1984 in Australian soccer

Soccer in Australia

Season	1984
Men's soccer
National Soccer League	South Melbourne
NSL Cup	Newcastle Rosebud United
←  1983 1985  →

The 1984 season was the 15th season of national competitive soccer in Australia and 101st overall.

National teams

Australia men's national soccer team

Main article: Australia men's national soccer team

Results and fixtures

Friendlies

China   v   Australia

3 November 1984	China	3–2	Australia	Beijing, China
		Report	Kosmina ?', ?'	Attendance: [1]

Australia women's national soccer team

Friendlies

Australia   v   New Zealand

12 December 1984 Women's World Invitational Tournament	Australia	0–3	New Zealand	Taipei, Taiwan
	Jacobson ?', ?' Sharpe ?'	Report

Chinese Taipei   v   Australia

13 December 1984 Women's World Invitational Tournament	Chinese Taipei	0–0	Australia	Taipei, Taiwan
		Report

Australia men's national under-23 soccer team

Main article: Australia men's national under-23 soccer team

Domestic soccer

National Soccer League

Main article: 1984 National Soccer League

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Northern Conference

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Sydney City	28	17	8	3	67	21	+46	42	Qualification to Finals series
2	Sydney Olympic	28	16	8	4	61	27	+34	40
3	Marconi Fairfield	28	12	8	8	58	39	+19	32
4	APIA Leichhardt	28	12	8	8	43	35	+8	32
5	Blacktown City	28	12	6	10	43	48	−5	30
6	Sydney Croatia	28	8	11	9	32	38	−6	27
7	Penrith City	28	8	10	10	29	41	−12	26
8	Newcastle Rosebud United	28	11	4	13	35	52	−17	26
9	Canberra Arrows	28	12	1	15	47	39	+8	25
10	St George-Budapest	28	8	9	11	38	41	−3	25
11	Melita Eagles (R)	28	8	8	12	23	38	−15	24	Relegation to the 1985 NSW State League
12	Wollongong City	28	5	5	18	22	59	−37	15

Updated to match(es) played on unknown. Source: rsssf.com
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(R) Relegated

Southern Conference

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	South Melbourne (C)	28	18	4	6	48	20	+28	40	Qualification to Finals series
2	Heidelberg United	28	14	7	7	37	27	+10	35
3	Melbourne Croatia	28	13	7	8	38	31	+7	33
4	Brisbane Lions	28	12	6	10	38	36	+2	30
5	Brunswick Juventus	28	13	4	11	36	42	−6	30
6	Preston Makedonia	28	11	6	11	42	33	+9	28
7	Adelaide City	28	10	5	13	33	34	−1	25
8	Footscray JUST	28	10	5	13	29	33	−4	25
9	Green Gully	28	9	6	13	34	36	−2	24
10	West Adelaide	28	8	5	15	40	52	−12	21
11	Brisbane City	28	8	5	15	21	39	−18	21
12	Sunshine George Cross	28	5	6	17	24	57	−33	16

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

Finals series

Main article: 1984 National Soccer League § Finals series

Northern Conference

	Elimination and qualifying Finals					Semi-finals					Preliminary Final					Northern Final
						1	Sydney City	1 (4)								1	Sydney City	1
						2	Sydney Olympic	1 (2)								2	Sydney Olympic	2
	2	Sydney Olympic	2								2	Sydney Olympic	3
	3	Marconi Fairfield	1								4	APIA Leichhardt Tigers	0
						3	Marconi Fairfield	3 (3)
						4	APIA Leichhardt Tigers	3 (4)
	4	APIA Leichhardt Tigers	3
	5	Blacktown City	1

Southern Conference

	Elimination and qualifying Finals					Semi-finals					Preliminary Final					Southern Final
						1	South Melbourne	3								1	South Melbourne	4
						3	Melbourne Croatia	2								2	Heidelberg United	2
	2	Heidelberg United	1								2	Heidelberg United	3
	3	Melbourne Croatia	2								3	Melbourne Croatia	1
						2	Heidelberg United	0 (3)
						4	Brisbane Lions	0 (2)
	4	Brisbane Lions	4
	5	Brunswick Juventus	2

Grand Final

Main article: 1984 National Soccer League Grand Final

24 October 1984

South Melbourne	2–1	Sydney Olympic
Egan 43', 64'	Report	Koussas 5'

Olympic Park , Melbourne

Attendance: 10,000

Referee: Doug Rennie

28 October 1984

Sydney Olympic	1–2	South Melbourne
Theodorakopoulos 34'	Report	Crino 10' Yzendoorn 18'

St George Stadium , Sydney

Attendance: 11,221

Referee: Chris Bambridge

NSL Cup

Main article: 1984 NSL Cup

Final

Main article: 1984 NSL Cup final

12 September 1984

Melbourne Knights	0–1	Newcastle Rosebud United
	Report	Todd 29'

Olympic Park , Melbourne

Attendance: 4,000

Referee: Stewart Mellings

References

1. "Socceroo Internationals for 1984". ozfootball.net. Retrieved 20 March 2021.
2. "OzFootball Archives - 1984 NSL Season table". ozfootball.net. Retrieved 20 March 2021.

External links

• Football Australia official website