1984 SASF season

SASF Division Two
Season	1984
Dates	24 March–?
Champions	Cumberland United (1st title)
Promoted	Cumberland United; Whyalla City
Matches played	168
Goals scored	450 (2.68 per match)
Best Player	Tom Middleton; (Brighton City)
Biggest home win	Cumberland United 5–0 Brighton City; (5 May); Noarlunga United 5–0 Modbury; (19 May)
Biggest away win	Brighton City 1–6 Modbury; (26 May)
Highest scoring	Brighton City 1–6 Modbury; (26 May)
	← 1983 1985 →

SASF Division One
Season	1984
Dates	24 March–?
Champions	Adelaide Croatia (2nd title)
Relegated	Adelaide City Youth; Port Adelaide
NSL Cup	Adelaide Croatia; West Torrens Birkalla
Matches played	132
Goals scored	341 (2.58 per match)
Best Player	John Francis; (Eastern Districts Azzurri)
Top goalscorer	Adrian Santrac; (11 goals)
Biggest home win	Salisbury United 6–0 Adelaide City Youth
Biggest away win	Port Adelaide 0–5 Eastern Districts Azzurri; (7 April)
Highest scoring	Beograd Woodville 6–4 Elizabeth City
	← 1983 1985 →

South Australian Soccer Federation
Season	1984
Dates	?–6 October
	← 1983 1985 →

The 1984 South Australian Soccer Federation season was the 78th season of soccer in South Australia and the 23rd to be run by the South Australian Soccer Federation since its reformation in 1962.

Changes from 1983

Promotion and relegation

1983 League	Promoted to league	Relegated from league
Division One	Adelaide City Youth Salisbury United	—
Division Two	Athelstone Seaford-Noarlunga Thebarton Asteras Windsor Melita	Sturt (withdrew)
Metropolitan League	Disbanded

Men's competitions

1984 SASF Division One

The 1984 SASF Division One season, known as the Rothmans First Division for sponsorship reasons, was the 78th season of first division soccer in South Australia.^[1]^[2]^[3]

Adelaide Croatia were champions for the second time. Adelaide City Youth and Port Adelaide were relegated.

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Adelaide Croatia (C)	22	14	7	1	42	14	28	35	Qualification for NSL Cup, Top Four Cup and Ampol Cup
2	West Torrens Birkalla	22	14	3	5	35	21	14	31	Qualification for NSL Cup, Top Four Cup and Ampol Cup
3	Beograd Woodville	22	13	4	5	47	20	27	30	Qualification for Top Four Cup and Ampol Cup
4	Para Hills	22	11	4	7	33	25	8	26	Qualification for Top Four Cup and Ampol Cup
5	Campbelltown City	22	10	6	6	26	20	6	26	Qualification for Ampol Cup
6	Salisbury United	22	8	8	6	29	18	11	24	Qualification for Ampol Cup
7	Elizabeth City	22	7	7	8	27	34	−7	21
8	Polonia Adelaide	22	7	6	9	22	23	−1	20
9	West Adelaide Youth	22	7	5	10	20	30	−10	19
10	Eastern Districts Azzurri	22	5	7	10	26	29	−3	17
11	Adelaide City Youth (R)	22	3	5	14	22	52	−30	11	Relegation to SASF Division Two
12	Port Adelaide (R)	22	0	4	18	12	55	−43	4	Relegation to SASF Division Two

Source: Socceraust
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated

Results

Home \ Away	ACI	CRO	BEO	CAM	EDA	ELI	PAR	POL	POR	SAL	WES	WTB
Adelaide City Youth		1–5	1–4	0–1	4–4	0–1	0–2	1–1	3–1	1–2	0–0	0–2
Adelaide Croatia	2–0		1–1	1–0	0–0	0–0	2–0	2–0	5–0	2–1	1–1	4–3
Beograd Woodville	2–0	3–2		1–2	5–0	6–4	2–1	0–1	5–1	1–1	4–0	2–1
Campbelltown City	5–1	0–2	1–0		1–0	2–1	0–1	2–1	1–0	0–0	2–1	0–1
Eastern Districts Azzurri	3–0	0–1	0–0	1–1		5–0	0–2	1–1	2–0	0–1	1–1	0–2
Elizabeth City	2–3	0–2	1–0	0–0	3–1		1–2	1–1	3–1	0–0	3–1	1–1
Para Hills	2–2	2–2	3–1	1–1	3–1	0–1		4–3	2–1	1–3	0–1	0–1
Polonia Adelaide	3–1	0–1	0–1	0–1	1–1	1–2	0–1		3–0	2–1	1–1	0–2
Port Adelaide	1–2	0–4	0–3	2–2	0–5	2–2	1–1	0–1		0–1	0–0	0–3
Salisbury United	6–0	1–1	0–0	1–1	2–0	0–0	0–2	0–0	3–0		2–3	1–3
West Adelaide Youth	2–1	1–2	0–2	2–1	0–1	3–0	0–3	0–1	1–0	0–3		1–0
West Torrens Birkalla	1–1	0–0	0–4	3–2	1–0	3–1	2–0	0–1	3–2	1–0	2–1

Source: Socceraust
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Top scorers

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Adrian Santrac	Beograd Woodville	11

1984 SASF Division Two

The 1984 SASF Division Two season, known as the Rothmans Second Division for sponsorship reasons, was the 61st season of second division soccer in South Australia.^[4]^[2]^[3]

Cumberland United were champions for the first time and were promoted with Whyalla City.

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or qualification
1	Cumberland United (C, P)	24	16	6	2	53	12	41	38	Promotion to SASF Division One and qualification for Ampol Cup
2	Whyalla City (P)	24	15	5	4	48	18	30	35
3	West Fields APAC	24	16	3	5	37	21	16	35
4	USC Lion-Grange	24	16	2	6	49	28	21	34
5	Noarlunga United	24	11	6	7	48	34	14	28
6	Thebarton Asteras	24	10	7	7	34	31	3	27
7	Enfield-Victoria	24	8	5	11	23	38	−15	21
8	Blackwood	24	7	5	12	40	42	−2	19
9	Athelstone	24	8	3	13	23	41	−18	19
10	Windsor Melita	24	8	2	14	29	39	−10	18
11	Modbury	24	7	3	14	34	52	−18	17
12	Seaford-Noarlunga	24	3	5	16	11	35	−24	11
13	Brighton City	24	3	4	17	21	59	−38	10

Source: Socceraust
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted

Results

Results from rounds 20 to 26 are unknown.

Home \ Away	ATH	BLA	BRI	CMB	ENF	MOD	NOA	SEA	THE	USC	WEF	WHY	WIN
Athelstone		0–2	2–0	?	?	2–1	0–3	?	?	0–4	?	0–2	2–1
Blackwood	0–1		3–1	1–3	1–1	?	?	4–2	5–1	1–2	?	?	4–0
Brighton City	1–1	2–2		0–2	3–2	1–6	?	2–1	1–2	?	2–4	?	0–3
Cumberland United	?	?	5–0		3–0	3–0	1–0	4–0	0–1	0–0	3–0	0–0	?
Enfield-Victoria	1–0	2–0	1–0	?		?	2–2	0–1	1–1	?	0–1	?	1–0
Modbury	0–2	2–3	?	1–3	?		?	1–1	0–1	3–4	3–1	1–1	0–3
Noarlunga United	1–1	2–2	?	0–5	4–1	5–0		2–0	1–2	3–2	1–2	?	3–2
Seaford-Noarlunga	1–3	3–2	1–0	?	0–1	0–1	?		0–2	0–1	0–1	?	0–1
Thebarton Asteras	3–2	1–1	2–0	?	0–0	0–2	3–3	?		?	?	1–2	?
USC Lion-Grange	3–1	?	2–0	1–1	0–1	4–1	1–3	3–0	1–2		2–1	3–2	?
West Fields APAC	2–1	3–1	?	2–0	?	2–1	2–0	0–0	?	2–0		0–4	1–0
Whyalla City	4–0	?	4–0	1–1	1–1	1–0	1–2	3–0	3–1	1–0	0–1		2–0
Windsor Melita	?	2–0	1–2	1–1	1–2	?	1–0	1–0	1–5	?	?	0–1

Source: Socceraust
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Cup competitions

1984 Federation Cup

1984 P.G.H. Cup
Tournament details
Teams	45
Defending champions	Beograd Woodville
Final positions
Champions	Eastern Districts Azzurri (2nd title)
Runner-up	Campbelltown City
Tournament statistics
Matches played	44
Goals scored	155 (3.52 per match)
← 1983 1985 →

The 1984 SASF Federation Cup, known as the P.G.H. Cup for sponsorship reasons, was the 72nd running of the Federation Cup, the main soccer knockout cup competition in South Australia.^[5]

Eastern Districts Azzurri were champions for the second time, defeating Campbelltown City 2–1 after extra time in the final. Beograd Woodville were the defending champions, losing 0–1 in the quarter-finals to eventual finalists, Campbelltown City.

Format

Round	No. of fixtures	Teams	New entries this round
Preliminary round	13	45 → 32	26
First round	16	32 → 16	19
Second round	8	16 → 8	None
Quarter-finals	4	8 → 4	None
Semi-finals	2	4 → 2	None
Final	1	2 → 1	None

Preliminary round

Winning team	Score	Losing team
Brahma Lodge	6–3 (a.e.t.)	Norwood Old Scholars
West Fields APAC	1–0	Salisbury East
Brighton City	3–0	South Adelaide
Noarlunga United	5–0	Campbelltown
Blackwood	3–0	Flinders University
Enfield-Victoria	6–0	Mount Gambier Centrals
Thebarton Asteras	3–0	Adelaide United

Winning team	Score	Losing team
Seaford-Noarlunga	2–1	Elizabeth Downs
Salisbury Inter	3–2 (a.e.t.)	Whyalla City
Cumberland United	2–0	Tea Tree Gully
USC Lion-Grange	2–1 (a.e.t.)	Adelaide Omonia
Athelstone	5–0	Whyalla Steel United
Windsor Melita	1–0	Whyalla Croatia

Bracket

First round		Second round		Quarter-finals		Semi-finals		Final



Salisbury United	7

Agua	1
		Salisbury United	1

		Eastern Districts Azzurri	2
Eastern Districts Azzurri	2

West Adelaide Youth	0
				Eastern Districts Azzurri	2

				Cumberland United	0
Cumberland United	4

Athelstone	0
		Cumberland United	2

		Whyalla City	0
Adelaide City Youth	0 (4)

Whyalla City	0 (6)
						Eastern Districts Azzurri	2

						West Fields APAC	1
West Fields APAC	2

Windsor Melita	0
		West Fields APAC	3

		Thebarton Asteras	1
Thebarton Asteras	2

Brahma Lodge	1
				West Fields APAC	1

				Salisbury Inter	0
Blackwood	1

Salisbury Inter	2
		Salisbury Inter	2

		USC Lion-Grange	1
USC Lion-Grange	2

Modbury	1
								Eastern Districts Azzurri (a.e.t.)	2

								Campbelltown City	1
Campbelltown City	3

Enfield-Victoria	0
		Campbelltown City	3

		Para Hills	1
Para Hills	2

Brighton City	1
				Campbelltown City	1

				Beograd Woodville	0
Polonia Adelaide	6

Mount Gambier Inter	1
		Polonia Adelaide	0

		Beograd Woodville	1
Beograd Woodville	2

Seaford-Noarlunga	1
						Campbelltown City (rep.)	2

						Adelaide Croatia	1
Port Adelaide	1

Adelaide Croatia	8
		Adelaide Croatia	2

		West Torrens Birkalla	0
West Torrens Birkalla	6

West Beach	0
				Adelaide Croatia	3

				Parafield Gardens	2
Noarlunga United	1

Elizabeth City	2
		Elizabeth City	0 (4)

		Parafield Gardens	0 (5)
Parafield Gardens	9

Blue Lake	1

1984 Night Series

1984 Ampol Cup
Tournament details
Dates	?–21 March
Teams	8
Defending champions	Eastern Districts Azzurri
Final positions
Champions	Eastern Districts Azzurri (2nd title)
Runner-up	West Adelaide Youth
← 1983 1985 →

The 1984 Night Series, known as the Ampol Cup for sponsorship reasons, was the 32nd running of the Night Series, a pre-season cup competition contested by the top six teams from the previous season's first division and the two newly promoted teams from the second division.^[6]

Eastern Districts Azzurri were champions for the second time, defeating West Adelaide Youth in the final, successfully defending their title.

Group stage

The top two teams from both groups advance to the semi-finals. Adelaide Croatia, Para Hills, Polonia Adelaide and Salisbury United were knocked out in the group stage.

Knockout stage

Semi-finals		Final



Adelaide City Youth	1

Eastern Districts Azzurri	2
		Eastern Districts Azzurri

		West Adelaide Youth
West Adelaide Youth	4

Beograd Woodville	0

1984 Top Four Cup

1984 Coca-Cola Cup
Tournament details
Dates	?–6 October
Teams	4
Final positions
Champions	Adelaide Croatia (1st title)
Runner-up	Para Hills
← 1983 1985 →

The 1984 Top Four Cup, known as the Coca-Cola Cup for sponsorship reasons, was the 15th running of the Top Four Cup, a post-season cup competition contested by the top four teams from the first division.^[1]

Adelaide Croatia were champions for the first time, defeating Para Hills 3–2 in the final. Polonia Adelaide were the previous winners, but did not qualify for this season's competition after finishing eighth.

Bracket

Semi-finals	Final






	Adelaide Croatia	3

	Para Hills	2

References

^ ^a ^b "South Australia Division One 1984 – Table". Socceraust.
^ ^a ^b "Australia 1984". RSSSF.
^ ^a ^b Harlow, Denis (2003). History of Soccer in South Australia. p. 268. ISBN 0975060902.
^ "South Australia Division Two 1984 – Table". Socceraust.
^ "P.G.H. Cup 1984 – Results". Socceraust.
^ "South Australia Ampol Cup 1984 – Results". Socceraust.

[div1-1] "South Australia Division One 1984 – Table". Socceraust.

[rsssf-2] "Australia 1984". RSSSF.

[tables-3] Harlow, Denis (2003). History of Soccer in South Australia. p. 268. ISBN 0975060902.

[4] "South Australia Division Two 1984 – Table". Socceraust.

[5] "P.G.H. Cup 1984 – Results". Socceraust.

[6] "South Australia Ampol Cup 1984 – Results". Socceraust.

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