1986 in Australian soccer

Soccer in Australia

Season	1986
Men's soccer
NSL Premiership	Sydney Croatia Brunswick Juventus
NSL Championship	Adelaide City
NSL Cup	Sydney City
←  1985 1987  →

The 1986 season was the 17th season of national competitive soccer in Australia and 103rd overall.

National teams

Australia men's national soccer team

Main article: Australia men's national soccer team

Results and fixtures

Friendlies

Australia   v   Czechoslovakia

3 August 1986	Australia	1–1	Czechoslovakia	Melbourne, Australia
	Arnold 90'	Report	Kubik 55'	Stadium: Olympic Park Attendance: [1] Referee: Chris Bambridge (Australia)

Australia   v   Czechoslovakia

6 August 1986	Australia	0–1	Czechoslovakia	Adelaide, Australia
		Report	Griga 50'	Stadium: Hindmarsh Stadium Attendance: 2,000 Referee: Don Campbell (Australia)

Australia   v   Czechoslovakia

10 August 1986	Australia	0–3	Czechoslovakia	Sydney, Australia
		Report	Kula 23' Kubik 53' (pen.), 85'	Stadium: Parramatta Stadium Attendance: 10,150 Referee: Richard Lorenc (Australia)

New Zealand   v   Australia

25 October 1986Trans-Tasman Cup	New Zealand	1–1	Australia	Auckland, New Zealand
	Deeley 60'	Report	Arnold 55'	Stadium: Mount Smart Stadium Attendance: 3,156 Referee: Garry Fleet (New Zealand)

Australia   v   New Zealand

2 November 1986Trans-Tasman Cup	Australia	2–0	New Zealand	Sydney, Australia
	Arnold 29' Zinni 74'	Report		Stadium: Parramatta Stadium Attendance: 4,800 Referee: Gary Power (Australia)

China   v   Australia

23 November 1986Ampol Cup	China	0–2	Australia	Guangzhou, China
	Kalantzis ?' Arnold ?'	Report

Australia women's national soccer team

Main article: Australia women's national soccer team

Results and fixtures

1986 OFC Women's Championship

Main article: 1986 OFC Women's Championship

First round

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Chinese Taipei	3	3	0	0	4	1	+3	6	Advanced to Final
2	Australia	3	2	0	1	3	2	+1	4
3	New Zealand	3	1	0	2	3	3	0	2	Advanced to Third place play-off
4	New Zealand B	3	0	0	3	1	5	−4	0

Source: RSSSF

New Zealand   v   Australia

29 March 1986	New Zealand	0–1	Australia	Christchurch, New Zealand
		Report	Iserief ?'	Stadium: Queen Elizabeth II Park Attendance: [2] Referee: Chou I-Fa (Chinese Taipei)

Chinese Taipei   v   Australia

31 March 1986	Chinese Taipei	1–0	Australia	Christchurch, New Zealand
	Tai-ying HT+15'	Report		Stadium: Queen Elizabeth II Park

Final

Chinese Taipei   v   Australia

31 March 1986	Chinese Taipei	4–1	Australia	Christchurch, New Zealand
	Yu-chu HT+4', HT+11' Hsiu-chih HT+18' Hsiu-min FT+3'	Report	Martin HT+15'	Stadium: Queen Elizabeth II Park

Australia men's national under-20 soccer team

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

Results and fixtures

1986 OFC U-20 Championship

Main article: 1986 OFC U-20 Championship

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Australia	4	3	1	0	16	1	+15	7	Qualification for 1987 FIFA World Youth Championship
2	Israel	4	2	2	0	11	3	+8	6
3	New Zealand (H)	4	0	3	1	1	4	−3	3
4	Chinese Taipei	4	0	2	2	4	13	−9	2
5	Fiji	4	0	2	2	3	14	−11	2

Source: RSSSF
(H) Hosts

Australia   v   Fiji

17 October 1986	Australia	7–0	Fiji	Auckland, New Zealand
		Report		Stadium: Mount Smart Stadium

Australia   v   Israel

19 October 1986	Australia	1–1	Israel	Auckland, New Zealand
		Report		Stadium: Mount Smart Stadium

Australia   v   Chinese Taipei

23 October 1986	Australia	5–0	Chinese Taipei	Auckland, New Zealand
		Report		Stadium: Mount Smart Stadium

New Zealand   v   Australia

26 October 1986	New Zealand	0–3	Australia	Auckland, New Zealand
		Report		Stadium: Mount Smart Stadium

Australia men's national under-17 soccer team

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

Results and fixtures

1986 OFC U-17 Championship

Main article: 1986 OFC U-17 Championship

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Australia	4	3	0	1	10	1	+9	6	Qualification for 1987 FIFA U-16 World Championship
2	New Zealand	4	2	2	0	3	1	+2	6
3	Chinese Taipei (H)	4	2	0	2	5	6	−1	4
4	Papua New Guinea	4	0	2	2	1	5	−4	2
5	Fiji	4	0	2	2	2	8	−6	2

Source: RSSSF
(H) Hosts

Australia   v   Papua New Guinea

7 December 1986	Australia	3–0	Papua New Guinea	Kaohsiung, Chinese Taipei
	Dimoudis 12' Christopoulos 42', 51'	Report		Stadium: Chungcheng Stadium Referee: Chen Ming-Chiu (Chinese Taipei)

Fiji   v   Australia

8 December 1986	Fiji	0–4	Australia	Kaohsiung, Chinese Taipei
			Brown 29' Rago 56' Dimoudis 58', 74'	Stadium: Chungcheng Stadium Referee: Chow Yi-Fa (Chinese Taipei)

Chinese Taipei   v   Australia

10 December 1986	Chinese Taipei	0–3	Australia	Kaohsiung, Chinese Taipei
			Dimoudis 20', 29' (pen.) Rago 76'	Stadium: Chungcheng Stadium Referee: Mahendra Singh (Fiji)

Australia   v   New Zealand

14 December 1986	Australia	0–1	New Zealand	Kaohsiung, Chinese Taipei
			Ashton 56'	Stadium: Chungcheng Stadium Referee: Chow Yi-Fa (Chinese Taipei)

Domestic soccer

National Soccer League

Main article: 1986 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 Croatia	22	14	4	4	43	18	+25	32	Qualification for the Finals series
2	Sydney Olympic	22	9	9	4	33	22	+11	27
3	St George-Budapest	22	11	5	6	33	29	+4	27
4	Marconi Fairfield	22	9	7	6	35	22	+13	25
5	Sydney City	22	8	8	6	36	27	+9	24	Qualification for the Finals series and Oceania Cup Winners' Cup [a]
6	Newcastle Rosebud United (R)	22	9	6	7	36	33	+3	24	Relegation to the 1987 NSW State League
7	APIA Leichhardt	22	9	6	7	25	23	+2	24
8	Wollongong City (R)	22	9	5	8	26	25	+1	23	Relegation to the 1987 NSW State League
9	Blacktown City (R)	22	8	4	10	24	36	−12	20
10	Canberra City (R)	22	5	6	11	21	27	−6	16
11	Canterbury Marrickville (R)	22	2	7	13	17	41	−24	11
12	Inter Monaro (R)	22	3	5	14	17	43	−26	11

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
Notes:

1. Sydney City qualified for the 1987 Oceania Cup Winners' Cup as the 1986 NSL Cup winners.

Southern Conference

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Brunswick Juventus	22	11	6	5	37	21	+16	28	Qualification for the Finals series
2	Footscray JUST	22	10	8	4	29	27	+2	28
3	Adelaide City (C)	22	10	7	5	32	19	+13	27	Qualification for the Finals series and Oceania Club Championship
4	Sunshine George Cross	22	8	11	3	26	17	+9	27	Qualification for the Finals series
5	Heidelberg United	22	9	8	5	35	25	+10	26
6	Preston Makedonia	22	8	9	5	30	20	+10	25
7	South Melbourne	22	10	5	7	27	20	+7	25
8	Brisbane Lions (R)	22	7	5	10	27	28	−1	19	Relegation to the 1987 Brisbane Premier League
9	West Adelaide (R)	22	7	4	11	26	34	−8	18	Relegation to the 1987 South Australian Division One
10	Melbourne Croatia	22	6	6	10	25	33	−8	18
11	Brisbane City (R)	22	3	7	12	18	46	−28	13	Relegation to the 1987 Brisbane Premier League
12	Green Gully (R)	22	2	6	14	16	38	−22	10	Relegation to the 1987 Victorian State League

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; (R) Relegated

NSL Cup

Main article: 1986 NSL Cup

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Final

Main article: 1986 NSL Cup final

17 September 1986

20:00 ACST

Adelaide Hellas	2–3 (a.e.t.)	Sydney City
Hristodoulou 49', 112'	Report	Kosmina 61' Farina 114', 118'

Hindmarsh Stadium , Adelaide

Attendance: 3,200

Referee: Stewart Mellings

References

1. "Socceroo Internationals for 1986". OzFootball. Retrieved 7 November 2023.
2. "Matildas Internationals for 1986". OzFootball. Retrieved 7 November 2023.
3. Stock, Greg. "1986 National Soccer League Results". OzFootball. Retrieved 7 November 2023.
4. Stock, Greg. "1986 National Soccer League Cup Results". OzFootball. Retrieved 7 November 2023.

External links

• Football Australia official website