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KICKOFF 2021 - ROUND 12 AUSTRALIA'S FINEST FOOTBALL CLUB EVER! SUNDAY LAMBERT 16TH MAY PARK STADIUM 4PM MEN’S TICKETS CAN BE PURCHASED ONLINE VIA HTTPS://TINY.ONE/APIAFC 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 APIA is officially, the highest ranked National to be acquired and signed into the A-League, since Premier League 1 Club, in the Country. the A-League’s memorable, inception. The 1987, Championship National League, all First-ever Club, in 2019 / 2020 to be the Number 1 conquering, winning APIA squad, all of which Club, in all sections: Men’s National Premier League today, are legends of the game, and remain the 1, Women and Girls Premier League 1, Boys Youth Invincibles, of Australian Football history, a feat that League, and Skills Acquisition Program. This feat is is unlikely to be surpassed, in our lifetime. unlikely to be ever repeated, and again, we humbly A 33-year extraordinary record, that remains intact suggest, in our lifetime. until this day with the longest unbeaten streak, in a We are heading towards A-League status, and there National Competition, proper. is no doubt, that the Club, will establish ourselves, The Club that has produced Australia’s, greatest and raise to the very top, and the pinnacle of ever footballer, Joe Marston, the very first Australian Australian Football, and eventually cement itself, to play in a FA Cup Final, the first Australian to play and be ingrained and entrenched, in the highest professionally in the top tier, being the English Premier League. Football competition in our World-famous Country - Australia’s A-League Football Competition. The A-League, Grand Final, Player Of The Match, is awarded and named after, in honour of Joe Marston, Lambert Park, has for the past 66 years, been a annually. facility, for everyone. 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 It has not been, and has never been, and will never APIA Leichhardt Tigers Football Club, is held in 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 THE INNER WEST OF SYDNEY COMMUNITY a sporting environment, for young Australians’, PEOPLE’S CLUB. 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. 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 FESTIVAL OF FOOTBALL The Biggest Football Event of the year... The best in the Inner West! TICKETS CAN BE PURCHASED ONLINE VIA HTTPS://TINY.ONE/APIAFC 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 Manager Kathryn Cooper FOOTBALL NSW NPL SAP BOYS Under 11 Coach Roberto Maiorana SAP 12 Coach Steven Kayes Manager Angela Dossetor Manager Joe Garufi Under 10 Coach Filiz Urkanci 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 Westfield Auto Body Repairs 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 A big game this week against competition leaders maintaining pressure through in Blacktown City who have been in great form improved ball retention and throughout the first half of the season, boasting reducing the risk of counter the best attacking record of all teams. Blacktown attacking opportunities for are always a tough team to play – they are very well our opponents. coached and possess a great balance of pace, skill In squad news this week, we and experience in their playing group. Blacktown will welcome back Josh Symons from suspension, have enormous attacking firepower in the likes of and the vast majority of our squad is now fit and Travis Major, Charles Mendy and Mario Shabow, available for selection which is a great position to but are also well marshalled in defence with senior be in as a coach. This allows us to build specific players like Matt Lewis and Grant Lynch organising game plans against a particular opponent, but the structure in the back third. Blacktown are always also provides multiple change options throughout fully committed in their performance, and I expect games to deliver results and makes a for a more nothing different this week, it will be an extremely competitive playing environment overall. competitive game. So as we embark on the second round of the NPL Our squad unfortunately is coming off a Men’s competition, we sit just outside of the Top disappointing 3-2 loss after a tough game against 5. As a team we will be focussed on improving that Sydney United. Despite fighting back twice position and want to play finals.