| 1981 National Soccer League Squads Written by Tony Persoglia and Greg Stock |
| 1980 |
Results | Table | Top Scorers | Squads | NSL Cup | NSL Index | 1982
Club | Adelaide City | APIA Leichhardt | Blacktown City | Brisbane City | Brisbane Lions | Canberra City | Footscray JUST | Heidelberg United | Marconi | Newcastle KB United | Preston Makedonia | South Melbourne | Sydney City | Sydney Olympic | West Adelaide | Wollongong City
Sources: Australian Soccer Weekly, Soccer Action, Soccer World.
| Footscray JUST 1981 Squad | ||||
| Player Details | Home-and-Away Season | Full Name | Birth Date | Position | Start | Sub | App | Gls | Red | Cls |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vlatko Belic | 26-Dec-1961 | Midfielder | 15 | 4 | 19 | 3 | 1 | |
| Dennis Boland | 20-Jun-1950 | Goalkeeper | 29 | 0 | 29 | 1 | 4 | |
| Bruno Cozzella | 10-Nov-1963 | Forward | 23 | 4 | 27 | 7 | ||
| Suleiman Curovic | 06-Sep-1962 | Midfielder | 3 | 4 | 7 | 0 | ||
| Igor Hazabent | 06-Nov-1954 | Defender | 21 | 4 | 25 | 0 | 1 | |
| Zoran Ilioski | 24-Jul-1958 | Midfielder | 27 | 1 | 28 | 6 | ||
| Slobodan Jovanovic | 27-Oct-1953 | Midfielder | 26 | 0 | 26 | 1 | ||
| Steve Kakantonis | 26-Jan-1961 | Forward | 22 | 2 | 24 | 1 | ||
| Jim Kondarios | 02-Nov-1951 | Defender | 29 | 0 | 29 | 3 | ||
| Kyri Kyriakouleas | 27-Sep-1959 | Defender | 24 | 1 | 25 | 0 | 1 | |
| Nebojsa Licanin | 28-Jan-1951 | Midfielder | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | ||
| Zdravko Lujic | 18-Sep-1954 | Midfielder | 19 | 0 | 19 | 3 | ||
| Mike McIvor | 18-Oct-1959 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | |||
| James McLaughlin | 3 | 1 | 4 | 0 | ||||
| Jim Milne | 01-Dec-1950 | Defender | 25 | 1 | 26 | 1 | ||
| Jim O'Reilly | 07-Oct-1953 | Defender | 20 | 0 | 20 | 0 | ||
| Shaun Parton | 07-Sep-1961 | Defender | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Chris Petrov | 1956 | Defender | 6 | 2 | 8 | 0 | ||
| Joe Picioane | 17-Feb-1953 | Midfielder | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | ||
| Steve Potter | 01-Oct-1955 | Goalkeeper | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Paul Simic | 10-Oct-1960 | Forward | 5 | 3 | 8 | 0 | ||
| Dragan Vasic | 1954 | Forward | 5 | 3 | 8 | 1 | ||
| Johan Verweij | 21-Dec-1955 | Midfielder | 14 | 0 | 14 | 5 | ||
Coach: Cedo Cirkovic. 30 matches: Won 9; Drew 7; Lost 14.