1979 Heidelberg United FC season

Heidelberg United

1979 season
Head Coach	John Margaritis Manny Poulakakis
Stadium	Olympic Park
National Soccer League	2nd
NSL Cup	Second round
Top goalscorer	League: Jamie Paton (11) All: Jamie Paton (11)
Highest home attendance	12,000 vs. South Melbourne (25 March 1979) National Soccer League
Lowest home attendance	1,000 vs. Footscray JUST (10 August 1979) National Soccer League
Average home league attendance	4,741
Biggest win	4–0 vs. Marconi Fairfield (17 June 1979) National Soccer League
Biggest defeat	0–2 (twice) 2–4 (once) 1–3 (once)

The 1979 season was the third in the National Soccer League for Heidelberg United. In addition to the domestic league, they also participated in the NSL Cup. Heidelberg United finished 2nd in their National Soccer League season, and were eliminated in the second round of the NSL Cup.

Players

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

No. Pos. Nation Player 1 GK  AUS Jim Marner 2 DF  SCO Arthur McMillan 3 DF  AUS Jim Tansey 5 DF  SCO Bob Provan 6 MF  AUS Jimmy Rooney 7 MF  AUS Ken Taylor 8 MF  AUS Jim Campbell 9 MF  AUS Andy Bozikas 10 FW  AUS Mike Micevski

No. Pos. Nation Player 11 FW  AUS Branko Buljevic 12 DF  SCO Pat Bannon (captain) 14 MF  AUS Theo Selemidis 16 FW  AUS Gary Cole 18 DF  AUS Charlie Yankos 19 FW  AUS Jamie Paton 20 DF  AUS John Yzendoorn 22 GK  AUS Jeff Olver 23 GK  AUS Yakka Banovic

Competitions

Overall record

Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Final position	Record
					Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
National Soccer League	12 March 1979	23 September 1979	Matchday 1	2nd	26	14	7	5	44	30	+14	053.85
NSL Cup	25 April 1979	23 May 1979	First round	Second round	2	1	0	1	2	3	−1	050.00
Total					28	15	7	6	46	33	+13	053.57

Source: Competitions

National Soccer League

Main article: 1979 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:

1. A Bonus Point was awarded for victories of 4 goals or more.
2. 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	14	7	5	44	30	+14	49	8	4	1	21	12	+9	6	3	4	23	18	+5

Source: worldfootball.net

Results by round

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	16	17	18	19	20	14	15	22	23	21	24	25	26
Ground	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H
Result	W	D	W	L	D	L	L	W	L	D	W	D	W	W	W	L	W	D	W	D	W	W	W	D	W	W
Position	4	4	3	5	4	6	9	6	8	9	7	7	6	3	3	4	3	3	5	5	2	2	2	3	2	2
Points	2	3	5	5	6	6	6	8	8	9	11	12	15	17	19	19	21	22	24	25	27	29	31	32	34	36

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

Matches

  Win   Draw   Loss

Heidelberg United v St George-Budapest

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

Footscray JUST v Heidelberg United

18 March 1979 2	Footscray JUST	2–2	Heidelberg United	Melbourne
	Ristovski 12' Picioane 26'	Report	Buljevic 30' Cole 44' (pen.)	Stadium: Olympic Park Attendance: 5,000 Referee: Jack Johnston

Heidelberg United v South Melbourne

25 March 1979 3	Heidelberg United	3–0[a]	South Melbourne	Melbourne
	Buljevic 36' Taylor ?'	Report	Drakeford 62' Cummings 79'	Stadium: Olympic Park Attendance: 12,000 Referee: Tony Beazleigh

West Adelaide v Heidelberg United

1 April 1979 4	West Adelaide	1–0	Heidelberg United	Adelaide
	Boyle 27'	Report		Stadium: Hindmarsh Stadium Attendance: 5,230 Referee: Don Campbell

Heidelberg United v Brisbane City

8 April 1979 5	Heidelberg United	0–0	Brisbane City	Melbourne
		Report		Stadium: Olympic Park Attendance: 6,000 Referee: Stewart Mellings

APIA Leichhardt v Heidelberg United

15 April 1979 6	APIA Leichhardt	1–0	Heidelberg United	Sydney
	Reed 36'	Report		Stadium: Wentworth Park Attendance: 4,267 Referee: Peter Rampley

Heidelberg United v Newcastle KB United

22 April 1979 7	Heidelberg United	2–4	Newcastle KB United	Melbourne
	Buljevic 78' Selemidis 88'	Report	Drinkwater 7' Heys 35', 85' Boden 49'	Stadium: Olympic Park Attendance: 3,500 Referee: Chris Bambridge

Sydney Olympic v Heidelberg United

29 April 1979 8	Sydney Olympic	1–2	Heidelberg United	Sydney
	Wilson 82'	Report	Bozikas 14', 90'	Stadium: Pratten Park Attendance: 2,430 Referee: Henry Witschge

Adelaide City v Heidelberg United

6 May 1979 9	Adelaide City	2–0	Heidelberg United	Adelaide
14:30 AEST	Perin 63' Muniz 82'	Report		Stadium: Olympic Sports Field Attendance: 4,620 Referee: Don Campbell

Heidelberg United v Canberra City

13 May 1979 10	Heidelberg United	0–0	Canberra City	Melbourne
		Report		Stadium: Olympic Park Attendance: 4,000 Referee: Jack Johnston

Brisbane Lions v Heidelberg United

3 June 1979 11	Brisbane Lions	1–3	Heidelberg United	Brisbane
	Fairbrother 7'	Report	Cole 9' Bennett 39' (o.g.) Paton 88'	Stadium: Perry Park Attendance: 1,200 Referee: Peter Rampley

Heidelberg United v Sydney City

10 June 1979 12	Heidelberg United	2–2	Sydney City	Melbourne
	Campbell 54' Paton 69'	Report	Barnes 44' Smith 80'	Stadium: Olympic Park Attendance: 4,500 Referee: Chris Bambridge

Marconi Fairfield v Heidelberg United

17 June 1979 13	Marconi Fairfield	0–4	Heidelberg United	Sydney
15:00 AEST		Report	Yzendoorn 65' Paton 66' Cole 70', 73'	Stadium: Marconi Oval Attendance: 4,362 Referee: Des Miles

Heidelberg United v West Adelaide

8 July 1979 16	Heidelberg United	3–1	West Adelaide	Melbourne
	Buljevic 26' Taylor 69' Cole 84'	Report	Kosmina 60'	Stadium: Olympic Park Attendance: 4,500 Referee: Tony Boskovic

South Melbourne v Heidelberg United

15 July 1979 17	South Melbourne	0–1	Heidelberg United	Melbourne
		Report	Taylor 3'	Stadium: Middle Park Soccer Stadium Attendance: 12,000 Referee: Tim Davies

Brisbane City v Heidelberg United

22 July 1979 18	Brisbane City	3–1	Heidelberg United	Brisbane
	Low 3' Perry 18' Campbell 49'	Report	Taylor 87'	Stadium: Perry Park Attendance: 3,750 Referee: Jim Reeves

Heidelberg United v APIA Leichhardt

29 July 1979 19	Heidelberg United	2–1	APIA Leichhardt	Melbourne
	Paton 2' Cole 71'	Report	Yzendoorn 43' (o.g.)	Stadium: Olympic Park Attendance: 7,000 Referee: Tony Beazleigh

Newcastle KB United v Heidelberg United

4 August 1979 20	Newcastle KB United	3–3	Heidelberg United	Newcastle
14:30 AEST	Senkalski 8' Heys 28' Boden 48'	Report	Buljevic 36' Tansey 76' Cole 77'	Stadium: Newcastle International Sports Centre Attendance: 10,134 Referee: Bill Jones

Heidelberg United v Footscray JUST

10 August 1979 14	Heidelberg United	2–1	Footscray JUST	Melbourne
	Paton 20' Cole 77'	Report	Palinkas 62'	Stadium: Olympic Park Attendance: 1,000 Referee: Chris Bambridge

St George-Budapest v Heidelberg United

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

Heidelberg United v Adelaide City

26 August 1979 22	Heidelberg United	1–0	Adelaide City	Melbourne
	Paton 78'	Report		Stadium: Olympic Park Attendance: 4,000 Referee: Doug Rennie

Canberra City v Heidelberg United

1 September 1979 23	Canberra City	1–2	Heidelberg United	Canberra
15:00 AEST	Farrell 32'	Report	Buljevic 2' Milovanovic 75' (o.g.)	Stadium: Bruce Stadium Attendance: 2,128 Referee: Ken Allen

Heidelberg United v Sydney Olympic

5 September 1979 21	Heidelberg United	2–1	Sydney Olympic	Melbourne
	Paton 1' Yzendoorn 77'	Report	Eaton 70'	Stadium: Olympic Park Attendance: 2,000 Referee: Chris Bambridge

Heidelberg United v Brisbane Lions

9 September 1979 24	Heidelberg United	0–0	Brisbane Lions	Melbourne
		Report		Stadium: Olympic Park Attendance: 2,500 Referee: Graham Neal

Sydney City v Heidelberg United

16 September 1979 25	Sydney City	1–3	Heidelberg United	Sydney
	Silva 31'	Report	Taylor 11' Cole 45' Eaton 60'	Stadium: Wentworth Park Attendance: 1,654 Referee: Dave Nugent

Heidelberg United v Marconi Fairfield

23 September 1979 26	Heidelberg United	3–2	Marconi Fairfield	Melbourne
	Russell 4' (o.g.) Paton 33', 56'	Report	Jankovics 5' Campbell 7' (o.g.)	Stadium: Olympic Park Attendance: 5,630 Referee: Don Campbell

Notes:

1. Awarded score. Original score 2–2; result was changed after the Australian Soccer Federation determined that South Melbourne fielded ineligible player Tony Tuner.

NSL Cup

Main article: 1979 NSL Cup

  Win   Draw   Loss

Heidelberg United v South Melbourne

25 April 1979 First round	Heidelberg United	2–1	South Melbourne	Melbourne
	Campbell 60', 63'	Report	Christopoulos 15'	Stadium: Olympic Park Attendance: 6,000[2] Referee: Graham Neale

Footscray JUST v Heidelberg United

23 May 1979 Second round	Footscray JUST	2–0	Heidelberg United	Melbourne
	Ilioski 28' Palinkas 87'	Report		Stadium: Olympic Park Attendance: 3,000 Referee: Chris Bambridge

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
				Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1	GK		Jim Mariner	1	0	0	0	1	0
2	DF		Arthur McMillan	20	0	2	0	22	0
3	DF		Jim Tansey	26	1	2	0	28	1
5	DF		Bob Provan	18	0	2	0	20	0
6	MF		Jimmy Rooney	24+1	0	1	0	26	0
7	MF		Ken Taylor	22+1	5	2	0	25	5
8	MF		Jim Campbell	24	2	2	2	26	4
9	MF		Andy Bozikas	12+5	2	0+1	0	18	2
10	FW		Mike Micevski	0+3	0	0	0	3	0
11	FW		Branko Buljevic	26	6	2	0	28	6
12	DF		Pat Bannon	23+2	0	2	0	27	0
14	MF		Theo Selemidis	4+6	1	2	0	12	1
16	FW		Gary Cole	26	10	2	0	28	10
18	DF		Charlie Yankos	1	0	0	0	1	0
19	FW		Jamie Paton	13+3	11	0+1	0	17	11
20	DF		John Yzendoorn	16	2	1	0	17	2
23	GK		Yakka Banovic	25	0	2	0	27	0
Player(s) transferred out but featured this season
4	DF		Jim O'Reilly	5	0	0	0	5	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
1	7	MF		Ken Taylor	3	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0
	12	DF		Pat Bannon	3	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0
3	20	DF		John Yzendoorn	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0
4	2	DF		Arthur McMillan	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
	3	DF		Jim Tansey	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
	4	DF		Jim O'Reilly	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
	5	DF		Bob Provan	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
	6	MF		Jimmy Rooney	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
	14	MF		Theo Selemidis	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0
	16	FW		Gary Cole	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
Total					14	0	0	1	0	0	15	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.	Nat.	Goalkeeper	NSL	NSL Cup	Total
1	23		Yakka Banovic	7	0	7
2	1		Jim Marner	1	0	1
Total				8	0	8

References

1. Stock, Greg. "1979 National Soccer League Results". OzFootball.
2. Stock, Greg. "1979 National Soccer League Cup Results". OzFootball.
3. "Heidelberg United 1979 Squad". OzFootball.