1980 Footscray JUST season

Footscray JUST
1980 season
Head CoachRocco Ille
Bobby McLachlan
Jim Kriaris
StadiumMiddle Park Soccer Stadium
Western Oval
Olympic Park
National Soccer League9th
NSL CupFirst round
Top goalscorerLeague: Dragan Vasic (7)
All: Dragan Vasic (7)
Highest home attendance6,734
vs. Heidelberg United
(17 August 1980)
National Soccer League
Lowest home attendance800
vs. Canberra City
(28 June 1980)
National Soccer League
Average home league attendance2,613
Biggest win3–0
vs. South Melbourne (H)
(4 May 1980)
National Soccer League
3–0
vs. Blacktown City (H)
(21 September 1980)
National Soccer League
Biggest defeat0–4
vs. Marconi Fairfield (H)
(27 July 1980)
National Soccer League
← 1979
1981 →

The 1980 season was the fourth in the National Soccer League for Footscray JUST. In addition to the domestic league, they also participated in the NSL Cup. Footscray JUST finished 9th 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
1 GK Scotland SCO Dennis Boland
2 DF Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia YUG Igor Hazabent
3 DF Australia AUS Chris Petrov
4 DF Scotland SCO Jim O'Reilly
5 DF Greece GRE Jim Kondarios (captain)
6 MF Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia YUG Slobodan Jovanovic
7 FW Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia YUG Dragan Vasic
8 MF Australia AUS Zoran Ilioski
9 MF Australia AUS Josip Picioane
10 FW Australia AUS Peter Ollerton
No. Pos. Nation Player
11 MF Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia YUG Zdravko Lujic
12 MF Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia YUG Mirko Rujevic
14 MF Australia AUS Vlatko Belic
16 FW Australia AUS Paul Simic
20 GK Australia AUS Steve Potter
FW Australia AUS Bruno Cozzella
DF Australia AUS Jim Kriaris
DF Australia AUS Kyri Kyriakouleas
DF Australia AUS Jim Milne

Competitions

Overall record

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 9th 26 7 9 10 32 41 −9 026.92
NSL Cup 25 April 1980 First round First round 1 0 1 0 2 2 +0 000.00
Total 27 7 10 10 34 43 −9 025.93

Source: Competitions

National Soccer League

League table

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

Overall Home Away
Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts W D L GF GA GD W D L GF GA GD
26 7 9 10 32 41  −9 30 6 1 6 20 21  −1 1 8 4 12 20  −8

Results by round

Round1345678910111214151621718191320212223242526
GroundAHAHAHAHAHAAHHHAAHHAHAHAHA
ResultDWLWDWLWWLLDDLLDDLWDLLLDWD
Position561178777777678118896899101099
Points133568810121212131414141516161819191919202222
Source: worldfootball.net
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

  Win   Draw   Loss

9 March 1980 1 Brisbane City 1–1 Footscray JUST Brisbane
Report
Stadium: Perry Park
Attendance: 3,150[1]
Referee: Peter Rampley
22 March 1980 3 Footscray JUST 3–1 Brisbane Lions Melbourne
Report Stadium: Middle Park Soccer Stadium
Attendance: 2,210
Referee: Stewart Mellings
30 March 1980 4 Adelaide City 4–1 Footscray JUST Adelaide
Report Stadium: Olympic Sports Field
Attendance: 3,300
Referee: Dennis Stanley
6 April 1980 5 Footscray JUST 5–3 St George-Budapest Melbourne
Report
Stadium: Western Oval
Attendance: 3,540
Referee: Evan Venios
13 April 1980 6 Marconi Fairfield 2–2 Footscray JUST Sydney
Report Stadium: Marconi Oval
Attendance: 5,666
Referee: Doug Rennie
20 April 1980 7 Footscray JUST 2–1 Newcastle KB United Melbourne
Report
Stadium: Western Oval
Attendance: 4,015
Referee: Chris Bambridge
27 April 1980 8 Heidelberg United 3–2 Footscray JUST Melbourne
15:00 AEST
Report
Stadium: Olympic Park
Attendance: 4,800
Referee: Ken Allen
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 West Adelaide 0–2 Footscray JUST Adelaide
Report
Stadium: Hindmarsh Stadium
Attendance: 2,450
Referee: Don Campbell
18 May 1980 11 Footscray JUST 1–2 Sydney City Melbourne
Report
Stadium: Olympic Park
Attendance: 2,557
Referee: Jack Johnston
25 May 1980 12 Blacktown City 3–0 Footscray JUST Sydney
Report Stadium: Gabbie Stadium
Attendance: 3,568
Referee: Henry Witschge
8 June 1980 14 Canberra City 0–0 Footscray JUST Canberra
15:00 AEST Report Stadium: Bruce Stadium
Attendance: 3,300
Referee: Bob Mee
14 June 1980 15 Footscray JUST 1–1 Brisbane City Melbourne
Report Stadium: Middle Park Soccer Stadium
Attendance: 1,000
Referee: Evan Venios
22 June 1980 16 Footscray JUST 1–3 Adelaide City Melbourne
Report
Stadium: Olympic Park
Attendance: 1,916
Referee: Chris Bambridge
28 June 1980 2 Footscray JUST 0–1 Canberra City Melbourne
Report
Stadium: Middle Park Soccer Stadium
Attendance: 800
Referee: Tony Beazleigh
13 July 1980 17 Brisbane Lions 1–1 Footscray JUST Brisbane
Report Stadium: Lions Stadium
Attendance: 2,500
Referee: Doug Rennie
20 July 1980 18 St George-Budapest 1–1 Footscray JUST Sydney
Report
Stadium: St George Stadium
Attendance: 2,174
Referee: Jim Reeves
27 July 1980 19 Footscray JUST 0–4 Marconi Fairfield Melbourne
Report
Stadium: Middle Park Soccer Stadium
Attendance: 1,000
Referee: Bobby Kerr
3 August 1980 13 Footscray JUST 1–0 APIA Leichhardt Melbourne
Report Stadium: Olympic Park
Attendance: 1,000
Referee: Tony Beazleigh
9 August 1980 20 Newcastle KB United 0–0 Footscray JUST Newcastle
Report Stadium: Newcastle International Sports Centre
Attendance: 5,526
Referee: Tony Boskovic
17 August 1980 21 Footscray JUST 0–2 Heidelberg United Melbourne
Report
Stadium: Western Oval
Attendance: 6,734
Referee: Chris Bambridge
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 Footscray JUST 0–3 West Adelaide Melbourne
Report
Stadium: Western Oval
Attendance: 1,200
Referee: Dave Nugent
14 September 1980 24 Sydney City 2–2 Footscray JUST Sydney
15:00 AEST
Report
Stadium: ES Marks Athletics Field
Attendance: 1,500
Referee: Doug Rennie
21 September 1980 25 Footscray JUST 3–0 Blacktown City Melbourne
Report Stadium: Western Oval
Attendance: 1,500
Referee: Don Campbell
28 September 1980 26 APIA Leichhardt 0–0 Footscray JUST Sydney
Report Stadium: Lambert Park
Attendance: 3,519
Referee: Evan Venios

NSL Cup

  Win   Draw   Loss

25 April 1980 First round Footscray JUST 2–2 (a.e.t.)
(4–5 p)
Victoria (state) Green Gully Melbourne
Report
Stadium: Middle Park Soccer Stadium
Attendance: 3,000[2]
Referee: Evan Venios

Statistics

Appearances and goals

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 Scotland Dennis Boland 24 0 0 0 24 0
2 DF Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Igor Hazabent 19+1 2 1 0 21 2
3 DF Australia Chris Petrov 20+5 1 1 0 26 1
4 DF Scotland Jim O'Reilly 22 0 1 0 23 0
5 DF Greece Jim Kondarios 20+1 2 0 0 21 2
6 MF Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Slobodan Jovanovic 19+2 1 1 0 22 1
7 FW Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Dragan Vasic 23+3 7 1 0 27 7
8 MF Australia Zoran Ilioski 22+4 3 0+1 0 27 3
9 MF Australia Josip Picioane 20 4 1 0 21 4
10 FW Australia Peter Ollerton 12 3 1 1 13 4
11 MF Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Zdravko Lujic 26 5 1 1 27 6
12 MF Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Mirko Rujevic 18 0 1 0 19 0
14 MF Australia Vlatko Belic 16+5 2 1 0 22 2
16 FW Australia Paul Simic 1+6 0 0+1 0 8 0
20 GK Australia Steve Potter 2+2 0 1 0 5 0
FW Australia Bruno Cozzella 1+5 1 0 0 6 1
DF Australia Jim Kriaris 5 0 0 0 5 0
DF Australia Kyri Kyriakouleas 13+1 0 0 0 14 0
DF Australia Jim Milne 3+1 0 0 0 4 0

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.

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 1 GK Scotland Dennis Boland 2 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 1
2 2 DF Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Igor Hazabent 3 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0
5 DF Greece Jim Kondarios 3 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0
6 MF Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Slobodan Jovanovic 3 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0
DF Australia Kyri Kyriakouleas 3 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0
6 3 DF Australia Chris Petrov 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0
4 DF Scotland Jim O'Reilly 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0
9 MF Australia Josip Picioane 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0
10 FW Australia Peter Ollerton 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0
11 MF Australia Zdravko Lujic 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0
12 MF Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Mirko Rujevic 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0
14 MF Australia Vlatko Belic 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0
13 7 FW Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Dragan Vasic 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
DF Australia Jim Milne 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
Total 30 0 1 0 0 0 30 0 1

Clean sheets

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 Dennis Boland 7 0 0
Total 7 0 7

References

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