Australia 1972


State Leagues 1972

Australian Capital Territory | New South Wales | Queensland | South Australia | Tasmania | Victoria | Western Australia


Australian Capital Territory 1972

NB: see also Federal Capital Territory 1972

Division One

Final Table:

 1. Juventus                 14   9  4  1  36-10  22  Champions
 2. Croatia Deakin           13   9  3  1  36-10  21
 3. Inter Monaro             14   8  3  3  35-16  19
 4. Olympic                  13   6  1  6  24-22  13
 5. Queanbeyan Macedonia     14   6  1  7  27-31  13
 6. Phillip United           14   4  1  9  20-42   9
 7. Griffith United          14   4  0 10  15-41   8
 8. Turner Eagles            14   2  1 11  13-34   5

NB: Olympic v Croatia Deakin abandoned and declared void;
    no playoff contested;
    Griffith United withdrew after the season.

New South Wales 1972

NB: see also New South Wales 1972.

Division One

Final Table:

 1. St.George Budapest       22  14  5  3  60-25  33  Qualified
 2. Marconi Fairfield        22  12  6  4  42-22  30  Qualified
 3. APIA Leichhardt          22  11  8  3  33-18  30  Qualified
 4. Hakoah Eastern Suburbs   22  12  5  5  44-24  29  Qualified
 5. Yugal Ryde               22  12  5  5  41-28  29
 6. Auburn                   22   9  5  8  35-33  23
 7. Pan Hellenic             22   7  5 10  28-35  19
 8. South Coast United       22   8  2 12  23-41  18
 9. Western Suburbs          22   4  8 10  27-34  16
10. South Sydney Croatia     22   4  6 12  24-53  14
11. Sutherland Shire         22   3  7 12  21-39  13
12. Prague                   22   2  6 14  17-43  10

Final Series:

NB: only the result of the Grand Final is available.

Grand Final
Marconi Fairfield           1-0 St.George Budapest 

Division Two

Final Table:

 1. Granville AEK            22  13  5  4  37-22  31
 2. Canterbury-Marrickville  22  13  4  5  55-22  30
 3. Melita Eagles Newtown    22  11  6  5  35-25  28
 4. Manly Warringah          22  10  7  5  36-26  27
 5. Balgownie Rangers        22  12  2  8  48-32  26
 6. Bankstown                22  10  3  9  40-36  23
 7. North Sydney Inter       22  10  3  9  36-40  23
 8. Guildford Wanderers      22   7  5 10  39-54  19
 9. Corinthian BESC          22   7  4 11  28-30  18
10. Polonia North Side       22   7  4 11  32-45  18
11. Northern Districts       22   4  4 14  29-53  12
12. Ku-Ring-Gai              22   2  5 15  20-50   9

NB: Melita Eagles and Newtown Progress merged into Melita Eagles Newtown;
    Artarmon were renamed Ku-Ring-Gai.

Division Three

Final Table:

 1. Rosebery Rhodes          22  17  2  3  59-25  36  Qualified
 2. Enmore                   22  13  6  3  50-20  32  Qualified
 3. Belmore                  22  13  3  6  42-23  29  Qualified
 4. Arncliffe Scots          22  12  5  5  45-31  29  Qualified
 5. Revesby Workers          22  12  4  6  45-31  28
 6. West Sutherland          22   9  6  7  49-35  24
 7. Campbelltown City        22   9  3 10  35-36  21
 8. Warringah Saints         22   6  5 11  42-39  17
 9. Marrickville Rockdale    22   6  3 13  33-56  15
10. Wenty Waratah            22   5  4 13  24-41  14
11. Concordia Petersham      22   3  6 13  32-66  12 
12. Lane Cove United         22   2  3 17  20-73   7

Final Series
Rosebery Rhodes             1-3 Belmore         
Enmore                      4-2 Arncliffe Scots  

Grand Final
Enmore                      2-1 Belmore                     [aet]

Inter Suburban Division One

Final Table:

 1. Riverside Rapid          22  17  2  3  88-30  36  Qualified
 2. University of NSW        22  16  3  3  70-29  35  Qualified
 3. Chelsea                  22  15  3  4  78-28  33  Qualified
 4. West Ryde Rovers         22  13  4  5  74-32  30  Qualified
 5. Queens Park              22  13  4  5  54-38  30
 6. Blacktown Spartans       22  11  4  7  50-41  26
 7. Nepean United            22   8  5  9  48-52  21
 8. Gladesville Ravens       22   8  4 10  70-66  20
 9. North Bankstown          22   6  3 13  34-69  15
10. Yagoona                  22   6  1 15  34-53  13
11. Granville Kewpies        22   1  1 20  19-95   3
12. Condell Park             22   0  2 20  23-109  2

Final Series
University of NSW           3-4 West Ryde Rovers 
Riverside Rapid             0-0 Chelsea         
Riverside Rapid             0-2 Chelsea       

Grand Final
Chelsea                     2-0 West Ryde Rovers 

Northern New South Wales - Division One

Final Table:

 1. Weston Workers           22  13  5  4  45-24  31  Final Series
 2. Toronto Awaba            22  13  3  6  47-25  29  Final Series
 3. Lake Macquarie Roosters  22  12  2  8  50-32  26  Final Series
 4. West Wallsend            22  13  0  9  51-43  26  Final Series
 5. Adamstown Rosebud        22  10  4  8  38-39  24
 6. Austral United           22   9  5  8  54-54  23
 7. Hamilton Azzurri         22   9  5  8  37-42  23
 8. New Lambton South        22   7  6  9  36-45  20
 9. Cardiff                  22   5  7 10  34-45  17
10. Wallsend                 22   7  2 13  38-48  16
11. Maitland                 22   6  3 13  36-58  15
12. Belmont Swansea          22   5  4 13  38-49  14

Final Series
Lake Macquarie Roosters     0-2 West Wallsend 
Weston Workers              3-1 Toronto Awaba 
Toronto Awaba               1-1 West Wallsend  
Toronto Awaba               3-2 West Wallsend  

Grand Final
Weston Workers              3-0 Toronto Awaba

Northern New South Wales - Division Two

Table:

 1. Mayfield United          22  17  4  1  53-17  38  Final Series
 2. Edgeworth Eagles         21  16  2  3  66-32  34  Final Series
 3. Cessnock City Hornets    21  15  3  3  60-17  33  Final Series
 4. Charlestown United       20  13  3  4  56-22  29  Final Series
 5. Jesmond                  21  10  5  6  50-33  25
 6. Kotara South             20   7  6  7  39-35  20
 7. Central Coast United     20   9  1 10  52-44  19
 8. Lambton                  20   8  1 11  33-45  17
 9. West Lakes United        21   4  3 14  32-54  11
10. Raymond Terrace          21   3  5 13  24-53  11
11. Merewether Advance       21   2  4 15  18-55   8
12. Bellbird                 22   1  3 18  19-95   5

NB: Charlestown RSL were renamed Charlestown United.

Final Series

NB: only the result of the Grand Final is available.

Grand Final
Mayfield United             3-1 Cessnock City Hornets 

Queensland 1972

Brisbane Division One

Final Table:

 1. Hellenic                 18  13  2  3  50-26  28  Final Series
 2. Merton-Easts             18  10  4  4  42-24  24  Final Series
 3. Hollandia-Inala          18  10  4  4  48-28  24  Final Series
 4. Azzurri                  18  11  2  5  33-27  24  Final Series
 5. Bardon Latrobe           18  10  0  8  38-32  20
 6. Polonia                  18   4  7  7  24-25  15
 7. Coalstars                18   6  3  9  28-33  15
 8. Grange Thistle           18   5  3 10  31-32  13
 9. St.Helens United         18   4  2 12  30-62  10
10. Oxley United             18   3  1 14  25-60   7

Final Series
Hellenic                    2-5 Merton-Easts 
Hollandia-Inala             1-0 Azzurri         
Hellenic                    2-1 Hollandia-Inala  

Grand Final
Merton-Easts                1-0 Hellenic  

Brisbane Division Two A

Reported Final Table:

 1. Mount Gravatt            22  16  2  4  41-22  34
 2. Wynnum District          22  15  3  4  81-26  33
 3. Mitchelton               22  11  7  4  60-33  29
 4. Annerley                 22  11  3  8  53-38  25
 5. Taringa Rovers           22  12  1  9  52-47  25
 6. Germania                 22   9  4  9  31-34  22
 7. Merton-Easts B           22   9  3 10  40-38  21
 8. The Gap                  22   9  3 10  33-38  21
 9. Budapest-Grovely         22   8  2 12  35-50  18
10. Newmarket                22   5  5 12  36-57  15
11. South Coast United       22   4  6 12  25-46  14
12. Hellenic B               22   3  1 18  17-73   7
NB: total goal difference +2

Brisbane Division Two B

Reported Table:

 1. Redcliffe City           22  18  1  3  66-29  37
 2. Gold Coast United        22  16  1  5  78-27  33
 3. Azzurri B                22  15  2  5  72-39  32
 4. Bardon Latrobe B         22  13  4  5  65-30  30
 5. Coalstars B              22  12  2  8  69-46  26
 6. Polonia B                22  11  2  9  39-39  24
 7. Grange Thistle B         21   9  3  9  48-54  21
 8. Dnipro                   22   8  1 13  30-62  17
 9. Redlands United          21   7  1 13  40-78  15
10. University of Queensland 21   4  2 15  28-62  10
11. Hollandia-Inala B        22   3  3 16  33-70   9
12. Merton-Easts C           21   2  2 17  27-68   6
NB: total goal difference -9

Brisbane Division Two C

Table:

 1. Olympic                  22  16  2  4  61-21  34
 2. Oxley United B           22  16  2  4  72-27  34
 3. Fairfield United         22  15  3  4  84-31  33
 4. Germania B               22  12  5  5  53-28  29
 5. Annerley B               22  12  4  6  60-41  28
 6. Mitchelton B             22  12  2  8  85-42  26
 7. Wynnum District B        22   9  2 11  47-53  20
 8. St.Helens United B       21   8  2 11  58-62  18
 9. The Gap B                22   6  5 11  39-47  17
10. Bardon Latrobe C         21   5  1 15  32-77  11
11. Taringa Rovers B         22   3  2 17  46-73   8
12. Budapest-Grovely B       22   2  0 20  12-147  4

South Australia 1972

Division One

Final Table:

 1. Adelaide Juventus        18  13  5  0  37-13  31  Champions
 2. West Adelaide Hellas     18  14  1  3  41-16  29
 3. Polonia Adelaide         18   8  5  5  33-14  21
 4. Enfield Victoria         18   6  4  8  30-34  16
 5. ED Azzurri               18   5  6  7  24-35  16
 6. Cumberland United        18   5  5  8  23-32  15
 7. Beograd Woodville        18   5  4  9  36-38  14
 8. Burnside Budapest        18   6  2 10  27-41  14
 9. USC Lion                 18   4  4 10  26-40  12
10. Elizabeth City           18   3  6  9  19-33  12

Division Two

Final Table:

 1. Adelaide Croatia         18  15  2  1  60-16  32
 2. Birkalla Rovers          18  12  0  6  68-30  24
 3. Malta United             18  11  2  5  43-28  24
 4. Campbelltown City        18   9  4  5  36-31  22
 5. Wakefield Wanderers      18   9  1  8  37-29  19
 6. Para Hills               18   8  2  8  26-26  18
 7. Port Adelaide            18   5  4  9  30-50  14
 8. South Adelaide           18   6  2 10  26-46  14
 9. Salisbury United         18   5  0 13  18-53   6  [-4]
10. Broken Hill City         18   1  1 16  10-45  -7  [-10]

NB: Broken Hill City withdrew after the season.

Division Three

Final Table:

 1. Munno Para Apac          22  21  1  0 103-11  43
 2. Windsor Athletic         22  18  1  3  88-20  37
 3. Don United               22  14  4  4  79-26  32
 4. Modbury                  22  15  1  6  61-24  29  [-2]
 5. WREI                     22  11  6  5  55-36  28
 6. Mitcham                  22   9  2 11  61-59  20
 7. Flinders University      22   8  2 12  35-47  18
 8. West Torrens             22   6  3 13  39-52  15
 9. Taperoo United           22   7  1 14  31-68  15
10. Orange Sturt United      22   6  2 14  27-47  12  [-2]
11. Adelaide University      22   4  3 15  34-65  11
12. CTC                      22   0  0 22   7-165 -8  [-8]

Metro League

Final Table:

 1. Graduates                14  13  0  1  54-11  26
 2. Italian Students         14  12  0  2  67-16  24
 3. Malaysian Students       14   8  2  4  51-22  18
 4. Salisbury Teachers       14   4  3  7  30-38  11
 5. Orange Sturt             14   4  2  8  25-72  10
 6. SAIT                     14   3  3  8  33-36   9
 7. SAIT B                   14   3  2  9  22-46   8
 8. Adelaide University B    14   2  2 10  13-54   6

Tasmania 1972

North Division One

Table:

 1. Launceston Juventus      22  18  2  2 107-33  38
 2. George Town United       22  15  4  3  83-22  34
 3. Devonport City           22  15  2  5  96-32  32
 4. Launceston United        21  13  2  6  81-29  28
 5. Ravenswood Olympic       22  12  3  7  79-42  27
 6. Ulverstone               22  11  4  7  82-38  26
 7. St.Leonards Rovers       22  10  1 11  53-53  21
 8. Burnie Spartans          21   8  2 11  65-53  18
 9. Burnie Rovers            22   8  2 12  41-56  18
10. Launceston Matric        22   5  2 15  38-86  12
11. South Launceston         22   3  0 19  17-119  6
12. Launceston Croatia       22   1  0 21  14-193  2

South Cambridge League

Final Table:

 1. Hobart Juventus          18  13  3  2  61-19  29
 2. Glenorchy Croatia        18  13  3  2  59-20  29
 3. Sandy Bay Olympia        18  11  4  3  54-33  26
 4. Metro Claremont          18  10  3  5  43-33  23
 5. Caledonians              18   7  4  7  46-40  18
 6. White Eagles             18   8  2  8  34-38  18
 7. Rapid Wrest Point        18   5  5  8  24-35  15
 8. South Hobart             18   4  2 12  27-68  10
 9. University               18   3  0 15  23-57   6
10. Dnipro                   18   2  2 14  15-43   6

North West League

NB: league not held between 1969 and 1976.

Championship Playoff

Final
Hobart Juventus     2-3 Launceston Juventus 
Launceston Juventus 0-3 Hobart Juventus     

South Metropolitan Division One

Final Table:

 1. Malaysian Tigers         21  17  3  1  98-29  37
 2. Eastern Suburbs          21  16  4  1  98-23  36
 3. Taroona                  21  14  1  6  67-33  29
 4. University Gold          21  12  1  8  51-47  25
 5. Harimau                  21   6  1 14  52-86  13
 6. Eastern Suburbs B        21   4  3 14  35-89  11
 7. Taroona B                21   4  2 15  32-76  10
 8. University Grads         21   2  3 16  40-90   7

Victoria 1972

NB: see also Victoria 1972

State League

Final Table:

 1. South Melbourne Hellas   22  16  3  3  50-13  35  Champions
 2. George Cross             22  17  1  4  56-33  35
 3. Melbourne                22  10  6  6  19-16  26
 4. Footscray JUST           22  12  1  9  34-22  25
 5. Hakoah                   22  12  1  9  33-31  25
 6. Keilor Austria           22   8  5  9  32-38  21
 7. Croatia                  22   7  5 10  27-19  19
 8. Juventus                 22   6  5 11  28-34  17
 9. Ringwood City Wilhelmina 22   7  3 12  35-44  17
10. Polonia                  22   7  3 12  26-38  17
11. Fitzroy United Alexander 22   4  7 11  16-39  15
12. Box Hill                 22   4  4 14  20-49  12

NB: Elwood Austria were renamed Keilor Austria;
    Croatia excluded after 19 matches.

Metropolitan League Division One

Final Table:

 1. Prahran Slavia           22  14  6  2  38-16  34
 2. Sunshine City            22  12  6  4  43-21  30
 3. Green Gully              22  11  7  4  35-17  29
 4. Frankston City           22  11  7  4  42-23  29
 5. Altona City              22   9  6  7  32-26  24
 6. Yallourn                 22   9  4  9  26-36  22
 7. Ringwood United          22   8  4 10  30-27  20
 8. Mooroolbark United       22   7  6  9  25-30  20
 9. Keilor City              22   8  4 10  25-35  20
10. Essendon Lions           22   6  1 15  23-46  13
11. Springvale City          22   3  6 13  18-38  12
12. Dandenong City           22   3  5 14  22-44  11

NB: Essendon Slavia were renamed Prahran Slavia.

Metropolitan League Division Two

Final Table:

 1. Western Suburbs          22  14  6  2  55-28  34
 2. St.Albans                22  14  5  3  34-16  33
 3. Preston Makedonia        22  13  4  5  51-27  30
 4. Heidelberg               22  10  5  7  37-28  25
 5. Coburg United            22   8  8  6  38-35  24
 6. Albion Rovers            22   6  9  7  31-32  21
 7. Waverley City            22   6  7  9  23-29  19
 8. Moreland Thistle         22   6  6 10  28-37  18
 9. Princes Park Hercules    22   6  6 10  26-41  18
10. Richmond                 22   5  4 13  23-30  14
11. Prahran City             22   5  4 13  28-46  14
12. Corio                    22   4  6 12  29-54  14

Metropolitan League Division Three

Final Table:

 1. Ferntree Gully           22  17  4  1  57-16  38
 2. Croydon City             22  13  4  5  54-31  30
 3. Park Rangers             22  11  6  5  50-27  28
 4. North Carlton Olympic    22  12  4  6  62-35  28
 5. Chelsea                  22  11  2  9  41-29  24
 6. Brighton                 22   9  4  9  34-33  22
 7. Brunswick Athena         22   8  5  9  29-29  21
 8. Ballarat                 22   7  6  9  47-52  20
 9. South Yarra              22   7  5 10  39-60  19
10. Newport                  22   7  1 14  40-67  15
11. St.Kilda                 22   5  4 13  34-48  14
12. Sandringham City         22   2  1 19  19-79   5

Western Australia 1972

Division One

Final Table:

 1. East Fremantle Tricolore 22  17  1  4  63-29  35  Champions
 2. Bayswater United         22  16  2  4  49-21  34
 3. Azzurri                  22  13  4  5  76-37  30
 4. Inglewood Kiev           22  13  1  8  61-48  27
 5. Cracovia                 22   7  6  9  32-31  20
 6. Kingsway Olympic         22   6  8  8  39-46  20
 7. Windmills                22   8  3 11  31-39  19
 8. Ascot                    22   6  6 10  42-48  18
 9. North Perth Croatia      22   8  2 12  43-61  18
10. Kwinana United           22   6  5 11  29-43  17
11. Subiaco City             22   5  3 14  28-59  13
12. Swan Valley              22   5  3 14  26-57  13

NB: Olympic were renamed Kingsway Olympic;
    SMA Cottesloe were renamed Ascot;
    North Perth Croatia withdrew after the season.

Division Two

Final Table:

 1. Stirling City            26  15  6  5  55-33  36
 2. Melville Alemannia       26  15  5  6  51-31  35
 3. Perth City               26  13  9  4  63-41  35
 4. Floreat Athena           26  13  6  7  67-46  32
 5. Macedonia United         26  14  2 10  57-46  30
 6. Cockburn United          25  12  6  7  64-53  30
 7. Gosnells Town            26  12  4 10  67-58  28
 8. Fremantle Dalmatinac     26  10  6 10  57-54  26
 9. Rockingham United        26  10  4 12  54-52  24
10. Queens Park              26   9  4 13  47-52  22
11. University W.Australia   25   7  6 12  45-63  20
12. Caledonian               26   7  6 13  36-55  20
13. Swan Athletic            26   2  9 15  26-60  13
14. South Perth              26   3  5 18  25-70  11

Amateur Division One

Reported Final Table:

 1. Lathlain Meazza          18  12  1  5  47-24  25
 2. Kelmscott                18  10  4  4  52-36  24
 3. Victoria Park Viola      18   9  5  4  50-34  23
 4. Gosnells Town B          18  11  1  6  38-25  23
 5. Espanol                  18   9  3  6  39-36  21
 6. Fremantle Dalmatinac B   18   8  3  7  45-31  19
 7. Belmont Cloverdale       18   4  5  9  32-39  13
 8. Queens Park B            18   4  4 10  38-63  12
 9. Riverdale United         18   5  1 12  38-46  11
10. Morley-Windmills         18   2  5 11  24-48   9
NB: total goal difference +21.


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list of cup winners.

list of final tables.

list of regional champions.

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About this document

Sources included: History of Soccer in New South Wales (http://melbournesoccer.blogspot.com/), https://www.elitetograssroots.net/qbst/

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Author: Adri van Veen
Last updated: 2 Apr 2025

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