1999–2000 Wollongong Wolves FC season

The 1999–2000 Wollongong Wolves season was the club's 20th season since its establishment in 1980. The club participated in the National Soccer League for the 19th time. They were crowned runners-up in the premiership and the champions of the finals series.

Wollongong Wolves
1999–2000 season
ManagerNick Theodorakopoulos
StadiumBrandon Park, North Wollongong
NSL2nd
NSL Finals SeriesChampions
Top goalscorerLeague: Stuart Young (19)
All: Stuart Young (19)

Players

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Squad

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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 Les Pogliacomi
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   AUS Anthony Surjan
10 FW   ENG Stuart Young
11 MF   AUS Scott Chipperfield
12 MF   NZL Neil Harlock
13 MF   AUS Noel Spencer
14 FW   AUS Sasho Petrovski
No. Pos. Nation Player
15 DF   AUS David Huxley
16 MF   AUS Bevan Sullivan
17 MF   AUS Ben Blake
17 FW   FIJ Esala Masi
20 GK   AUS Daniel Beltrame
21 MF   AUS Mark Robertson
23 MF   AUS Dino Mennillo
DF   AUS Paul Dimech
DF   AUS Graeme Goodfellow
DF   AUS Peter Lahanas
DF   AUS Paul O'Grady
MF   AUS Chad Bishop
FW   AUS Sasho Dimoski

Source: WorldFootball[permanent dead link]

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Technical staff

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Position Name
Manager   Nick Theodorakopoulos
Assistant Manager   Ron Corry

Statistics

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Squad statistics

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N Pos. Nat. Name Total NSL NSL Finals
Apps Goals       Apps Goals       Apps Goals      
1 GK   Les Pogliacomi 34 0 0 0 0 30 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0
2 DF   George Souris 31 1 0 0 0 22+7 1 0 0 0 0+2 0 0 0 0
3 DF   Alvin Ceccoli 27 2 0 0 0 23 2 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0
4 DF   Robbie Stanton 38 0 1 0 0 34 0 0 0 0 4 0 1 0 0
5 DF   David Cervinski 35 3 0 0 0 28+3 3 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0
6 MF   Matt Horsley 36 5 0 0 0 32 4 0 0 0 4 1 0 0 0
7 MF   Paul Reid 31 3 0 0 1 23+4 2 0 0 1 4 1 0 0 0
8 MF   Anthony Surjan 21 0 0 0 0 9+12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
10 FW   Stuart Young 33 19 0 0 0 29 17 0 0 0 4 2 0 0 0
11 MF   Scott Chipperfield 35 13 1 0 0 31 12 0 0 0 4 1 1 0 0
12 MF   Neil Harlock 20 1 0 0 0 13+7 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
13 MF   Noel Spencer 35 0 0 0 0 16+15 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0
14 FW   Sasho Petrovski 36 14 0 0 0 24+8 14 0 0 0 2+2 0 0 0 0
15 DF   David Huxley 31 0 0 0 1 19+11 0 0 0 1 0+1 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 8 1 0 0 0 1+7 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
18 FW   Esala Masi 30 12 0 0 1 16+10 11 0 0 1 2+2 1 0 0 0
20 GK   Daniel Beltrame 4 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
21 MF   Mark Robertson 12 0 1 0 0 4+5 0 0 0 0 0+3 0 1 0 0
23 MF   Dino Mennillo 17 4 1 0 0 13 4 0 0 0 4 0 1 0 0
DF   Paul Dimech 2 2 0 0 0 0+2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
DF   Graeme Goodfellow 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
DF   Peter Lahanas 4 0 0 0 0 0+4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
DF   Paul O'Grady 2 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
MF   Chad Bishop 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
FW   Sasho Dimoski 3 0 0 0 0 0+3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Competitions

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Overall

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Competition Started round Final
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National Soccer League 2nd 3 October 1999 7 May 2000
National Soccer League Finals Semi-finals Champions 21 May 2015 11 June 2015

National Soccer League

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League table

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Perth Glory 34 19 7 8 60 42 +18 64 Qualification for the Finals series
2 Wollongong Wolves (C) 34 17 9 8 72 44 +28 60 Qualification for the Finals series and the Oceania Club Championship
3 Carlton 34 17 7 10 55 39 +16 58 Qualification for the Finals series
4 Adelaide Force 34 16 8 10 57 37 +20 56
5 Sydney Olympic 34 16 7 11 56 40 +16 55
6 Marconi Fairfield 34 16 7 11 53 49 +4 55
7 Newcastle Breakers 34 14 9 11 44 44 0 51
8 Auckland Kingz 34 15 5 14 57 59 −2 50
9 Brisbane Strikers 34 13 10 11 46 40 +6 49
10 South Melbourne 34 14 7 13 55 51 +4 49
11 Parramatta Power 34 14 5 15 52 47 +5 47
12 Melbourne Knights 34 13 6 15 44 57 −13 45
13 Northern Spirit 34 11 3 20 41 58 −17 36
14 Canberra Cosmos 34 9 9 16 44 64 −20 36
15 Gippsland Falcons 34 7 8 19 23 49 −26 29
16 Sydney United 34 5 5 24 19 58 −39 20
Source: rsssf.com
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions

Results by round

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Round12345678910111213141516171819202122232425262728293031323334
GroundHAHAAHAHAHAHAHAHHAAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHA
ResultWDLDDWWWLLWWDWDWWWLLDDWWWDLWWWDWLL
Position4389975466544553313334433222211122
Source: worldfootball.net
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

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3 October 1999 1 Wollongong Wolves 2–1 South Melbourne Wollongong, New South Wales
Masi   6'
Harlock   36'
Report Magnacca   89' Stadium: Brandon Park
Attendance: 4,831
Referee: Matthew Breeze
8 October 1999 2 Newcastle Breakers 2–2 Wollongong Wolves Newcastle, New South Wales
Pryce   36'
Buonavoglia   54'
Report Masi   41'
Petrovski   88'
Stadium: Breakers Stadium
Attendance: 6,023
Referee: Simon Micallef
16 October 1999 3 Wollongong Wolves 0–4 Sydney Olympic Wollongong, New South Wales
Report Cardozo   7', 70', 80'
Arambasic   28'
Stadium: Brandon Park
Attendance: 5,021
Referee: Gerry Connolly
24 October 1999 4 Sydney Olympic 1–1 Wollongong Wolves Sydney, New South Wales
Tsekenis   77' Report Young   78' Stadium: Belmore Sports Ground
Attendance: 5,035
Referee: Brett Hugo
29 October 1999 5 Football Kingz 3–3 Wollongong Wolves Auckland, New Zealand
De Jong   51'
Mennillo   77'
Jones   89'
Report Horsley   3'
Reid   38'
Masi   61'
Stadium: North Harbour Stadium
Attendance: 4,500
Referee: Matthew Breeze
7 November 1999 6 Wollongong Wolves 3–0 Northern Spirit Wollongong, New South Wales
Petrovski   1', 33'
Young   62'
Report Stadium: Brandon Park
Attendance: 5,123
Referee: Eddie Lennie
13 November 1999 7 Football Kingz 2–4 Wollongong Wolves Christchurch, New Zealand
Rufer   61' (pen.), 84' (pen.) Report Masi   36'
Chipperfield   40'
Young   70', 82' (pen.)
Stadium: Jade Stadium
Attendance: 4,186
Referee: D. Rugg
21 November 1999 8 Wollongong Wolves 2–0 Gippsland Falcons Wollongong, New South Wales
Cervinski   5'
Petrovski   57'
Report Stadium: Brandon Park
Attendance: 3,450
Referee: B. Precious
28 November 1999 9 Marconi-Fairfield 1–0 Wollongong Wolves Sydney, New South Wales
Trajanovski   22' (pen.) Report Stadium: Marconi Stadium
Attendance: 5,774
Referee: Brett Hugo
3 December 1999 10 Wollongong Wolves 1–2 Melbourne Knights Wollongong, New South Wales
Souris   22' Report A. Cervinski   64'
Kelic   68'
Stadium: Brandon Park
Attendance: 3,414
Referee: Mark Shield
20 December 1999 11 Adelaide Force 1–2 Wollongong Wolves Adelaide, South Australia
Pelosi   59' Report Petrovski   1'
Chipperfield   89'
Stadium: Hindmarsh Stadium
Attendance: 3,764
Referee: Craig Zetter
19 December 1999 12 Wollongong Wolves 3–0 Canberra Cosmos Wollongong, New South Wales
Petrovski   15', 83'
Chipperfield   77'
Report Stadium: Brandon Park
Attendance: 2,497
Referee: David Dwight
23 December 1999 15 South Melbourne 1–1 Wollongong Wolves Melbourne, Victoria
Curcija   83' (pen.) Report Stuart Young   36' (pen.) Stadium: Bob Jane Stadium
Attendance: 4,639
Referee: David Dwight
28 December 1999 13 Brisbane Strikers 1–1 Wollongong Wolves Brisbane, Queensland
Harris   56' Report Petrovski   29' Stadium: Suncorp Stadium
Attendance: 2,611
Referee: Simon Micallef
2 January 2000 14 Wollongong Wolves 4–3 Parramatta Power Wollongong, New South Wales
Masi   2', 10', 58'
Chipperfield   56'
Report Burns   7'
Byrnes   16'
Sterjovski   72'
Stadium: Brandon Park
Attendance: 3,844
Referee: Eddie Lennie
16 January 2000 16 Wollongong Wolves 3–2 Carlton Wollongong, New South Wales
Chipperfield   15'
Young   59'
Masi   83'
Report Thompson   17'
McPherson   86'
Stadium: Brandon Park
Attendance: 4,294
Referee: Mark Shield
23 January 2000 17 Wollongong Wolves 1–0 Sydney United Wollongong, New South Wales
Petrovski   8' Report Stadium: Brandon Park
Attendance: 5,842
Referee: Con Diomis
26 January 2000 18 Sydney United 2–5 Wollongong Wolves Sydney, New South Wales
Bosnar   10'
Maric   78'
Report Young   3', 11'
Horsley   71'
Masi   85'
Chipperfield   88'
Stadium: Sydney United Sports Centre
Attendance: 3,112
Referee: Matthew Breeze
30 January 2000 19 Perth Glory 2–1 Wollongong Wolves Perth, Western Australia
Buljan   34'
Edwards   63'
Report Chipperfield   86' Stadium: Perth Oval
Attendance: 9,657
Referee: Gerry Connolly
6 February 2000 20 Wollongong Wolves 1–2 Newcastle Breakers Wollongong, New South Wales
Chipperfield   7' Report Buonavoglia   60'
Owens   86'
Stadium: Brandon Park
Attendance: 4,438
Referee: Brett Hugo
13 February 2000 21 Sydney Olympic 2–2 Wollongong Wolves Sydney, New South Wales
Emerton   27'
Baillie   81'
Report Mennillo   13'
Ceccoli   48'
Stadium: Belmore Sports Ground
Attendance: 5,638
Referee: Simon Micallef
19 February 2000 22 Wollongong Wolves 1–1 Sydney Olympic Wollongong, New South Wales
Mennillo   33' Report Arambasic   51' Stadium: Brandon Park
Attendance: 7,351
Referee: Matthew Breeze
27 February 2000 23 Wollongong Wolves 3–1 Football Kingz Wollongong, New South Wales
Young   45', 56'
Masi   49'
Report Ngata   38' (pen.) Stadium: Brandon Park
Attendance: 3,313
Referee: D. Rugg
3 March 2000 24 Northern Spirit 0–3 Wollongong Wolves Sydney, New South Wales
Report Young   21' (pen.)
Cervinski   26'
Horsley   57'
Stadium: North Sydney Oval
Attendance: 5,500
Referee: Brett Hugo
12 March 2000 25 Wollongong Wolves 5–1 Football Kingz Wollongong, New South Wales
Mennillo   48'
Reid   59'
Horsley   60'
Young   85'
Blake   90+2'
Report Bunce   29' Stadium: Brandon Park
Attendance: 3,618
Referee: Con Diomis
18 March 2000 26 Gippsland Falcons 1–1 Wollongong Wolves Morwell, Victoria
Vargas   66' (pen.) Report Mennillo   9' Stadium: Mobil Park
Attendance: 1,700
Referee: D. Rugg
26 March 2000 27 Wollongong Wolves 1–2 Marconi-Fairfield Wollongong, New South Wales
Masi   27' Report Awaritefe   35'
Babic   45'
Stadium: Brandon Park
Attendance: 7,338
Referee: Eddie Lennie
2 April 2000 28 Melbourne Knights 0–4 Wollongong Wolves Melbourne, Victoria
Report Chipperfield   18', 38'
Petrovski   28', 70'
Stadium: Knights Stadium
Attendance: 3,631
Referee: J. Blaney
9 April 2000 29 Wollongong Wolves 1–0 Adelaide Force Wollongong, New South Wales
Petrovski   34' Report Stadium: Brandon Park
Attendance: 5,518
Referee: Eddie Lennie
14 April 2000 30 Canberra Cosmos 0–6 Wollongong Wolves Canberra, ACT
Report Chipperfield   32', 45'
Young   64', 76' (pen.), 80', 90+1'
Stadium: Bruce Stadium
Attendance: 1,214
Referee: Craig Zetter
22 April 2000 31 Wollongong Wolves 2–2 Brisbane Strikers Wollongong, New South Wales
Petrovski   17', 57' Report North   85'
Foster   90+5'
Stadium: Brandon Park
Attendance: 5,253
Referee: Simon Micallef
25 April 2000 32 Parramatta Power 1–2 Wollongong Wolves Sydney, New South Wales
Griffiths   54' Report Young   28'
Cervinski   77'
Stadium: Parramatta Stadium
Attendance: 5,180
Referee: Eddie Lennie
30 April 2000 33 Wollongong Wolves 0–1 Perth Glory Wollongong, New South Wales
Report Harnwell   50' Stadium: Brandon Park
Attendance: 8,815
Referee: Gerry Connolly
7 May 2000 34 Carlton 2–1 Wollongong Wolves Melbourne, Victoria
Moreira   17'
Marth   54' (pen.)
Report Ceccoli   26' Stadium: Olympic Park Stadium
Attendance: 1,704
Referee: Simon Micallef
Final Series
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21 May 2000 Major Semifinal (L1) Wollongong Wolves 1–0 Perth Glory Wollongong, New South Wales
Young   28' (pen.) Report Stadium: Brandon Park
Attendance: 8,326
Referee: Brett Hugo
27 May 2000 Major Semifinal (L2) Perth Glory 2–0 (a.e.t.) Wollongong Wolves Perth, Western Australia
Trajkovski   85' (pen.)
Ergic   93'
Report Stadium: Subiaco Oval
Attendance: 42,760
Referee: Mark Shield
4 June 2000 Preliminary Final Wollongong Wolves 2–1 Carlton Wollongong, New South Wales
Masi   24'
Young   45'
Report Markovski   18' Stadium: Brandon Park
Attendance: 8,034
Referee: Simon Micallef
11 June 2000 Grand Final Perth Glory 3–3 (a.e.t.)
(6–7 p)
Wollongong Wolves Perth, Western Australia
13:30 AWST Despotovski   20'
Milicevic   33'
Harnwell   42'
Report Chipperfield   56'
Horsely   69'
Reid   89'
Stadium: Subiaco Oval
Attendance: 43,242
Referee: Mark Shield
Penalties
Trajkovski  
Harnwell  
Schwertz  
Naven  
Wehman  
Junior  
Edwards  
Milicevic  
Afkos  
Young  
Robertson  
Ceccoli  
Pogliacomi  
Petrovski  
Horsley  
Mennillo  
Chipperfield  
Reid  

References

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