1986 in Australian soccer

Soccer in Australia
Season	1986
Men's soccer
NSL Premiership	Sydney Croatia; Brunswick Juventus
NSL Championship	Adelaide City
NSL Cup	Sydney City

The 1986 season was the 17th season of national competitive soccer in Australia and 103rd overall.

National teams

Australia men's national soccer team

Results and fixtures

Friendlies

3 August 1986	Australia	1–1	Czechoslovakia	Melbourne, Australia
	Arnold 90'	Report	Kubik 55'	Stadium: Olympic Park Attendance: ^[1] Referee: Chris Bambridge (Australia)

6 August 1986	Australia	0–1	Czechoslovakia	Adelaide, Australia
		Report	Griga 50'	Stadium: Hindmarsh Stadium Attendance: 2,000 Referee: Don Campbell (Australia)

10 August 1986	Australia	0–3	Czechoslovakia	Sydney, Australia
		Report	Kula 23' Kubik 53' (pen.), 85'	Stadium: Parramatta Stadium Attendance: 10,150 Referee: Richard Lorenc (Australia)

25 October 1986 Trans-Tasman Cup	New Zealand	1–1	Australia	Auckland, New Zealand
	Deeley 60'	Report	Arnold 55'	Stadium: Mount Smart Stadium Attendance: 3,156 Referee: Garry Fleet (New Zealand)

2 November 1986 Trans-Tasman Cup	Australia	2–0	New Zealand	Sydney, Australia
	Arnold 29' Zinni 74'	Report		Stadium: Parramatta Stadium Attendance: 4,800 Referee: Gary Power (Australia)

23 November 1986 Ampol Cup	China	0–2	Australia	Guangzhou, China
	Kalantzis ?' Arnold ?'	Report

Australia women's national soccer team

Results and fixtures

1986 OFC Women's Championship

First round

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Chinese Taipei	3	3	0	4	1	+3	6	Advanced to Final
2	Australia	3	2	1	3	2	+1	4	Advanced to Final
3	New Zealand	3	1	2	3	3	0	2	Advanced to Third place play-off
4	New Zealand B	3	0	3	1	5	−4	0	Advanced to Third place play-off

Source: RSSSF

29 March 1986	New Zealand	0–1	Australia	Christchurch, New Zealand
		Report	Iserief ?'	Stadium: Queen Elizabeth II Park Attendance: ^[2] Referee: Chou I-Fa (Chinese Taipei)

31 March 1986	Chinese Taipei	1–0	Australia	Christchurch, New Zealand
	Tai-ying HT+15'	Report		Stadium: Queen Elizabeth II Park

Final

31 March 1986	Chinese Taipei	4–1	Australia	Christchurch, New Zealand
	Yu-chu HT+4', HT+11' Hsiu-chih HT+18' Hsiu-min FT+3'	Report	Martin HT+15'	Stadium: Queen Elizabeth II Park

Australia men's national under-20 soccer team

Results and fixtures

1986 OFC U-20 Championship

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Australia	4	3	1	0	16	1	+15	7	Qualification for 1987 FIFA World Youth Championship
2	Israel	4	2	2	0	11	3	+8	6
3	New Zealand (H)	4	0	3	1	1	4	−3	3
4	Chinese Taipei	4	0	2	2	4	13	−9	2
5	Fiji	4	0	2	2	3	14	−11	2

Source: RSSSF
(H) Hosts

17 October 1986	Australia	7–0	Fiji	Auckland, New Zealand
		Report		Stadium: Mount Smart Stadium

19 October 1986	Australia	1–1	Israel	Auckland, New Zealand
		Report		Stadium: Mount Smart Stadium

23 October 1986	Australia	5–0	Chinese Taipei	Auckland, New Zealand
		Report		Stadium: Mount Smart Stadium

26 October 1986	New Zealand	0–3	Australia	Auckland, New Zealand
		Report		Stadium: Mount Smart Stadium

Australia men's national under-17 soccer team

Results and fixtures

1986 OFC U-17 Championship

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Australia	4	3	0	1	10	1	+9	6	Qualification for 1987 FIFA U-16 World Championship
2	New Zealand	4	2	2	0	3	1	+2	6
3	Chinese Taipei (H)	4	2	0	2	5	6	−1	4
4	Papua New Guinea	4	0	2	2	1	5	−4	2
5	Fiji	4	0	2	2	2	8	−6	2

Source: RSSSF
(H) Hosts

7 December 1986	Australia	3–0	Papua New Guinea	Kaohsiung, Chinese Taipei
	Dimoudis 12' Christopoulos 42', 51'	Report		Stadium: Chungcheng Stadium Referee: Chen Ming-Chiu (Chinese Taipei)

8 December 1986	Fiji	0–4	Australia	Kaohsiung, Chinese Taipei
			Brown 29' Rago 56' Dimoudis 58', 74'	Stadium: Chungcheng Stadium Referee: Chow Yi-Fa (Chinese Taipei)

10 December 1986	Chinese Taipei	0–3	Australia	Kaohsiung, Chinese Taipei
			Dimoudis 20', 29' (pen.) Rago 76'	Stadium: Chungcheng Stadium Referee: Mahendra Singh (Fiji)

14 December 1986	Australia	0–1	New Zealand	Kaohsiung, Chinese Taipei
			Ashton 56'	Stadium: Chungcheng Stadium Referee: Chow Yi-Fa (Chinese Taipei)

Domestic soccer

National Soccer League

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Northern Conference

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Sydney Croatia	22	14	4	4	43	18	+25	32	Qualification for the Finals series
2	Sydney Olympic	22	9	9	4	33	22	+11	27
3	St George-Budapest	22	11	5	6	33	29	+4	27
4	Marconi Fairfield	22	9	7	6	35	22	+13	25
5	Sydney City	22	8	8	6	36	27	+9	24	Qualification for the Finals series and Oceania Cup Winners' Cup^[a]
6	Newcastle Rosebud United (R)	22	9	6	7	36	33	+3	24	Relegation to the 1987 NSW State League
7	APIA Leichhardt	22	9	6	7	25	23	+2	24
8	Wollongong City (R)	22	9	5	8	26	25	+1	23	Relegation to the 1987 NSW State League
9	Blacktown City (R)	22	8	4	10	24	36	−12	20
10	Canberra City (R)	22	5	6	11	21	27	−6	16
11	Canterbury Marrickville (R)	22	2	7	13	17	41	−24	11
12	Inter Monaro (R)	22	3	5	14	17	43	−26	11

Updated to match(es) played on unknown. Source: rsssf.com
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(R) Relegated
Notes:

^ Sydney City qualified for the 1987 Oceania Cup Winners' Cup as the 1986 NSL Cup winners.

Southern Conference

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Brunswick Juventus	22	11	6	5	37	21	+16	28	Qualification for the Finals series
2	Footscray JUST	22	10	8	4	29	27	+2	28	Qualification for the Finals series
3	Adelaide City (C)	22	10	7	5	32	19	+13	27	Qualification for the Finals series and Oceania Club Championship
4	Sunshine George Cross	22	8	11	3	26	17	+9	27	Qualification for the Finals series
5	Heidelberg United	22	9	8	5	35	25	+10	26	Qualification for the Finals series
6	Preston Makedonia	22	8	9	5	30	20	+10	25
7	South Melbourne	22	10	5	7	27	20	+7	25
8	Brisbane Lions (R)	22	7	5	10	27	28	−1	19	Relegation to the 1987 Brisbane Premier League
9	West Adelaide (R)	22	7	4	11	26	34	−8	18	Relegation to the 1987 South Australian Division One
10	Melbourne Croatia	22	6	6	10	25	33	−8	18
11	Brisbane City (R)	22	3	7	12	18	46	−28	13	Relegation to the 1987 Brisbane Premier League
12	Green Gully (R)	22	2	6	14	16	38	−22	10	Relegation to the 1987 Victorian State League

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

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Final

17 September 1986

20:00 ACST

Adelaide Hellas	2–3 (a.e.t.)	Sydney City
Hristodoulou 49', 112'	Report	Kosmina 61' Farina 114', 118'

Hindmarsh Stadium, Adelaide

Attendance: 3,200

Referee: Stewart Mellings

References

^ "Socceroo Internationals for 1986". OzFootball. Retrieved 7 November 2023.
^ "Matildas Internationals for 1986". OzFootball. Retrieved 7 November 2023.
^ Stock, Greg. "1986 National Soccer League Results". OzFootball. Retrieved 7 November 2023.
^ Stock, Greg. "1986 National Soccer League Cup Results". OzFootball. Retrieved 7 November 2023.

External links

Football Australia official website

[table_note_res_CWC0.26315734454578-4] Sydney City qualified for the 1987 Oceania Cup Winners' Cup as the 1986 NSL Cup winners.

[1] "Socceroo Internationals for 1986". OzFootball. Retrieved 7 November 2023.

[2] "Matildas Internationals for 1986". OzFootball. Retrieved 7 November 2023.

[3] Stock, Greg. "1986 National Soccer League Results". OzFootball. Retrieved 7 November 2023.

[5] Stock, Greg. "1986 National Soccer League Cup Results". OzFootball. Retrieved 7 November 2023.