National Soccer League 1983
Encyclopedia
The National Soccer League 1983 season was the seventh season of the National Soccer League
in Australia
. The champions were St George
, winning the title on the last day of the season from Sydney City SC.
National Soccer League
The National Soccer League is the former national association football competition in Australasia, overseen by Soccer Australia and later the Australian Soccer Association. The NSL spanned 28 seasons from its inception in 1977, until its demise in 2004...
in Australia
Australia
Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...
. The champions were St George
St George Saints
The St. George Saints Football Club are an Association football club based in the St. George region of Sydney in New South Wales, Australia. The club plays its home games at St. George Stadium, after playing a brief stint at Belmore Sports Ground in the 2007-08. The St...
, winning the title on the last day of the season from Sydney City SC.
League table
| Pos | Club | P | W | D | L | GF | GA | Pts |
| 1 | St George Saints St George Saints The St. George Saints Football Club are an Association football club based in the St. George region of Sydney in New South Wales, Australia. The club plays its home games at St. George Stadium, after playing a brief stint at Belmore Sports Ground in the 2007-08. The St... |
30 | 15 | 10 | 5 | 47 | 27 | 55 |
| 2 | Sydney City Sydney City Soccer Club Sydney City Soccer Club is a football club from Sydney, Australia.The club was formed in 1939 as Sydney Hakoah by members of the Sydney Jewish community. They played between 1977 and 1986 in the National Soccer League as Eastern Suburbs and Sydney City... |
30 | 15 | 9 | 6 | 48 | 30 | 54 |
| 3 | Preston | 30 | 15 | 7 | 8 | 47 | 32 | 52 |
| 4 | South Melbourne South Melbourne FC South Melbourne FC is a football club based in South Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.Considered the most successful association football club in Australia, they have won four national championships, a string of Victorian State League titles, and represented Oceania in the 2000 FIFA Club World... |
30 | 15 | 7 | 8 | 44 | 36 | 52 |
| 5 | Newcastle KB United Newcastle KB United Newcastle KB United are a defunct Australian association football club. They participated in the National Soccer League from 1978 until early in the 1984 season.-History:... |
30 | 14 | 7 | 9 | 45 | 26 | 49 |
| 6 | Heidelberg United Heidelberg United Heidelberg United Football Club is a football club based in the northern Melbourne suburb of Heidelberg, Victoria, Australia... |
30 | 11 | 10 | 9 | 39 | 38 | 43 |
| 7 | Sydney Olympic Sydney Olympic FC Sydney Olympic Football Club is an Australian football club that plays in the NSW Premier League. It competed in the National Soccer League from 1977 until the league's demise in 2004, having won the championship in 1989–90, 2001–02, the League Cup in 1980, the minor premiership in 2002–03 and the... |
30 | 12 | 5 | 13 | 38 | 36 | 41 |
| 8 | A.P.I.A. Leichhardt Tigers A.P.I.A. Leichhardt Tigers APIA Leichhardt Tigers Football Club, also known as APIA Tigers and Sydney Tigers, is an Australian football club based in Sydney, Australia. The club was formed in 1954, known as APIA Leichhardt, by Italian Australians... |
30 | 11 | 6 | 13 | 42 | 36 | 39 |
| 9 | Marconi Fairfield Marconi Stallions The Marconi Stallions Football Club is an Australian football club located in Sydney, Australia. The club won the National Soccer League title a record four times, along with South Melbourne FC and Sydney City SC... |
30 | 9 | 11 | 10 | 43 | 41 | 38 |
| 10 | Canberra City Canberra City SC Canberra City Football Club, also known for some time as the Canberra Arrows, is an Australian football club based in Canberra in the ACT... |
30 | 11 | 5 | 14 | 47 | 53 | 38 |
| 11 | Adelaide City Adelaide City Adelaide City is a football club in Adelaide, South Australia. They are also known as The Zebras. They played in the National Soccer League for 27 Seasons but withdrew just prior to the 2003/2004 season. They now play in the South Australian Super League. City won the inaugural Super League... |
30 | 10 | 6 | 14 | 37 | 38 | 36 |
| 12 | Footscray JUST Footscray JUST Footscray JUST is a defunct association football club from Melbourne, Australia.Established in 1950 by migrants from Yugoslavia they played in the Victorian leagues with a fair amount of success, winning five Victorian State League titles, and three Dockerty Cup titles... |
30 | 9 | 9 | 12 | 25 | 42 | 36 |
| 13 | West Adelaide West Adelaide SC West Adelaide Soccer Club is an Australian football club from Adelaide, Australia. Currently it plays in the FFSA State League Competition. It participated in the National Soccer League from the 1977 season until the end of the 1998/99 season, except for the periods 1987-89 and 1990-91. It was... |
30 | 7 | 12 | 11 | 25 | 36 | 33 |
| 14 | Brisbane City | 30 | 8 | 9 | 13 | 33 | 50 | 33 |
| 15 | Wollongong City Wollongong Wolves The South Coast Wolves Football Club is an Australian Association football club based in the Illawarra region of New South Wales, Australia currently playing in the NSW Premier League.The club was formed in 2009 as a not for profit organisation, run and owned by the community since the financial... |
30 | 4 | 15 | 11 | 41 | 55 | 27 |
| 16 | Brisbane Lions Queensland Lions Soccer Club Queensland Lions Football Club is an football club based in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.-History:The club was founded in 1957 as Hollandia-Inala Soccer Club by Dutch immigrants. From the start they were based at grounds in the Brisbane suburb of Richlands, where they still play... |
30 | 6 | 8 | 16 | 36 | 61 | 26 |
Individual awards
- Player of the Year: Joe WatsonJoe Watson (footballer)Joseph Watson was an Australian footballer who played as a winger in a 24-year career extending from 1968 to 1992.-Playing career:...
(Sydney CitySydney City Soccer ClubSydney City Soccer Club is a football club from Sydney, Australia.The club was formed in 1939 as Sydney Hakoah by members of the Sydney Jewish community. They played between 1977 and 1986 in the National Soccer League as Eastern Suburbs and Sydney City...
) - U-21 Player of the Year: Oscar CrinoOscar Crino----Oscar Crino is a former Australian international footballer who played as a central midfielder.Crino played primarily in the National Soccer League with South Melbourne, Footscray JUST and Preston...
(South MelbourneSouth Melbourne FCSouth Melbourne FC is a football club based in South Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.Considered the most successful association football club in Australia, they have won four national championships, a string of Victorian State League titles, and represented Oceania in the 2000 FIFA Club World...
) - Top Scorer(s): Doug BrownDoug BrownDoug Brown may refer to:*Doug Brown , American distance runner and two-time Olympian , who represented United States at the 1972 Summer Olympics...
(South MelbourneSouth Melbourne FCSouth Melbourne FC is a football club based in South Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.Considered the most successful association football club in Australia, they have won four national championships, a string of Victorian State League titles, and represented Oceania in the 2000 FIFA Club World...
– 16 goals) - Coach of the Year: Frank ArokFrank ArokFerenc 'Frank' Arok is a retired Serbian football player and coach of Hungarian descent....
(St GeorgeSt George SaintsThe St. George Saints Football Club are an Association football club based in the St. George region of Sydney in New South Wales, Australia. The club plays its home games at St. George Stadium, after playing a brief stint at Belmore Sports Ground in the 2007-08. The St...
)