| Club: | APIA Leichhardt |
| Season: | 1981 |
| Manager: | Willie Wallace |
| Stadium: | Lambert Park Everley Park Sydney Sports Ground St George Stadium Leichhardt Oval |
| League: | National Soccer League |
| League Result: | 4th |
| Cup1: | NSL Cup |
| Cup1 Result: | Quarter-finals |
| League Topscorer: | Marshall Soper (12) |
| Season Topscorer: | Marshall Soper (16) |
| Highest Attendance: | 7,821 vs. Sydney Olympic (6 September 1981) National Soccer League |
| Lowest Attendance: | 2,651 vs. Brisbane Lions (1 March 1981) National Soccer League |
| Average Attendance: | |
| Largest Win: | 4–0 vs. Canberra City (H) (23 August 1981) National Soccer League |
| Largest Loss: | 1–4 (28 June 1981) National Soccer League 1–4 vs. South Melbourne (A) (19 July 1981) National Soccer League 0–3 vs. Sydney City (A) (16 August 1981) National Soccer League |
| Prevseason: | 1980 |
| Nextseason: | 1982 |
The 1981 season was the third in the National Soccer League for APIA Leichhardt Football Club. In addition to the domestic league, they also participated in the NSL Cup. APIA Leichhardt finished 4th in their National Soccer League season, and were eliminated in the quarter-finals of the NSL Cup.
See main article: 1981 National Soccer League.
See main article: 1981 NSL Cup.
Includes all competitions. Players with no appearances not included in the list.[1]
| Player | National Soccer League | NSL Cup | Total | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||||||
| 1 | GK | < | --National Soccer League--> | 28 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 32 | 0 | ||
| 2 | DF | < | --National Soccer League--> | 20 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 23 | 0 | ||
| 3 | DF | < | --National Soccer League--> | 27+1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 31 | 0 | ||
| 4 | DF | < | --National Soccer League--> | 24 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 26 | 0 | ||
| 5 | DF | < | --National Soccer League--> | 29 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 33 | 1 | ||
| 6 | MF | < | --National Soccer League--> | 22 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 26 | 3 | ||
| 7 | FW | < | --National Soccer League--> | 21+4 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 29 | 16 | ||
| 8 | FW | < | --National Soccer League--> | 11+2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 4 | ||
| 9 | FW | < | --National Soccer League--> | 5+3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 1 | ||
| 10 | MF | < | --National Soccer League--> | 26 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 30 | 4 | ||
| 11 | FW | < | --National Soccer League--> | 26 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 30 | 10 | ||
| 12 | FW | < | --National Soccer League--> | 17+6 | 3 | 3+1 | 2 | 27 | 5 | ||
| 13 | FW | < | --National Soccer League--> | 11+2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 15 | 3 | ||
| 14 | FW | < | --National Soccer League--> | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 0 | ||
| 15 | FW | < | --National Soccer League--> | 1+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
| 16 | DF | < | --National Soccer League--> | 1+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
| 17 | — | < | --National Soccer League--> | 4+2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 0 | ||
| 18 | MF | < | --National Soccer League--> | 11+4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 17 | 0 | ||
| 19 | — | < | --National Soccer League--> | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 | ||
| 20 | GK | < | --National Soccer League--> | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| — | MF | < | --National Soccer League--> | 14 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 15 | 2 | ||
| — | DF | < | --National Soccer League--> | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
| — | FW | < | --National Soccer League--> | 12+3 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 17 | 0 | ||
| — | MF | < | --National Soccer League--> | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Player(s) transferred out but featured this season | |||||||||||
| — | DF | < | --National Soccer League--> | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
Includes all competitions. The list is sorted by squad number when total cards are equal. Players with no cards not included in the list.
| Rank | Player | National Soccer League | NSL Cup | Total | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | DF |  | < | --National Soccer League--> | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | |
| 2 | 4 | DF | | < | --National Soccer League--> | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | |
| 5 | DF | | < | --National Soccer League--> | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 4 | 6 | MF | < | --National Soccer League--> | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 10 | MF | | < | --National Soccer League--> | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| — | MF | | < | --National Soccer League--> | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 7 | 7 | FW | | < | --National Soccer League--> | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | |
| 8 | 12 | FW | | < | --National Soccer League--> | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| 9 | 8 | FW | | < | --National Soccer League--> | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| — | FW | | < | --National Soccer League--> | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Total< | --National Soccer League--> | 32 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 32 | 0 | 1 | |||||
Includes all competitions. The list is sorted by squad number when total clean sheets are equal. Numbers in parentheses represent games where both goalkeepers participated and both kept a clean sheet; the number in parentheses is awarded to the goalkeeper who was substituted on, whilst a full clean sheet is awarded to the goalkeeper who was on the field at the start of play. Goalkeepers with no clean sheets not included in the list.
| Rank | Goalkeeper | NSL | NSL Cup | Total | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | | 10 | 0 | 10 | ||
| 2 | 20 | | 2 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Total | 12 | 0 | 12 | ||||