1980 Footscray JUST season
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.
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Head Coach | Rocco Ille Bobby McLachlan Jim Kriaris |
Stadium | Middle Park Soccer Stadium Western Oval Olympic Park |
National Soccer League | 9th |
NSL Cup | First round |
Top goalscorer | League: Dragan Vasic (7) All: Dragan Vasic (7) |
Highest home attendance | 6,734 vs. Heidelberg United (17 August 1980) National Soccer League |
Lowest home attendance | 800 vs. Canberra City (28 June 1980) National Soccer League |
Average home league attendance | 2,613 |
Biggest win | 3–0 vs. South Melbourne (H) (4 May 1980) National Soccer League 3–0 vs. Blacktown City (H) (21 September 1980) National Soccer League |
Biggest defeat | 0–4 vs. Marconi Fairfield (H) (27 July 1980) National Soccer League |
Players
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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Competitions
Overall record
Competition | First match | Last match | Starting round | Final position | Record | |||||||
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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 | 26.92 |
NSL Cup | 25 April 1980 | First round | First round | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | +0 | 0.00 | |
Total | 27 | 7 | 10 | 10 | 34 | 43 | −9 | 25.93 |
Source: Competitions
National Soccer League
League table
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
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1 | Sydney City (C) | 26 | 16 | 5 | 5 | 51 | 26 | +25 | 37 | Qualification to Finals series[lower-alpha 1] |
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 |
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated
Notes:
- The Finals series was not considered the championship for the 1980 National Soccer League.
Results summary
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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 |
Source: worldfootball.net
Results by round
Matches
Win Draw Loss
9 March 1980 1 | Brisbane City | 1–1 | Footscray JUST | Brisbane |
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Stadium: Perry Park Attendance: 3,150[1] Referee: Peter Rampley |
22 March 1980 3 | Footscray JUST | 3–1 | Brisbane Lions | Melbourne |
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Stadium: Middle Park Soccer Stadium Attendance: 2,210 Referee: Stewart Mellings |
30 March 1980 4 | Adelaide City | 4–1 | Footscray JUST | Adelaide |
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Stadium: Olympic Sports Field Attendance: 3,300 Referee: Dennis Stanley |
6 April 1980 5 | Footscray JUST | 5–3 | St George-Budapest | Melbourne |
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Stadium: Western Oval Attendance: 3,540 Referee: Evan Venios |
13 April 1980 6 | Marconi Fairfield | 2–2 | Footscray JUST | Sydney |
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Stadium: Marconi Oval Attendance: 5,666 Referee: Doug Rennie |
20 April 1980 7 | Footscray JUST | 2–1 | Newcastle KB United | Melbourne |
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Stadium: Western Oval Attendance: 4,015 Referee: Chris Bambridge |
27 April 1980 8 | Heidelberg United | 3–2 | Footscray JUST | Melbourne |
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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 |
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Stadium: Hindmarsh Stadium Attendance: 2,450 Referee: Don Campbell |
18 May 1980 11 | Footscray JUST | 1–2 | Sydney City | Melbourne |
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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 |
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Stadium: Middle Park Soccer Stadium Attendance: 1,000 Referee: Evan Venios |
22 June 1980 16 | Footscray JUST | 1–3 | Adelaide City | Melbourne |
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Stadium: Olympic Park Attendance: 1,916 Referee: Chris Bambridge |
28 June 1980 2 | Footscray JUST | 0–1 | Canberra City | Melbourne |
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Stadium: Middle Park Soccer Stadium Attendance: 800 Referee: Tony Beazleigh |
13 July 1980 17 | Brisbane Lions | 1–1 | Footscray JUST | Brisbane |
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Stadium: Lions Stadium Attendance: 2,500 Referee: Doug Rennie |
20 July 1980 18 | St George-Budapest | 1–1 | Footscray JUST | Sydney |
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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 |
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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 |
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Stadium: Western Oval Attendance: 6,734 Referee: Chris Bambridge |
31 August 1980 22 | South Melbourne | 3–0 | Footscray JUST | Melbourne |
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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 |
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Stadium: ES Marks Athletics Field Attendance: 1,500 Referee: Doug Rennie |
21 September 1980 25 | Footscray JUST | 3–0 | Blacktown City | Melbourne |
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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) | Green Gully | Melbourne |
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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 | |||
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Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||||
1 | GK | Dennis Boland | 24 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 0 | |
2 | DF | Igor Hazabent | 19+1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 21 | 2 | |
3 | DF | Chris Petrov | 20+5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 26 | 1 | |
4 | DF | Jim O'Reilly | 22 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 23 | 0 | |
5 | DF | Jim Kondarios | 20+1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 2 | |
6 | MF | Slobodan Jovanovic | 19+2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 22 | 1 | |
7 | FW | Dragan Vasic | 23+3 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 27 | 7 | |
8 | MF | Zoran Ilioski | 22+4 | 3 | 0+1 | 0 | 27 | 3 | |
9 | MF | Josip Picioane | 20 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 21 | 4 | |
10 | FW | Peter Ollerton | 12 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 4 | |
11 | MF | Zdravko Lujic | 26 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 27 | 6 | |
12 | MF | Mirko Rujevic | 18 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 19 | 0 | |
14 | MF | Vlatko Belic | 16+5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 22 | 2 | |
16 | FW | Paul Simic | 1+6 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 8 | 0 | |
20 | GK | Steve Potter | 2+2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | |
— | FW | Bruno Cozzella | 1+5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | |
— | DF | Jim Kriaris | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | |
— | DF | Kyri Kyriakouleas | 13+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 0 | |
— | DF | 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 | ||||||
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1 | 1 | GK | Dennis Boland | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | |
2 | 2 | DF | Igor Hazabent | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | |
5 | DF | Jim Kondarios | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||
6 | MF | Slobodan Jovanovic | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||
— | DF | Kyri Kyriakouleas | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||
6 | 3 | DF | Chris Petrov | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
4 | DF | Jim O'Reilly | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
9 | MF | Josip Picioane | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
10 | FW | Peter Ollerton | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
11 | MF | Zdravko Lujic | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
12 | MF | Mirko Rujevic | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
14 | MF | Vlatko Belic | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
13 | 7 | FW | Dragan Vasic | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
— | DF | 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 |
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1 | 1 | Dennis Boland | 7 | 7 | 0 | |
Total | 7 | 0 | 7 |
References
- Stock, Greg. "1980 National Soccer League Results". OzFootball.
- Stock, Greg. "1980 National Soccer League Cup Results". OzFootball.
- "Footscray JUST 1980 Squad". OzFootball.