The 1959 New South Wales Federation of Soccer Clubs (NSWSF) season was the third season of football in New South Wales under the administration of the federation since its breakaway from the NSW Soccer Football Association in January of 1957. The home and away league season began on the 28th of March with fourteen teams, increasing its number by two clubs from the previous season. Sydney Prague were minor premiers after twenty-six rounds of competition.
Once again a finals series was used decide the First Division champions of New South Wales in the format of a four team page playoff system. Sydney Prague won the league double, becoming this season's champions with a 3–2 the grand final win over APIA Leichhardt FC.
Other tournaments held this season included the Ampol Cup and the third edition of the Federation Cup. Both competitions were won by Sydney Prague, meaning the club won all three competitions held by the federation.
Clubs Changes from last season Number of teams increased from twelve (12) to fourteen (14) Balgownie Rangers FC, Budapest and Granville AEK were all new entries into the competition Villawood was relegated to Second Division
Club Ground Colours Founded A.P.I.A. Lambert Park, Leichhardt Maroon and blue 1954 3rd 1957 8th Auburn SFC Mona Park, Auburn Green and gold 1957 3rd 1957 3rd (runners-up) Balgownie Rangers Judy Masters Oval, Balgownie Black and white 1889 1st 1959 2nd NSWSFA First Div. Bankstown SFC Bankstown Oval, Bankstown Green and gold 1944 3rd 1957 7th Budapest Sydney Athletics Field, Moore Park Red, white and green 1957 1st 1959 1st in Second Div. Canterbury-Marrickville Arlington Oval, Dulwich Hill Blue and gold 1896 3rd 1957 2nd (winners) Concord Concord Oval, Concord Black 1949 3rd 1957 11th Corrimal United Memorial Park, Corrimal Red and white 1958 2nd 1958 1st (preliminary finalist) Gladesville-Ryde Gladesville Sports Ground, Gladesville Amber and black 1951 3rd 1957 6th Granville AEK Macarthur Park, Granville Amber and black 1885 1st 1959 5th in NSWSFA First Div. Hakoah Sydney Athletics Field, Moore Park Sky Blue and White 1953 3rd 1957 5th North Side United Chatswood Oval, Chatswood Blue and gold 1953 3rd 1957 10th Prague Sydney Athletics Field, Moore Park Sky Blue 1952 3rd 1957 4th (minor semi-finalist) Sydney Austral Sydney Cricket Ground No. 2, Moore Park Red, white and blue 1952 3rd 1957 9th
Regular season Table and results
Results
Finals series
Semi-finals
Final
Grand final
GK 1 Ron Lord RB 2 Ken Hiron (capt.) LB 3 Les Scheinflug RH 4 Stuart Sherwin CH 5 Kevin O'Neill LH 6 Karl Jaros OR 7 Erich Schwarz IR 8 Walter Tamandl CF 9 Leo Baumgartner IL 10 Andreas Saghi OL 11 Herbert NinausCoach: Leo Baumgartner |style="vertical-align:top;width:50%"| GK 1 Max Trisic RB 2 L. Stedman LB 3 R. Hawkshaw RH 4 G. Cinat CH 5 Joe Marston (capt.) LH 6 G. Alocca OR 7 I. Pittioni IR 8 Joe Vasvary CF 9 A. De Paoli IL 10 P. Turella OL 11 Phil BottalicoCoach: G. Polgar
NSWSF First Division1959 PremiersPragueFirst Title
Awards and statistics The following awards were reported on by Soccer World in the lead up to the league grand final.
Player of the Year
Rank Player of the Year 1 Bobby Young (Corrimal United) and Joe Vasvary (APIA) 3 Walter Tamandl (Prague) 4 John Wong (North Side United) 5 Les Scheinflug (Prague) 6 Karl Jaros (Prague)
Top goal-scorers
Rank Player Goals 1 Leo Baumgartner (Prague) 29 2 Bruce Morrow (Auburn) 28 3 Walter Tamandl (Prague) 27 4 Joe Galambos (Budapest) 23
Other awards Award Person Captain of the Year Ken Hiron (Prague) Coach of the Year G. Polgar (APIA) Referee of the Year Roy Pearce
Teams of the Year "A" Team Position "B" Team K. Speigel (Hakoah) Goalkeeper W. Henderson (Auburn) J. Prestwell (Gladesville) Right back L. Stedman (APIA) J. Aird (Hakoah) Left back R. Hawkshaw (APIA) Karl Jaros (Prague) Right half Phil Peters (Corrimal) J. Curry (Canterbury) Center half J. Pettigrew (Gladesville) Bobby Young (Corrimal) Left half Les Scheinflug (Prague) Bruce Morrow (Auburn) Outside right A. Levinson (Hakoah) Joe Vasvary (APIA) Inside right Walter Tamandl (Prague) Keith Learmonth (Corrimal) Centre forward Joe Galambos (Budapest) John Wong (North Side Utd) Inside left Andreas Saghi (Prague) Barry Salisbury (Canterbury) Outside left Herbert Ninaus (Prague)
Club championship (unofficial)
Club Points APIA Leichhardt 107 Canterbury-Marrickville 107 Hakoah 89 Auburn 82 Prague 80 Granville AEK 80 North Side United 74 Gladesville-Ryde 69 Bankstown 71 Sydney Austral 47 Budapest 45 Concord 37
Other competitions Ampol Cup Originally formed in 1957 as the William Kennard Cup, this was the third year of competition and the first to be solely known as the Ampol Cup.
Final
Ascot Thousand Federation Cup
This was the third year contesting the Federation Cup, named the Ascot Thousand for sponsorship reasons.
Final
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