# 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.

## Players
### Squad

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. 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. | Name | Age | Moving from | Type | Transfer window | Ends | Transfer fee |
| 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. | Name | Age | Moving to | Type | Transfer window | Transfer fee |
| 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 | Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | NSL | NSL | NSL | NSL | NSL | NSL Finals | NSL Finals | NSL Finals | NSL Finals | NSL Finals |
| N | Pos. | Nat. | Name | Apps | Goals | | | | Apps | Goals | | | | Apps | Goals | | | |
| 1 | GK | | Daniel Beltrame | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | DF | | George Souris | 29 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 25+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | | Alvin Ceccoli | 24 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | | Robbie Stanton | 23 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8+12 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | | David Cervinski | 22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15+4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | MF | | Matt Horsley | 31 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 28 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | MF | | Paul Reid | 30 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 27 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | | Max Nicholson | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | | Sasho Petrovski | 28 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 22+3 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | FW | | Stuart Young | 28 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 25 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | MF | | Scott Chipperfield | 24 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21+1 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 12 | MF | | Liam Austin | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 13 | MF | | George Nohra | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | FW | | Jay Lucas | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 15 | DF | | David Huxley | 29 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 26 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 16 | MF | | Bevan Sullivan | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 17 | MF | | Ben Blake | 31 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 28 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 20 | GK | | Grant Barlow | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 23 | MF | | Dino Mennillo | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 14+3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 26 | GK | | Dean Anastasiadis | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 27 | MF | | Robbie Middleby | 18 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 16+1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | GK | | Steve Angelov | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | DF | | Paul O'Grady | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | MF | | Frank Barilla | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | MF | | Steven Dimitrievski | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | FW | | Paul Harries | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2+4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | FW | | Andrew Smith | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | FW | | Sasho Dimoski | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
* Last updated: 18 July 2015
* Source: worldfootball.net
* = Number of bookings; = Number of sending offs after a second yellow card; = Number of sending offs by a direct red card.

## Competitions
### Overall

| Competition | Started round | Final position / round | First match | Last match |
| National Soccer League | — | 2nd | 14 October 2000 | 29 April 2001 |
| National Soccer League Finals | Major semi-final | champions | 11 May 2001 | 3 June 2001 |
| Oceania Club Championship | Group stage | champions | 9 January 2001 | 22 January 2001 |

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

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 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 | Qualification for the Finals series |
| 3 | Perth Glory | 30 | 18 | 7 | 5 | 73 | 33 | +40 | 61 | Qualification for the Finals series |
| 4 | Sydney Olympic | 30 | 17 | 6 | 7 | 58 | 37 | +21 | 57 | Qualification for the Finals series |
| 5 | Marconi Fairfield | 30 | 14 | 8 | 8 | 42 | 33 | +9 | 50 | Qualification for the Finals series |
| 6 | Melbourne Knights | 30 | 14 | 7 | 9 | 61 | 46 | +15 | 49 | Qualification for the Finals series |
| 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 | |
| 16 | Carlton | 30 | 0 | 0 | 30 | 0 | 90 | −90 | 0 | Withdrew |
* ↑ Eastern Pride were stripped of all their points following a breach of regulations.
* ↑ Carlton withdrew after eight rounds. All games against them were awarded 3–0.

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Last updated: 26 April 2015. Source: aus.worldfootball.com

#### Results by round

| Round | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 |
| Ground | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | H | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | A | A | H |
| Result | D | W | W | W | W | W | L | W | L | W | D | W | D | D | D | D | W | W | W | W | W | L | W | L | D | W | W | L | W | W |
| Position | 7 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 |

#### Matches
##### Finals series
### Oceania Champions League
#### Group stage

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | WOL | NAP | LAU | UNI | FOO | LOT |
| 1 | Wollongong Wolves | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 38 | 0 | +38 | 15 | Advance to knockout stage | — | — | — | 6–0 | 5–0 | — |
| 2 | Napier City Rovers | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 16 | 2 | +14 | 10 | Advance to knockout stage | 0–1 | — | 1–1 | — | — | — |
| 3 | Laugu United | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 19 | 14 | +5 | 10 | | 0–10 | — | — | — | — | 7–0 |
| 4 | Unitech | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 10 | 19 | −9 | 6 | | — | 0–2 | 2–8 | — | — | — |
| 5 | Foodtown Warriors | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 17 | −10 | 3 | | — | — | 1–3 | 1–3 | — | — |
| 6 | Lotohaʻapai | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 42 | −38 | 0 | | 0–16 | 0–9 | — | — | 2–5 | — |

#### Knockout stage
##### Final
### 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

| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| Boca Juniors | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Deportivo de La Coruña | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Wollongong Wolves | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Zamalek SC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |