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                                                                            CONTENTS
WOLLONGONG WOLVES
COACHING STAFF & MANAGEMENT

1st Team Coach                     Jacob Timpano

1st Grade Assistant Coach	Luke Wilkshire and
                           Nick Montgomery
Senior Manager	Robert Positti
Under 20s Manager                  Robert Positti
Under 18s Coach                    Richard Lloyd
GK Coach                           John Krajnovic
Health and Medical Services Figtree Physiotherapy                     Match Preview                                6
Technical Director                 Neil Mann
                                                                      Team Lineups                                20
CEO                                Chris Papakosmas
                                                                      Season Draw                                 38
Admin Manager                      Susan Gatt
Program Contributors               Malcolm Rowney
Photographer - Seniors             Pedro Garcia
Photographer – Juniors             Chris Horn

Ground Announcer                   Andrew Byron

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WELCOME                                                                                     #NPLNSW

W    elcome everyone to our Round 14
     encounter with Sydney FC.
                                                      Support the organisations, that support our
                                                      club, that supports our community.
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the Wolves have played at WIN Stadium – The           Control NSW we are building to a really exciting
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a great match.
                                                      Our first grade side boasts a great mix of
This year the competition has been the closest        talent, experience and youth and are sitting
and tightest it has been for many seasons with        well positioned for a strong late season surge
all 12 teams still a chance of securing spots for     into finals contention.
the finals series. Currently we sit in 10th spot
but are only 2 points outside a top 5 berth. It’s     Our U20s have proved the surprise packet
that close. Plenty of football left in the season.    of the season, playing fantastic football and
Plenty to play for. A finals spot is still ours for   currently sitting 3rd on the competition table.
the taking.                                           A great testament to the future talent we are
                                                      producing.
AND IT STARTS AGAIN TONIGHT.
GO YOU MIGHTY WOLVES!!!                               Our U18s have some ground to make up but
                                                      can still sneak into the finals with a strong
The success we have experienced as a club             second half of the season showing. And the
over the last 2 years has been significantly          majority of this squad will still be eligible for
bolstered by the strong support we receive            U18s next season. Plus we have also had the
from our local sponsors. Without the passion          opportunity to blood some of our U16s giving
and backing of these loyal and proud sponsors         them a taste of higher honors.
we would not have been in a position to
reinvigorate our great club and lay the               We hope you thoroughly enjoy today’s matches
foundation for the most exciting and rewarding        and thank you all for your ongoing loyalty,
times for us and for football across our entire       support and passion.
region in the future.                                 Nothing inspires our players more than playing
From our SAP programs, through to our Juniors         at home, at WIN Stadium – The Wolf Den, in
and right up to our Seniors, organisations            front of the BEST AND PROUDEST FOOTBALL
right across our community and throughout             FANS IN THE COUNTRY.
the Illawarra and South Coast have got right          WE ARE THE WOLLONGONG WOLVES!
behind the Wollongong Wolves and helped us            BEWARE – OUR PACK IS GATHERING.
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MATCH PREVIEW                                                                           #NPLNSW

                  S    ydney F.C. venture to
                       WIN Stadium for the
                   2018 Round 14 encounter
                                                  Parramatta FC in Round 13. The best win was
                                                  5-2 and worst loss was 6-1. On six occasions,
                                                  the team was held scoreless which was the
                   to take on Wollongong          competition’s third highest tally. The best result
                   Wolves for the fourth time     sequence without defeat was three - win, draw,
                   in the Mens 1 competition,     win, Rounds 9 -11. The team’s number of goals
                   after the very first meeting   scored per game match average was 1.54 and
                   at Lambert Park concluded      goals conceded were 2.36.
with Sydney FC winning 2-1, William Mutch with    Six players were selected in the ‘Team Of The
a brace (SFC) and Patrick Antelmi (WW), being     Week’ for their deeds on the pitch were Jean
the goal scorers.                                 Zapata (3), Tom Heward-Belle (2), John Iredale
The Robert Stanton coached Sydney FC Youth        (2), William Mutch (1), Mitchell Evans (1) and
outfit are a speedy attacking side and the        Patrick Flottman (1). Andrea Agamemnonos
match with the Wolves should display a fair       was one player nominated for ‘Goal Of the
smattering of goals if the previous matches are   Week’, in Round 22 versus Wollongong Wolves.
anything to go by.
                                                  THE MATCH-UP
THE OPPOSITION TODAY - SYDNEY FC
                                                  Sydney FC and the Wolves have met three
New players to the 2018 roster include Hassan     times in the Mens 1 competition with the
Jalloh and Luke Ivanovic from Bonnyrigg White     Wolves having a two to one win ratio. The
Eagles, former Shark Jeremy Cox, Joel King and    Wolves have scored the greater number of
Patrick Scibilio from the Australian Institute    goals, nine to four. The best win was 2-1 for
Of Sport and Jackson Bandiera, ex Western         Sydney and 6-1 for the Wolves.
Sydney Wanderers. In a midseason move,
                                                  This year Sydney FC and the Wolves are in
Jalloh has departed for the Northern Tigers
                                                  12th and 10th positions respectively. The best
Sydney FC last won honours by winning             results in the competition so far are 3-1 (SFC) in
promotion and the Mens 2 Premiership and          Round 1 and 2-1 (WW) with each team scoring
Championship in 2016 after the club was           and conceding 17 and 12 and 27 and 23 goals
formed in 2004. The Grand Final winning team      respectively.
was Mitchell Evans, Brendan Curtis, Liam
McGing, Nicola Kuleski, Daniel Araujo, Juan       The last meeting was in Round 3 at Lambert
Zapata, Bai Antoniou, Andreas Agamemnonos,        Park with the Wolves accounting for Sydney
Christopher Arditti, Charles Lokoli Ngoy and      F.C by two goals to one. Jalloh scored the first
Matthew Green, with substitutes being Sam         goal before Ryan Ensor and Peter Simonoski
McIlhatton, Daniel Maskin and Emmanuel            accounted for the Wolves’ goals, the first for
Gonzalez. The scorers in the 4-1 win over         each in the season.
Western Sydney Wanderers were Antoniou,           In the previous five matches the result
Arditti, Zapata and Lokoli Ngoy.                  sequence for Sydney F.C. is draw, loss, win, loss
In the 2017 Sydney FC won its first game after    and loss, while the Wolves is draw, loss, win,
two matches had been played. It was a 5-2 win     draw and loss.
over Parramatta. The team concluded its first     The scorers of the previous goal for each team
season in Mens 1 in eleventh place on fourteen    coming into this match were Jordan Swidel
points from six wins and two draws, scoring       and Peter Simonoski. The top scorers are
and conceding thirty-four and fifty-two goals,    Simonoski and Jeremy Cox with four and seven
with a goal difference of minus 18, which was     goals respectively.
better than four other clubs. The top scorer      The last round results were Sydney F.C. was
was Charles Lokoli Ngoy with seven goals          defeated 2-0 by Sutherland Sharks and the
while eleven other players’ contributed to the    Wolves were 4-1 by Rockdale City Suns.
scorecard together with the addition of an
own goal. Lokoli Ngoy also scored the quickest    PLAYERS TO WATCH
goal, which came in the ninth minute versus       Jeremy Cox started off the season with a hat
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trick against Hakoah Sydney City East and he      short reverse pass to Jalloh who burst into
will most probably be thereabouts in goal         the penalty area. From his position left of the
scoring range. Captain Sam McIllhatton is         goal frame he pounced. His right-footed shot
Sydney FC’s midfield general and he has been      eluded Baldacchino and a diving custodian,
on the scoresheet at times during the season.     Pasfield, lodging into the goal inside the near
They will be keyed up to cause damage.            post.
The Wolves’ defensive rock at the back is         Four minutes later, Ensor, positioned on the
Michael Robinson and his duties are done to       edge of the penalty area received the ball out
a high standard and he will be there to cut out   of the opposition defence. His subsequent
the attacking threats.                            drive zoomed towards the target taking a
BLAST FROM THE PAST                               slight deflection that altered the trajectory only
                                                  slightly for his first goal for his club.
At Lambert Park in Leichhardt on the 24th May,
                                                  The Wolves achieved a late winner when
Round 3 2018 was the third meeting between
                                                  Simonoski relinquished his bench role to come
the two clubs since Sydney FC was promoted
                                                  and strike. Tashiro hooked the ball forward for
into Mens 1 for the 2017 season.
                                                  Simonoski to run on to with his first time effort
Teams - Sydney FC - Drago Dragicevic,             lodging low inside the goal at the far post.
Brendan Curtis, Patrick Flottman, Liam McGing,
                                                  Earlier in the match, a Jalloh shot drew a
Andrea Agamemnonos, Jerry Skodatis, Sam
                                                  Pasfield save. MacDonald in a forward move
McIllhatton, Hassan Jalloh, Luke Ivanovic,
                                                  ran in between Mutch and McIllhatton with
Jeremy Cox and William Mutch. Patrick Scibio
                                                  an ensuing shot going straight to Dragicevic.
and Hamish Lamberton replaced Curtis and
                                                  Tashiro received a Nozawa pass before
Ivanovic, with the coach being Robert Stanton.
                                                  returning the ball. Nozawa’s effort beat the
Wolves - Jacob Pasfield, Taylor McDonald, Chris   custodian but not the post.
Price, Michael Robinson, Joshua Macdonald,
                                                  SCORES AND SCORERS FROM THE PREVIOUS
Nick Montgomery, Joshua MacDonald, Ryan
                                                  FIVE LEAGUE MEETINGS
Ensor, Quivi Fowler, Takuya Nozawa and Yuzo
Tashiro. Darcy Madden, Peter Simonoski and        1. 2015. Trial. Wolves 0 Sydney FC 4 (Filip
Steve Hayes subbed on for Montgomery, Ensor           Holosko, Andrew Hoole, Shane Smeltz)
and Fowler. The coach was Jacob Timpano.          2. 2
                                                      016. FFA Cup Round Of 32. Wolves 0
It was Sydney F.C. who went to the lead in           Sydney FC 3 (Matt Simon x2, David Carney)
the sixty-eighth minute. Mutch slipped a          3. 2017. Sydney FC 2 (William Mutch x2) Wolves

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    1 (Patrick Antelmi)                             it would be tough. They are at the bottom and
4. 2017. Wolves 6 (Patrick Antelmi x3, Brendan     had nothing to lose. We should have won the
    Griffin x2, Steve Hayes) defeated Sydney FC 1   game, but credit to them they came back….
    (Andrea Agamemnonos)                            This year the boys have shown a good attitude.
                                                    We are up the comp. ladder now and teams
5. 2018 Sydney F.C. (Hassan Jalloh) defeated by    will lift when they play us.’ Following the 2012
    Wolves 2 (Ryan Ensor, Peter Simonoski)          Elimination Semi-final, he stated ‘when it comes
SELECTED REPRESENTATIVE OF BOTH CLUBS               to finals football it was always going to be on
- JACOB TIMPANO                                     the day. It was a battle and Blacktown came
Being at Sydney FC for three seasons, Timpano       out on top of the battle. I thought we might
scaled the heights of success with his team         have got an equaliser but you needed luck in
winning the inaugural A-League Championship.        the conditions (windy) and the surface we are
The central defender started in the Grand Final     playing on… We fell short. It was a sad way to
while his first game for Sydney FC was as a         go out. Playing at 1.30 was a bit of a curve ball.’
substitute coming on for Mark Rudan in the          After battling relegation in 2013 and with
76th minute in the match against Melbourne          sixteen games following the escape from the
Victory on 28th August 2005. His initial starting   drop in the final round he stated –‘we got them
appearance was in Round 5 versus Queensland         after they were nine points ahead and the 18s
Roar and achieved a total of twenty-six games       and 20s were super today….It has been a tough
in his stint at the club.                           year and the boys were magic today.’
It all began at the young age of 16 and 250 days    He played seven league matches and one cup
when Timpano made his Wolves senior debut           appearance in 2014 and this season saw the
in Round 1 match against Marconi on the 20th        conclusion of his highly successful playing
September 2002. He tallied six appearances in       career.
his first season. He followed up with fourteen      Timpano also made the 2011 ‘Team Of the
starting appearances with five further off the      Week’ on two occasions as a measure of his
bench in the next season. With the Wolves back      impressive playing ability
in the NSW Premier League Timpano played
four games early in the season before moving        WOLVES’ PAST PLAYER OF NOTE - DEZ
on to Sydney FC.                                    MARTON
When he returned to the Wolves in 2011 after        Marton, a striker, played eleven matches for
plying his trade with Sydney United, he played      the Wolves in 1985 but alas scored only one
for a further four seasons. All told, Timpano       goal. He had played seven matches earlier in
made eighty-five Wolves starting league             the season with St George before coming to
appearances with five from the bench with one       the Wolves. His goal emanated in the Round
finals match, plus one cup game. He scored          18 Marconi match with Marton scoring directly
one goal in his first season. Following the 2011    from his corner kick with wind assistance in
Bankstown City Round 4 game he stated – ‘I          the thirty-fifth minute. His Wolves debut was in
was pleased with the spirit of the team but         Round 8 versus Newcastle on the 22nd May at
unhappy with the loss. We are a good team           Wollongong Showground. His final game was
deserve respect….’. Ten rounds later following      on 18th August in the Wolves home Round 22
the result against Sydney United –‘we have to       Blacktown City match.
dig deep for the last eight games and help get      He was a prolific scorer when he played for St.
the club up in the championship. Hopefully          George from 1982 to 1985 scoring 40 league
I led by the front and set an example for the       goals. He had a strong shot and read the play
boys. Today unfortunately it did not come off       well. He possessed speed and his dribbling
but I thought we could have got a draw….It was      ability was second to none.
disappointing, we put in a big effort but came      By Malcolm Rowney
away with nothing’.
                                                    (Comments from players originated in interviews
He became captain in 2012 and for the rest          conducted by the writer for the match reports at
of his playing career. Following the draw with      the time.)
Parramatta FC in Round 7, he stated - ‘I knew

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LOCAL FOOTBALL                                                                           #NPLNSW

CULBURRA COUGARS FOOTBALL CLUB

                         T    he Culburra
                              Cougars Football
                          Club was established
                                                    •5
                                                      consecutive Grand Final appearances 2012
                                                     – 2016 – winning 3
                                                    •T
                                                      he under 21’s ladies side winning the NSW
                          in 1967 as Eastern
                                                     Champion of Champions 2010
                          Suburbs District
                          Roosters then             As with many clubs across the Illawarra and
                          formally changed to       South Coast, Culburra Cougars has been
                          the Culburra Cougars      run by dedicated committee members and
                          Soccer Club in 1972. As   volunteers. Of these, there have been several
part of its 40 year celebrations 2012 the name      notable mentions and worthy recipients of Life
was slightly altered to remain current with the     Membership. They are as follows Col Cheadle,
Australian football landscape to the Culburra       Rob Cheadle, Bruce Waldon, Leo Driver, Tony
Cougars Football Club.                              Gauci, Ken Cheadle, Maxine Osgood, Paul
Located at its still current position on the        Bodley, Graham Battin, Peter Webb, Lisa
Corner of Prince Edward Avenue and Park             Loveday and Paul Loveday. Without their time
Rd Culburra Beach the Mighty Cougars                and effort the club wouldn’t be in the position
have forged a fierce reputation on the field.       it is in today. It is directly as a result of the
Probably the Clubs 2 greatest achievements          dedication and passion of these Life Members
have been                                           and many others the club continues to grow
                                                    and develop football across the Shoalhaven
• 13 x Men’s First Grade Shoalhaven District       region of NSW.
   Football Association Premierships – the most
   of any club                                      The club also doesn’t function without
                                                    sponsorship from local businesses when
•T
  he first club to claim Minor Premierships in     possible. Of these the Culburra Bowling &
 all 3 Senior Men’s grades in the 1 year – 2005     Recreation Club has been a mainstay for many
                                                    years and of late several other businesses have
But also of special mention are
                                                    jumped on board with continued support – Dr
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  consecutive Senior Men’s Premierships in         Paul Jarman @ Fix The Bones Nowra, Brett
 84, 85 & 86                                        Mackenzie – Busted Surf Co, Julie Gauci – Ray

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White Real Estate Culburra, Rob and Karla
Satchell – Coast Allied Health and Duncan
Corbett – Country Motor Company Bomaderry
to list a few. The support of the local sponsors
is testament to the community presence and
strength the Culburra Cougars enjoy and the
high regard the club is held in.
In 2018 there are approximately 120 junior
players ranging from under 6’s to 13 boys
and girls sides. Although the junior sides
possibly don’t have the depth of some of the
larger clubs, all are extremely competitive
sides and enjoy their games win, lose or draw.
Sportsmanship and love of the game are just
as important as the result. For the Cougars
it’s not simply just about playing the game. It’s
about playing the game in the right spirit and
developing a lifelong love for football and for
the community.
This year there are also 80 senior players with
3 grades of senior men, ladies side and mens
over 35’s of which all are hopeful of making the
finals in their respective competitions.
Culburra Cougars are the perfect example of
what a football club truly represents. Pride in
the individual. Passion for the jersey. Value for
the team. Respect for the community.
The Wollongong Wolves are proud to have the
mighty Culburra Cougars as our local football
team for this home match and have no doubt
it won’t be too long in the future, before one
of the young ones you see out on the ground
today will be running out onto WIN Stadium –
The Wolf Den as part of our first grade team.
GO YOU MIGHTY COUGARS!

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HIGH AND LOW                                                                               #NPLNSW

T   he number of scorers varies from season to
    season and these numbers have ranged from
a low six to a high fifteen. The most common
                                                      Ben Zucco, Jordan Murray, James Baldacchino,
                                                      Joseph Lavalle, Michael Robinson, Chris Price,
                                                      Mitchell Del Turco, Darcy Madden, Lachlan Reus
number was twelve, which occurred in ten of the       and an own goal completed the list of scorers.
Wolves’ seasons. Sometimes in the years with          The average number of goals per game divided
a low number of scorers either the team has           by the number of scorers ratio is 2.93 in 1988,
struggled to some extent or one or two players        3.0 in 1998/99 and 2.1 in 2014.
have scored the bulk. Sometimes the numbers
of goals scored by a small number of players out      In the seasons with the high and low goal
does the larger number with the total number          scoring, the number of single scorers generally
of goals hit, but this is the exception rather than   complements the highest number of scorers. In
the rule. However, In most instances, the smaller     2004/05, the number of single scorers was one,
number of scorers has scored the lesser amount        whereby in the fifteen scorers years of 1988,
of goals.                                             1998/99 and 2014, this number was six, five and
                                                      nine.
In the history of the Wolves from 1981, the
season of 2004/05 has the least amount of             By way of contrast, the number of scorers in
scorers, as gun striker Shane McGirr topped           the Championship winning years of 1999/2000,
the count with eighteen goals. This was twelve        200/01 and 2008, were twelve, twelve and
ahead of the second placed scorer. As well            eleven with the number of single scorers being
as being the club top scorer he also won              seven, four and five. Conversely, in the least
the Golden Boot and was lauded as the top             successful years of 2002/03, and 2009 when the
marksman in the competition. A total of thirty-       team’s position was concluded in last place, the
four goals were scored in that year and those         numbers for each were nine and ten scorers.
who joined McGirr on the scorers’ list were           These are the seasons at the extremes with
Michael Clare, Alvin Ceccoli, Adam Hughes, Paul       the ‘high and low’ numbers of scorers and a
Harries and Nick Stravroulakis.                       glance over the names listed include ‘Wolves
Fifteen, on being the highest number of scorers,      Legends’, Scottish and English international
occurred on three occasions, in the 1988 and          players, Socceroos, a Fijian international, a
1998/99 NSL seasons and the 2014 NPL NSW              French player, English and Scottish players and
Mens 1 competition. In these seasons, striker         Wollongong local players, as well as interstate
Randall Easthorpe, midfielder Anthony Surjan          representatives.
and striker Jordan Murray, topped the count           By Malcolm Rowney
with nine, eight and seven goals respectively.
However, the total number of goals in each of
the three seasons ranged from forty-five to
thirty-two.
In 1988, the additional scorers were Alan
Brazil, Marshall Soper, Trevor Francis, Rade
Stefanovski, David Skeen, Jeff Ainsworth, Robert
Giraldi, Danny Crainie, Pat Brodnik, David
Ratcliffe, Jock Morlando, Mike Hollifield, Brian
Cokely and Peter Kotamanidis.
Joining Surjan in the 1998/99 season goal
getters’ list were Sasho Dimoski, Alvin Ceccoli,
Kosta Salapasidis, Sasho Petrovski, Matt Horsley,
Scott Chipperfield, Esala Masi, Paul Reid, Ray
Younis, Michael Brooks, Steve Karavatakis,
Gerard Quennet and Noel Spencer together with
an own goal.
In 2014, Ricky Zucco, Samuel Jacob, Peter
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                           U20’S MATCH PREVIEW
W     ollongong Wolves host Sydney FC in a
      salivating third versus fourth contest at
WIN Stadium on Saturday evening, and there
isn’t much to separate the two championship
hopefuls.
Both sides enter the encounter locked on
23 points with Wollongong edging ahead of
the Sky Blues by one goal difference, thanks
to a 1-0 victory over Rockdale last weekend.
The Wolves have quietly been going about
their business all season but have surged
to premiership contention on the back of a
sensational defensive run.
The South Coast outfit has kept five clean
sheets in their last seven fixtures and boasts
the best defensive record in the competition.
Wollongong have varied their approach this
campaign to great effect, which holds them in
great stead for the arrival of Sydney.
The Sky Blues enter the clash bolstered by a
3-1 win over Sutherland Sharks last Saturday,
a result that ranks as the side’s best result this
season, and one that firmly places Sydney back
in title contention. Perhaps the most impressive
aspect of Sydney’s win over the competition
frontrunners was their organization and
discipline at the back to deny Sutherland a
route back into the match – the Sky Blues have
leaked goals for fun at times this year and will
need to carry in a similar approach to escape
WIN Stadium victorious.

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TEAM LISTS

1.    JUSTIN PASFIELD (GK)              14.   ETHAN KAMBISIOS
2.    TAYLOR MCDONALD                   15.   JAMES MARKOVIC
3.    DARCY MADDEN                      16.   LUKE KAIRIES (GK)
4.    MICHAEL ROBINSON                  17.   RYAN ENSOR
5.    JAMES BALDACCHINO                 21.   CAOIMHIN FOWLER
6.    NICHOLAS MONTGOMERY               23.   STEVEN HAYES
7.    CHRIS PRICE                       26.   LUKE WILKSHIRE
8.    BRENDAN GRIFFIN                   28.   MICHAEL STOJANOVSKI
9.    PETER SIMONOSKI                   30.   YUZO TASHIRO
10.   JOSHUA MACDONALD                  40.   TAKUYA NOZAWA

COACH: JACOB TIMPANO ASSISTANT: LUKE WILKSHIRE ASSISTANT: NICK MONTGOMERY
TRAINER: ALFREDO ESTEVES MANAGER: ROBERT POSITTI PHYSIO: MATTHEW WHALAN

1     MITCHELL EVANS (GK)               13    JORDAN SWIBEL
2     BRENDAN CURTIS                    14    JOEL KING
3     PATRICK FLOTTMANN                 15    JEREMY COX
4     LIAM MCGING                       16    WILLIAM MUTCH
5     PATRICK SCIBILIO                  17    MARCO TILIO
6     ANDREA AGAMEMNONOS                18    BENJAMIN KOOP
7     JERRY SKOTADIS                    23    NIKOLA UJDUR
8     SAM MCILLHATTON                   24    DANIEL BLACHURA
10    CAMERON DEVLIN                    27    HAMISH LAMBERTON
11    LUKE IVANOVIC                     30    DURO DRAGICEVIC (GK)
12    JACKSON BANDIERA

HEAD COACH: ROBERT STANTON ASSISTANT COACH: GIANCARLO ITALIANO
TEAM MANAGER: MICHAEL SWIBEL GOALKEEPER COACH: BRODY CRANE

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FIRST GRADE NPL NSW MEN’S
     POS   TEAM                         P    W   D   L   F    A    GD    PTS
      1    Sydney Olympic FC            13   9   2   2   23   10   13    29
      2    APIA Leichhardt Tigers FC    13   8   2   3   31   14   17    26
      3    Blacktown City FC            13   7   3   3   20   11   9     24
      4    Sydney United 58 FC          13   6   2   5   19   16   3     20
      5    Sutherland Sharks FC         13   5   2   6   19   18   1     17
      6    Manly United FC              13   4   5   4   18   19   -1    17
      7    Rockdale City Suns FC        13   5   2   6   24   27   -3    17
      8    Hakoah Sydney City East FC   13   4   3   6   19   20   -1    15
      9    Bonnyrigg White Eagles FC    13   4   3   6   17   28   -11   15
     10    Wollongong Wolves FC         13   4   3   6   12   23   -11   15
     11    Marconi Stallions FC         13   3   5   5   15   21   -6    14
     12    Sydney FC                    13   2   2   9   17   27   -10   8

U20’S NPL NSW MEN’S
     POS   TEAM                         P    W   D   L   F    A    GD    PTS
      1    Sutherland Sharks FC         13   9   1   3   32   15   17    28
      2    Blacktown City FC            13   8   1   4   28   18   10    25
      3    Wollongong Wolves FC         13   7   2   4   21   13   8     23
      4    Sydney FC                    13   6   5   2   36   29   7     23
      5    Hakoah Sydney City East FC   13   7   1   5   21   24   -3    22
      6    Sydney United 58 FC          13   5   1   7   18   16   2     16
      7    APIA Leichhardt Tigers FC    13   5   1   7   18   19   -1    16
      8    Bonnyrigg White Eagles FC    13   4   4   5   15   17   -2    16
      9    Manly United FC              13   4   3   6   16   16   0     15
     10    Rockdale City Suns FC        13   3   4   6   14   28   -14   13
     11    Marconi Stallions FC         13   4   1   8   14   28   -14   13
     12    Sydney Olympic FC            13   2   4   7   13   23   -10   10

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                       U18’S NPL NSW MEN’S
 POS   TEAM                         P    W    D   L    F    A    GD    PTS
  1    Blacktown City FC            13   11   0   2    33   13   20    33
  2    Sydney FC                    13   10   1   2    31   18   13    31
  3    Rockdale City Suns FC        13   8    1   4    25   16   9     25
  4    Manly United FC              13   7    2   4    26   18   8     23
  5    Marconi Stallions FC         13   6    4   3    19   13   6     22
  6    Hakoah Sydney City East FC   13   6    2   5    16   17   -1    20
  7    Wollongong Wolves FC         13   5    2   6    12   18   -6    17
  8    Sydney United 58 FC          13   4    2   7    14   20   -6    14
  9    Sutherland Sharks FC         13   3    4   6    16   15   1     13
  10   APIA Leichhardt Tigers FC    13   4    0   9    16   21   -5    12
  11   Bonnyrigg White Eagles FC    13   2    2   9    15   33   -18   8
  12   Sydney Olympic FC            13   1    2   10   9    30   -21   5

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               CLUB                 PLAYED        U18'S          U20'S            1ST    TOTAL
         Blacktown City FC             39           33             50             96      179
     APIA Leichhardt Tigers FC         39           12             32             104     148
         Sydney Olympic FC             39            5             20             116     141
       Sutherland Sharks FC            39           13             56             68      137
        Sydney United 58 FC            39           14             32             80      126
     Hakoah Sydney City East FC        39           20             44             60      124
       Wollongong Wolves FC            39           17             46             60      123
          Manly United FC              39           23             30             68      121
       Rockdale City Suns FC           39           25             26             68      119
             Sydney FC                 39           31             46             32      109
        Marconi Stallions FC           39           22             26             56      104
     Bonnyrigg White Eagles FC         39            8             32             60      100

CLUB CHAMPIONSHIP RANKING
Football NSW will use the following process when ranking the Clubs within each Competition:
NPL NSW Men’s, NPL 2 NSW Men’s, NPL 3 NSW Men’s and Men’s State League – senior club
championship with points calculated from all Premiership Matches in all grades using the following
system;

              GRADE                                      POINTS MULTIPLIER
             1st Grade                                   Premiership Points X 4
                U20                                      Premiership Points X 2
                U18                                      Premiership Points X 1

              Club championships for all NPL Men’s and Women’s are available online:
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YESTERDAY ONCE MORE                                                                       #NPLNSW

2010 NSW PREMIER LEAGUE SEASON

W     ith a new coach being appointed for this
      2010 season, expectations were higher
to improve on the previous year’s standings.
                                                   However, eleven minutes into the second
                                                   half the opposition scored. A penalty kick was
                                                   awarded which was duly converted. A Paine
It was Trevor Morgan, a former player with         effort looped over the advancing custodian
St. George and former coach of Parramatta          but a defender arrived in time to clear off the
Power youth team in 2002/03 and with               line. Later, Deane was one on one with the
Parramatta Eagles from 2003/04 to 2009 who         goalkeeper but his shot was saved. Marconi
was appointed to take over from interim coach,     went ahead with five minutes remaining to
Glen Fontana.                                      close out the match.
A host of new players came to the club with        A 2-0 away loss to Sutherland Sharks was the
the ones continuing on from 2009 were Chris        third defeat in a row and Greg Valic and Andres
Nathaniel, Dave Abel, Jack Keating, Peter          Gomez (from the bench) made their debuts.
Simonoski, Samet Kaynak, Keiran Deane and
Nick Littler. (though Keating and Simonoski        The first point of the season came in the
were never selected during this season). In        Round 4 Sydney United encounter. Sydney
addition, Tynan Diaz also returned following       United had crept out to a two goal lead in the
a season away. Morgan brought in the new           first half before the Wolves came back adding
boys Brody Crane from Blacktown City, Tayfun       two, from Diaz and Buyyukopru to even the
Buyyukopru and Alex Mansueto from Penrith-         score. With his free kick from thirty metres out,
Nepean, Nick McInerney from Parramatta,            Diaz scored. Buyukkopru burst through the
Lisandro Berbis from Sydney United, Jason          defensive line delivering a powerful shot that
Trifiro from APIA, Bo Hyun (Ken) Chun from         flew into the top corner of the net.
Sydney Olympic, Andrew Keep together with          The Wolves first three-point game came by
Andrew Paine from Fernhill plus Mark Picciolini    virtue of Bankstown Lions. Bankstown took
from Port Kembla.                                  the lead in the first half and kept the lead for
Under the new South Coast Wolves moniker,          the duration. Picciolini achieved a brace with
the club had changed from the previous             Gomez adding the extra in the second half.
Wollongong Community FC that used in 2009.         Berbis provided a clever pass to Paine. He
                                                   squared it to Gomez who slotted it home for
For this initial game, the Wolves played           the third goal. Earlier, Picciolini scored with a
Bonnyrigg White Eagles away. Paine had             header and then powered the ball in for his
goaled first on twenty-two minutes before          second. Bankstown scored with a late effort
Bonnyrigg was gifted with an own goal              but not enough to affect the Wolves’ winning
on thirty-five minutes. Five minutes later,        result.
Bonnyrigg went ahead. Picciolini in his debut
match was red carded with ten minutes left on      Following was a draw with the highflying
the clock. The score remained at a 2-1 in favour   Blacktown City with Diaz and Paine netting
of the home side. The team for the this game       came prior to another victory, this time over
at Bonnyrigg Sports Club Ground consisted of       Manly United. Adrian Karakolevski scored his
Crane, Mansueto, Abel, Diaz, McInerney, Berbis     only goal with at Cromer Park with Chun being
(Capt.), Keep, Buyyukopru, Trifiro, Paine and      the provider. He lured two defenders before
Chun. Deane and Picciolini came on for Keep        getting the ball away to Karakolevski, for him to
and Buyukkopru.                                    complete the damage. With buildup play from
                                                   Diaz, Buyukkopru, Berbis and Trifiro, Diaz duly
Kicking off at 6.30 on a Saturday night for        slotted the ball into the net with virtually the
the Round 2 assignment at WIN Stadium, the         last kick of the match beating the Blacktown
opposition was Marconi Stallions. The Wolves       goalkeeper. He stated post match-‘It was a
scored first through central defender Abel.        good feeling to score especially in front of the
Chun had provided a cross from the left side       supporters, family and friends. We deserved to
and Abel forcibly headed in on twenty-minutes.     get a point…. We are earning respect.’ Earlier
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in this match, Paine was brought down in               A nil score draw emanated with West Sydney
the box earning a penalty and subsequently            before the Wolves lost two more versus
converting. Adrian Karakolevski debuted from          APIA Leichhardt and Bonnyrigg White Eagles.
the bench. Blacktown’s Long commented after           It was a nil score for the Wolves and APIA
the conclusion of play -‘it was disappointing         with one and the White Eagles won 3-1 with
to concede the late goal but that’s football.’        Picciolini the scorer once again. Buyukkopru
Coach Morgan said –‘we could have got more            and Trifiro exchanged passes through the
out of the game. This was an opportunity              centre of the field before linking up with Diaz.
lost…. it was a fair result in the end and the        His cutback pass found Picciolini and he did
team is improving.’                                   the rest. Following the APIA fixture, Picciolini
                                                      commented- ‘I had a couple of early chances
Two further defeats came in succession with           but did not convert them… We did not do too
Rockdale City Suns winning 2-1 at home while          well in the middle stage of the match.’ Morgan
Sydney Olympic hammered four goals in with            - ‘We must have dominated the majority of
two in reply. Picciolini scored all three goals for   the second half but no-one wanted to pull the
the losing side. His first came from Diaz’ curling    trigger.’ APIA’s Danial Cummins –‘ I love coming
cross. A squatting Picciolini met the cross with      back here, it’s the best ground. We scrapped
a header from close proximity to the goal             well .. I thought the Wolves played well.’
frame. With Olympic defenders desperately             Following the Bonnyrigg game Morgan stated -
trying the clear the ball from the penalty area,      the boys played fantastically well but obviously
the ball ran to Picciolini who powered it back        a poor clearance cost us. They (Bonnyrigg) are
straight into the goal. Eleven minutes later,         a top squad.’
Paine shot from distance. The custodian saved
but could control the ball. Picciolini reacted        Round 13 reversed the score line from the first
quickly, pounced on the loose ball and struck         Marconi meeting with Picciolini and Nathaniel
it in. Defender Greg Valic stated after the Suns      scoring. Despite conceding an early goal the
encounter -‘I’ve had three games now… It is a         Wolves came back strongly. From a corner kick,
step up from where I came from...Two lapses           Nathaniel positioned himself to perfection, to
of concentration and we conceded two goals.’          ultimately steer the ball home. Picciolini later
Morgan –‘we were flat today and we dwelt on           added one in the second half heading in a Diaz
the ball a little two much.’                          cross.

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Two scoreless successive home losses to            The Wolves scored a total of nine goals to
Sutherland by three and Sydney United by           nil conceded in the next two fixtures with
one preceded a one all draw with Bankstown         Sydney Olympic (4) and West Sydney Berries
City Lions and a win over Blacktown City 3-2.      (5) taking the brunt of this new found high
Diaz scored in both games while Mansueto           scoring ability. The scorers were Picciolini with
and Trifiro added their efforts in the other       three, Diaz and Kaynak with two each, and
match. Diaz scored from the spot after Shaun       one to Van Rooyen and Nathaniel. Picciolini’s
Van Rooyen played the ball in and a handball       brace versus the Berries occurred in the 45th
ensued in the Lions game on twenty-eight           and 80th minutes. McInerney, as a quick
minutes. In the following fixture, Diaz chimed     overlapping wingback had surged forward
in to collect a Nick McInerney chip over the       before Diaz became involved, moving the ball
top, and being one on one with Blacktown’s         on to Kaynak. He in turn played it to Picciolini
custodian Matt Ryan, he calmly played the ball     to finally push the ball into the goal. For his
past the opponent into the goal in the twenty-     second, Picciolini later took possession of a
ninth minute. Mansueto added the third             McInerney pass to score. Kaynak had scored
when headed in a Buyyukopru cross. Trifiro         first in this match, achieving with his effort
earlier, in the second minute, got the ball        after twenty minutes. It was McInerney to
rolling when gaining possession of a Diaz cut      the fore before Trifiro played the final pass
back pass from the by-line. Trifiro moved into     to Kaynak. His shot took a slight defection off
space and slotted the ball home. Morgan after      a defender and went past the goalkeeper.
the Sutherland encounter –‘’consistency and        McInerney once again began a sweeping move
responsibility was where the team fell down.’      that involved many passes form many players
The hat trick Sutherland player Blake Powell       before the culmination. This was a tremendous
said - ‘I could have had about six. It makes my    team goal with Nathaniel having the final say.
job easier when the rest of the guys do their      Diaz in his position as striker, which he played
jobs as they go.’ After going down by one to       for a number of previous games, scored after
Sydney United, Littler commented - ‘It was a       receiving an incisive McInerney pass, rounded
good match for me but I’m not the fastest guy.     a defender to score. In the earlier Olympic
It was pretty tough.’ Sydney United’s Steve        match, Diaz started the scoring. Nathaniel
Hayes - ‘it was a good little turnaround for us,   had dispossessed the ball from a defender
a good victory… It was one of those games          to then split the defence. Diaz, on receipt of
where the weather and the pitch played a big       his pass powered his shot in to bulge the side
part, so counter attacks were where we could       netting, from the inside of the goal. Olympic
take advantage.’                                   cleared two off the line before Kaynak, who
Two more defeats occurred in successive
weeks, 5-2 with Manly and 1-0 with Rockdale.
Buyukkopru and Trifiro were on the score
sheet. Buyukkopru lashed in the ball from
twenty metres out in the 18th minute for the
initial goal of the encounter. For the second
goal, Diaz began a movement down the right
side before scooping a pass to Gomez. He
then forwarded to the ball to Trifiro, who
fired his shot past the custodian. The Wolves
were a man down for much of the match as
Valic was red carded in the first half. Morgan
commented –‘ It was shattering, inconsistent.
The send off was always going to make it
difficult…some boys played exceptionally and
others didn’t. Terribly embarrassing result in
the end. Today was a winnable game.’

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was playing his first game since Round 2 in       Morgan had used twenty-three players in all
2009 squared the ball for New Zealander,          and they are listed with the number of starting
Van Rooyen to slot home. A cutting Diaz shot      appearances and ones off the bench. Brody
was not sufficiently held by the custodian        Crane (22), Jason Trifiro (21+1),Alex Mansueto
and Kaynak stole in to score in the seventieth    (21), Nick McInerney (21), Tynan Diaz (20+1),
minute. Picciolini got number four following      Lisandro Berbis (18+1), Tayfun Buyukkopru
Paine’s and Gomez’ enterprising lead-up.          (18), Mark Picciolini (15), Andrew Paine (14+6),
Gomez provided a pass to Picciolini and he had    Andres Gomez (12+2), Chris Nathaniel (10+1),
an easy tap in. After the first home win of the   Dave Abel (10+1), Andrew Keep (8+5), Greg
season against Olympic, Mansueto stated -’it’s    Valic (7), Shaun Van Rooyen (9+1), Nick Littler
been a long time coming. We finally showed        (8+2), Bo Hyung Chun (5+4), Keiran Deane
the fans what we could do. Today. I was           (0+9),Adrian Karakolevski (0+7), Andrew
pushed out to play on the wing to provide a bit   Gamble (0+2) and Nikodin Matic (0+1) Samet
of pace and it seemed to work.’                   Kaynak (0+1) and Jared Fish (0+1).
The final round of the season was a defeat        The team concluded the season in tenth
by APIA Leichhardt by three goals to one and      position in a twelve-team competition, with six
Nathaniel was the scorer in the twenty-fifth      wins, four draws and twelve losses for a total
minute. He was left in space with only the        of twenty-two points. Thirty-two goals were
custodian to beat, producing in due course a      achieved with thirty-nine in arrears with a goal
swerving effort that homed in on the target.      difference of minus seven. There were also six
This match was played at the Sydney Athletic      nil scores that the team posted and four clean
Centre, Homebush. The team was Brody Crane,       sheets.
Alex Mansueto, Dave Abel, Nick McInerney,
Lisandro Berbis, Tayfun Buyyukopru, Mark          The top goal scorer was Picciolini with ten goals
Picciolini, Jason Trifiro Andres Gomez, Chris     to his credit with the other scorers being Diaz
Nathaniel and Tynan Diaz. Kaynak replaced         - 6, Nathaniel - 3, Trifiro - 2, Buyukkopru - 2,
Buyukkopru.                                       Kaynak - 2, Paine - 2, Abel-1, Mansueto-1, Van
                                                  Rooyen-1, Gomez-1 and Karakolevski-1.
                                                  Trifiro scored the quickest goal, which
                                                  eventuated in the second minute against
                                                  Blacktown City in Round 17, and Picciolini was
                                                  a multiple scorer in a single game, with two
                                                  braces against his name.
                                                  Three cup games were played and the results
                                                  these were 2-1, 1-0 wins and a 2-0 defeat
                                                  versus Bonnyrigg White Eagles, Bankstown
                                                  Lions and Spirit FC with the scorers being
                                                  Picciolini, Littler and Buyukkopru respectively.
                                                  Players used with their individual tally of
                                                  cup games (starting and substitute on field
                                                  appearances) were - Nick Littler (3) Diaz (2),
                                                  Mansueto (2), Nathaniel (2), Paine (2), Keep
                                                  (1+1), Gomez (1+1), Van Rooyen (1), Jared Fish
                                                  (1). Deane (1), Nikodin Matic (1), Trifiro (1),
                                                  Valic (0+1), McInerney (0+1), Berbis (0+1) and
                                                  Buyukkopru (0+1).
                                                  By Malcolm Rowney
                                                  (Comments were taken from interviews conducted
                                                  at the time by the writer and published in the
                                                  original match reports.)

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TEAM LISTS                                                                                #NPLNSW

UNDER 16s                                         UNDER 15s

                    Luke Genua                                           Luke Morgan
                 Sebastian Black                                Harrison Anagnostopou-los
                    Tyson Black                                      Brandon Angelevski
                   Lachlan Bryce                                          Antoni Anic
                   Jayden Calver                                        Andrew Aston
                Navarone Darjani                                      Deakin Brownlee
                 Harrison Dennis                                      Salvatore Di Bella
                 Owen Fitzpatrick                                         Ryan Doig
                 Lewis Grimshaw                                            Dax Kelly
                 Anthony Krsteski                                      Gabriel Krsteski
                   Rocky Lavalle                                        Tony Krstevski
                  Keegan Matias                                         Logan Mathie
                 Mason Mavridis                                        Oliver Mitrevski
                 Michael Mendes                                          Daniel Payne
                    Will Nattrass                                      Riley Smithson
                    Noah Vidler                                      Omezikam Uchendu
              Coach: Manny Mavridis                                  Coach: Steve Honey
         Assistant: Tom Anagnostopoulos                             Assistant: Allan Jones
          Manager: Kimberley Fitzpatrick                  Managers: Terina Hartley and Ben Mitrevski

UNDER 14s                         UNDER 13s                            UNDER 12s

1    Jake Charlston                Morgan Woolnough                     Max Atsas
2    Jake Almond                   Jayden Branovski                     Thomas Bent-Genge
3    James Anagnostopou-los        Chisholm Brown                       Alessandro Calmasini
4    Julian De Freitas             Benjamin Caroutas                    Noah Crapis
5    Jack Deale                    Jay De Gouveia                       Max Cunial
6    Jack Duffy                    Callum Donnelly                      Lachlan Flood
7    Joshua Franco                 Aleksandar Dulevski                  Lachlan Groves
8    Joshua Galevski               Damon Gray                           Adam Kairis
9    Jacob Krkovski                Kyron Guevara                        Joshua Keir
10   Flynn Madden                  Jyden Harb                           Martin Kolevski
11   Daniel Merola                 Cooper Kerridge                      Heath Marsden
12   Joshua Nikolovski             Noah McNeill                         Liam Mavridis
13    Luke Palermo                 Aiden Miranda                        Tristan Nikolovski
14    Anton Radice-Jones           Joel Palermo                         Adrian Pontone
15    Deklan Rawson                Sebastian Tomasiello                 Harry Taylor
16   Sebastian Stanojevic          Kalani Vella                         Miles Thompson
                                                                        Thomas Tugrul
Coach: Todd Parker                 Coach: Andrew Thompson               Christian Vujic
Manager: Steve Stanojevic          Assistant: Phil Vidler               Kieran Wardle
                                   Manager: Anthony Palermo             Harry Wililo
                                                                        Coach: Brendan Griffin

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                                                      TEAM LISTS
UNDER 11s                    UNDER 10s                 UNDER 9s

Christian Anagnos-topoulos   Christian Beleski          Jaxon Bojlevski
Lenny Atsas                  James Benedetti            Samuel Burke
Taj Demito                   Billy Beniuk               Myke Caldrmoski
Ben Harman                   James Calci                Kahuitara-Te Ra Chase
Jacob Hastings               Cooper Ellis               Jack Foley
Kyan Hawke                   Kolby Guevara              Fabian Gaudiosi
Oscar Kiely                  Axl Hornby                 Leo Halios-Lewis
Micah Leimbach               Khaled Houchaymi           Jarrah Longbottom
Michael Marijan              Isaac Kostovski            Kingston McLerie
Noah Mathie                  Gabriel Lombardi           Zachary McNeill
Odhran McDermott             Cooper Markovic            Jared Mihajlovic
Ryan Molnar                  Elijah Millet              Novak Novakovic
Rishay Patel                 Lucas Moreira              Declan Pearce
John Perri                   Innocent Nwali             Diego Sansone
Beau Randle                  Samuel Palermo             Leroy Szanto
Lennox Roodenrys             Jordan Sirijovski          Lewis Tomlinson
Jimmy Skarvelis              Noah Smart
Ashton Stapleton             Luca Spaseski              Coach: Chris Halios-Lewis
Noah Stella                  Lukas Srbinoski
Zane Stroemer                Lachlan Taylor

Coach: Alfredo Esteves       Coach: Vlado Srbinoski

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TEAM LISTS - U20’S                                              #NPLNSW

        1    Mathew Nikolovski            11   Tory Musumeci
        2    Louis Connell                12   Jordan Nikolovski
        4    Jack Hooper                  13   Nikola Djordevic
        5    Jared Wiley                  14   Mitchell Ferraro
        6    Brodie Clarkson              15   Kristofer Nicolaou
        7    Branislav Radmanovic         16   Jordan Pyne
        8    James Carli                  17   Brandon Stojcevski
        9    Marcus Bimbilovski           19   Thomas Dunlop
        10   Harrison Taranto

        Manager: Robert Positti

        19   Guiseppe Tilio               29   Thomas Fay
        21   Finn Ballard-McBride         31   Ryan Teague
        22   Harry Van Der Saag           32   Evan Tsakos
        25   Daniel Maskin                40   David Malishev (GK)
        26   Benjamin Van Meurs
        28   Paolo Bonnani

        Head Coach: Giancarlo Italiano
        Assist. Coach: Robert Stanton
        Goalkeeper Coach: Brody Crane

U18’S
        1    Brendon Krcanoski            9    Joel Starr
        2    Luke Day                     10   Jake Levy
        3    Kayne Kotevski               11   Samuel Miranda
        4    Joshua Alcorn                12   Joshua Correia
        5    Tim Chapman                  13   Liam Rae
        6    Jordyn Della Vedova          14   Brendan Low
        7    Jason Pappas                 15   Jarrod Alston
        8    Brendan Mitrovski            16   Hayden Purkiss

        Coach: Richard Lloyd
        Assistant Coach: Scott Nicholls
        Manager: Robbie Day

        39   Jaiden Kucharski             80   Sam Amey
        40   Aaron Gurd                   81   Callum Talbot
        41   Mitchell Mattison            83   Paolo Laxamana
        57   Tyson Savas                  90   Bailey Togiavalu
        78   Alex Masciovecchio           94   Fletcher Mcfarlane
        79   Harry Mccarthy               98   Jake Hollman

        Head Coach: Jim van Weeren
        Assistant Coach: Jason Rea
        Goalkeeper Coach: Mizuki Ito
        Manager: Richard Paddle
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TOP GOAL SCORERS                                                                            #NPLNSW

              NAME AND CLUB                      GOALS SCORED
     Jordan Murray (APIA Leichhardt Tigers)             11

      Alejandro Sanchez (Sydney Olympic)                 8

       Adrian Vranic (Sutherland Sharks)                 7

            Jeremy Cox (Sydney FC)                       7

      Alec Urosevski (Rockdale City Suns)                7

       Jordan Figon (Rockdale City Suns)                 6

     Tasuku Sekiya (APIA Leichhardt Tigers)              6

          Joey Gibbs (Blacktown City)                    6

        Panny Nikas (Sydney United 58)                   6
        Jason Madonis (Sydney Olympic)                   5

         Chris Payne (Sydney United 58)                  5

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                                ELIMINATION FINAL
                           Wednesday, 13 June 7:30pm
                  Rockdale City Suns FC v APIA Leichardt Tigers FC
                    SEMI-FINALS Wednesday, 27 June 7:30pm
             Bonnyrigg White Eagles FC v Hakoah Sydney City East FC
            7:30pm Marconi Stallions FC v Winner of Elimination Final
                     WARATAH CUP FINAL Sunday, 15 July 4pm
                   Winner of Semi Final 1 v Winner of Semi Final 2
                                       PLEASE NOTE THE FOLLOWING:
             • match dates are subject to change, pending each Clubs Competition Fixtures
             • kick off times are subject to change for midweek matches pending what time
                                     the lights must go out at the venue
                   • all matches in the Waratah Cup must be played on a synthetic field
                    • Football NSW will determine the venue for the Waratah Cup Final

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         HOME GROUND -
   WIN STADIUM Harbour St, Wollongong
        ROUND 1                    ROUND 2
    Blacktown City FC         Rockdale City Suns FC
           0-0                         1-0

        ROUND 7                    ROUND 9                      ROUND 11
Bonnyrigg White Eagles FC        Manly United FC            Marconi Stallions FC
           0-1                         1-1                          1-0

                                   ROUND 15
       ROUND 14                                                  ROUND 16
                            Sunday 17th June @ 14:00
Saturday 9th June @ 19:00                                Saturday 23rd June @ 19:00
                                  Venue TBA
       Sydney FC                                         Hakoah Sydney City East FC
                              Sutherland Sharks FC

       ROUND 17                    ROUND 19                      ROUND 21
 Sunday 1st July @ 15:00    Saturday 21st July @ 19:00   Sunday 5th August @ 15:00
  Sydney United 58 FC       APIA Leichhardt Tigers FC           Venue TBA
                                                            Sydney Olympic FC
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