1980 National Soccer League

The National Soccer League 1980 season was the fourth season of the National Soccer League in Australia. The champions were Sydney City SC, their second title after winning the 1977 season (as Eastern Suburbs).

National Soccer League
Season1980
Dates9 March – 28 September 1980
ChampionsSydney City
2nd National Soccer League title
RelegatedSt George-Budapest
Matches played182
Goals scored513 (2.82 per match)
Top goalscorerGary Cole (21 goals)
Biggest home winMarconi Fairfield 9–0 Blacktown City
(16 March 1980)
Biggest away winAPIA Leichhardt 0–5 Heidelberg United
(17 June 1979)
Highest scoringMarconi Fairfield 9–0 Blacktown City
(16 March 1980)
Longest winning run5 matches
Heidelberg United
Marconi Fairfield
Sydney City
Longest unbeaten run10 matches
Marconi Fairfield
Longest winless run14 matches
Brisbane Lions
Longest losing run5 matches
Blacktown City
West Adelaide
Highest attendance15,000
Heielberg United 1–2 South Melbourne
(6 July 1980)
Lowest attendance800
Footscray JUST 0–1 Canberra City
(28 June 1980)
Total attendance670,068
Average attendance3,682
← 1979
1981 →

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[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
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
Home \ Away ADE API BLA BRC BRL CAN FOO HEI MAR NKU SOU STG SYC WES
Adelaide City — 3–2 1–1 0–0 1–1 4–1 1–0 0–1 1–3 0–1 6–1 1–0 1–0
APIA Leichhardt 2–1 — 0–0 2–1 0–0 2–1 0–0 0–5 2–2 1–0 1–0 1–2 2–2 2–0
Blacktown City 1–2 0–0 — 3–1 4–1 1–0 3–0 1–2 5–1 1–1 0–3 4–2 1–3 1–0
Brisbane City 1–2 1–0 1–2 — 1–1 1–1 1–1 7–0 2–1 1–2 0–1 0–1 1–0 1–1
Brisbane Lions 1–2 2–1 1–0 1–0 — 0–0 1–1 1–2 0–0 1–4 1–2 0–0 2–0 2–1
Canberra City 1–0 2–2 0–1 1–1 2–4 — 0–0 0–1 0–1 1–2 0–0 4–1 2–3 4–3
Footscray JUST 1–3 1–0 3–0 1–1 3–1 0–1 — 0–2 0–4 2–1 3–0 5–3 1–2 0–3
Heidelberg United 0–0 5–1 5–1 3–1 1–0 2–0 3–2 — 3–3 4–0 1–2 4–2 0–0 4–2
Marconi Fairfield 2–1 1–2 9–0 4–0 2–1 3–2 2–2 1–1 — 4–1 1–4 0–0 2–0 2–1
Newcastle KB United 3–1 1–0 1–0 1–1 0–0 0–4 0–0 3–1 0–1 — 1–0 2–1 0–3 2–0
South Melbourne 2–1 1–0 5–0 3–3 2–2 1–0 3–0 0–0 3–1 0–0 — 2–1 1–2 2–0
St George-Budapest 1–4 1–0 4–1 1–1 2–3 1–5 1–1 3–5 0–3 0–3 0–3 — 0–2 3–1
Sydney City 2–1 4–2 3–0 2–1 1–1 0–2 2–2 1–1 2–1 2–0 2–1 4–1 — 7–0
West Adelaide 0–2 0–4 4–2 1–0 1–1 2–0 0–2 1–0 0–1 1–1 1–0 1–0 0–2 —
Source: OzFootball
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
For upcoming matches, an "a" indicates there is an article about the rivalry between the two participants.

Individual awards

References
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