1962 in Australian soccer

none July 2020 July 2020 yes Australia 1962 NSW Federation Premiers Budapest NSW Federation Grand final winners Hakoah Australian Interstate Championships New South Wales Australia Cup Yugal 1963 yes The 1962 season was the first season of national competitive soccer in Australia and 79th overall. The Australian Soccer Association introduced their Australia Cup, a knockout tournament. Domestic leagues New South Wales Federation of Soccer Clubs main WDL complete 2 BUD HAK API YUG PRA BAN PAN SCU AUB GLA CAN PNS 13 4 5 61 45 F 13 3 6 47 26 F 13 3 6 65 38 F 12 4 6 55 53 F 10 6 6 55 46 11 2 9 45 36 10 2 10 46 42 10 2 10 41 43 7 2 13 40 55 5 4 13 23 48 4 5 13 44 55 3 5 14 32 67 R Budapest Hakoah A.P.I.A. Yugal Prague Bankstown Pan Hellenic South Coast United Auburn Gladesville Canterbury Polonia–North Side QR green1 Qualification for Finals series red1 Relegated to Second Division Finals yes yes Semi-finals 8–9 September 1 Budapest 2 2 Hakoah 5 3 A.P.I.A. 2 4 SSC Yugal 3 Final (replay) 16 & 19 September 1 Budapest 1(3) 4 SSC Yugal 1(2) Grand final 23 September 2 Hakoah 4 1 Budapest 2 Minor semi-final 8 September 1962 3–2 SSC Yugal H. Ringhoff I. Milankovic A. Nincevic APIA Leichhardt L. Baumgartner P. Turella Sydney Sports Ground Moore Park, Sydney 12,000 R. Pearce Major semi-final 9 September 1962 5–2 Hakoah H. Ninaus ? ? ? K. Jaros ? R. Levi ? Budapest J. Galambos ? E. Massey ? Moore Park, Sydney Sydney Sports Ground 12,300 F. Sibsa Final 16 September 1962 1–1 Budapest E. Massey ? SSC Yugal S. Pacanin ? Moore Park, Sydney Sydney Sports Ground 15,800 F. Sibsa Final (replay) 19 September 1962 3–2 Budapest J. Pompor ? ? J. Vasvary ? SSC Yugal S. Pacanin ? A. Nincevic ? Moore Park, Sydney Sydney Sports Ground 10,000 R. Pearce collapsible Grand Final 23 September 1962 4–2 Hakoah H. Ninaus ? ? ? A. Blutsch ? Budapest A. Hetherington ? J. Medina ? Moore Park, Sydney Sydney Sports Ground 26,770 R. Pearce Interstate Championships New South Wales won the first Australian Interstate Championship sponsored by the Australian Federation. The total attendance for all Australian Interstate Championship matches was 64,000. Australian Soccer Year Book 1963 https://archive.org/details/soccer-world-annual-1963 Soccer World Annual Sydney N.S.W. Federation of Soccer Clubs 1963 4 September 2023 Victorian Soccer Year Book 1963 https://archive.org/details/victorian-soccer-federation-yearbook-1963/page/n45/mode/2up Melbourne Victorian Soccer Federation 1963 4 September 2023 Preliminary Rounds main WDL complete 2 NSW QLD SA VIC F F 2 1 0 6 3 2 0 1 10 6 1 1 1 6 8 0 0 3 4 9 New South Wales Queensland South Australia Victoria QR green1 Qualification for Final Final New South Wales won the two-legged final 7–4 on aggregate. Queensland v New South Wales 1962 7 25 y Final 1–3 Queensland B. Tristam ? New South Wales L. Baumgartner ? H. Ninaus ? K. Jaros ? Brisbane Exhibition Oval Brisbane, Queensland 5,000 C. Bartolo (Victoria) New South Wales v Queensland 1962 8 18 y Final 4–3 New South Wales R. Levi ? K. Jaros ? L. Baumgartner ? J. Watkiss ? Queensland G. McMillan ? B. Tristam ? M. Wild ? Sydney Sports Ground Sydney, New South Wales 8,000 D. Gardner (South Australia) 7–4 Cup competitions Australia Cup 1962 Australia Cup The competition began on 2 November 1962. Sixteen clubs had entered the competition with the final two clubs Yugal and St George-Budapest qualifying for the Final.http://elitetograssroots.net/qbst/1_australia_cup/ac1962.htm Australia Cup 1962 – Results 8 June 2016 Andrew Robinson Yugal won the final 8–1 with four goals from Tiko Jelisavčić, two goals from Eric Schwarts and one goal each for Tony Nincevich and Slavko Pacanin.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sghbx9PpUTQ Hakoah Beat Budapest In Grand Final AKA Soccer Cup Final In Australia (1962) British Pathe YouTube Final 1962 Australia Cup Final References External links Football Federation Australia official website Category:Soccer in Australia by season Soccer