1983 New York Cosmos season

New York Cosmos

1983 season
Manager	Júlio Mazzei
Stadium	Giants Stadium
NASL	Division: 1st Overall: 1st Playoffs: First round
National Challenge Cup	Did not enter
CONCACAF Champions' Cup	Did not enter
Top goalscorer	League: Roberto Cabañas (24 goals) All: Roberto Cabañas (25+ goals)
Highest home attendance	42,385 vs. CHI (May 17)
Lowest home attendance	12,240 vs. FTL (Jun 24)
Average home league attendance	27,242[1]
Home colors Away colors
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The 1983 New York Cosmos season was the original Cosmos franchise's thirteenth season of existence, and their thirteenth in the original North American Soccer League. At the time, the NASL represented the top tier of American soccer. Finishing the season with 194 points off of 22 wins and eight losses, the Cosmos clinched their sixth-consecutive regular season championship, and their seventh overall. In the postseason, however, the Cosmos lost to Montreal Manic.

Roster

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Position Player 1 GK Hubert Birkenmeier 2 DF Andranik Eskandarian 3 DF Robert Iarusci 4 MF Rick Davis 5 DF Darryl Gee 6 DF Franz Beckenbauer 7 MF Julio Cesar Romero 8 MF Vladislav Bogicevic 9 FW Giorgio Chinaglia

No. Position Player 12 FW Steve Moyers 13 MF Johan Neeskens 14 MF Richard Chinapoo 15 DF Wim Rijsbergen 16 MF Angelo DiBernardo 16 FW Erhardt Kapp 19 MF Roberto Cabañas 21 GK David Brcic 23 MF Mike Fox

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Results

Source:^[3]

Friendlies

Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
May 30, 1983	ACF Fiorentina	H	4-1	31,294	Chinaglia (2), Moyers, OG
June 2, 1983	São Paulo FC	H	2-3	26,641	N/A
June 5, 1983	Seattle Sounders	H	4-1	51,825	Cabanas, Chinaglia, Romero, Bogicevic
June 15, 1983	Hamburger SV	H	7-2	30,720	N/A
October 16, 1983	SS Lazio	A	3-1	40,000	N/A
October 23, 1983	Africa Sport	A	2-1	45,000	N/A
October 26, 1983	Tonelle de Yaounde	A	0-2	30,000	DiBernardo, Rijsbergen
October 28, 1983	Canon de Yaounde	A	1-3	45,000	Gee, DiBernardo, Borja

Preseason

Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
April 17, 1983	Vancouver Whitecaps	A	1-2	19,598	Rijsbergen, N/A

Regular Season

Standings

W = Wins, L = Losses, T= Ties GF = Goals For, GA = Goals Against, Pts= point system

6 points for a win 1 point for a shootout win 0 points for a loss 1 point for each regulation goal scored up to three per game

Eastern Division

Pos	Club	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	New York Cosmos	30	22	8	87	49	+38	194
2	Chicago Sting	30	15	15	66	73	−7	147
3	Toronto Blizzard	30	16	14	51	48	+3	135
4	Montreal Manic	30	12	18	58	71	−13	124

Overall

Pos	Club	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	New York Cosmos	30	22	8	87	49	+38	194
2	Vancouver Whitecaps	30	24	6	63	34	+29	187
3	Golden Bay Earthquakes	30	20	10	71	54	+17	169
4	Chicago Sting	30	15	15	66	73	−7	147
5	Tulsa Roughnecks	30	17	13	56	49	+7	145

Source:^[4]

Matches

Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
April 24, 1983	Toronto Blizzard	A	2-1	25,375	Chinaglia
May 1, 1983	Montreal Manic	H	6-0	41,946	Cabanas, Romero (3), Chinaglia (2)
May 4, 1983	Fort Lauderdale Strikers	A	4-1	13,741	Chinaglia
May 8, 1983	Fort Lauderdale Strikers	H	3-2	25,134	Chinaglia (2), Cabanas
May 11, 1983	Seattle Sounders	A	0-3	10,085	Chinaglia, Cabanas, Bogicevic
May 15, 1983	Tulsa Roughnecks	H	5-2	22,621	Chinaglia (3), Cabanas, Moyers
May 21, 1983	Tulsa Roughnecks	A	1-2	19,160	Chinaglia, Moyers
May 25, 1983	Golden Bay Earthquakes	H	5-1	22,841	Chinaglia, Moyers, Davis, Neeskens, Cabanas
June 8, 1983	San Diego Sockers	A	0-1	5,318	Cabanas
June 11, 1983	Golden Bay Earthquakes	A	3-1	16,202	Chinaglia
June 17, 1983	Team America	A	1-1 (SOL)	31,112	Cabanas
June 19, 1983	Toronto Blizzard	H	5-1	25,247	Cabanas (2), Chinaglia (2), Beckenbauer
June 22, 1983	Chicago Sting	H	2-3	22,368	Cabanas, Chinaglia
June 25, 1983	Montreal Manic	A	1-2	8,407	DiBernardo, Bogicevic
June 29, 1983	Vancouver Whitecaps	H	3-0	29,141	Cabanas, Moyers, Bogicevic
July 1, 1983	Chicago Sting	A	5-2	16,244	Cabanas, Moyers
July 6, 1983	Team America	H	4-0	35,228	Moyers, Bogicevic, Romero, Cabanas
July 10, 1983	Vancouver Whitecaps	A	2-0	50,205
July 17, 1983	Tulsa Roughnecks	H	3-0	24,296	Cabanas, Romero, Moyers
July 20, 1983	Seattle Sounders	H	3-3 (SOW)	19,825	Cabanas (2), Kapp
July 23, 1983	Tampa Bay Rowdies	A	4-5	13,709	Cabanas (3), Moyers, Bogicevic
July 30, 1983	Chicago Sting	A	2-1	18,546	Romero
August 3, 1983	San Diego Sockers	H	3-1	22,756	Romero (2), Davis
August 6, 1983	Montreal Manic	A	2-4	15,158	Cabanas, Bogicevic, Moyers
August 10, 1983	Team America	A	1-2	11,612	Davis, Cabanas
August 14, 1983	Montreal Manic	H	3-0	45,821	Davis, Romero, Moyers
August 16, 1983	Toronto Blizzard	A	0-1	11,428	Moyers
August 21, 1983	Chicago Sting	H	5-3	30,678	Chinaglia (2), Davis, Beckenbauer, Cabanas
August 28, 1983	Tampa Bay Rowdies	H	3-1	19,868	Romero, Moyers, Bogicevic
September 2, 1983	Toronto Blizzard	H	6-3	20,865	Cabanas (2), Moyers (2), Neeskens, Romero

Postseason

Overview

Quarter-finals

			Game 1	Game 2	Game 3
New York Cosmos	-	Montreal Manic	2 - 4	0 - 1		September 6, 12
Tulsa Roughnecks	-	Fort Lauderdale Strikers	3 - 2	4 - 2		September 6, 10
Golden Bay Earthquakes	-	Chicago Sting	6 - 1	0 - 1	5 - 2	September 7, 12, 14
Vancouver Whitecaps	-	Toronto Blizzard	1 - 0	3 - 4	0 - 1	September 8, 12, 15

Semi-finals

			Game 45	Game 2	Game 3
Tulsa Roughnecks	-	Montreal Manic	2 - 1	0 - 1	3 - 0	September 18, 26, 28
Golden Bay Earthquakes	-	Toronto Blizzard	0 - 1	0 - 2		September 17, 27

Soccer Bowl '83

October 1	Tulsa Roughnecks	1 – 0	Toronto Blizzard	Vancouver, BC Place Stadium

Matches

Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
September 6, 1983	Montreal Manic	H	2-4	17,202	Chinaglia, Bogicevic
September 12, 1983	Montreal Manic	A	0-0 (SOL)	20,726

See also

• 1983 North American Soccer League season
• List of New York Cosmos seasons

References

1. http://www.rsssf.com/usadave/nasl.html
2. Morrison, Dave. "New York Cosmos 1984 Roster". NASLJerseys.com. Retrieved January 22, 2013.
3. http://soccerstats.us/teams/new-york-cosmos/1983/
4. http://homepages.sover.net/~spectrum/year/1983.html