# 1982 Adelaide City FC season

The 1982 season was the sixth in the National Soccer League for Adelaide City Football Club. In addition to the domestic league, they also participated in the NSL Cup. Adelaide City finished 13th in their National Soccer League season, and were eliminated in the first round of the NSL Cup.

## Players

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| — | DF | ENG | Neil Banfield |
| — | FW | ENG | Les Carter |
| — | | AUS | Mario Carusco |
| — | DF | NZL | Glen Dods |
| — | GK | SCO | Bobby Ferguson |
| — | DF | ENG | Neville Flounders |
| — | | AUS | Noel Flounders |
| — | DF | AUS | Chris Manou |
| — | MF | ITA | Sergio Marangoni |
| — | MF | AUS | Gary Marocchi |
| — | GK | NIR | Willie McNally |
| — | MF | AUS | Sergio Melta |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| — | DF | AUS | Chris Miller |
| — | FW | AUS | Dave Mitchell |
| — | MF | AUS | Brian Northcote |
| — | DF | AUS | Bugsy Nyskohus |
| — | FW | AUS | John Nyskohus |
| — | MF | AUS | John Perin |
| — | FW | AUS | Peter Rankin |
| — | DF | SCO | Bobby Rusell |
| — | DF | AUS | Paul Shillabeer |
| — | FW | AUS | Luciano Signore |
| — | MF | AUS | Charlie Villani |

## Competitions
### Overall record

| Competition | First match | Last match | Starting round | Final position | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record |
| Competition | First match | Last match | Starting round | Final position | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Win % |
| National Soccer League | 14 February 1982 | 5 September 1982 | Matchday 1 | 13th | 30 | 6 | 12 | 12 | 36 | 44 | −8 | 020.00 |
| NSL Cup | 14 June 1982 | 14 June 1982 | First round | First round | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | −2 | 000.00 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 31 | 6 | 12 | 13 | 37 | 47 | −10 | 019.35 |
Source: Competitions

### National Soccer League
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Relegation |
| 1 | Sydney City (C) | 30 | 20 | 5 | 5 | 68 | 28 | +40 | 45 | Qualification to Finals series |
| 2 | St George-Budapest | 30 | 14 | 8 | 8 | 47 | 40 | +7 | 36 | Qualification to Finals series |
| 3 | Wollongong City | 30 | 16 | 3 | 11 | 43 | 46 | −3 | 35 | Qualification to Finals series |
| 4 | Heidelberg United | 30 | 13 | 8 | 9 | 42 | 37 | +5 | 34 | Qualification to Finals series |
| 5 | Preston Makedonia | 30 | 12 | 10 | 8 | 45 | 41 | +4 | 34 | |
| 6 | South Melbourne | 30 | 11 | 9 | 10 | 46 | 37 | +9 | 31 | |
| 7 | APIA Leichhardt | 30 | 12 | 7 | 11 | 49 | 54 | −5 | 31 | |
| 8 | Sydney Olympic | 30 | 12 | 6 | 12 | 52 | 42 | +10 | 30 | |
| 9 | West Adelaide | 30 | 10 | 8 | 12 | 44 | 40 | +4 | 28 | |
| 10 | Marconi Fairfield | 30 | 12 | 4 | 14 | 44 | 43 | +1 | 28 | |
| 11 | Brisbane Lions | 30 | 10 | 8 | 12 | 39 | 42 | −3 | 28 | |
| 12 | Newcastle KB United | 30 | 10 | 7 | 13 | 43 | 52 | −9 | 27 | |
| 13 | Adelaide City | 30 | 6 | 12 | 12 | 36 | 44 | −8 | 24 | |
| 14 | Footscray JUST | 30 | 5 | 14 | 11 | 34 | 46 | −12 | 24 | |
| 15 | Canberra City | 30 | 7 | 10 | 13 | 37 | 54 | −17 | 24 | |
| 16 | Brisbane City | 30 | 5 | 11 | 14 | 32 | 55 | −23 | 21 | |
* ↑ The Finals series was not considered the championship for the 1982 National Soccer League.

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Source: worldfootball.net

#### Results by round

| Round | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 |
| Ground | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H |
| Result | D | D | L | D | L | W | L | L | L | L | W | W | D | L | D | D | W | L | D | D | W | D | L | D | L | D | L | D | L | W |
| Position | 7 | 10 | 12 | 12 | 13 | 10 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 14 | 12 | 11 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 13 | 11 | 13 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 13 |
| Points | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 14 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 18 | 19 | 19 | 20 | 20 | 21 | 21 | 22 | 22 | 24 |

#### Matches

Win  Draw  Loss

### NSL Cup

Win  Draw  Loss

## Statistics
### Appearances and goals

Includes all competitions. Players with no appearances not included in the list.
| No. | Pos. | Nat. | Player | National Soccer League | National Soccer League | NSL Cup | NSL Cup | Total | Total |
| No. | Pos. | Nat. | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| — | DF | | Neil Banfield | 23 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 24 | 0 |
| — | FW | | Les Carter | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 2 |
| — | — | | Mario Carusco | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| — | DF | | Glen Dods | 8+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 |
| — | GK | | Bobby Ferguson | 22 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 23 | 0 |
| — | DF | | Neville Flounders | 27 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 28 | 1 |
| — | — | | Noel Flounders | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| — | DF | | Chris Manou | 13+4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 18 | 2 |
| — | MF | | Sergio Marangoni | 7+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 |
| — | MF | | Gary Marocchi | 29 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 30 | 2 |
| — | GK | | Willie McNally | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 |
| — | MF | | Sergio Melta | 29 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 30 | 5 |
| — | DF | | Chris Miller | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| — | FW | | Dave Mitchell | 3+1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 |
| — | MF | | Brian Northcote | 17 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 18 | 3 |
| — | DF | | Bugsy Nyskohus | 29 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 30 | 1 |
| — | FW | | John Nyskohus | 30 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 30 | 10 |
| — | MF | | John Perin | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| — | FW | | Peter Rankin | 11+5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 17 | 0 |
| — | DF | | Bobby Russell | 30 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 31 | 2 |
| — | DF | | Paul Shillabeer | 3+3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| — | FW | | Luciano Signore | 3+3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| — | MF | | Charlie Villani | 25+1 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 27 | 5 |

### Disciplinary record

Includes all competitions. The list is sorted by squad number when total cards are equal. Players with no cards not included in the list.
| Rank | No. | Pos. | Nat. | Player | National Soccer League | National Soccer League | National Soccer League | NSL Cup | NSL Cup | NSL Cup | Total | Total | Total |
| 1 | — | DF | | Neil Banfield | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 1 | — | FW | | John Nyskohus | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 3 | — | MF | | Sergio Marangoni | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 4 | — | MF | | Brian Northcote | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | — | — | | Chris Manou | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | — | MF | | Sergio Melta | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | — | DF | | Bugsy Nyskohus | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | — | DF | | Neville Flounders | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | — | DF | | Bobby Russell | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | — | FW | | Les Carter | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 24 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 0 | 2 |

### Clean sheets

Includes all competitions. The list is sorted by squad number when total clean sheets are equal. Numbers in parentheses represent games where both goalkeepers participated and both kept a clean sheet; the number in parentheses is awarded to the goalkeeper who was substituted on, whilst a full clean sheet is awarded to the goalkeeper who was on the field at the start of play. Goalkeepers with no clean sheets not included in the list.
| Rank | No. | Nat. | Goalkeeper | NSL | NSL Cup | Total |
| 1 | — | | Bobby Ferguson | 7 | 0 | 7 |
| 2 | — | | Willie McNally | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | 9 | 0 | 9 |