# 1996–97 Collingwood Warriors SC season

The 1996–97 season was Collingwood Warriors' only season in their history and in the National Soccer League. In addition to the domestic league, Collingwood Warriors participated in the final NSL Cup. Collingwood Warriors finished 13th in their National Soccer League season, and won the NSL Cup winning 1–0 in the Final against Marconi Fairfield.

## 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 | AUS | Dean Anastasiadis |
| 3 | DF | AUS | George Jolevski |
| 6 | MF | AUS | Carlo Talladira |
| 7 | FW | AUS | Andrew Vlahos |
| 8 | MF | AUS | Con Boutsianis |
| 9 | FW | AUS | Kimon Taliadoros |
| 10 | MF | AUS | Ernie Tapai |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 11 | MF | AUS | Goran Lozanovski |
| 12 | DF | AUS | Steven Iosifidis |
| 14 | MF | AUS | Tom Karapatsos |
| 15 | DF | AUS | Leigh Tsoumerkas |
| 19 | DF | AUS | George Georgiades |
| 20 | DF | AUS | Alexander Pryhodko |

## 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 | 13 October 1996 | 20 April 1997 | Matchday 1 | 13th | 26 | 6 | 9 | 11 | 32 | 44 | −12 | 023.08 |
| NSL Cup | 15 September 1996 | 6 October 1996 | Round of 16 | Final | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 2 | +4 | 060.00 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 31 | 9 | 10 | 12 | 38 | 46 | −8 | 029.03 |
Source: Competitions

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

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Sydney United | 26 | 17 | 5 | 4 | 67 | 33 | +34 | 56 | Qualification for the Finals series |
| 2 | Brisbane Strikers (C) | 26 | 15 | 2 | 9 | 55 | 40 | +15 | 47 | Qualification for the Finals series |
| 3 | South Melbourne | 26 | 14 | 4 | 8 | 39 | 25 | +14 | 46 | Qualification for the Finals series |
| 4 | Adelaide City | 26 | 11 | 10 | 5 | 32 | 22 | +10 | 43 | Qualification for the Finals series |
| 5 | Marconi Fairfield | 26 | 12 | 4 | 10 | 41 | 37 | +4 | 40 | Qualification for the Finals series |
| 6 | Melbourne Knights | 26 | 11 | 6 | 9 | 36 | 32 | +4 | 39 | Qualification for the Finals series |
| 7 | Perth Glory | 26 | 11 | 5 | 10 | 48 | 41 | +7 | 38 | |
| 8 | West Adelaide | 26 | 10 | 3 | 13 | 39 | 51 | −12 | 33 | |
| 9 | UTS Olympic | 26 | 8 | 8 | 10 | 41 | 46 | −5 | 32 | |
| 10 | Wollongong Wolves | 26 | 8 | 8 | 10 | 42 | 48 | −6 | 32 | |
| 11 | Newcastle Breakers | 26 | 7 | 9 | 10 | 40 | 46 | −6 | 30 | |
| 12 | Gippsland Falcons | 26 | 8 | 6 | 12 | 33 | 41 | −8 | 30 | |
| 13 | Collingwood Warriors | 26 | 6 | 9 | 11 | 32 | 44 | −12 | 27 | |
| 14 | Canberra Cosmos | 26 | 2 | 5 | 19 | 30 | 69 | −39 | 11 | |

#### Matches
### NSL Cup
## 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 |
| | GK | | Dean Anastasiadis | 0(3) | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| | FW | | Vlado Babic | 0(2) | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| | MF | | Con Boutsianis | 15(5) | 7 | 20 | 7 |
| | DF | | Frank Catalano | 5(4) | 0 | 9 | 0 |
| | MF | | Enrico Cerracchio | 17(2) | 0 | 19 | 3 |
| | DF | | Alan Davidson | 10 | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| | MF | | Paul Della Rocca | 11 | 1 | 11 | 1 |
| | FW | | Peter Di Iorio | 4(8) | 4 | 12 | 4 |
| | DF | | Dean Fak | 13 | 0 | 13 | 0 |
| | DF | | George Jolevski | 9(2) | 0 | 11 | 0 |
| | GK | | Frank Juric | 25 | 0 | 25 | 0 |
| | MF | | Dejan Kaplanovic | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| | MF | | Tom Karapatsos | 1(1) | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| | MF | | Terry Kearns | 0(1) | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| | MF | | Goran Lozanovski | 17 | 7 | 17 | 7 |
| | MF | | Brian MacNicol | 9(10) | 3 | 19 | 3 |
| | MF | | Aleksandr Pryhodko | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| | MF | | Alan Scott | 14(1) | 0 | 15 | 0 |
| | MF | | Mark Silic | 12 | 0 | 12 | 0 |
| | FW | | Kimon Taliadoros | 21(1) | 7 | 22 | 7 |
| | MF | | Carlo Talladira | 20 | 0 | 20 | 0 |
| | MF | | Ernie Tapai | 24 | 1 | 24 | 1 |
| | MF | | Leigh Tsoumerakas | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| | FW | | Andrew Vlahos | 24 | 6 | 24 | 6 |
| | DF | | Joe Vrkic | 14(1) | 0 | 15 | 0 |
| | DF | | John Waddell | 4(1) | 0 | 5 | 0 |