KICKOFF 2021 - ROUND 09 AUSTRALIA'S FINEST FOOTBALL CLUB EVER! FRIDAY LAMBERT 23RD APRIL PARK STADIUM 7.30PM MEN’S ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Australia’s most famous football Club Australia’s most famous football club ... The Club that has had the most players signed, The Club that has had the most Socceroos, National scouted, and recruited, from any National Premier team players, and Socceroo Captains, of any other League Club, in Australia - in essence APIA Club, in the nation - ever. Leichhardt Tigers, has produced the most players to be acquired and signed into the A-League, since APIA is officially, the highest ranked National the A-League’s memorable, inception. Premier League 1 Club, in the Country. First-ever Club, in 2019 / 2020 to be the Number 1 The 1987, Championship National League, all Club, in all sections: Men’s National Premier League conquering, winning APIA squad, all of which 1, Women and Girls Premier League 1, Boys Youth today, are legends of the game, and remain the League, and Skills Acquisition Program. This feat is Invincibles, of Australian Football history, a feat that unlikely to be ever repeated, and again, we humbly is unlikely to be surpassed, in our lifetime. suggest, in our lifetime. A 33-year extraordinary record, that remains intact We are heading towards A-League status, and there until this day with the longest unbeaten streak, in a is no doubt, that the Club, will establish ourselves, National Competition, proper. and raise to the very top, and the pinnacle of The Club that has produced Australia’s, greatest Australian Football, and eventually cement itself, ever footballer, Joe Marston, the very first Australian and be ingrained and entrenched, in the highest to play in a FA Cup Final, the first Australian to play Football competition in our World-famous Country professionally in the top tier, being the English - Australia’s A-League Football Competition. Premier League. Lambert Park, has for the past 66 years, been a The A-League, Grand Final, Player Of The Match, is facility, for everyone. awarded and named after, in honour of Joe Marston, annually. It has not been, and has never been, and will never Proud Major Sponsor of the APIA Leichhardt Tigers Football Club for the past 27 consecutive years 2 #NPLNSW ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Australia’s most famous football Club be, for an elite few. It has been made available to such high esteem, so much admired, cherished all and sundry, as we, the Club, are a community and loved, such a community pillar, and fabric of leader, so we must lead, and ensure that Boys and our society, such a significant focus, for thousands Girls, from three years of age, up to Under 18s, at of peoples’ daily lives, the Club’s administrators, community grassroots level, Elite Boys and Girls, when they meet newly registered players, whether Elite Women and Men, wishing and desire, to play they are Juniors or Seniors, their parents, their or participate in the World Game, have been given grandparents, their relatives, their supporters complete access to this facility, right up until today, and friends, the respect shown towards, all our this is what this Club, is all about. Club Directors, Convenors, Coaches, Managers and support staff, all are genuinely, sincerely, and Lambert Park in 2014, underwent an extraordinary, deeply shocked, by all of this. $3.5m upgrade, $2.2m, was kindly funded by the NSW Government and Clubs NSW. This respect and admiration, is solely contributed, to the Club’s brand, the name, the Club culture, The Club and private benefactors, and other the history, and, of course, the game itself. It is sources, in cash, contra, and in-kind, contributed a amazing, and simply staggering, to understand and further $1.4m. comprehend, the importance of the Club, within The Clubs’ importance, history, tradition, heritage, our society. and widespread community benefits, in providing a sporting environment, for young Australians’, and the youth of the Inner West, and further afield, was acknowledged by the record funding, that was granted to a community, Football Club in Australia. APIA Leichhardt Tigers Football Club, is held in ALLIANCE PARTNERS NPLNSW.COM.AU 3 CLUB DIRECTORY Infoline 0484 002 000 / W: apiatigers.com / E: [email protected] / F: APIA Leichhardt FC BOARD OF MANAGEMENT RACITI Tony PRESIDENT KADAYIFCI Bill SECRETARY PRIMERANO Frank TREASURER CUTRUPI Michael DIRECTOR DI MENTO Aldo DIRECTOR LA IANCA Joe DIRECTOR MAROCCHI David DIRECTOR MELLINO John DIRECTOR MUSTICA Frank DIRECTOR RACITI Mario DIRECTOR RIZZO Nick DIRECTOR CONVENORS MCCOLL Billy Head of Football CIOLINO Vince Youth Boys BOFFA Lina Youth Boys GARUFI Joe Convenor (SAP) ADMINISTRATION SCARSELLETTA Pia Seniors FATHERS Andrew 365 Soccer Sixes GULLOTTA Nicholas Head of Communications Proud Major Sponsor of the APIA Leichhardt Tigers Football Club for the past 27 consecutive years 4 #NPLNSW SOMETHING BIGGGGG IS COMING. vs What promises to be the biggest Football event of the year is close. 38 days and counting. ALLIANCE PARTNERS NPLNSW.COM.AU 5 Proud Major Sponsor of the APIA Leichhardt FC for the past 27 consecutive years Wests Ashfield Leagues Club, Proud Sponsor of APIA Leichhardt FC for the past 27 years 6 #NPLNSW SPONSORS In acknowledgement of our Valued Sponsors Proud Major Sponsor of the APIA Leichhardt Tigers Football Club for the past 27 consecutive years ALLIANCE PARTNERS NPLNSW.COM.AU 7 CLUB DIRECTORY - OFFICIALS FOOTBALL NPL NSW MEN - FIRST GRADE FOOTBALL NSW NPL 1 WOMEN - FIRST Head of Football Billy McColl GRADE Head Coach Paul Dee Head of Football Matteo Maiorana Assistant Coach Nick Stavroulakis Head Coach Spencer Prior Goalkeeper Coach Bruno Jasiczek Reserve Grade Andrew Tucker Coach Manager Vincent Leto Assistant Coach Sam Batshon Manager Joe Calabro Goalkeeper Coach Dom Garnier Manager Sergio Bucciarelli Manager Filiz Urkanci Manager Sam Barletta Manager Catherine Konstandinidis Physio Michael Sawan S&C Coach Andrew Casali FOOTBALL NSW NPL YOUTH BOYS Physio 1 Francis Broomfield Under 20 Coach Anthony Mazza Physio 2 Jordon Sarkodee Asst Coach Mariano Mirigliani Asst Coach Pierre Sassine FOOTBALL NSW NPL YOUTH GIRLS Under 18 Coach Gerard Peacock Under 17 Coach Michael Hawthorn Asst Coach Paul Watkins Manager Jackie Batshon Asst Coach Zac Vallorani Under 15 Coach Mario Coiro Under 16 Coach Gerard Peacock Manager Antoniette Parinetto Manager Angelo Rodic Under 14 Coach Ernesto Bivona Manager Celeste Vout Asst Coach Robert Foti Under 15 Coach Andrew Casali Manager Kathy Hronopolos Manager Anthony Papallo Under 14 Coach Andrew Casali FOOTBALL NSW SAP GIRLS Manager Anthony Papallo Under 13 Coach Filiz Urkanci Under 13 Coach Gerard Peacock Manager Belinda Cicco Manager Angelo Rodic Under 12 Coach Anthony Trieste Manager Radenko Sucur Coach Carl Modena Coach Kathryn Cooper FOOTBALL NSW NPL SAP BOYS Under 11 Coach Victoria Kakoliris SAP 12 Coach Steven Kayes Manager Angela Dossetor Manager Joe Garufi Under 10 Coach David Gioia SAP 11 Coach Nicholas Stavroulakis Manager Scott Ryall Manager Joe Garufi Administrator Alex Cicco SAP 10 Coach Nicholas Stavroulakis GSAP Andrew Wiefler Manager Joe Garufi Administrator SAP 9 Coach Steven Kayes Manager Joe Grufi 8 #NPLNSW NPL NSW MEN’S SENIOR SQUAD NAME SPONSOR 1 Ivan Necevski Goal Interior 2 William Mutch Ciano Motors 3 Paul Galimi Lowa Lighting 4 Joshua Symons Hamper Occasions 5 Nick Azzone Joye Group 6 Harry Callahan Juventus Academy 7 Tynan Diaz Under Offer 8 Corey Biczo Ecco 9 Blake Powell Citi Steel 10 Franco Parisi Parisi 11 Mathieu Cordier The Address Property Agents 12 Hassan Jalloh First Title Recoveries 13 David D'Apuzzo Bus Lines Group 15 Themba Muata-Marlow Juventus Academy 16 Sean Symons Bear Transport Services 17 Dejan Bakrdanikoski Under Offer 18 Adrian Ucchino ASR Football Totties 20 Samuel McIllhatton Premium Glass NSW 21 Michael Kouta AGI Formwork 22 Luke Turnbull Under Offer 23 Gian Fiorese Muscle Gym 24 Christian Cirino Under Offer 25 Vincenzo Melissari Under Offer 26 Vincent Fedele Under Offer 40 Evan Davies Iskra Airconditioning NPLNSW.COM.AU 9 PHOTO GALLERY 10 #NPLNSW FROM THE COACH A Message from APIA’S Head Coach - Paul Dee An important home game this week in the make up achieve victory. With multiple of the overall season against Wollongong. With the positional changes across competition ladder quite compressed, consecutive the squad, it was great to see wins can make a significant impact on your position Franco Parisi and Corey Biczo and we will be looking to achieve that goal against get their names on the score the Wolves. sheet, and also Sean Symons and Mathieu Cordier attacking with freedom. Wollongong are a real force in the NPL1 competition Despite creating more scoring chances, we will need and Luke Wilkshire always has has teams organised, to remain focused on ensuring defensively we stay motivated and striving to win games through an resolute across the full 90mins and not allow teams attacking brand of football. Despite managing to stay in games with small lapses of concentration through some injury and suspension challenges, I or desperation when needed in defence. expect no change to the overall style of play from Wollongong. We will need to be ready to face the We will be looking to continue our positive challenge on Friday and pay particular attention momentum this week. There is an increasing level to players like Lachlan Scott who is in goal scoring of self-belief returning to the team on goals we form and is dangerous in all phases of the game. can achieve this season, and a strong performance against Wollongong is very important. Our squad is coming off a good performance and a strong win against Sydney FC on Sunday. Our squad Overall, I’m positive the playing group is up for depth has been challenged recently with multiple the challenge against Wollongong this week and injuries to key players, but It was really pleasing will put in a spirited performance against a tough to see the team overcome that and play well to opponent.