1983 National Soccer League Cup Results
Researched by John Punshon and Andrew Howe, written by Greg Stock

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Round | 1 | Quarter-Finals | Semi-Finals | Final

Sources: Australian Soccer Weekly, Soccer Action.

Round One

Saturday March 5 1983
International Sports Centre, Newcastle
Referee: Jim Reeves
Attendance: 1,600
Newcastle KB United
Clint Gosling, Ralph Maier, Howard Tredinnick, Peter Burke, Gary Watson, Craig Mason, Joe Senkalski, Ian Buckley (Nigel Drysdale 75), Bob Mountford, David Lowe, Peter Jones
Coach: Ken Kaiser
Cautions: Nil
Goals: Mason 35, Lowe 73
2-0 APIA Leichhardt
Greg Woodhouse, Paul Carter, Berti Mariani, Jim Bottalico, Mark Brown, Robert DeCeglie, Peter Tredinnick, John Bradley (Tony Morsello 72), Walter Valeri, Johan Scharmann, Sebastian Giampaolo
Coach: Phil Bottalico
Cautions: Nil

Sunday March 6 1983
Perry Park, Bowen Hills, Brisbane
Referee: Bill Monteverde
Attendance: 1,400
Brisbane City
Kim Wishart, Peter Tokesi, Frank Liddell, Steve Perry, Billy Wilkinson, Frank Pimblett, Bobby Hamilton, Billy Williamson, Alan Hughes, Steve Glockner, Joe Cairney
Coach: Jim Hermiston
Caution: Liddell
Goals: Cairney 60, Tokesi 73, Williamson 82, Glockner 90
4-2 Brisbane Lions
Greg Marshall, Bob McSkimming, Andrew Lee, Alan Marszalek, Alan Niven, Russell Stewart, Steve Hogg, Danny Wright, Calvin Daunt, Barry Kelso, Boudewijn De Greer (Richard Bassingthwaite 67)
Coach: Simon Kistemaker
Cautions: Lee, Hogg, Stewart
Goals: Kelso 34, 47

Sunday March 6 1983
Seiffert Oval, Queanbeyan
Referee: Bob Mee
Attendance: 1,200
Canberra City
Steve Hoszowski, Andrew Young, Terry Byrne, Jim Murray, Steve Bryant, Gary Byrne, George Christopoulos, Duncan Cole, Ian Gibson, Phil Redmond, Don MacLaren
Coach: George Murray
Cautions: Nil
Goals: Redmond 5, Gibson 34
2-1 Wollongong City
Jim Preston, Peter Willis, Steve Pollard, Ray Vlietstra, Peter Dunleavy, John Fleming, Jim McBreen, Jeff Ainsworth, Larry Gaffney, Phil O'Connor, Roy Cotton
Coach: Willie Wallace
Cautions: Nil
Goals: Cotton 43

Sunday March 6 1983
Schintler Reserve, Footscray, Melbourne
Referee: Evan Venios
Attendance: 3,000
Footscray JUST
Dennis Boland, Slobodan Stojcevski (Paul Simic 57), Jim O'Reilly, Jim Kondarios, Igor Hazabent, Mendo Ristovski, Kyri Kyriakouleas, Zoran Ilioski, Joe Carroll, Gus MacLeod, Zdravko Lujic
Coach: Bobby McLachlan
Cautions: Ilioski
Goals: Kondarios 14, MacLeod 84
2-3 Heidelberg United
Jeff Olver, Ian McKie, Don MacLeod, Charlie Yankos, Jim Tansey, John Spanos, Bob Vincent (Derek Lea 72), Juan Toro, Ken Taylor, Theo Selemidis, Mike Valentine
Coach: Ken Morton
Cautions: Nil
Goals: Valentine 20, 70, Lea 81

Sunday March 6 1983
Marconi Stadium, Bossley Park, Sydney
Referee: Richard Lorenc
Attendance: 2,958
Marconi
Alan Maher, Paul Degney, Joe Rizzotto, Tony Henderson, Ricky Budini, Attilio Carbone, Tom Sermanni, Rod Brown, Mark Jankovics, Jovan Djordjevic (Ian Hunter 73), Tom McCulloch
Coach: Doug Collins
Cautions: Nil
Goals: Jankovics 27, Carbone 28, Brown 33
3-2 Sydney City
Tony Pezzano, Jim Cant, Alex Robertson, Gerry Gomez, Ian Bruce, Willie Murray, Joe Watson, Murray Barnes, Wayne Reader (Grant Lee 61), John Kosmina, David Mitchell
Coach: Eddie Thomson
Cautions: Nil
Goals: Mitchell 78, Barnes 84

Sunday March 6 1983
Middle Park Soccer Stadium, Middle Park, Melbourne
Referee: Jim Fearn
Attendance: 5,000
South Melbourne
Peter Laumets, Bobby Russell, Steve Blair, Arthur Xanthopoulos, Alan Davidson, Carl Halford, Oscar Crino, Ken Murphy, Doug Brown, Charlie Egan, Steve Wooddin
Coach: Rale Rasic
Cautions: Nil
Goals: Blair 13, Brown 35, 36, Halford 62
4-0 Preston Makedonia
Richard Wilson, Con Opasinis, George Todorovski, David Jones, Ljube Petrovski, Isaac Farrell (Claude Lucchesi 46), Alan Whittle, Zarko Odzakov, George Campbell, George McMillan, Gary Ward
Coach: Peter Ollerton
Cautions: Nil

Sunday March 6 1983
Hindmarsh Stadium, Hindmarsh, Adelaide
Referee: Jim Rossis
Attendance: 3,169
West Adelaide
Martyn Crook, Ian McGregor, Robbie Dunn, Neil McGachey, Bill Amey, Steve Atsalas (Wally Bojczuk 85), Brenton Hiern, Mick Brennan, Graham Heys, Paul Wormley, Graham Honeyman
Coach: Alan Vest
Caution: McGregor
Goal: Wormley 61
1-0 Adelaide City
Willie McNally, Paul Shillabeer, Neil Banfield, Chris Miller, Bugsy Nyskohus, Glen Dods, Sergio Melta, John Nyskohus, Charlie Villani, Paul Carter, Steve Maxwell
Coach: Bobby Ferguson
Caution: Melta, J.Nyskohus

Sunday March 6 1983
St. George Stadium, Rockdale, Sydney
Referee: Ken Small
Attendance: 4,265
St. George
Terry Greedy, David Skeen, Robert O'Shea, Mark Barton, Andy Koczka, Mike O'Shea, John Muskovits, Peter Stone, Paul Wilkinson, John O'Shea, Dez Marton (Vince Colagiuri 69)
Coach: Frank Arok
Cautions: Nil
0-3 Sydney Olympic
Peter Wilson, Martyn Rogers (John Karaspyros 81), Graham Jennings, Peter Raskopoulos, Ricky Herbert, Tony Spyridakos, Mark Koussas, Jim Patikas, Marshall Soper, Peter Katholos, Gary Phillips
Coach: Tommy Docherty
Cautions: Nil
Goals: Soper 49, Patikas 51, 80
Quarter Finals

Monday April 4 1983
Middle Park Soccer Stadium, Middle Park, Melbourne
Referee: Chris Bambridge
Attendance: 1,000
South Melbourne
Peter Laumets, Bobby Russell, Arthur Xanthopoulos, Steve Blair, Alan Davidson, Carl Halford, Oscar Crino, Ken Murphy, Doug Brown, Charlie Egan, Steve Wooddin
Coach: Rale Rasic
Cautions: Nil
Goals: Halford 1, Brown 22, Crino 54, 57, Blair 62, Egan 74
6-2 Canberra City
Steve Hoszowski, Andrew Young, Terry Byrne, Jim Murray, Steve Bryant, Gary Byrne, George Christopoulos, Duncan Cole, Ian Gibson, Phil Redmond, Don MacLaren
Coach: George Murray
Cautions: Nil
Goals: Brennan 54, Bryant 90

Monday April 4 1983
Pratten Park, Ashfield, Sydney
Referee: Gary Power
Attendance: 2,500
Sydney Olympic
Gary Meier, Martyn Rogers, Ricky Herbert, Tony Spyridakos, Graham Jennings, Jim Patikas, Peter Katholos, Peter Raskopoulos, Marshall Soper, Steve Paterson, Gary Phillips (Mark Koussas 53)
Coach: Tommy Docherty
Cautions: Nil
Goals: Koussas 62, Paterson 70, Raskopoulos 86 pen
3-1 Newcastle KB United
Clint Gosling, Ralph Maier, Peter Burke, Gary Watson, Howard Tredinnick, Craig Mason, Joe Senkalski, Brett Cowburn (Simon Brandt 75), Ian Buckley, David Lowe, Bob Mountford
Coach: Ken Kaiser
Cautions: Nil
Goal: Lowe 38

Monday April 4 1983
Hindmarsh Stadium, Hindmarsh, Adelaide
Referee: Tony Martell
Attendance: 2,150
West Adelaide
Gary Sproul, Ian McGregor, Neil McGachey, Robbie Dunn, Bill Amey, Brenton Hiern, Mick Brennan (Wally Bojczuk 60), Steve Atsalas, Graham Honeyman, Paul Wormley, Graham Heys
Coach: Alan Vest
Cautions: Nil
0-4 Heidelberg United
Jeff Olver, Ian McKie, Charlie Yankos, Don MacLeod, Jim Tansey, Theo Selemidis, Juan Toro (Joe Angele 65), Bob Vincent, John Spanos, Jim Campbell, Mike Valentine
Coach: Ken Morton
Cautions: Nil
Goals: Campbell 36, 37, 73, Selemidis 58

Friday April 15 1983
Marconi Stadium, Bossley Park, Sydney
Referee: Doug Rennie
Attendance: 2,251
Marconi
Bruce James, Vic Bozanic, Joe Rizzotto, Tom McCulloch, Tony Henderson, Ricky Budini, Attilio Carbone, Tom Sermanni, Ian Hunter, Mark Jankovics, Jovan Djordjevic
Coach: Doug Collins
Cautions: Nil
Goals: Sermanni 46, Djordjevic 62, Jankovics 83
3-2 Brisbane City
Kim Wishart, John Kowtan, Billy Wilkinson, Peter Tokesi, Steve Perry, Frank Liddell, Bobby Hamilton, Frank Pimblett, Billy Williamson, Steve Glockner (Gary Bromfield 71), Joe Cairney
Coach: Jim Hermiston
Cautions: Nil
Goals: Perry 12, Wilkinson 87
Semi-Finals

Sunday October 30 1983
St. George Stadium, Rockdale, Sydney
Referee: Jim Reeves
Attendance: 3,500
Sydney Olympic
Gary Meier, Gary Phillips, Mike Coady, Tony Spyridakos, Ricky Herbert, Graham Jennings, Mark Koussas, Jim Patikas, Peter Katholos, Marshall Soper, Terry Patalis (Chris Kalantzis 81)
Cautions: Nil
Goals: Koussas 15, Patikas 21
2-1 Marconi
Bruce James, Jovan Djordjevic, Vic Bozanic, Tony Henderson, Steve Calderan, Attilio Carbone (Steve Winn 62), Tom Sermanni, Tom McCulloch, Rod Brown, Mark Jankovics, Rene Licata
Coach: Tony Henderson
Cautions: Nil
Goal: McCulloch 40

Sunday October 30 1983
Olympic Park, Melbourne
Referee: Don Campbell
Attendance: 15,000
Heidelberg United
Jeff Olver, Ian McKie, Charlie Yankos, Don MacLeod, John Spanos, Jim Campbell, Theo Selemidis, Mike Valentine, Gary Cole, Derek Lea, Scott Patterson
Coach: Jim Tansey
Cautions: McKie, Spanos, MacLeod
Goals: Cole 35, 53, Lea 39
3-2 South Melbourne
Peter Laumets, Bobby Russell, Steve Blair, John Yzendoorn, Carl Halford, Ken Murphy, Oscar Crino, Steve Wooddin, Charlie Egan, Doug Brown, Branko Buljevic
Coach: Len McKendry
Caution: Brown; Red Card: Wooddin 81
Goals: Yzendoorn 88 pen, 89
1983 National Soccer League Cup Final - First Leg

Sunday November 6 1983
St. George Stadium, Rockdale, Sydney
Referee: Tony Boskovic
Attendance: 6,420
Sydney Olympic
Gary Meier, Ricky Herbert, Tony Spyridakos, Mike Coady, Graham Jennings, Jim Patikas, Gary Phillips, Peter Katholos, Terry Patalis, Marshall Soper (Martyn Rogers 82), Chris Kalantzis
Coach: Manfred Schaefer
Caution: Soper
Goal: Patalis 64
1-0 Heidelberg United
Jeff Olver, Ian McKie, Charlie Yankos, Don MacLeod, Jim Tansey, Theo Selemidis, Jim Campbell, Mike Valentine, Derek Lea, Gary Cole, Scott Patterson
Coach: Jim Tansey
Cautions: Yankos, Cole
1983 National Soccer League Cup Final - Second Leg

Sunday November 13 1983
Olympic Park, Melbourne
Referee: Chris Bambridge
Attendance: 6,000
Sydney Olympic won 2-0 on aggregate
Heidelberg United
Jeff Olver, Ian McKie, Charlie Yankos, Don MacLeod, Jim Tansey, Theo Selemidis, Jim Campbell, Mike Valentine, Derek Lea, Gary Cole, Scott Patterson
Coach: Jim Tansey
Cautions: Nil; Red Card: MacLeod 89
0-1 Sydney Olympic
Gary Meier, Ricky Herbert, Tony Spyridakos, Mike Coady, Graham Jennings, Jim Patikas, Gary Phillips, Peter Katholos, Terry Patalis, Marshall Soper, Mark Koussas
Coach: Manfred Schaefer
Cautions: Nil
Goal: Patalis 82

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