# 2001–02 Northern Spirit FC season

The 2001–02 season was the fourth season in the history of Northern Spirit (now North West Sydney Spirit). It was also the fourth season in the National Soccer League. Northern Spirit finished 8th in their National Soccer League season.

## Players

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 | Lupce Acevski |
| 2 | DF | ENG | Julian Watts |
| 3 | DF | CMR | Simon Bell |
| 4 | MF | AUS | Noel Spencer |
| 5 | DF | AUS | Robert Trajkovski |
| 6 | MF | AUS | Scott Thomas |
| 7 | DF | AUS | Andy McDermott |
| 8 | MF | AUS | Craig Foster |
| 9 | FW | AUS | Adrian Cervinski |
| 10 | FW | AUS | Pablo Cardozo |
| 11 | MF | AUS | Troy Cranney |
| 12 | MF | MLT | John Hutchinson |
| 13 | MF | AUS | Marcus Stergiopoulos |
| 14 | DF | AUS | Michael Cartwright |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 16 | FW | AUS | Simon Catanzaro |
| 17 | FW | SCO | Stephen Dobbie |
| 18 | MF | AUS | Robert Enes |
| 20 | GK | AUS | Paul Henderson |
| 21 | DF | AUS | Adam Griffiths |
| 23 | MF | AUS | Steven Baveas |
| 24 | MF | AUS | Mitchell Prentice |
| 27 | FW | NZL | Brent Fisher |
| 28 | MF | AUS | Matthew Hunter |
| 30 | GK | AUS | Jacob Rex |
| — | FW | AUS | Ryan Griffiths |
| — | MF | AUS | Gabriel Mendez |
| — | MF | AUS | James Wesolowski |

## Transfers
### Transfers in

| No. | Position | Player | Transferred from | Date |
| 1 | GK | Lupce Acevski | Melbourne Knights | July 2001 |
| 3 | DF | Simon Bell | Marconi Fairfield | July 2001 |
| — | FW | Aaron Burgess | Dunedin Technical | July 2001 |
| 14 | DF | Michael Cartwright | Football Kingz | July 2001 |
| 9 | FW | Adrian Cervinski | Melbourne Knights | July 2001 |
| 21 | DF | Adam Griffiths | Manly Warringah Dolphins | July 2001 |
| 7 | DF | Andy McDermott | Notts County | July 2001 |
| 24 | MF | Mitchell Prentice | FFA Centre of Excellence | July 2001 |
| 5 | DF | Robert Trajkovski | Perth Glory | July 2001 |
| 2 | DF | Julian Watts | Luton Town | July 2001 |
| 23 | MF | Steven Baveas | Blacktown City | January 2002 |
| 13 | MF | Marcus Stergiopoulos | Sydney United | January 2002 |

### Transfers out

| No. | Position | Player | Transferred to | Date |
| — | FW | Alex Moreira | Adelaide City | June 2001 |
| — | MF | Matthew Bingley | Newcastle United | June 2001 |
| — | DF | Michael Cunico | Sydney United | June 2001 |
| — | MF | Stuart Howson | Blackburn Rovers | June 2001 |
| — | MF | Matthew Langdon | Parramatta Power | June 2001 |
| — | FW | Todd McRae | Bonnyrigg White Eagles | June 2001 |
| — | GK | John Perosh | Sydney United | June 2001 |
| — | DF | Joey Schirripa | Newcastle United | June 2001 |
| — | FW | Daniel Watkins | Sydney United | June 2001 |
| 15 | FW | Tony Perinich | Wollongong Wolves | October 2001 |
| 17 | MF | Gabriel Mendez | Sydney United | December 2001 |
| — | MF | Robbie Slater | Manly Warringah Dolphins | February 2002 |
| — | FW | Aaron Burgess | Manly Warringah Dolphins | March 2002 |
| 22 | MF | Jacek Soczyk | Fraser Park | March 2002 |
| — | DF | Alex Wilkinson | Manly Warringah Dolphins | March 2002 |

## Competitions
### Overview

| Competition | First match | Last match | Starting round | Final position | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record |
| Competition | First match | Last match | Starting round | Final position | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Win % |
| National Soccer League | 15 October 2000 | 29 April 2001 | Matchday 1 | 13th | 30 | 8 | 8 | 14 | 39 | 50 | −11 | 026.67 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 30 | 8 | 8 | 14 | 39 | 50 | −11 | 026.67 |
Last updated: complete Source: Competitions

### National Soccer League
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 6 | Melbourne Knights | 24 | 11 | 3 | 10 | 41 | 40 | +1 | 36 | Qualification for the Finals series |
| 7 | Parramatta Power | 24 | 10 | 4 | 10 | 34 | 30 | +4 | 34 | |
| 8 | Northern Spirit | 24 | 9 | 7 | 8 | 36 | 39 | −3 | 34 | |
| 9 | Marconi Fairfield | 24 | 8 | 6 | 10 | 33 | 36 | −3 | 30 | |
| 10 | Wollongong Wolves | 24 | 6 | 7 | 11 | 28 | 43 | −15 | 25 | |

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Source: worldfootball.net

#### Results by round

| Round | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 |
| Ground | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | B | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | B | A | H |
| Result | W | D | D | L | D | W | W | L | W | L | ✖ | L | L | W | D | W | L | D | L | W | L | W | D | ✖ | D | W |
| Position | 1 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 8 |

#### Matches
## Statistics
### Appearances and goals

Players with no appearances not included in the list.
| No. | Pos. | Nat. | Name | National Soccer League | National Soccer League | Total | Total |
| No. | Pos. | Nat. | Name | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| 1 | GK | | Lupce Acevski | 11 | 0 | 11 | 0 |
| 2 | DF | | Julian Watts | 20 | 2 | 20 | 2 |
| 3 | DF | | Simon Bell | 17(3) | 1 | 20 | 1 |
| 4 | MF | | Noel Spencer | 20(2) | 0 | 22 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | | Robert Trajanovski | 18(1) | 0 | 19 | 0 |
| 6 | MF | | Scott Thomas | 15(1) | 2 | 16 | 2 |
| 7 | DF | | Andy McDermott | 15(4) | 1 | 19 | 1 |
| 8 | MF | | Craig Foster | 21(1) | 0 | 22 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | | Adrian Cervinski | 19(1) | 5 | 20 | 5 |
| 10 | FW | | Pablo Cardozo | 22 | 14 | 22 | 14 |
| 11 | MF | | Troy Cranney | 6(3) | 0 | 9 | 0 |
| 12 | MF | | John Hutchinson | 18(3) | 3 | 21 | 3 |
| 13 | MF | | Marcus Stergiopoulos | 6(1) | 0 | 7 | 0 |
| 14 | DF | | Michael Cartwright | 19(2) | 0 | 21 | 0 |
| 17 | FW | | Stephen Dobbie | 1(2) | 3 | 3 | 3 |
| 18 | MF | | Robert Enes | 14(3) | 1 | 17 | 1 |
| 20 | GK | | Paul Henderson | 12(1) | 0 | 13 | 0 |
| 21 | DF | | Adam Griffiths | 2(3) | 1 | 5 | 1 |
| 30 | GK | | Jacob Rex | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| — | FW | | Ryan Griffiths | 6(11) | 2 | 17 | 2 |
| — | MF | | Gabriel Mendez | 0(2) | 0 | 2 | 0 |

### Clean sheets

| Rank | No. | Pos | Nat | Name | National Soccer League | Total |
| 1 | 20 | GK | | Paul Henderson | 4 | 4 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 4 | 4 |