Jump to content

1985 in Australian soccer

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Soccer in Australia
Season1985
Men's soccer
NSL PremiershipSydney City
South Melbourne
NSL ChampionshipBrunswick Juventus
NSL CupSydney Olympic
← 1984 Australia 1986 →

The 1985 season was the 16th season of national competitive association football in Australia and 102nd overall.

National teams

[edit]

Australia men's national soccer team

[edit]

Results and fixtures

[edit]
Friendlies
[edit]
27 September 1985 Ampol Cup Australia  3–0  China Brisbane, Australia
Report Stadium: Lang Park
Attendance: 4,823[1]
Referee: Bill Monteverde (Australia)
1986 FIFA World Cup qualification
[edit]
Group C
[edit]
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Australia 6 4 2 0 20 2 +18 10 Advance to Inter-confederation play-offs 1–1 2–0 8–0
2  Israel 6 3 1 2 17 6 +11 7 1–2 3–0 5–0
3  New Zealand 6 3 1 2 13 7 +6 7 0–0 3–1 5–0
4  Chinese Taipei 6 0 0 6 1 36 −35 0 0–7 0–6 1–5
Source: RSSSF
21 September 1985 New Zealand  0–0  Australia Auckland, New Zealand
Report Stadium: Mount Smart Stadium
Attendance: 14,286
Referee: Keith Hackett (England)
8 October 1985 Israel  1–2  Australia Ramat Gan, Israel
Report
Stadium: Ramat Gan Stadium
Attendance: 45,000
Referee: Luigi Agnolin (Italy)
20 October 1985 Australia  1–1  Israel Melbourne, Australia
Report
Stadium: Olympic Park
Attendance: 27,000
Referee: José Rosa dos Santos (Portugal)
23 October 1985 Chinese Taipei  0–7  Australia Adelaide, Australia
Report
Stadium: Hindmarsh Stadium
Attendance: 2,000
Referee: John Cameron (New Zealand
27 October 1985 Australia  8–0  Chinese Taipei Sydney, Australia
Report Stadium: St George Stadium
Attendance: 2,694
Referee: Bill Munro (New Zealand)
3 November 1985 Australia  2–0  New Zealand Sydney, Australia
Report Stadium: Sydney Sports Ground
Attendance: 21,910
Referee: Gerard Guerds (Netherlands
Inter-confederation play-offs
[edit]
20 November 1985 First leg Scotland  2–0  Australia Glasgow, Scotland
Report Stadium: Hampden Park
Attendance: 62,239
Referee: Vojtech Christov (Czechoslovakia)
4 December 1985 Second leg Australia  0–0  Scotland Melbourne, Australia
Report Stadium: Olympic Park
Attendance: 29,852
Referee: José Roberto Wright (Brazil)

Australia men's national under-20 soccer team

[edit]

Results and fixtures

[edit]
1985 FIFA World Youth Championship
[edit]
Group C
[edit]
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Soviet Union (H) 3 2 1 0 7 1 +6 5 Advance to knockout stage
2  Nigeria 3 2 0 1 5 4 +1 4
3  Australia 3 0 2 1 2 3 −1 2
4  Canada 3 0 1 2 0 7 −7 1
Source: RSSSF
(H) Hosts
24 August 1985 Soviet Union  0–0  Australia Minsk, Soviet Union
15:00 MT Report Stadium: Dinamo Stadium
Attendance: 16,000
Referee: Victoriano Sánchez Arminio (Spain)
27 August 1985 Australia  0–0  Canada Minsk, Soviet Union
19:00 MT Report Stadium: Dinamo Stadium
Attendance: 8,000
Referee: Ali Ben Nasser (Tunisia)
29 August 1985 Australia  2–3  Nigeria Minsk, Soviet Union
19:00 MT
Report
Stadium: Traktor Stadium
Attendance: 7,000
Referee: Shizuo Takada (Japan)
1985 OFC U-20 Championship
[edit]
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Australia (H) 5 5 0 0 20 4 +16 10 Qualification for 1985 FIFA World Youth Championship
2  Israel 5 3 1 1 15 6 +9 7
3  New Zealand 5 3 0 2 21 9 +12 6
4  Chinese Taipei 5 2 0 3 7 12 −5 4
5  Fiji 5 1 1 3 9 12 −3 3
6  Papua New Guinea 5 0 0 5 2 31 −29 0
Source: RSSSF
(H) Hosts
15 February 1985 Australia  2–1  New Zealand Sydney, Australia
Report
Referee: Tilinger Yeir (Israel)
17 February 1985 Australia  6–1  Fiji Sydney, Australia
Report
Referee: Chen Ming Chen (Chinese Taipei)
20 February 1985 Australia  3–0  Chinese Taipei Sydney, Australia
Report Referee: Don Campbell
22 February 1985 Australia  6–0  Papua New Guinea Sydney, Australia
Report Referee: Lennox Sharp (New Zealand)
24 February 1985 Australia  3–2  Israel Sydney, Australia
Report
Referee: Chen Ming Chen (Chinese Taipei)

Australia men's national under-17 soccer team

[edit]

Results and fixtures

[edit]
1985 FIFA U-16 World Championship
[edit]
Group B
[edit]
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Australia 3 3 0 0 4 1 +3 6 Advance to knockout stage
2  West Germany 3 1 1 1 5 3 +2 3
3  Argentina 3 1 1 1 5 4 +1 3
4  Congo 3 0 0 3 4 10 −6 0
Source: RSSSF
31 July 1985 Australia  1–0  Argentina Tianjin, China
19:00 CST
Report Stadium: Minyuan Stadium
Attendance: 20,000
Referee: Joaquin Urrea (Mexico)
2 August 1985 Australia  2–1  Congo Tianjin, China
19:00 CST
Report
Stadium: Minyuan Stadium
Attendance: 20,000
Referee: Hassan Abdullah Al Mullah (Qatar)
4 August 1985 Australia  1–0  West Germany Tianjin, China
19:00 CST Report Stadium: Minyuan Stadium
Attendance: 20,000
Referee: Karim Camara (Guinea)
Knockout stage
[edit]
7 August 1985 Australia  0–0 (a.e.t.)
(2–4 p)
 Guinea Tianjin, China
19:30 CST Report Stadium: Hongqiao Stadium
Attendance: 20,000
Referee: Claudio Pieri (Italy)

Domestic soccer

[edit]

National Soccer League

[edit]

For the second season of the conference format in the National Soccer League, Sydney City and South Melbourne won the Premierships from their respective conferences.[2] The Grand Final was played between Sydney City and Brunswick Juventus, which Brunswick won 2–0 on aggregate winning their first national title.[3]

Northern Conference
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Sydney City 22 15 5 2 42 19 +23 35 Qualification to Finals series
2 Sydney Croatia 22 14 5 3 50 22 +28 33
3 Marconi Fairfield 22 11 7 4 44 23 +21 29
4 Sydney Olympic 22 12 3 7 29 25 +4 27
5 St George-Budapest 22 7 8 7 31 26 +5 22
6 Canberra City 22 8 6 8 33 35 −2 22
7 Inter Monaro 22 7 6 9 29 37 −8 20
8 Blacktown City 22 7 4 11 30 34 −4 18
9 APIA Leichhardt 22 7 2 13 20 34 −14 16
10 Wollongong City 22 5 6 11 29 46 −17 16
11 Penrith City (R) 22 4 6 12 24 35 −11 14 Relegation to the 1986 NSW State League
12 Newcastle Rosebud United 22 4 4 14 20 45 −25 12
Source: rsssf.com
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(R) Relegated
Southern Conference
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 South Melbourne 22 14 5 3 39 21 +18 33 Qualification to Finals series
2 Brunswick Juventus (C) 22 11 7 4 33 19 +14 29
3 Heidelberg United 22 10 7 5 29 17 +12 27
4 Melbourne Croatia 22 9 6 7 29 21 +8 24
5 Preston Makedonia 22 9 6 7 30 28 +2 24
6 Sunshine George Cross 22 8 7 7 25 22 +3 23
7 Brisbane Lions 22 9 4 9 29 29 0 22
8 Green Gully 22 6 6 10 24 29 −5 18
9 Adelaide City 22 6 6 10 29 35 −6 18
10 West Adelaide 22 6 5 11 24 37 −13 17
11 Brisbane City 22 6 5 11 25 42 −17 17
12 Footscray JUST 22 5 2 15 25 41 −16 12
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

NSL Cup

[edit]

Final

[edit]
Sydney Olympic2–1Preston Makedonia
Report
Attendance: 6,187
Referee: Don Campbell

Head coach changes

[edit]

This is a list of changes of head coaches within Australian league soccer:

Team Outgoing head coach Head coaches of departure Date of departure Position in table Incoming head coach Date of appointment
West Adelaide Australia Sam Salabasidis 29 January 1985 Pre-season Australia Neil McGachey[4] 29 January 1985

Retirements

[edit]

References

[edit]
  1. ^ "Socceroo Internationals for 1985". OzFootball.net. Retrieved 28 January 2023.
  2. ^ Howe, Andrew; Punshon, John; Stock, Greg. "1985 National Soccer League Final Tables". OzFootball.net. Retrieved 8 October 2021.
  3. ^ "BRUNSWICK JUVENTUS CHAMPS OF AUSTRALIA". Australian Soccer Weekly. Vol. 6, no. 231. 9 September 1985. p. 1.
  4. ^ "McGACHEY HOPES TO RECAPTURE SPIRIT OF '78". Australian Soccer Weekly. Vol. 6, no. 199. 29 January 1985. p. 10.
  5. ^ "DEMONS' YOUNG STAR QUITS". Australian Soccer Weekly. Vol. 6, no. 199. 29 January 1985. p. 2.
[edit]