1977 Canberra City FC season

Canberra City
1977 season
Manager	Johnny Warren
Stadium	Manuka Oval
National Soccer League	13th
NSL Cup	Quarter-finals
Top goalscorer	League: Ivan Grujicic; Tony Henderson (4); All: Tony Henderson (5)

The 1977 season was Canberra City's first season in the National Soccer League. In addition to the domestic league, they also participated in the inaugural NSL Cup. Canberra City finished 13th in their National Soccer League season, and were eliminated in the NSL Cup quarter-finals by Marconi-Fairfield.

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
—	FW	AUS	Adrian Alston
—		AUS	Michael Black
—		AUS	Nick Boskov
—	MF	AUS	Alan Bourke
—	DF	SCO	John Brown
—	MF	AUS	Jimmy Cant
—	MF	AUS	John Davies
—	MF	ARG	Vic Fernandez
—	MF	YUG	Ivan Grujicic
—	GK	AUS	Malcolm Haynes
—	DF	AUS	Tony Henderson
—	DF	AUS	Steve Hogg


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	DF	FIJ	Keni Kawaleva
—	DF	AUS	Steve Kojsza
—		AUS	Oscar Langone
—	DF	AUS	Danny Moulis
—	FW	ENG	Dave O'Connor
—		ARG	Luis Salgado
—	DF	ENG	Roy Stark
—	FW	AUS	Brian Stoddart
—	MF	SCO	John Stoddart
—	GK	ENG	Ron Tilsed
—		AUS	Greg Willet

Competitions

Overview

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 Leaguea	2 April 1977	24 September 1977	Matchday 1	13th	26	5	7	14	22	39	−17	019.23
NSL Cup	21 September 1977	3 October 1977	First round	Quarter-finals	2	1	0	1	3	6	−3	050.00
Total					28	6	7	15	25	45	−20	021.43

Last updated: complete
Source: Competitions

National Soccer League

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Eastern Suburbs (C)	26	13	11	2	52	28	+24	37	League Champions
2	Marconi	26	15	7	4	42	21	+21	37
3	Fitzroy	26	12	8	6	41	34	+7	32
4	Adelaide City	26	12	7	7	50	31	+19	31
5	Western Suburbs	26	11	7	8	38	29	+9	29
6	St George	26	7	14	5	39	35	+4	28
7	West Adelaide	26	8	10	8	38	32	+6	26
8	Footscray	26	9	6	11	36	39	−3	24
9	Brisbane Lions	26	9	5	12	27	41	−14	23
10	Brisbane City	26	8	6	12	30	35	−5	22
11	South Melbourne	26	7	8	11	27	35	−8	22
12	Sydney Olympic	26	7	7	12	25	38	−13	21
13	Canberra City	26	5	7	14	22	39	−17	17
14	Mooroolbark (R)	26	5	5	16	31	61	−30	15	Relegation to the 1978 Victoria Metropolitan League Three

Source: rsssf.com
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champion; (R) Relegated

Results by round

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

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

Matches

2 April 1977 1	Canberra City	1–3	West Adelaide	Canberra
	Grujicic 76'	Report	Kosmina 7' Jones 48' McGachey 52'	Stadium: Manuka Oval Attendance: 2,500[1] Referee: Dennis McDermott

10 April 1977 2	Brisbane Lions	0–1	Canberra City	Brisbane
		Report	B. Stoddart 51'	Stadium: Perry Park Attendance: 4,178 Referee: Jack Wood

17 April 1977 3	Adelaide City	2–0	Canberra City	Adelaide
	Perin 25' (pen.) Nyskohus 41'	Report		Stadium: Olympic Sports Field Attendance: 7,000 Referee: Graham Neal

23 April 1977 4	Canberra City	0–3	Western Suburbs	Canberra
		Report	Norris 24', 86' Fryer 36'	Stadium: Manuka Oval Attendance: 2,000 Referee: Peter Rampley

1 May 1977 5	Sydney Olympic	2–2	Canberra City	Sydney
	D. Allan 3' Botham 56'	Report	B. Stoddart 22' Henderson 81'	Stadium: Wentworth Park Attendance: 3,616 Referee: Fowler

7 May 1977 6	Canberra City	0–1	Fitzroy United	Canberra
		Report	Buljevic 89'	Stadium: Manuka Oval Attendance: 2,000 Referee: Harold Hall

15 May 1977 7	Footscray JUST	3–0	Canberra City	Melbourne
	Kondarios 46' Picioane 47' Palinkas 54'	Report		Stadium: Olympic Park Stadium Attendance: 2,180 Referee: Stewart Mellings

21 May 1977 8	Canberra City	2–0	Brisbane City	Canberra
		Report		Stadium: Manuka Oval Referee: Richard Lorenc

28 May 1977 9	Marconi	0–0	Brisbane City	Sydney
		Report		Stadium: Marconi Stadium Attendance: 2,243 Referee: Bill Jones

4 June 1977 10	Canberra City	2–2	St George-Budapest	Sydney
	Stoddart 15' Grujicic 21'	Report	O'Conner 25' O'Shea 53'	Stadium: Marconi Stadium Attendance: 2,243 Referee: Bill Jones

12 June 1977 11	Eastern Suburbs Hakoah	2–1	Canberra City	Sydney
	Smith 10' Stevenson 28'	Report	J. Stoddart 15'	Stadium: Wentworth Park Attendance: 1,239 Referee: Peter Rampley

26 June 1977 13	Mooroolbark	3–2	Canberra City	Melbourne
	McGregor 40' Tront 62' Lowrey 77'	Report	Bourke 50' Henderson 62'	Stadium: Esther Park Attendance: 550 Referee: Chris Bambridge

2 July 1977 14	Canberra City	1–2	Brisbane Lions	Sydney
	Stark 42'	Report	Morris 37' (pen.), 60'	Stadium: Wentworth Park Attendance: 1,800 Referee: Peter Rampley

9 July 1977 15	West Adelaide	0–0	Caberra City	Adelaide
		Report		Stadium: Olympic Sports Field Attendance: 2,500 Referee: Dennis Stanley

15 July 1977 12	Canberra City	0–2	South Melbourne	Sydney
		Report	Pye 42' Kalifatidis 86'	Stadium: Wentworth Park Attendance: 1,500

17 July 1977 16	Western Suburbs	3–1	Canberra City	Sydney
	Eaton 2', 59' Curran 86'	Report	Kawaleva 31'	Stadium: Englefield Stadium Attendance: 1,012 Referee: Bill Jones

23 July 1977 23	Canberra City	1–1	Adelaide City	Canberra
	Grujicic 23'	Report	Deans 75'	Stadium: Manuka Oval Attendance: 1,700 Referee: Brian Fowler

30 July 1977 18	Canberra City	4–0	Sydney Olympic	Canberra
	Grujicic 3' Henderson 35' Alston 81' McIntosh 85' (o.g.)	Report		Stadium: Manuka Oval Attendance: 1,500 Referee: Henry Witschge

7 August 1977 19	Fitzroy United	2–0	Canberra City	Melbourne
	Campbell 4' Cole 7'	Report		Stadium: Olympic Park Attendance: 2,500 Referee: Chris Bambridge

13 August 1977 20	Canberra City	0–1	Footscray JUST	Melbourne
		Report	Ristovski 11'	Stadium: Olympic Park Attendance: 1,200 Referee: John Tattersall

21 August 1977 21	Brisbane City	0–1	Canberra City	Brisbane
		Report	Alston 87'	Stadium: Perry Park Attendance: 4,328 Referee: Dieter Klose

31 August 1977 22	Canberra City	1–0	Marconi	Queanbeyan
	Bourke 35'	Report		Stadium: Seiffert Oval Attendance: 1,800 Referee: David Yelland

4 September 1977 23	St George-Budapest	2–0	Canberra City	Sydney
	O'Conner 17' Hensman 40'	Report		Stadium: Wentworth Park Attendance: 2,205 Referee: Peter Rampley

10 September 1977 24	Canberra City	0–0	Eastern Suburbs Hakoah	Canberra
		Report		Stadium: Manuka Oval Attendance: 1,600 Referee: Tony Beazleigh

18 September 1977 25	South Melbourne	1–1	Canberra City	Melbourne
	Cummings 30'	Report	Alston 78'	Stadium: Middle Park Attendance: 2,000 Referee: Jim Dixon

24 September 1977 26	Canberra City	1–4	Mooroolbark	Melbourne
	Moulis 4'	Report	Lowrey 15', 71' McGregor 47' P. Ontong 58'	Stadium: Middle Park Attendance: 1,200 Referee: Ken Allan

NSL Cup

21 September 1977 First round	Canberra City	2–1	St George-Budapest	Canberra
	Alston 2' Bourke 81'	Report	Jankovics 90+1'	Stadium: Manuka Oval Attendance: 1,000 Referee: Dennis McDermott

3 October 1977 Quarter-finals	Marconi	5–1	Canberra City	Sydney
	Mariani 25' Rooney 44' Sharne 58' Byrne 75' Campbell 87'	Report	Henderson 41'	Stadium: Sydney Sports Ground Attendance: 1,190 Referee: Bill Jones

Statistics

Appearances and goals

Players with no appearances not included in the list.[2][3]

No.	Pos.	Nat.	Name	National Soccer League		NSL Cup		Total
No.	Pos.	Nat.	Name	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
–	FW		Adrian Alston	10	3	2	1	12	4
–			Michael Black	7(3)	0	1(1)	0	12	0
–			Nick Boskov	21	0	1	0	22	0
–	MF		Alan Bourke	14	2	2	1	16	3
–	DF		John Brown	26	0	2	0	28	0
–	MF		Jim Cant	20	0	2	0	22	0
–	MF		John Davies	2	0	0	0	2	0
–	MF		Vic Fernandez	4	0	2	0	6	0
–	MF		Ivan Grujicic	25	4	2	0	27	4
–	GK		Malcolm Haynes	9	0	0	0	9	0
–	DF		Tony Henderson	25	4	2	1	27	5
–	DF		Steve Hogg	13(5)	0	2	0	20	0
–	DF		Keni Kawaleva	8(4)	1	1	0	13	1
–	DF		Steve Kojsza	1	0	0	0	1	0
–			Oscar Langone	2	0	0	0	2	0
–	DF		Danny Moulis	25	1	2	0	27	1
–	FW		Dave O'Connor	6(4)	1	0	0	10	1
–			Luis Salgado	2	0	0	0	2	0
–	DF		Roy Stark	18	1	0	0	18	1
–	FW		Brian Stoddart	22(1)	2	0(1)	0	24	2
–	MF		John Stoddart	9	2	0	0	9	2
–	GK		Ron Tilsed	17	0	2	0	19	0
–			Greg Willet	0(3)	0	0	0	3	0

References

Stock, Greg. "1977 National Soccer League Results". ozfootball.net. Retrieved 14 April 2022.
"Brisbane Lions 1977 Squad". ozfootball.net. Retrieved 14 April 2022.
"1977 National Soccer League Cup Results". ozfootball.net. Retrieved 14 April 2022.

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[1] Stock, Greg. "1977 National Soccer League Results". ozfootball.net. Retrieved 14 April 2022.

[2] "Brisbane Lions 1977 Squad". ozfootball.net. Retrieved 14 April 2022.

[3] "1977 National Soccer League Cup Results". ozfootball.net. Retrieved 14 April 2022.