1983 in Australian soccer

Soccer in Australia
Season	1983
Men's soccer
National Soccer League	St George-Budapest
NSL Cup	Sydney Olympic

The 1983 season was the 14th season of national competitive association football in Australia and 100th overall.

National teams

Australia men's national soccer team

Results and fixtures

Friendlies

22 February 1983	New Zealand	2–1	Australia	Auckland, New Zealand
	Cresswell 47' Ratcliffe 69' (o.g.)	Report	Kosmina 36'	Stadium: Mount Smart Stadium Attendance: ^[1] Referee: William Munro (New Zealand)

27 February 1983	Australia	0–2	New Zealand	Melbourne, Australia
		Report	Cole 66' Adam 73'	Stadium: Olympic Park Stadium Attendance: 14,000~ Referee: Jack Johnston (Australia)

12 June 1983	Australia	0–0	England	Sydney, Australia
		Report		Stadium: Sydney Cricket Ground Attendance: 28,000 Referee: Tony Boskovic (Australia)

15 June 1983	Australia	0–1	England	Brisbane, Australia
		Report		Stadium: Lang Park Attendance: 16,000 Referee: Peter Rampley (Australia)

19 June 1983	Australia	1–1	England	Melbourne, Australia
	Neal 27' (o.g.)	Report	Francis 25'	Stadium: Olympic Park Stadium Attendance: 20,000 Referee: Jack Johnston (Australia)

1983 Merlion Cup

4 December 1983	China	2–1	Australia	Singapore
		Report	Kosmina ?'

10 December 1983	Thailand	0–2	Australia	Singapore
		Report	Murphy ?' Kosmina ?'

15 December 1983	South Korea	1–3	Australia	Singapore
		Report	Kosmina ?' Cant ?' P. O'Connor ?'

18 December 1983	Singapore	2–4	Australia	Singapore
		Report	Watson ?' Kosmina ?' Campbell ?' P. O'Connor ?'

Domestic soccer

National Soccer League

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Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	St George-Budapest (C)	30	15	10	5	47	27	+20	55
2	Sydney City	30	15	9	6	48	30	+18	54
3	Preston Makedonia	30	15	7	8	47	32	+15	52
4	South Melbourne	30	15	7	8	44	36	+8	52
5	Newcastle KB United	30	14	7	9	45	26	+19	49
6	Heidelberg United	30	11	10	9	39	38	+1	43
7	Sydney Olympic	30	12	5	13	38	36	+2	41
8	APIA Leichhardt	30	11	6	13	43	36	+7	39
9	Marconi Fairfield	30	9	11	10	43	41	+2	38
10	Canberra City	30	11	5	14	47	53	−6	38
11	Adelaide City	30	10	6	14	37	38	−1	36
12	Footscray JUST	30	9	9	12	25	42	−17	36
13	West Adelaide	30	7	12	11	25	37	−12	33
14	Brisbane City	30	8	9	13	33	50	−17	33
15	Wollongong City	30	4	15	11	41	55	−14	27
16	Brisbane Lions	30	6	8	16	36	61	−25	26

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

Final

6 November 1983

Sydney Olympic	1–0	Heidelberg United
Patalis 64'	Report

St George Stadium, Sydney

Attendance: 6,420

Referee: Tony Boskovic

13 November 1983

Heidelberg United	0–1	Sydney Olympic
	Report	Patalis 82'

Olympic Park, Melbourne

Attendance: 6,000

Referee: Chris Bambridge

References

^ "Socceroo Internationals for 1983". ozfootball.net. Retrieved 20 March 2021.
^ "OzFootball Archives - 1983 NSL Season table". ozfootball.net. Retrieved 20 March 2021.

External links

Football Australia official website

[1] "Socceroo Internationals for 1983". ozfootball.net. Retrieved 20 March 2021.

[2] "OzFootball Archives - 1983 NSL Season table". ozfootball.net. Retrieved 20 March 2021.

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