1985 in Australian soccer

Soccer in Australia

Season	1985
Men's soccer
NSL Premiership	Sydney City South Melbourne
NSL Championship	Brunswick Juventus
NSL Cup	Sydney Olympic
←  1984 1986  →

The 1985 season was the 16th season of national competitive soccer in Australialia and 102nd overall.

National teams

Australia men's national soccer team

Main article: Australia men's national soccer team

Results and fixtures

Friendlies

Australia   v   China

27 September 1985Ampol Cup	Australia	3–0	China	Brisbane, Australia
	Kosmina 9' Crino 14' Watson 63'	Report		Stadium: Lang Park Attendance: 4,823 [1] Referee: Bill Monteverde (Australia)

1986 FIFA World Cup qualification

Main article: 1986 FIFA World Cup qualification (OFC)

Group C

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Australia	6	4	2	0	20	2	+18	10	Advance to Inter-confederation play-offs		—	1–1	2–0	8–0
2	Israel	6	3	1	2	17	6	+11	7			1–2	—	3–0	5–0
3	New Zealand	6	3	1	2	13	7	+6	7			0–0	3–1	—	5–0
4	Chinese Taipei	6	0	0	6	1	36	−35	0			0–7	0–6	1–5	—

Source: RSSSF

New Zealand   v   Australia

21 September 1985	New Zealand	0–0	Australia	Auckland, New Zealand
		Report		Stadium: Mount Smart Stadium Attendance: 14,286 Referee: Keith Hackett (England)

Israel   v   Australia

8 October 1985	Israel	1–2	Australia	Ramat Gan, Israel
	Armeli 65'	Report	Mitchell 46' Kosmina 50'	Stadium: Ramat Gan Stadium Attendance: 45,000 Referee: Luigi Agnolin (Italy)

Australia   v   Israel

20 October 1985	Australia	1–1	Israel	Melbourne, Australia
	Ratcliffe 32'	Report	Cohen 47'	Stadium: Olympic Park Attendance: 27,000 Referee: José Rosa dos Santos (Portugal)

Chinese Taipei   v   Australia

23 October 1985	Chinese Taipei	0–7	Australia	Adelaide, Australia
		Report	Dunn 2', 89' (pen.) Chiang 13' (o.g.) Mitchell 57', 59', 87' Arnold 68'	Stadium: Hindmarsh Stadium Attendance: 2,000 Referee: John Cameron (New Zealand

Australia   v   Chinese Taipei

27 October 1985	Australia	8–0	Chinese Taipei	Sydney, Australia
	Odžakov 41', 56', 69' Crino 52' Kosmina 65' (pen.), 72', 88' Gray 89'	Report		Stadium: St George Stadium Attendance: 2,694 Referee: Bill Munro (New Zealand)

Australia   v   New Zealand

3 November 1985	Australia	2–0	New Zealand	Sydney, Australia
	Kosmina 12' Mitchell 48'	Report		Stadium: Sydney Sports Ground Attendance: 21,910 Referee: Gerard Guerds (Netherlands

Inter-confederation play-offs

Main article: 1986 FIFA World Cup qualification (UEFA–OFC play-off)

Scotland   v   Australia

20 November 1985 First leg	Scotland	2–0	Australia	Glasgow, Scotland
	Cooper 53' McAvennie 59'	Report		Stadium: Hampden Park Attendance: 62,239 Referee: Vojtech Christov (Czechoslovakia)

Australia   v   Scotland

4 December 1985 Second leg	Australia	0–0	Scotland	Melbourne, Australia
		Report		Stadium: Olympic Park Attendance: 29,852 Referee: José Roberto Wright (Brazil)

Australia men's national under-20 soccer team

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

Results and fixtures

1985 FIFA World Youth Championship

Main article: 1985 FIFA World Youth Championship

Group C

Main article: 1985 FIFA World Youth Championship § Group C

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Soviet Union (H)	3	2	1	0	7	1	+6	5	Advance to knockout stage
2	Nigeria	3	2	0	1	5	4	+1	4
3	Australia	3	0	2	1	2	3	−1	2
4	Canada	3	0	1	2	0	7	−7	1

Source: RSSSF
(H) Hosts

Soviet Union   v   Australia

24 August 1985	Soviet Union	0–0	Australia	Minsk, Soviet Union
15:00 MT		Report		Stadium: Dinamo Stadium Attendance: 16,000 Referee: Victoriano Sánchez Arminio (Spain)

Australia   v   Canada

27 August 1985	Australia	0–0	Canada	Minsk, Soviet Union
19:00 MT		Report		Stadium: Dinamo Stadium Attendance: 8,000 Referee: Ali Ben Nasser (Tunisia)

Australia   v   Nigeria

29 August 1985	Australia	2–3	Nigeria	Minsk, Soviet Union
19:00 MT	Panagis 27' Kalantzis 38' (pen.)	Report	Adeleye 63' Monday 78' Anunobi 79'	Stadium: Traktor Stadium Attendance: 7,000 Referee: Shizuo Takada (Japan)

1985 OFC U-20 Championship

Main article: 1985 OFC U-20 Championship

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Australia (H)	5	5	0	0	20	4	+16	10	Qualification for 1985 FIFA World Youth Championship
2	Israel	5	3	1	1	15	6	+9	7
3	New Zealand	5	3	0	2	21	9	+12	6
4	Chinese Taipei	5	2	0	3	7	12	−5	4
5	Fiji	5	1	1	3	9	12	−3	3
6	Papua New Guinea	5	0	0	5	2	31	−29	0

Source: RSSSF
(H) Hosts

Australia   v   New Zealand

15 February 1985	Australia	2–1	New Zealand	Sydney, Australia
	Panagis 67' Kalantzis 85'	Report	Cave 30' (pen.)	Referee: Tilinger Yeir (Israel)

Australia   v   Fiji

17 February 1985	Australia	6–1	Fiji	Sydney, Australia
	Kalantzis 21', 78' Hristodoulou 37', 72' Panagis 49' Ingham 62'	Report	Evans 57' (pen.)	Referee: Chen Ming Chen (Chinese Taipei)

Australia   v   Chinese Taipei

20 February 1985	Australia	3–0	Chinese Taipei	Sydney, Australia
	Panagis 28' Bernal 52' Hristodoulou 60'	Report		Referee: Don Campbell

Australia   v   Papua New Guinea

22 February 1985	Australia	6–0	Papua New Guinea	Sydney, Australia
	Kalantzis 5', 26', 38', 70' Hristodoulou 21' Kanesoulis 78'	Report		Referee: Lennox Sharp (New Zealand)

Australia   v   Israel

24 February 1985	Australia	3–2	Israel	Sydney, Australia
	Kalantzis 30' Bundalo 79', 89'	Report	Natan 27' Klinger 80'	Referee: Chen Ming Chen (Chinese Taipei)

Australia men's national under-17 soccer team

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

Results and fixtures

1985 FIFA U-16 World Championship

Main article: 1985 FIFA U-16 World Championship

Group B

Main article: 1985 FIFA U-16 World Championship § Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Australia	3	3	0	0	4	1	+3	6	Advance to knockout stage
2	West Germany	3	1	1	1	5	3	+2	3
3	Argentina	3	1	1	1	5	4	+1	3
4	Congo	3	0	0	3	4	10	−6	0

Source: RSSSF

Australia   v   Argentina

31 July 1985	Australia	1–0	Argentina	Tianjin, China
19:00 CST	Naven 28'	Report		Stadium: Minyuan Stadium Attendance: 20,000 Referee: Joaquin Urrea (Mexico)

Australia   v   Congo

2 August 1985	Australia	2–1	Congo	Tianjin, China
19:00 CST	Trimboli 19' Thodis 42'	Report	Kakou 76'	Stadium: Minyuan Stadium Attendance: 20,000 Referee: Hassan Abdullah Al Mullah (Qatar)

Australia   v   West Germany

4 August 1985	Australia	1–0	West Germany	Tianjin, China
19:00 CST	Trimboli 12'	Report		Stadium: Minyuan Stadium Attendance: 20,000 Referee: Karim Camara (Guinea)

Knockout stage

Main article: 1985 FIFA U-16 World Championship § Knockout stage

Australia   v   Guinea

7 August 1985	Australia	0–0 (a.e.t.) (2–4 p)	Guinea	Tianjin, China
19:30 CST		Report		Stadium: Hongqiao Stadium Attendance: 20,000 Referee: Claudio Pieri (Italy)

Domestic soccer

National Soccer League

Main article: 1985 National Soccer League

For the second season of the conference format in the National Soccer League, Sydney City and South Melbourne won the Premierships from their respective conferences. ^[2] The Grand Final was played between Sydney City and Brunswick Juventus, which Brunswick won 2–0 on aggregate winning their first national title. ^[3]

Northern Conference

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Sydney City	22	15	5	2	42	19	+23	35	Qualification to Finals series
2	Sydney Croatia	22	14	5	3	50	22	+28	33
3	Marconi Fairfield	22	11	7	4	44	23	+21	29
4	Sydney Olympic	22	12	3	7	29	25	+4	27
5	St George-Budapest	22	7	8	7	31	26	+5	22
6	Canberra City	22	8	6	8	33	35	−2	22
7	Inter Monaro	22	7	6	9	29	37	−8	20
8	Blacktown City	22	7	4	11	30	34	−4	18
9	APIA Leichhardt	22	7	2	13	20	34	−14	16
10	Wollongong City	22	5	6	11	29	46	−17	16
11	Penrith City (R)	22	4	6	12	24	35	−11	14	Relegation to the 1986 NSW State League
12	Newcastle Rosebud United	22	4	4	14	20	45	−25	12

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	22	14	5	3	39	21	+18	33	Qualification to Finals series
2	Brunswick Juventus (C)	22	11	7	4	33	19	+14	29
3	Heidelberg United	22	10	7	5	29	17	+12	27
4	Melbourne Croatia	22	9	6	7	29	21	+8	24
5	Preston Makedonia	22	9	6	7	30	28	+2	24
6	Sunshine George Cross	22	8	7	7	25	22	+3	23
7	Brisbane Lions	22	9	4	9	29	29	0	22
8	Green Gully	22	6	6	10	24	29	−5	18
9	Adelaide City	22	6	6	10	29	35	−6	18
10	West Adelaide	22	6	5	11	24	37	−13	17
11	Brisbane City	22	6	5	11	25	42	−17	17
12	Footscray JUST	22	5	2	15	25	41	−16	12

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: 1985 NSL Cup

Final

Main article: 1985 NSL Cup final

11 August 1985

15:00 AEST

Sydney Olympic	2–1	Preston Makedonia
Soper 80' Raskopoulos 82'	Report	Cole 13'

St George Stadium , Sydney

Attendance: 6,187

Referee: Don Campbell

Head coach changes

This is a list of changes of head coaches within Australian league soccer:

Team	Outgoing head coach	Head coaches of departure	Date of departure	Position in table	Incoming head coach	Date of appointment
West Adelaide	Sam Salabasidis		29 January 1985	Pre-season	Neil McGachey [4]	29 January 1985

Retirements

• 29 January 1985: Michael McLaughlin, 20, former Blacktown City striker. ^[5]

References

1. "Socceroo Internationals for 1985". OzFootball.net. Retrieved 28 January 2023.
2. Howe, Andrew; Punshon, John; Stock, Greg. "1985 National Soccer League Final Tables". OzFootball.net. Retrieved 8 October 2021.
3. "BRUNSWICK JUVENTUS CHAMPS OF AUSTRALIA". Australian Soccer Weekly. Vol. 6, no. 231. 9 September 1985. p. 1.
4. "McGACHEY HOPES TO RECAPTURE SPIRIT OF '78". Australian Soccer Weekly. Vol. 6, no. 199. 29 January 1985. p. 10.
5. "DEMONS' YOUNG STAR QUITS". Australian Soccer Weekly. Vol. 6, no. 199. 29 January 1985. p. 2.

External links

• Football Australia official website