1989 in Australian soccer

The 1989 season was the 20th season of national competitive soccer in Australia and 106th overall.

Soccer in Australia

Season	1989
Men's soccer
NSL Premiership	Marconi Fairfield
NSL Championship	Marconi Fairfield
NSL Cup	Adelaide City
← 1988 1989–90 →

National teams

Australia men's national soccer team

Main article: Australia men's national soccer team

Results and fixtures

1990 FIFA World Cup qualification

Main article: 1990 FIFA World Cup qualification (OFC)

Second round

Main article: 1990 FIFA World Cup qualification – OFC second round

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Israel	4	1	3	0	5	4	+1	5	Advance to Inter-confederation play-offs		—	1–1	1–0
2	Australia	4	1	2	1	6	5	+1	4			1–1	—	4–1
3	New Zealand	4	1	1	2	5	7	−2	3			2–2	2–0	—

Source: RSSSF

Australia  v  New Zealand

12 March 1989	Australia	4–1	New Zealand	Sydney, Australia
	Crino 16' Arnold 42', 56' Yankos 78' (pen.)	Report	Dunford 70'	Stadium: Sydney Football Stadium Attendance: 13,621 Referee: Shizuo Takada (Japan)

Israel  v  Australia

19 March 1989	Israel	1–1	Australia	Ramat Gan, Israel
	Ohana 66' (pen.)	Report	Yankos 72'	Stadium: National Stadium Attendance: 45,000 Referee: Manfred Neumer (Germany)

New Zealand  v  Australia

2 April 1989	New Zealand	2–0	Australia	Auckland, New Zealand
	Dunford 19' Wright 80'	Report		Stadium: Mount Smart Stadium Attendance: 3,340 Referee: Bin Singah (Singapore)

Australia  v  Israel

16 April 1989	Australia	1–1	Israel	Sydney, Australia
	Trimboli 88'	Report	Ohana 40'	Stadium: Sydney Football Stadium Attendance: 40,320 Referee: Carlo Longhi (Italy)

Australia women's national soccer team

Main article: Australia women's national soccer team

Results and fixtures

1989 OFC Women's Championship

Main article: 1989 OFC Women's Championship

First round

Main article: 1989 OFC Women's Championship § First round

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	New Zealand	4	4	0	0	10	0	+10	8	Advance to Final
2	Chinese Taipei	4	3	0	1	14	3	+11	6
3	Australia (H)	4	1	1	2	7	6	+1	3	Advance to Third place play-off
4	Australia B	4	1	1	2	2	6	−4	3
5	Papua New Guinea	4	0	0	4	1	19	−18	0

Source: RSSSF
(H) Hosts

Australia  v  New Zealand

26 March 1989	Australia	0–2	New Zealand	Brisbane, Australia
		Report	Henderson HT+6' Nye ?'	Stadium: Perry Park

Australia  v  Papua New Guinea

28 March 1989	Australia	6–0	Papua New Guinea	Brisbane, Australia
	Riddington ?', ?', ?' Vinson ?', ?' Priestley ?'	Report		Stadium: Perry Park

Australia  v  Chinese Taipei

31 March 1989	Australia	1–4	Chinese Taipei	Brisbane, Australia
	Riddington HT+24'	Report	Yu-Chuan HT+7', HT+13', HT+16' Chun-Mei FT-1' (pen.)	Stadium: Perry Park

Australia men's national under-17 soccer team

Main article: Australia men's national under-17 soccer team

Results and fixtures

1989 FIFA U-16 World Championship

Main article: 1989 FIFA U-16 World Championship

Group B

Main article: 1989 FIFA U-16 World Championship § Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	East Germany	3	2	0	1	7	4	+3	4	Advance to knockout stage
2	Brazil	3	2	0	1	5	3	+2	4
3	United States	3	1	1	1	5	7	−2	3
4	Australia	3	0	1	2	3	6	−3	1

Source: RSSSF

East Germany  v  Australia

10 June 1989	East Germany	1–0	Australia	Aberdeen, Scotland
14:00	Manke 51'	Report		Stadium: Pittodrie Stadium Attendance: 3,300 Referee: Jim McCluskey (Scotland)

Australia  v  Brazil

12 June 1989	Australia	1–3	Brazil	Aberdeen, Scotland
20:15	Corica 50'	Report	Carlos 11', 34' Marcio 36'	Stadium: Pittodrie Stadium Attendance: 2,300 Referee: David Brummitt (Canada)

Australia  v  United States

14 June 1989	Australia	2–2	United States	Aberdeen, Scotland
20:15	Pangallo 71' Suzor 73'	Report	Wood 6' Haskins 70'	Stadium: Pittodrie Stadium Attendance: 3,300 Referee: Kil Ki-Chul (South Korea)

1989 OFC U-17 Championship

Main article: 1989 OFC U-17 Championship

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Australia (H)	4	4	0	0	35	1	+34	8	Qualification for 1989 FIFA U-16 World Championship
2	New Zealand	4	3	0	1	18	5	+13	6
3	Chinese Taipei	4	2	0	2	23	5	+18	4
4	Fiji	4	1	0	3	9	23	−14	2
5	Vanuatu	4	0	0	4	0	51	−51	0

Source: RSSSF
(H) Hosts

Australia  v  Chinese Taipei

21 January 1989	Australia	2–0	Chinese Taipei	Australia
		Report

Australia  v  Vanuatu

24 January 1989	Australia	24–0	Vanuatu	Australia
		Report

Australia  v  Fiji

25 January 1989	Australia	4–0	Fiji	Australia
		Report

Australia  v  New Zealand

29 January 1989	Australia	5–1	New Zealand	Australia
		Report

Domestic soccer

National Soccer League

Main article: 1989 National Soccer League

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Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Marconi Fairfield (C)	26	16	6	4	62	24	+38	38	Qualification for the Finals series
2	St George-Budapest	26	12	8	6	33	24	+9	32
3	Sydney Olympic	26	11	9	6	37	26	+11	31
4	Melbourne Croatia	26	13	5	8	44	35	+9	31
5	Preston Makedonia	26	11	8	7	31	24	+7	30
6	Adelaide City	26	10	8	8	29	24	+5	28
7	Sydney Croatia	26	10	8	8	25	25	0	28
8	South Melbourne	26	9	8	9	44	37	+7	26
9	Wollongong City	26	8	7	11	22	29	−7	23
10	APIA Leichhardt	26	7	9	10	27	35	−8	23
11	Sunshine George Cross	26	7	5	14	25	38	−13	19
12	Blacktown City	26	5	9	12	28	50	−22	19
13	Melbourne JUST (R)	26	5	8	13	24	37	−13	18	Relegation to the Victorian State League
14	Heidelberg United (R)	26	7	4	15	22	45	−23	18

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

NSL Cup

Main article: 1989 NSL Cup

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Final

Main article: 1989 NSL Cup final

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20 August 1989

Adelaide City	2–0	Sydney Olympic
Maxwell 25' Vidmar 40'	Report

Hindmarsh Stadium, Adelaide

Attendance: 10,000

Referee: Don Campbell

State of Origin

19 August 1989

Queensland	2–3	New South Wales
Vogler Hunter	Report[4][5]	Nastevski (2) Gomez

Perry Park, Brisbane

Attendance: 4,100

Referee: Bill Monteverde