1962 NSWSF season

NSW Federation of Soccer Clubs

Season	1962
Champions	Hakoah
Premiers	Budapest
Best Player	Angelo Mavro
Top goalscorer	Vernon Wentzel (28)
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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	App
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

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Budapest	22	13	4	5	61	45	+16	30	Qualification for Finals series
2	Hakoah	22	13	3	6	47	26	+21	29
3	A.P.I.A.	22	13	3	6	65	38	+27	29
4	Yugal	22	12	4	6	55	53	+2	28
5	Prague	22	10	6	6	55	46	+9	26
6	Bankstown	22	11	2	9	45	36	+9	24
7	Pan Hellenic	22	10	2	10	46	42	+4	22
8	South Coast United	22	10	2	10	41	43	−2	22
9	Auburn	22	7	2	13	40	55	−15	16
10	Gladesville	22	5	4	13	23	48	−25	14
11	Canterbury	22	4	5	13	44	55	−11	13
12	Polonia–North Side	22	3	5	14	32	67	−35	11	Relegated to Second Division

Source:

Finals

	Semi-finals 8–9 September					Final (replay) 16 & 19 September					Grand final 23 September
	1	Budapest	2								2	Hakoah	4
	2	Hakoah	5								1	Budapest	2
						1	Budapest	1(3)
						4	SSC Yugal	1(2)
	3	A.P.I.A.	2
	4	SSC Yugal	3

Semi-finals

SSC Yugal v APIA Leichhardt

8 September 1962 Minor semi-final	SSC Yugal	3–2	APIA Leichhardt	Moore Park, Sydney
	H. Ringhoff I. Milankovic A. Nincevic		L. Baumgartner P. Turella	Stadium: Sydney Sports Ground Attendance: 12,000 Referee: R. Pearce

Hakoah v Budapest

9 September 1962 Major semi-final	Hakoah	5–2	Budapest	Moore Park, Sydney
	H. Ninaus ?', ?', ?' K. Jaros ?' R. Levi ?'		J. Galambos ?' E. Massey ?'	Stadium: Sydney Sports Ground Attendance: 12,300 Referee: F. Sibsa

Final

Budapest v SSC Yugal

16 September 1962 Final	Budapest	1–1	SSC Yugal	Moore Park, Sydney
	E. Massey ?'		S. Pacanin ?'	Stadium: Sydney Sports Ground Attendance: 15,800 Referee: F. Sibsa

Budapest v SSC Yugal

19 September 1962 Final (replay)	Budapest	3–2	SSC Yugal	Moore Park, Sydney
	J. Pompor ?', ?' J. Vasvary ?'		S. Pacanin ?' A. Nincevic ?'	Stadium: Sydney Sports Ground Attendance: 10,000 Referee: R. Pearce

Grand Final

23 September 1962

Hakoah	4–2	Budapest
H. Ninaus ?', ?', ?' A. Blutsch ?'		A. Hetherington ?' J. Medina ?'

Sydney Sports Ground, Moore Park, Sydney

Attendance: 26,770

Referee: R. Pearce

Fixtures and results

Home \ Away	API	AUB	BAN	BUD	CAN	GLR	HAK	HEL	PNS	PRA	SCU	YUG
APIA		5–0	2–4	2–5	5–1	2–1	3–0	5–0	4–1	1–4	5–0	5–1
Auburn	2–5		2–0	2–3	4–2	2–1	2–3	0–2	3–5	2–3	3–1	2–2
Bankstown	0–1	5–2		0–0	1–0	1–0	1–3	0–2	5–1	2–2	4–3	1–3
Budapest	2–1	0–1	2–3		6–2	5–3	2–1	1–3	5–3	3–3	3–1	3–4
Canterbury-Marrickville	2–2	5–2	1–5	1–1		0–1	0–2	0–3	3–3	2–2	1–1	1–2
Gladesville-Ryde	2–2	2–2	0–2	0–2	0–5		1–0	2–1	0–0	0–4	1–1	1–3
Hakoah	6–2	3–0	1–0	3–0	2–1	4–1		0–2	0–0	0–0	3–0	6–3
Pan Hellenic	2–2	1–2	0–2	2–3	3–7	1–2	2–0		6–2	3–0	2–0	0–3
Polonia-North Side	2–6	1–3	3–1	1–3	1–5	3–1	1–3	1–1		1–3	0–4	1–3
Prague	1–2	3–2	3–2	2–4	4–3	4–0	1–1	5–4	4–0		1–5	1–3
South Coast United	1–3	1–0	4–1	1–3	2–0	2–1	0–3	4–2	2–1	2–1		0–2
SSC Yugal	1–0	3–2	1–4	4–4	3–2	2–3	4–3	5–0	1–1	4–4	2–4

Source: www.socceraust.co.uk
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

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	50,500
10	Auburn	38,000
11	Gladesville-Ryde	32,500
12	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-finals	24 February 1962	South Coast United	2–0	Pan Hellenic (Sydney)	5,000
		Canterbury-Marrickville	4–0	Polonia (Melbourne)
Third place playoff	25 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

	Quarter-finals				Semi-finals				Finals
	Canterbury	1
	Hakoah	0
					Canterbury	5
					A.P.I.A.	1
	A.P.I.A.	2
	Budapest	0
									Canterbury	2
									Prague	3
	SSC Yugal	4
	Auburn	3
					SSC Yugal	4(2)			Third place playoff
					Prague	4(4)
	Prague	2							A.P.I.A.	3
	Gladesville-Ryde	0							SSC Yugal	0

Semi-finals

Prague v Yugal

23 March 1962 Semi-final	Prague	4–4	Yugal	Moore Park, Sydney
	Tamandl Jeffrey R. Hoare Scheinflug		Jelisavcic J. Ferguson Stojanovic B. Robinson	Stadium: Sydney Sports Ground Attendance: 11,800 Referee: Roy Pearce

Canterbury-Marrickville v APIA Leichhardt

23 March 1962 Semi-final	Canterbury-Marrickville	5–1	APIA Leichhardt	Moore Park, Sydney
	J. Warren (2) Watkiss (2) G. Warren		Morrow	Stadium: Sydney Sports Ground Attendance: 11,800 Referee: Frank Sbisa

Prague v Yugal

25 March 1962 Semi-final (replay)	Prague	4–2	Yugal	Glebe, Sydney
	Scheinflug (2) Jeffrey R. Hoare		Aranyi Jelisavcic	Stadium: Wentworth Park Attendance: 6,200 Referee: Frank Sbisa

Finals

APIA Leichhardt v Yugal

30 March 2023 Third place playoff	APIA Leichhardt	3–0	Yugal	Moore Park, Sydney
	P. Hughes (2) Wentzel			Stadium: Sydney Sports Ground Attendance: 12,600 Referee: Roy Pearce

Prague v Canterbury-Marrickville

30 March 2023 Grand final	Prague	3–2	Canterbury-Marrickville	Moore Park, Sydney
	Ninaus Tamandl Scheinflug		Brown J. Warren	Stadium: Sydney Sports Ground Attendance: 12,600 Referee: Frank Sbisa

Craven A Federation Cup

Main article: 1962 NSW Federation Cup

Finals

	Quarterfinals					Semifinals					Final
	Budapest		3
	Yugal		0
						Budapest		1
						A.P.I.A.		3
	A.P.I.A.		4
	Bankstown		1
											A.P.I.A.		5
											Canterbury-Marrickville		1
	Gladesville-Ryde		3
	Prague		0
						Gladesville-Ryde		2			Third place
						Canterbury-Marrickville		4
	Canterbury-Marrickville		3								Budapest		1
	South Coast Utd		2								Gladesville-Ryde		5

4 November 1962

Final

APIA Leichhardt	5–1	Canterbury-Marrickville
Giacometti (2) Hunter Morrow Curry (o.g.)		Watkiss

Wentworth Park, Glebe

Attendance: 8,600

Referee: Frank Sbisa

See also

• 1962 in Australian soccer