# 1979 Sydney Olympic FC season

The 1979 season was the third in the National Soccer League for Sydney Olympic Football Club. In addition to the domestic league, they also participated in the NSL Cup. Sydney Olympic finished 13th in their National Soccer League season to be relegated, and were eliminated in the second 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 |
| 1 | GK | AUS | Gary Meier |
| 2 | DF | AUS | Dave McIntosh |
| 3 | DF | AUS | Billy Palmer |
| 4 | DF | AUS | Richard Bell |
| 5 | DF | SCO | Ken Wilson |
| 6 | DF | ENG | Mike Cross |
| 7 | FW | SCO | Derek Laing |
| 8 | MF | AUS | Peter Raskopoulos |
| 9 | MF | SCO | Alex Jamieson |
| 10 | FW | AUS | Clive Eaton |
| 11 | MF | AUS | Alan Ainslie |
| 12 | MF | AUS | Mark Koussas |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 13 | DF | AUS | Ian Rowden |
| 14 | DF | AUS | Graham Jennings |
| 15 | DF | SCO | Jim Morris |
| 17 | DF | AUS | John Karaspyros |
| 18 | FW | AUS | Andy Scott |
| 20 | GK | AUS | Peter Wilson |
| — | FW | ENG | Ray Botham |
| — | DF | ENG | Paul Cotton |
| — | DF | IRN | Karim Ghiassi |
| — | DF | SCO | George Gibsn |
| — | DF | ENG | Paul Luckett |
| — | | AUS | Leopold Poulos |

## 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 | 11 March 1979 | 23 September 1979 | Matchday 1 | 13th | 26 | 7 | 5 | 14 | 23 | 30 | −7 | 026.92 |
| NSL Cup | 25 April 1979 | 19 May 1979 | First round | Second round | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | −2 | 050.00 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 28 | 8 | 5 | 15 | 25 | 34 | −9 | 028.57 |
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 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 22 | 23 | 21 | 24 | 25 | 26 |
| Ground | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | H | H | A | A | H | A | H |
| Result | W | W | W | L | L | L | L | L | W | L | W | L | L | D | W | L | D | W | D | L | D | D | L | L | L | L |
| Position | 6 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 11 | 11 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 11 | 11 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 |
| Points | 2 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 8 | 8 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 11 | 13 | 13 | 14 | 16 | 17 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 19 | 19 | 19 | 19 |

#### Matches

Win  Draw  Loss
Notes:
* ↑ Awarded score. Original score 1–0 to South Melbourne; result was changed after the Australian Soccer Federation determined that South Melbourne fielded ineligible player Tony Tuner.

### 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 | | Gary Meier | 19 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 21 | 0 |
| 2 | DF | | Dave McIntosh | 21+4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 27 | 2 |
| 3 | DF | | Billy Palmer | 6+3 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 11 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | | Richard Bell | 26 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 27 | 2 |
| 5 | DF | | Ken Wilson | 26 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 27 | 2 |
| 6 | DF | | Mike Cross | 22+1 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 25 | 0 |
| 7 | FW | | Derek Laing | 25 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 27 | 1 |
| 8 | MF | | Peter Raskopoulos | 25+1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 28 | 0 |
| 9 | MF | | Alex Jamieson | 11+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 0 |
| 10 | FW | | Clive Eaton | 18+6 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 26 | 8 |
| 11 | MF | | Alan Ainslie | 12+3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 17 | 1 |
| 12 | MF | | Mark Koussas | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 13 | DF | | Ian Rowden | 16+1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 19 | 0 |
| 14 | DF | | Graham Jennings | 19+1 | 4 | 1+1 | 0 | 22 | 4 |
| 15 | DF | | Jim Morris | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 17 | DF | | John Karaspyros | 0+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 18 | FW | | Andy Scott | 16+2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 20 | 1 |
| 20 | GK | | Peter Wilson | 7+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 |
| — | FW | | Ray Botham | 2+4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 1 |
| — | DF | | Paul Cotton | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| — | DF | | Karim Ghiassi | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| — | DF | | George Gibson | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| — | DF | | Paul Luckett | 0+3 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| — | — | | Leopold Poulos | 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 | 13 | DF | | Ian Rowden | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2 | 2 | DF | | Dave McIntosh | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | 8 | MF | | Peter Raskopoulos | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | 3 | DF | | Billy Palmer | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | 5 | DF | | Ken Wilson | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | 7 | FW | | Derek Laing | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | 9 | MF | | Alex Jamieson | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | 10 | FW | | Clive Eaton | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | 14 | DF | | Graham Jennings | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | 18 | FW | | Andy Scott | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 15 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 1 |

### 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 | 1 | | Gary Meier | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| 2 | 20 | | Peter Wilson | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | 5 | 0 | 5 |