| Club: | Eastern Suburbs |
| Season: | 1980 |
| Manager: | Gerry Chaldi |
| League: | National Soccer League |
| League Result: | 1st |
| Cup1: | NSL Finals |
| Cup1 Result: | Runners-up |
| Cup2: | NSL Cup |
| Cup2 Result: | Quarter-finals |
| League Topscorer: | Ken Boden (14) |
| Season Topscorer: | Ken Boden (16) |
| Prevseason: | 1979 |
| Nextseason: | 1981 |
The 1980 season was Sydney City's fourth season in the National Soccer League. In addition to the domestic league, they also participated in the NSL Cup. Sydney City finished 1st in their National Soccer League season, and were eliminated in the NSL Cup quarter-finals by Brisbane Lions.
Players with no appearances not included in the list.[1] [2]
| No. | Pos. | Nat. | Name | National Soccer League | NSL Cup | Total | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | |||||
| 1 | GK | 21 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 23 | 0 | |||
| 2 | DF | 20(3) | 1 | 3 | 0 | 26 | 1 | |||
| 3 | DF | 11(1) | 0 | 1(1) | 0 | 14 | 0 | |||
| 4 | DF | 23 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 26 | 0 | |||
| 5 | DF | 27 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 30 | 1 | |||
| 6 | MF | 28 | 8 | 1(2) | 0 | 31 | 8 | |||
| 7 | MF | 26(2) | 3 | 3 | 0 | 31 | 0 | |||
| 8 | MF | 23(1) | 10 | 3 | 3 | 27 | 13 | |||
| 9 | MF | 28 | 14 | 2(1) | 2 | 31 | 16 | |||
| 10 | FW | 11(2) | 4 | 3 | 0 | 16 | 4 | |||
| 11 | FW | 18(1) | 0 | 2(1) | 0 | 22 | 0 | |||
| 12 | DF | 25(2) | 3 | 2 | 0 | 29 | 3 | |||
| 14 | DF | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1 | |||
| 16 | MF | 1(6) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | |||
| 17 | MF | 0(6) | 0 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 3 | |||
| 18 | MF | 16(9) | 1 | 3 | 1 | 28 | 2 | |||
| 20 | GK | 7(1) | 0 | 1(1) | 0 | 10 | 0 | |||
| — | FW | 2(2) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | |||
| Player(s) transferred out but featured this season | ||||||||||
| 19 | FW | 14(1) | 7 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 7 | |||
| width=15 | width=15 | width=15 | width=15 | width=145 | Name | width=120 | National Soccer League | width=120 | NSL Cup | width=120 | Total | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 20 | GK |  | Tony Pezzano | 4 | 0 | 4 | ||||||||
| 2 | 1 | GK | | Todd Clarke | 3 | 0 | 3 | ||||||||
| Total | 7 | 0 | 7 | ||||||||||||