2000–01 Wollongong Wolves FC season

Wollongong Wolves
2000–01 season
Chairman	Joe Cachia
Manager	Ron Corry
Stadium	WIN Stadium, Wollongong
NSL	2nd
NSL Finals series	Champions
OFC Club Championship	Champions
FIFA Club World Championship	Cancelled
Top goalscorer	League: Sasho Petrovski (21); All: Sasho Petrovski (34)
	← 1999–2000 2002–03 →

The 2000–01 Wollongong Wolves FC season was the club's 21st season since its establishment in 1980. The club participated in the National Soccer League for the 20th time. They were crowned runners-up in the premiership and the champions of the finals series. They were also champions for the first time of the Oceania Club Championship from their first attempt. For the period between 16 December 2000 and 2 March 2001 the club went on an unbeaten run of 18 competitive games. This included seven consecutive wins in the 2001 Oceania Club Championship and 11 league games.

Players[edit]

Squad[edit]

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


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
1	GK	AUS	Daniel Beltrame
2	DF	AUS	George Souris
3	DF	AUS	Alvin Ceccoli
4	DF	AUS	Robbie Stanton
5	DF	AUS	David Cervinski
6	MF	AUS	Matt Horsley (captain)
7	MF	AUS	Paul Reid
8	MF	ENG	Max Nicholson
9	FW	AUS	Sasho Petrovski
10	FW	ENG	Stuart Young
11	MF	AUS	Scott Chipperfield
12	FW	AUS	Liam Austin
13	MF	AUS	George Nohra
14	FW	AUS	Jay Lucas


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
15	DF	AUS	David Huxley
16	MF	AUS	Bevan Sullivan
17	MF	AUS	Ben Blake
20	GK	AUS	Grant Barlow
23	MF	AUS	Dino Mennillo
26	GK	AUS	Dean Anastasiadis
27	MF	AUS	Robbie Middleby
—	GK	AUS	Steve Angelov
—	DF	AUS	Paul O'Grady
—	MF	AUS	Frank Barilla
—	MF	AUS	Steven Dimitrievski
—	FW	AUS	Paul Harries
—	FW	AUS	Andrew Smith
—	FW	AUS	Sasho Dimoski

Source: WorldFootball^{[permanent dead link]}

Transfers in[edit]

No.	Pos.	Name	Age	Moving from	Type	Transfer window	Ends	Transfer fee
8	MF	Max Nicholson	28		Transfer	Pre-season	2001	Free
12	FW	Liam Austin			Transfer	Pre-season		Free
13	MF	George Nohra			Transfer	Pre-season		Free
14	FW	Jay Lucas			Transfer	Pre-season		Free
20	GK	Grant Barlow			Transfer	Pre-season		Free
26	GK	Dean Anastasiadis	30	Carlton SC	Transfer	Pre-season		Free
27	MF	Robbie Middleby	24	Carlton SC	Transfer	Pre-season		Free
	GK	Steve Angelov			Transfer	Pre-season		Free
	MF	Frank Barilla			Transfer	Pre-season		Free
	MF	Steven Dimitrievski			Transfer	Pre-season		Free
	FW	Paul Harries			Transfer	Pre-season		Free
	FW	Andrew Smith			Transfer	Pre-season		Free

Transfers out[edit]

N	Pos.	Name	Age	Moving to	Type	Transfer window	Transfer fee
1	GK	Les Pogliacomi	24	Parramatta Power	Transfer	Pre-season	Free
8	MF	Anthony Surjan			End of Contract	Pre-season	Free
12	MF	Neil Harlock	25	Free Agency	End of Contract	Pre-season	Free
13	MF	Noel Spencer	22	Northern Spirit	End of Contract	Pre-season	Free
17	MF	Esala Masi	26	Free Agency	End of Contract	Pre-season	Free
	DF	Paul Dimech			End of Contract	Pre-season	Free
	DF	Graeme Goodfellow			End of Contract	Pre-season	Free
	DF	Peter Lahanas			End of Contract	Pre-season	Free
	MF	Chad Bishop			End of Contract	Pre-season	Free

Technical staff[edit]

Position	Name
Manager	Ron Corry
Assistant Manager

Statistics[edit]

Squad statistics[edit]

N	Pos.	Nat.	Name	Total					NSL					NSL Finals
N	Pos.	Nat.	Name	Apps	Goals				Apps	Goals				Apps	Goals
1	GK		Daniel Beltrame	6	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2	DF		George Souris	29	0	0	0	0	25+1	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0
3	DF		Alvin Ceccoli	24	2	1	0	0	21	2	0	0	0	3	0	1	0	0
4	DF		Robbie Stanton	23	5	0	0	0	8+12	5	0	0	0	1+2	0	0	0	0
5	DF		David Cervinski	22	0	0	0	0	15+4	0	0	0	0	2+1	0	0	0	0
6	MF		Matt Horsley	31	6	0	0	0	28	5	0	0	0	3	1	0	0	0
7	MF		Paul Reid	30	7	0	0	0	27	7	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0
8	MF		Max Nicholson	8	0	0	0	0	0+8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
9	FW		Sasho Petrovski	28	21	0	0	1	22+3	18	0	0	1	3	3	0	0	0
10	FW		Stuart Young	28	15	0	0	1	25	13	0	0	1	3	2	0	0	0
11	MF		Scott Chipperfield	24	17	0	0	0	21+1	17	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0
12	MF		Liam Austin	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
13	MF		George Nohra	3	0	0	0	0	1+2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
14	FW		Jay Lucas	7	0	0	0	0	0+7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
15	DF		David Huxley	29	2	0	0	0	26	2	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0
16	MF		Bevan Sullivan	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
17	MF		Ben Blake	31	1	0	0	0	28	1	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0
20	GK		Grant Barlow	13	0	0	0	0	13	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
23	MF		Dino Mennillo	18	0	0	0	2	14+3	0	0	0	2	0+1	0	0	0	0
26	GK		Dean Anastasiadis	14	0	0	0	0	9+2	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0
27	MF		Robbie Middleby	18	1	0	0	1	16+1	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0
	GK		Steve Angelov	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	DF		Paul O'Grady	5	0	0	0	0	0+5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	MF		Frank Barilla	1	0	0	0	0	0+1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	MF		Steven Dimitrievski	2	0	0	0	0	0+2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	FW		Paul Harries	6	1	0	0	0	2+4	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	FW		Andrew Smith	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	FW		Sasho Dimoski	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Last updated: 18 July 2015
Source: worldfootball.net
= Number of bookings; = Number of sending offs after a second yellow card; = Number of sending offs by a direct red card.

Competitions[edit]

Overall[edit]

Competition	Started round	Final position / round	First match	Last match
National Soccer League	—	2nd	14 October 2000	29 April 2001
National Soccer League Finals	Major semi-final	champions	11 May 2001	3 June 2001
Oceania Club Championship	Group stage	champions	9 January 2001	22 January 2001

National Soccer League[edit]

League table[edit]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	South Melbourne	30	21	6	3	70	24	+46	69	Qualification for the Finals series
2	Wollongong Wolves (C)	30	18	7	5	80	40	+40	61
3	Perth Glory	30	18	7	5	73	33	+40	61
4	Sydney Olympic	30	17	6	7	58	37	+21	57
5	Marconi Fairfield	30	14	8	8	42	33	+9	50
6	Melbourne Knights	30	14	7	9	61	46	+15	49
7	Adelaide Force	30	12	7	11	54	54	0	43
8	Football Kingz	30	12	7	11	52	52	0	43
9	Parramatta Power	30	13	3	14	42	44	−2	42
10	Sydney United	30	12	6	12	46	56	−10	42
11	Canberra Cosmos	30	11	4	15	49	55	−6	37
12	Brisbane Strikers	30	9	8	13	52	56	−4	35
13	Northern Spirit	30	8	8	14	39	50	−11	32
14	Newcastle United	30	7	9	14	37	56	−19	30
15	Eastern Pride	30	5	5	20	32	61	−29	0^[a]
16	Carlton	30	0	0	30	0	90	−90	0^[b]	Withdrew

Source: rsssf.com
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored
(C) Champions
Notes:

^ Eastern Pride were stripped of all their points following a breach of regulations.^[1]
^ Carlton withdrew after eight rounds. All games against them were awarded 3–0.

Results summary[edit]


Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
30	18	7	5	80	40	+40	61	10	3	2	46	21	+25	8	4	3	34	19	+15

Last updated: 26 April 2015.
Source: aus.worldfootball.com

Results by round[edit]

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30
Ground	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	H	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	A	A	H
Result	D	W	W	W	W	W	L	W	L	W	D	W	D	D	D	D	W	W	W	W	W	L	W	L	D	W	W	L	W	W
Position	7	4	3	2	2	1	2	1	2	1	2	2	2	2	4	3	2	2	2	2	1	3	3	3	4	3	3	3	3	2

Source: worldfootball.net
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches[edit]

14 October 2000 1	Wollongong Wolves	1–1	Perth Glory	Wollongong, New South Wales
18:30 AEDT	Young 52' (pen.)	Report	Mori 50'	Stadium: Brandon Park Attendance: 5,443 Referee: Simon Micallef

22 October 2000 2	Carlton SC	0–3	Wollongong Wolves	Melbourne, Victoria
	Thompson 30' Terminello 87'	Report	Chipperfield 58' Stanton 80'	Stadium: Bob Jane Stadium Attendance: 1,446 Referee: Eddie Lennie
Note: Carlton SC folded in December 2000 and match was retrospectively awarded a walkover

28 October 2000 3	Wollongong Wolves	1–0	Marconi Stallions	Wollongong, New South Wales
18:30 AEDT	Horsley 85'	Report		Stadium: Brandon Park Attendance: 4,011 Referee: Mark Shield

5 November 2000 4	Melbourne Knights	1–2	Wollongong Wolves	Melbourne, Victoria
18:00 AEDT	Da Costa 79'	Report	Horsley 41' Reid 42'	Stadium: Knights Stadium Attendance: 4,863 Referee: Gerry Connolly

10 November 2000 5	Wollongong Wolves	2–1	Brisbane Strikers	Wollongong, New South Wales
19:30 AEDT	Young 31' (pen.), 77'	Report	Horsley 85' (o.g.)	Stadium: WIN Stadium Attendance: 4,075 Referee: Brett Hugo

19 November 2000 6	Parramatta Power	0–2	Wollongong Wolves	Sydney, New South Wales
16:00 AEDT		Report	Petrovski 57' Reid 78'	Stadium: Parramatta Stadium Attendance: 4,138 Referee: Simon Micallef

24 November 2000 7	Wollongong Wolves	2–3	Canberra Cosmos	Wollongong, New South Wales
19:30 AEDT	Huxley 16' Petrovski 86'	Report	Castro 46' Angelucci 64', 66'	Stadium: WIN Stadium Attendance: 3,876 Referee: Con Diomis

1 December 2000 8	Newcastle United	1–3	Wollongong Wolves	Newcastle, New South Wales
19:30 AEDT	McBreen 73'	Report	Chipperfield 23' Stanton 28', 48'	Stadium: Marathon Stadium Attendance: 8,257 Referee: Peter Green

10 December 2000 9	South Melbourne Lakers	4–2	Wollongong Wolves	Melbourne, Victoria
17:00 AEDT	Trimboli 27' (pen.) Vlahos 75' Lozanovski 90+2' Boutsianis 90+5'	Report	Chipperfield 25' Reid 90+2'	Stadium: Bob Jane Stadium Attendance: 7,589 Referee: Kevin Stott

16 December 2000 10	Wollongong Wolves	2–0	Sydney United Pumas	Wollongong, New South Wales
18:30 AEDT	Petrovski 49' Ceccoli 80'	Report		Stadium: WIN Stadium Attendance: 3,339 Referee: Gerry Connolly

23 December 2000 11	Sydney Olympic Lions	2–2	Wollongong Wolves	Sydney, New South Wales
18:30 AEDT	Baillie 61' Kohler 71'	Report	Young 21' Chipperfield 89'	Stadium: Belmore Sports Ground Attendance: 4,263 Referee: Eddie Lennie

29 December 2000 12	Wollongong Wolves	4–2	Eastern Pride	Wollongong, New South Wales
19:30 AEDT	Chipperfield 5', 63', 73' (pen.) Reid 18'	Report	Roach 37' Watkins 87'	Stadium: WIN Stadium Attendance: 4,107 Referee: Brett Hugo

5 January 2001 13	Wollongong Wolves	1–1	Football Kingz	Wollongong, New South Wales
19:30 AEDT	Young 10' (pen.)	Report	Vicelich 57'	Stadium: WIN Stadium Attendance: 4,077 Referee: Matthew Breeze

27 January 2001 16	Perth Glory	1–1	Wollongong Wolves	Perth, Western Australia
22:00 AEDT	Harnwell 84'	Report	Horsley 50'	Stadium: Perth Oval Attendance: 16,019 Referee: Mark Shield

3 February 2001 17	Wollongong Wolves	3–0	Carlton	Wollongong, New South Wales
Note: The match was declared a 3–0 walkover to Wollongong Wolves after Carlton SC folded in December 2000.

10 February 2001 18	Marconi Stallions	1–3	Wollongong Wolves	Sydney, New South Wales
19:00 AEDT	Brownlie 3'	Report	Petrovski 11', 75' Chipperfield 41'	Stadium: Marconi Stadium Attendance: 3,712 Referee: Perry Mur

17 February 2001 19	Wollongong Wolves	5–2	Melbourne Knights	Wollongong, New South Wales
18:30 AEDT	Young 17', 65' Petrovski 26', 60' Chipperfield 73'	Report	Marth 24' A. Cervinski 75'	Stadium: WIN Stadium Attendance: 5,459 Referee: Brett Hugo

23 February 2001 20	Brisbane Strikers	2–4	Wollongong Wolves	Brisbane, Queensland
19:00 AEDT	Dwyer 18' Buljan 28'	Report	Chipperfield 4' Petrovski 60' Reid 62' Young 75'	Stadium: Ballymore Stadium Attendance: 2,457 Referee: Simon Micallef

27 February 2001 14	Wollongong Wolves	2–2	Northern Spirit	Wollongong, New South Wales
18:30 AEDT	Harries 37' Young 38'	Report	Burgess 27' (pen.) Langdon 88'	Stadium: WIN Stadium Attendance: 5,575 Referee: Matthew Breeze

2 March 2001 21	Wollongong Wolves	5–1	Parramatta Power	Wollongong, New South Wales
18:30 AEDT	Petrovski 46', 47', 69' Ceccoli 50' Crews 83' (o.g.)	Report	Roodenburg 28'	Stadium: WIN Stadium Attendance: 4,112 Referee: Eddie Lennie

10 March 2001 22	Canberra Cosmos	2–1	Wollongong Wolves	Canberra, ACT
18:30 AEDT	Cortes 82' Angelucci 84'	Report	Young 44'	Stadium: Canberra Stadium Attendance: 2,593 Referee: Angelo Nardi

16 March 2001 23	Wollongong Wolves	9–4	Newcastle United	Wollongong, New South Wales
19:30 AEDT	Chipperfield 19', 43' Young 26', 71' Reid 29' Petrovski 42', 48', 60' Blake 55'	Report	Masi 49', 86' Juchniewicz 81' Mansley 90'	Stadium: WIN Stadium Attendance: 4,777 Referee: Simon Micallef

23 March 2001 24	Wollongong Wolves	0–1	South Melbourne Lakers	Wollongong, New South Wales
19:30 AEDT		Report	Trimboli 81'	Stadium: WIN Stadium Attendance: 8,454 Referee: Mark Shield

25 March 2001 15	Adelaide City Force	1–1	Wollongong Wolves	Adelaide, South Australia
20:30 AEDT	Vidmar 27'	Report	Middleby 23'	Stadium: Hindmarsh Stadium Attendance: 3,042 Referee: Eddie Lennie

1 April 2001 25	Sydney United Pumas	1–1	Wollongong Wolves	Sydney, New South Wales
15:00 AEDT	Talevski 76'	Report	Huxley 50'	Stadium: Sydney United Sports Centre Attendance: 4,235 Referee: Con Diomis

7 April 2001 26	Wollongong Wolves	3–1	Sydney Olympic Lions	Wollongong, New South Wales
18:30 AEDT	Petrovski 36' Stanton 46' Horsley 90'	Report	Cardozo 76' (pen.)	Stadium: WIN Stadium Attendance: 7,988 Referee: Eddie Lennie

14 April 2001 27	Eastern Pride	0–3	Wollongong Wolves	Morwell, Victoria
Note: Match awarded as a walkover to Wollongong Wolves^[2]

20 April 2001 28	Football Kingz	3–2	Wollongong Wolves	Auckland, New Zealand
16:30 AEDT	Urlovic 45' Rufer 87' (pen.), 90'	Report	Young 13' Reid 50'	Stadium: Ericsson Stadium Attendance: 3,616 Referee: Neil Fox

25 April 2001 29	Northern Spirit	0–4	Wollongong Wolves	Sydney, New South Wales
15:00 AEDT		Report	Horsley 45' Chipperfield 47' (pen.) Petrovski 56', 66'	Stadium: North Sydney Oval Attendance: 2,849 Referee: Simon Micallef

29 April 2001 30	Wollongong Wolves	6–2	Adelaide City Force	Wollongong, New South Wales
15:00 AEDT	Chipperfield 11', 51', 70', 77' Stanton 28' Petrovski 83'	Report	Tunbridge 45' Pelosi 89' (pen.)	Stadium: WIN Stadium Attendance: 6,128 Referee: Eddie Lennie

Finals series[edit]

11 May 2001 Major semi-final (Leg 1)	Wollongong Wolves	2–1	South Melbourne Lakers	Wollongong, New South Wales
18:30 AEDT	Petrovski 6' Young 83' (pen.)	Report	Boutsianis 45'	Stadium: WIN Stadium Attendance: 11,201 Referee: Mark Shield

20 May 2001 Major semi-final (Leg 2)	South Melbourne Lakers	1–2 (2–4 agg.)	Wollongong Wolves	Melbourne, Victoria
15:00 AEDT	Coveny 67'	Report	Horsley 50' Petrovski 59'	Stadium: Bob Jane Stadium Attendance: 10,113 Referee: Simon Micallef

3 June 2001 Grand final	Wollongong Wolves	2–1	South Melbourne Lakers	Sydney, New South Wales
12:00 AEDT	Petrovski 56' Young 57'	Report	Anastasiadis 78'	Stadium: Parramatta Stadium Attendance: 13,402 Referee: Eddie Lennie

Oceania Champions League[edit]

Group stage[edit]

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Wollongong Wolves	5	5	0	0	38	0	+38	15
Napier City Rovers	5	3	1	1	16	2	+14	10
Laugu United	5	3	1	1	19	14	+5	10
Unitech	5	2	0	3	10	19	-9	6
Foodtown Warriors Labasa	5	1	0	4	7	17	-10	3
Lotoha'apai	5	0	0	5	4	42	-38	0

9 January 2001 1	Lotoha'apai	0–16	Wollongong Wolves	Port Morseby, Papua New Guinea
13:30		Report	Petrovski 18', 26', 28', 31', 33', 39', 45' Chipperfield 23', 48', 69' Lucas 61', 74', 87' Reid 71' Beltrame 75'† Young 77'	Stadium: Lloyd Robson Stadium Referee: L. Fred (Vanuatu)
Note: † Beltrame (GK) scored from the rebound of a penalty taken by him

11 January 2001 2	Wollongong Wolves	5–0	Foodtown Warriors	Port Morseby, Papua New Guinea
17:00	Young 1' (pen.) Chipperfield 10', 38' Petrovski 67' Lucas 90'	Report		Stadium: Lloyd Robson Stadium Referee: H. Attison (Vanuatu)

13 January 2001 3	Laugu	0–10	Wollongong Wolves	Port Morseby, Papua New Guinea
16:00		Report	Young 13' (pen.) Chipperfield 39', 60' Reid 43', 74' Petrovski 49', 83' Huxley 57' Mennillo 76' Cervinki 77'	Stadium: Lloyd Robson Stadium Referee: B. Grimshaw (New Zealand)

15 January 2001 4	Wollongong Wolves	6–0	Unitech FC	Port Morseby, Papua New Guinea
14:00	Chipperfield 6' Reid 9' Lucas 43', 81' Petrovski 50' Smith 83'	Report		Stadium: Lloyd Robson Stadium Referee: H. Attison (Vanuatu)

17 January 2001 5	Napier City Rovers	0–1	Wollongong Wolves	Port Morseby, Papua New Guinea
16:00		Report	Petrovski 39'	Stadium: Lloyd Robson Stadium Referee: H. Attison (Vanuatu)

Knockout stage[edit]

Semi-finals[edit]

20 January 2001 Semi-final	Wollongong Wolves	4–2	Vénus	Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea
13:00	Petrovski 28' Lucas 43', 63' Chipperfield 45' (pen.)	(Report)	Djamali 78' Izal 85'	Stadium: Lloyd Robson Stadium Referee: S. Maidan (Singapore)

Final[edit]

22 January 2001 Final	Wollongong Wolves	1–0	Tafea	Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea
15:30	Scott Chipperfield 62'	(Report)		Stadium: Lloyd Robson Stadium Attendance: 3,000

FIFA Club World Championship[edit]

As winners of the 2001 Oceania Club Championship, the Wollongong Wolves was one of the 12 teams that were invited to the 2001 FIFA Club World Championship, which would be hosted in Spain from 28 July to 12 August 2001. However, the tournament was cancelled, primarily due to the collapse of ISL, which was marketing partner of FIFA at the time.

Group stage[edit]

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Boca Juniors	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Deportivo de La Coruña	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Wollongong Wolves	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Zamalek SC	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

29 July 2001 1	Zamalek SC	Cancelled	Wollongong Wolves	A Coruña, Spain
				Stadium: Estadio Riazor

1 August 2001 2	Deportivo de La Coruña	Cancelled	Wollongong Wolves	A Coruña, Spain
				Stadium: Estadio Riazor

4 August 2001 3	Wollongong Wolves	Cancelled	Boca Juniors	Santiago de Compostela, Spain
				Stadium: Estadio Multiusos de San Lázaro

References[edit]

^ "Australia 2000/01". RSSSF. 29 January 2003. Retrieved 31 May 2014.
^ "Round 27". OzFootball.

External links[edit]

Official Website^{[permanent dead link]}

[table_hth_EAS0.81246666089281-2] Eastern Pride were stripped of all their points following a breach of regulations.^[1]

[table_hth_CAR0.81246666089281-3] Carlton withdrew after eight rounds. All games against them were awarded 3–0.

[1] "Australia 2000/01". RSSSF. 29 January 2003. Retrieved 31 May 2014.

[4] "Round 27". OzFootball.

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