soccer team

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

Results and fixtures

1982 OFC U-20 Championship

Main article: 1982 OFC U-20 Championship

First round

Main article: 1982 OFC U-20 Championship § First round

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Australia	3	3	0	0	11	1	+10	6	Advance to Final
2	New Zealand	3	2	0	1	13	2	+11	4
3	Papua New Guinea (H)	3	0	1	2	1	9	−8	1	Advance to Third place play-off
4	Fiji	3	0	1	2	1	14	−13	1

Source: RSSSF
(H) Hosts

Australia   v   Fiji

December 1982	Australia	7–0	Fiji	Papua New Guinea
		Report

Australia   v   New Zealand

7 December 1982	Australia	2–1	New Zealand	Papua New Guinea
		Report

Papua New Guinea   v   Australia

December 1982	Papua New Guinea	0–2	Australia	Papua New Guinea
		Report

Final

Main article: 1982 OFC U-20 Championship § Final

Australia   v   New Zealand

12 December 1982	Australia	4–3 (a.e.t.)	New Zealand	Papua New Guinea
	Farina 75', 80' Lowe 92', 98'	Report	Tuaa 10' (pen.), 21' McClennan 110'	Referee: Ian Mole (Papua New Guinea)

Domestic soccer

National Soccer League

Main article: 1982 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	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:

1. The Finals series was not considered the championship for the 1982 National Soccer League.

Cup competitions

NSL Cup

Main article: 1982 NSL Cup

Final

Main article: 1982 NSL Cup final

12 September 1982

15:00 AEST

Heidelberg United	1–2	APIA Leichhardt
Campbell 63'	Report	McBreen 79' Butler 85'

Olympic Park , Melbourne

Attendance: 5,000

Referee: Don Campbell

Charity Shield

Main article: 1982 Charity Shield (NSL)

31 January 1982

Sydney City	3–1	Brisbane Lions
Bennett 34' (o.g.) Kosmina 51', 72'	Report	Burns 75'

Richlands Stadium , Brisbane

Attendance: 1,000~

Referee: Dave Nugent

References

1. "Socceroo Internationals for 1982". ozfootball.net. Retrieved 20 March 2021.
2. "OzFootball Archives - 1982 NSL Season table". ozfootball.net. Retrieved 20 March 2021.

External links

• Football Australia official website