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 competitive association football in Australia.

National teams[]

Australia national soccer team[]

Results and fixtures[]

Friendlies[]

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

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

Australia national under-20 soccer team[]

Australia women's national soccer team[]

Results and fixtures[]

Friendlies[]

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

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

13 October 1979	Australia	1–0	New Zealand	showAustralia
	?'	Report

Men's football[]

National Soccer League[]

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Pos	Team v t	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Marconi Fairfield (C)	26	15	6	5	58	32	+26	40^[a]	League Champions
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 Tigers	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	29	49	−20	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) Champion; (R) Relegated
Notes:

^ Jump up to: ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ A Bonus Point was awarded for victories of 4 goals or more.

Cup competitions[]

NSL Cup[]

Final[]

St George-Budapest	2–3	Adelaide City

Attendance: ^[4]

Retirements[]

10 December 1979: , former Heidelberg United player.^[5]

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.
^ Howe, Andrew. "1979 National League Cup". ozfootball.net. Retrieved 19 March 2021.
^ "Soccer PSL bonus scheme dropped". The Canberra Times. 54 (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_MF0.38168379915025-4] Jump up to: ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ A Bonus Point was awarded for victories of 4 goals or more.

[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.

[5] Howe, Andrew. "1979 National League Cup". ozfootball.net. Retrieved 19 March 2021.

[6] "Soccer PSL bonus scheme dropped". The Canberra Times. 54 (16, 147). Australian Capital Territory, Australia. 10 December 1979. p. 15. Retrieved 19 March 2021 – via National Library of Australia.

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