1985 in Australian soccer

16th season of national competitive association football in Australia

Soccer in Australia
Season1985
Men's soccer
NSL PremiershipSydney City
South Melbourne
NSL ChampionshipBrunswick Juventus
NSL CupSydney Olympic
← 1984 Australia 1986 →

The 1985 season was the 16th season of national competitive association football in Australia and 102nd overall.

National teams

Australia men's national soccer team

Results and fixtures

Friendlies
Australia  v  China
27 September 1985 Ampol Cup Australia  3–0  China Brisbane, Australia
  • Kosmina 9'
  • Crino 14'
  • Watson 63'
 Report Stadium: Lang Park
Attendance: 4,823[1]
Referee: Bill Monteverde (Australia)
1986 FIFA World Cup qualification
Group C
Pos Team
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 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Australia 6 4 2 0 20 2 +18 10 Advance to Inter-confederation play-offs — 1–1 2–0 8–0
2  Israel 6 3 1 2 17 6 +11 7 1–2 — 3–0 5–0
3  New Zealand 6 3 1 2 13 7 +6 7 0–0 3–1 — 5–0
4  Chinese Taipei 6 0 0 6 1 36 −35 0 0–7 0–6 1–5 —
Source: RSSSF
New Zealand  v  Australia
21 September 1985 New Zealand  0–0  Australia Auckland, New Zealand
Report Stadium: Mount Smart Stadium
Attendance: 14,286
Referee: Keith Hackett (England)
Israel  v  Australia
8 October 1985 Israel  1–2  Australia Ramat Gan, Israel
 Report
Stadium: Ramat Gan Stadium
Attendance: 45,000
Referee: Luigi Agnolin (Italy)
Australia  v  Israel
20 October 1985 Australia  1–1  Israel Melbourne, Australia
Report
Stadium: Olympic Park
Attendance: 27,000
Referee: José Rosa dos Santos (Portugal)
Chinese Taipei  v  Australia
23 October 1985 Chinese Taipei  0–7  Australia Adelaide, Australia
Report
  • Dunn 2', 89' (pen.)
  • Chiang 13' (o.g.)
  • Mitchell 57', 59', 87'
  • Arnold 68'
 Stadium: Hindmarsh Stadium
Attendance: 2,000
Referee: John Cameron (New Zealand
Australia  v  Chinese Taipei
27 October 1985 Australia  8–0  Chinese Taipei Sydney, Australia
 Report Stadium: St George Stadium
Attendance: 2,694
Referee: Bill Munro (New Zealand)
Australia  v  New Zealand
3 November 1985 Australia  2–0  New Zealand Sydney, Australia
 Report Stadium: Sydney Sports Ground
Attendance: 21,910
Referee: Gerard Guerds (Netherlands
Inter-confederation play-offs
Scotland  v  Australia
20 November 1985 First leg Scotland  2–0  Australia Glasgow, Scotland
 Report Stadium: Hampden Park
Attendance: 62,239
Referee: Vojtech Christov (Czechoslovakia)
Australia  v  Scotland
4 December 1985 Second leg Australia  0–0  Scotland Melbourne, Australia
Report Stadium: Olympic Park
Attendance: 29,852
Referee: José Roberto Wright (Brazil)

Australia men's national under-20 soccer team

Results and fixtures

1985 FIFA World Youth Championship
Group C
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Soviet Union (H) 3 2 1 0 7 1 +6 5 Advance to knockout stage
2  Nigeria 3 2 0 1 5 4 +1 4
3  Australia 3 0 2 1 2 3 −1 2
4  Canada 3 0 1 2 0 7 −7 1
Source: RSSSF
(H) Hosts
Soviet Union  v  Australia
24 August 1985 Soviet Union  0–0  Australia Minsk, Soviet Union
15:00 MT Report Stadium: Dinamo Stadium
Attendance: 16,000
Referee: Victoriano Sánchez Arminio (Spain)
Australia  v  Canada
27 August 1985 Australia  0–0  Canada Minsk, Soviet Union
19:00 MT Report Stadium: Dinamo Stadium
Attendance: 8,000
Referee: Ali Ben Nasser (Tunisia)
Australia  v  Nigeria
29 August 1985 Australia  2–3  Nigeria Minsk, Soviet Union
19:00 MT
Report
  • Adeleye 63'
  • Monday 78'
  • Anunobi 79'
 Stadium: Traktor Stadium
Attendance: 7,000
Referee: Shizuo Takada (Japan)
1985 OFC U-20 Championship
Pos Team
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 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Australia (H) 5 5 0 0 20 4 +16 10 Qualification for 1985 FIFA World Youth Championship
2  Israel 5 3 1 1 15 6 +9 7
3  New Zealand 5 3 0 2 21 9 +12 6
4  Chinese Taipei 5 2 0 3 7 12 −5 4
5  Fiji 5 1 1 3 9 12 −3 3
6  Papua New Guinea 5 0 0 5 2 31 −29 0
Source: RSSSF
(H) Hosts
Australia  v  New Zealand
15 February 1985 Australia  2–1  New Zealand Sydney, Australia
 Report
  • Cave 30' (pen.)
 Referee: Tilinger Yeir (Israel)
Australia  v  Fiji
17 February 1985 Australia  6–1  Fiji Sydney, Australia
  • Kalantzis 21', 78'
  • Hristodoulou 37', 72'
  • Panagis 49'
  • Ingham 62'
 Report
  • Evans 57' (pen.)
 Referee: Chen Ming Chen (Chinese Taipei)
Australia  v  Chinese Taipei
20 February 1985 Australia  3–0  Chinese Taipei Sydney, Australia
  • Panagis 28'
  • Bernal 52'
  • Hristodoulou 60'
 Report Referee: Don Campbell
Australia  v  Papua New Guinea
22 February 1985 Australia  6–0  Papua New Guinea Sydney, Australia
  • Kalantzis 5', 26', 38', 70'
  • Hristodoulou 21'
  • Kanesoulis 78'
 Report Referee: Lennox Sharp (New Zealand)
Australia  v  Israel
24 February 1985 Australia  3–2  Israel Sydney, Australia
 Report
Referee: Chen Ming Chen (Chinese Taipei)

Australia men's national under-17 soccer team

Results and fixtures

1985 FIFA U-16 World Championship
Group B
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Australia 3 3 0 0 4 1 +3 6 Advance to knockout stage
2  West Germany 3 1 1 1 5 3 +2 3
3  Argentina 3 1 1 1 5 4 +1 3
4  Congo 3 0 0 3 4 10 −6 0
Source: RSSSF
Australia  v  Argentina
31 July 1985 Australia  1–0  Argentina Tianjin, China
19:00 CST
  • Naven 28'
 Report Stadium: Minyuan Stadium
Attendance: 20,000
Referee: Joaquin Urrea (Mexico)
Australia  v  Congo
2 August 1985 Australia  2–1  Congo Tianjin, China
19:00 CST
Report
  • Kakou 76'
 Stadium: Minyuan Stadium
Attendance: 20,000
Referee: Hassan Abdullah Al Mullah (Qatar)
Australia  v  West Germany
4 August 1985 Australia  1–0  West Germany Tianjin, China
19:00 CST Report Stadium: Minyuan Stadium
Attendance: 20,000
Referee: Karim Camara (Guinea)
Knockout stage
Australia  v  Guinea
7 August 1985 Australia  0–0 (a.e.t.)
(2–4 p)		  Guinea Tianjin, China
19:30 CST Report Stadium: Hongqiao Stadium
Attendance: 20,000
Referee: Claudio Pieri (Italy)

Domestic soccer

National Soccer League

For the second season of the conference format in the National Soccer League, Sydney City and South Melbourne won the Premierships from their respective conferences.[2] The Grand Final was played between Sydney City and Brunswick Juventus, which Brunswick won 2–0 on aggregate winning their first national title.[3]

Northern Conference
Pos Team
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 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Sydney City 22 15 5 2 42 19 +23 35 Qualification to Finals series
2 Sydney Croatia 22 14 5 3 50 22 +28 33
3 Marconi Fairfield 22 11 7 4 44 23 +21 29
4 Sydney Olympic 22 12 3 7 29 25 +4 27
5 St George-Budapest 22 7 8 7 31 26 +5 22
6 Canberra City 22 8 6 8 33 35 −2 22
7 Inter Monaro 22 7 6 9 29 37 −8 20
8 Blacktown City 22 7 4 11 30 34 −4 18
9 APIA Leichhardt 22 7 2 13 20 34 −14 16
10 Wollongong City 22 5 6 11 29 46 −17 16
11 Penrith City (R) 22 4 6 12 24 35 −11 14 Relegation to the 1986 NSW State League
12 Newcastle Rosebud United 22 4 4 14 20 45 −25 12
Source: rsssf.com
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(R) Relegated
Southern Conference
Pos Team
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 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 South Melbourne 22 14 5 3 39 21 +18 33 Qualification to Finals series
2 Brunswick Juventus (C) 22 11 7 4 33 19 +14 29
3 Heidelberg United 22 10 7 5 29 17 +12 27
4 Melbourne Croatia 22 9 6 7 29 21 +8 24
5 Preston Makedonia 22 9 6 7 30 28 +2 24
6 Sunshine George Cross 22 8 7 7 25 22 +3 23
7 Brisbane Lions 22 9 4 9 29 29 0 22
8 Green Gully 22 6 6 10 24 29 −5 18
9 Adelaide City 22 6 6 10 29 35 −6 18
10 West Adelaide 22 6 5 11 24 37 −13 17
11 Brisbane City 22 6 5 11 25 42 −17 17
12 Footscray JUST 22 5 2 15 25 41 −16 12
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

NSL Cup

Final

Sydney Olympic2–1Preston Makedonia
Report
  • Cole 13'
Attendance: 6,187
Referee: Don Campbell

Head coach changes

This is a list of changes of head coaches within Australian league soccer:

Team Outgoing head coach Head coaches of departure Date of departure Position in table Incoming head coach Date of appointment
West Adelaide Australia Sam Salabasidis 29 January 1985 Pre-season Australia Neil McGachey[4] 29 January 1985

Retirements

  • 29 January 1985: Michael McLaughlin, 20, former Blacktown City striker.[5]

References

  1. ^ "Socceroo Internationals for 1985". OzFootball.net. Retrieved 28 January 2023.
  2. ^ Howe, Andrew; Punshon, John; Stock, Greg. "1985 National Soccer League Final Tables". OzFootball.net. Retrieved 8 October 2021.
  3. ^ "BRUNSWICK JUVENTUS CHAMPS OF AUSTRALIA". Australian Soccer Weekly. Vol. 6, no. 231. 9 September 1985. p. 1.
  4. ^ "McGACHEY HOPES TO RECAPTURE SPIRIT OF '78". Australian Soccer Weekly. Vol. 6, no. 199. 29 January 1985. p. 10.
  5. ^ "DEMONS' YOUNG STAR QUITS". Australian Soccer Weekly. Vol. 6, no. 199. 29 January 1985. p. 2.
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