1982 Footscray JUST season

Footscray JUST
1982 season
Head Coach	Milenko Rusmir; Peter Jaksa; Jim Milne
Stadium	Schintler Reserve
National Soccer League	14th
NSL Cup	First round
Top goalscorer	League: Paul Simic (8); All: Paul Simic (8)
Highest home attendance	5,000; vs. South Melbourne; (28 March 1982); National Soccer League
Lowest home attendance	535; vs. St George-Budapest; (14 February 1982); National Soccer League
Average home league attendance	2,357
Biggest win	2–0 (3 times); 3–1 (once)
Biggest defeat	1–7; vs. Brisbane Lions; (7 March 1982); National Soccer League
Home colours	Away colours

The 1982 season was the sixth in the National Soccer League for Footscray JUST. In addition to the domestic league, they also participated in the NSL Cup. Footscray JUST finished 14th in their National Soccer League season, and were eliminated in the first round 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
—	MF	AUS	Vlatko Belic
—	GK	SCO	Dennis Boland
—		AUS	Milutin Ciric
—	FW	AUS	Bruno Cozzella
—	MF	AUS	Suleiman Curovic
—		AUS	Jusuf Hatunic
—	DF	YUG	Igor Hazabent
—	MF	AUS	Zoran Ilioski
—	MF	YUG	Slobodan Jovanovic
—	FW	YUG	Milan Kojic
—		AUS	Slobodan Popovic


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	DF	GRE	Jim Kondarios
—		AUS	Mike Kupinic
—	DF	AUS	Kyri Kyriakouleas
—	MF	YUG	Zdravko Lujic
—	DF	AUS	Jim Milne
—	DF	SCO	Jim O'Reilly
—		AUS	Vlado Pljevaljcic
—	FW	AUS	Mendo Ristovski
—	FW	AUS	Paul Simic
—	DF	AUS	Slobodan Stojcevski
—	FW	YUG	Dragan Vasic

Competitions

Overall record

Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Final position	Record
Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Final position	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
National Soccer League	14 February 1982	5 September 1982	Matchday 1	14th	30	5	14	11	34	46	−12	016.67
NSL Cup	14 June 1982		First round	First round	1	0	0	1	0	2	−2	000.00
Total					31	5	14	12	34	48	−14	016.13

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:

^ 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	5	14	11	34	46	−12	29	2	9	4	19	20	−1	3	5	7	15	26	−11

Source: worldfootball.net

Results by round

Round	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	27	28	29	30
Ground	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A
Result	D	D	D	L	L	L	D	L	D	W	W	L	D	W	D	D	D	D	W	L	L	L	W	L	D	D	D	L	D	L
Position	5	8	9	13	15	15	15	16	16	13	12	13	13	12	12	11	13	12	11	11	14	14	12	13	12	12	12	14	13	14
Points	1	2	3	3	3	3	4	4	5	7	9	9	10	12	13	14	15	16	18	18	18	18	20	20	21	22	23	23	24	24

Source: worldfootball.net
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

Win Draw Loss

14 February 1982 1	Footscray JUST	2–2	St George-Budapest	Melbourne
	Cozzella 66' Hazabent 70'	Report		Stadium: Schintler Reserve Attendance: 535^[1] Referee: Chris Bambridge

21 February 1982 2	Adelaide City	0–0	Footscray JUST	Adelaide
		Report		Stadium: Hindmarsh Stadium Attendance: 2,800 Referee: Graham Neal

28 February 1982 3	Footscray JUST	1–1	Marconi Fairfield	Melbourne
	Ilioski 62'	Report	Hunter 75'	Stadium: Schintler Reserve Attendance: 2,263 Referee: Dennis Voutsinas

7 March 1982 4	Brisbane Lions	7–1	Footscray JUST	Brisbane
	Hogg 3' Low 4' McLean 9' Williamson 21' (pen.), 68' Niven 56' Daunt 62'	Report	Ilioski 90' (pen.)	Stadium: Richlands Stadium Attendance: 1,221 Referee: Dave Nugent

14 March 1982 5	Footscray JUST	0–1	Preston Makedonia	Melbourne
		Report	Ward 70'	Stadium: Schintler Reserve Attendance: 4,910 Referee: Chris Bambridge

21 March 1982 6	Wollongong City	2–1	Footscray JUST	Wollongong
	Cotton 9', 79'	Report	Simic 34'	Stadium: Wollongong Showground Attendance: 3,200 Referee: Brian Fowler

28 March 1982 7	Footscray JUST	1–1	South Melbourne	Melbourne
	Cozzella 75'	Report	Egan 9'	Stadium: Schintler Reserve Attendance: 5,000 Referee: Stewart Mellings

4 April 1982 8	Sydney City	1–0	Footscray JUST	Sydney
	Kosmina 85'	Report		Stadium: ES Marks Athletics Field Attendance: 700 Referee: Tony Boskovic

11 April 1982 9	Footscray JUST	2–2	West Adelaide	Melbourne
	Kojic 55' Ilioski 65'	Report	Honeyman 66' Santrac 67'	Stadium: Schintler Reserve Attendance: 2,000 Referee: David Yelland

18 April 1982 10	APIA Leichhardt	0–2	Footscray JUST	Sydney
		Report	Simic 72' Kojic 84'	Stadium: Lambert Park Attendance: 4,128 Referee: Ken Small

25 April 1982 11	Footscray JUST	2–0	Brisbane City	Melbourne
	Simic 48', 67'	Report		Stadium: Schintler Reserve Attendance: 1,652 Referee: Jim Fearn

2 May 1982 12	Sydney Olympic	3–0	Footscray JUST	Sydney
	Koussas 11' Redfern 80', 86'	Report		Stadium: Pratten Park Attendance: 7,160 Referee: Ken Small

9 May 1982 13	Canberra City	2–2	Footscray JUST	Canberra
	Purdie 23' T. Byrne 48'	Report	Lujic 29' Ristovski 39'	Stadium: Bruce Stadium Attendance: 2,500 Referee: Bob Mee

16 May 1982 14	Footscray JUST	3–1	Newcastle KB United	Melbourne
	Kojic 3', 85' Ristovski 60'	Report	Mason 8'	Stadium: Schintler Reserve Attendance: 2,000 Referee: Dennis Voutsinas

23 May 1982 15	Heidelberg United	3–3	Footscray JUST	Melbourne
	Campbell 45', 67' Yzendoorn 85'	Report	Belic 34' Ristovski 51' Ilioski 56' (pen.)	Stadium: Olympic Village Attendance: 4,000 Referee: Evan Venios

30 May 1982 16	Footscray JUST	2–2	Adelaide City	Melbourne
	Belic 13' Kondarios 65'	Report	Rusell 41' Melta 75'	Stadium: Schintler Reserve Attendance: 2,500 Referee: Chris Bambridge

6 June 1982 17	St George-Budapest	1–1	Footscray JUST	Sydney
	Marton 51' (pen.)	Report	Kondarios 87'	Stadium: St George Stadium Attendance: 2,963 Referee: Jim Reeves

13 June 1982 18	Footscray JUST	1–1	Brisbane Lions	Melbourne
	Ristovski 36'	Report	Wright 2'	Stadium: Schintler Reserve Attendance: 2,000 Referee: Jim Fearn

20 June 1982 19	Marconi Fairfield	0–2	Footscray JUST	Sydney
		Report	Simic 8', 72'	Stadium: Marconi Stadium Attendance: 2,322 Referee: Doug Rennie

27 June 1982 20	Footscray JUST	1–2	Wollongong City	Melbourne
	Ristovski 71'	Report	O'Connor 25' Adam 59'	Stadium: Schintler Reserve Attendance: 1,200 Referee: David Yelland

4 July 1982 21	South Melbourne	3–2	Footscray JUST	Melbourne
	Egan 5', 67' Halford 90'	Report	Ristovski 26' Simic 43'	Stadium: Middle Park Soccer Stadium Attendance: 5,000 Referee: Chris Bambridge

11 July 1982 22	Footscray JUST	0–2	Sydney City	Melbourne
		Report	Borges 42', 46'	Stadium: Schintler Reserve Attendance: 1,600 Referee: Evan Venios

18 July 1982 23	West Adelaide	0–1	Footscray JUST	Adelaide
		Report	Simic 47'	Stadium: Hindmarsh Stadium Attendance: 3,000 Referee: Jim Rossis

25 July 1982 24	Footscray JUST	0–1	APIA Leichhardt	Melbourne
		Report	Jones 55'	Stadium: Schintler Reserve Attendance: 1,500 Referee: Jim Fearn

1 August 1982 25	Brisbane City	0–0	Footscray JUST	Brisbane
		Report		Stadium: Spencer Park Attendance: 1,200 Referee: Gary Power

8 August 1982 26	Footscray JUST	1–1	Sydney Olympic	Melbourne
	Lujic 36'	Report	Koussas 68'	Stadium: Schintler Reserve Attendance: 3,195 Referee: Stewart Mellings

15 August 1982 27	Footscray JUST	2–2	Canberra City	Melbourne
	Kojic 1' Kyriakouleas 71'	Report	G. Byrne 25' Brennan 43'	Stadium: Schintler Reserve Attendance: 2,000 Referee: Dennis Voutsinas

21 August 1982 28	Newcastle KB United	1–0	Footscray JUST	Newcastle
	Drysdale 40'	Report		Stadium: Newcastle International Sports Centre Attendance: 3,864 Referee: Tim Davies

29 August 1982 29	Footscray JUST	1–1	Heidelberg United	Melbourne
	Kondarios 75'	Report	Valentine 10'	Stadium: Schintler Reserve Attendance: 3,000 Referee: Chris Bambridge

5 September 1982 30	Preston Makedonia	3–0	Footscray JUST	Melbourne
	Brown 10' McMillan 28', 52'	Report		Stadium: B.T. Connor Reserve Attendance: 5,000 Referee: Stewart Mellings

NSL Cup

14 June 1982 First round	Preston Makedonia	2–0	Footscray JUST	Melbourne
	Opasinis 5' Ward 23'	Report		Stadium: B.T. Connor Reserve Attendance: 2,500^[2] Referee: Stewart Mellings

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
No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
	MF	AUS	Vlatko Belic	12	2	11	2	1	0
	GK	SCO	Dennis Boland	14	0	13	0	1	0
		AUS	Milutin Ciric	17	0	17	0	0	0
	FW	AUS	Bruno Cozzella	8	2	8	2	0	0
	MF	AUS	Suleiman Curovic	19	0	13+5	0	1	0
		AUS	Jusuf Hatunic	4	0	4	0	0	0
	DF	YUG	Igor Hazabent	30	1	30	1	0	0
	MF	AUS	Zoran Ilioski	28	4	27	4	1	0
	DF	YUG	Slobodan Jovanovic	18	0	15+2	0	0+1	0
	DF	YUG	Milan Kojic	21	5	20+1	5	0	0
	DF	GRE	Jim Kondarios	29	4	27+1	4	1	0
		AUS	Mike Kupinic	1	0	1	0	0	0
	DF	AUS	Kyri Kyriakouleas	20	0	19	0	1	0
	MF	YUG	Zdravko Lujic	23	2	23	2	0	0
	DF	AUS	Jim Milne	24	0	22+2	0	0	0
	DF	SCO	Jim O'Reilly	30	0	28+1	0	1	0
		AUS	Slobodan Popovic	1	0	0	0	1	0
		AUS	Vlado Pljevaljcic	10	0	10	0	0	0
	FW	AUS	Mendo Ristovski	20	6	16+3	6	1	0
	FW	AUS	Paul Simic	19	8	16+2	8	1	0
	DF	AUS	Slobodan Stojcevski	11	0	7+4	0	0	0
	FW	YUG	Dragan Vasic	8	0	3+4	0	1	0

Source:

Disciplinary record

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

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total			National Soccer League			NSL Cup
No.	Pos	Nat	Player
	DF	AUS	Jim Milne	4	0	1	4	0	1	0	0	0
	DF	YUG	Slobodan Jovanovic	3	0	1	3	0	1	0	0	0
	DF	AUS	Kyri Kyriakouleas	3	0	1	3	0	1	0	0	0
	DF	YUG	Igor Hazabent	5	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0
	DF	SCO	Jim O'Reilly	2	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0
	MF	AUS	Vlatko Belic	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
	MF	AUS	Suleiman Curovic	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
	DF	GRE	Jim Kondarios	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
		AUS	Vlado Pljevaljcic	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
	FW	AUS	Mendo Ristovski	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
	FW	AUS	Paul Simic	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
	FW	YUG	Dragan Vasic	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0

Source:
= Number of bookings; = Number of sending offs after a second yellow card; = Number of sending offs by a direct red card.

References

^ Stock, Greg. "1982 National Soccer League Results". OzFootball.
^ ^a ^b Stock, Greg. "1982 National Soccer League Cup Results". OzFootball.
^ "Footscray JUST 1982 Squad". OzFootball.

[table_note_res_FS0.81015268238734-1] The Finals series was not considered the championship for the 1982 National Soccer League.

[2] Stock, Greg. "1982 National Soccer League Results". OzFootball.

[NSLCup-3] Stock, Greg. "1982 National Soccer League Cup Results". OzFootball.

[appearances-4] "Footscray JUST 1982 Squad". OzFootball.

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