1980 South Melbourne FC season

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South Melbourne
1980 season
Head CoachJohn Margaritis
StadiumMiddle Park Soccer Stadium
National Soccer League3rd
NSL CupSecond round
Top goalscorerLeague: Branko Buljevic (10)
All: Branko Buljevic (10)
Highest home attendance8,565
vs. Heidelberg United
(9 March 1980)
National Soccer League
Lowest home attendance1,600
vs. St George-Budapest
(14 September 1980)
National Soccer League
Average home league attendance4,728
Biggest win5–0
vs. Blacktown City (H)
(20 July 1980)
National Soccer League
Biggest defeat0–3
vs. Footscray JUST (A)
(4 May 1980)
National Soccer League
← 1979
1981 →

The 1980 season was the fourth in the National Soccer League for South Melbourne Football Club. In addition to the domestic league, they also participated in the NSL Cup. South Melbourne finished 3rd in their National Soccer League season, and were eliminated in the second round of the NSL Cup.

Players[edit]

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK Australia AUS Peter Laumets
2 DF Scotland SCO Vince Bannon
3 DF Australia AUS Alan Davidson
5 DF Australia AUS Arthur Xanthopoulos
6 MF Australia AUS Billy Rogers
7 Northern Ireland NIR Sammy Wright
8 MF Australia AUS George Christopoulos
9 FW Australia AUS Steve Kakantonis
No. Pos. Nation Player
10 FW England ENG Alun Evans
11 FW Australia AUS Branko Buljevic
12 DF Australia AUS Kris Kalifatidis
14 DF Australia AUS Bertie Lutton
15 FW Australia AUS Duncan Cummings
16 FW Scotland SCO George Campbell
18 DF Australia AUS Steve Blair

Competitions[edit]

Overall record[edit]

Competition First match Last match Starting round Final position Record
Pld W D L GF GA GD Win %
National Soccer League 9 March 1980 28 September 1980 Matchday 1 3rd 26 15 5 6 42 21 +21 057.69
NSL Cup 25 April 1980 23 July 1980 First round Second round 2 1 0 1 6 3 +3 050.00
Total 28 16 5 7 48 24 +24 057.14

Source: Competitions

National Soccer League[edit]

Main article: 1980 National Soccer League

League table[edit]

Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Sydney City (C) 26 16 5 5 51 26 +25 37 Qualification to Finals series[a]
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 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
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; (R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. ^ The Finals series was not considered the championship for the 1980 National Soccer League.

Results summary[edit]

Overall Home Away
Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts W D L GF GA GD W D L GF GA GD
26 15 5 6 42 21  +21 50 8 4 1 25 10  +15 7 1 5 17 11  +6

Results by round[edit]

Round1234567891011121416151718191320212223242526
GroundHAAHAHAHAHAHHAAHHAAHAHAHAH
ResultDWLLWWWWLWWWDLWWWLLDDWWWWD
Position938106544554344334444444433
Points133357911111315171818202224242425262830323435
Source: worldfootball.net
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches[edit]

  Win   Draw   Loss

9 March 1980 1 South Melbourne 0–0 Heidelberg United Melbourne
Report Stadium: Middle Park Soccer Stadium
Attendance: 8,565[1]
Referee: Stewart Mellings
16 March 1980 2 Brisbane Lions 1–2 South Melbourne Brisbane
  • Reid 50'
 Report
Stadium: Lions Stadium
Attendance: 2,000
Referee: Dave Nugent
23 March 1980 3 West Adelaide 1–0 South Melbourne Adelaide
 Report Stadium: Hindmarsh Stadium
Attendance: 4,200
Referee: Tim Davies
30 March 1980 4 South Melbourne 1–2 Sydney City Melbourne
 Report
Stadium: Middle Park Soccer Stadium
Attendance: 5,000
Referee: Chris Bambridge
6 April 1980 5 Blacktown City 0–3 South Melbourne Sydney
15:00 AEST Report
Stadium: Gabbie Stadium
Attendance: 3,250
Referee: Henry Witschge
13 April 1980 6 South Melbourne 1–0 APIA Leichhardt Melbourne
 Report Stadium: Middle Park Soccer Stadium
Attendance: 3,500
Referee: Don Campbell
20 April 1980 7 Brisbane City 0–1 South Melbourne Brisbane
Report
Stadium: Perry Park
Attendance: 2,634
Referee: Richard Lorenc
27 April 1980 8 South Melbourne 1–0 Canberra City Melbourne
15:00 AEST
Report Stadium: Middle Park Soccer Stadium
Attendance: 3,600
Referee: Evan Venios
4 May 1980 9 Footscray JUST 3–0 South Melbourne Melbourne
 Report Stadium: Olympic Park
Attendance: 6,500
Referee: Peter Rampley
11 May 1980 10 South Melbourne 2–1 Adelaide City Melbourne
 Report
Stadium: Middle Park Soccer Stadium
Attendance: 4,400
Referee: Tony Boskovic
18 May 1980 11 St George-Budapest 0–3 South Melbourne Sydney
Report
Stadium: Sydney Cricket Ground
Attendance: 6,000
Referee: Richard Lorenc
25 May 1980 12 South Melbourne 3–1 Marconi Fairfield Melbourne
 Report
Stadium: Middle Park Soccer Stadium
Attendance: 8,000
Referee: Jim Brennan
8 June 1980 14 South Melbourne 2–2 Brisbane Lions Melbourne
 Report
Stadium: Middle Park Soccer Stadium
Attendance: 4,500
Referee: Jack Johnston
22 June 1980 16 Sydney City 2–1 South Melbourne Sydney
 Report
Stadium: ES Marks Athletics Field
Attendance: 3,601
Referee: Tony Boskovic
6 July 1980 15 Heidelberg United 1–2 South Melbourne Melbourne
 Report
Stadium: Olympic Park
Attendance: 15,000
Referee: Graham Neal
13 July 1980 17 South Melbourne 2–0 West Adelaide Melbourne
 Report Stadium: Middle Park Soccer Stadium
Attendance: 5,000
Referee: Peter Rampley
20 July 1980 18 South Melbourne 5–0 Blacktown City Melbourne
 Report Stadium: Middle Park Soccer Stadium
Attendance: 3,000
Referee: Tony Beazleigh
27 July 1980 19 APIA Leichhardt 1–0 South Melbourne Sydney
 Report Stadium: Lambert Park
Attendance: 2,341
Referee: Richard Lorenc
3 August 1980 13 Newcastle KB United 1–0 South Melbourne Newcastle
 Report Stadium: Newcastle International Sports Centre
Attendance: 5,412
Referee: Jim Reeves
10 August 1980 20 South Melbourne 3–3 Brisbane City Melbourne
 Report
Stadium: Middle Park Soccer Stadium
Attendance: 4,800
Referee: Evans Venios
17 August 1980 21 Canberra City 0–0 South Melbourne Canberra
15:00 AEST Report Stadium: Bruce Stadium
Attendance: 1,860
Referee: Bob Mee
31 August 1980 22 South Melbourne 3–0 Footscray JUST Melbourne
 Report Stadium: Middle Park Soccer Stadium
Attendance: 3,500
Referee: Henry Witschge
7 September 1980 23 Adelaide City 0–1 South Melbourne Adelaide
Report
Stadium: Olympic Sports Field
Attendance: 4,923
Referee: Peter Rampley
14 September 1980 24 South Melbourne 2–1 St George-Budapest Melbourne
 Report
Stadium: Middle Park Soccer Stadium
Attendance: 1,600
Referee: Bobby Kerr
21 September 1980 25 Marconi Fairfield 1–4 South Melbourne Sydney
15:00 AEST
Report
Stadium: Marconi Oval
Attendance: 3,406
Referee: Dave Nugent
28 September 1980 26 South Melbourne 0–0 Newcastle KB United Melbourne
Report Stadium: Middle Park Soccer Stadium
Attendance: 6,000
Referee: Peter Rampley

Finals series[edit]

The Finals series was not considered the championship for the 1980 National Soccer League.

12 October 1980 Elimination semi-final South Melbourne 4–3 Marconi Fairfield Melbourne
 Report
Stadium: Middle Park Soccer Stadium
Attendance: 4,500
Referee: Chris Bambridge
18 October 1980 Preliminary Final Heidelberg United 4–1 South Melbourne Melbourne
 Report
Stadium: Olympic Park
Attendance: 7,700
Referee: Tim Davies

NSL Cup[edit]

Main article: 1980 NSL Cup

  Win   Draw   Loss

25 April 1980 First round South Melbourne 5–1 Victoria (state) Frankston City Melbourne
 Report
Stadium: Middle Park Soccer Stadium
Attendance: 3,000[2]
Referee: Jim Fearn
23 July 1980 Second round Heidelberg United 2–1 South Melbourne Melbourne
 Report
Stadium: Olympic Park
Attendance: 7,232
Referee: Henry Witschge

Statistics[edit]

Appearances and goals[edit]

Includes all competitions. Players with no appearances not included in the list.[3][2]

No. Pos. Nat. Player National Soccer League NSL Cup Total
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
1 GK Australia Peter Laumets 26 0 2 0 28 0
2 DF Scotland Vince Bannon 26 2 2 0 28 2
3 DF Australia Alan Davidson 17 0 1+1 0 19 0
5 DF Australia Arthur Xanthopoulos 26 2 2 0 28 2
6 MF Australia Billy Rogers 24 3 2 1 26 4
7 — Northern Ireland Sammy Wright 8+2 2 0+1 0 11 2
8 MF Australia George Christopoulos 20+1 3 2 2 23 5
9 FW Australia Steve Kakantonis 2+10 1 0+1 0 13 1
10 FW England Alun Evans 24 8 2 0 26 8
11 FW Australia Branko Buljevic 25 10 2 0 27 10
12 DF Australia Kris Kalifatidis 2+10 1 1 0 13 1
14 DF Australia Bertie Lutton 24 0 2 0 26 0
15 FW Australia Duncan Cummings 21+3 5 1 1 25 6
16 FW Australia George Campbell 24 6 2 2 26 8
18 DF Australia Steve Blair 14+2 0 1 0 17 0

Disciplinary record[edit]

Includes all competitions. The list is sorted by squad number when total cards are equal. Players with no cards not included in the list.

Rank No. Pos. Nat. Player National Soccer League NSL Cup Total
Yellow card Second yellow card Red card Yellow card Second yellow card Red card Yellow card Second yellow card Red card
1 14 DF Australia Bertie Lutton 1 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 1
2 8 MF Australia George Christopoulos 3 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0
3 2 DF Scotland Vince Bannon 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0
10 FW England Alun Evans 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0
5 3 DF Australia Alan Davidson 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
5 DF Australia Arthur Xanthopoulos 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
6 MF Australia Billy Rogers 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
12 DF Australia Kris Kalifatidis 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
15 FW Australia Duncan Cummings 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
16 FW Scotland George Campbell 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
18 DF Australia Steve Blair 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0
Total 14 0 1 2 0 0 16 0 1

Clean sheets[edit]

Includes all competitions. The list is sorted by squad number when total clean sheets are equal. Numbers in parentheses represent games where both goalkeepers participated and both kept a clean sheet; the number in parentheses is awarded to the goalkeeper who was substituted on, whilst a full clean sheet is awarded to the goalkeeper who was on the field at the start of play. Goalkeepers with no clean sheets not included in the list.

Rank No. Nat. Goalkeeper NSL NSL Cup Total
1 1 Australia Peter Laumets 12 0 12
Total 12 0 12

References[edit]

  1. ^ Stock, Greg. "1980 National Soccer League Results". OzFootball.
  2. ^ a b Stock, Greg. "1980 National Soccer League Cup Results". OzFootball.
  3. ^ "South Melbourne 1980 Squad". OzFootball.
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