1977 in Australian soccer

The 1977 season was the eighth national competitive association football season in Australia and 94th overall.

National teams[edit]

12 February 1977	Australia	1–1	Israel	Melbourne, Australia
	Ollerton 58'	Report	Damti 10'	Stadium: Olympic Park Stadium Attendance: 8,000^[1] Referee: Barry Harwood (Australia)

16 February 1977	Australia	1–1	Israel	Sydney, Australia
	Muniz 59'	Report	Schweitzer 72'	Stadium: Sydney Sports Ground Attendance: 6,900 Referee: Des Miles (Australia)

19 March 1977	Fiji	1–0	Australia	Suva, Fiji
	Okete 75'	Report		Referee: Bob Khan (Fiji)

13 November 1977	Singapore	0–2	Australia	Singapore
		Report	Ollerton ?' Abonyi ?'

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Australia	4	3	1	0	9	3	+6	7	Advance to Final round
2	New Zealand	4	2	1	1	14	4	+10	5
3	Taiwan	4	0	0	4	1	17	−16	0

Source: RSSSF

13 March 1977	Australia	3–0	Taiwan	Ba, Fiji
	Rooney 8', 46' Abonyi 16'	Report		Attendance: 8,000 Referee: P. Watana (Thailand)

16 March 1977	Taiwan	1–2	Australia	Ba, Fiji
	Fang 29'	Report	Kosmina 35' Abonyi 58'	Referee: G. Vijit (Thailand)

27 March 1977	Australia	3–1	New Zealand	Sydney, Australia
	Ollerton 60', 85' Kosmina 72'	Report	Nelson 4'	Stadium: Sydney Cricket Ground Referee: Cham Tan-sun (Hong Kong)

30 March 1977	New Zealand	1–1	Australia	Auckland, New Zealand
	Nelson ?'	Report	Ollerton 18'	Stadium: Newmarket Park Attendance: 11,000 Referee: Cheung Kwok-kui (Hong Kong)

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Iran	8	6	2	0	12	3	+9	14	Qualification for 1978 FIFA World Cup	—	2–2	1–0	1–0	3–0
2	South Korea	8	3	4	1	12	8	+4	10		0–0	—	1–0	0–0	5–2
3	Kuwait	8	4	1	3	13	8	+5	9		1–2	2–2	—	1–0	4–0
4	Australia	8	3	1	4	11	8	+3	7		0–1	2–1	1–2	—	3–0
5	Hong Kong	8	0	0	8	5	26	−21	0		0–2	0–1	1–3	2–5	—

Source: RSSSF

10 July 1977	Australia	3–0	Hong Kong	Adelaide, Australia
	Kosmina 27', 84' Barnes 46'	Report		Attendance: 8,000 Referee: W. Hungerbuehler (Switzerland)

14 August 1977	Australia	0–1	Iran	Melbourne, Australia
		Report	Rowshan 68'	Stadium: Olympic Park Stadium Attendance: 17,000 Referee: Franz Wohrer (Austria)

28 August 1977	Australia	2–1	South Korea	Sydney, Australia
	Kosmina 63', 75'	Report	Cha 23'	Stadium: Sydney Sports Ground Attendance: 9,000 Referee: Franz Wohrer (Netherlands)

16 October 1977	Australia	1–2	Kuwait	Sydney, Australia
	Rooney 40'	Report	Kamil 41' (pen.) Aziz 49'	Stadium: Sydney Sports Ground Referee: Franz Wohrer (France)

23 October 1977	South Korea	0–0	Australia	Seoul, South Korea
		Report		Attendance: 30,000 Referee: Ulf Eriksson (Sweden)

30 October 1977	Hong Kong	2–5	Australia	Causeway Bay, Hong Kong
	Tang 66' Chung 80'	Report	Ollerton 18', 21', 27' Abonyi 59' (pen.) Bennett 86'	Stadium: Hong Kong Stadium Attendance: 8,000 Referee: Ulf Eriksson (Belgium)

19 November 1977	Kuwait	1–0	Australia	Kuwait City, Kuwait
	Al-Dakhil 51'	Report		Attendance: 25,000 Referee: Josef Bucek (Austria)

25 November 1977	Iran	1–0	Australia	Tehran, Iran
	Jahani 44'	Report		Stadium: Ayramehr Stadium Attendance: 25,000 Referee: Josef Bucek (Austria)

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Relegation
1	Eastern Suburbs (C)	26	13	11	2	52	28	+24	37
2	Marconi Fairfield	26	15	7	4	42	21	+21	37
3	Fitzroy United	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-Budapest	26	7	14	5	39	35	+4	28
7	West Adelaide	26	8	10	8	38	32	+6	26
8	Footscray JUST	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) Goals scored
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated

5 October 1977

Attendance: 7,000

Referee: Stewart Mellings

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