# 1988 Wollongong City FC season

The 1988 season was the eighth in the history of Wollongong City (now Wollongong Wolves). It was the seventh season in the National Soccer League. In addition to the domestic league, they also participated in the NSL Cup. Wollongong City finished 1st in their National Soccer League season, and were eliminated in the NSL Cup first round by Brisbane Lions.

## 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 |
| — | DF | ENG | Jeff Ainsworth |
| — | | AUS | Jeff Allport |
| — | MF | AUS | Mineo Bonetig |
| — | FW | SCO | Alan Brazil |
| — | FW | AUS | Pat Brodnik |
| — | | AUS | John Brown |
| — | MF | AUS | Brian Cokely |
| — | MF | AUS | Roy Cotton |
| — | MF | SCO | Danny Crainie |
| — | MF | AUS | Randall Easthorpe |
| — | FW | ENG | Trevor Francis |
| — | MF | AUS | Robert Giraldi |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| — | | AUS | Paul Keyes |
| — | DF | AUS | Jason Higgs |
| — | DF | ENG | Mike Hollifield |
| — | MF | AUS | Peter Kotamanidis |
| — | FW | ENG | Paul Mariner |
| — | FW | AUS | Jock Morlando |
| — | DF | AUS | David Ratcliffe |
| — | DF | AUS | David Skeen |
| — | FW | AUS | Marshall Soper |
| — | MF | AUS | Rade Stefanovski |
| — | DF | AUS | Ray Vliestra |
| — | GK | AUS | Warwick Young |

## 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 | 31 January 1988 | 7 August 1988 | Matchday 1 | 1st | 26 | 13 | 8 | 5 | 44 | 32 | +12 | 050.00 |
| NSL Cup | 23 January 1988 | 23 January 1988 | First round | First round | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 5 | −2 | 000.00 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 27 | 13 | 8 | 6 | 47 | 37 | +10 | 048.15 |
Last updated: complete Source: Competitions

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

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Wollongong City | 26 | 13 | 8 | 5 | 44 | 32 | +12 | 34 | Qualification for the Finals series |
| 2 | Sydney Croatia | 26 | 15 | 4 | 7 | 38 | 30 | +8 | 34 | Qualification for the Finals series |
| 3 | South Melbourne | 26 | 13 | 8 | 5 | 36 | 29 | +7 | 34 | Qualification for the Finals series |
| 4 | Marconi Fairfield (C) | 26 | 12 | 8 | 6 | 46 | 26 | +20 | 32 | Qualification for the Finals series |
| 5 | Sydney Olympic | 26 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 28 | 22 | +6 | 27 | Qualification for the Finals series |
| 6 | Adelaide City | 26 | 10 | 7 | 9 | 36 | 35 | +1 | 27 | |
| 7 | Sunshine George Cross | 26 | 11 | 5 | 10 | 38 | 39 | −1 | 27 | |
| 8 | St George-Budapest | 26 | 10 | 6 | 10 | 41 | 35 | +6 | 26 | |
| 9 | Melbourne Croatia | 26 | 9 | 6 | 11 | 28 | 33 | −5 | 24 | |
| 10 | Footscray JUST | 26 | 7 | 9 | 10 | 34 | 32 | +2 | 23 | |
| 11 | APIA Leichhardt | 26 | 8 | 7 | 11 | 28 | 35 | −7 | 23 | |
| 12 | Preston Makedonia | 26 | 5 | 12 | 9 | 29 | 35 | −6 | 22 | |
| 13 | Brunswick Juventus (R) | 26 | 7 | 5 | 14 | 31 | 43 | −12 | 19 | Relegation to the Victorian State League |
| 14 | Brisbane Lions (R) | 26 | 4 | 4 | 18 | 28 | 59 | −31 | 12 | Relegation to the Brisbane Premier League |

#### 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 | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | H | A | H | A | A |
| Result | W | D | W | W | D | L | W | W | D | W | W | W | L | L | D | W | W | L | D | D | W | D | W | W | L | D |
| Position | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 |

#### Finals series
### 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 | NSL Cup | NSL Cup | Total | Total |
| No. | Pos. | Nat. | Name | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| | DF | | Jeff Ainsworth | 22(1) | 4 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 4 |
| | | | Jeff Allport | 0(1) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| | MF | | Mineo Bonetig | 1(1) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| | FW | | Alan Brazil | 12 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 5 |
| | FW | | Pat Brodnik | 22(2) | 5 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 5 |
| | FW | | John Brown | 0 | 0 | 0(1) | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| | MF | | Brian Cokely | 15(4) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 20 | 2 |
| | MF | | Roy Cotton | 1(2) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| | FW | | Danny Crainie | 28 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 29 | 5 |
| | MF | | Randall Easthorpe | 21(3) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 25 | 0 |
| | FW | | Trevor Francis | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 |
| | MF | | Robert Giraldi | 3(1) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 |
| | | | Paul Keyes | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| | DF | | Jason Higgs | 0(1) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| | DF | | Mike Hollifield | 21(1) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 1 |
| | MF | | Peter Kotamanidis | 12(8) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 21 | 1 |
| | FW | | Paul Mariner | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| | FW | | Jock Morlando | 21 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 22 | 2 |
| | DF | | David Ratcliffe | 27 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 28 | 2 |
| | DF | | David Skeen | 26 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 27 | 1 |
| | FW | | Marshall Soper | 6(3) | 6 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 6 |
| | | | Rade Stefanovski | 8(4) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 1 |
| | DF | | Ray Vliestra | 27 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 28 | 0 |
| | GK | | Warwick Young | 28 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 29 | 0 |

### Clean sheets

| Rank | No. | Pos | Nat | Name | National Soccer League | NSL Cup | Total |
| 1 | — | GK | | Warwick Young | 8 | 0 | 8 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 8 | 0 | 8 |