2000–01 Wollongong Wolves FC season

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.

Wollongong Wolves
2000–01 season
ChairmanJoe Cachia
ManagerRon Corry
StadiumWIN Stadium, Wollongong
NSL2nd
NSL Finals seriesChampions
OFC Club ChampionshipChampions
FIFA Club World ChampionshipCancelled
Top goalscorerLeague: Sasho Petrovski (21)
All: Sasho Petrovski (34)

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.
Nat.
Name
Age
Moving from
Type
Transfer
window
Ends
Transfer
fee
Source
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.
Nat.
Name
Age
Moving to
Type
Transfer
window
Transfer
fee
Source
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
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

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

Round123456789101112131415161718192021222324252627282930
GroundHAHAHAHAAHAHHHAAHAHAHAHHAHAAAH
ResultDWWWWWLWLWDWDDDDWWWWWLWLDWWLWW
Position743221212122224322221333433332
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

References edit

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

External links edit