1980 South Melbourne FC season

September 2023 September 2023 South Melbourne 1980 Head Coach John Margaritis Middle Park Soccer Stadium National Soccer League 3rd NSL Cup Second round Branko Buljevic (10) Branko Buljevic (10) 8,565vs. Heidelberg United(9 March 1980)National Soccer League 1,600vs. St George-Budapest(14 September 1980)National Soccer League 8565 5000 3500 3600 4400 8000 4500 5000 3000 4800 3500 1600 6000 0 5–0vs. Blacktown City (H)(20 July 1980)National Soccer League 0–3vs. Footscray JUST (A)(4 May 1980)National Soccer League 1979 1981 The 1980 season was the fourth in the National Soccer League for South Melbourne Football Club. In addition to the domestic league, they also participated in the NSL Cup. South Melbourne finished 3rd in their National Soccer League season, and were eliminated in the second round of the NSL Cup. Players 1 GK AUS Peter Laumets 2 DF SCO Vince Bannon 3 DF AUS Alan Davidson 5 DF AUS Arthur Xanthopoulos 6 MF AUS Billy Rogers 7 NIR Sammy Wright 8 MF AUS George Christopoulos 9 FW AUS Steve Kakantonis 10 FW ENG Alun Evans 11 FW AUS Branko Buljevic 12 DF AUS Kris Kalifatidis 14 DF AUS Bertie Lutton 15 FW AUS Duncan Cummings 16 FW SCO George Campbell 18 DF AUS Steve Blair Competitions Overall record 2 National Soccer League 9 March 1980 28 September 1980 Matchday 1 3rd 15 5 6 42 21 NSL Cup 25 April 1980 23 July 1980 First round Second round 1 0 1 6 3 National Soccer League 1980 National Soccer League League table SOU Results summary 8 4 1 25 10 7 1 5 17 11 worldfootball.net September 2022 Results by round table b 14 16 17 18 19 13 Round Ground H/A/A/H/A/H/A/H/A/H/A/H/H/A/A/H/H/A/A/H/A/H/A/H/A/H Result D/W/L/L/W/W/W/W/L/W/W/W/D/L/W/W/W/L/L/D/D/W/W/W/W/D Position 9/3/8/10/6/5/4/4/5/5/4/3/4/4/3/3/4/4/4/4/4/4/4/4/3/3 Points 1p/3p/3p/3p/5p/7p/9p/11p/11p/13p/15p/17p/18p/18p/20p/22p/24p/24p/24p/25p/26p/28p/30p/32p/34p/35p green2 Win yellow2 Draw red2 Loss Home Away gold yellow1 red1 worldfootball.net Matches #CCFFCC Win 1px solid #AAAAAA #FFFFCC Draw 1px solid #AAAAAA #FFCCCC Loss 1px solid #AAAAAA 1 9 March 1980 South Melbourne 0–0 http://www.ozfootball.net/ark/NSL/1980/1980NSLResults.html#Round1 Heidelberg United Middle Park Soccer Stadium Melbourne 8,565http://www.ozfootball.net/ark/NSL/1980/1980NSLResults.html 1980 National Soccer League Results Stock Greg OzFootball Stewart Mellings D 2 16 March 1980 Brisbane Lions 1–2 http://www.ozfootball.net/ark/NSL/1980/1980NSLResults.html#Round2 South Melbourne Reid 50 Campbell 3 Rogers 67 Lions Stadium Brisbane 2,000 Dave Nugent W 3 23 March 1980 West Adelaide 1–0 http://www.ozfootball.net/ark/NSL/1980/1980NSLResults.html#Round3 South Melbourne Koulianos 68 Hindmarsh Stadium Adelaide 4,200 Tim Davies L 4 30 March 1980 South Melbourne 1–2 http://www.ozfootball.net/ark/NSL/1980/1980NSLResults.html#Round4 Sydney City Buljevic 85 Boden 30 52 Middle Park Soccer Stadium Melbourne 5,000 Chris Bambridge L 5 6 April 1980 15:00 AEST Blacktown City 0–3 http://www.ozfootball.net/ark/NSL/1980/1980NSLResults.html#Round5 South Melbourne Rogers 12 Buljevic 59 Campbell 60 Gabbie Stadium Sydney 3,250 Henry Witschge W 6 13 April 1980 South Melbourne 1–0 http://www.ozfootball.net/ark/NSL/1980/1980NSLResults.html#Round6 APIA Leichhardt Christopoulos 23 Middle Park Soccer Stadium Melbourne 3,500 Don Campbell W 7 20 April 1980 Brisbane City 0–1 http://www.ozfootball.net/ark/NSL/1980/1980NSLResults.html#Round7 South Melbourne Cummings 72 Perry Park Brisbane 2,634 Richard Lorenc W 8 27 April 1980 15:00 AEST South Melbourne 1–0 http://www.ozfootball.net/ark/NSL/1980/1980NSLResults.html#Round8 Canberra City Christopoulos 3 pen. Middle Park Soccer Stadium Melbourne 3,600 Evan Venios W 9 4 May 1980 Footscray JUST 3–0 http://www.ozfootball.net/ark/NSL/1980/1980NSLResults.html#Round9 South Melbourne Petrov 1 Vasic 10 Ollerton 84 pen. Olympic Park Melbourne 6,500 Peter Rampley L 10 11 May 1980 South Melbourne 2–1 http://www.ozfootball.net/ark/NSL/1980/1980NSLResults.html#Round10 Adelaide City Xanthopoulos 18 Buljevic 56 Rogers 50 o.g. Middle Park Soccer Stadium Melbourne 4,400 Tony Boskovic W 11 18 May 1980 St George-Budapest 0–3 http://www.ozfootball.net/ark/NSL/1980/1980NSLResults.html#Round11 South Melbourne Xanthopoulos 35 Cummings 64 Evans 74 Sydney Cricket Ground Sydney 6,000 Richard Lorenc W 12 25 May 1980 South Melbourne 3–1 http://www.ozfootball.net/ark/NSL/1980/1980NSLResults.html#Round12 Marconi Fairfield Evans 42 49 Campbell 60 Byrne 10 Middle Park Soccer Stadium Melbourne 8,000 Jim Brennan W 14 8 June 1980 South Melbourne 2–2 http://www.ozfootball.net/ark/NSL/1980/1980NSLResults.html#Round14 Brisbane Lions Buljevic 44 Campbell 57 Millman 32 76 Middle Park Soccer Stadium Melbourne 4,500 Jack Johnston D 16 22 June 1980 Sydney City 2–1 http://www.ozfootball.net/ark/NSL/1980/1980NSLResults.html#Round16 South Melbourne Boden 24 Trenter 37 Christopoulos 75 ES Marks Athletics Field Sydney 3,601 Tony Boskovic L 15 6 July 1980 Heidelberg United 1–2 http://www.ozfootball.net/ark/NSL/1980/1980NSLResults.html#Round15 South Melbourne Paton 2 Buljevic 51 80 Olympic Park Melbourne 15,000 Graham Neal W 17 13 July 1980 South Melbourne 2–0 http://www.ozfootball.net/ark/NSL/1980/1980NSLResults.html#Round17 West Adelaide Buljevic 63 64 Middle Park Soccer Stadium Melbourne 5,000 Peter Rampley W 18 20 July 1980 South Melbourne 5–0 http://www.ozfootball.net/ark/NSL/1980/1980NSLResults.html#Round18 Blacktown City Buljevic 21 33 Campbell 42 81 Bannon 66 Middle Park Soccer Stadium Melbourne 3,000 Tony Beazleigh W 19 27 July 1980 APIA Leichhardt 1–0 http://www.ozfootball.net/ark/NSL/1980/1980NSLResults.html#Round19 South Melbourne O'Connor 43 Lambert Park Sydney 2,341 Richard Lorenc L 13 3 August 1980 Newcastle KB United 1–0 http://www.ozfootball.net/ark/NSL/1980/1980NSLResults.html#Round13 South Melbourne Curran 21 Newcastle International Sports Centre Newcastle 5,412 Jim Reeves L 20 10 August 1980 South Melbourne 3–3 http://www.ozfootball.net/ark/NSL/1980/1980NSLResults.html#Round20 Brisbane City Rogers 22 Bannon 78 Evans 90 Conner 57 80 Kelso 83 Middle Park Soccer Stadium Melbourne 4,800 Evans Venios D 21 17 August 1980 15:00 AEST Canberra City 0–0 http://www.ozfootball.net/ark/NSL/1980/1980NSLResults.html#Round21 South Melbourne Bruce Stadium Canberra 1,860 Bob Mee D 22 31 August 1980 South Melbourne 3–0 http://www.ozfootball.net/ark/NSL/1980/1980NSLResults.html#Round22 Footscray JUST Evans 14 51 Wright 34 Middle Park Soccer Stadium Melbourne 3,500 Henry Witschge W 23 7 September 1980 Adelaide City 0–1 http://www.ozfootball.net/ark/NSL/1980/1980NSLResults.html#Round23 South Melbourne Cummings 82 Olympic Sports Field Adelaide 4,923 Peter Rampley W 24 14 September 1980 South Melbourne 2–1 http://www.ozfootball.net/ark/NSL/1980/1980NSLResults.html#Round24 St George-Budapest Kakantonis 17 Wright 35 Cotton 78 Middle Park Soccer Stadium Melbourne 1,600 Bobby Kerr W 25 21 September 1980 15:00 AEST Marconi Fairfield 1–4 http://www.ozfootball.net/ark/NSL/1980/1980NSLResults.html#Round25 South Melbourne Jankovics 34 Evans 13 88 Cummings 54 90 Marconi Oval Sydney 3,406 Dave Nugent W 26 28 September 1980 South Melbourne 0–0 http://www.ozfootball.net/ark/NSL/1980/1980NSLResults.html#Round26 Newcastle KB United Middle Park Soccer Stadium Melbourne 6,000 Peter Rampley D Finals series The Finals series was not considered the championship for the 1980 National Soccer League. Elimination semi-final 12 October 1980 South Melbourne 4–3 http://www.ozfootball.net/ark/NSL/1980/1980NSLResults.html#Finals Marconi Fairfield Evans 49 82 Xanthopoulos 75 Buljevic 80 Sharne 10 Byrne 19 pen. Krncevic 41 Middle Park Soccer Stadium Melbourne 4,500 Chris Bambridge W Preliminary Final 18 October 1980 Heidelberg United 4–1 http://www.ozfootball.net/ark/NSL/1980/1980NSLResults.html#Finals South Melbourne Paton 5 85 Bozikas 26 Cole 67 pen. Buljevic 9 Olympic Park Melbourne 7,700 Tim Davies L NSL Cup 1980 NSL Cup #CCFFCC Win 1px solid #AAAAAA #FFFFCC Draw 1px solid #AAAAAA #FFCCCC Loss 1px solid #AAAAAA First round 25 April 1980 South Melbourne 5–1 http://www.ozfootball.net/ark/NSL/1980/1980NSLCup.html#Round1 Victoria Frankston City Campbell 10 37 Christopoulos 35 65 Cummings 87 Wall 75 Middle Park Soccer Stadium Melbourne 3,000http://www.ozfootball.net/ark/NSL/1980/1980NSLCup.html 1980 National Soccer League Cup Results Stock Greg OzFootball Jim Fearn W Second round 23 July 1980 Heidelberg United 2–1 http://www.ozfootball.net/ark/NSL/1980/1980NSLCup.html#Round2 South Melbourne Yzendoorn 55 Cole 76 Rogers 30 Olympic Park Melbourne 7,232 Henry Witschge L Statistics Appearances and goals Includes all competitions. Players with no appearances not included in the list.http://www.ozfootball.net/ark/NSL/1980/1980NSLSquads_SM.html South Melbourne 1980 Squad OzFootball No. Squad number Pos. Position Nat. Nationality Player National Soccer League NSL Cup Total Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals 1 GK AUS Peter Laumets 26 0 2 0 28 0 2 DF SCO Vince Bannon 26 2 2 0 28 2 3 DF AUS Alan Davidson Australian soccer 17 0 1+1 0 19 0 5 DF AUS Arthur Xanthopoulos 26 2 2 0 28 2 6 MF AUS Billy Rogers soccer 24 3 2 1 26 4 7 — NIR Sammy Wright Northern Irish association footballer 8+2 2 0+1 0 11 2 8 MF AUS George Christopoulos 20+1 3 2 2 23 5 9 FW AUS Steve Kakantonis 2+10 1 0+1 0 13 1 10 FW ENG Alun Evans 24 8 2 0 26 8 11 FW AUS Branko Buljevic 25 10 2 0 27 10 12 DF AUS Kris Kalifatidis 2+10 1 1 0 13 1 14 DF AUS Bertie Lutton 24 0 2 0 26 0 15 FW AUS Duncan Cummings 21+3 5 1 1 25 6 16 FW AUS George Campbell footballer, born 1957 24 6 2 2 26 8 18 DF AUS Steve Blair 14+2 0 1 0 17 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. Squad number Pos. Position Nat. Nationality Player National Soccer League NSL Cup Total 1 14 DF AUS Bertie Lutton 1 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 1 2 8 MF AUS George Christopoulos 3 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 3 2 DF SCO Vince Bannon 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 10 FW ENG Alun Evans 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 5 3 DF AUS Alan Davidson Australian soccer 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 5 DF AUS Arthur Xanthopoulos 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 6 MF AUS Billy Rogers soccer 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 12 DF AUS Kris Kalifatidis 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 15 FW AUS Duncan Cummings 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 16 FW SCO George Campbell footballer, born 1957 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 18 DF AUS Steve Blair 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 Total 14 0 1 2 0 0 16 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. Squad number Nat. Nationality Goalkeeper NSL NSL Cup Total 1 1 AUS Peter Laumets 12 0 12 Total 12 0 12 References Category:South Melbourne FC seasons South Melbourne