1980 St George-Budapest FC season

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StadiumSt George Stadium
Sydney Cricket Ground

St George-Budapest
1980 season
Head Coach	Raul Blanco
Stadium	St George Stadium Sydney Cricket Ground
National Soccer League	14th
NSL Cup	Quarter-finals
Top goalscorer	League: Dennis Duarte (11) All: Dennis Duarte (13)
Highest home attendance	6,000 vs. South Melbourne (18 May 1980) National Soccer League
Lowest home attendance	720 vs. Inter Monaro (25 April 1980) NSL Cup
Average home league attendance	2,880
Biggest win	4–1 vs. Inter Monaro (H) (25 April 1980) NSL Cup 4–1 vs. Blacktown City (H) (15 June 1980) National Soccer League 3–0 vs. Blacktown City (A) (6 July 1980) NSL Cup
Biggest defeat	1–6 vs. Adelaide City (A) (27 July 1980) National Soccer League
← 1979 1982 →

The 1980 season was the fourth in the National Soccer League for St George-Budapest (now St George Football Club). In addition to the domestic league, they also participated in the NSL Cup. St George-Budapest finished 14th to be relegated in their National Soccer League season, and were eliminated in the quarter-finals of 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	Mike Fraser
2	DF	AUS	Nigel Groome
3	DF	AUS	Peter Terry
4	DF	AUS	David Skeen
5	DF	AUS	Doug Utjesenovic (captain)
6	MF	AUS	Rudolfo Gnavi
7	MF	AUS	Paul Kay
8	MF	AUS	Peter Stone
9	FW	AUS	Peter Beggs
10	MF	AUS	Peter Katholos
11	MF	ENG	Roy Cotton
12	GK	AUS	Don Smith
13	MF	AUS	Mark Barton
14	MF	AUS	Billy Griffith


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
15	DF	AUS	Dave McIntosh
16	MF	AUS	Aaron Scharfegger
17	FW	AUS	Ernie Campbell
18	FW	AUS	Dennis Duarte
19		AUS	Howard Hadley
20	MF	AUS	John Russell
—		AUS	Billy Buloch
—	MF	AUS	John Davies
—		ENG	Nick Fenoughty
—		AUS	Ron Fraser
—		AUS	Tom Mihajlovic
—	DF	AUS	Steve Ververis
—	DF	AUS	Richard Yamine

Competitions

Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Final position	Record
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
National Soccer League	9 March 1980	28 September 1980	Matchday 1	14th	26	5	4	17	32	65	−33	019.23
NSL Cup	25 April 1980	3 August 1980	First round	Quarter-finals	3	2	0	1	7	5	+2	066.67
Total	29	7	4	18	39	70	−31	024.14

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Sydney City (C)	26	16	5	5	51	26	+25	37	Qualification to Finals series^[a]
2	Heidelberg United	26	15	6	5	55	33	+22	36
3	South Melbourne	26	15	5	6	42	21	+21	35
4	Marconi Fairfield	26	14	6	6	53	32	+21	34
5	Adelaide City	26	13	4	9	40	27	+13	30
6	Newcastle KB United	26	12	6	8	32	31	+1	30
7	Brisbane Lions	26	7	11	8	28	32	−4	25
8	APIA Leichhardt	26	8	7	11	27	35	−8	23
9	Footscray JUST	26	7	9	10	32	41	−9	23
10	Canberra City	26	7	7	12	34	33	+1	21
11	Blacktown City	26	9	3	14	34	55	−21	21
12	Brisbane City	26	4	10	12	29	36	−7	18
13	West Adelaide	26	7	3	16	24	46	−22	17
14	St George-Budapest (R)	26	5	4	17	32	65	−33	14	Relegated to the 1981 NSW State League

Overall	Home	Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
26	5	4	17	32	65	−33	19	3	2	8	17	32	−15	2	2	9	15	33	−18

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		Mike Fraser	18	0	0	0	18	0
2	DF		Nigel Groome	7	0	0	0	7	0
3	DF		Peter Terry	17	0	2	0	19	0
4	DF		David Skeen	9	0	2	0	11	0
5	DF		Doug Utjesenovic	20	1	1	0	21	1
6	MF		Rudolfo Gnavi	8+1	0	1	0	10	0
7	MF		Paul Kay	12+5	2	1+1	0	19	2
8	MF		Peter Stone	16	2	0	0	16	2
9	FW		Peter Beggs	11+4	2	2+1	3	18	5
10	MF		Peter Katholos	18+3	3	3	1	24	4
11	MF		Roy Cotton	11+6	4	2	0	19	4
12	GK		Don Smith	8	0	1	0	9	0
13	MF		Mark Barton	9+3	1	1+1	0	14	1
14	MF		Billy Griffith	22	2	2	0	24	2
15	DF		Dave McIntosh	25	1	2	0	27	1
16	MF		Aaron Scharfegger	2	0	1	0	3	0
17	FW		Ernie Campbell	14	3	2	0	16	3
18	FW		Dennis Duarte	20+1	11	3	2	24	13
19	—		Howard Hadley	9+4	0	3	0	16	0
20	MF		John Russell	14	0	0	0	14	0
—	—		Billy Buloch	0+1	0	0+1	0	2	0
—	MF		John Davies	8	0	0	0	8	0
—	—		Nick Fenoughty	0+2	0	0	0	2	0
—	—		Ron Fraser	0+1	0	3	0	4	0
—	—		Tom Mihajlovic	4+1	0	0	0	5	0
—	DF		Steve Ververis	2	0	0	0	2	0
—	DF		Richard Yamine	2+1	0	1	0	4	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	17	FW		Ernie Campbell	3	0	1	2	0	0	5	0	1
2	11	MF		Roy Cotton	2	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	1
3	15	DF		Dave McIntosh	6	0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0
4	6	MF		Rudolfo Gnavi	5	0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0
5	9	FW		Peter Beggs	3	0	0	1	0	0	4	0	0
6	4	DF		David Skeen	1	0	0	1	0	0	2	0	0
	7	MF		Paul Kay	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0
	16	MF		Aaron Scharfegger	1	0	0	1	0	0	2	0	0
	19	—		Howard Hadley	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0
10	3	DF		Peter Terry	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
	5	DF		Doug Utjesenovic	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
	8	MF		Peter Stone	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
	10	MF		Peter Katholos	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
	13	MF		Mark Barton	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
	—	DF		Richard Yamine	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
Total					30	0	2	6	0	0	36	0	2

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.	Goalkeeper	NSL	NSL Cup	Total
1	12	Don Smith	3	0	3
1	1	Mike Fraser	1	1	2
Total			4	1	5

9 March 1980 1	Blacktown City	4–2	St George-Budapest	Sydney
15:00 AEDT	Charlton 6' Fisher 41' Wilkinson 42' Harding 75'	Report	Beggs 29' McIntosh 50'	Stadium: Gabbie Stadium Attendance: 3,478^[1] Referee: Henry Witschge

16 March 1980 2	St George-Budapest	1–0	APIA Leichhardt	Sydney
	Kay 5'	Report		Stadium: St George Stadium Attendance: 3,864 Referee: Tony Boskovic

23 March 1980 3	Brisbane City	0–1	St George-Budapest	Brisbane
		Report	Beggs 11'	Stadium: Perry Park Attendance: 2,050 Referee: Bob Mee

30 March 1980 4	St George-Budapest	1–5	Canberra City	Sydney
15:00 AEDT	Duarte 65'	Report	Utjesenovic 15' (o.g.) Valeri 35', 86' Cole 50' Maclaren 89'	Stadium: St George Stadium Attendance: 3,033 Referee: Richard Lorenc

6 April 1980 5	Footscray JUST	5–3	St George-Budapest	Melbourne
	Jovanovic 15' Lujic 26' Kondarios 50' Vasic 76' Ollerton 86'	Report	Kay 47' Duarte 64', 78'	Stadium: Western Oval Attendance: 3,540 Referee: Evan Venios

1980 St George-Budapest FC season

Competitions

Overall record

National Soccer League

League table

Results summary

Results by round

Matches

NSL Cup

Statistics

Appearances and goals

Disciplinary record

Clean sheets

References

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Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	14	15	16	13	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26
Ground	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	H	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A
Result	L	W	W	L	L	L	L	D	L	L	L	L	W	W	L	L	D	D	L	D	L	L	L	L	W	L
Position	13	8	3	7	10	11	12	12	12	13	14	14	14	13	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14
Points	0	2	4	4	4	4	4	5	5	5	5	5	7	9	9	9	10	11	11	12	12	12	12	12	14	14

13 April 1980 6	St George-Budapest	1–4	Adelaide City	Sydney
	Cotton 38' (pen.)	Report	J. Nyskohus 13', 46', 87' (pen.) Dods 43'	Stadium: St George Stadium Attendance: 3,264 Referee: Des Miles

20 April 1980 7	St George-Budapest	2–3	Brisbane Lions	Sydney
	Duarte 24' Cotton 89'	Report	Lindsay 58' Ontong 70' McGregor 79'	Stadium: St George Stadium Attendance: 2,094 Referee: R. Warren

27 April 1980 8	Marconi Fairfield	0–0	St George-Budapest	Sydney
15:00 AEST		Report		Stadium: Marconi Oval Attendance: 4,624 Referee: Jim Reeves

4 May 1980 9	St George-Budapest	0–3	Newcastle KB United	Sydney
		Report	Cowburn 17' Heys 20' P. Tredinnick 60'	Stadium: St George Stadium Attendance: 2,429 Referee: Henry Witschge

11 May 1980 10	Heidelberg United	4–2	St George-Budapest	Melbourne
	Campbell 24' Cole 62', 72' Bozikas 71'	Report	Duarte 15', 84'	Stadium: Olympic Park Attendance: 3,200 Referee: Chris Bambridge

18 May 1980 11	St George-Budapest	0–3	South Melbourne	Sydney
		Report	Xanthopoulos 35' Cummings 64' Evans 74'	Stadium: Sydney Cricket Ground Attendance: 6,000 Referee: Richard Lorenc

25 May 1980 12	West Adelaide	1–0	St George-Budapest	Adelaide
	Kosmina 41'	Report		Stadium: Hindmarsh Stadium Attendance: 3,100 Referee: Graham Neal

8 June 1980 14	APIA Leichhardt	1–2	St George-Budapest	Sydney
	O'Connor 56'	Report	Campbell 22' Duarte 76'	Stadium: Lambert Park Attendance: 2,812 Referee: Chris Bambridge

15 June 1980 15	St George-Budapest	4–1	Blacktown City	Sydney
15:00 AEDT	Campbell 14' Griffith 16' Duarte 75' Stone 87'	Report	Pointer 28'	Stadium: St George Stadium Attendance: 3,269 Referee: Tony Boskovic

22 June 1980 16	Canberra City	4–1	St George-Budapest	Canberra
	Brennan 36' Byrne 72', 82' Giampaolo 86'	Report	Utjesenovic 45' (pen.)	Stadium: Bruce Stadium Attendance: 3,450 Referee: Col Amos

29 June 1980 13	St George-Budapest	0–2	Sydney City	Sydney
		Report	Watson 70' Stevenson 84'	Stadium: St George Stadium Attendance: 2,118 Referee: Doug Rennie

13 July 1980 17	St George-Budapest	1–1	Brisbane City	Sydney
15:00 AEST	Katholos 79'	Report	Ratcliffe 22'	Stadium: St George Stadium Attendance: 2,107 Referee: Richard Lorenc

20 July 1980 18	St George-Budapest	1–1	Footscray JUST	Sydney
	Katholos 48' (pen.)	Report	Vasic 66'	Stadium: St George Stadium Attendance: 2,174 Referee: Jim Reeves

27 July 1980 19	Adelaide City	6–1	St George-Budapest	Adelaide
	Mitchell 25', 64' Jones 36' Melta 45' J. Nyskohus 54' (pen.), 70' (pen.)	Report	Campbell 34'	Stadium: Olympic Sports Field Attendance: 2,400 Referee: Don Campbell

10 August 1980 20	Brisbane Lions	0–0	St George-Budapest	Brisbane
		Report		Stadium: Lions Stadium Attendance: 2,400 Referee: Dave Nugent

17 August 1980 21	St George-Budapest	0–3	Marconi Fairfield	Sydney
		Report	Krncevic 9' Jankovics 49' Vieri 72' (pen.)	Stadium: St George Stadium Attendance: 3,217 Referee: Doug Rennie

23 August 1980 22	Newcastle KB United	2–1	St George-Budapest	Newcastle
	Jones 56' Senkalski 74'	Report	Stone 70'	Stadium: Newcastle International Sports Centre Attendance: 7,268 Referee: Jim Reeves

7 September 1980 23	St George-Budapest	3–5	Heidelberg United	Sydney
15:00 AEST	Cotton 26' (pen.) Katholos 45' Barton 79'	Report	Yzendoorn 7', 48' Paton 52', 65' Cole 71'	Stadium: St George Stadium Attendance: 2,231 Referee: Henry Witschge

14 September 1980 24	South Melbourne	2–1	St George-Budapest	Melbourne
	Kakantonis 17' Wright 35'	Report	Cotton 78'	Stadium: Middle Park Soccer Stadium Attendance: 1,600 Referee: Bobby Kerr

21 September 1980 25	St George-Budapest	3–1	West Adelaide	Sydney
	Duarte 65', 77', 82'	Report	Manecas 83'	Stadium: St George Stadium Attendance: 1,638 Referee: Jack Johnston

28 September 1980 26	Sydney City	4–1	St George-Budapest	Sydney
	Boden 38', 48' Trenter 60', 86'	Report	Griffith 52'	Stadium: ES Marks Athletics Field Attendance: 3,540 Referee: Tim Davies

25 April 1980 First round	St George-Budapest	4–1	Inter Monaro	Sydney
	Beggs 30', 47' (pen.) Duarte 62' Santolin 28' (o.g.)	Report		Stadium: St George Stadium Attendance: 720^[2] Referee: Tim Davies

6 July 1980 Second round	Blacktown City	0–3	St George-Budapest	Sydney
		Report	Katholos 41' Beggs 46' Duarte 85'	Stadium: Gabbie Stadium Attendance: 3,000 Referee: Dave Nugent

3 August 1980 Quarter-finals	Marconi Fairfield	4–0	St George-Budapest	Sydney
	Krncevic 28', 82' Byrne 34' (pen.) Jankovics 47'	Report		Stadium: Marconi Oval Attendance: 3,652 Referee: Henry Witschge