1996–97 Collingwood Warriors SC season
Only season in existence of Collingwood Warriors SC
Collingwood Warriors 1996–97 football season
1996–97 season | ||||
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Head Coach | Zoran Matić | |||
Stadium | Victoria Park Olympic Park | |||
National Soccer League | 13th | |||
NSL Cup | Winners | |||
Top goalscorer | League: Con Boutsianis Goran Lozanovski Kimon Taliadoros (7 each) All: Con Boutsianis Kimon Taliadoros Andrew Vlahos (8 each) | |||
Biggest win | 6–2 vs. Canberra Cosmos (10 March 1997) National Soccer League | |||
Biggest defeat | 0–7 vs. Sydney United (8 December 1996) National Soccer League | |||
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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
[1] Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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Competitions
Overview
Competition | First match | Last match | Starting round | Final position | Record | |||||||
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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 | 31 | 9 | 10 | 12 | 38 | 46 | −8 | 029.03 |
Source: Competitions
National Soccer League
League table
Pos | Team
| Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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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 | |
3 | South Melbourne | 26 | 14 | 4 | 8 | 39 | 25 | +14 | 46 | |
4 | Adelaide City | 26 | 11 | 10 | 5 | 32 | 22 | +10 | 43 | |
5 | Marconi Fairfield | 26 | 12 | 4 | 10 | 41 | 37 | +4 | 40 | |
6 | Melbourne Knights | 26 | 11 | 6 | 9 | 36 | 32 | +4 | 39 | |
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 |
Updated to match(es) played on unknown. Source: rsssf.com
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions
Matches
Collingwood Warriors v Melbourne Knights
13 October 1996 1 | Collingwood Warriors | 3–0 | Melbourne Knights | Melbourne |
| Report | Stadium: Victoria Park Attendance: 10,200 Referee: G. Connolly |
Marconi Fairfield v Collingwood Warriors
19 October 1996 2 | Marconi Fairfield | 1–1 | Collingwood Warriors | Sydney |
| Report |
| Stadium: Marconi Stadium Attendance: 6,237 Referee: D. Crawford |
West Adelaide v Collingwood Warriors
3 November 1996 4 | West Adelaide | 1–2 | Collingwood Warriors | Adelaide |
| Report |
| Stadium: Hindmarsh Stadium Attendance: G. Connelly Referee: 5,611 |
Collingwood Warriors v Perth Glory
10 November 1996 5 | Collingwood Warriors | 0–0 | Perth Glory | Melbourne |
Report | Stadium: Victoria Park Attendance: 5,504 Referee: W. Dade |
Canberra Cosmos v Collingwood Warriors
16 November 1996 6 | Canberra Cosmos | 2–2 | Collingwood Warriors | Canberra |
| Report |
| Stadium: Bruce Stadium Attendance: 2,600 Referee: M. Shield |
Newcastle Breakers v Collingwood Warriors
22 November 1996 7 | Newcastle Breakers | 1–1 | Collingwood Warriors | Newcastle |
| Report |
| Stadium: Breakers Stadium Attendance: 1,370 Referee: M. Shield |
Collingwood Warriors v Gippsland Falcons
1 December 1996 8 | Collingwood Warriors | 0–1 | Gippsland Falcons | Melbourne |
18:00 AEDT | Report |
| Stadium: Victoria Park Attendance: 3,110 Referee: Eugene Brazzale |
Sydney United v Collingwood Warriors
8 December 1996 9 | Sydney United | 7–0 | Collingwood Warriors | Sydney |
Report | Stadium: Edensor Park Attendance: 5,451 Referee: B. Hugo |
Collingwood Warriors v Adelaide City
15 December 1996 10 | Collingwood Warriors | 1–3 | Adelaide City | Melbourne |
| Report |
| Stadium: Victoria Park Attendance: 3,655 Referee: M. Shield |
Brisbane Strikers v Collingwood Warriors
21 December 1996 11 | Brisbane Strikers | 5–2 | Collingwood Warriors | Brisbane |
Report |
| Stadium: Suncorp Stadium Attendance: 4,194 Referee: S. Micallef |
Collingwood Warriors v UTS Olympic
23 December 1996 3 | Collingwood Warriors | 0–0 | UTS Olympic | Melbourne |
Report | Stadium: Victoria Park Attendance: 1,000 Referee: Eugene Brazzale |
Collingwood Warriors v Wollongong City
29 December 1996 12 | Collingwood Warriors | 1–1 | Wollongong City | Melbourne |
| Report |
| Stadium: Victoria Park Attendance: 2,987 Referee: G. Connelly |
South Melbourne v Collingwood Warriors
5 January 1997 13 | South Melbourne | 4–0 | Collingwood Warriors | Melbourne |
Report | Stadium: Lakeside Stadium Attendance: 12,652 Referee: M. Shield |
Collingwood Warriors v South Melbourne
12 January 1997 14 | Collingwood Warriors | 0–0 | South Melbourne | Melbourne |
Report | Stadium: Victoria Park Attendance: 6,000 Referee: E. Lennie |
Melbourne Knights v Collingwood Warriors
2 February 1997 15 | Melbourne Knights | 0–1 | Collingwood Warriors | Melbourne |
Report |
| Stadium: Somers St Stadium Attendance: 7,917 Referee: G. Connolly |
Collingwood Warriors v Marconi Fairfield
9 February 1997 16 | Collingwood Warriors | 1–2 | Marconi Fairfield | Melbourne |
| Report |
| Stadium: Victoria Park Attendance: 2,345 Referee: S. Micallef |
Sydney Olympic v Collingwood Warriors
16 February 1997 17 | Sydney Olympic | 3–0 (Awarded) | Collingwood Warriors | Sydney |
Report | Stadium: Belmore Oval Attendance: N/A Referee: N/A |
Collingwood Warriors v West Adelaide
23 February 1997 18 | Collingwood Warriors | 3–0 | West Adelaide | Melbourne |
| Report | Stadium: Victoria Park Attendance: 2,000 Referee: J. Markovski |
Perth Glory v Collingwood Warriors
2 March 1997 19 | Perth Glory | 0–2 | Collingwood Warriors | Perth |
Report |
| Stadium: Perth Oval Attendance: 10,694 Referee: B. Danella |
Collingwood Warriors v Canberra Cosmos
10 March 1997 20 | Collingwood Warriors | 6–2 | Canberra Cosmos | Melbourne |
| Report | Stadium: Victoria Park Attendance: 3,220 Referee: W. Dade |
Collingwood Warriors v Newcastle Breakers
16 March 1997 21 | Collingwood Warriors | 0–0 | Newcastle Breakers | Melbourne |
Report | Stadium: Victoria Park Attendance: 3,311 Referee: G. Leverton |
Gippsland Falcons v Collingwood Warriors
22 March 1997 22 | Gippsland Falcons | 1–0 | Collingwood Warriors | Melbourne |
| Report | Stadium: Falcons Park Attendance: 3,063 Referee: E. Brazzale |
Collingwood Warriors v Sydney United
31 March 1997 23 | Collingwood Warriors | 2–3 | Sydney United | Melbourne |
| Report | Stadium: Olympic Park Attendance: 1,700 Referee: G. Connolly |
Adelaide City v Collingwood Warriors
6 April 1997 24 | Adelaide City | 1–0 | Collingwood Warriors | Adelaide |
| Stadium: Hindmarsh Stadium Attendance: 5,232 Referee: M. Shield |
Collingwood Warriors v Brisbane Strikers
13 April 1997 25 | Collingwood Warriors | 0–2 | Brisbane Strikers | Melbourne |
Report |
| Stadium: Olympic Park Attendance: 600 Referee: C. Diomis |
Wollongong City v Collingwood Warriors
20 April 1997 26 | Wollongong City | 4–4 | Collingwood Warriors | Wollongong |
| Report |
| Stadium: Brandon Park Attendance: 4,396 Referee: G. Leverton |
NSL Cup
South Australian XI v Collingwood Warriors
15 September 1996 Round of 16 | South Australian XI | 1–0 | Collingwood Warriors | Adelaide |
| Report | Stadium: Hindmarsh Stadium Referee: W. Dade |
Collingwood Warriors v South Australian XI
18 September 1996 Round of 16 | Collingwood Warriors | 2–0 | South Australian XI | Adelaide |
| Report | Stadium: Hindmarsh Stadium |
Adelaide City v Collingwood Warriors
22 September 1996 Quarter-finals | Adelaide City | 0–0 (1–3 p) | Collingwood Warriors | |
Report | Referee: C. Diomis |
South Melbourne v Collingwood Warriors
27 September 1996 Semi-finals | South Melbourne | 1–3 | Collingwood Warriors | Melbourne |
| Report |
| Stadium: Lakeside Stadium |
Collingwood Warriors v Marconi Fairfield
6 October 1996 Final | Collingwood Warriors | 1–0 | Marconi Fairfield | Melbourne |
| Report | Stadium: Lakeside Stadium Attendance: 2,327 Referee: Eugene Brazzale |
Statistics
Appearances and goals
Players with no appearances not included in the list.
No. | Pos. | Nat. | Name[2] | National Soccer League | Total | ||
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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 |
References
- ^ 1996/97 Ericsson Cup Media Guide. Ericsson Cup.
- ^ Mavroudis, Paul. "Collingwood Warriors – 1996/97 Playing Roster". ozfootball.net. Archived from the original on 13 February 2022. Retrieved 12 February 2022.