Atlanta Chiefs

The Chiefs won the first NASL championship in 1968, and that summer beat Manchester City, the English champions, twice in friendlies. Their coach, Phil Woosnam, became the league's commissioner the next year.

founded 1967 Atlanta, GA dissolved 1981

games
267
wins
106
draws
38
losses
109
honors
1

first recorded game April 16, 1967 · latest recorded game Aug. 25, 1981

Totals and dates are as recorded here.

also known as: Atlanta Apollos (1973 to 1973) , Colorado Caribou (1978 to 1978)

Honors

All-time, by competition

competition GP W T L pts gf ga ppg gf/ga
253 106 38 109 1125 433 422 4.45 1.03
NASL 222 96 29 97 990 382 376 4.46 1.02
NPSL 31 10 9 12 135 51 46 4.35 1.11

Division, year by year

1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1st division9 seasons North American Soccer League, 1968North American Soccer League, 1969North American Soccer League, 1970North American Soccer League, 1971North American Soccer League, 1972North American Soccer League, 1973North American Soccer League, 1979North American Soccer League, 1980North American Soccer League, 1981 2nd division1 season National Professional Soccer League, 1967
Where Atlanta Chiefs sat in the pyramid, 1967 to 1981. A block marks a league season, placed on the year the season began and the division its league is recorded at; select one for that season. An empty column is a year with no league season on record. Cups are left out: a cup has no division.

Points per game, season by season

0 2 4 6 8 1967: 4.35 points per game in 31 NPSL games 1967 1968: 5.61 points per game in 31 NASL games 1968 1969: 6.81 points per game in 16 NASL games 1969 1970: 5.12 points per game in 24 NASL games 1970 1971: 5.00 points per game in 24 NASL games 1971 1972: 4.00 points per game in 14 NASL games 1972 1973: 3.26 points per game in 19 NASL games 1973 1979: 4.03 points per game in 30 NASL games 1979 1980: 2.31 points per game in 32 NASL games 1980 1981: 4.72 points per game in 32 NASL games 1981 all-time 4.45
Points per game by season. A league season only, oldest first. Points per game rather than points, because the schedule has run anywhere from 20 games to 34. Points are as the league awarded them, which has not always been three for a win. Select a column for that season; the table below carries every figure.

Season by season

competition season GP W T L pts gf ga ppg gf/ga
NASL 1981 32 17 — 15 151 62 60 4.72 1.03
NASL 1980 32 7 — 25 74 34 84 2.31 0.40
NASL 1979 30 12 — 18 121 60 60 4.03 1.00
NASL 1973 19 3 7 9 62 23 40 3.26 0.58
NASL 1972 14 5 3 6 56 19 18 4.00 1.06
NASL 1971 24 12 5 7 120 35 29 5.00 1.21
NASL 1970 24 11 5 8 123 53 33 5.13 1.61
NASL 1969 16 11 3 2 109 46 20 6.81 2.30
NASL 1968 31 18 6 7 174 50 32 5.61 1.56
NPSL 1967 31 10 9 12 135 51 46 4.35 1.11

Career leaders

complete stats

Goals

  1. Kaizer Motaung 32
  2. Paul Child 29
  3. Freddie Mwila 25
  4. Graham Newton 23
  5. Jeff Bourne 23
  6. Brian Kidd 22
  7. Art Welch 21
  8. Nick Papadakis 19
  9. Keith Furphy 17
  10. Emment Kapengwe 16

Assists

  1. Jeff Bourne 20
  2. Art Welch 18
  3. Brian Alderson 17
  4. Emment Kapengwe 16
  5. David Byrne 14
  6. Keith Furphy 13
  7. Webster Lichaba 13
  8. Jomo Sono 12
  9. Carl Strong 11
  10. George Dewsnip 10

Appearances

  1. John Cocking 108
  2. Webster Lichaba 93
  3. Carl Strong 85
  4. Freddie Mwila 81
  5. Uriel Da Veiga 76
  6. Ken Bracewell 72
  7. Nick Papadakis 70
  8. Branko Radovic 69
  9. Delroy Scott 69
  10. Ray Bloomfield 67

Most recent games — all 267 →

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Goal difference in the 20 results listed below, oldest to newest. Wins rise above zero in green, losses fall below it in red, and a draw is a grey block across the line. Hover over a bar for the result and date; select it for the game.
date competition season team score team venue referee attendance sources
Aug. 25, 1981 NASL 1981 Atlanta Chiefs 1 - 2 Jacksonville Tea Men Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium 6572 1
Aug. 23, 1981 NASL 1981 Atlanta Chiefs 2 - 3 Jacksonville Tea Men Gator Bowl 9287 1
Aug. 19, 1981 NASL 1981 Atlanta Chiefs 0 - 2 Fort Lauderdale Strikers Lockhart Stadium 12055 1
Aug. 16, 1981 NASL 1981 Atlanta Chiefs 1 - 2 Jacksonville Tea Men Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium 5107 1
Aug. 12, 1981 NASL 1981 Atlanta Chiefs 0 - 6 Tampa Bay Rowdies Tampa Stadium 15261 1
Aug. 9, 1981 NASL 1981 Atlanta Chiefs 0 - 2 Washington Diplomats RFK Stadium 6003 1
Aug. 7, 1981 NASL 1981 Atlanta Chiefs 2 - 4 Calgary Boomers McMahon Stadium 9127 1
Aug. 2, 1981 NASL 1981 Atlanta Chiefs (SO) 3 - 3 Fort Lauderdale Strikers Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium 14437 1
July 29, 1981 NASL 1981 Atlanta Chiefs 3 - 0 Toronto Blizzard Varsity Stadium 3391 1
July 25, 1981 NASL 1981 Atlanta Chiefs 1 - 2 Jacksonville Tea Men Gator Bowl 8186 1
July 18, 1981 NASL 1981 Atlanta Chiefs 2 - 1 Tampa Bay Rowdies Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium 7576 1
July 15, 1981 NASL 1981 Atlanta Chiefs 4 - 1 Los Angeles Aztecs Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium 3522 1
July 10, 1981 NASL 1981 Atlanta Chiefs 3 - 2 Montreal Manic Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium 4508 1
July 8, 1981 NASL 1981 Atlanta Chiefs 2 - 1 California Surf Anaheim Stadium 5975 1
July 5, 1981 NASL 1981 Atlanta Chiefs 0 - 1 Los Angeles Aztecs Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum 19033 1
June 27, 1981 NASL 1981 Atlanta Chiefs (SO) 0 - 0 San Diego Sockers Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium 5526 1
June 23, 1981 NASL 1981 Atlanta Chiefs 5 - 4 Tampa Bay Rowdies Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium 4225 1
June 20, 1981 NASL 1981 Atlanta Chiefs 2 - 3 Minnesota Kicks Metropolitan Stadium 15225 1
June 17, 1981 NASL 1981 Atlanta Chiefs 1 - 3 San Jose Earthquakes Spartan Stadium 10648 1
June 14, 1981 NASL 1981 Atlanta Chiefs 2 - 1 California Surf Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium 5636 1