1979 St George-Budapest FC season

St George-Budapest
1979 season
Head Coach	Josef Gelei; Raul Blanco
Stadium	St George Stadium
National Soccer League	11th
NSL Cup	Runners-up
Top goalscorer	League: ; Roy Cotton; Phil O'Connor; (7 each); All: ; Phil O'Connor (10)
Highest home attendance	3,874; vs. Sydney Olympic; (17 June 1979); National Soccer League
Lowest home attendance	1,783; vs. Sydney City; (1 April 1979); National Soccer League
Average home league attendance	2,493
Biggest win	6–2; vs. Ipswich United (H); (25 April 1979); NSL Cup
Biggest defeat	0–5; vs. Sydney City (H); (1 April 1979); National Soccer League
	← 1978 1980 →

The 1979 season was the third 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 11th in their National Soccer League season, and were eliminated in the Final of the NSL Cup.

Players

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


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
1	GK	AUS	Martin Coe
2	DF	AUS	Doug Utjesenovic
3	DF	AUS	George Harris
4	DF	AUS	Peter Terry
5	DF	AUS	Robbie O'Shea
6		AUS	Brendan Grosse
7	FW	ENG	Peter Hensman
8	DF	AUS	John O'Shea
9		AUS	Stefan Matic
10	MF	ENG	Roy Cotton
11	FW	AUS	Phil O'Connor
12	GK	AUS	Mike Fraser


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
13	DF	AUS	Mike O'Shea
14		ENG	Nick Fenoughty
15	DF	ARG	Rudi Della Picca
16		AUS	Tom Mihajlovic
18		AUS	Neville Morgan
19	MF	AUS	Mark Barton
20	MF	AUS	Rudolfo Gnavi
21	MF	AUS	Paul Kay
22	MF	AUS	Peter Katholos
25		AUS	Emery Holmik
—	DF	AUS	Nigel Groome

Competitions

Overall record

Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Final position	Record
Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Final position	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
National Soccer League	12 March 1979	23 August 1979	Matchday 1	11th	26	7	6	13	27	43	−16	026.92
NSL Cup	25 April 1979	30 September 1979	First round	Runners-up	5	2	2	1	12	8	+4	040.00
Total					31	9	8	14	39	51	−12	029.03

Source: Competitions

National Soccer League

League table

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]

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
Notes:

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ A Bonus Point was awarded for victories of 4 goals or more.
^ The Finals series was not considered the championship for the 1979 National Soccer League.

Results summary


Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
26	7	6	13	27	43	−16	27	3	4	6	13	21	−8	4	2	7	14	22	−8

Source: worldfootball.net

Results by round

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

Source: worldfootball.net
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

Win Draw Loss

12 March 1979 1	Heidelberg United	1–0	St George-Budapest	Melbourne
	Cole 60'	Report		Stadium: Olympic Park Attendance: 5,000^[1] Referee: Nick Karlich

18 March 1979 2	St George-Budapest	2–4	Canberra City	Sydney
	O'Connor 31' Morgan 51'	Report	Stark 3', 26' Salgado 6' Moulis 74'	Stadium: St George Stadium Attendance: 2,250 Referee: Henry Witschge

25 March 1979 3	Brisbane Lions	2–3	St George-Budapest	Brisbane
	Hughes 7' Amos 31'	Report	J. O'Shea 55', 76' O'Connor 89' (pen.)	Stadium: Perry Park Attendance: 1,520 Referee: Ken Allen

1 April 1979 4	St George-Budapest	0–5	Sydney City	Sydney
		Report	Smith 31', 56', 75' Stevenson 25' Barnes 63'	Stadium: St George Stadium Attendance: 1,783 Referee: Richard Lorenc

8 April 1979 5	Marconi Fairfield	2–1	St George-Budapest	Sydney
	Degney 60' Sharne 67'	Report	Katholos 48'	Stadium: Marconi Oval Attendance: 4,356 Referee: Jim Reeves

15 April 1979 6	St George-Budapest	0–2	Adelaide City	Sydney
		Report	Northcote 73' Marocchi 76'	Stadium: St George Stadium Attendance: 1,968 Referee: Henry Witschge

22 April 1979 7	St George-Budapest	0–2	Footscray JUST	Sydney
		Report	Ollerton 20' Ristovski 87'	Stadium: St George Stadium Attendance: 1,867 Referee: Tony Boskovic

29 April 1979 8	South Melbourne	2–0	St George-Budapest	Melbourne
	Christopoulos 66' Evans 79'	Report		Stadium: Middle Park Soccer Stadium Attendance: 4,500 Referee: Tony Beazleigh

6 May 1979 9	St George-Budapest	2–0	West Adelaide	Sydney
	J. O'Shea 19' O'Connor 23'	Report		Stadium: St George Stadium Attendance: 1,815 Referee: Tim Davies

13 May 1979 10	Brisbane City	4–0	St George-Budapest	Brisbane
	Kelso 16' Coyne 55' Low 68', 69'	Report		Stadium: Perry Park Attendance: 2,200 Referee: Des Miles

3 June 1979 11	St George-Budapest	1–2	APIA Leichhardt	Sydney
	Matic 15'	Report	Butler 24', 41'	Stadium: St George Stadium Attendance: 3,475 Referee: Jack Wood

9 June 1979 12	Newcastle KB United	4–2	St George-Budapest	Newcastle
14:30 AEST	Drinkwater 2', 68' (pen.) Summerscales 32' Cowburn 75'	Report	Cotton 43' Hensman 89'	Stadium: Newcastle International Sports Centre Attendance: 8,288 Referee: Jim Reeves

17 June 1979 13	St George-Budapest	2–0	Sydney Olympic	Sydney
	Cotton 13' Morgan 75'	Report		Stadium: St George Stadium Attendance: 3,874 Referee: Richard Lorenc

24 June 1979 14	Canberra City	1–1	St George-Budapest	Canberra
	Byrne 34'	Report	Cotton 83'	Stadium: Bruce Stadium Attendance: 3,220 Referee: Bob Mee

8 July 1979 16	Sydney City	3–1	St George-Budapest	Sydney
	Stevenson 42' Souness 50' Smith 62'	Report	O'Connor 21'	Stadium: Wentworth Park Attendance: 1,741 Referee: Dave Nugent

15 July 1979 17	St George-Budapest	1–1	Brisbane Lions	Sydney
	Gnavi 87'	Report	Fairbrother 25'	Stadium: St George Stadium Attendance: 1,876 Referee: Peter Rampley

22 July 1979 18	St George-Budapest	1–1	Marconi Fairfield	Sydney
	Russell 70' (o.g.)	Report	Mariani 88'	Stadium: St George Stadium Attendance: 3,873 Referee: Bill Jones

29 July 1979 19	Adelaide City	1–1	St George-Budapest	Adelaide
	Kent 89'	Report	O'Connor 45'	Stadium: Olympic Sports Field Attendance: 4,200 Referee: Bob Kerr

5 August 1979 20	Footscray JUST	1–3	St George-Budapest	Melbourne
	Lujic 42'	Report	Cotton 43', 53', 89'	Stadium: Olympic Park Attendance: 1,000 Referee: Nick Karlich

18 August 1979 21	St George-Budapest	1–0	South Melbourne	Sydney
	Hensman 81'	Report		Stadium: St George Stadium Attendance: 2,143 Referee: Tim Davies

26 August 1979 22	West Adelaide	0–1	St George-Budapest	Adelaide
		Report	Cotton 35'	Stadium: Hindmarsh Stadium Attendance: 2,512 Referee: Don Campbell

29 August 1979 15	St George-Budapest	2–2	Heidelberg United	Sydney
	O'Connor 82', 85'	Report	Paton 35' Campbell 60'	Stadium: St George Stadium Attendance: 2,466 Referee: Tim Davies

2 September 1979 23	St George-Budapest	0–1	Brisbane City	Sydney
		Report	Brusasco 2'	Stadium: St George Stadium Attendance: 2,007 Referee: Peter Rampley

9 September 1979 24	APIA Leichhardt	1–0	St George-Budapest	Sydney
	Drewes 44'	Report		Stadium: Wentworth Park Attendance: 3,026 Referee: Tony Boskovic

16 September 1979 25	St George-Budapest	1–1	Newcastle KB United	Sydney
	Grosse 12'	Report	Boden 46'	Stadium: St George Stadium Attendance: 3,017 Referee: Henry Witschge

23 September 1979 26	Sydney Olympic	0–1	St George-Budapest	Sydney
		Report	Katholos 74'	Stadium: Marconi Oval Attendance: 2,103 Referee: Stewart Mellings

NSL Cup

Win Draw Loss

25 April 1979 First round	St George-Budapest	6–2	Ipswich United	Sydney
	Morgan ?', ?' Katholos ?', ?' J. O'Shea ?' O'Connor ?'	Report	R. Wilson ?' Kathage ?'	Stadium: St George Stadium Attendance: 1,982^[2] Referee: Richard Lorenc

20 May 1979 Second round	St George-Budapest	3–2	APIA Leichhardt	Sydney
	J. O'Shea 53' O'Connor 58' Hensman 86'	Report	Reed 9' Rampanti 61'	Stadium: St George Stadium Attendance: 2,783 Referee: Bill Jones

27 May 1979 Quarter-finals	Brisbane City	1–1 (a.e.t.) (3–4 p)	St George-Budapest	Brisbane
	Ratcliffe 17'	Report	Hensman 11'	Stadium: Perry Park Attendance: 2,500 Referee: Chris Bambridge

12 August 1979 Semi-finals	Newcastle KB United	0–0 (a.e.t.) (2–3 p)	St George-Budapest	Newcastle
		Report		Stadium: Newcastle International Sports Centre Attendance: 15,177 Referee: Ken Allen

30 September 1979 Final	Adelaide City	3–2	St George-Budapest	Adelaide
	J. Nyskohus 54', 76' B. Nyskohus 65'	Report	O'Connor 21' J. O'Shea 48'	Stadium: Olympic Sports Field Attendance: 3,100 Referee: Stewart Mellings

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		Martin Coe	11	0	3	0	14	0
2	DF		Doug Utjesenovic	21	0	5	0	26	0
3	DF		George Harris	25	0	4	0	29	0
4	DF		Peter Terry	6	0	0	0	6	0
5	DF		Robbie O'Shea	26	0	5	0	31	0
6	—		Brendan Grosse	16+4	1	1	0	21	1
7	FW		Peter Hensman	13+7	2	2+2	2	24	4
8	DF		John O'Shea	26	3	5	3	31	6
9	—		Stefan Matic	9+2	1	1	0	12	1
10	MF		Roy Cotton	21+2	7	4	0	27	7
11	FW		Phil O'Connor	22	7	5	3	27	10
12	GK		Mike Fraser	15	0	2	0	17	0
14	—		Nick Fenoughty	6+4	0	1+1	0	12	0
15	DF		Rudi Della Picca	16+2	0	4	0	22	0
16	—		Tom Mihajlovic	12+1	0	2	0	15	0
18	—		Neville Morgan	7+4	2	2+1	2	14	4
19	MF		Mark Barton	1+1	0	1	0	3	0
20	MF		Rudolfo Gnavi	20+1	1	3	0	24	1
21	MF		Paul Kay	1+5	0	0+2	0	8	0
22	MF		Peter Katholos	12+2	2	5	2	19	4
25	—		Emery Holmik	0+1	0	1	0	2	0
—	DF		Nigel Groome	0+1	0	0	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	20	MF		Rudolfo Gnavi	6	0	0	1	0	0	7	0	0
2	3	DF		George Harris	4	0	0	1	0	0	5	0	0
3	7	FW		Peter Hensman	3	0	0	1	0	0	4	0	0
4	10	MF		Roy Cotton	1	0	0	1	0	0	2	0	0
	15	DF		Rudi Della Picca	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0
	22	MF		Peter Katholos	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0
7	2	DF		Doug Utjesenovic	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
	5	DF		Robbie O'Shea	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
	8	DF		John O'Shea	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
	14	—		Nick Fenoughty	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
	16	—		Tom Mihajlovic	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
Total					21	0	0	5	0	0	26	0	0

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	Mike Fraser	4	1	5
2	1	Martin Coe	1	0	1
Total			5	1	6

References

^ Stock, Greg. "1979 National Soccer League Results". OzFootball.
^ ^a ^b Stock, Greg. "1979 National Soccer League Cup Results". OzFootball.
^ "St. George 1979 Squad". OzFootball.

[table_hth_MF0.046179880875247-1] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ A Bonus Point was awarded for victories of 4 goals or more.

[table_note_res_FS0.046179880875247-2] The Finals series was not considered the championship for the 1979 National Soccer League.

[3] Stock, Greg. "1979 National Soccer League Results". OzFootball.

[NSLCup-4] Stock, Greg. "1979 National Soccer League Cup Results". OzFootball.

[5] "St. George 1979 Squad". OzFootball.

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