1982 Sydney City FC season

Sydney City
1982 season
Head Coach	Eddie Thomson
Stadium	ES Marks Athletics Field
National Soccer League	1st
NSL Cup	Quarter-finals
Charity Shield	Winners
Top goalscorer	League: John Kosmina (22); All: John Kosmina (26)
Highest home attendance	5,600; vs. Sydney Olympic; (13 June 1982); National Soccer League
Lowest home attendance	700; vs. Footscray JUST; (4 April 1982); National Soccer League
Average home league attendance	2,240
Biggest win	5–0; vs. Preston Makedonia (A); (6 June 1982); National Soccer League; 6–1; vs. Adelaide City (H); (15 August 1982); National Soccer League
Biggest defeat	0–2; vs. Sydney City (A); (12 April 1982); National Soccer League
Home colours	Away colours

The 1982 season was the sixth in the National Soccer League for Sydney City Football Club (now Hakoah Sydney City East). In addition to the domestic league, they also participated in the NSL Cup. Sydney City finished 1st in their National Soccer League season, were eliminated in the quarter-finals of the NSL Cup, and won the Charity Shield.

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
—	GK	AUS	Glenn Ahearn
—	MF	AUS	Murray Barnes
—	MF	AUS	Ken Boden
—	FW	BRA	Nelio Borges
—	DF	SCO	Ian Bruce
—	MF	AUS	Jimmy Cant
—	GK	AUS	Todd Clarke
—	FW	AUS	Graeme Fletcher
—	DF	CRC	Gerry Gomez
—	DF	AUS	Warren Haslam
—	FW	AUS	John Kosmina


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	MF	AUS	Grant Lee
—	FW	AUS	Dave Mitchell
—	DF	AUS	Kevin Mullen
—	FW	SCO	Willie Murray
—	DF	AUS	Steve O'Connor
—	MF	AUS	Jim Patikas
—	DF	SCO	Alex Robertson
—	MF	AUS	Ian Souness
—	DF	AUS	John Spanos
—	MF	AUS	Joe Watson

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	1st	30	20	5	5	68	28	+40	066.67
NSL Cup	14 June 1982	14 July 1982	First round	Quarter-finals	2	1	0	1	5	2	+3	050.00
Charity Shield	31 January 1982		Final	Winners	1	1	0	0	3	1	+2	100.00
Total					33	22	5	6	76	31	+45	066.67

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	20	5	5	68	28	+40	65	11	2	2	41	15	+26	9	3	3	27	13	+14

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	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H
Result	D	W	W	W	W	L	L	W	L	W	L	W	D	W	W	D	W	W	D	W	W	W	W	D	L	W	W	W	W	W
Position	7	4	3	2	2	2	5	3	4	3	5	3	4	3	1	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Points	1	3	5	7	9	9	9	11	11	13	13	15	16	18	20	21	23	25	26	28	30	32	34	35	35	37	39	41	43	45

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

Matches

Win Draw Loss

14 February 1982 1	Sydney City	1–1	Preston Makedonia	Sydney
	Bruce 2'	Report	Brown 32'	Stadium: St George Stadium Attendance: 1,480^[1] Referee: Peter Rampley

21 February 1982 2	Wollongong City	1–3	Sydney City	Wollongong
	O'Connor 25'	Report	Patikas 5', 76' Kosmina 86'	Stadium: Wollongong Showground Attendance: 4,000 Referee: Ken Small

28 February 1982 3	Sydney City	2–1	South Melbourne	Sydney
	Boden 7' Spanos 85'	Report	Campbell 6'	Stadium: St George Stadium Attendance: 3,700 Referee: Tim Davies

7 March 1982 4	Sydney Olympic	1–2	Sydney City	Sydney
	Koussas 14'	Report	Murray 46' Kosmina 51'	Stadium: Lambert Park Attendance: 5,706 Referee: Doug Rennie

14 March 1982 5	West Adelaide	0–2	Sydney City	Adelaide
		Report	Kosmina 55' Cant 60'	Stadium: Hindmarsh Stadium Attendance: 4,230 Referee: Ken Allen

21 March 1982 6	Sydney City	0–1	APIA Leichhardt	Sydney
		Report	Soper 85'	Stadium: ES Marks Athletics Field Attendance: 3,560 Referee: Peter Rampley

28 March 1982 7	Brisbane City	2–1	Sydney City	Brisbane
	Palinkas 60' Bohan 75'	Report	Patikas 68'	Stadium: Spencer Park Attendance: 2,600 Referee: Jim Reeves

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

12 April 1982 9	Canberra City	2–0	Sydney City	Canberra
	Maclaren 60' Cant 81' (o.g.)	Report		Stadium: Bruce Stadium Attendance: 3,100 Referee: Dave Nugent

18 April 1982 10	Sydney City	4–0	Newcastle KB United	Sydney
	Patikas 25', 72' Murray 56' Fletcher 78'	Report		Stadium: ES Marks Athletics Field Attendance: 1,463 Referee: Tim Davies

25 April 1982 11	Heidelberg United	1–0	Sydney City	Melbourne
	Yzendoorn 77'	Report		Stadium: Olympic Village Attendance: 3,500 Referee: Jack Johnston

2 May 1982 12	Sydney City	3–1	St George-Budapest	Sydney
	Kosmina 2', 26' (pen.), 51'	Report	Duarte 76'	Stadium: ES Marks Athletics Field Attendance: 2,781 Referee: Gary Power

9 May 1982 13	Adelaide City	0–0	Sydney City	Adelaide
		Report		Stadium: Olympic Sports Field Attendance: 3,600 Referee: Stewart Mellings

16 May 1982 14	Sydney City	3–1	Marconi Fairfield	Sydney
	Kosmina 28', 30', 58' (pen.)	Report	Henderson 73'	Stadium: ES Marks Athletics Field Attendance: 4,028 Referee: Tim Davies

23 May 1982 15	Brisbane Lions	0–1	Sydney City	Brisbane
		Report	Bennett 66' (o.g.)	Stadium: Richlands Stadium Attendance: 1,800 Referee: Bob Mee

30 May 1982 16	Sydney City	3–3	Wollongong City	Sydney
	Murray 12' Borges 22' Mitchell 74'	Report		Stadium: ES Marks Athletics Field Attendance: 2,824 Referee: Richard Lorenc

6 June 1982 17	Preston Makedonia	0–5	Sydney City	Melbourne
		Report	Barnes 13' Murray 30' Kosmina 65', 88' Spanos 79'	Stadium: B.T. Connor Reserve Attendance: 4,150 Referee: Don Campbell

13 June 1982 18	Sydney City	2–1	Sydney Olympic	Sydney
	Mitchell 4' Murray 45'	Report	K. Wilson 47'	Stadium: ES Marks Athletics Field Attendance: 5,600 Referee: Peter Rampley

20 June 1982 19	South Melbourne	2–2	Sydney City	Melbourne
	Buljevic 61' Egan 78'	Report	Spanos 63' Borges 65'	Stadium: Middle Park Soccer Stadium Attendance: 4,000 Referee: Jack Johnston

27 June 1982 20	APIA Leichhardt	1–4	Sydney City	Sydney
	Giampaolo 21' (pen.)	Report	Patikas 47' Murray ?' Spanos 71' Mitchell 75'	Stadium: Lambert Park Attendance: 5,428 Referee: Richard Lorenc

4 July 1982 21	Sydney City	5–2	Brisbane City	Sydney
	Patikas 10' Kosmina 39' (pen.), 51', 61' (pen.), 79'	Report	Bohan 43' Palinkas 51'	Stadium: ES Marks Athletics Field Attendance: 1,018 Referee: Doug Rennie

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	Sydney City	3–0	Canberra City	Sydney
	Barnes 7' Mitchell 23' Borges 72'	Report		Stadium: ES Marks Athletics Field Attendance: 1,450 Referee: Rob Davies

24 July 1982 24	Newcastle KB United	2–2	Sydney City	Newcastle
15:00 AEST	Lowe 7' Tredinnick 42'	Report	Kosmina 50' (pen.) Boden 67'	Stadium: Newcastle International Sports Centre Attendance: 2,664 Referee: Dave Nugent

1 August 1982 25	Sydney City	0–1	Heidelberg United	Sydney
		Report	Cole 59'	Stadium: ES Marks Athletics Field Attendance: 1,635 Referee: Peter Rampley

8 August 1982 26	St George-Budapest	0–1	Sydney City	Sydney
		Report	Barnes 13'	Stadium: St George Stadium Attendance: 5,120 Referee: Tim Davies

15 August 1982 27	Sydney City	6–1	Adelaide City	Sydney
	Patikas 10', 21' Mitchell 25', 54' Kosmina 40' Boden 82'	Report	Carter 62'	Stadium: ES Marks Athletics Field Attendance: 1,158 Referee: Richard Lorenc

22 August 1982 28	Marconi Fairfield	1–2	Sydney City	Sydney
	Silva 81'	Report	Kosmina 20' Boden 73'	Stadium: Marconi Stadium Attendance: 3,046 Referee: Peter Rampley

29 August 1982 29	Sydney City	3–0	Brisbane Lions	Sydney
	Lee 7' Borges 54' Watson 78'	Report		Stadium: ES Marks Athletics Field Attendance: 1,092 Referee: Rob Davies

5 September 1982 30	Sydney City	5–2	West Adelaide	Sydney
	Kosmina 4', 45', 80' Watson 53' Borges 84'	Report	Manecas 26' Atsalas 70'	Stadium: ES Marks Athletics Field Attendance: 1,115 Referee: Richard Lorenc

NSL Cup

14 June 1982 First round	Wollongong City	1–5	Sydney City	Wollongong
	O'Connor 26'	Report	Kosmina 29', 88' Lee 50', 80' Borges 65'	Stadium: Memorial Park Attendance: 500^[2] Referee: Doug Rennie

14 July 1982 Quarter-finals	Brisbane Lions	1–0	Sydney City	Brisbane
	Hogg 42'	Report		Stadium: Perry Park Attendance: 1,000 Referee: Col Amos

Charity Shield

31 January 1982	Sydney City	3–1	Brisbane Lions	Brisbane
	Bennett 34' (o.g.) Kosmina 51', 72'	Report	Burns 75'	Stadium: Richlands Stadium Attendance: 1,000~ Referee: Dave Nugent

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		Charity Shield
No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
	GK	AUS	Glenn Ahearn	2	0	1	0	1	0	0	0
	MF	AUS	Murray Barnes	23	3	19+2	3	1	0	1	0
	MF	AUS	Ken Boden	11	4	4+6	4	1	0	0	0
	FW	BRA	Nelio Borges	21	7	18+2	6	1	1	0	0
	DF	SCO	Ian Bruce	23	1	20	1	2	0	1	0
	MF	AUS	Jimmy Cant	32	1	27+2	1	2	0	1	0
	GK	AUS	Todd Clarke	31	0	29	0	1	0	1	0
	FW	AUS	Graeme Fletcher	2	1	0+2	1	0	0	0	0
	DF	CRC	Gerry Gomez	1	0	0+1	0	0	0	0	0
	DF	AUS	Warren Haslam	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
	FW	AUS	John Kosmina	31	26	28	22	2	2	1	2
	MF	AUS	Grant Lee	4	3	1+1	1	2	2	0	0
	FW	AUS	Dave Mitchell	21	6	20	6	1	0	0	0
	DF	AUS	Kevin Mullen	23	0	18+3	0	1	0	0+1	0
	MF	AUS	Agenor Muniz	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
	FW	SCO	Willie Murray	18	6	14+3	6	0	0	1	0
	DF	AUS	Steve O'Connor	25	0	23	0	1	0	1	0
	MF	AUS	Jim Patikas	25	10	23+1	10	1	0	0	0
	DF	SCO	Alex Robertson	31	0	29	0	1	0	1	0
	MF	AUS	Ian Souness	5	0	4	0	0	0	1	0
	DF	AUS	John Spanos	28	4	25+1	4	1	0	1	0
	MF	AUS	Joe Watson	32	2	26+3	2	2	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			Charity Shield
No.	Pos	Nat	Player
	DF	AUS	Steve O'Connor	6	0	1	6	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
	FW	AUS	John Kosmina	4	0	1	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
	MF	AUS	Ian Souness	2	0	1	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
	FW	AUS	Dave Mitchell	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
	DF	SCO	Alex Robertson	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
	DF	AUS	Kevin Mullen	5	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	MF	AUS	Joe Watson	4	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	MF	AUS	Murray Barnes	3	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	FW	BRA	Nelio Borges	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	DF	SCO	Ian Bruce	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
	MF	AUS	Jimmy Cant	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	FW	SCO	Willie Murray	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	MF	AUS	Jim Patikas	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	DF	AUS	John Spanos	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	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.
^ "Sydney City 1982 Squad". OzFootball.

[table_note_res_FS0.75366033462512-1] 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] "Sydney City 1982 Squad". OzFootball.

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