1984 SASF season

South Australian Soccer Federation
Season1984
Dates?–6 October
← 1983
1985 →

The 1984 South Australian Soccer Federation season was the 78th season of soccer in South Australia and the 23rd to be run by the South Australian Soccer Federation since its reformation in 1962.

Changes from 1983

Promotion and relegation

1983 League Promoted to league Relegated from league
Division One Adelaide City Youth
Salisbury United		 —
Division Two Athelstone
Seaford-Noarlunga
Thebarton Asteras
Windsor Melita		 Sturt (withdrew)
Metropolitan League Disbanded

Men's competitions

1984 SASF Division One

SASF Division One
Season1984
Dates24 March–?
ChampionsAdelaide Croatia (2nd title)
RelegatedAdelaide City Youth
Port Adelaide
NSL CupAdelaide Croatia
West Torrens Birkalla
Matches played132
Goals scored341 (2.58 per match)
Best PlayerJohn Francis
(Eastern Districts Azzurri)
Top goalscorerAdrian Santrac
(11 goals)
Biggest home winSalisbury United 6–0 Adelaide City Youth
Biggest away winPort Adelaide 0–5 Eastern Districts Azzurri
(7 April)
Highest scoringBeograd Woodville 6–4 Elizabeth City
← 1983
1985 →

The 1984 SASF Division One season, known as the Rothmans First Division for sponsorship reasons, was the 78th season of first division soccer in South Australia.[1][2][3]

Adelaide Croatia were champions for the second time. Adelaide City Youth and Port Adelaide were relegated.

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Adelaide Croatia (C) 22 14 7 1 42 14 +28 35 Qualification for NSL Cup, Top Four Cup and Ampol Cup
2 West Torrens Birkalla 22 14 3 5 35 21 +14 31
3 Beograd Woodville 22 13 4 5 47 20 +27 30 Qualification for Top Four Cup and Ampol Cup
4 Para Hills 22 11 4 7 33 25 +8 26
5 Campbelltown City 22 10 6 6 26 20 +6 26 Qualification for Ampol Cup
6 Salisbury United 22 8 8 6 29 18 +11 24
7 Elizabeth City 22 7 7 8 27 34 −7 21
8 Polonia Adelaide 22 7 6 9 22 23 −1 20
9 West Adelaide Youth 22 7 5 10 20 30 −10 19
10 Eastern Districts Azzurri 22 5 7 10 26 29 −3 17
11 Adelaide City Youth (R) 22 3 5 14 22 52 −30 11 Relegation to SASF Division Two
12 Port Adelaide (R) 22 0 4 18 12 55 −43 4
Source: Socceraust
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated

Results

Home \ Away ACI CRO BEO CAM EDA ELI PAR POL POR SAL WES WTB
Adelaide City Youth 1–5 1–4 0–1 4–4 0–1 0–2 1–1 3–1 1–2 0–0 0–2
Adelaide Croatia 2–0 1–1 1–0 0–0 0–0 2–0 2–0 5–0 2–1 1–1 4–3
Beograd Woodville 2–0 3–2 1–2 5–0 6–4 2–1 0–1 5–1 1–1 4–0 2–1
Campbelltown City 5–1 0–2 1–0 1–0 2–1 0–1 2–1 1–0 0–0 2–1 0–1
Eastern Districts Azzurri 3–0 0–1 0–0 1–1 5–0 0–2 1–1 2–0 0–1 1–1 0–2
Elizabeth City 2–3 0–2 1–0 0–0 3–1 1–2 1–1 3–1 0–0 3–1 1–1
Para Hills 2–2 2–2 3–1 1–1 3–1 0–1 4–3 2–1 1–3 0–1 0–1
Polonia Adelaide 3–1 0–1 0–1 0–1 1–1 1–2 0–1 3–0 2–1 1–1 0–2
Port Adelaide 1–2 0–4 0–3 2–2 0–5 2–2 1–1 0–1 0–1 0–0 0–3
Salisbury United 6–0 1–1 0–0 1–1 2–0 0–0 0–2 0–0 3–0 2–3 1–3
West Adelaide Youth 2–1 1–2 0–2 2–1 0–1 3–0 0–3 0–1 1–0 0–3 1–0
West Torrens Birkalla 1–1 0–0 0–4 3–2 1–0 3–1 2–0 0–1 3–2 1–0 2–1
Source: Socceraust
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Top scorers

Rank Player Club Goals
1 Adrian Santrac Beograd Woodville 11

1984 SASF Division Two

SASF Division Two
Season1984
Dates24 March–?
ChampionsCumberland United (1st title)
PromotedCumberland United
Whyalla City
Matches played168
Goals scored450 (2.68 per match)
Best PlayerTom Middleton
(Brighton City)
Biggest home winCumberland United 5–0 Brighton City
(5 May)
Noarlunga United 5–0 Modbury
(19 May)
Biggest away winBrighton City 1–6 Modbury
(26 May)
Highest scoringBrighton City 1–6 Modbury
(26 May)
← 1983
1985 →

The 1984 SASF Division Two season, known as the Rothmans Second Division for sponsorship reasons, was the 61st season of second division soccer in South Australia.[4][2][3]

Cumberland United were champions for the first time and were promoted with Whyalla City.

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or qualification
1 Cumberland United (C, P) 24 16 6 2 53 12 +41 38 Promotion to SASF Division One and qualification for Ampol Cup
2 Whyalla City (P) 24 15 5 4 48 18 +30 35
3 West Fields APAC 24 16 3 5 37 21 +16 35
4 USC Lion-Grange 24 16 2 6 49 28 +21 34
5 Noarlunga United 24 11 6 7 48 34 +14 28
6 Thebarton Asteras 24 10 7 7 34 31 +3 27
7 Enfield-Victoria 24 8 5 11 23 38 −15 21
8 Blackwood 24 7 5 12 40 42 −2 19
9 Athelstone 24 8 3 13 23 41 −18 19
10 Windsor Melita 24 8 2 14 29 39 −10 18
11 Modbury 24 7 3 14 34 52 −18 17
12 Seaford-Noarlunga 24 3 5 16 11 35 −24 11
13 Brighton City 24 3 4 17 21 59 −38 10
Source: Socceraust
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted

Results

Results from rounds 20 to 26 are unknown.

Home \ Away ATH BLA BRI CMB ENF MOD NOA SEA THE USC WEF WHY WIN
Athelstone 0–2 2–0 ? ? 2–1 0–3 ? ? 0–4 ? 0–2 2–1
Blackwood 0–1 3–1 1–3 1–1 ? ? 4–2 5–1 1–2 ? ? 4–0
Brighton City 1–1 2–2 0–2 3–2 1–6 ? 2–1 1–2 ? 2–4 ? 0–3
Cumberland United ? ? 5–0 3–0 3–0 1–0 4–0 0–1 0–0 3–0 0–0 ?
Enfield-Victoria 1–0 2–0 1–0 ? ? 2–2 0–1 1–1 ? 0–1 ? 1–0
Modbury 0–2 2–3 ? 1–3 ? ? 1–1 0–1 3–4 3–1 1–1 0–3
Noarlunga United 1–1 2–2 ? 0–5 4–1 5–0 2–0 1–2 3–2 1–2 ? 3–2
Seaford-Noarlunga 1–3 3–2 1–0 ? 0–1 0–1 ? 0–2 0–1 0–1 ? 0–1
Thebarton Asteras 3–2 1–1 2–0 ? 0–0 0–2 3–3 ? ? ? 1–2 ?
USC Lion-Grange 3–1 ? 2–0 1–1 0–1 4–1 1–3 3–0 1–2 2–1 3–2 ?
West Fields APAC 2–1 3–1 ? 2–0 ? 2–1 2–0 0–0 ? 2–0 0–4 1–0
Whyalla City 4–0 ? 4–0 1–1 1–1 1–0 1–2 3–0 3–1 1–0 0–1 2–0
Windsor Melita ? 2–0 1–2 1–1 1–2 ? 1–0 1–0 1–5 ? ? 0–1
Source: Socceraust
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Cup competitions

1984 Federation Cup

1984 P.G.H. Cup
Tournament details
Teams45
Defending championsBeograd Woodville
Final positions
ChampionsEastern Districts Azzurri (2nd title)
Runner-upCampbelltown City
Tournament statistics
Matches played44
Goals scored155 (3.52 per match)
← 1983
1985 →

The 1984 SASF Federation Cup, known as the P.G.H. Cup for sponsorship reasons, was the 72nd running of the Federation Cup, the main soccer knockout cup competition in South Australia.[5]

Eastern Districts Azzurri were champions for the second time, defeating Campbelltown City 2–1 after extra time in the final. Beograd Woodville were the defending champions, losing 0–1 in the quarter-finals to eventual finalists, Campbelltown City.

Format

Round No. of fixtures Teams New entries this round
Preliminary round 13 45 → 32 26
First round 16 32 → 16 19
Second round 8 16 → 8 None
Quarter-finals 4 8 → 4 None
Semi-finals 2 4 → 2 None
Final 1 2 → 1 None

Preliminary round

Winning team Score Losing team
Brahma Lodge 6–3 (a.e.t.) Norwood Old Scholars
West Fields APAC 1–0 Salisbury East
Brighton City 3–0 South Adelaide
Noarlunga United 5–0 Campbelltown
Blackwood 3–0 Flinders University
Enfield-Victoria 6–0 Mount Gambier Centrals
Thebarton Asteras 3–0 Adelaide United
Winning team Score Losing team
Seaford-Noarlunga 2–1 Elizabeth Downs
Salisbury Inter 3–2 (a.e.t.) Whyalla City
Cumberland United 2–0 Tea Tree Gully
USC Lion-Grange 2–1 (a.e.t.) Adelaide Omonia
Athelstone 5–0 Whyalla Steel United
Windsor Melita 1–0 Whyalla Croatia

Bracket

First roundSecond roundQuarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
                  
Salisbury United7
Agua1
Salisbury United1
Eastern Districts Azzurri2
Eastern Districts Azzurri2
West Adelaide Youth0
Eastern Districts Azzurri2
Cumberland United0
Cumberland United4
Athelstone0
Cumberland United2
Whyalla City0
Adelaide City Youth0 (4)
Whyalla City0 (6)
Eastern Districts Azzurri2
West Fields APAC1
West Fields APAC2
Windsor Melita0
West Fields APAC3
Thebarton Asteras1
Thebarton Asteras2
Brahma Lodge1
West Fields APAC1
Salisbury Inter0
Blackwood1
Salisbury Inter2
Salisbury Inter2
USC Lion-Grange1
USC Lion-Grange2
Modbury1
Eastern Districts Azzurri (a.e.t.)2
Campbelltown City1
Campbelltown City3
Enfield-Victoria0
Campbelltown City3
Para Hills1
Para Hills2
Brighton City1
Campbelltown City1
Beograd Woodville0
Polonia Adelaide6
Mount Gambier Inter1
Polonia Adelaide0
Beograd Woodville1
Beograd Woodville2
Seaford-Noarlunga1
Campbelltown City (rep.)2
Adelaide Croatia1
Port Adelaide1
Adelaide Croatia8
Adelaide Croatia2
West Torrens Birkalla0
West Torrens Birkalla6
West Beach0
Adelaide Croatia3
Parafield Gardens2
Noarlunga United1
Elizabeth City2
Elizabeth City0 (4)
Parafield Gardens0 (5)
Parafield Gardens9
Blue Lake1

1984 Night Series

1984 Ampol Cup
Tournament details
Dates?–21 March
Teams8
Defending championsEastern Districts Azzurri
Final positions
ChampionsEastern Districts Azzurri (2nd title)
Runner-upWest Adelaide Youth
← 1983
1985 →

The 1984 Night Series, known as the Ampol Cup for sponsorship reasons, was the 32nd running of the Night Series, a pre-season cup competition contested by the top six teams from the previous season's first division and the two newly promoted teams from the second division.[6]

Eastern Districts Azzurri were champions for the second time, defeating West Adelaide Youth in the final, successfully defending their title.

Group stage

The top two teams from both groups advance to the semi-finals. Adelaide Croatia, Para Hills, Polonia Adelaide and Salisbury United were knocked out in the group stage.

Knockout stage

 
Semi-finalsFinal
 
      
 
 
 
 
Adelaide City Youth1
 
 
 
Eastern Districts Azzurri2
 
Eastern Districts Azzurri
 
 
 
West Adelaide Youth
 
West Adelaide Youth4
 
 
Beograd Woodville0
 

1984 Top Four Cup

1984 Coca-Cola Cup
Tournament details
Dates?–6 October
Teams4
Final positions
ChampionsAdelaide Croatia (1st title)
Runner-upPara Hills
← 1983
1985 →

The 1984 Top Four Cup, known as the Coca-Cola Cup for sponsorship reasons, was the 15th running of the Top Four Cup, a post-season cup competition contested by the top four teams from the first division.[1]

Adelaide Croatia were champions for the first time, defeating Para Hills 3–2 in the final. Polonia Adelaide were the previous winners, but did not qualify for this season's competition after finishing eighth.

Bracket

 
Semi-finalsFinal
 
      
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Adelaide Croatia3
 
 
 
Para Hills2
 
 
 
 
 
 

References

  1. ^ a b "South Australia Division One 1984 – Table". Socceraust.
  2. ^ a b "Australia 1984". RSSSF.
  3. ^ a b Harlow, Denis (2003). History of Soccer in South Australia. p. 268. ISBN 0975060902.
  4. ^ "South Australia Division Two 1984 – Table". Socceraust.
  5. ^ "P.G.H. Cup 1984 – Results". Socceraust.
  6. ^ "South Australia Ampol Cup 1984 – Results". Socceraust.