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  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

Transfers in
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
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
Position Name
Manager Ron Corry
Assistant Manager

Statistics

Squad statistics
N Pos. Nat. Name TotalNSLNSL Finals
AppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
1 GK Daniel Beltrame 6 0 0 0 0 6000000000
2 DF George Souris 29 0 0 0 0 25+1000030000
3 DF Alvin Ceccoli 24 2 1 0 0 21200030100
4 DF Robbie Stanton 23 5 0 0 0 8+1250001+20000
5 DF David Cervinski 22 0 0 0 0 15+400002+10000
6 MF Matt Horsley 31 6 0 0 0 28500031000
7 MF Paul Reid 30 7 0 0 0 27700030000
8 MF Max Nicholson 8 0 0 0 0 0+8000000000
9 FW Sasho Petrovski 28 21 0 0 1 22+31800133000
10 FW Stuart Young 28 15 0 0 1 251300132000
11 MF Scott Chipperfield 24 17 0 0 0 21+11700020000
12 MF Liam Austin 0 0 0 0 0 0000000000
13 MF George Nohra 3 0 0 0 0 1+2000000000
14 FW Jay Lucas 7 0 0 0 0 0+7000000000
15 DF David Huxley 29 2 0 0 0 26200030000
16 MF Bevan Sullivan 1 0 0 0 0 1000000000
17 MF Ben Blake 31 1 0 0 0 28100030000
20 GK Grant Barlow 13 0 0 0 0 13000000000
23 MF Dino Mennillo 18 0 0 0 2 14+300020+10000
26 GK Dean Anastasiadis 14 0 0 0 0 9+2000030000
27 MF Robbie Middleby 18 1 0 0 1 16+1100110000
GK Steve Angelov 0 0 0 0 0 0000000000
DF Paul O'Grady 5 0 0 0 0 0+5000000000
MF Frank Barilla 1 0 0 0 0 0+1000000000
MF Steven Dimitrievski 2 0 0 0 0 0+2000000000
FW Paul Harries 6 1 0 0 0 2+4100000000
FW Andrew Smith 0 0 0 0 0 0000000000
FW 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 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 United 30 7 9 14 37 56 −19 30
15 Eastern Pride (R) 30 5 5 20 32 61 −29 0[lower-alpha 1] Disbanded at end of season
16 Carlton SC (R) 30 0 0 30 0 90 −90 0[lower-alpha 2] Team withdrew
Updated to match(es) played on 19 April 2001. Source: rsssf.com
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champion; (R) Relegated.
Notes:
  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
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: 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[3]
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
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
Wollongong Wolves 5500380+3815
Napier City Rovers 5311162+1410
Laugu United 53111914+510
Unitech 52031019-96
Foodtown Warriors Labasa 5104717-103
Lotoha'apai 5005442-380
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
Main article: 2001 Oceania Club Championship § Knockout Stage
Semi Finals
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
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
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
Boca Juniors 00000000
Deportivo de La Coruña 00000000
Wollongong Wolves 00000000
Zamalek SC 00000000
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
  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.
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