1980 in Australian soccer

The 1980 season was the eleventh season of competitive association football in Australia.

National teams[]

27 January 1980	Australia	0–4	Czechoslovakia	Canberra, Australia
		Report	Jurkemik 24' Vízek 34' Nehoda 62' Kozák 67'	Stadium: Canberra Stadium Attendance: 15,283^[1] Referee: (Australia)

3 February 1980	Australia	0–5	Czechoslovakia	Sydney, Australia
		Report	Masný 46' Gajdůšek 55' Masný 63' Kroupa 81' Kozák 88'	Stadium: Sydney Sports Ground Attendance: 14,368 Referee: Tony Boskovic (Australia)

8 February 1980	Australia	2–2	Czechoslovakia	Melbourne, Australia
	Prskalo 9' (pen.) Krncevic 55'	Report	Dobiaš 11' (pen.) Nehoda 23'	Stadium: Olympic Park Stadium Attendance: 15,000 Referee: (Australia)

31 May 1980	Australia	1–2	England	Sydney, Australia
	G. Cole 88' (pen.)		Hoddle 10' Mariner 25'	Stadium: Sydney Cricket Ground Attendance: 45,000 Referee: Tony Boskovic (Australia)

12 June 1980	Australia	1–2	Northern Ireland	Sydney, Australia
	Sharne 85'		Nicholl 11' O'Neill 53'	Stadium: Sydney Cricket Ground Attendance: 12,000 Referee: P Rampley (Australia)

15 June 1980	Australia	1–1	Northern Ireland	Melbourne, Australia
	Sharne 18'		O'Neill 82'	Stadium: Olympic Park Stadium Attendance: 10,000 Referee: S Mellings (Australia)

18 June 1980	Australia	1–2	Northern Ireland	Adelaide, Australia
	Sharne ?'		Brotherston 67' McCurdey 77'

24 August 1980	Australia	2–2	Mexico	Sydney, Australia
	Boden 57' (pen.) Yzendoorn 73'		39' 84'	Stadium: Sydney Sports Ground Attendance: 7,500 Referee: C Bambridge (Australia)

26 August 1980	Australia	1–1	Mexico	Melbourne, Australia
	G. Cole 58'		67'	Stadium: Olympic Park Stadium Referee: C Bambridge (Australia)

11 November 1980	Australia	3–3	Greece	Athens, Greece
	G. Cole 24' Barnes 84' Selemidis 88'		Damanakis 25' Domazos 67' Dalikaris 89' (pen.)	Stadium: Apostolos Nikolaidis Stadium Attendance: 11,300 Referee: Vasilis Vourakis (Greece)

2 December 1980	Australia	1–0	Israel	Be'er Sheva, Israel
	G. Cole 28' (pen.)			Stadium: Vasermil Stadium Attendance: 5,000 Referee: Zvi Sharir (Israel)

5 December 1980	Australia	0–1	Hong Kong	Hong Kong
			Lau Wing Yip 85'	Stadium: Hong Kong Stadium Attendance: 9,548

7 December 1980	Australia	1–1	Indonesia	Jakarta, Indonesia
	Henderson 13'		Effendi 5'	Stadium: Senayan Stadium Attendance: 60,000 Referee: Kossain Katradiredja (Indonesia)

27 January 1980	Australia	11–2	Papua New Guinea	Nouméa, New Caledonia
	Moulis ?' Bertogna ?' V. Bozanic ?' I. Hunter ?', ?', ?' Krncevic ?' Sharne ?', ?', ?', ?'	Report	Mouagi ?' Torea ?'	Stadium:

Pos	Team v t	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Sydney City (C)	26	16	5	5	51	26	+25	37	League Champions
2	Heidelberg United	26	15	6	5	55	33	+22	36
3	South Melbourne	26	15	5	6	42	21	+21	35
4	Marconi Fairfield	26	14	6	6	53	32	+21	34
5	Adelaide City	26	13	4	9	40	27	+13	30
6	Newcastle KB United	26	12	6	8	32	31	+1	30
7	Brisbane Lions	26	7	11	8	28	32	−4	25
8	APIA Leichhardt Tigers	26	8	7	11	27	35	−8	23
9	Footscray JUST	26	7	9	10	32	41	−9	23
10	Canberra City	26	7	7	12	34	33	+1	21
11	Blacktown City	26	9	3	14	34	55	−21	21
12	Brisbane City	26	4	10	12	29	36	−7	18
13	West Adelaide	26	7	3	16	24	46	−22	17
14	St George-Budapest (R)	26	5	4	17	32	65	−33	14	Relegated to the 1981 NSW State League

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

Heidelberg United	0–0	Marconi Stallions

Attendance: ^[3]

Marconi Stallions	3–0	Heidelberg United

^ "Socceroo Internationals for 1980". ozfootball.net. Retrieved 19 March 2021.
^ "OzFootball Archives - 1980 NSL Season table". ozfootball.net. Retrieved 19 March 2021.
^ Howe, Andrew. "1980 National League Cup". ozfootball.net. Retrieved 19 March 2021.