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
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

Squad

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

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

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

Source: WorldFootball

Transfers in

N	P	Nat.	Name	Age	Moving from	Type	Transfer window	Ends	Transfer fee	Ref.
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

N	P	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

Position	Name
Manager	Ron Corry
Assistant Manager

Statistics

Squad statistics

N	P	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

• 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

Overall

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

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	South Melbourne	30	21	6	3	70	24	+46	69	2001 National Soccer League Finals
2	Wollongong Wolves (C)	30	18	7	5	80	40	+40	61	2000–01 National Soccer League Champions
3	Perth Glory	30	18	7	5	73	33	+40	61	2001 National Soccer League Finals
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	Auckland 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 (R)	30	11	4	15	49	55	−6	37	Disbanded at end of season
12	Brisbane Strikers	30	9	8	13	52	56	−4	35
13	Northern Spirit	30	8	8	14	39	50	−11	32
14	Newcastle Jets	30	7	9	14	37	56	−19	30
15	Eastern Pride (R)	30	5	5	20	32	61	−29	00^1	Disbanded at end of season
-	Carlton SC (R)	30	0	0	30	0	90	−90	00^2	Team withdrew

Updated to games played on 19 April 2001
Source: rsssf.com
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.

¹ Eastern Pride were stripped of all their points following a breach of regulations.^[1]
2 Carlton SC withdrew after eight rounds. All games against them were awarded 3-0.^[2]

Results summary

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

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

Last updated: 18 July 2015.
Source: worldfootball.net
Ground: A = Away; H = Home. Result: D = Draw; L = Loss; W = Win; P = Postponed.
      Win       Draw       Loss

Matches

Wollongong Wolves v Perth Glory

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

Carlton SC v Wollongong Wolves

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

Wollongong Wolves v Marconi Stallions

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

Melbourne Knights v Wollongong Wolves

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

Wollongong Wolves v Brisbane Strikers

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

Parramatta Power v Wollongong Wolves

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

Wollongong Wolves v Canberra Cosmos

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

Newcastle United v Wollongong Wolves

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

South Melbourne Lakers v Wollongong Wolves

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

Wollongong Wolves v Sydney United Pumas

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

Sydney Olympic Lions v Wollongong Wolves

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

Wollongong Wolves v Eastern Pride

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

Wollongong Wolves v Football Kingz

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

Perth Glory v Wollongong Wolves

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

Wollongong Wolves v Carlton

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.

Marconi Stallions v Wollongong Wolves

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

Wollongong Wolves v Melbourne Knights

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

Brisbane Strikers v Wollongong Wolves

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

Wollongong Wolves v Northern Spirit

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

Wollongong Wolves v Parramatta Power

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

Canberra Cosmos v Wollongong Wolves

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

Wollongong Wolves v Newcastle United

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

Wollongong Wolves v South Melbourne Lakers

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

Adelaide City Force v Wollongong Wolves

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

Sydney United Pumas v Wollongong Wolves

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

Wollongong Wolves v Sydney Olympic Lions

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

Eastern Pride v Wollongong Wolves

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

Football Kingz v Wollongong Wolves

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

Northern Spirit v Wollongong Wolves

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

Wollongong Wolves v Adelaide City Force

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

Wollongong Wolves v South Melbourne Lakers

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

South Melbourne Lakers v Wollongong Wolves

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

Wollongong Wolves v South Melbourne Lakers

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

Group Stage

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

Lotoha'apai v Wollongong Wolves

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

Wollongong Wolves v Foodtown Warriors

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)

Laugu v Wollongong Wolves

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)

Wollongong Wolves v Unitech FC

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)

Napier City Rovers v Wollongong Wolves

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

Semi Finals

Wollongong Wolves v Vénus

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

Wollongong Wolves v Tafea

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

References

1. "Australia 2000/01". rsssf.com (RSSSF). 29 January 2003. Retrieved 31 May 2014.
2. "Australia 2000/01". rsssf.com (RSSSF). 29 January 2003. Retrieved 31 May 2014.
3. "Round 27". OzFootball.

External links

• Official Website