# 1981 Adelaide City FC season

The 1981 season was the fifth 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 7th in their National Soccer League season, and were eliminated in the semi-finals 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 | Peter Marshall |
| 2 | DF | SCO | Bobby Rusell |
| 3 | DF | AUS | Bugsy Nyskohus |
| 4 | DF | AUS | John Besir |
| 5 | DF | AUS | David Jones |
| 8 | MF | AUS | John Perin |
| 9 | MF | AUS | Gary Marocchi |
| 10 | FW | AUS | John Nyskohus |
| 11 | FW | AUS | Dave Mitchell |
| 12 | MF | AUS | Brian Northcote |
| 13 | MF | AUS | Sergio Melta |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 14 | FW | AUS | Peter Rankin |
| 15 | FW | AUS | Greg Buch |
| 16 | MF | AUS | Charlie Villani |
| 20 | GK | SCO | Steve Peressin |
| — | DF | NZL | Glen Dods |
| — | FW | ENG | Justin Fashanu (on loan from Norwich City) |
| — | DF | AUS | Chris Manou |
| — | DF | AUS | Chris Miller |
| — | GK | AUS | Jack Przybylski |
| — | FW | AUS | Luciano Signore |

## 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 | 15 February 1981 | 13 September 1981 | Matchday 1 | 7th | 30 | 13 | 6 | 11 | 46 | 42 | +4 | 043.33 |
| NSL Cup | 8 February 1981 | 29 July 1981 | First round | Semi-finals | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 5 | +3 | 075.00 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 34 | 16 | 6 | 12 | 54 | 47 | +7 | 047.06 |
Source: Competitions

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

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Relegation |
| 1 | Sydney City (C) | 30 | 19 | 5 | 6 | 59 | 30 | +29 | 43 | |
| 2 | South Melbourne | 30 | 13 | 13 | 4 | 41 | 27 | +14 | 39 | |
| 3 | Brisbane City | 30 | 12 | 11 | 7 | 37 | 25 | +12 | 35 | |
| 4 | APIA Leichhardt | 30 | 12 | 11 | 7 | 39 | 33 | +6 | 35 | |
| 5 | Canberra City | 30 | 13 | 7 | 10 | 41 | 32 | +9 | 33 | |
| 6 | Brisbane Lions | 30 | 11 | 11 | 8 | 41 | 33 | +8 | 33 | |
| 7 | Adelaide City | 30 | 13 | 6 | 11 | 46 | 42 | +4 | 32 | |
| 8 | Heidelberg United | 30 | 12 | 7 | 11 | 48 | 40 | +8 | 31 | |
| 9 | Sydney Olympic | 30 | 11 | 9 | 10 | 46 | 46 | 0 | 31 | |
| 10 | Newcastle KB United | 30 | 11 | 8 | 11 | 41 | 41 | 0 | 30 | |
| 11 | Wollongong City | 30 | 8 | 12 | 10 | 35 | 39 | −4 | 28 | |
| 12 | Preston Makedonia | 30 | 9 | 7 | 14 | 39 | 41 | −2 | 25 | |
| 13 | Footscray JUST | 30 | 9 | 7 | 14 | 32 | 48 | −16 | 25 | |
| 14 | Marconi Fairfield | 30 | 9 | 7 | 14 | 23 | 45 | −22 | 25 | |
| 15 | Blacktown City (R) | 30 | 6 | 9 | 15 | 32 | 47 | −15 | 21 | Relegated to the 1982 NSW State League |
| 16 | West Adelaide | 30 | 5 | 4 | 21 | 26 | 57 | −31 | 14 | |

#### 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 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 10 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 |
| Ground | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A |
| Result | L | D | L | L | W | D | W | W | W | L | D | W | W | W | L | W | W | W | W | L | L | D | D | D | L | W | L | W | L | L |
| Position | 12 | 12 | 14 | 15 | 11 | 12 | 10 | 8 | 6 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 7 |
| Points | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 10 | 10 | 11 | 13 | 15 | 17 | 17 | 19 | 21 | 23 | 25 | 25 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 28 | 30 | 30 | 32 | 32 | 32 |

#### 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 | | Peter Marshall | 15 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 17 | 0 |
| 2 | DF | | Bobby Russell | 30 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 34 | 4 |
| 3 | DF | | Bugsy Nyskohus | 30 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 34 | 2 |
| 4 | DF | | John Besir | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | | David Jones | 29 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 33 | 3 |
| 8 | MF | | John Perin | 26 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 28 | 1 |
| 9 | MF | | Gary Marocchi | 28+1 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 33 | 4 |
| 10 | FW | | John Nyskohus | 30 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 33 | 8 |
| 11 | FW | | Dave Mitchell | 25 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 29 | 12 |
| 12 | MF | | Brian Northcote | 23+2 | 6 | 1+2 | 1 | 28 | 7 |
| 13 | MF | | Sergio Melta | 26+3 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 31 | 5 |
| 14 | FW | | Peter Rankin | 0+8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 0 |
| 15 | FW | | Greg Buch | 1+4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| 16 | MF | | Charlie Villani | 22+2 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 28 | 4 |
| 20 | GK | | Steve Peressin | 2+3 | 0 | 2+1 | 0 | 8 | 0 |
| — | DF | | Glen Dods | 9+2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 0 |
| — | FW | | Justin Fashanu | 6 | 2 | 1+1 | 1 | 8 | 3 |
| — | DF | | Chris Manou | 6+2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 0 |
| — | DF | | Chris Miller | 3+4 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 9 | 0 |
| — | GK | | Jack Przybylski | 13+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 0 |
| — | FW | | Luciano Signore | 5+3 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 10 | 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 | 8 | MF | | John Perin | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 |
| 2 | 5 | DF | | David Jones | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 |
| 3 | — | FW | | Justin Fashanu | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 4 | 12 | MF | | Brian Northcote | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | 16 | MF | | Charlie Villani | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | 13 | MF | | Sergio Melta | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | 10 | FW | | John Nyskohus | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | 3 | DF | | Bugsy Nyskohus | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | 9 | MF | | Gary Marocchi | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | 2 | DF | | Bobby Russell | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | 11 | FW | | Dave Mitchell | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | — | DF | | Glen Dods | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 30 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 34 | 0 | 4 |

### 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 | | Peter Marshall | 6 | 1 | 7 |
| 2 | — | | Jack Przybylski | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 3 | 20 | | Steve Peressin | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | 9 | 1 | 10 |