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

Squad

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 Australia AUS Daniel Beltrame
2 DF Australia AUS George Souris
3 DF Australia AUS Alvin Ceccoli
4 DF Australia AUS Robbie Stanton
5 DF Australia AUS David Cervinski
6 MF Australia AUS Matt Horsley (captain)
7 MF Australia AUS Paul Reid
8 MF England ENG Max Nicholson
9 FW Australia AUS Sasho Petrovski
10 FW England ENG Stuart Young
11 MF Australia AUS Scott Chipperfield
12 FW Australia AUS Liam Austin
13 MF Australia AUS George Nohra
14 FW Australia AUS Jay Lucas
No. Pos. Nation Player
15 DF Australia AUS David Huxley
16 MF Australia AUS Bevan Sullivan
17 MF Australia AUS Ben Blake
20 GK Australia AUS Grant Barlow
23 MF Australia AUS Dino Mennillo
26 GK Australia AUS Dean Anastasiadis
27 MF Australia AUS Robbie Middleby
— GK Australia AUS Steve Angelov
— DF Australia AUS Paul O'Grady
— MF Australia AUS Frank Barilla
— MF Australia AUS Steven Dimitrievski
— FW Australia AUS Paul Harries
— FW Australia AUS Andrew Smith
— FW Australia AUS Sasho Dimoski

Source: WorldFootball

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

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

Technical staff
Position Name
Manager Australia Ron Corry
Assistant Manager

Statistics

Squad statistics
N Pos. Nat. Name TotalNSLNSL Finals
AppsGoalsYellow cardSecond yellow cardRed cardAppsGoalsYellow cardSecond yellow cardRed cardAppsGoalsYellow cardSecond yellow cardRed card
1 GK Australia Daniel Beltrame 6 0 0 0 0 6000000000
2 DF Australia George Souris 29 0 0 0 0 25+1000030000
3 DF Australia Alvin Ceccoli 24 2 1 0 0 21200030100
4 DF Australia Robbie Stanton 23 5 0 0 0 8+1250001+20000
5 DF Australia David Cervinski 22 0 0 0 0 15+400002+10000
6 MF Australia Matt Horsley 31 6 0 0 0 28500031000
7 MF Australia Paul Reid 30 7 0 0 0 27700030000
8 MF England Max Nicholson 8 0 0 0 0 0+8000000000
9 FW Australia Sasho Petrovski 28 21 0 0 1 22+31800133000
10 FW England Stuart Young 28 15 0 0 1 251300132000
11 MF Australia Scott Chipperfield 24 17 0 0 0 21+11700020000
12 MF Australia Liam Austin 0 0 0 0 0 0000000000
13 MF Australia George Nohra 3 0 0 0 0 1+2000000000
14 FW Australia Jay Lucas 7 0 0 0 0 0+7000000000
15 DF Australia David Huxley 29 2 0 0 0 26200030000
16 MF Australia Bevan Sullivan 1 0 0 0 0 1000000000
17 MF Australia Ben Blake 31 1 0 0 0 28100030000
20 GK Australia Grant Barlow 13 0 0 0 0 13000000000
23 MF Australia Dino Mennillo 18 0 0 0 2 14+300020+10000
26 GK Australia Dean Anastasiadis 14 0 0 0 0 9+2000030000
27 MF Australia Robbie Middleby 18 1 0 0 1 16+1100110000
GK Australia Steve Angelov 0 0 0 0 0 0000000000
DF Australia Paul O'Grady 5 0 0 0 0 0+5000000000
MF Australia Frank Barilla 1 0 0 0 0 0+1000000000
MF Australia Steven Dimitrievski 2 0 0 0 0 0+2000000000
FW Australia Paul Harries 6 1 0 0 0 2+4100000000
FW Australia Andrew Smith 0 0 0 0 0 0000000000
FW Australia Sasho Dimoski 0 0 0 0 0 0000000000

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
Main article: 2000–01 National Soccer League

League table
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[lower-alpha 1]
16 Carlton 30 0 0 30 0 90 −90 0[lower-alpha 2] 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
OverallHomeAway
PldWDLGFGAGDPtsWDLGFGAGDWDLGFGAGD
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
Round123456789101112131415161718192021222324252627282930
GroundHAHAHAHAAHAHHHAAHAHAHAHHAHAAAH
ResultDWWWWWLWLWDWDDDDWWWWWLWLDWWLWW
Position743221212122224322221333433332
Source: worldfootball.net
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches
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: United States 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: New Zealand 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
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
Main article: 2001 Oceania Club Championship

Group stage
Main article: 2001 Oceania Club Championship § Group A
Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
Australia Wollongong Wolves 5500380+3815
New Zealand Napier City Rovers 5311162+1410
Solomon Islands Laugu United 53111914+510
Papua New Guinea Unitech 52031019-96
Fiji Foodtown Warriors Labasa 5104717-103
Tonga Lotoha'apai 5005442-380
9 January 2001 1 Lotoha'apai Tonga 0–16 Australia 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 Australia 5–0 Fiji 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 Solomon Islands 0–10 Australia 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 Australia 6–0 Papua New Guinea 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 New Zealand 0–1 Australia Wollongong Wolves Port Morseby, Papua New Guinea
16:00 Report Petrovski 39' Stadium: Lloyd Robson Stadium
Referee: H. Attison (Vanuatu)

Knockout stage
Main article: 2001 Oceania Club Championship § Knockout Stage
Semi-finals
20 January 2001 Semi-final Wollongong Wolves Australia 4–2 French Polynesia 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
22 January 2001 Final Wollongong Wolves Australia 1–0 Vanuatu Tafea Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea
15:30 Scott Chipperfield 62' (Report) Stadium: Lloyd Robson Stadium
Attendance: 3,000

FIFA Club World Championship
Main article: 2001 FIFA Club World Championship

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
Main article: 2001 FIFA Club World Championship § Group A
Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
Argentina Boca Juniors 00000000
Spain Deportivo de La Coruña 00000000
Australia Wollongong Wolves 00000000
Egypt Zamalek SC 00000000
29 July 2001 1 Zamalek SC Egypt Cancelled Australia Wollongong Wolves A Coruña, Spain
Stadium: Estadio Riazor
1 August 2001 2 Deportivo de La Coruña Spain Cancelled Australia Wollongong Wolves A Coruña, Spain
Stadium: Estadio Riazor
4 August 2001 3 Wollongong Wolves Australia Cancelled Argentina Boca Juniors Santiago de Compostela, Spain
Stadium: Estadio Multiusos de San Lázaro

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