New York Cosmos · 1981 NASL

New York Cosmos, 1981

Record

team GP W L pts gf ga ppg gf/ga
New York Cosmos 32 23 9 200 80 49 6.25 1.63

Games

date season team score team venue referee attendance sources
Sept. 16, 1981 1981 Fort Lauderdale Strikers 1 - 4 New York Cosmos Giants Stadium 31112 1
Sept. 12, 1981 1981 Fort Lauderdale Strikers 3 - 4 New York Cosmos Lockhart Stadium 18814 1
Sept. 9, 1981 1981 New York Cosmos 2 - 0 Tampa Bay Rowdies Giants Stadium 33754 1
Sept. 5, 1981 1981 New York Cosmos 2 - 2 (SO) Tampa Bay Rowdies Giants Stadium 38691 1
Sept. 2, 1981 1981 New York Cosmos 6 - 3 Tampa Bay Rowdies Tampa Stadium 29224 1
Aug. 19, 1981 1981 New York Cosmos 1 - 1 (SO) Toronto Blizzard Varsity Stadium 12367 1
Aug. 16, 1981 1981 Montreal Manic 1 - 2 New York Cosmos Giants Stadium 38123 1
Aug. 12, 1981 1981 New York Cosmos 4 - 2 Washington Diplomats Giants Stadium 34884 1
Aug. 9, 1981 1981 Edmonton Drillers 2 - 0 New York Cosmos Edmonton Commonwealth Stadium 14781 1
Aug. 5, 1981 1981 Minnesota Kicks 2 - 1 New York Cosmos Metropolitan Stadium 28609 1
Aug. 2, 1981 1981 Jacksonville Tea Men 2 - 1 New York Cosmos Giants Stadium 36408 1
July 29, 1981 1981 New York Cosmos 2 - 0 Portland Timbers Giants Stadium 28640 1
July 25, 1981 1981 Montreal Manic 1 - 2 New York Cosmos Montreal Olympic Stadium 40118 1
July 22, 1981 1981 Montreal Manic 4 - 4 (SO) New York Cosmos Giants Stadium 27331 1
July 8, 1981 1981 New York Cosmos 2 - 1 Toronto Blizzard Varsity Stadium 17642 1
July 5, 1981 1981 New York Cosmos 3 - 2 Tulsa Roughnecks Giants Stadium 33673 1
June 28, 1981 1981 Chicago Sting (SO) 5 - 5 New York Cosmos Wrigley Field 35501 1
June 24, 1981 1981 Fort Lauderdale Strikers 0 - 2 New York Cosmos Giants Stadium 12240 1
June 21, 1981 1981 Los Angeles Aztecs 0 - 3 New York Cosmos Giants Stadium 38362 1
June 17, 1981 1981 New York Cosmos 2 - 1 Washington Diplomats RFK Stadium 36875 1
June 14, 1981 1981 New York Cosmos 4 - 3 Toronto Blizzard Giants Stadium 31210 1
June 10, 1981 1981 Fort Lauderdale Strikers 1 - 2 New York Cosmos Lockhart Stadium 18089 1
June 7, 1981 1981 Atlanta Chiefs 1 - 2 New York Cosmos Giants Stadium 31452 1
June 2, 1981 1981 Montreal Manic 1 - 2 New York Cosmos Montreal Olympic Stadium 38667 1
May 30, 1981 1981 New York Cosmos 1 - 2 Tampa Bay Rowdies Tampa Stadium 36765 1
May 25, 1981 1981 Dallas Tornado 1 - 5 New York Cosmos Giants Stadium 33640 1
May 23, 1981 1981 New York Cosmos 2 - 3 Washington Diplomats RFK Stadium 27676 1
May 17, 1981 1981 Chicago Sting 3 - 2 New York Cosmos Giants Stadium 42385 1
May 15, 1981 1981 New York Cosmos 2 - 1 Tulsa Roughnecks Skelly Field at H. A. Chapman… 24231 1
May 10, 1981 1981 New York Cosmos 5 - 1 Toronto Blizzard Giants Stadium 27003 1
May 3, 1981 1981 New York Cosmos 1 - 0 Washington Diplomats Giants Stadium 34189 1
May 1, 1981 1981 Atlanta Chiefs 2 - 3 New York Cosmos Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium 9263 1
April 26, 1981 1981 New York Cosmos 4 - 1 Tampa Bay Rowdies Giants Stadium 40238 1
April 18, 1981 1981 Dallas Tornado 0 - 3 New York Cosmos Texas Stadium 10181 1
April 12, 1981 1981 Minnesota Kicks 1 - 3 New York Cosmos Giants Stadium 40378 1
April 4, 1981 1981 Jacksonville Tea Men (SO) 1 - 1 New York Cosmos Gator Bowl 12124 1
March 29, 1981 1981 New York Cosmos 3 - 0 San Jose Earthquakes Spartan Stadium 20671 1

Player statistics

player gp g a
Hubert Birkenmeier 31 0 1
Andranik Eskandarian 29 0 1
Robert Iarusci 28 2 4
Jeff Durgan 28 0 2
Julio César Romero 21 4 13
Vladislav Bogicevic 31 1 22
Giorgio Chinaglia 32 29 16
Seninho 19 6 5
Larry Hulcer 6 0 0
Johan Neeskens 6 2 0
Steve Wegerle 8 0 4
Wim Rijsbergen 26 2 8
Angelo DiBernardo 17 0 4
Ricky Davis 17 1 1
Boris Bandov 4 0 1
Roberto Cabañas 22 16 9
François van der Elst 30 6 14
David Brcic 1 0 0
Ivan Buljan 11 2 1
Darryl Gee 0 0 0
Dominick Barczewski 1 0 0
Erhardt Kapp 0 0 0
Dino Alberti 0 0 0
Chico Borja 25 7 8

Where the appearances came from

United States: 53 games, 13.5%United States: 53 games, 13.5%Paraguay: 43 games, 10.9%Serbia: 31 games, 7.9%Serbia: 31 games, 7.9%Italy: 32 games, 8.1%Italy: 32 games, 8.1%Italy: 32 games, 8.1%Italy: 32 games, 8.1%Iran: 29 games, 7.4%Germany: 31 games, 7.9%Ecuador: 25 games, 6.4%Ecuador: 25 games, 6.4%Canada: 28 games, 7.1%Belgium: 30 games, 7.6%Belgium: 30 games, 7.6%Belgium: 30 games, 7.6%South Africa: 8 games, 2.0%South Africa: 8 games, 2.0%Croatia: 11 games, 2.8%Argentina: 17 games, 4.3%Angola: 19 games, 4.8%
  • 25% and over
  • 10-25%
  • 5-10%
  • 2-5%
  • under 2%
Games played by country of origin. Each country is shaded by its share of the minutes; the bands are fixed, so one season can be compared with another. Hover or focus a country for its figures, and read the table below for all of them. A country too small to draw at this crop is marked with a dot.
games by country of origin
countrygamesshare
United States 53 13.5%
Paraguay 43 10.9%
not recorded 36 9.2%
Italy 32 8.1%
Germany 31 7.9%
Serbia 31 7.9%
Belgium 30 7.6%
Iran 29 7.4%
Canada 28 7.1%
Ecuador 25 6.4%
Angola 19 4.8%
Argentina 17 4.3%
Croatia 11 2.8%
South Africa 8 2.0%

No minutes are recorded here, so the shares are games played. Totals are summed from what the record holds — see the coverage note.