1981 in Australian soccer

Soccer in Australia
Season	1981
Men's soccer
National Soccer League	Sydney City
NSL Cup	Brisbane Lions
Charity Shield	Marconi Fairfield

The 1981 season was the twelfth season of national competitive association football in Australia and 98th overall.

National teams

Australia men's national soccer team

Results and fixtures

1982 FIFA World Cup qualification

Group 1

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	New Zealand	8	6	2	0	31	3	+28	14	Advance to Final round	—	3–3	5–0	2–0	13–0
2	Australia	8	4	2	2	22	9	+13	10		0–2	—	2–0	3–2	10–0
3	Indonesia	8	2	2	4	5	14	−9	6		0–2	1–0	—	1–0	3–3
4	Chinese Taipei	8	1	3	4	5	8	−3	5		0–0	0–0	2–0	—	0–0
5	Fiji	8	1	3	4	6	35	−29	5		0–4	1–4	0–0	2–1	—

Source: RSSSF

25 April 1981	New Zealand	3–3	Australia	Auckland, New Zealand
	G. Turner 25' Woodin 34' Sumner 80'	Report	Krncevic 15', 42' Boden 31'	Stadium: Mount Smart Stadium Attendance: 10,000^[1] Referee: Gianfranco Menegali (Italy)

16 May 1981	Australia	0–2	New Zealand	Sydney, Australia
		Report	Woodin 29' G. Turner 81'	Stadium: Sydney Cricket Ground Attendance: 12,000 Referee: George Courtney (England)

20 May 1981	Australia	2–0	Indonesia	Melbourne, Australia
	Kosmina 29' Davidson 33'	Report		Stadium: Olympic Park Stadium Attendance: 10,000 Referee: V. Garcia Olivera (Portugal)

10 June 1981	Australia	3–2	Chinese Taipei	Adelaide, Australia
	Henderson 18' Kosmina 56' Byrne 68' (pen.)	Report		Stadium: Hindmarsh Stadium Attendance: 3,200 Referee: Vijit Getkaen (Thailand)

26 July 1981	Fiji	1–4	Australia	Suva, Fiji
	Vuilanassa 83'	Report	Cole 4', 31' Barnes 10' Sharne 28'	Stadium: National Stadium Attendance: 11,000

14 August 1981	Australia	10–0	Fiji	Melbourne, Australia
	Mitchell 28', 43', 80' Cole 37', 43', 54', 63', 70', 71', 76'	Report		Stadium: Olympic Park Stadium Attendance: 3,500 Referee: A. Nobnom (Thailand)

30 August 1981	Indonesia	1–0	Australia	Suribaya, Indonesia
	Risdianto 88'	Report		Attendance: 25,000 Referee: A. Nobnom (Thailand)

6 September 1981	Chinese Taipei	0–0	Australia	Taipei, Taiwan
		Report		Attendance: 7,000 Referee: T. Gurkan (Philippines)

Australia women's national soccer team

Results and fixtures

Friendlies

5 October 1981 Trans-Tasman Cup	New Zealand	1–2	Australia	Manurewa, New Zealand
	Fulham ?'	Report	Porter ?' Brentnall ?'	Stadium: Gallaher Park Attendance: ^[2]

Australia men's national under-20 soccer team

1981 FIFA World Youth Championship

Group D

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	England	3	1	2	0	4	2	+2	4	Advance to knockout stage
2	Australia (H)	3	1	2	0	6	5	+1	4	Advance to knockout stage
3	Argentina	3	1	1	1	3	3	0	3
4	Cameroon	3	0	1	2	3	6	−3	1

Source: RSSSF
(H) Hosts

3 October 1981	Australia	2–1	Argentina	Sydney, Australia
15:00 AEST	Koussas 79' Hunter 89'	Report	Morresi 66'	Stadium: Sydney Sports Ground Attendance: 15,814 Referee: Alojzy Jarguz (Poland)

5 October 1981	Australia	3–3	Cameroon	Sydney, Australia
15:00 AEST	Mitchell 9' Koussas 53', 78' (pen.)	Report	Ollé Ollé 17' Djonkep 35', 52'	Stadium: Sydney Sports Ground Attendance: 13,797 Referee: Toros Kibritjian (Syria)

8 October 1981	England	1–1	Australia	Sydney, Australia
21:00 AEST	Small 82'	Report	Koussas 7'	Stadium: Sydney Sports Ground Attendance: 28,932 Referee: Toros Kibritjian (Romania)

Knockout stage

11 October 1981 QF	West Germany	1–0	Australia	Canberra, Australia
21:00 AEST	Wohlfarth 69'			Stadium: Bruce Stadium Attendance: 13,780 Referee: Henning Lund-Sørensen (Denmark)

Domestic soccer

National Soccer League

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Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Relegation
1	Sydney City (C)	30	19	5	6	59	30	+29	43
2	South Melbourne	30	13	13	4	41	27	+14	39
3	Brisbane City	30	12	11	7	37	25	+12	35
4	APIA Leichhardt	30	12	11	7	39	33	+6	35
5	Canberra City	30	13	7	10	41	32	+9	33
6	Brisbane Lions	30	11	11	8	41	33	+8	33
7	Adelaide City	30	13	6	11	46	42	+4	32
8	Heidelberg United	30	12	7	11	48	40	+8	31
9	Sydney Olympic	30	11	9	10	46	46	0	31
10	Newcastle KB United	30	11	8	11	41	41	0	30
11	Wollongong City	30	8	12	10	35	39	−4	28
12	Preston Makedonia	30	9	7	14	39	41	−2	25
13	Footscray JUST	30	9	7	14	32	48	−16	25
14	Marconi Fairfield	30	9	7	14	23	45	−22	25
15	Blacktown City (R)	30	6	9	15	32	47	−15	21	Relegated to the 1982 NSW State League
16	West Adelaide	30	5	4	21	26	57	−31	14

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

Cup competitions

NSL Cup

Final

20 September 1981

15:00 AEST

Brisbane Lions	3–1	West Adelaide
Daunt 4' Ferris 75' Williamson 87' (pen.)	Report	Topaz 82'

Canberra Stadium, Canberra

Attendance: 6,132

Referee: Chris Bambridge

Charity Shield

30 January 1981

Sydney City	1–3 (a.e.t.)	Marconi Fairfield
Kosmina ?'	Report	Cant 90' (o.g.) Sharne ?', ?'

Redfern Oval, Sydney

Attendance: 3,500

Referee: Henry Witschge

References

^ "Socceroo Internationals for 1981". ozfootball.net. Retrieved 19 March 2021.
^ "Matildas Internationals for 1981". ozfootball.net. Retrieved 19 March 2021.
^ "OzFootball Archives - 1981 NSL Season table". ozfootball.net. Retrieved 19 March 2021.

External links

Football Australia official website

[1] "Socceroo Internationals for 1981". ozfootball.net. Retrieved 19 March 2021.

[2] "Matildas Internationals for 1981". ozfootball.net. Retrieved 19 March 2021.

[3] "OzFootball Archives - 1981 NSL Season table". ozfootball.net. Retrieved 19 March 2021.

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