The 1962 NSW Federation of Soccer Clubs (NSWSF) 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 (now called the Craven A Cup for sponsorship reasons). 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: Sydney Austral relegated. SSC Yugal promoted from Second Division Club Ground Colours Year formed A.P.I.A. Lambert Park, Leichhardt Maroon shirts, white shorts 1954 6th Auburn Mona Park, Auburn Green and gold shirts, white shorts 1957 6th Bankstown Bankstown Oval, Bankstown Gold and green trim shirts, white shorts 1944 6th Budapest Sydney Athletics Field, Moore Park Red shirts, white shorts 1957 4th Canterbury-Marrickville Arlington Oval, Dulwich Hill Blue and gold trim shirts, white shorts 1896, reformed in 1943 and 1951 6th Gladesville-Ryde Gladesville Sports Ground, Gladesville 1919 6th Hakoah Wentworth Park, Glebe Sky blue shirts, white shorts 1939 6th Pan Hellenic Wentworth Park, Glebe Blue and white striped shirts, white shorts 1957 2nd Polonia-North Side Drummoyne Oval, Drummoyne Gold shirts, white shorts 1960 2nd Prague Sydney Athletics Field, Moore Park All-black outfit with red-white and blue sash 1950 6th South Coast United Woonona Oval, Woonona Blue with red and white trim shirts, white with red and blue trim shorts 1960 2nd Yugal no fixed ground Blue shirts, white shorts 1961 1st
Table and results
Results
Finals series
Semi-finals
Preliminary final
Grand Final After last years final attendance 18,432 a new record crowd for Australian club football with 26,770 spectators.
GK 1 RB 2 LB 3 Jock AirdRH 4 Ron KearnsCH 5 LH 6 Gerry ChaldiOR 7 IR 8 CF 9 Rafi LeviIL 10 Herbert NinausFW 11 Reserves: 12 Ray NealManager:
|style="vertical-align:top;width:50%"| GK 1 Ernő GrószRB 2 Herbert StegbauerLB 3 Julius GergelyRH 4 Charles Kangyar CH 5 Peter BanicevicLH 6 Tibor ZuckermannOR 7 Juan MedinaIR 8 Eduardo MasseyCF 9 Joco "Joe" PomporIL 10 Alan Hetherington (c)OL 11 Les SchaumanReserves: 12 D. BuchananManager: Joe Vlasits
NSWSF First Division1962 ChampionsHakoahSecond Title
Statistics Hakoah BudapestAttempts at goal 17 14Attempts on target 9 5Attempts off target 4 9Attempts - Woodwork 2 0Corners 6 13Fouls committed 23 23Offsides 5 2
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: Position Player (Team) Rating Goalkeeper E. Grosz (Budapest) 4.227 Right fullback V. Mach (Hakoah) 4.000 Left fullback G. Nuttall (Canterbury-Marrickville) 3.909 Right half A. Mavro (Pan Hellenic) 4.440 Centre half J. Marston (APIA Leichhardt) F. Van Gaalen (Auburn) 4.363 Left half F. Dunaj (SSC Yugal) 4.333 Outside right N. Stiffle (Bankstown) 3.895 Inside right E. Schwarz (SSC Yugal) V. Wentzel (APIA Leichhardt) 3.900 Centre forward E. Massey (Budapest) 4.227 Inside left L. Scheinflug (Prague) 3.954 Outside left A. Jeffrey (Prague) 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: Player Team Goals Vernon Wentzel APIA Leichhardt 28 Wim van der Gaag Prague 21 Joe Galambos Budapest 20 Tiko Jelisavcic SSC Yugal 19 Leo Baumgartner APIA Leichhardt 16 Tony Nincevich SSC Yugal
Attendances Below is a list of attendances by club:
Rank Club Attendance 1 APIA Leichhardt 126,000 2 Pan Hellenic 100,000 3 Hakoah 96,000 4 Prague 86,500 5 Budapest 78,500 6 South Coast United 64,500 7 SSC Yugal 63,000 8 Canterbury-Marrickville 56,500 9 Bankstown 50,50010 Auburn 38,00011 Gladesville-Ryde 32,50012 Polonia-North Side 30,500
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.
Round Date Winning team Score Losing team Attendance First Round 23 February 1962 Canterbury-Marrickville 2–0 Budapest (Sydney)4,600 South Coast United 2–0 Hakoah (Sydney) Semi-finals24 February 1962 South Coast United 2–0 Pan Hellenic (Sydney)5,000 Canterbury-Marrickville 4–0 Polonia (Melbourne) Third place playoff25 February 1962 Pan Hellenic (Sydney) 9–3 Polonia (Melbourne) 5,200 Final South Coast United 6–0 Canterbury-Marrickville
Ampol Cup The season began with the sixth edition of the floodlight pre-season night series (fifth as the Ampol Cup) 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 Date Winning team Score Losing team Location Attendance 14 February 1962 Budapest 0–0 Bankstown Sydney Athletics Field 2,400 Canterbury-Marrickville 3–1 Polonia-North Side 2 March 1962 SSC Yugal 2–1 Pan Hellenic Sydney Athletics Field 4,000 Gladesville-Ryde 2–1 South Coast United 5 March 1962 (‡) Budapest 3–2 Bankstown Redfern Oval 1,300 * (‡) = Match replayed
Finals series
Semi-finals
Finals
Craven A Federation Cup
Finals
See also 1962 in Australian soccer
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