1962 in Australian soccer

The 1962 season was the first season of national competitive association football in Australia and 79th overall. The Australian Soccer Association introduced their Australia Cup, a knockout tournament.

Soccer in Australia
Season1962
Men's soccer
NSW Federation PremiersBudapest
NSW Federation Grand final winnersHakoah
Australian Interstate ChampionshipsNew South Wales
Australia CupYugal
Australia

Domestic leagues

New South Wales Federation of Soccer Clubs
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Budapest 22 13 4 5 61 45 +16 30 Qualification for Finals series
2 Hakoah 22 13 3 6 47 26 +21 29
3 A.P.I.A. 22 13 3 6 65 38 +27 29
4 Yugal 22 12 4 6 55 53 +2 28
5 Prague 22 10 6 6 55 46 +9 26
6 Bankstown 22 11 2 9 45 36 +9 24
7 Pan Hellenic 22 10 2 10 46 42 +4 22
8 South Coast United 22 10 2 10 41 43 −2 22
9 Auburn 22 7 2 13 40 55 −15 16
10 Gladesville 22 5 4 13 23 48 −25 14
11 Canterbury 22 4 5 13 44 55 −11 13
12 Polonia–North Side 22 3 5 14 32 67 −35 11 Relegated to Second Division
Source: [1]

Finals
Semi-finals
8–9 September		Final (replay)
16 & 19 September		Grand final
23 September
1Budapest22Hakoah4
2Hakoah51Budapest2
1Budapest1(3)
4SSC Yugal1(2)
3A.P.I.A.2
4SSC Yugal3
8 September 1962 Minor semi-final SSC Yugal 3–2 APIA Leichhardt Moore Park, Sydney
  • H. Ringhoff
  • I. Milankovic
  • A. Nincevic
Stadium: Sydney Sports Ground
Attendance: 12,000
Referee: R. Pearce
9 September 1962 Major semi-final Hakoah 5–2 Budapest Moore Park, Sydney
  • J. Galambos ?'
  • E. Massey ?'
 Stadium: Sydney Sports Ground
Attendance: 12,300
Referee: F. Sibsa
16 September 1962 Final Budapest 1–1 SSC Yugal Moore Park, Sydney
  • E. Massey ?'
  • S. Pacanin ?'
 Stadium: Sydney Sports Ground
Attendance: 15,800
Referee: F. Sibsa
19 September 1962 Final (replay) Budapest 3–2 SSC Yugal Moore Park, Sydney
  • J. Pompor ?', ?'
  • J. Vasvary ?'
  • S. Pacanin ?'
  • A. Nincevic ?'
 Stadium: Sydney Sports Ground
Attendance: 10,000
Referee: R. Pearce
23 September 1962 Grand Final Hakoah 4–2 Budapest Moore Park, Sydney
  • A. Hetherington ?'
  • J. Medina ?'
 Stadium: Sydney Sports Ground
Attendance: 26,770
Referee: 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.[1][2]

Preliminary Rounds
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 New South Wales 3 2 1 0 6 3 +3 5 Qualification for Final
2 Queensland 3 2 0 1 10 6 +4 4
3 South Australia 3 1 1 1 6 8 −2 3
4 Victoria 3 0 0 3 4 9 −5 0
Source: [1][2]

Final

New South Wales won the two-legged final 7–4 on aggregate.

25 July 1962 (1962-07-25) Final Queensland 1–3 New South Wales Brisbane, Queensland
  • B. Tristam ?'
Stadium: Brisbane Exhibition Oval
Attendance: 5,000
Referee: C. Bartolo (Victoria)
18 August 1962 (1962-08-18) Final New South Wales 4–3
(7–4 agg.)		 Queensland Sydney, New South Wales
  • G. McMillan ?'
  • B. Tristam ?'
  • M. Wild ?'
 Stadium: Sydney Sports Ground
Attendance: 8,000
Referee: D. Gardner (South Australia)

Cup competitions

Australia Cup
Main article: 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.[3] 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.[4]

Final
Main article: 1962 Australia Cup Final
Yugal8–1St George Budapest
Jelisavcic ?', ?', ?', ?'
Schwartz ?', ?'
Nincevich ?'
Pacanin ?'		 Buchanan ?'
Attendance: 11,014
Referee: G. Hosie

References
  1. "Australian Soccer Year Book 1963". Soccer World Annual. Sydney: N.S.W. Federation of Soccer Clubs. 1963. Retrieved 4 September 2023.
  2. "Victorian Soccer Year Book 1963". Melbourne: Victorian Soccer Federation. 1963. Retrieved 4 September 2023.
  3. Andrew Robinson (8 June 2016). "Australia Cup 1962 – Results".
  4. "Hakoah Beat Budapest In Grand Final AKA Soccer Cup Final In Australia (1962)". YouTube. British Pathe.


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