| Club: | Sydney City |
| Season: | 1981 |
| Mgrtitle: | Head Coach |
| Manager: | Eddie Thomson |
| Stadium: | Sydney Sports Ground St George Stadium ES Marks Athletics Field |
| League: | National Soccer League |
| League Result: | 1st |
| Cup1: | NSL Cup |
| Cup1 Result: | Third round |
| League Topscorer: | Ken Boden Ian Souness (12 each) |
| Season Topscorer: | Ken Boden (18) |
| Highest Attendance: | 6,892 vs. Sydney Olympic (5 July 1981) National Soccer League |
| Lowest Attendance: | 1,200 vs. West Adelaide (1 March 1981) National Soccer League |
| Average Attendance: | |
| Largest Win: | 5–0 vs. Marconi Fairfield (H) (15 March 1981) National Soccer League 5–0 (23 August 1981) National Soccer League |
| Largest Loss: | 1–3 vs. Marconi Fairfield (N) (30 January 1981) Charity Shield 0–2 vs. Canberra City (A) (7 March 1981) National Soccer League 0–2 vs. Brisbane City (A) (7 June 1981) National Soccer League |
| Prevseason: | 1980 |
| Nextseason: | 1982 |
The 1981 season was the fifth in the National Soccer League for Sydney City (Hakoah Sydney City East Football Club). 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 third round of the NSL Cup.
See main article: 1981 National Soccer League.
See main article: 1981 NSL Cup.
See main article: 1981 Charity Shield (NSL).
Marconi Fairfield, as National Soccer League champions in the previous season, played against Marconi Fairfield who won the NSL Cup in the previous season in the 1981 Charity Shield.[1]
Includes all competitions. Players with no appearances not included in the list.[2]
| Player | National Soccer League | NSL Cup | Charity Shield | Total | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||||||
| 1 | GK | < | --National Soccer League--> | 22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 0 | ||
| 2 | DF | < | --National Soccer League--> | 16+1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 1 | ||
| 3 | DF | < | --National Soccer League--> | 29 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 33 | 1 | ||
| 4 | DF | < | --National Soccer League--> | 27 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | 1 | ||
| 5 | DF | < | --National Soccer League--> | 23+1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 28 | 1 | ||
| 6 | FW | < | --National Soccer League--> | 10+5 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 18 | 0 | ||
| 7 | MF | < | --National Soccer League--> | 29+1 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 34 | 4 | ||
| 8 | MF | < | --National Soccer League--> | 28 | 11 | 2+1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 32 | 11 | ||
| 9 | MF | < | --National Soccer League--> | 27+1 | 12 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 32 | 18 | ||
| 10 | FW | < | --National Soccer League--> | 26 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 30 | 12 | ||
| 11 | FW | < | --National Soccer League--> | 1+3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | ||
| 12 | MF | < | --National Soccer League--> | 17+8 | 2 | 1+1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 28 | 2 | ||
| 14 | DF | < | --National Soccer League--> | 5+7 | 2 | 0+1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 14 | 2 | ||
| 16 | MF | < | --National Soccer League--> | 19+5 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 26 | 1 | ||
| 18 | MF | < | --National Soccer League--> | 27 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 31 | 12 | ||
| 20 | GK | < | --National Soccer League--> | 8 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 0 | ||
| 21 | MF | < | --National Soccer League--> | 0+4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||
| — | MF | < | --National Soccer League--> | 7+1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 | ||
| — | DF | < | --National Soccer League--> | 9+5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 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 | 18 | MF |  | < | --National Soccer League--> | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | |
| 2 | 2 | DF | | < | --National Soccer League--> | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | |
| 3 | 10 | FW | | < | --National Soccer League--> | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | |
| 4 | 3 | DF | | < | --National Soccer League--> | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | |
| 8 | MF | | < | --National Soccer League--> | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 6 | 4 | DF | | < | --National Soccer League--> | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| 9 | MF | | < | --National Soccer League--> | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 8 | 7 | MF | | < | --National Soccer League--> | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| 14 | DF | < | --National Soccer League--> | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 16 | MF | | < | --National Soccer League--> | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Total< | --National Soccer League--> | 22 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 26 | 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 | | 8 | 0 | 8 | ||
| 2 | 20 | | 4 | 2 | 6 | ||
| Total | 12 | 2 | 14 | ||||