1989 in Australian soccer

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Soccer in Australia
Season1989
Men's soccer
NSL Premiership Marconi Fairfield
NSL Championship Marconi Fairfield
NSL Cup Adelaide City
  1988 Flag of Australia (converted).svg 1989–90  

The 1989 season was the 20th season of national competitive soccer in Australia and 106th overall.

Contents

National teams

Australia men's national soccer team

Results and fixtures

1990 FIFA World Cup qualification
Second round
PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualificationFlag of Israel.svgFlag of Australia (converted).svgFlag of New Zealand.svg
1Flag of Israel.svg  Israel 413054+15Advance to Inter-confederation play-offs 1–1 1–0
2Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 412165+14 1–1 4–1
3Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand 41125723 2–2 2–0
Source: RSSSF
12 March 1989 Australia  Flag of Australia (converted).svg4–1Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand Sydney, Australia
Report
Stadium: Sydney Football Stadium
Attendance: 13,621
Referee: Shizuo Takada (Japan)
19 March 1989 Israel  Flag of Israel.svg1–1Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia Ramat Gan, Israel
Report
Stadium: National Stadium
Attendance: 45,000
Referee: Manfred Neumer (Germany)
2 April 1989 New Zealand  Flag of New Zealand.svg2–0Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia Auckland, New Zealand
Report Stadium: Mount Smart Stadium
Attendance: 3,340
Referee: Bin Singah (Singapore)
16 April 1989 Australia  Flag of Australia (converted).svg1–1Flag of Israel.svg  Israel Sydney, Australia
Report
Stadium: Sydney Football Stadium
Attendance: 40,320
Referee: Carlo Longhi (Italy)

Australia women's national soccer team

Results and fixtures

1989 OFC Women's Championship
First round
PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification
1Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand 4400100+108Advance to Final
2Former Chinese Taipei Football Flag.svg  Chinese Taipei 4301143+116
3Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia (H)411276+13Advance to Third place play-off
4Flag of Australia (converted).svg Australia B 41122643
5Flag of Papua New Guinea.svg  Papua New Guinea 4004119180
Source: RSSSF
(H) Hosts
26 March 1989 Australia  Flag of Australia (converted).svg0–2Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand Brisbane, Australia
Report
Stadium: Perry Park
28 March 1989 Australia  Flag of Australia (converted).svg6–0Flag of Papua New Guinea.svg  Papua New Guinea Brisbane, Australia
Report Stadium: Perry Park
31 March 1989 Australia  Flag of Australia (converted).svg1–4Flag of Chinese Taipei (Olympics; 1986-2010).svg  Chinese Taipei Brisbane, Australia
Report
Stadium: Perry Park

Australia men's national under-17 soccer team

Results and fixtures

1989 FIFA U-16 World Championship
Group B
PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification
1Flag of East Germany.svg  East Germany 320174+34Advance to knockout stage
2Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil 320153+24
3Flag of the United States.svg  United States 31115723
4Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 30123631
Source: RSSSF
10 June 1989 East Germany  Flag of East Germany.svg1–0Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia Aberdeen, Scotland
14:00
Report Stadium: Pittodrie Stadium
Attendance: 3,300
Referee: Jim McCluskey (Scotland)
12 June 1989 Australia  Flag of Australia (converted).svg1–3Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil Aberdeen, Scotland
20:15
Report
Stadium: Pittodrie Stadium
Attendance: 2,300
Referee: David Brummitt (Canada)
14 June 1989 Australia  Flag of Australia (converted).svg2–2Flag of the United States.svg  United States Aberdeen, Scotland
20:15
Report
Stadium: Pittodrie Stadium
Attendance: 3,300
Referee: Kil Ki-Chul (South Korea)
1989 OFC U-17 Championship
PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification
1Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia (H)4400351+348Qualification for 1989 FIFA U-16 World Championship
2Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand 4301185+136
3Flag of Chinese Taipei (Olympics; 1986-2010).svg  Chinese Taipei 4202235+184
4Flag of Fiji.svg  Fiji 4103923142
5Flag of Vanuatu.svg  Vanuatu 4004051510
Source: RSSSF
(H) Hosts
21 January 1989 Australia  Flag of Australia (converted).svg2–0Flag of Chinese Taipei (Olympics; 1986-2010).svg  Chinese Taipei Australia
Report
24 January 1989 Australia  Flag of Australia (converted).svg24–0Flag of Vanuatu.svg  Vanuatu Australia
Report
25 January 1989 Australia  Flag of Australia (converted).svg4–0Flag of Fiji.svg  Fiji Australia
Report
29 January 1989 Australia  Flag of Australia (converted).svg5–1Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand Australia
Report

Domestic soccer

National Soccer League

[1]

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification or relegation
1 Marconi Fairfield (C)2616646224+3838Qualification for the Finals series
2 St George-Budapest 2612863324+932
3 Sydney Olympic 2611963726+1131
4 Melbourne Croatia 2613584435+931
5 Preston Makedonia 2611873124+730
6 Adelaide City 2610882924+528
7 Sydney Croatia 2610882525028
8 South Melbourne 269894437+726
9 Wollongong City 2687112229723
10 APIA Leichhardt 2679102735823
11 Sunshine George Cross 26751425381319
12 Blacktown City 26591228502219
13 Melbourne JUST (R)26581324371318Relegation to the Victorian State League
14 Heidelberg United (R)26741522452318
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

[2]

Final

[3]

Adelaide City 2–0 Sydney Olympic
Report
Attendance: 10,000
Referee: Don Campbell

State of Origin

Queensland2–3New South Wales
Report [4] [5]
Perry Park , Brisbane
Attendance: 4,100
Referee: Bill Monteverde

References

  1. Stock, Greg. "1989 National Soccer League Final Table". OzFootball.
  2. Stock, Greg. "1989 National Soccer League Cup Results". OzFootball.
  3. Gauter, Lou (23 August 1989). "Adoring home crowd spurs City marauders". Australian Soccer Weekly. Vol. 10, no. 393. p. 4.
  4. Cockerill, Michael (21 August 1989). "Sydney push after Blues score". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 27 November 2024.
  5. Russell, Greg (23 August 1989). "Another winning goal by Nastevski". Australian Soccer Weekly. p. 5. Retrieved 27 November 2024.