KICKOFF 2021 - ROUND 03 BELMORE SATURDAY SPORTS 13TH MARCH GROUND 4PM MEN’S CLUB WELCOME Welcome to Belmore Sports Ground for our Round Our Youth Men’s squads started their season last 3 fixture against traditional rivals APIA Leichhardt. week with a strong performance against St George FC, today they are playing the Western Sydney Two hard games and two narrow 1 nil losses to start Wanderers in what will be a quality and competitive the season has us returning to Belmore looking for day of football. Our SAP Boys, also commence their our first 3 points of the season. Our Under 20s have season today against Blacktown Spartans and we started well with two 3 nil wins to start the season. wish them the best. Our Girls SAP and Womens I must thank our season pass holders and fans who squads continue to undertake trial matches ahead of truly are the best in the league. The atmosphere their season starting in a few weeks time. you create at all our matches inspires our boys to I hope you enjoy what I am sure will be a very play their best each week, we are very appreciative exciting day of football against APIA. of your support. I again urge you to help build our crowd numbers - contact a friend, whether they Go Olympic! are an old Olympic fan or a new football fan, bring them along, we know they will enjoy the day and the John Boulous CEO, Sydney Olympic FC Olympic experience. To our sponsors, please take a minute to have a look at them in this program, we cannot run our club without you and thank you for being part of the Olympic family. As always I urge our fans to support all of our sponsors as they support us. 2 #NPLNSW CORPORATE PARTNERS CLUB PRINICIPAL PARTNER APPAREL PARTNERS NPLNSW.COM.AU 3 1ST GRADE TEAM LISTS 1 Nicholas Sorras 1 Ivan Necevski (GK) 2 Tom Whiteside 2 William Mutch 3 Billy Patramanis 3 Paul Galimi 4 Ben Van Meurs 4 Josh Symons 5 Michael Glassock 5 Nick Azzone 6 Nicola Kuleski 6 Harry Callahan 7 Will Angel 7 Tynan Diaz 8 Jason Madonis 8 Corey Biczo 9 Oliver Puflett 10 Brendan Cholakian 9 Blake Powell 11 Adam Parkhouse 10 Franco Parisi 12 Zac Mackenzie 11 Mathieu Cordier 14 Peter Kekeris 12 Hassan Jalloh 17 Marley Peterson 13 David D’Apuzzo 18 Yu Hasegawa 14 Nicholas Stavroulakis 19 Darcy Burgess 15 Themba Muata-Marlow 20 Luke Kairies 16 Sean Symons 21 Fabian Monge 18 Adrian Ucchino 22 Fabio Ferreira 20 Sam Mc Illhatton 23 Daniel Dias 21 Michael Kouta 24 Hagi Gligor 22 Luke Turnbull 25 James Cakovski 23 Gian Fiorese 27 Šimun Miličević 24 Christian Cirino 30 Brody Mackay 25 Vincenzo Melissari 35 Mohamed Adam 26 Vincent Fedele 70 Chris Parsons Coach: John Calleja Head Coach: Ante Juric Asst. Coach: Nicholas Stavroulakis Assistant Coach: Steve Bozinovski Managers: Vincent Leto, Joe Calabro, Goal Keeper Coach: Paul Henderson Sergio Bucciarelli Physio: Sam Mahabady Physio: Michael Sawan Manager: Parry Hatzi S&C: Stelios Pikoulas Equipment: Paul Oliveri Referee: M. Bailey Assistant Referees: J. Adabjou and M. Allum Fourth Official: I. Covic *TEAM LISTINGS SUBJECT TO CHANGE MATCH PREVIEW Traditional rivals face-off at Belmore Sports ground A scoreless draw in round one was followed by a this Saturday as Sydney Olympic host inner-west 3-1 defeat in round two as the John Calleja coached neighbours APIA Leichhardt. APIA struggled to find their groove in the opening two games. It has been a less than perfect start for Olympic who have suffered back to back defeats and are yet to After an impressive defensive performance against score after their opening two games of the season. Blacktown, APIA struggled to contain Mt Druitt’s free-flowing attack. While the Ante Juric coached side has faced off against the reigning premiers and champions in One positive for APIA has been Sam McIllhatton preceding weeks, Olympic would’ve expected to who helped set up their only goal last week in what have taken away far more than what they have from was an industrious performance from the young those clashes. midfielder. The lack of goalscoring would be a concern to Juric. Tough tackling defender Paul Galimi looks set to While Peter Kekeris and Brendon Cholakian have return to the starting line-up, a fiery figure that APIA both been good in midfield, strikers Yu Hasegawa, have missed in the opening two matches while the Oliver Pufflett and Fabio Ferriera haven’t been able likes of Will Mutch, Harry Callahan and Mathieu to make the most of the chances created. Cordier will also be seen as players to watch out for at Belmore on Saturday. Adam Parkhouse was on the bench against Rockdale last weekend which raised a few eyebrows but we These two sides are desperate for a win with may see him slot into the side on Saturday. pressure building from their vocal fans. APIA Leichhardt comes into this game with similar Although it is early in the season, there is a lot riding troubles. on this game for both teams. 1ST GRADE LADDER POS TEAM P W D L F A GD PTS 1 Rockdale Ilinden FC 2 2 0 0 5 0 5 6 2 Sydney United 58 FC 2 2 0 0 6 2 4 6 3 Mt Druitt Town Rangers FC 2 1 1 0 4 2 2 4 4 Blacktown City FC 2 1 1 0 2 0 2 4 5 Sydney FC 2 1 0 1 3 5 -2 3 6 Sutherland Sharks FC 2 0 2 0 3 3 0 2 7 Manly United FC 2 0 2 0 2 2 0 2 8 Marconi Stallions FC 2 0 1 1 1 2 -1 1 9 Northbridge Bulls FC 2 0 1 1 2 4 -2 1 10 APIA Leichhardt FC 2 0 1 1 1 3 -2 1 11 Wollongong Wolves FC 2 0 1 1 1 5 -4 1 12 Sydney Olympic FC 2 0 0 2 0 2 -2 0 NPLNSW.COM.AU 5 FIRST GRADE PLAYERS 6 #NPLNSW FIRST GRADE PLAYERS NPLNSW.COM.AU 7 FIRST GRADE REVIEWS Rockdale Ilinden 1 – Sydney Olympic 0 at Ilinden Mt Druitt Town Rangers 3 – APIA Leichhardt FC 1 Sports Centre at Popondetta Park A second-half strike from Alec Urosevski has helped Mount Druitt Town Rangers have cruised to a 3-1 win Rockdale maintain their perfect start to the season against APIA Leichhardt FC in a frenetic contest at with a 1-0 win against Sydney Olympic at Ilinden Popondetta Park on Saturday night. Sports Centre on Sunday. The Rangers were serenaded onto the pitch by a It was a hard-fought win for Rockdale in front of a local bagpiper then proceeded to waltz to three vocal home crowd as they held out Olympic for all points in front of a bumper crowd. three points. Cooper Coskerie and John Roberts tallied in the first However, the win was soured by a freakish injury to half, then Mitchell Smith’s counter-attacking goal in Daniel Araujo, who was taken from the field by an the second wrapped it up. ambulance which delayed the game by more than an hour. APIA Leichhardt wasn’t able to stem the tide in the first half and paid for it, conceding three goals. The result ensure’s Rockdale finish the round in top spot for the second straight week. There was a brief thought of a fightback when Franco Parisi thrashed home to make it 2-1, but it EY OLYM was a tough night at the office for the visitors. 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Coach: Mariano Mirigliani Manager: Pierre Sassine U20 LADDER POS TEAM P W D L F A GD PTS 1 Manly United FC 2 2 0 0 6 0 6 6 2 Sydney Olympic FC 2 2 0 0 6 0 6 6 3 Northbridge Bulls FC 2 2 0 0 5 2 3 6 4 Sydney FC 2 1 1 0 3 1 2 4 5 APIA Leichhardt FC 2 1 1 0 3 2 1 4 6 Sutherland Sharks FC 2 1 0 1 3 2 1 3 7 Wollongong Wolves FC 2 1 0 1 3 4 -1 3 8 Marconi Stallions FC 2 0 1 1 0 3 -3 1 9 Mt Druitt Town Rangers FC 2 0 1 1 1 5 -4 1 10 Blacktown City FC 2 0 0 2 3 5 -2 0 11 Rockdale Ilinden FC 2 0 0 2 2 6 -4 0 12 Sydney United 58 FC 2 0 0 2 1 6 -5 0 10 #NPLNSW CLUB CHAMPIONSHIP CLUB PLAYED U20’s 1st TOTAL Rockdale Ilinden FC 4 0 24 24 Sydney United 58 FC 4 0 24 24 Manly United FC 4 12 8 20 Sydney FC 4 8 12 20 Mt Druitt Town Rangers FC 4 2 16 18 Blacktown City FC 4 0 16 16 Northbridge Bulls FC 4 12 4 16 Sutherland Sharks FC 4 6 8 14 APIA Leichhardt FC 4 8 4 12 Sydney Olympic FC 4 12 0 12 Wollongong Wolves FC 4 6 4 10 Marconi Stallions FC 4 2 4 6 Club championships for all NPL Men’s and Women’s are available online: Men’s: https://mens.nplnsw.com.au/club-championship/ Women’s: https://womens.nplnsw.com.au/club-championship-nsw-womens/ NEXT ROUND FIXTURES NORTHBRIDGE BULLS FC VS MARCONI ROCKDALE ILINDEN FC VS MANLY STALLIONS FC UNITED FC 1:30 PM / SAT 20 MAR CAMPBELLTOWN 3:00 PM / SUN 21 MAR ROCKDALE SPORTS STADIUM ILINDEN SPORTS CENTRE APIA LEICHHARDT FC VS SUTHERLAND SYDNEY OLYMPIC FC VS WOLLONGONG SHARKS FC WOLVES FC 5:15 PM / SAT 20 MAR LAMBERT PARK 4:00 PM / SUN 21 MAR BELMORE SPORTS