# 1980 St George-Budapest FC season

The 1980 season was the fourth 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 14th to be relegated in their National Soccer League season, and were eliminated in the quarter-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 | Mike Fraser |
| 2 | DF | AUS | Nigel Groome |
| 3 | DF | AUS | Peter Terry |
| 4 | DF | AUS | David Skeen |
| 5 | DF | AUS | Doug Utjesenovic (captain) |
| 6 | MF | AUS | Rudolfo Gnavi |
| 7 | MF | AUS | Paul Kay |
| 8 | MF | AUS | Peter Stone |
| 9 | FW | AUS | Peter Beggs |
| 10 | MF | AUS | Peter Katholos |
| 11 | MF | ENG | Roy Cotton |
| 12 | GK | AUS | Don Smith |
| 13 | MF | AUS | Mark Barton |
| 14 | MF | AUS | Billy Griffith |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 15 | DF | AUS | Dave McIntosh |
| 16 | MF | AUS | Aaron Scharfegger |
| 17 | FW | AUS | Ernie Campbell |
| 18 | FW | AUS | Dennis Duarte |
| 19 | | AUS | Howard Hadley |
| 20 | MF | AUS | John Russell |
| — | | AUS | Billy Buloch |
| — | MF | AUS | John Davies |
| — | | ENG | Nick Fenoughty |
| — | | AUS | Ron Fraser |
| — | | AUS | Tom Mihajlovic |
| — | DF | AUS | Steve Ververis |
| — | DF | AUS | Richard Yamine |

## 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 | 9 March 1980 | 28 September 1980 | Matchday 1 | 14th | 26 | 5 | 4 | 17 | 32 | 65 | −33 | 019.23 |
| NSL Cup | 25 April 1980 | 3 August 1980 | First round | Quarter-finals | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 5 | +2 | 066.67 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 29 | 7 | 4 | 18 | 39 | 70 | −31 | 024.14 |
Source: Competitions

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

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Sydney City (C) | 26 | 16 | 5 | 5 | 51 | 26 | +25 | 37 | Qualification to Finals series |
| 2 | Heidelberg United | 26 | 15 | 6 | 5 | 55 | 33 | +22 | 36 | Qualification to Finals series |
| 3 | South Melbourne | 26 | 15 | 5 | 6 | 42 | 21 | +21 | 35 | Qualification to Finals series |
| 4 | Marconi Fairfield | 26 | 14 | 6 | 6 | 53 | 32 | +21 | 34 | Qualification to Finals series |
| 5 | Adelaide City | 26 | 13 | 4 | 9 | 40 | 27 | +13 | 30 | |
| 6 | Newcastle KB United | 26 | 12 | 6 | 8 | 32 | 31 | +1 | 30 | |
| 7 | Brisbane Lions | 26 | 7 | 11 | 8 | 28 | 32 | −4 | 25 | |
| 8 | APIA Leichhardt | 26 | 8 | 7 | 11 | 27 | 35 | −8 | 23 | |
| 9 | Footscray JUST | 26 | 7 | 9 | 10 | 32 | 41 | −9 | 23 | |
| 10 | Canberra City | 26 | 7 | 7 | 12 | 34 | 33 | +1 | 21 | |
| 11 | Blacktown City | 26 | 9 | 3 | 14 | 34 | 55 | −21 | 21 | |
| 12 | Brisbane City | 26 | 4 | 10 | 12 | 29 | 36 | −7 | 18 | |
| 13 | West Adelaide | 26 | 7 | 3 | 16 | 24 | 46 | −22 | 17 | |
| 14 | St George-Budapest (R) | 26 | 5 | 4 | 17 | 32 | 65 | −33 | 14 | Relegated to the 1981 NSW State League |
* ↑ The Finals series was not considered the championship for the 1980 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 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 13 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 |
| Ground | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | H | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A |
| Result | L | W | W | L | L | L | L | D | L | L | L | L | W | W | L | L | D | D | L | D | L | L | L | L | W | L |
| Position | 13 | 8 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 13 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 |
| Points | 0 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 11 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 14 | 14 |

#### 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 | | Mike Fraser | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 0 |
| 2 | DF | | Nigel Groome | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | | Peter Terry | 17 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 19 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | | David Skeen | 9 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 11 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | | Doug Utjesenovic | 20 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 21 | 1 |
| 6 | MF | | Rudolfo Gnavi | 8+1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| 7 | MF | | Paul Kay | 12+5 | 2 | 1+1 | 0 | 19 | 2 |
| 8 | MF | | Peter Stone | 16 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 2 |
| 9 | FW | | Peter Beggs | 11+4 | 2 | 2+1 | 3 | 18 | 5 |
| 10 | MF | | Peter Katholos | 18+3 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 24 | 4 |
| 11 | MF | | Roy Cotton | 11+6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 19 | 4 |
| 12 | GK | | Don Smith | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 0 |
| 13 | MF | | Mark Barton | 9+3 | 1 | 1+1 | 0 | 14 | 1 |
| 14 | MF | | Billy Griffith | 22 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 24 | 2 |
| 15 | DF | | Dave McIntosh | 25 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 27 | 1 |
| 16 | MF | | Aaron Scharfegger | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 17 | FW | | Ernie Campbell | 14 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 16 | 3 |
| 18 | FW | | Dennis Duarte | 20+1 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 24 | 13 |
| 19 | — | | Howard Hadley | 9+4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 16 | 0 |
| 20 | MF | | John Russell | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 0 |
| — | — | | Billy Buloch | 0+1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| — | MF | | John Davies | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 |
| — | — | | Nick Fenoughty | 0+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| — | — | | Ron Fraser | 0+1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| — | — | | Tom Mihajlovic | 4+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| — | DF | | Steve Ververis | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| — | DF | | Richard Yamine | 2+1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 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 | 17 | FW | | Ernie Campbell | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1 |
| 2 | 11 | MF | | Roy Cotton | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| 3 | 15 | DF | | Dave McIntosh | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | 6 | MF | | Rudolfo Gnavi | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | 9 | FW | | Peter Beggs | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | 4 | DF | | David Skeen | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | 7 | MF | | Paul Kay | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | 16 | MF | | Aaron Scharfegger | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | 19 | — | | Howard Hadley | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | 3 | DF | | Peter Terry | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | 5 | DF | | Doug Utjesenovic | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | 8 | MF | | Peter Stone | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | 10 | MF | | Peter Katholos | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | 13 | MF | | Mark Barton | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | — | DF | | Richard Yamine | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 30 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 36 | 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 | 12 | | Don Smith | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 1 | 1 | | Mike Fraser | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | 4 | 1 | 5 |