1989 in Australian soccer

20th season of national competitive association football in Australia

Soccer in Australia
Season1989
Men's soccer
NSL PremiershipMarconi Fairfield
NSL ChampionshipMarconi Fairfield
NSL CupAdelaide City
← 1988 Australia 1989–90 →

The 1989 season was the 20th season of national competitive association football in Australia and 106th overall.

National teams

Australia men's national soccer team

Results and fixtures

1990 FIFA World Cup qualification
Second round
Pos Team
  • v
  • t
  • e
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Israel 4 1 3 0 5 4 +1 5 Advance to Inter-confederation play-offs — 1–1 1–0
2  Australia 4 1 2 1 6 5 +1 4 1–1 — 4–1
3  New Zealand 4 1 1 2 5 7 −2 3 2–2 2–0 —
Source: RSSSF
Australia  v  New Zealand
12 March 1989 Australia  4–1  New Zealand Sydney, Australia
 Report
Stadium: Sydney Football Stadium
Attendance: 13,621
Referee: Shizuo Takada (Japan)
Israel  v  Australia
19 March 1989 Israel  1–1  Australia Ramat Gan, Israel
 Report
Stadium: National Stadium
Attendance: 45,000
Referee: Manfred Neumer (Germany)
New Zealand  v  Australia
2 April 1989 New Zealand  2–0  Australia Auckland, New Zealand
 Report Stadium: Mount Smart Stadium
Attendance: 3,340
Referee: Bin Singah (Singapore)
Australia  v  Israel
16 April 1989 Australia  1–1  Israel Sydney, Australia
Report
Stadium: Sydney Football Stadium
Attendance: 40,320
Referee: Carlo Longhi (Italy)

Australia women's national soccer team

Results and fixtures

1989 OFC Women's Championship
First round
Pos Team
  • v
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  • e
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  New Zealand 4 4 0 0 10 0 +10 8 Advance to Final
2  Chinese Taipei 4 3 0 1 14 3 +11 6
3  Australia (H) 4 1 1 2 7 6 +1 3 Advance to Third place play-off
4 Australia B 4 1 1 2 2 6 −4 3
5  Papua New Guinea 4 0 0 4 1 19 −18 0
Source: RSSSF
(H) Hosts
Australia  v  New Zealand
26 March 1989 Australia  0–2  New Zealand Brisbane, Australia
Report
Stadium: Perry Park
Australia  v  Papua New Guinea
28 March 1989 Australia  6–0  Papua New Guinea Brisbane, Australia
  • Riddington ?', ?', ?'
  • Vinson ?', ?'
  • Priestley ?'
 Report Stadium: Perry Park
Australia  v  Chinese Taipei
31 March 1989 Australia  1–4  Chinese Taipei Brisbane, Australia
  • Riddington HT+24'
 Report
  • Yu-Chuan HT+7', HT+13', HT+16'
  • Chun-Mei FT-1' (pen.)
 Stadium: Perry Park

Australia men's national under-17 soccer team

Results and fixtures

1989 FIFA U-16 World Championship
Group B
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  East Germany 3 2 0 1 7 4 +3 4 Advance to knockout stage
2  Brazil 3 2 0 1 5 3 +2 4
3  United States 3 1 1 1 5 7 −2 3
4  Australia 3 0 1 2 3 6 −3 1
Source: RSSSF
East Germany  v  Australia
10 June 1989 East Germany  1–0  Australia Aberdeen, Scotland
14:00
  • Manke 51'
 Report Stadium: Pittodrie Stadium
Attendance: 3,300
Referee: Jim McCluskey (Scotland)
Australia  v  Brazil
12 June 1989 Australia  1–3  Brazil Aberdeen, Scotland
20:15
Report
Stadium: Pittodrie Stadium
Attendance: 2,300
Referee: David Brummitt (Canada)
Australia  v  United States
14 June 1989 Australia  2–2  United States Aberdeen, Scotland
20:15
  • Pangallo 71'
  • Suzor 73'
 Report
Stadium: Pittodrie Stadium
Attendance: 3,300
Referee: Kil Ki-Chul (South Korea)
1989 OFC U-17 Championship
Pos Team
  • v
  • t
  • e
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Australia (H) 4 4 0 0 35 1 +34 8 Qualification for 1989 FIFA U-16 World Championship
2  New Zealand 4 3 0 1 18 5 +13 6
3  Chinese Taipei 4 2 0 2 23 5 +18 4
4  Fiji 4 1 0 3 9 23 −14 2
5  Vanuatu 4 0 0 4 0 51 −51 0
Source: RSSSF
(H) Hosts
Australia  v  Chinese Taipei
21 January 1989 Australia  2–0  Chinese Taipei Australia
Report
Australia  v  Vanuatu
24 January 1989 Australia  24–0  Vanuatu Australia
Report
Australia  v  Fiji
25 January 1989 Australia  4–0  Fiji Australia
Report
Australia  v  New Zealand
29 January 1989 Australia  5–1  New Zealand Australia
Report

Domestic soccer

National Soccer League

[1]

Pos Team
  • v
  • t
  • e
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Marconi Fairfield (C) 26 16 6 4 62 24 +38 38 Qualification for the Finals series
2 St George-Budapest 26 12 8 6 33 24 +9 32
3 Sydney Olympic 26 11 9 6 37 26 +11 31
4 Melbourne Croatia 26 13 5 8 44 35 +9 31
5 Preston Makedonia 26 11 8 7 31 24 +7 30
6 Adelaide City 26 10 8 8 29 24 +5 28
7 Sydney Croatia 26 10 8 8 25 25 0 28
8 South Melbourne 26 9 8 9 44 37 +7 26
9 Wollongong City 26 8 7 11 22 29 −7 23
10 APIA Leichhardt 26 7 9 10 27 35 −8 23
11 Sunshine George Cross 26 7 5 14 25 38 −13 19
12 Blacktown City 26 5 9 12 28 50 −22 19
13 Melbourne JUST (R) 26 5 8 13 24 37 −13 18 Relegation to the Victorian State League
14 Heidelberg United (R) 26 7 4 15 22 45 −23 18
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

NSL Cup

[2]

Final

[3]

Adelaide City2–0Sydney Olympic
 Report
Attendance: 10,000
Referee: Don Campbell

References

  1. ^ Stock, Greg. "1989 National Soccer League Final Table". OzFootball.
  2. ^ Stock, Greg. "1989 National Soccer League Cup Results". OzFootball.
  3. ^ Gauter, Lou (23 August 1989). "Adoring home crowd spurs City marauders". Australian Soccer Weekly. Vol. 10, no. 393. p. 4.

External links

  • Football Australia official website
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