| 1980 Final Table | |||||||
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | Pts |
| Sydney City | 26 | 16 | 5 | 5 | 51 | 26 | 37 |
| Heidelberg United | 26 | 15 | 6 | 5 | 55 | 33 | 36 |
| South Melbourne | 26 | 15 | 5 | 6 | 42 | 21 | 35 |
| Marconi-Fairfield | 26 | 14 | 6 | 6 | 53 | 32 | 34 |
| Adelaide City | 26 | 13 | 4 | 9 | 40 | 27 | 30 |
| Newcastle KB United | 26 | 12 | 6 | 8 | 32 | 31 | 30 |
| Brisbane Lions | 26 | 7 | 11 | 8 | 28 | 32 | 25 |
| APIA Leichhardt | 26 | 8 | 7 | 11 | 27 | 35 | 23 |
| Footscray | 26 | 7 | 9 | 10 | 32 | 41 | 23 |
| Canberra City | 26 | 7 | 7 | 12 | 34 | 33 | 21 |
| Blacktown | 26 | 9 | 3 | 14 | 34 | 55 | 21 |
| Brisbane City | 26 | 4 | 10 | 12 | 29 | 36 | 18 |
| West Adelaide | 26 | 7 | 3 | 16 | 24 | 46 | 17 |
| St George | 26 | 5 | 4 | 17 | 32 | 65 | 14 |
Statistics partly provided by Andrew Howe and the OzSoccer website
Soccer Action Magazine Table
1980 National Soccer League results
| Round 1 | West Adelaide | Newcastle KB Utd | 1 | 1 |
| Round 2 | Newcastle KB Utd | Sydney City | 0 | 3 |
| Round 3 | Blacktown City | Newcastle KB Utd | 0 | 0 |
| Round 4 | Newcastle KB Utd | APIA Leichhardt | 1 | 0 |
| Round 5 | Brisbane City | Newcastle KB Utd | 1 | 2 |
| Round 6 | Newcastle KB Utd | Canberra City | 0 | 4 |
| Round 7 | Footscray JUST | Newcastle KB Utd | 2 | 1 |
| Round 8 | Newcastle KB Utd | Adelaide City | 3 | 1 |
| Round 9 | St George | Newcastle KB Utd | 0 | 3 |
| Round 10 | Newcastle KB Utd | Marconi Fairfield | 0 | 1 |
| Round 11 | Newcastle KB Utd | Brisbane Lions | 0 | 0 |
| Round 12 | Heidelberg | Newcastle KB Utd | 4 | 0 |
| Round 13 | Newcastle KB Utd | South Melbourne | 2 | 0 |
| Round 14 | Sydney City | Newcastle KB Utd | 2 | 0 |
| Round 15 | Newcastle KB Utd | West Adelaide | 2 | 0 |
| Round 16 | APIA Leichhardt | Newcastle KB Utd | 1 | 0 |
| Round 17 | Newcastle KB Utd | Blacktown City | 1 | 0 |
| Round 18 | Newcastle KB Utd | Brisbane City | 1 | 1 |
| Round 19 | Canberra City | Newcastle KB Utd | 1 | 2 |
| Round 20 | Newcastle KB Utd | Footscray JUST | 0 | 0 |
| Round 21 | Adelaide City | Newcastle KB Utd | 1 | 3 |
| Round 22 | Newcastle KB Utd | St George | 2 | 1 |
| Round 23 | Marconi Fairfield | Newcastle KB Utd | 4 | 1 |
| Round 24 | Brisbane Lions | Newcastle KB Utd | 1 | 4 |
| Round 25 | Newcastle KB Utd | Heidelberg | 3 | 1 |
| Round 26 | South Melbourne | Newcastle KB Utd | 0 | 0 |
1980 National Soccer League Cup
| Round 1 | Newcastle KB Utd | 3 | Edgeworth Eagles | 0 | |
| Round 2 | Marconi | 3 | Newcastle KB Utd | 1 |
Newcastle KB United 