1982 in Australian soccer

Soccer in Australia
Season	1982
Men's soccer
National Soccer League	Sydney City
NSL Cup	APIA Leichhardt
Charity Shield	Sydney City

The 1982 season was the 13th season of national competitive association football in Australia and 99th overall.

National teams

Australia men's national soccer team

Results and fixtures

Friendlies

6 October 1982	Thailand	0–4	Australia	Kallang, Singapore
		Report	O'Connor ?' Kosmina 46', 79' Cole 71'	Stadium: National Stadium Attendance: 3,000^[1] Referee: N. Chandra (Singapore)

11 October 1982	Indonesia	0–2	Australia	Singapore
		Report	Mitchell 73', 77'	Attendance: 5,000 Referee: Lee Kok Leong (Singapore)

14 October 1982	Malaysia	0–5	Australia	Kallang, Singapore
	Katholos 19', 37' Kosmina 56' O'Connor 64' Cole 77'	Report		Stadium: National Stadium Attendance: 12,000

17 October 1982	Malaysia	2–3	Australia	Kallang, Singapore
	Jae-suk 59' Seun-chang 83'	Report	O'Connor 17' Mitchell 34' Christopoulos 61'	Stadium: National Stadium Attendance: 25,000 Referee: N. Chandra (Singapore)

Australia men's national under-20 soccer team

Results and fixtures

1982 OFC U-20 Championship

First round

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Australia	3	3	0	0	11	1	+10	6	Advance to Final
2	New Zealand	3	2	0	1	13	2	+11	4	Advance to Final
3	Papua New Guinea (H)	3	0	1	2	1	9	−8	1	Advance to Third place play-off
4	Fiji	3	0	1	2	1	14	−13	1	Advance to Third place play-off

Source: RSSSF
(H) Hosts

December 1982	Australia	7–0	Fiji	Papua New Guinea
		Report

7 December 1982	Australia	2–1	New Zealand	Papua New Guinea
		Report

December 1982	Papua New Guinea	0–2	Australia	Papua New Guinea
		Report

Final

12 December 1982	Australia	4–3 (a.e.t.)	New Zealand	Papua New Guinea
	Farina 75', 80' Lowe 92', 98'	Report	Tuaa 10' (pen.), 21' McClennan 110'	Referee: Ian Mole (Papua New Guinea)

Domestic soccer

National Soccer League

^[2]

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Relegation
1	Sydney City (C)	30	20	5	5	68	28	+40	45	Qualification to Finals series^[a]
2	St George-Budapest	30	14	8	8	47	40	+7	36
3	Wollongong City	30	16	3	11	43	46	−3	35
4	Heidelberg United	30	13	8	9	42	37	+5	34
5	Preston Makedonia	30	12	10	8	45	41	+4	34
6	South Melbourne	30	11	9	10	46	37	+9	31
7	APIA Leichhardt	30	12	7	11	49	54	−5	31
8	Sydney Olympic	30	12	6	12	52	42	+10	30
9	West Adelaide	30	10	8	12	44	40	+4	28
10	Marconi Fairfield	30	12	4	14	44	43	+1	28
11	Brisbane Lions	30	10	8	12	39	42	−3	28
12	Newcastle KB United	30	10	7	13	43	52	−9	27
13	Adelaide City	30	6	12	12	36	44	−8	24
14	Footscray JUST	30	5	14	11	34	46	−12	24
15	Canberra City	30	7	10	13	37	54	−17	24
16	Brisbane City	30	5	11	14	32	55	−23	21

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
Notes:

^ The Finals series was not considered the championship for the 1982 National Soccer League.

Cup competitions

NSL Cup

Final

12 September 1982

15:00 AEST

Heidelberg United	1–2	APIA Leichhardt
Campbell 63'	Report	McBreen 79' Butler 85'

Olympic Park, Melbourne

Attendance: 5,000

Referee: Don Campbell

Charity Shield

31 January 1982

Sydney City	3–1	Brisbane Lions
Bennett 34' (o.g.) Kosmina 51', 72'	Report	Burns 75'

Richlands Stadium, Brisbane

Attendance: 1,000~

Referee: Dave Nugent

References

^ "Socceroo Internationals for 1982". ozfootball.net. Retrieved 20 March 2021.
^ "OzFootball Archives - 1982 NSL Season table". ozfootball.net. Retrieved 20 March 2021.

External links

Football Australia official website

[table_note_res_FS0.67916456455326-3] The Finals series was not considered the championship for the 1982 National Soccer League.

[1] "Socceroo Internationals for 1982". ozfootball.net. Retrieved 20 March 2021.

[2] "OzFootball Archives - 1982 NSL Season table". ozfootball.net. Retrieved 20 March 2021.

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