# 1984 SASF season

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 | 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.
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 |

#### 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 | |

#### 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.
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 | Promotion to SASF Division One and qualification for Ampol Cup |
| 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 | |

#### 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 | |

## Cup competitions
### 1984 Federation Cup

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.
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 | First round | Second round | Second round | Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Final | Final |
| Salisbury United | 7 | | | | | | |
| Agua | 1 | | | | | | |
| Agua | 1 | Salisbury United | 1 | | | | |
| | | Eastern Districts Azzurri | 2 | | | | |
| Eastern Districts Azzurri | 2 | Eastern Districts Azzurri | 2 | | | | |
| West Adelaide Youth | 0 | | | | | | |
| West Adelaide Youth | 0 | | | Eastern Districts Azzurri | 2 | | |
| | | | | Cumberland United | 0 | | |
| Cumberland United | 4 | | | Cumberland United | 0 | | |
| Athelstone | 0 | | | | | | |
| Athelstone | 0 | Cumberland United | 2 | | | | |
| | | Whyalla City | 0 | | | | |
| Adelaide City Youth | 0 (4) | Whyalla City | 0 | | | | |
| Whyalla City | 0 (6) | | | | | | |
| Whyalla City | 0 (6) | | | | | Eastern Districts Azzurri | 2 |
| | | | | | | West Fields APAC | 1 |
| West Fields APAC | 2 | | | | | West Fields APAC | 1 |
| Windsor Melita | 0 | | | | | | |
| Windsor Melita | 0 | West Fields APAC | 3 | | | | |
| | | Thebarton Asteras | 1 | | | | |
| Thebarton Asteras | 2 | Thebarton Asteras | 1 | | | | |
| Brahma Lodge | 1 | | | | | | |
| Brahma Lodge | 1 | | | West Fields APAC | 1 | | |
| | | | | Salisbury Inter | 0 | | |
| Blackwood | 1 | | | Salisbury Inter | 0 | | |
| Salisbury Inter | 2 | | | | | | |
| Salisbury Inter | 2 | Salisbury Inter | 2 | | | | |
| | | USC Lion-Grange | 1 | | | | |
| USC Lion-Grange | 2 | USC Lion-Grange | 1 | | | | |
| Modbury | 1 | | | | | | | | |
| Modbury | 1 | | | | | | | Eastern Districts Azzurri (a.e.t.) | 2 |
| | | | | | | | | Campbelltown City | 1 |
| Campbelltown City | 3 | | | | | | | Campbelltown City | 1 |
| Enfield-Victoria | 0 | | | | | | | | |
| Enfield-Victoria | 0 | Campbelltown City | 3 | | | | | | |
| | | Para Hills | 1 | | | | | | |
| Para Hills | 2 | Para Hills | 1 | | | | | | |
| Brighton City | 1 | | | | | | | | |
| Brighton City | 1 | | | Campbelltown City | 1 | | | | |
| | | | | Beograd Woodville | 0 | | | | |
| Polonia Adelaide | 6 | | | Beograd Woodville | 0 | | | | |
| Mount Gambier Inter | 1 | | | | | | | | |
| Mount Gambier Inter | 1 | Polonia Adelaide | 0 | | | | | | |
| | | Beograd Woodville | 1 | | | | | | |
| Beograd Woodville | 2 | Beograd Woodville | 1 | | | | | | |
| Seaford-Noarlunga | 1 | | | | | | | | |
| Seaford-Noarlunga | 1 | | | | | Campbelltown City (rep.) | 2 | | |
| | | | | | | Adelaide Croatia | 1 |
| Port Adelaide | 1 | | | | | Adelaide Croatia | 1 |
| Adelaide Croatia | 8 | | | | | | |
| Adelaide Croatia | 8 | Adelaide Croatia | 2 | | | | |
| | | West Torrens Birkalla | 0 | | | | |
| West Torrens Birkalla | 6 | West Torrens Birkalla | 0 | | | | |
| West Beach | 0 | | | | | | |
| West Beach | 0 | | | Adelaide Croatia | 3 | | |
| | | | | Parafield Gardens | 2 | | |
| Noarlunga United | 1 | | | Parafield Gardens | 2 | | |
| Elizabeth City | 2 | | | | | | |
| Elizabeth City | 2 | Elizabeth City | 0 (4) | | | | |
| | | Parafield Gardens | 0 (5) | | | | |
| Parafield Gardens | 9 | Parafield Gardens | 0 (5) | | | | |
| Blue Lake | 1 | | | | | | |

### 1984 Night Series

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.
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 | Semi-finals | Final |
| Adelaide City Youth | 1 |
| Eastern Districts Azzurri | 2 | |
| Eastern Districts Azzurri | 2 | Eastern Districts Azzurri |
| | | West Adelaide Youth |
| West Adelaide Youth | 4 | West Adelaide Youth |
| Beograd Woodville | 0 | |

### 1984 Top Four Cup

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.
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 | Semi-finals | Final | Final |
| | | Adelaide Croatia | 3 |
| | | Para Hills | 2 |