1984 in Australian soccer

Soccer in Australia
Season	1984
Men's soccer
National Soccer League	South Melbourne
NSL Cup	Newcastle Rosebud United

The 1984 season was the 15th season of national competitive association football in Australia and 101st overall.

National teams

Australia men's national soccer team

Results and fixtures

Friendlies

3 November 1984	China	3–2	Australia	Beijing, China
		Report	Kosmina ?', ?'	Attendance: ^[1]

Australia women's national soccer team

Friendlies

12 December 1984 Women's World Invitational Tournament	Australia	0–3	New Zealand	Taipei, Taiwan
	Jacobson ?', ?' Sharpe ?'	Report

13 December 1984 Women's World Invitational Tournament	Chinese Taipei	0–0	Australia	Taipei, Taiwan
		Report

Australia men's national under-23 soccer team

Domestic soccer

National Soccer League

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Northern Conference

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Sydney City	28	17	8	3	67	21	+46	42	Qualification to Finals series
2	Sydney Olympic	28	16	8	4	61	27	+34	40
3	Marconi Fairfield	28	12	8	8	58	39	+19	32
4	APIA Leichhardt	28	12	8	8	43	35	+8	32
5	Blacktown City	28	12	6	10	43	48	−5	30
6	Sydney Croatia	28	8	11	9	32	38	−6	27
7	Penrith City	28	8	10	10	29	41	−12	26
8	Newcastle Rosebud United	28	11	4	13	35	52	−17	26
9	Canberra Arrows	28	12	1	15	47	39	+8	25
10	St George-Budapest	28	8	9	11	38	41	−3	25
11	Melita Eagles (R)	28	8	8	12	23	38	−15	24	Relegation to the 1985 NSW State League
12	Wollongong City	28	5	5	18	22	59	−37	15

Updated to match(es) played on unknown. Source: rsssf.com
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(R) Relegated

Southern Conference

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	South Melbourne (C)	28	18	4	6	48	20	+28	40	Qualification to Finals series
2	Heidelberg United	28	14	7	7	37	27	+10	35
3	Melbourne Croatia	28	13	7	8	38	31	+7	33
4	Brisbane Lions	28	12	6	10	38	36	+2	30
5	Brunswick Juventus	28	13	4	11	36	42	−6	30
6	Preston Makedonia	28	11	6	11	42	33	+9	28
7	Adelaide City	28	10	5	13	33	34	−1	25
8	Footscray JUST	28	10	5	13	29	33	−4	25
9	Green Gully	28	9	6	13	34	36	−2	24
10	West Adelaide	28	8	5	15	40	52	−12	21
11	Brisbane City	28	8	5	15	21	39	−18	21
12	Sunshine George Cross	28	5	6	17	24	57	−33	16

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

Finals series

Northern Conference


Elimination and qualifying Finals			Semi-finals			Preliminary Final			Northern Final



			1	Sydney City	1 (4)				1	Sydney City	1

			2	Sydney Olympic	1 (2)				2	Sydney Olympic	2

2	Sydney Olympic	2				2	Sydney Olympic	3

3	Marconi Fairfield	1				4	APIA Leichhardt Tigers	0

			3	Marconi Fairfield	3 (3)

			4	APIA Leichhardt Tigers	3 (4)

4	APIA Leichhardt Tigers	3

5	Blacktown City	1

Southern Conference


Elimination and qualifying Finals			Semi-finals			Preliminary Final			Southern Final



			1	South Melbourne	3				1	South Melbourne	4

			3	Melbourne Croatia	2				2	Heidelberg United	2

2	Heidelberg United	1				2	Heidelberg United	3

3	Melbourne Croatia	2				3	Melbourne Croatia	1

			2	Heidelberg United	0 (3)

			4	Brisbane Lions	0 (2)

4	Brisbane Lions	4

5	Brunswick Juventus	2

Grand Final

24 October 1984

South Melbourne	2–1	Sydney Olympic
Egan 43', 64'	Report	Koussas 5'

Olympic Park, Melbourne

Attendance: 10,000

Referee: Doug Rennie

28 October 1984

Sydney Olympic	1–2	South Melbourne
Theodorakopoulos 34'	Report	Crino 10' Yzendoorn 18'

St George Stadium, Sydney

Attendance: 11,221

Referee: Chris Bambridge

NSL Cup

Final

12 September 1984

Melbourne Knights	0–1	Newcastle Rosebud United
	Report	Todd 29'

Olympic Park, Melbourne

Attendance: 4,000

Referee: Stewart Mellings

References

^ "Socceroo Internationals for 1984". ozfootball.net. Retrieved 20 March 2021.
^ "OzFootball Archives - 1984 NSL Season table". ozfootball.net. Retrieved 20 March 2021.

External links

Football Australia official website

[1] "Socceroo Internationals for 1984". ozfootball.net. Retrieved 20 March 2021.

[2] "OzFootball Archives - 1984 NSL Season table". ozfootball.net. Retrieved 20 March 2021.

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