1977 Adelaide City FC season

Adelaide City
1977 season
Head Coach	;
National Soccer League	4th
NSL Cup	Round of 16

The 1977 season was Adelaide City's first season in the National Soccer League and their 31st overall season. The club participated in the National Soccer League and the NSL Cup.^[1]^[2] The record for most goals in a game in Australia, was set by Adelaide City and Mooroolbark where Adelaide won 10–3 in Adelaide.^[3]

Players[]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	GK	AUS	Roger Romanowicz
—	DF	AUS
—	DF	AUS
—	DF	AUS
—	MF	ENG
—	MF	AUS	Gary Marocchi
—	MF	YUG	Zoran Matić
—	MF	AUS	Agenor Muniz
—	MF	AUS
—	MF	AUS	John Perin


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	FW	SCO	Dixie Deans
—	FW	AUS
—	FW	AUS	Sergio Melta
—	FW	AUS	John Nyskohus
—		AUS
—		AUS
—		AUS
—		AUS
—		AUS

Squad statistics[]

Appearances and goals[]

No.	Pos.	Name	National Soccer League		NSL Cup		Total
No.	Pos.	Name	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
—	GK	Roger Romanowicz	23	0	0	0	23	0
—	DF		1+5	0	0	0	6	0
—	DF		?	?	0	0	?	?
—	DF		25	0	0	0	25	0
—	DF		20	0	0	0	20	0
—	MF	Gary Marocchi	24	6	0	0	24	6
—	MF	Zoran Matić	25	1	0	0	25	1
—	MF	Agenor Muniz	17+1	2	0	0	18	2
—	MF		24+1	5	0	0	25	5
—	MF	John Perin	26	4	0	0	26	4
—	FW	Dixie Deans	19	16	0	0	19	16
—	FW		15+4	5	0	0	19	5
—	FW	Sergio Melta	20+2	1	0	0	22	1
—	FW	John Nyskohus	22+1	10	0	0	23	10
—	—		0+2	0	0	0	2	0
—	—		1+5	0	0	0	6	0
—	—	Ron Fraser	15+1	0	0	0	16	0
—	—		0+2	0	0	0	2	0
—	—		0+2	0	0	0	2	0

Clean sheets[]

Rank	Name	National Soccer League	NSL Cup	Total
1	Roger Romanowicz	10	0	10
Total		10	0	10

Competitions[]

Overview[]

Competition	Record
Competition	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
National Soccer League	26	12	7	7	50	31	+19	046.15
NSL Cup	1	0	1	0	2	2	+0	000.00
Total	27	12	7	8	52	33	+19	044.44

Source: Competitions

National Soccer League[]

League table[]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Eastern Suburbs (C)	26	13	11	2	52	28	+24	37	1977 National Soccer League Champions
2	Marconi Fairfield	26	15	7	4	42	21	+21	37
3	Fitzroy United	26	12	8	6	41	34	+7	32
4	Adelaide City	26	12	7	7	50	31	+19	31
5	Western Suburbs	26	11	7	8	38	29	+9	29
6	St George-Budapest	26	7	14	5	39	35	+4	28
7	West Adelaide	26	8	10	8	38	32	+6	26
8	Footscray JUST	26	9	6	11	36	39	−3	24
9	Brisbane Lions	26	9	5	12	27	41	−14	23
10	Brisbane City	26	8	6	12	30	35	−5	22
11	South Melbourne	26	7	8	11	27	35	−8	22
12	Sydney Olympic	26	7	7	12	25	38	−13	21
13	Canberra City	26	5	7	14	22	39	−17	17
14	Mooroolbark United (R)	26	5	5	16	31	61	−30	15	Relegated to the 1978 Victoria Metropolitan League Three

Source: rsssf.com
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champion; (R) Relegated

Results by Matchday[]

Matchday	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26
Ground	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H
Result	D	W	W	W	L	L	W	D	W	W	W	W	L	W	D	D	D	D	L	L	W	L	W	W	D	L
Position	6	3	2	2	3	6	3	3	3	3	2	1	3	1	2	2	3	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	4

Source:^{[citation needed]}
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches[]

3 April 1977 1	Adelaide City	0–0	Brisbane Lions	showAdelaide
				Stadium: Olympic Sports Field Attendance: 6,320 Referee:

11 April 1977 2	Marconi Fairfield	0–4	Adelaide City	showSydney
			Matic ?' ?' Nyskohus ?', ?'	Stadium: Marconi Stadium Attendance: 3,650

18 April 1977 3	Adelaide City	2–0	Canberra City	showAdelaide
	Perin ?' Nyskohus ?'			Stadium: Olympic Sports Field Attendance: 6,400

23 April 1977 4	St George-Budapest	0–2	Adelaide City	showSydney
			Perin ?' Nyskohus ?'	Stadium: Sydney Sports Ground Attendance: 1,300

2 May 1977 5	Adelaide City	1–2	Western Suburbs	showAdelaide
	Melta ?'		Norris ?', ?'	Stadium: Olympic Sports Field Attendance: 11,300

8 May 1977 6	Sydney City	6–1	Adelaide City	showSydney
	Barnes ?', ?', ?' ?' Lutton ?' ?'		Marocchi ?'	Stadium: Sydney Sports Ground Attendance: 2,374

16 May 1977 7	Adelaide City	3–0	Sydney Olympic	showAdelaide
	Runiz ?' Deans ?' Nyskohus ?'			Stadium: Olympic Sports Field Attendance: 7,800

22 May 1977 8	South Melbourne	0–0	Adelaide City	showMelbourne
				Stadium: Middle Park Attendance: 5,200

29 May 1977 9	Adelaide City	1–0	Heidelberg United	showAdelaide
	Nyskohus ?'			Stadium: Olympic Sports Field Attendance: 7,500

6 June 1977 10	Mooroolbark	1–3	Adelaide City	showMelbourne
	Cleary ?'		Deans ?' Marocchi ?' ?'	Stadium: Middle Park Attendance: 500

12 June 1977 11	Adelaide City	4–1	Footscray JUST	showAdelaide
	25' Marocchi 38' Deans 49' Nyskohus 55'		Picioane 20'	Stadium: Olympic Sports Field Attendance: 6,000 Referee:

20 June 1977 12	West Adelaide	1–4	Adelaide City	showSydney
	?'		?' Muniz ?' Deans ?' Nyskohus ?'	Stadium: Sydney Sports Ground Attendance: 12,328

27 June 1977 13	Brisbane City	1–0	Adelaide City	showBrisbane
	?'			Stadium: Perry Park Attendance: 6,115

4 July 1977 14	Adelaide City	1–0	Marconi Fairfield	showAdelaide
	Nyskohus ?'			Stadium: Olympic Sports Field Attendance: 13,132

18 August 1977 15	Brisbane Lions	1–1	Adelaide City	showBrisbane
	Morris ?'		Marocchi ?'	Stadium: Perry Park Attendance: 2,000

18 July 1977 16	Adelaide City	1–1	St George-Budapest	showAdelaide
	?'		O'Connor ?'	Stadium: Olympic Sports Field Attendance: 6,200

24 July 1977 17	Canberra City	1–1	Adelaide City	showCanberra
	?'		Deans ?'	Stadium: Manuka Oval Attendance: 1,700

1 August 1977 18	Western Suburbs	0–0	Adelaide City	showSydney
				Stadium: Attendance: 1,796

8 August 1977 19	Adelaide City	1–2	Sydney City	showAdelaide
	Deans ?'		Smith ?', ?'	Stadium: Olympic Sports Field Attendance: 8,500

15 August 1977 20	Sydney Olympic	3–1	Adelaide City	showSydney
	McIntosh ?' ?' ?'		Deans ?'	Stadium: Sydney Sports Ground Attendance: 1,025

22 August 1977 21	Adelaide City	2–0	South Melbourne	showAdelaide
	?' ?'			Stadium: Olympic Sports Field Attendance: 4,675

29 August 1977 22	Heidelberg United	1–0	Adelaide City	showMelbourne
	Buljevic ?'			Stadium: Olympic Park Stadium Attendance: 5,000

5 September 1977 23	Adelaide City	10–3	Mooroolbark	showAdelaide
	Perin ?', ?' ?', ?' Deans ?', ?', ?', ?' Marocchi ?' ?' Nyskohus ?'		Lowe ?' ?' McGregor ?'	Stadium: Olympic Sports Field Attendance: 4,700

12 September 1977 24	Footscray JUST	3–4	Adelaide City	showMelbourne
	Picioane ?' Ristovski ?' ?'		?' Deans ?', ?', ?'	Stadium: Olympic Park Stadium Attendance: 1,000

19 September 1977 25	Adelaide City	2–2	West Adelaide	showAdelaide
	Deans ?' Marocchi ?'			Stadium: Olympic Sports Field Attendance: 10,125

26 September 1977 26	Adelaide City	1–2	Brisbane City	showAdelaide
				Stadium: Olympic Sports Field Attendance: 3,500

NSL Cup[]

20 September 1977 First Round	West Adelaide	2–2 (a.e.t.) (4–2 p)	Adelaide City	showAdelaide
		Report		Stadium: Hindmarsh Stadium Attendance: 8,656

References[]

^ "National Soccer League – 1977 Season". ozfootball.net.
^ "NSL Cup 1977". ozfootball.net.
^ "SOCCER Mooroolbark trounced". The Canberra Times. 52 (14, 873). Australian Capital Territory, Australia. 5 September 1977. p. 12. Retrieved 15 October 2020 – via National Library of Australia.

[1] "National Soccer League – 1977 Season". ozfootball.net.

[2] "NSL Cup 1977". ozfootball.net.

[3] "SOCCER Mooroolbark trounced". The Canberra Times. 52 (14, 873). Australian Capital Territory, Australia. 5 September 1977. p. 12. Retrieved 15 October 2020 – via National Library of Australia.

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