# 1998–99 Newcastle Breakers FC season

The 1998–99 season was the seventh season in the history of Newcastle Breakers. It was also the seventh season in the National Soccer League.

## Players

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 | ENG | Bob Catlin |
| 2 | DF | AUS | Shane Pryce (Captain) |
| 3 | DF | AUS | Andy Roberts |
| 4 | DF | AUS | Adam Sanderson |
| 5 | DF | AUS | Todd McManus |
| 6 | MF | AUS | Glenn Sprod |
| 7 | MF | AUS | Peter Ritchie |
| 8 | MF | AUS | Mark Wilson |
| 9 | FW | AUS | Chris Tanchevski |
| 10 | FW | AUS | John Buonavoglia |
| 11 | FW | AUS | Andrew Borghetto |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 12 | MF | MAR | Fouad Umlil |
| 13 | FW | AUS | Brad Wieczorek |
| 14 | MF | AUS | Greg Owens |
| 15 | FW | AUS | Tony Bauer |
| 16 | MF | AUS | Joshua Stick |
| 17 | DF | SCO | Robert Shannon |
| 18 | DF | AUS | Tom Haythornthwaite |
| 19 | DF | KOR | Yoon Sang-chul |
| 20 | GK | AUS | Brad Swancott |
| 21 | MF | AUS | Joshua Maguire |
| 22 | DF | AUS | Joshua Ferguson |

## 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 | 11 October 1998 | 25 April 1999 | Matchday 1 | 8th | 28 | 11 | 7 | 10 | 29 | 33 | −4 | 039.29 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 28 | 11 | 7 | 10 | 29 | 33 | −4 | 039.29 |
Last updated: complete Source: Competitions

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

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Sydney United | 28 | 18 | 4 | 6 | 53 | 33 | +20 | 58 | Qualification for the Finals series |
| 2 | South Melbourne (C) | 28 | 17 | 6 | 5 | 50 | 26 | +24 | 57 | Qualification for the Finals series and the Oceania Club Championship |
| 3 | Perth Glory | 28 | 16 | 5 | 7 | 62 | 37 | +25 | 53 | Qualification for the Finals series |
| 4 | Marconi Fairfield | 28 | 15 | 3 | 10 | 53 | 47 | +6 | 48 | Qualification for the Finals series |
| 5 | Northern Spirit | 28 | 14 | 4 | 10 | 36 | 35 | +1 | 46 | Qualification for the Finals series |
| 6 | Adelaide City | 28 | 13 | 6 | 9 | 39 | 26 | +13 | 45 | Qualification for the Finals series |
| 7 | Sydney Olympic | 28 | 12 | 7 | 9 | 46 | 36 | +10 | 43 | |
| 8 | Newcastle Breakers | 28 | 11 | 7 | 10 | 29 | 33 | −4 | 40 | |
| 9 | Brisbane Strikers | 28 | 11 | 6 | 11 | 41 | 47 | −6 | 39 | |
| 10 | Wollongong Wolves | 28 | 8 | 8 | 12 | 45 | 52 | −7 | 32 | |
| 11 | Carlton | 28 | 9 | 4 | 15 | 47 | 47 | 0 | 31 | |
| 12 | Melbourne Knights | 28 | 8 | 5 | 15 | 32 | 43 | −11 | 29 | |
| 13 | West Adelaide | 28 | 7 | 6 | 15 | 36 | 46 | −10 | 27 | |
| 14 | Gippsland Falcons | 28 | 5 | 10 | 13 | 17 | 44 | −27 | 25 | |
| 15 | Canberra Cosmos | 28 | 4 | 3 | 21 | 21 | 55 | −34 | 15 | |

#### 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 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 |
| Ground | A | H | A | H | A | B | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | A | H | H | A | H | B | A | H | A | H | A | H | A |
| Result | D | W | L | L | L | ✖ | L | L | W | L | D | W | W | D | W | L | L | W | D | D | W | D | ✖ | W | W | L | W | L | D | W |
| Position | 7 | 5 | 9 | 12 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 12 | 11 | 11 | 10 | 11 | 11 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 8 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 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 | | Bob Catlin | 27 | 0 | 27 | 0 |
| 2 | DF | | Shane Pryce | 27 | 4 | 27 | 4 |
| 3 | DF | | Andy Roberts | 24(4) | 0 | 28 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | | Adam Sanderson | 12(9) | 0 | 21 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | | Todd McManus | 27 | 0 | 27 | 0 |
| 6 | MF | | Glenn Sprod | 18(2) | 0 | 20 | 0 |
| 7 | MF | | Peter Ritchie | 17(5) | 1 | 22 | 1 |
| 8 | MF | | Mark Wilson | 23(4) | 3 | 27 | 3 |
| 9 | FW | | Chris Tanchevski | 0(9) | 0 | 9 | 0 |
| 10 | FW | | John Buonavoglia | 28 | 6 | 28 | 6 |
| 11 | FW | | Andrew Borghetto | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 12 | MF | | Fouad Umlil | 15(12) | 2 | 27 | 2 |
| 13 | FW | | Brad Wieczorek | 19(2) | 1 | 21 | 1 |
| 14 | MF | | Greg Owens | 8(12) | 3 | 20 | 3 |
| 15 | FW | | Tony Bauer | 0(2) | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 17 | DF | | Robert Shannon | 27 | 1 | 27 | 1 |
| 18 | DF | | Tom Haythornthwaite | 18(3) | 4 | 21 | 4 |
| 19 | DF | | Yoon Sang-chul | 16(7) | 4 | 23 | 4 |
| 20 | GK | | Brad Swancott | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 21 | MF | | Joshua Maguire | 0(7) | 0 | 7 | 0 |
| 22 | DF | | Joshua Ferguson | 0(1) | 0 | 1 | 0 |

### Clean sheets

| Rank | No. | Pos | Nat | Name | National Soccer League | Total |
| 1 | 1 | GK | | Bob Catlin | 8 | 8 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 8 | 8 |