1962 NSWSF season


The 1962 NSW Federation of Soccer Clubs season was the sixth season of football in New South Wales under the administration of the federation since its breakaway from the NSW Soccer Football Association in January 1957. The season included three cup tournaments, including a new pre-season Wollongong Festival of Sport held in February, as well as the usual floodlight Ampol Cup pre-season night series tournament and the post-season Federation Cup. The home and away league season began in April with twelve teams, culminating with the grand final held in September. Winners of the tournaments for the season were South Coast United in the Wollongong Festival of Sport, Prague in the Ampol Cup, APIA Leichhardt FC in the Craven A Cup, and in the league Budapest were the premiers and Hakoah were the grand final winners.
Teams from the Federation also participated in the newly formed Australia Cup, in which clubs would participate against teams from other federations in the country. New South Wales club, SSC Yugal would win this inaugural competition.
Also in the post-season, players would get the chance to represent the federation in the Australian Interstate Championships, with this season being the first sponsored by the Australian Soccer Federation. New South Wales would win this tournament.

Clubs

Changes from last season:
ClubGroundColoursYear formed
A.P.I.A.Lambert Park, LeichhardtMaroon shirts, white shorts19546th
AuburnMona Park, AuburnGreen and gold shirts, white shorts19576th
BankstownBankstown Oval, BankstownGold and green trim shirts, white shorts19446th
BudapestSydney Athletics Field, Moore ParkRed shirts, white shorts19574th
Canterbury-MarrickvilleArlington Oval, Dulwich HillBlue and gold trim shirts, white shorts1896, reformed in 1943 and 19516th
Gladesville-RydeGladesville Sports Ground, Gladesville19196th
HakoahWentworth Park, GlebeSky blue shirts, white shorts19396th
Pan HellenicWentworth Park, GlebeBlue and white striped shirts, white shorts19572nd
Polonia-North SideDrummoyne Oval, DrummoyneGold shirts, white shorts19602nd
PragueSydney Athletics Field, Moore ParkAll-black outfit with red-white and blue sash19506th
South Coast UnitedWoonona Oval, WoononaBlue with red and white trim shirts, white with red and blue trim shorts19602nd
Yugalno fixed groundBlue shirts, white shorts19611st

Table and results


Finals series

Grand Final

After last years final attendance 18,432 a new record crowd for Australian club football with 26,770 spectators.
NSWSF First Division
1962 Champions
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Statistics and awards

Stars of 1962

Soccer World reporters awarded stars out of six to players throughout the 22 rounds. The player with the highest stars was Angelo Mavro with 4.440. Overall APIA Leichhardt, Budapest, Prague and SSC Yugal all had 2 players top-rated for their position. Auburn, Pan Hellenic, Canterbury-Marrickville, Hakoah and Bankstown all had one player top-rated for their position. Below is a list of the top rated players per position:
PositionPlayer Rating
GoalkeeperE. Grosz 4.227
Right fullbackV. Mach 4.000
Left fullbackG. Nuttall 3.909
Right halfA. Mavro 4.440
Centre halfJ. Marston
F. Van Gaalen 		4.363
Left halfF. Dunaj 4.333
Outside rightN. Stiffle 3.895
Inside rightE. Schwarz
V. Wentzel 		3.900
Centre forwardE. Massey 4.227
Inside leftL. Scheinflug 3.954
Outside leftA. Jeffrey 4.000

Top scorers

Vernon Wentzel was the recipient of the Marcel Nagy Trophy for the season's leading goalscorer. Below is a list of the top five goalscorers for the season:
PlayerTeamGoals
Vernon WentzelAPIA Leichhardt28
Wim van der GaagPrague21
Joe GalambosBudapest20
Tiko JelisavcicSSC Yugal19
Leo BaumgartnerAPIA Leichhardt16
Tony NincevichSSC Yugal16

Attendances

Below is a list of attendances by club:
RankClubAttendance
1APIA Leichhardt126,000
2Pan Hellenic100,000
3Hakoah96,000
4Prague86,500
5Budapest78,500
6South Coast United64,500
7SSC Yugal63,000
8Canterbury-Marrickville56,500
9Bankstown50,500
10Auburn38,000
11Gladesville-Ryde32,500
12Polonia-North Side30,500

Other competitions

Wollongong Festival of Sport

The season began with the Wollongong Soccer Carnival in February at the Wollongong Showground, attracting 15,000 fans over three days. South Coast United beat teams from Sydney and Melbourne to become inaugural champions of this event, winning the £1000 first place prize.
RoundDateWinning teamScoreLosing teamAttendance
First Round23 February 1962Canterbury-Marrickville2–0Budapest (Sydney)4,600
First Round23 February 1962South Coast United2–0Hakoah (Sydney)4,600
Semi-finals24 February 1962South Coast United2–0Pan Hellenic (Sydney)5,000
Semi-finals24 February 1962Canterbury-Marrickville4–0Polonia (Melbourne)5,000
Third place playoff25 February 1962Pan Hellenic (Sydney)9–3Polonia (Melbourne)5,200
Final25 February 1962South Coast United6–0Canterbury-Marrickville5,200

Ampol Cup

The season began with the sixth edition of the floodlight pre-season night series on 14 February 1962, culminating with the double-header third place playoff and Final on 30 March 1962 at the Sydney Sports Ground in front of 12,600 spectators. The tournament was played across various grounds throughout Sydney, including Sydney Athletics Field, Redfern Oval, Wentworth Park and Sydney Sports Ground.

First Round

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