| Club: | Canberra City |
| Season: | 1981 |
| Mgrtitle: | Head Coach |
| Manager: | George Murray |
| Stadium: | Bruce Stadium |
| League: | National Soccer League |
| League Result: | 5th |
| Cup1: | NSL Cup |
| Cup1 Result: | Second round |
| League Topscorer: | Walter Valeri (9) |
| Season Topscorer: | Walter Valeri (11) |
| Highest Attendance: | 5,682 vs. Sydney Olympic (5 April 1981) National Soccer League |
| Lowest Attendance: | 1,603 vs. Brisbane Lions (2 August 1981) National Soccer League |
| Average Attendance: | |
| Largest Win: | 5–0 vs. Footscray JUST (H) (20 April 1981) National Soccer League |
| Largest Loss: | 1–5 (19 July 1981) National Soccer League |
| Prevseason: | 1980 |
| Nextseason: | 1982 |
The 1981 season was the fifth in the history of Canberra City Football Club. In addition to the domestic league, they also participated in the NSL Cup. Canberra City finished 5th in their National Soccer League season, and were eliminated in the second round 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 | ||||||
| 3 | DF | < | --National Soccer League--> | 15 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 17 | 0 | ||
| 4 | MF | < | --National Soccer League--> | 10+8 | 1 | 1+1 | 0 | 20 | 1 | ||
| 5 | DF | < | --National Soccer League--> | 10 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 0 | ||
| 6 | DF | < | --National Soccer League--> | 27 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 29 | 2 | ||
| 7 | DF | < | --National Soccer League--> | 26+2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 30 | 3 | ||
| 8 | MF | < | --National Soccer League--> | 22+1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 25 | 1 | ||
| 10 | MF | < | --National Soccer League--> | 16+9 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 27 | 11 | ||
| 11 | FW | < | --National Soccer League--> | 27 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 29 | 5 | ||
| 13 | FW | < | --National Soccer League--> | 17+3 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 21 | 4 | ||
| 14 | MF | < | --National Soccer League--> | 8+13 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 22 | 0 | ||
| 15 | GK | < | --National Soccer League--> | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 0 | ||
| — | FW | < | --National Soccer League--> | 1+3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||
| — | MF | < | --National Soccer League--> | 22+2 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 25 | 9 | ||
| — | FW | < | --National Soccer League--> | 24+4 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 30 | 5 | ||
| — | DF | < | --National Soccer League--> | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 0 | ||
| — | DF | < | --National Soccer League--> | 30 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 31 | 3 | ||
| — | DF | < | --National Soccer League--> | 30 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 32 | 0 | ||
| — | MF | < | --National Soccer League--> | 1+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Player(s) transferred out but featured this season | |||||||||||
| 1 | GK | < | --National Soccer League--> | 9 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 11 | 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 | 11 | FW |  | < | --National Soccer League--> | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | |
| — | FW | < | --National Soccer League--> | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 3 | 6 | DF | | < | --National Soccer League--> | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | |
| — | DF | | < | --National Soccer League--> | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 5 | 7 | DF | | < | --National Soccer League--> | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| 13 | FW | | < | --National Soccer League--> | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| — | DF | | < | --National Soccer League--> | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| — | DF | | < | --National Soccer League--> | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 9 | 3 | DF | < | --National Soccer League--> | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 5 | DF | | < | --National Soccer League--> | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 8 | MF |  | < | --National Soccer League--> | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 10 | MF | | < | --National Soccer League--> | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 14 | MF | < | --National Soccer League--> | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| — | MF | < | --National Soccer League--> | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| — | MF | | < | --National Soccer League--> | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Total< | --National Soccer League--> | 31 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 31 | 0 | 0 | |||||
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 | 15 | | 9 | 0 | 9 | ||
| 2 | 1 | | 5 | 0 | 5 | ||
| Total | 14 | 0 | 14 | ||||