1983 Tulsa Roughnecks season

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General managerUnited States Alex Skotarek[1]
NASLSouthern Division: 1st
Overall: 5th
Tulsa Roughnecks
1983 season
General managerUnited States Alex Skotarek[1]
Head coachEngland Terry Hennessey[2]
StadiumSkelly Stadium[3]
NASLSouthern Division: 1st
Overall: 5th
NASL playoffsWinners
Top goalscorerLeague:
England Ron Futcher (15 goals)

All:
England Ron Futcher (21 goals)
Highest home attendance19,160
(May 21 vs. New York)
Lowest home attendance7,499
(June 8 vs. Ft. Lauderdale)
Average home league attendance12,417
 1982
1984 

The 1983 Tulsa Roughnecks season was the club's sixth season of existence, and their fifth in the North American Soccer League, the top flight of American soccer at that time. The 1983 season was Terry Hennessey's second full NASL season as head coach of the Roughnecks.[4]

On October 1, 1983, Tulsa defeated Toronto 2–0 in Soccer Bowl '83 in Vancouver, becoming the first professional franchise to win a sports championship title in the state of Oklahoma.[1]

Roster

No. Position Nation Player[5]
0 GK  USA Winston DuBose
1 GK  CAN Željko Bilecki
2 DF  CAN Terry Moore
3 DF  ENG Barry Wallace
4 MF  ENG Pasquale Fuccillo
5 DF  USA Val Fernandes
6 FW  USA Njego Pesa
7 FW  BRA Zequinha
8 FW  ENG Ron Futcher
9 MF  IRN Iraj Danaeifard
10 MF  IRL Gerry Reardon
11 FW  NGA Thompson Usiyan
12 MF  NIR Billy Caskey
13 MF  USA Todd Saldana
14 FW  ENG Laurie Abrahams
15 MF  USA Carmelo D'Anzi
17 MF  POL Adam Krupa
18 DF  NIR Victor Moreland
20 DF  CAN Ivan Belfiore
22 GK  USA Paul Coffee

Management and technical staff

  • United States Carl Moore – Co-Owner
  • United States Mike Kimbrel – Co-Owner
  • United States Rick Lowenherz – Co-Owner
  • United States Fred Williams – Co-Owner
  • United States Alex Skotarek – General Manager
  • United States Jim Boeh – Communications Director
  • Wales Terry Hennessey – Head Coach
  • England Steve Earle – Assistant Coach
  • United States Larry Egge – Trainer

Honors

The Roughnecks received two individual honors following the 1983 NASL season.

Review

Competitions

Statistics

References

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