# 1981 Heidelberg United FC season

The 1981 season was the fifth in the National Soccer League for Heidelberg United. In addition to the domestic league, they also participated in the NSL Cup. Heidelberg United finished 8th 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 | Jeff Olver |
| 2 | DF | SCO | Arthur McMillan |
| 3 | DF | AUS | Jim Tansey |
| 4 | DF | AUS | John Yzendoorn |
| 5 | DF | SCO | Pat Bannon |
| 6 | MF | AUS | Theo Selemidis |
| 7 | MF | AUS | Jimmy Rooney |
| 8 | MF | AUS | Jim Campbell |
| 9 | FW | AUS | Jamie Paton |
| 10 | FW | AUS | George Pavlidis |
| 11 | MF | AUS | Andy Bozikas |
| 12 | DF | AUS | Charlie Yankos |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 14 | DF | SCO | Bob Provan |
| 15 | MF | AUS | Ken Taylor |
| 16 | FW | AUS | Gary Cole |
| 17 | MF | ENG | Jim Williams |
| 20 | GK | AUS | Jack Reilly |
| — | MF | AUS | George Itsou |
| — | DF | ENG | Don MacLeod |
| — | | IRL | Joe McGrory |
| — | DF | AUS | John Mihailidis |
| — | | IRL | Liam Monagle |
| — | FW | AUS | Tom Tasevski |

## 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 | 8th | 30 | 12 | 7 | 11 | 48 | 40 | +8 | 040.00 |
| NSL Cup | 11 March 1981 | 17 June 1981 | First round | Quarter-finals | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | +1 | 033.33 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 33 | 13 | 8 | 12 | 51 | 42 | +9 | 039.39 |
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 | 10 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 11 | 12 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 23 | 27 | 13 | 28 | 29 | 30 |
| Ground | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | A | H | H | A | H | H | A | H |
| Result | D | L | L | L | L | W | W | L | D | L | W | D | L | L | W | D | W | L | W | L | W | L | W | W | D | D | D | W | W | W |
| Position | 7 | 15 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 14 | 15 | 15 | 16 | 16 | 14 | 13 | 14 | 14 | 13 | 13 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 11 | 13 | 12 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 13 | 10 | 8 | 8 |
| Points | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 11 | 12 | 14 | 14 | 16 | 16 | 18 | 18 | 20 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 27 | 29 | 31 |

#### 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 | | Jeff Olver | 27 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 28 | 0 |
| 2 | DF | | Arthur McMillan | 30 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 33 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | | Jim Tansey | 10 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 1 |
| 4 | DF | | John Yzendoorn | 30 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 33 | 3 |
| 5 | DF | | Pat Bannon | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| 6 | MF | | Theo Selemidis | 30 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 33 | 2 |
| 7 | MF | | Jimmy Rooney | 28+2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 33 | 1 |
| 8 | MF | | Jim Campbell | 25+2 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 29 | 6 |
| 9 | FW | | Jamie Paton | 22 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 24 | 8 |
| 10 | FW | | George Pavlidis | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 11 | MF | | Andy Bozikas | 18+4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 24 | 4 |
| 12 | DF | | Charlie Yankos | 22 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 24 | 2 |
| 14 | DF | | Bob Provan | 24+4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 31 | 0 |
| 15 | MF | | Ken Taylor | 12+3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 17 | 2 |
| 16 | FW | | Gary Cole | 29+1 | 16 | 3 | 1 | 33 | 17 |
| 17 | MF | | Jim Williams | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 20 | GK | | Jack Reilly | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| — | MF | | George Itsou | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| — | DF | | Don MacLeod | 1+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| — | — | | Joe McGrory | 5+2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 2 |
| — | DF | | John Mihailidis | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| — | — | | Liam Monagle | 3+3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 |
| — | FW | | Tom Tasevski | 3+2 | 1 | 0+2 | 0 | 7 | 1 |

### 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 | 4 | DF | | John Yzendoorn | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | 8 | MF | | Jim Campbell | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | 16 | FW | | Gary Cole | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | 1 | GK | | Jeff Olver | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | 2 | DF | | Arthur McMillan | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | 7 | MF | | Jimmy Rooney | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | 14 | DF | | Bob Provan | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | 15 | MF | | Ken Taylor | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | 3 | DF | | Jim Tansey | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | 6 | MF | | Theo Selemidis | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | 9 | FW | | Jamie Paton | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | 12 | DF | | Charlie Yankos | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 20 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 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 | 1 | | Jeff Olver | 8 | 0 | 8 |
| 2 | 20 | | Jack Reilly | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | 9 | 1 | 10 |