1979 in Australian soccer

Soccer in Australia
Season	1979
Men's soccer
National Soccer League	Marconi Fairfield
NSL Cup	Adelaide City

The 1979 season was the tenth season of national competitive association football in Australia and 96th overall.

National teams

Australia men's national soccer team

Results and fixtures

Friendlies

13 June 1979	New Zealand	1–0	Australia	Auckland, New Zealand
	Ormond 58'	Report		Stadium: Newmarket Park Attendance: 4,000^[1] Referee: Tom Delahunty

27 November 1979	Chinese Taipei	0–2	Australia	Taipei, Taiwan
		Report	Cumming 43' Cole 74'	Attendance: 2,000

Australia women's national soccer team

Results and fixtures

Friendlies

6 October 1979	Australia	2–2	New Zealand	Sydney, Australia
	Brentnall ?' Loveless ?'	Report	Marshall ?' Hetherington ?'	Stadium: Seymour Shaw Park Attendance: ^[2]

8 October 1979	Australia	0–1	New Zealand	Sydney, Australia
		Report	Ah Wong ?'	Stadium: Seymour Shaw Park

13 October 1979	Australia	1–0	New Zealand	Brisbane, Australia
	Loveless ?'	Report		Stadium: Perry Park

Australia men's national under-20 soccer team

Results and fixtures

1979 FIFA World Youth Championship qualification

Inter-continental qualification

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Paraguay	4	4	0	0	10	1	+9	8	Qualification for 1979 FIFA World Youth Championship
2	Israel	4	0	2	2	1	5	−4	2
3	Australia	4	0	2	2	0	5	−5	2

Source: RSSSF

7 February 1979	Paraguay	2–0	Australia	Asunción, Paraguay
	Romerito 11' (60)	Report		Stadium: Estadio Defensores del Chaco Attendance: 45,000

9 February 1979	Israel	0–0	Australia	Asunción, Paraguay
		Report		Stadium: Estadio Defensores del Chaco Attendance: 25,000

17 February 1979	Australia	0–0	Israel	Asunción, Paraguay
		Report		Stadium: Estadio Defensores del Chaco Attendance: 5,000

18 February 1979	Paraguay	3–0	Australia	Asunción, Paraguay
		Report		Stadium: Estadio Defensores del Chaco Attendance: 40,000

Domestic soccer

National Soccer League

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Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Marconi Fairfield (C)	26	15	6	5	58	32	+26	40^[a]	Qualification to Finals series^[b]
2	Heidelberg United	26	14	7	5	44	30	+14	36^[a]
3	Sydney City	26	15	3	8	47	29	+18	34^[a]
4	Brisbane City	26	14	5	7	38	30	+8	34^[a]
5	Adelaide City	26	13	6	7	43	27	+16	33^[a]
6	Newcastle KB United	26	11	9	6	43	30	+13	32^[a]
7	West Adelaide	26	10	4	12	28	31	−3	25^[a]
8	APIA Leichhardt	26	11	3	12	29	37	−8	25
9	Brisbane Lions	26	8	6	12	28	40	−12	22
10	Footscray JUST	26	8	3	15	29	43	−14	20^[a]
11	St George-Budapest	26	7	6	13	27	43	−16	20
12	Canberra City	26	6	8	12	25	41	−16	20
13	Sydney Olympic (R)	26	7	5	14	23	30	−7	19	Relegated to the 1980 NSW State League
14	South Melbourne	26	6	3	17	26	45	−19	16^[a]

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
Notes:

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ A Bonus Point was awarded for victories of 4 goals or more.
^ The Finals series was not considered the championship for the 1979 National Soccer League.

NSL Cup

Final

30 September 1979

14:30 ACDT

Adelaide City	3–2	St George Budapest
J. Nyskohous 54', 76' B. Nyskohus 65'	Report	O'Connor 21' O'Shea 48'

Olympic Sports Field, Adelaide

Attendance: 9,554

Retirements

10 December 1979: Jim Mangopoulos, former Heidelberg United player.^[4]

References

^ "Socceroo Internationals for 1979". ozfootball.net. Retrieved 19 March 2021.
^ "Matildas Internationals for 1979". ozfootball.net. Retrieved 19 March 2021.
^ "OzFootball Archives - 1979 NSL Season table". ozfootball.net. Retrieved 19 March 2021.
^ "Soccer PSL bonus scheme dropped". The Canberra Times. Vol. 54, no. 16, 147. Australian Capital Territory, Australia. 10 December 1979. p. 15. Retrieved 19 March 2021 – via National Library of Australia.

External links

Football Australia official website

[table_hth_MF0.35479940443989-4] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ A Bonus Point was awarded for victories of 4 goals or more.

[table_note_res_FS0.35479940443989-5] The Finals series was not considered the championship for the 1979 National Soccer League.

[1] "Socceroo Internationals for 1979". ozfootball.net. Retrieved 19 March 2021.

[2] "Matildas Internationals for 1979". ozfootball.net. Retrieved 19 March 2021.

[3] "OzFootball Archives - 1979 NSL Season table". ozfootball.net. Retrieved 19 March 2021.

[6] "Soccer PSL bonus scheme dropped". The Canberra Times. Vol. 54, no. 16, 147. Australian Capital Territory, Australia. 10 December 1979. p. 15. Retrieved 19 March 2021 – via National Library of Australia.

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