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

Season	1962
Men's soccer
NSW Federation Premiers	Budapest
NSW Federation Grand final winners	Hakoah
Australian Interstate Championships	New South Wales
Australia Cup	Yugal

Domestic leagues

New South Wales Federation of Soccer Clubs

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

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Finals

	Semi-finals 8–9 September					Final (replay) 16 & 19 September					Grand final 23 September
	1	Budapest	2								2	Hakoah	4
	2	Hakoah	5								1	Budapest	2
						1	Budapest	1(3)
						4	SSC Yugal	1(2)
	3	A.P.I.A.	2
	4	SSC Yugal	3

SSC Yugal v APIA Leichhardt

8 September 1962 Minor semi-final	SSC Yugal	3–2	APIA Leichhardt	Moore Park, Sydney
	H. Ringhoff I. Milankovic A. Nincevic		L. Baumgartner P. Turella	Stadium: Sydney Sports Ground Attendance: 12,000 Referee: R. Pearce

Hakoah v Budapest

9 September 1962 Major semi-final	Hakoah	5–2	Budapest	Moore Park, Sydney
	H. Ninaus ?', ?', ?' K. Jaros ?' R. Levi ?'		J. Galambos ?' E. Massey ?'	Stadium: Sydney Sports Ground Attendance: 12,300 Referee: F. Sibsa

Budapest v SSC Yugal

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

Budapest v SSC Yugal

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

Hakoah v Budapest

23 September 1962 Grand Final	Hakoah	4–2	Budapest	Moore Park, Sydney
	H. Ninaus ?', ?', ?' A. Blutsch ?'		A. Hetherington ?' J. Medina ?'	Stadium: Sydney Sports Ground Attendance: 26,770 Referee: R. Pearce

Interstate Championships

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.

Preliminary Rounds

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

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Final

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

Queensland v New South Wales

25 July 1962 (1962-07-25) Final	Queensland	1–3	New South Wales	Brisbane, Queensland
	B. Tristam ?'		L. Baumgartner ?' H. Ninaus ?' K. Jaros ?'	Stadium: Brisbane Exhibition Oval Attendance: 5,000 Referee: C. Bartolo (Victoria)

New South Wales v Queensland

18 August 1962 (1962-08-18) Final	New South Wales	4–3 (7–4 agg.)	Queensland	Sydney, New South Wales
	R. Levi ?' K. Jaros ?' L. Baumgartner ?' J. Watkiss ?'		G. McMillan ?' B. Tristam ?' M. Wild ?'	Stadium: Sydney Sports Ground Attendance: 8,000 Referee: D. Gardner (South Australia)

Cup competitions

Australia Cup

Main article: 1962 Australia Cup

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. 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.

Final

Main article: 1962 Australia Cup Final

9 December 1962 (1962-12-09)

Yugal	8–1	St George Budapest
Jelisavcic ?', ?', ?', ?' Schwartz ?', ?' Nincevich ?' Pacanin ?'		Buchanan ?'

Wentworth Park, Sydney

Attendance: 11,014

Referee: G. Hosie

External links

• Football Federation Australia official website