# 1979 St George-Budapest FC season

The 1979 season was the third in the National Soccer League for St George-Budapest (now St George Football Club). In addition to the domestic league, they also participated in the NSL Cup. St George-Budapest finished 11th in their National Soccer League season, and were eliminated in the Final 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 |
| 1 | GK | AUS | Martin Coe |
| 2 | DF | AUS | Doug Utjesenovic |
| 3 | DF | AUS | George Harris |
| 4 | DF | AUS | Peter Terry |
| 5 | DF | AUS | Robbie O'Shea |
| 6 | | AUS | Brendan Grosse |
| 7 | FW | ENG | Peter Hensman |
| 8 | DF | AUS | John O'Shea |
| 9 | | AUS | Stefan Matic |
| 10 | MF | ENG | Roy Cotton |
| 11 | FW | AUS | Phil O'Connor |
| 12 | GK | AUS | Mike Fraser |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 13 | DF | AUS | Mike O'Shea |
| 14 | | ENG | Nick Fenoughty |
| 15 | DF | ARG | Rudi Della Picca |
| 16 | | AUS | Tom Mihajlovic |
| 18 | | AUS | Neville Morgan |
| 19 | MF | AUS | Mark Barton |
| 20 | MF | AUS | Rudolfo Gnavi |
| 21 | MF | AUS | Paul Kay |
| 22 | MF | AUS | Peter Katholos |
| 25 | | AUS | Emery Holmik |
| — | DF | AUS | Nigel Groome |

## 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 | 12 March 1979 | 23 August 1979 | Matchday 1 | 11th | 26 | 7 | 6 | 13 | 27 | 43 | −16 | 026.92 |
| NSL Cup | 25 April 1979 | 30 September 1979 | First round | Runners-up | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 8 | +4 | 040.00 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 31 | 9 | 8 | 14 | 39 | 51 | −12 | 029.03 |
Source: Competitions

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

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Marconi Fairfield (C) | 26 | 15 | 6 | 5 | 58 | 32 | +26 | 40 | Qualification to Finals series |
| 2 | Heidelberg United | 26 | 14 | 7 | 5 | 44 | 30 | +14 | 36 | Qualification to Finals series |
| 3 | Sydney City | 26 | 15 | 3 | 8 | 47 | 29 | +18 | 34 | Qualification to Finals series |
| 4 | Brisbane City | 26 | 14 | 5 | 7 | 38 | 30 | +8 | 34 | Qualification to Finals series |
| 5 | Adelaide City | 26 | 13 | 6 | 7 | 43 | 27 | +16 | 33 | |
| 6 | Newcastle KB United | 26 | 11 | 9 | 6 | 43 | 30 | +13 | 32 | |
| 7 | West Adelaide | 26 | 10 | 4 | 12 | 28 | 31 | −3 | 25 | |
| 8 | APIA Leichhardt | 26 | 11 | 3 | 12 | 29 | 37 | −8 | 25 | |
| 9 | Brisbane Lions | 26 | 8 | 6 | 12 | 28 | 40 | −12 | 22 | |
| 10 | Footscray JUST | 26 | 8 | 3 | 15 | 29 | 43 | −14 | 20 | |
| 11 | St George-Budapest | 26 | 7 | 6 | 13 | 27 | 43 | −16 | 20 | |
| 12 | Canberra City | 26 | 6 | 8 | 12 | 25 | 41 | −16 | 20 | |
| 13 | Sydney Olympic (R) | 26 | 7 | 5 | 14 | 23 | 30 | −7 | 19 | Relegated to the 1980 NSW State League |
| 14 | South Melbourne | 26 | 6 | 3 | 17 | 26 | 45 | −19 | 16 | |
* 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 A Bonus Point was awarded for victories of 4 goals or more.
* ↑ The Finals series was not considered the championship for the 1979 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 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 15 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 |
| Ground | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | H | A | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A |
| Result | L | L | W | L | L | L | L | L | W | L | L | L | W | D | L | D | D | D | W | W | W | D | L | L | D | W |
| Position | 12 | 12 | 12 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 13 | 14 | 14 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 14 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 11 |
| Points | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 12 | 14 | 16 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 18 | 20 |

#### 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 |
| 1 | GK | | Martin Coe | 11 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 14 | 0 |
| 2 | DF | | Doug Utjesenovic | 21 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 26 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | | George Harris | 25 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 29 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | | Peter Terry | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | | Robbie O'Shea | 26 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 31 | 0 |
| 6 | — | | Brendan Grosse | 16+4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 21 | 1 |
| 7 | FW | | Peter Hensman | 13+7 | 2 | 2+2 | 2 | 24 | 4 |
| 8 | DF | | John O'Shea | 26 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 31 | 6 |
| 9 | — | | Stefan Matic | 9+2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 1 |
| 10 | MF | | Roy Cotton | 21+2 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 27 | 7 |
| 11 | FW | | Phil O'Connor | 22 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 27 | 10 |
| 12 | GK | | Mike Fraser | 15 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 17 | 0 |
| 14 | — | | Nick Fenoughty | 6+4 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 12 | 0 |
| 15 | DF | | Rudi Della Picca | 16+2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 22 | 0 |
| 16 | — | | Tom Mihajlovic | 12+1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 15 | 0 |
| 18 | — | | Neville Morgan | 7+4 | 2 | 2+1 | 2 | 14 | 4 |
| 19 | MF | | Mark Barton | 1+1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 20 | MF | | Rudolfo Gnavi | 20+1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 24 | 1 |
| 21 | MF | | Paul Kay | 1+5 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 8 | 0 |
| 22 | MF | | Peter Katholos | 12+2 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 19 | 4 |
| 25 | — | | Emery Holmik | 0+1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| — | DF | | Nigel Groome | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |

### 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 | 20 | MF | | Rudolfo Gnavi | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | 3 | DF | | George Harris | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | 7 | FW | | Peter Hensman | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | 10 | MF | | Roy Cotton | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | 15 | DF | | Rudi Della Picca | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | 22 | MF | | Peter Katholos | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | 2 | DF | | Doug Utjesenovic | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | 5 | DF | | Robbie O'Shea | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | 8 | DF | | John O'Shea | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | 14 | — | | Nick Fenoughty | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | 16 | — | | Tom Mihajlovic | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 21 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 26 | 0 | 0 |

### 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 | 12 | | Mike Fraser | 4 | 1 | 5 |
| 2 | 1 | | Martin Coe | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | 5 | 1 | 6 |