1985 in Australian soccer

Soccer in Australia
Season	1985
Men's soccer
NSL Premiership	Sydney City; South Melbourne
NSL Championship	Brunswick Juventus
NSL Cup	Sydney Olympic

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

1986 FIFA World Cup qualification

Group C

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification	File:Flag of Australia (converted).svg	File:Flag of Israel.svg	File:Flag of New Zealand.svg	File:Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg
1	File:Flag of Australia (converted).svg Australia	6	4	2	0	20	2	+18	10	Advance to Inter-confederation play-offs	—	1–1	2–0	8–0
2	File:Flag of Israel.svg Israel	6	3	1	2	17	6	+11	7		1–2	—	3–0	5–0
3	File:Flag of New Zealand.svg New Zealand	6	3	1	2	13	7	+6	7		0–0	3–1	—	5–0
4	File:Flag of Chinese Taipei (Olympics; 1986–2010).svg Chinese Taipei	6	0	0	6	1	36	−35	0		0–7	0–6	1–5	—

Source: RSSSF

21 September 1985	New Zealand File:Flag of New Zealand.svg	0–0	File:Flag of Australia (converted).svg Australia	Auckland, New Zealand
		Report		Stadium: Mount Smart Stadium Attendance: 14,286 Referee: Keith Hackett (England)

20 October 1985	Australia File:Flag of Australia (converted).svg	1–1	File:Flag of Israel.svg Israel	Melbourne, Australia
	Ratcliffe File:Soccerball shade.svg 32'	Report	Cohen File:Soccerball shade.svg 47'	Stadium: Olympic Park Attendance: 27,000 Referee: José Rosa dos Santos (Portugal)

3 November 1985	Australia File:Flag of Australia (converted).svg	2–0	File:Flag of New Zealand.svg New Zealand	Sydney, Australia
	Kosmina File:Soccerball shade.svg 12' Mitchell File:Soccerball shade.svg 48'	Report		Stadium: Sydney Sports Ground Attendance: 21,910 Referee: Gerard Guerds (Netherlands

Inter-confederation play-offs

20 November 1985 First leg	Scotland File:Flag of Scotland.svg	2–0	File:Flag of Australia (converted).svg Australia	Glasgow, Scotland
	Cooper File:Soccerball shade.svg 53' McAvennie File:Soccerball shade.svg 59'	Report		Stadium: Hampden Park Attendance: 62,239 Referee: Vojtech Christov (Czechoslovakia)

4 December 1985 Second leg	Australia File:Flag of Australia (converted).svg	0–0	File:Flag of Scotland.svg 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	File:Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Soviet Union (H)	3	2	1	0	7	1	+6	5	Advance to knockout stage
2	File:Flag of Nigeria.svg Nigeria	3	2	0	1	5	4	+1	4	Advance to knockout stage
3	File:Flag of Australia (converted).svg Australia	3	0	2	1	2	3	−1	2
4	File:Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Canada	3	0	1	2	0	7	−7	1

Source: RSSSF
(H) Hosts

24 August 1985	Soviet Union File:Flag of the Soviet Union.svg	0–0	File:Flag of Australia (converted).svg Australia	Minsk, Soviet Union
15:00 MT		Report		Stadium: Dinamo Stadium Attendance: 16,000 Referee: Victoriano Sánchez Arminio (Spain)

27 August 1985	Australia File:Flag of Australia (converted).svg	0–0	File:Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Canada	Minsk, Soviet Union
19:00 MT		Report		Stadium: Dinamo Stadium Attendance: 8,000 Referee: Ali Ben Nasser (Tunisia)

1985 OFC U-20 Championship

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	File:Flag of Australia (converted).svg Australia (H)	5	5	0	0	20	4	+16	10	Qualification for 1985 FIFA World Youth Championship
2	File:Flag of Israel.svg Israel	5	3	1	1	15	6	+9	7
3	File:Flag of New Zealand.svg New Zealand	5	3	0	2	21	9	+12	6
4	File:Flag of Chinese Taipei (Olympics; 1986–2010).svg Chinese Taipei	5	2	0	3	7	12	−5	4
5	File:Flag of Fiji.svg Fiji	5	1	1	3	9	12	−3	3
6	File:Flag of Papua New Guinea.svg Papua New Guinea	5	0	0	5	2	31	−29	0

Source: RSSSF
(H) Hosts

15 February 1985	Australia File:Flag of Australia (converted).svg	2–1	File:Flag of New Zealand.svg New Zealand	Sydney, Australia
	Panagis File:Soccerball shade.svg 67' Kalantzis File:Soccerball shade.svg 85'	Report	Cave File:Soccerball shade.svg 30' (pen.)	Referee: Tilinger Yeir (Israel)

20 February 1985	Australia File:Flag of Australia (converted).svg	3–0	File:Flag of Chinese Taipei (Olympics; 1986–2010).svg Chinese Taipei	Sydney, Australia
	Panagis File:Soccerball shade.svg 28' Bernal File:Soccerball shade.svg 52' Hristodoulou File:Soccerball shade.svg 60'	Report		Referee: Don Campbell

22 February 1985	Australia File:Flag of Australia (converted).svg	6–0	File:Flag of Papua New Guinea.svg Papua New Guinea	Sydney, Australia
	Kalantzis File:Soccerball shade.svg 5', 26', 38', 70' Hristodoulou File:Soccerball shade.svg 21' Kanesoulis File:Soccerball shade.svg 78'	Report		Referee: Lennox Sharp (New Zealand)

24 February 1985	Australia File:Flag of Australia (converted).svg	3–2	File:Flag of Israel.svg Israel	Sydney, Australia
	Kalantzis File:Soccerball shade.svg 30' Bundalo File:Soccerball shade.svg 79', 89'	Report	Natan File:Soccerball shade.svg 27' Klinger File:Soccerball shade.svg 80'	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	File:Flag of Australia (converted).svg Australia	3	3	0	0	4	1	+3	6	Advance to knockout stage
2	File:Flag of Germany.svg West Germany	3	1	1	1	5	3	+2	3	Advance to knockout stage
3	File:Flag of Argentina.svg Argentina	3	1	1	1	5	4	+1	3
4	File:Flag of the People's Republic of the Congo.svg Congo	3	0	0	3	4	10	−6	0

Source: RSSSF

31 July 1985	Australia File:Flag of Australia (converted).svg	1–0	File:Flag of Argentina.svg Argentina	Tianjin, China
19:00 CST	Naven File:Soccerball shade.svg 28'	Report		Stadium: Minyuan Stadium Attendance: 20,000 Referee: Joaquin Urrea (Mexico)

2 August 1985	Australia File:Flag of Australia (converted).svg	2–1	File:Flag of the People's Republic of the Congo.svg Congo	Tianjin, China
19:00 CST	Trimboli File:Soccerball shade.svg 19' Thodis File:Soccerball shade.svg 42'	Report	Kakou File:Soccerball shade.svg 76'	Stadium: Minyuan Stadium Attendance: 20,000 Referee: Hassan Abdullah Al Mullah (Qatar)

4 August 1985	Australia File:Flag of Australia (converted).svg	1–0	File:Flag of Germany.svg West Germany	Tianjin, China
19:00 CST	Trimboli File:Soccerball shade.svg 12'	Report		Stadium: Minyuan Stadium Attendance: 20,000 Referee: Karim Camara (Guinea)

Knockout stage

7 August 1985	Australia File:Flag of Australia (converted).svg	0–0 (a.e.t.) (2–4 p)	File:Flag of Guinea.svg 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 v t e	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 v t e	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

11 August 1985

15:00 AEST

Sydney Olympic	2–1	Preston Makedonia
Soper File:Soccerball shade.svg 80' Raskopoulos File:Soccerball shade.svg 82'	Report	Cole File:Soccerball shade.svg 13'

St George Stadium, Sydney

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

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

External links

Football Australia official website

[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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27 September 1985 Ampol Cup	Australia File:Flag of Australia (converted).svg	3–0	File:Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg China	Brisbane, Australia
	Kosmina File:Soccerball shade.svg 9' Crino File:Soccerball shade.svg 14' Watson File:Soccerball shade.svg 63'	Report		Stadium: Lang Park Attendance: 4,823^[1] Referee: Bill Monteverde (Australia)

8 October 1985	Israel File:Flag of Israel.svg	1–2	File:Flag of Australia (converted).svg Australia	Ramat Gan, Israel
	Armeli File:Soccerball shade.svg 65'	Report	Mitchell File:Soccerball shade.svg 46' Kosmina File:Soccerball shade.svg 50'	Stadium: Ramat Gan Stadium Attendance: 45,000 Referee: Luigi Agnolin (Italy)

23 October 1985	Chinese Taipei File:Flag of Chinese Taipei (Olympics; 1986–2010).svg	0–7	File:Flag of Australia (converted).svg Australia	Adelaide, Australia
		Report	Dunn File:Soccerball shade.svg 2', 89' (pen.) Chiang File:Soccerball shade.svg 13' (o.g.) Mitchell File:Soccerball shade.svg 57', 59', 87' Arnold File:Soccerball shade.svg 68'	Stadium: Hindmarsh Stadium Attendance: 2,000 Referee: John Cameron (New Zealand

29 August 1985	Australia File:Flag of Australia (converted).svg	2–3	File:Flag of Nigeria.svg Nigeria	Minsk, Soviet Union
19:00 MT	Panagis File:Soccerball shade.svg 27' Kalantzis File:Soccerball shade.svg 38' (pen.)	Report	Adeleye File:Soccerball shade.svg 63' Monday File:Soccerball shade.svg 78' Anunobi File:Soccerball shade.svg 79'	Stadium: Traktor Stadium Attendance: 7,000 Referee: Shizuo Takada (Japan)

17 February 1985	Australia File:Flag of Australia (converted).svg	6–1	File:Flag of Fiji.svg Fiji	Sydney, Australia
	Kalantzis File:Soccerball shade.svg 21', 78' Hristodoulou File:Soccerball shade.svg 37', 72' Panagis File:Soccerball shade.svg 49' Ingham File:Soccerball shade.svg 62'	Report	Evans File:Soccerball shade.svg 57' (pen.)	Referee: Chen Ming Chen (Chinese Taipei)

1985 in Australian soccer

Contents

National teams

Australia men's national soccer team

Results and fixtures

Friendlies

1986 FIFA World Cup qualification

Group C

Inter-confederation play-offs

Australia men's national under-20 soccer team

Results and fixtures

1985 FIFA World Youth Championship

Group C

1985 OFC U-20 Championship

Australia men's national under-17 soccer team

Results and fixtures

1985 FIFA U-16 World Championship

Group B

Knockout stage

Domestic soccer

National Soccer League

NSL Cup

Final

Head coach changes

Retirements

References

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27 October 1985	Australia File:Flag of Australia (converted).svg	8–0	File:Flag of Chinese Taipei (Olympics; 1986–2010).svg Chinese Taipei	Sydney, Australia
	Odžakov File:Soccerball shade.svg 41', 56', 69' Crino File:Soccerball shade.svg 52' Kosmina File:Soccerball shade.svg 65' (pen.), 72', 88' Gray File:Soccerball shade.svg 89'	Report		Stadium: St George Stadium Attendance: 2,694 Referee: Bill Munro (New Zealand)