1962 in Australian soccer

Soccer in Australia
Season	1962
Men's soccer
NSW Federation Premiers	Budapest
NSW Federation Grand final winners	Hakoah
Australian Interstate Championships	New South Wales
Australia Cup	Yugal

The 1962 season was the first season of national competitive association football in Australia and 79th overall. The Australian Soccer Association introduced their Australia Cup, a knockout tournament.

Domestic leagues

New South Wales Federation of Soccer Clubs

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Budapest	22	13	4	5	61	45	+16	30	Qualification for Finals series
2	Hakoah	22	13	3	6	47	26	+21	29
3	A.P.I.A.	22	13	3	6	65	38	+27	29
4	Yugal	22	12	4	6	55	53	+2	28
5	Prague	22	10	6	6	55	46	+9	26
6	Bankstown	22	11	2	9	45	36	+9	24
7	Pan Hellenic	22	10	2	10	46	42	+4	22
8	South Coast United	22	10	2	10	41	43	−2	22
9	Auburn	22	7	2	13	40	55	−15	16
10	Gladesville	22	5	4	13	23	48	−25	14
11	Canterbury	22	4	5	13	44	55	−11	13
12	Polonia–North Side	22	3	5	14	32	67	−35	11	Relegated to Second Division

Source: ^[1]

Finals


Semi-finals 8–9 September			Final (replay) 16 & 19 September			Grand final 23 September



1	Budapest	2				2	Hakoah	4

2	Hakoah	5				1	Budapest	2

			1	Budapest	1(3)

			4	SSC Yugal	1(2)

3	A.P.I.A.	2

4	SSC Yugal	3

8 September 1962 Minor semi-final	SSC Yugal	3–2	APIA Leichhardt	Moore Park, Sydney
	H. Ringhoff I. Milankovic A. Nincevic		L. Baumgartner P. Turella	Stadium: Sydney Sports Ground Attendance: 12,000 Referee: R. Pearce

9 September 1962 Major semi-final	Hakoah	5–2	Budapest	Moore Park, Sydney
	H. Ninaus ?', ?', ?' K. Jaros ?' R. Levi ?'		J. Galambos ?' E. Massey ?'	Stadium: Sydney Sports Ground Attendance: 12,300 Referee: F. Sibsa

16 September 1962 Final	Budapest	1–1	SSC Yugal	Moore Park, Sydney
	E. Massey ?'		S. Pacanin ?'	Stadium: Sydney Sports Ground Attendance: 15,800 Referee: F. Sibsa

19 September 1962 Final (replay)	Budapest	3–2	SSC Yugal	Moore Park, Sydney
	J. Pompor ?', ?' J. Vasvary ?'		S. Pacanin ?' A. Nincevic ?'	Stadium: Sydney Sports Ground Attendance: 10,000 Referee: R. Pearce

23 September 1962 Grand Final	Hakoah	4–2	Budapest	Moore Park, Sydney
	H. Ninaus ?', ?', ?' A. Blutsch ?'		A. Hetherington ?' J. Medina ?'	Stadium: Sydney Sports Ground Attendance: 26,770 Referee: R. Pearce

Interstate Championships

New South Wales won the first Australian Interstate Championship sponsored by the Australian Federation. The total attendance for all Australian Interstate Championship matches was 64,000.^[1]^[2]

Preliminary Rounds

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	New South Wales	3	2	1	0	6	3	+3	5	Qualification for Final
2	Queensland	3	2	0	1	10	6	+4	4	Qualification for Final
3	South Australia	3	1	1	1	6	8	−2	3
4	Victoria	3	0	0	3	4	9	−5	0

Source: ^[1]^[2]

Final

New South Wales won the two-legged final 7–4 on aggregate.

25 July 1962 (1962-07-25) Final	Queensland	1–3	New South Wales	Brisbane, Queensland
	B. Tristam ?'		L. Baumgartner ?' H. Ninaus ?' K. Jaros ?'	Stadium: Brisbane Exhibition Oval Attendance: 5,000 Referee: C. Bartolo (Victoria)

18 August 1962 (1962-08-18) Final	New South Wales	4–3 (7–4 agg.)	Queensland	Sydney, New South Wales
	R. Levi ?' K. Jaros ?' L. Baumgartner ?' J. Watkiss ?'		G. McMillan ?' B. Tristam ?' M. Wild ?'	Stadium: Sydney Sports Ground Attendance: 8,000 Referee: D. Gardner (South Australia)

Cup competitions

Australia Cup

The competition began on 2 November 1962. Sixteen clubs had entered the competition with the final two clubs Yugal and St George-Budapest qualifying for the Final.^[3] Yugal won the final 8–1 with four goals from Tiko Jelisavčić, two goals from Eric Schwarts and one goal each for Tony Nincevich and Slavko Pacanin.^[4]

Final

9 December 1962

Yugal	8–1	St George Budapest
Jelisavcic ?', ?', ?', ?' Schwartz ?', ?' Nincevich ?' Pacanin ?'		Buchanan ?'

Wentworth Park, Sydney

Attendance: 11,014

Referee: G. Hosie

References

^ ^a ^b ^c "Australian Soccer Year Book 1963". Soccer World Annual. Sydney: N.S.W. Federation of Soccer Clubs. 1963. Retrieved 4 September 2023.
^ ^a ^b "Victorian Soccer Year Book 1963". Melbourne: Victorian Soccer Federation. 1963. Retrieved 4 September 2023.
^ Andrew Robinson (8 June 2016). "Australia Cup 1962 – Results".
^ "Hakoah Beat Budapest In Grand Final AKA Soccer Cup Final In Australia (1962)". YouTube. British Pathe.

External links

Football Federation Australia official website

[SWA1963-1] "Australian Soccer Year Book 1963". Soccer World Annual. Sydney: N.S.W. Federation of Soccer Clubs. 1963. Retrieved 4 September 2023.

[VSF1963-2] "Victorian Soccer Year Book 1963". Melbourne: Victorian Soccer Federation. 1963. Retrieved 4 September 2023.

[3] Andrew Robinson (8 June 2016). "Australia Cup 1962 – Results".

[4] "Hakoah Beat Budapest In Grand Final AKA Soccer Cup Final In Australia (1962)". YouTube. British Pathe.

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