1982 Canberra City FC season

Canberra City
1982 season
Head CoachGeorge Murray
StadiumBruce Stadium
National Soccer League15th
NSL CupSemi-finals
Top goalscorerLeague: Ian Purdie (9)
All: Ian Purdie (9)
Highest home attendance3,800
vs. APIA Leichhardt
(26 April 1982)
National Soccer League
Lowest home attendance550
vs. Brisbane City
(8 August 1982)
National Soccer League
Average home league attendance2,120
Biggest win2–0 (3 times)
3–2 (twice)
Biggest defeat1–5
vs. Preston Makedonia (A)
(21 March 1982)
National Soccer League

0–4
vs. South Melbourne (H)
(11 July 1982)
National Soccer League

The 1982 season was the sixth in the history of Canberra City Football Club. In addition to the domestic league, they also participated in the NSL Cup. Canberra City finished 15th in their National Soccer League season, and were eliminated in the semi-finals of the NSL Cup.

Players

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK  AUS Steve Hoszowski
2 DF  RSA Paul Ontong
3 DF  AUS Terry Byrne (captain)
4 MF  AUS Gary Byrne
5 DF  AUS Milan Milovanovic
6 MF  AUS Ian Stone
7 MF  SCO Ian Gibson
8 FW  SCO Ian Purdie
9 FW  AUS Tony Brennan
No. Pos. Nation Player
10 FW  SCO Don Maclaren
11 FW  AUS Alan Reis
12 MF  AUS Angelo Ambrosino
13 DF  AUS John Moutsopoulos
14 MF  AUS George Christopoulos
15 DF  AUS Jim Murray
16 DF  ENG Steve Bryant
MF  AUS Walter Valeri

Competitions

Overall record

Competition First match Last match Starting round Final position Record
Pld W D L GF GA GD Win %
National Soccer League 13 February 1982 5 September 1982 Matchday 1 15th 30 7 10 13 37 54 −17 023.33
NSL Cup 14 June 1982 11 August 1982 First round Semi-finals 3 2 0 1 6 5 +1 066.67
Total 33 9 10 14 43 59 −16 027.27

Source: Competitions

National Soccer League

League table

Pos Team 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
Source: rsssf.com
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions
Notes:
  1. ^ The Finals series was not considered the championship for the 1982 National Soccer League.

Results summary

Overall Home Away
Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts W D L GF GA GD W D L GF GA GD
30 7 10 13 37 54  −17 31 5 4 6 21 24  −3 2 6 7 16 30  −14

Results by round

Round123456789101112131415161718192021222324252627282930
GroundHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAA
ResultLLWDDLLDWDDWDDLLWWDDLLLLLWDWLL
Position13141011111213141212111010101113121010912131414151514131415
Points00345556891012131414141618192020202020202223252525
Source: worldfootball.net
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

  Win   Draw   Loss

13 February 1982 1 Canberra City 1–3 Heidelberg United Canberra
  • Gibson 17'
Report
  • Cole 15', 76'
  • Campbell 87'
Stadium: Bruce Stadium
Attendance: 2,500[1]
Referee: Bob Mee
21 February 1982 2 St George-Budapest 1–0 Canberra City Sydney
Report Stadium: St George Stadium
Attendance: 1,874
Referee: Gary Power
28 February 1982 3 Canberra City 3–1 Adelaide City Canberra
Report Stadium: Bruce Stadium
Attendance: 2,200
Referee: Ken Allen
7 March 1982 4 Marconi Fairfield 2–2 Canberra City Sydney
Report
Stadium: Marconi Stadium
Attendance: 4,039
Referee: Peter Rampley
14 March 1982 5 Canberra City 2–2 Brisbane Lions Canberra
Report
Stadium: Bruce Stadium
Attendance: 2,250
Referee: Bob Mee
21 March 1982 6 Preston Makedonia 5–1 Canberra City Melbourne
  • Ward 24', 59'
  • Brown 36' (pen.), 88'
  • Boyle 61'
Report
Stadium: B.T. Connor Reserve
Attendance: 4,500
Referee: David Yelland
28 March 1982 7 Canberra City 0–1 Wollongong City Canberra
Report
Stadium: Bruce Stadium
Attendance: 2,000
Referee: Ken Allen
4 April 1982 8 South Melbourne 1–1 Canberra City Melbourne
Report
Stadium: Middle Park Soccer Stadium
Attendance: 4,000
Referee: Jim Fearn
12 April 1982 9 Canberra City 2–0 Sydney City Canberra
Report Stadium: Bruce Stadium
Attendance: 3,100
Referee: Dave Nugent
18 April 1982 10 West Adelaide 2–2 Canberra City Adelaide
  • Manecas 44'
  • Brown 75'
Report
Stadium: Hindmarsh Stadium
Attendance: 2,800
Referee: Bob Kerr
26 April 1982 11 Canberra City 2–2 APIA Leichhardt Canberra
Report
Stadium: Bruce Stadium
Attendance: 3,800
Referee: Bob Mee
2 May 1982 12 Brisbane City 1–3 Canberra City Brisbane
  • Carey ?'
Report
  • T. Byrne ?'
  • Purdie ?'
  • MacLaren ?'
Stadium: Spencer Park
Attendance: 1,800
Referee: Bill Monteverde
9 May 1982 13 Canberra City 2–2 Footscray JUST Canberra
Report
Stadium: Bruce Stadium
Attendance: 2,500
Referee: Bob Mee
16 May 1982 14 Sydney Olympic 0–0 Canberra City Sydney
Report Stadium: Pratten Park
Attendance: 8,750
Referee: Doug Rennie
23 May 1982 15 Canberra City 1–3 Newcastle KB United Canberra
Report
  • Hamilton 34'
  • Senkalski 35'
  • McClelland ?'
Stadium: Bruce Stadium
Attendance: 2,000
Referee: Ken Allen
30 May 1982 16 Canberra City 1–2 St George-Budapest Canberra
  • Maclaren 30'
Report
Stadium: Bruce Stadium
Attendance: 1,400
Referee: Ken Allen
6 June 1982 17 Heidelberg United 1–2 Canberra City Melbourne
Report
Stadium: Olympic Village
Attendance: 3,500
Referee: David Yelland
13 June 1982 18 Canberra City 2–0 Marconi Fairfield Canberra
  • T. Byrne 58'
  • Stone 63'
Report Stadium: Bruce Stadium
Attendance: 2,000
Referee: Ken Small
20 June 1982 19 Adelaide City 1–1 Canberra City Adelaide
Report
Stadium: Olympic Sports Field
Attendance: 1,900
Referee: Bob Kerr
27 June 1982 20 Canberra City 1–1 Preston Makedonia Canberra
Report
  • Lucchesi 1'
Stadium: Bruce Stadium
Attendance: 2,000
Referee: Bob Mee
4 July 1982 21 Wollongong City 3–0 Canberra City Wollongong
Report Stadium: Wollongong Showground
Attendance: 3,148
Referee: Gary Power
11 July 1992 22 Canberra City 0–4 South Melbourne Canberra
15:00 AEST Report
Stadium: Bruce Stadium
Attendance: 2,000
Referee: Richard Lorenc
18 July 1982 23 Sydney City 3–0 Canberra City Sydney
Report Stadium: ES Marks Athletics Field
Attendance: 1,450
Referee: Rob Davies
25 July 1982 24 Canberra City 1–2 West Adelaide Canberra
Report
Stadium: Bruce Stadium
Attendance: 1,500
Referee: Peter Rampley
1 August 1982 25 APIA Leichhardt 3–0 Canberra City Sydney
  • Jones 4', 81'
  • McBreen ?'
Report Stadium: Lambert Park
Attendance: 2,403
Referee: Jim Reeves
8 August 1982 26 Canberra City 1–0 Brisbane City Canberra
  • Maclaren 77'
Report Stadium: Bruce Stadium
Attendance: 550
Referee: Doug Rennie
15 August 1982 27 Footscray JUST 2–2 Canberra City Melbourne
  • Kojic 1'
  • Kyriakouleas 71'
Report
Stadium: Schintler Reserve
Attendance: 2,000
Referee: Dennis Voutsinas
22 August 1982 28 Canberra City 2–1 Sydney Olympic Canberra
Report
  • Wilson 59'
Stadium: Bruce Stadium
Attendance: 2,000
Referee: Don Campbell
28 August 1982 29 Newcastle KB United 4–2 Canberra City Newcastle
  • Senkalski 23'
  • Drinkwater 37'
  • Drysdale 47', 56'
Report Stadium: Newcastle International Sports Centre
Attendance: 3,200
Referee: Jim Reeves
5 September 1982 30 Brisbane Lions 1–0 Canberra City Brisbane
Report Stadium: Richlands Stadium
Attendance: 400
Referee: Dave Nugent

NSL Cup

14 June 1982 First round Canberra City 3–2 St George-Budapest Canberra
Report
Stadium: Bruce Stadium
Attendance: 1,800[2]
Referee: Bob Mee
14 July 1982 Second round West Adelaide 0–2 Canberra City Adelaide
Report
Stadium: Hindmarsh Stadium
Referee: Don Campbell
11 August 1982 Quarter-finals Heidelberg United 3–1 Canberra City Melbourne
  • Taylor 12'
  • Valentine 14'
  • Cole 26' (pen.)
Report
Stadium: Olympic Park
Attendance: 1,000
Referee: Chris Bambridge

Statistics

Appearances and goals

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

No. Pos Nat Player Total National Soccer League NSL Cup
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
1 GK  AUS Steve Hoszowski 33 0 30 0 3 0
2 DF  RSA Paul Ontong 24 0 21 0 3 0
3 DF  AUS Terry Byrne 31 6 28 6 3 0
4 MF  AUS Gary Byrne 31 1 28 1 3 0
5 DF  AUS Milan Milanovic 27 0 24 0 3 0
6 MF  AUS Ian Stone 29 3 20+6 1 2+1 2
7 MF  SCO Ian Gibson 32 6 28+1 4 3 2
8 FW  SCO Ian Purdie 24 9 17+6 9 1 0
9 FW  AUS Tony Brennan 28 4 26 4 2 0
10 FW  SCO Don Maclaren 28 6 21+4 6 2+1 0
11 FW  AUS Alan Reis 8 1 1+6 0 0+1 1
12 MF  AUS Angelo Ambrosino 26 0 23+1 0 2 0
13 DF  AUS John Moutsopoulos 12 0 11+1 0 0 0
14 MF  AUS George Christopoulos 25 4 22 3 3 1
15 DF  AUS Jim Murray 15 0 14 0 1 0
16 DF  ENG Steve Bryant 13 1 10+1 1 2 0
MF  AUS Walter Valeri 8 1 6+2 1 0 0

References

  1. ^ Stock, Greg. "1982 National Soccer League Results". OzFootball.
  2. ^ a b Stock, Greg. "1982 National Soccer League Cup Results". OzFootball.
  3. ^ "Canberra City 1982 Squad". OzFootball.