1983 in Australian soccer

Soccer in Australia

Season	1983
Men's soccer
National Soccer League	St George-Budapest
NSL Cup	Sydney Olympic
←  1982 1984  →

The 1983 season was the 14th season of national competitive association football in Australia and 100th overall.

National teams

Australia men's national soccer team

Main article: Australia men's national soccer team

Results and fixtures

Friendlies

New Zealand   v   Australia

22 February 1983	New Zealand	2–1	Australia	Auckland, New Zealand
	Cresswell 47' Ratcliffe 69' (o.g.)	Report	Kosmina 36'	Stadium: Mount Smart Stadium Attendance: [1] Referee: William Munro (New Zealand)

Australia   v   New Zealand

27 February 1983	Australia	0–2	New Zealand	Melbourne, Australia
		Report	Cole 66' Adam 73'	Stadium: Olympic Park Stadium Attendance: 14,000~ Referee: Jack Johnston (Australia)

Australia   v   England

12 June 1983	Australia	0–0	England	Sydney, Australia
		Report		Stadium: Sydney Cricket Ground Attendance: 28,000 Referee: Tony Boskovic (Australia)

Australia   v   England

15 June 1983	Australia	0–1	England	Brisbane, Australia
		Report		Stadium: Lang Park Attendance: 16,000 Referee: Peter Rampley (Australia)

Australia   v   England

19 June 1983	Australia	1–1	England	Melbourne, Australia
	Neal 27' (o.g.)	Report	Francis 25'	Stadium: Olympic Park Stadium Attendance: 20,000 Referee: Jack Johnston (Australia)

1983 Merlion Cup

China   v   Australia

4 December 1983	China	2–1	Australia	Singapore
		Report	Kosmina ?'

Thailand   v   Australia

10 December 1983	Thailand	0–2	Australia	Singapore
		Report	Murphy ?' Kosmina ?'

South Korea   v   Australia

15 December 1983	South Korea	1–3	Australia	Singapore
		Report	Kosmina ?' Cant ?' P. O'Connor ?'

Singapore   v   Australia

18 December 1983	Singapore	2–4	Australia	Singapore
		Report	Watson ?' Kosmina ?' Campbell ?' P. O'Connor ?'

Australia women's national soccer team

Main article: Australia women's national soccer team

Results and fixtures

1983 OFC Women's Championship

Main article: 1983 OFC Women's Championship

First round

Main article: 1983 OFC Women's Championship § First round

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	New Zealand	3	2	1	0	21	1	+20	5	Advance to Final
2	Australia	3	2	1	0	18	0	+18	5
3	New Caledonia (H)	3	1	0	2	2	11	−9	2
4	Fiji	3	0	0	3	1	30	−29	0

Source: RSSSF
(H) Hosts

New Zealand   v   Australia

28 November 1983	New Zealand	0–0	Australia	Nouméa, New Caledonia
		Report

Australia   v   New Caledonia

30 November 1983	Australia	5–0	New Caledonia	Nouméa, New Caledonia
	Dolan ?', ?' Heydon ?' Porter ?' Wardell ?'	Report

Australia   v   Fiji

2 December 1983	Australia	13–0	Fiji	Nouméa, New Caledonia
	Monteath ?', ?', ?' Wardell ?', ?', ?' Iserief ?', ?', ?' Heydon ?', ?', ?' Millman ?'	Report

Final

Main article: 1983 OFC Women's Championship § Final

New Zealand   v   Australia

4 December 1983	New Zealand	3–2 (a.e.t.)	Australia	Nouméa, New Caledonia
	Jacobsen ?' Sharpe ?' (unknown) ?' (o.g.)	Report	Brentnall ?' Dolan ?'

Australia men's national under-20 soccer team

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

Results and fixtures

1983 FIFA World Youth Championship

Main article: 1983 FIFA World Youth Championship

Group A

Main article: 1983 FIFA World Youth Championship § Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Scotland	3	2	0	1	4	2	+2	4	Advance to knockout stage
2	South Korea	3	2	0	1	4	4	0	4
3	Australia	3	1	1	1	4	4	0	3
4	Mexico (H)	3	0	1	2	2	4	−2	1

Source: RSSSF
(H) Hosts

Mexico   v   Australia

2 June 1983	Mexico	1–1	Australia	Mexico City, Mexico
21:00 CT	Bernal 16'	Report	Farina 73'	Stadium: Estadio Azteca Attendance: 108,900 Referee: Gérard Biguet (France)

Scotland   v   Australia

5 June 1983	Scotland	1–2	Australia	Toluca, Mexico
16:00 CT	McStay 61'	Report	Incantalupo 52' Patikas 87'	Stadium: Estadio Nemesio Díez Attendance: 22,111 Referee: Carlos Espósito (Argentina)

Australia   v   South Korea

8 June 1983	Australia	1–2	South Korea	Mexico City, Mexico
16:00 CT	Brown 53'	Report	Chong-kon 16' Jong-boo 34'	Stadium: Estadio Azteca Attendance: 24,812 Referee: Horst Brummeier (Austria)

1983 FIFA World Youth Championship qualification

Inter-continental qualification

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Australia	4	3	0	1	9	5	+4	6	Qualification for 1983 FIFA World Youth Championship
2	Israel	4	2	1	1	6	3	+3	5
3	Costa Rica (H)	4	0	1	3	1	8	−7	1

Source: RSSSF
(H) Hosts

Australia   v   Israel

26 January 1983	Australia	1–3	Israel	San José, Costa Rica
	Brown ?'	Report	Cohen 46' Menahem 60', 90'	Stadium: Estadio Nacional de la Sabana

Costa Rica   v   Australia

30 January 1983	Costa Rica	1–3	Australia	San José, Costa Rica
	Ramírez 40'	Report	Patikas 16' Lowe 24' Farina 60'	Stadium: Estadio Nacional de la Sabana

Israel   v   Australia

1 February 1983	Israel	1–2	Australia	San José, Costa Rica
	Menahem 43'	Report	Brown ?' Lowe ?'	Stadium: Estadio Nacional de la Sabana

Australia   v   Costa Rica

3 February 1983	Australia	3–0	Costa Rica	San José, Costa Rica
	Lowe 20' (pen.), 62' Wright 24'	Report		Stadium: Estadio Nacional de la Sabana

Australia men's national under-17 soccer team

Main article: Australia men's national under-17 soccer team

Results and fixtures

1983 OFC U-17 Championship

Main article: 1983 OFC U-17 Championship

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Australia	5	5	0	0	22	2	+20	10	Qualification for 1985 FIFA U-16 World Championship
2	New Zealand (H)	5	3	1	1	7	2	+5	7
3	Chinese Taipei	5	2	1	2	11	4	+7	5
4	New Caledonia	5	2	0	3	6	12	−6	4
5	Fiji	5	0	2	3	6	18	−12	2
6	Tahiti	5	0	2	3	3	17	−14	2

Source: RSSSF
(H) Hosts

Australia   v   New Zealand

December 1983	Australia	2–1	New Zealand	Auckland, New Zealand
		Report

Australia   v   Chinese Taipei

December 1983	Australia	3–0	Chinese Taipei	Auckland, New Zealand
		Report

Australia   v   New Caledonia

December 1983	Australia	4–0	New Caledonia	Auckland, New Zealand
		Report

Australia   v   Fiji

December 1983	Australia	4–1	Fiji	Auckland, New Zealand
		Report

Australia   v   Tahiti

December 1983	Australia	9–0	Tahiti	Auckland, New Zealand
		Report

Domestic soccer

National Soccer League

Main article: 1983 National Soccer League

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Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	St George-Budapest (C)	30	15	10	5	47	27	+20	55
2	Sydney City	30	15	9	6	48	30	+18	54
3	Preston Makedonia	30	15	7	8	47	32	+15	52
4	South Melbourne	30	15	7	8	44	36	+8	52
5	Newcastle KB United	30	14	7	9	45	26	+19	49
6	Heidelberg United	30	11	10	9	39	38	+1	43
7	Sydney Olympic	30	12	5	13	38	36	+2	41
8	APIA Leichhardt	30	11	6	13	43	36	+7	39
9	Marconi Fairfield	30	9	11	10	43	41	+2	38
10	Canberra City	30	11	5	14	47	53	−6	38
11	Adelaide City	30	10	6	14	37	38	−1	36
12	Footscray JUST	30	9	9	12	25	42	−17	36
13	West Adelaide	30	7	12	11	25	37	−12	33
14	Brisbane City	30	8	9	13	33	50	−17	33
15	Wollongong City	30	4	15	11	41	55	−14	27
16	Brisbane Lions	30	6	8	16	36	61	−25	26

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

NSL Cup

Main article: 1983 NSL Cup

Final

Main article: 1983 NSL Cup final

6 November 1983

Sydney Olympic	1–0	Heidelberg United
Patalis 64'	Report

St George Stadium , Sydney

Attendance: 6,420

Referee: Tony Boskovic

13 November 1983

Heidelberg United	0–1	Sydney Olympic
	Report	Patalis 82'

Olympic Park , Melbourne

Attendance: 6,000

Referee: Chris Bambridge

References

1. "Socceroo Internationals for 1983". ozfootball.net. Retrieved 20 March 2021.
2. "OzFootball Archives - 1983 NSL Season table". ozfootball.net. Retrieved 20 March 2021.

External links

• Football Australia official website