1987 in Australian soccer

Soccer in Australia
Season	1987
Men's soccer
National Soccer League	APIA Leichhardt
NSL Cup	Sydney Croatia

The 1987 season was the 18th season of national competitive association football in Australia and 104th overall.

National teams

Australia men's national soccer team

Results and fixtures

1988 OFC Men's Olympic Qualifying Tournament

First round

15 November 1987	Chinese Taipei	0–3	Australia	Taipei, Taiwan
		Report	Arnold 21', 50' Farina 53'

1987 President's Cup International Football Tournament

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Australia	5	4	1	0	10	1	+9	9	Advance to knockout stage
2	South Korea B	5	3	1	1	6	5	+1	7	Advance to knockout stage
3	Fortuna Sittard	5	1	3	1	5	8	−3	5
4	Morocco	5	2	0	3	6	6	0	4
5	Chile B	5	1	2	2	3	6	−3	4
6	Shamrock Rovers	5	0	1	4	0	4	−4	1

Source: RSSSF

9 June 1987	Australia	1–0	Morocco	Gangneung, South Korea
	Farina 55'	Report

Knockout stage

19 June 1987 Semi-finals	Australia	0–0 (a.e.t.) (4–3 p)	Egypt	Seoul, South Korea
		Report		Stadium: Seoul Olympic Stadium
	Penalties
	Crino		Abdel-Hamid Youssef

21 June 1987 Final	South Korea	1–1 (a.e.t.) (5–4 p)	Australia	Seoul, South Korea
	Kim Pan-keun 72'	Report	Arnold 83'	Stadium: Seoul Olympic Stadium
	Penalties
	Chung Hae-won Choi Soon-ho Kim Pan-keun Kim Sam-soo Kim Joo-sung Yeo Bum-kyu		Crino Yankos Davidson Farina Dunn Raskopoulos

1987 Trans-Tasman Cup

2 September 1987	Australia	1–1	New Zealand	Melbourne, Australia
	Zinni 68'	Report	Ironside 82'	Stadium: Olympic Park Attendance: 5,000 Referee: Chris Bambridge (Australia)

9 September 1987	New Zealand	1–0	Australia	Lower Hutt, New Zealand
	de Jong 18'	Report		Stadium: Hutt Recreation Ground Attendance: 5,000 Referee: Gary Fleet

Australia women's national soccer team

Results and fixtures

1987 Women's World Invitation Tournament

Preliminary round

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Australia	3	2	1	8	1	+7	4	Qualification for tournament proper
2	Canada	3	2	1	4	2	+2	4	Qualification for tournament proper
3	Chinese Taipei B	3	2	1	4	2	+2	4
4	Hong Kong	3	0	3	0	11	−11	0

Source: RSSSF

12 December 1987	Australia	2–0	Canada	Kaohsiung, Taiwan
	Oakley ?', ?'	Report

13 December 1987	Australia	6–0	Hong Kong	Kaohsiung, Taiwan
	Iserief ?', ?' Priestley ?', ?' Monteath ?' Murray ?'	Report

Tournament proper

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Chinese Taipei	5	5	0	0	8	1	+7	10
2	United States	5	3	0	2	12	3	+9	6
3	SSG Bergisch Gladbach	5	3	0	2	4	2	+2	6
4	New Zealand	5	3	0	2	3	2	+1	6
5	Canada	5	0	1	4	0	8	−8	1
6	Australia	5	0	1	4	0	11	−11	1

Source: RSSSF

15 December 1987	Chinese Taipei	2–0	Australia	Taipei, Taiwan
	Iserief ?', ?' Priestley ?', ?' Monteath ?' Murray ?'	Report

16 December 1987	United States	6–0	Australia	Taipei, Taiwan
		Report

17 December 1987	Canada	0–0	Australia	Taipei, Taiwan
		Report

19 December 1987	New Zealand	1–0	Australia	Taipei, Taiwan
		Report

Australia men's national under-20 soccer team

Results and fixtures

1987 FIFA World Youth Championship

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Yugoslavia	3	3	0	12	3	+9	6	Advance to knockout stage
2	Chile (H)	3	2	1	7	4	+3	4	Advance to knockout stage
3	Australia	3	1	2	2	6	−4	2
4	Togo	3	0	3	1	9	−8	0

Source: RSSSF
(H) Hosts

11 October 1987	Togo	0–2	Australia	Santiago, Chile
17:00		Report	Edwards 7' Reynolds 13'	Stadium: Estadio Nacional Attendance: 15,000 Referee: Abdullah Al Nasir (Saudi Arabia)

14 October 1987	Yugoslavia	4–0	Australia	Santiago, Chile
17:00	Brnović 7' Šuker 22', 71' Boban 67'	Report		Stadium: Estadio Nacional Attendance: 20,000 Referee: Mohamed Hansal (Algeria)

17 October 1987	Chile	2–0	Australia	Santiago, Chile
17:00	Pino 22', 52'	Report		Stadium: Estadio Nacional Attendance: 75,000 Referee: Emilio Soriano Aladrén (Spain)

Australia men's national under-17 soccer team

Results and fixtures

1987 FIFA U-16 World Championship

Group C

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Australia	3	2	0	1	3	4	−1	4	Advance to knockout stage
2	France	3	1	1	1	4	3	+1	3	Advance to knockout stage
3	Saudi Arabia	3	1	1	1	2	1	+1	3
4	Brazil	3	0	2	1	0	1	−1	2

Source: RSSSF

13 July 1987	Saudi Arabia	0–1	Australia	Montreal, Canada
20:00		Report	Horvat 71'	Stadium: Complexe sportif Claude-Robillard Attendance: 5,400 Referee: Tony Evangelista (Canada)

15 July 1987	France	4–1	Australia	Montreal, Canada
20:00	Debève 14', 23', 31' Rincon 24' (pen.)	Report	Georgakis 73'	Stadium: Complexe sportif Claude-Robillard Attendance: 4,400 Referee: Simon Bantsimba (Congo)

17 July 1987	Brazil	0–1	Australia	Montreal, Canada
18:00		Report	Richardson 74'	Stadium: Complexe sportif Claude-Robillard Attendance: 5,400 Referee: Lee Do-Ha (South Korea)

Knockout stage

19 July 1987 QF	Australia	0–1	Nigeria	Montreal, Canada
14:00		Report	Nwosu 59'	Stadium: Complexe sportif Claude-Robillard Attendance: 5,200 Referee: Tony Evangelista (Canada)

OFC competitions

Oceania Cup Winners' Cup

8 March 1987

15:30 UTC+12

Sydney City	2–0	North Shore United
Saad 29' McCulloch 39'	Report

Fuji Film Stadium, Auckland

Attendance: 1,000

Oceania Club Championship

15 March 1987

Adelaide City	1–1 (a.e.t.)	Mount Wellington
Mullen 15'	Report	Whiteveen 20'
Penalties
	4–1

Hindmarsh Stadium, Adelaide

Attendance: 3,500

Referee: Don Campbell (Australia)

Domestic soccer

National Soccer League

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Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	APIA Leichhardt (C)	24	13	9	2	39	21	+18	35	Qualification for the Finals series^[a]
2	Preston Makedonia	24	11	7	6	32	22	+10	29
3	St George-Budapest	24	12	5	7	31	24	+7	29
4	Marconi Fairfield	24	11	5	8	41	25	+16	27
5	Sydney Croatia	24	10	6	8	31	25	+6	26
6	South Melbourne	24	9	7	8	32	34	−2	25
7	Sydney Olympic	24	7	9	8	29	32	−3	23
8	Brunswick Juventus	24	9	5	10	18	23	−5	23
9	Melbourne Croatia	24	9	5	10	22	30	−8	23
10	Adelaide City	24	6	10	8	29	23	+6	22
11	Footscray JUST	24	7	8	9	17	27	−10	22
12	Sunshine George Cross	24	3	9	12	26	42	−16	15
13	Heidelberg United (R)	24	3	7	14	25	44	−19	13	Relegation to the Victorian State League
14	Sydney City	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Withdrew

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
Notes:

^ The Finals series was not considered the championship for the 1987 National Soccer League.

NSL Cup

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Final

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14 October 1987

19:30 AEDT

Sydney Croatia	1–0	South Melbourne
Slater 85'	Report

St George Stadium, Sydney

Attendance: 3,845

Referee: Rob Davies

18 October 1987

14:30 AEDT

South Melbourne	0–1	Sydney Croatia
	Report	Arnold ?'

Olympic Park, Melbourne

Attendance: 3,900

Retirements

24 February 1987: Mark Jankovics, 30, former Australia, Saints and Marconi Fairfield striker.^[4]

References

^ Stock, Greg. "1987 National Soccer League Final Table". OzFootball.
^ Stock, Greg. "1987 National Soccer League "Beach Fashions" Cup Results". OzFootball.
^ "UNLUCKY SOUTH MELBOURNE". Australian Soccer Weekly. Vol. 8, no. 136. 21 October 1987. p. 6.
^ "A TRIBUTE TO THE GREAT 'JANKO'". Australian Soccer Weekly. Vol. 8, no. 282. p. 3.

External links

Football Australia official website

[table_note_res_FS0.85773037460527-2] The Finals series was not considered the championship for the 1987 National Soccer League.

[1] Stock, Greg. "1987 National Soccer League Final Table". OzFootball.

[3] Stock, Greg. "1987 National Soccer League "Beach Fashions" Cup Results". OzFootball.

[4] "UNLUCKY SOUTH MELBOURNE". Australian Soccer Weekly. Vol. 8, no. 136. 21 October 1987. p. 6.

[5] "A TRIBUTE TO THE GREAT 'JANKO'". Australian Soccer Weekly. Vol. 8, no. 282. p. 3.

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