1962 in Australian soccer

The 1962 season was the first season of national competitive association football in Australia and 79th overall. The Australian Soccer Association introduced their Australia Cup, a knockout tournament.

Soccer in Australia
Season1962
Men's soccer
NSW Federation PremiersBudapest
NSW Federation Grand final winnersHakoah
Australian Interstate ChampionshipsNew South Wales
Australia CupYugal
Australia 1963 →

Domestic leagues

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Budapest 22 13 4 5 61 45 +16 30 Qualification for Finals series
2 Hakoah 22 13 3 6 47 26 +21 29
3 A.P.I.A. 22 13 3 6 65 38 +27 29
4 Yugal 22 12 4 6 55 53 +2 28
5 Prague 22 10 6 6 55 46 +9 26
6 Bankstown 22 11 2 9 45 36 +9 24
7 Pan Hellenic 22 10 2 10 46 42 +4 22
8 South Coast United 22 10 2 10 41 43 −2 22
9 Auburn 22 7 2 13 40 55 −15 16
10 Gladesville 22 5 4 13 23 48 −25 14
11 Canterbury 22 4 5 13 44 55 −11 13
12 Polonia–North Side 22 3 5 14 32 67 −35 11 Relegated to Second Division
Source: [1]

Finals

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Semi-finals
8–9 September
Final (replay)
16 & 19 September
Grand final
23 September
1Budapest22Hakoah4
2Hakoah51Budapest2
1Budapest1(3)
4SSC Yugal1(2)
3A.P.I.A.2
4SSC Yugal3
8 September 1962 Minor semi-final SSC Yugal 3–2 APIA Leichhardt Moore Park, Sydney
  • H. Ringhoff  
  • I. Milankovic  
  • A. Nincevic  
Stadium: Sydney Sports Ground
Attendance: 12,000
Referee: R. Pearce
9 September 1962 Major semi-final Hakoah 5–2 Budapest Moore Park, Sydney
  • J. Galambos   ?'
  • E. Massey   ?'
Stadium: Sydney Sports Ground
Attendance: 12,300
Referee: F. Sibsa
16 September 1962 Final Budapest 1–1 SSC Yugal Moore Park, Sydney
  • E. Massey   ?'
  • S. Pacanin   ?'
Stadium: Sydney Sports Ground
Attendance: 15,800
Referee: F. Sibsa
19 September 1962 Final (replay) Budapest 3–2 SSC Yugal Moore Park, Sydney
  • J. Pompor   ?', ?'
  • J. Vasvary   ?'
  • S. Pacanin   ?'
  • A. Nincevic   ?'
Stadium: Sydney Sports Ground
Attendance: 10,000
Referee: R. Pearce
23 September 1962 Grand Final Hakoah 4–2 Budapest Moore Park, Sydney
  • A. Hetherington   ?'
  • J. Medina   ?'
Stadium: Sydney Sports Ground
Attendance: 26,770
Referee: R. Pearce

Interstate Championships

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New South Wales won the first Australian Interstate Championship sponsored by the Australian Federation. The total attendance for all Australian Interstate Championship matches was 64,000.[1][2]

Preliminary Rounds

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 New South Wales 3 2 1 0 6 3 +3 5 Qualification for Final
2 Queensland 3 2 0 1 10 6 +4 4
3 South Australia 3 1 1 1 6 8 −2 3
4 Victoria 3 0 0 3 4 9 −5 0
Source: [1][2]

Final

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New South Wales won the two-legged final 7–4 on aggregate.

25 July 1962 (1962-07-25) Final Queensland 1–3 New South Wales Brisbane, Queensland
  • B. Tristam   ?'
Stadium: Brisbane Exhibition Oval
Attendance: 5,000
Referee: C. Bartolo (Victoria)
18 August 1962 (1962-08-18) Final New South Wales 4–3
(7–4 agg.)
Queensland Sydney, New South Wales
  • G. McMillan   ?'
  • B. Tristam   ?'
  • M. Wild   ?'
Stadium: Sydney Sports Ground
Attendance: 8,000
Referee: D. Gardner (South Australia)

Cup competitions

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Australia Cup

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The competition began on 2 November 1962. Sixteen clubs had entered the competition with the final two clubs Yugal and St George-Budapest qualifying for the Final.[3] Yugal won the final 8–1 with four goals from Tiko Jelisavčić, two goals from Eric Schwarts and one goal each for Tony Nincevich and Slavko Pacanin.[4]

Final

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Yugal8–1St George Budapest
Jelisavcic   ?', ?', ?', ?'
Schwartz   ?', ?'
Nincevich   ?'
Pacanin   ?'
Buchanan   ?'
Attendance: 11,014
Referee: G. Hosie

References

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  1. ^ a b c "Australian Soccer Year Book 1963". Soccer World Annual. Sydney: N.S.W. Federation of Soccer Clubs. 1963. Retrieved 4 September 2023.
  2. ^ a b "Victorian Soccer Year Book 1963". Melbourne: Victorian Soccer Federation. 1963. Retrieved 4 September 2023.
  3. ^ Andrew Robinson (8 June 2016). "Australia Cup 1962 – Results".
  4. ^ "Hakoah Beat Budapest In Grand Final AKA Soccer Cup Final In Australia (1962)". YouTube. British Pathe.
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