1979 Adelaide City FC season

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ManagerRale Rasic

StadiumOlympic Sports Field
Hindmarsh Stadium

National Soccer League5th

NSL CupWinners

Adelaide City

1979 season

Manager

Rale Rasic

Stadium

Olympic Sports Field
Hindmarsh Stadium

National Soccer League

5th

NSL Cup

Winners

Top goalscorer

League: Dixie Deans (8)
All: John Nyskohus (14)

Highest home attendance

10,007
vs. West Adelaide
(16 September 1979)
National Soccer League

Lowest home attendance

2,000
vs. South Melbourne
(2 September 1979)
National Soccer League

Average home league attendance

5,207

Biggest win

6–0
vs. Brisbane Lions (A)
(17 June 1979)
National Soccer League

Biggest defeat

2–4
vs. Brisbane City (H)
(11 March 1979)
National Soccer League
2–4
vs. Marconi Fairfield (H)
(8 July 1979)
National Soccer League

Home colours

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The 1979 season was the third in the National Soccer League for Adelaide City Football Club. In addition to the domestic league, they also participated in the NSL Cup. Adelaide City finished 5th in their National Soccer League season, and won the NSL Cup.

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
1	GK	AUS	Peter Marshall
2	DF	SCO	Bobby Rusell
3	MF	AUS	John Perin
4	FW	SCO	Jim Muir
5	DF	AUS	Bugsy Nyskohus
6	MF	AUS	Sergio Melta
7	MF	AUS	Agenor Muniz
8	MF	AUS	Brian Northcote
9	FW	SCO	Dixie Deans


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
10	FW	AUS	John Nyskohus
11	MF	AUS	Chris Kent
12	DF	NZL	Glen Dods
13	MF	AUS	Gary Marocchi
14		AUS	Robert Marwe
16	DF	AUS	John Besir
17	MF	AUS	Charlie Villani
20	GK	AUS	Rick Migliaccio

Competitions

Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Final position	Record
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
National Soccer League	11 March 1979	23 September 1979	Matchday 1	5th	26	13	6	7	43	27	+16	050.00
NSL Cup	25 April 1979	30 September 1979	First round	Winners	5	5	0	0	13	4	+9	100.00
Total	31	18	6	7	56	31	+25	058.06

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Marconi Fairfield (C)	26	15	6	5	58	32	+26	40^[a]	Qualification to Finals series^[b]
2	Heidelberg United	26	14	7	5	44	30	+14	36^[a]
3	Sydney City	26	15	3	8	47	29	+18	34^[a]
4	Brisbane City	26	14	5	7	38	30	+8	34^[a]
5	Adelaide City	26	13	6	7	43	27	+16	33^[a]
6	Newcastle KB United	26	11	9	6	43	30	+13	32^[a]
7	West Adelaide	26	10	4	12	28	31	−3	25^[a]
8	APIA Leichhardt	26	11	3	12	29	37	−8	25
9	Brisbane Lions	26	8	6	12	28	40	−12	22
10	Footscray JUST	26	8	3	15	29	43	−14	20^[a]
11	St George-Budapest	26	7	6	13	27	43	−16	20
12	Canberra City	26	6	8	12	25	41	−16	20
13	Sydney Olympic (R)	26	7	5	14	23	30	−7	19	Relegated to the 1980 NSW State League
14	South Melbourne	26	6	3	17	26	45	−19	16^[a]

Overall	Home	Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
26	13	6	7	43	27	+16	45	6	3	4	18	14	+4	7	3	3	25	13	+12

Statistics

Appearances and goals

Includes all competitions. Players with no appearances not included in the list.^[3]^[2]

No.	Pos.	Nat.	Player	National Soccer League		NSL Cup		Total
No.	Pos.	Nat.	Player	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1	GK		Peter Marshall	26	0	5	0	31	0
2	DF		Bobby Russell	20	0	3+1	0	24	0
3	MF		John Perin	25	3	4	0	29	3
4	FW		Jim Muir	12+1	0	2+1	1	16	1
5	DF		Bugsy Nyskohus	25+1	0	5	2	31	2
6	MF		Sergio Melta	4+4	0	0+2	0	10	0
7	MF		Agenor Muniz	22	2	5	0	27	2
8	MF		Brian Northcote	25	5	4	1	29	6
9	FW		Dixie Deans	19+3	8	2+1	1	25	9
10	FW		John Nyskohus	26	7	5	7	31	14
11	MF		Chris Kent	25+1	7	5	0	31	7
12	DF		Glenn Dods	25+1	1	5	0	31	1
13	MF		Gary Marocchi	6+3	1	1	0	10	1
14	—		Robert Marwe	6+8	3	2	1	16	4
16	DF		John Besir	11+2	0	3	0	16	0
17	MF		Charlie Villani	9+4	6	4	0	17	6
20	GK		Rick Migliaccio	0+1	0	0	0	1	0
—	—		Ron Iasello	0	0	0+1	0	1	0
—	FW		Luciano Signore	0	0	0+1	0	1	0

Disciplinary record

Includes all competitions. The list is sorted by squad number when total cards are equal. Players with no cards not included in the list.

Rank	No.	Pos.	Nat.	Player	National Soccer League			NSL Cup			Total
Rank	No.	Pos.	Nat.	Player
1	7	MF		Agenor Muniz	3	0	1	0	0	0	3	0	1
2	3	MF		John Perin	7	0	0	0	0	0	7	0	0
3	8	MF		Brian Northcote	5	0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0
4	9	FW		Dixie Deans	4	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0
5	5	DF		Bogdan Nyskohus	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0
	12	DF		Glenn Dods	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0
	16	DF		John Besir	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0
8	4	FW		Jim Muir	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
	6	MF		Sergio Melta	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
	11	MF		Chris Kent	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
Total					28	0	1	0	0	0	28	0	1

Clean sheets

Includes all competitions. The list is sorted by squad number when total clean sheets are equal. Numbers in parentheses represent games where both goalkeepers participated and both kept a clean sheet; the number in parentheses is awarded to the goalkeeper who was substituted on, whilst a full clean sheet is awarded to the goalkeeper who was on the field at the start of play. Goalkeepers with no clean sheets not included in the list.

Rank	No.	Nat.	Goalkeeper	NSL	NSL Cup	Total
1	1		Peter Marshall	10	3	13
Total				10	3	13

11 March 1979 1	Adelaide City	2–4	Brisbane City	Adelaide
	Deans 8' Kent 75'	Report	Echeverria 56' Low 61' Pimblett 71' Caldwell 89'	Stadium: Olympic Sports Field Attendance: 4,236^[1] Referee: Don Campbell

18 March 1979 2	Sydney City	2–3	Adelaide City	Sydney
	Souness 4' Barnes 45'	Report	Deans 48', 58', 68'	Stadium: Wentworth Park Attendance: 3,496 Referee: Tim Davies

25 March 1979 3	Adelaide City	0–1	APIA Leichhardt	Adelaide
		Report	Samuels 74'	Stadium: Hindmarsh Stadium Attendance: 5,176 Referee: Barry Harwood

1 April 1979 4	Marconi Fairfield	4–4	Adelaide City	Sydney
	Krncevic 12' Byrne 56' (pen.), 78' (pen.) Mariani 90+2'	Report	Deans 38', 42' J. Nyskohus 44' Muniz 62'	Stadium: Marconi Oval Attendance: 3,242 Referee: Peter Rampley

8 April 1979 5	Adelaide City	0–0	Newcastle KB United	Adelaide
		Report		Stadium: Olympic Sports Field Attendance: 5,100 Referee: Don Campbell

1979 Adelaide City FC season

Competitions

Overall record

National Soccer League

League table

Results summary

Results by round

Matches