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1996–97 Collingwood Warriors SC season

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Collingwood Warriors
1996–97 season
Head CoachZoran Matić
StadiumVictoria Park
Olympic Park
National Soccer League13th
NSL CupWinners
Top goalscorerLeague:
Con Boutsianis
Goran Lozanovski
Kimon Taliadoros
(7 each)

All:
Con Boutsianis
Kimon Taliadoros
Andrew Vlahos
(8 each)
Biggest win6–2
vs. Canberra Cosmos
(10 March 1997)
National Soccer League
Biggest defeat0–7
vs. Sydney United
(8 December 1996)
National Soccer League

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

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[1] Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

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

Competitions

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Overview

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Competition First match Last match Starting round Final position Record
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

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League table

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Pos Team 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
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

Matches

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13 October 1996 1 Collingwood Warriors 3–0 Melbourne Knights Melbourne
Report Stadium: Victoria Park
Attendance: 10,200
Referee: G. Connolly
19 October 1996 2 Marconi Fairfield 1–1 Collingwood Warriors Sydney
Report Stadium: Marconi Stadium
Attendance: 6,237
Referee: D. Crawford
3 November 1996 4 West Adelaide 1–2 Collingwood Warriors Adelaide
Report
Stadium: Hindmarsh Stadium
Attendance: G. Connelly
Referee: 5,611
10 November 1996 5 Collingwood Warriors 0–0 Perth Glory Melbourne
Report Stadium: Victoria Park
Attendance: 5,504
Referee: W. Dade
16 November 1996 6 Canberra Cosmos 2–2 Collingwood Warriors Canberra
Report Stadium: Bruce Stadium
Attendance: 2,600
Referee: M. Shield
22 November 1996 7 Newcastle Breakers 1–1 Collingwood Warriors Newcastle
Report Stadium: Breakers Stadium
Attendance: 1,370
Referee: M. Shield
1 December 1996 8 Collingwood Warriors 0–1 Gippsland Falcons Melbourne
18:00 AEDT Report Stadium: Victoria Park
Attendance: 3,110
Referee: Eugene Brazzale
8 December 1996 9 Sydney United 7–0 Collingwood Warriors Sydney
Report Stadium: Edensor Park
Attendance: 5,451
Referee: B. Hugo
15 December 1996 10 Collingwood Warriors 1–3 Adelaide City Melbourne
Report
Stadium: Victoria Park
Attendance: 3,655
Referee: M. Shield
21 December 1996 11 Brisbane Strikers 5–2 Collingwood Warriors Brisbane
Report
Stadium: Suncorp Stadium
Attendance: 4,194
Referee: S. Micallef
23 December 1996 3 Collingwood Warriors 0–0 UTS Olympic Melbourne
Report Stadium: Victoria Park
Attendance: 1,000
Referee: Eugene Brazzale
29 December 1996 12 Collingwood Warriors 1–1 Wollongong City Melbourne
Report Stadium: Victoria Park
Attendance: 2,987
Referee: G. Connelly
5 January 1997 13 South Melbourne 4–0 Collingwood Warriors Melbourne
Report Stadium: Lakeside Stadium
Attendance: 12,652
Referee: M. Shield
12 January 1997 14 Collingwood Warriors 0–0 South Melbourne Melbourne
Report Stadium: Victoria Park
Attendance: 6,000
Referee: E. Lennie
2 February 1997 15 Melbourne Knights 0–1 Collingwood Warriors Melbourne
Report Stadium: Somers St Stadium
Attendance: 7,917
Referee: G. Connolly
9 February 1997 16 Collingwood Warriors 1–2 Marconi Fairfield Melbourne
Report
Stadium: Victoria Park
Attendance: 2,345
Referee: S. Micallef
16 February 1997 17 Sydney Olympic 3–0
(Awarded)
Collingwood Warriors Sydney
Report Stadium: Belmore Oval
Attendance: N/A
Referee: N/A
23 February 1997 18 Collingwood Warriors 3–0 West Adelaide Melbourne
Report Stadium: Victoria Park
Attendance: 2,000
Referee: J. Markovski
2 March 1997 19 Perth Glory 0–2 Collingwood Warriors Perth
Report Stadium: Perth Oval
Attendance: 10,694
Referee: B. Danella
10 March 1997 20 Collingwood Warriors 6–2 Canberra Cosmos Melbourne
Report Stadium: Victoria Park
Attendance: 3,220
Referee: W. Dade
16 March 1997 21 Collingwood Warriors 0–0 Newcastle Breakers Melbourne
Report Stadium: Victoria Park
Attendance: 3,311
Referee: G. Leverton
22 March 1997 22 Gippsland Falcons 1–0 Collingwood Warriors Melbourne
Report Stadium: Falcons Park
Attendance: 3,063
Referee: E. Brazzale
31 March 1997 23 Collingwood Warriors 2–3 Sydney United Melbourne
Report
Stadium: Olympic Park
Attendance: 1,700
Referee: G. Connolly
6 April 1997 24 Adelaide City 1–0 Collingwood Warriors Adelaide
Stadium: Hindmarsh Stadium
Attendance: 5,232
Referee: M. Shield
13 April 1997 25 Collingwood Warriors 0–2 Brisbane Strikers Melbourne
Report
Stadium: Olympic Park
Attendance: 600
Referee: C. Diomis
20 April 1997 26 Wollongong City 4–4 Collingwood Warriors Wollongong
Report Stadium: Brandon Park
Attendance: 4,396
Referee: G. Leverton

NSL Cup

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15 September 1996 Round of 16 South Australian XI 1–0 Collingwood Warriors Adelaide
  • Maxwell 17'
Report Stadium: Hindmarsh Stadium
Referee: W. Dade
18 September 1996 Round of 16 Collingwood Warriors 2–0 South Australian XI Adelaide
Report Stadium: Hindmarsh Stadium
22 September 1996 Quarter-finals Adelaide City 0–0
(1–3 p)
Collingwood Warriors
Report Referee: C. Diomis
6 October 1996 Final Collingwood Warriors 1–0 Marconi Fairfield Melbourne
Report Stadium: Lakeside Stadium
Attendance: 2,327
Referee: Eugene Brazzale

Statistics

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Appearances and goals

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Players with no appearances not included in the list.

No. Pos. Nat. Name[2] National Soccer League Total
Apps Goals Apps Goals
GK Australia Dean Anastasiadis 0(3) 0 3 0
FW Australia Vlado Babic 0(2) 0 2 0
MF Australia Con Boutsianis 15(5) 7 20 7
DF Australia Frank Catalano 5(4) 0 9 0
MF Australia Enrico Cerracchio 17(2) 0 19 3
DF Australia Alan Davidson 10 0 10 0
MF Australia Paul Della Rocca 11 1 11 1
FW Australia Peter Di Iorio 4(8) 4 12 4
DF Australia Dean Fak 13 0 13 0
DF Australia George Jolevski 9(2) 0 11 0
GK Australia Frank Juric 25 0 25 0
MF Australia Dejan Kaplanovic 1 0 1 0
MF Australia Tom Karapatsos 1(1) 0 2 0
MF Australia Terry Kearns 0(1) 0 1 0
MF Australia Goran Lozanovski 17 7 17 7
MF Australia Brian MacNicol 9(10) 3 19 3
MF Soviet Union Aleksandr Pryhodko 3 0 3 0
MF Australia Alan Scott 14(1) 0 15 0
MF Australia Mark Silic 12 0 12 0
FW Australia Kimon Taliadoros 21(1) 7 22 7
MF Australia Carlo Talladira 20 0 20 0
MF Australia Ernie Tapai 24 1 24 1
MF Australia Leigh Tsoumerakas 2 0 2 0
FW Australia Andrew Vlahos 24 6 24 6
DF Australia Joe Vrkic 14(1) 0 15 0
DF Australia John Waddell 4(1) 0 5 0

References

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  1. ^ 1996/97 Ericsson Cup Media Guide. Ericsson Cup.
  2. ^ Mavroudis, Paul. "Collingwood Warriors – 1996/97 Playing Roster". ozfootball.net. Archived from the original on 13 February 2022. Retrieved 12 February 2022.