KICKOFF vs ROUND 16 WIN STADIUM 7PM SATURDAY 23RD JUNE 2018 #NPLNSW CORPORATE PARTNERS 2 NPLNSW.COM.AU CONTENTS WOLLONGONG WOLVES COACHING STAFF & MANAGEMENT 1st Team Coach Jacob Timpano 1st Grade Assistant Coach Luke Wilkshire and Nick Montgomery Senior Manager Robert Positti Under 20s Manager Robert Positti Under 18s Coach Richard Lloyd GK Coach John Krajnovic Health and Medical Services Figtree Physiotherapy Match Preview 6 Technical Director Neil Mann Team Lineups 20 CEO Chris Papakosmas Season Draw 38 Admin Manager Susan Gatt Program Contributors Malcolm Rowney Photographer - Seniors Pedro Garcia Photographer – Juniors Chris Horn Ground Announcer Andrew Byron For advertising opportunities, please contact Susan Gatt on 02 42 722 624. This program is proudly printed by WOLVES SHOP 32 Waverley Drive Unanderra Public Notices: • Entry inside the perimeter fence of the playing area is prohibited at all times and offenders will be prosecuted. • All spectators are requested to vacate the ground within 15 minutes of the end of the final game. Police may be requested to remove any unauthorised people who remain after the stipulated time. • The setting alight of, or the lighting or discharging of any type of object, including fireworks, signal or smoke flares is strictly prohibited. Offenders will be arrested and charged. Website: wollongongwolves.com.au Email: [email protected] Phone: 02 42 722 624 Address: 32 Waverley Drive Unanderra NSW 2526 Twitter: @wollgongwolves Facebook: fb.com/wollongongwolves Instagram: @WollongongWolves 3 WELCOME #NPLNSW elcome everyone to our Round 16 match A crunch match for our U18s who at the Wagainst Hakoah Sydney City East. moment find themselves one win out of the top 5. Above them, holding equal 5th spot Another Saturday night fixture, under lights currently are Marconi and Hakoah so our boys here at WIN Stadium – The Wolf Den. know this is a season defining match for our Superb stadium – Great atmosphere – Plenty U18s finals aspirations. A win here will see us to play for. rise to really start putting pressure on those above us and snare a possible finals position Both clubs are sitting in remarkably similar at the end of the competition rounds, while positions across all 3 grades and club a loss will leave us with quite a lot of ground championships points. to make up and with not all that many games These are all must win games and will set the remaining. A huge match for our Wolves and winners up for a strong finish to the season. one they will be more than prepared for. In First Grade both the Wolves and Hakoah are Amazingly, in the Club Championship sitting on 19 competition points, agonisingly standings, after 45 qualifying matches across one solitary point outside the top 5. A win the season to date, Hakoah sit in 4th spot on here could see the victor claim outright 5th the Club Championship table with 149 points spot and start to put pressure on 4th and 3rd and the Wolves hold down 5th spot with 148 while a loss will see the vanquished start to slip points. So after a minimum of 4,050 minutes dangerously down the competition ladder at of regular time football across First Grade, the wrong time of the season. So much hinges U20s and U18s only one solitary point separate on this First Grade fixture and both teams will these two clubs. Incredible. be looking for the ascendency to keep their Today will be one of the most competitive and finals aspirations alive and build up some very hard fought rounds of matches across the strong momentum for the final run of matches entire season. All three grades have so much at leading to season’s end. There will be some stake and it will be a win at all costs mentality great football on offer here as each side needs for every single player taking the field for a victory and neither will leave anything in the their respective teams. And played in the best tank looking to claim the full 3 competition stadium in our competition and in front of the points on offer. most passionate and proud football supporters In U20s, again both sides find themselves across our country. in very similar positions on the ladder. Our Sit back and enjoy the drama, tension, action Wolves have been the real surprise packet and excitement right here at WIN Stadium – in this year’s U20s competition, occupying the Wolf Den, under lights, at the best stadium 4th spot on the ladder with 26 competition in our competition and among the most points. Hakoah however is breathing right passionate and proud football fans across down our necks, sitting in 5th spot, one point Australila. behind on 25 competition points. This will be another mouth watering encounter with both GO YOU MIGHTY WOLVES. teams out to put their stamp on proceedings and claim the full 3 points available. The Wollongong Wolves U20s are playing an attractive brand of football and have surprised many with their strong showings this season and their position on the table. Our boys will be looking to continue this and consolidate their spot in the 5 even further. 4 01: LARGE USE: OVER 150MM WIDE This logo has a smaller ‘®’ symbol SPONSORS 02: SMALL USE: 55MM - 150MM WIDE This logo has a larger ‘®’ symbol 5 MATCH PREVIEW #NPLNSW he Waratah Cup The goal scored per match average was 1.27 Tchampions of 2017, while the converse was 1.59. The top scorer Hakoah Sydney City East was De Jong with six goals and he was one of come to WIN Stadium to eleven goal scoring contributors. In addition, take on the Wollongong De Jong scored his team’s quickest goal, which Wolves in this Round 16 came in the Round 8 Sydney FC clash. Seven nil fixture of the NPL NSW scores were enacted and this was the second Mens 1 competition since highest in the competition. Three multi scorers the first meeting in 1981 when predecessor in a single game were brace achievers De Jong, club Sydney City won 1-0 with Jim Cant scoring. O. Green and Jablonski. The Wolves have been victorious in most of Seven players were selected in the ‘Team the Hakoah meetings of late with one draw to Of The Week’ with De Jong having the most be had. Will the home keep up their winning appearances with three. Others were Frangie average or will the away team take home the (2), Walker (2), Rae (1), Gideon Sweet (1), honours? Lekoski (1) and Draper (1). De Jong was also selected in ‘Team Of The Year.’ THE OPPOSITION TODAY - HAKOAH SYDNEY CITY EAST The best result sequence without loss was four matches, from Rounds 8 to 11, win, win, As a player/coach in 20017, Gavin Rae has draw and draw. retired from playing to concentrate on coaching for the 2018 campaign. For this THE MATCH-UP season, he has recruited Mitchell Stamatellis, Since the first meeting in the NPL NSW Mens a player selected in the 2017 Mens 1 ‘Team 1, the two teams have met on four occasions, Of The Year’ for Sydney Olympic to stiffen his with the Wolves leading by three wins to one defence. In addition, he has added Jordan and also winning the tally of goals scored by Crighton, James Coombes and Dominic Cox (a 8 to 3. The most number of goals scored in a former APIA player). single match was five, a 3-2 score line in 2016. The Hakoah Sydney City East club last won At this stage in 2018 Hakoah and the Wolves honours in 2017 by winning the Waratah Cup sit in 7th and 8th on the point’s table with five Final defeating APIA Leichhardt 3-1, since wins apiece. Hakoah’s has scored twenty- being formed in 1939. The team on this day three goals to the Wolves’ fifteen. The average was - Anthony Bouzanis (Gk), Bradley Walker, percentage of goals scored to matches played Cameron Draper, Andre De Jong, Anthony is 1.0 (WW) and 1.5 (HSCE). The biggest win for Frangie, Dean Bereveskos, Oliver Green, Harry the teams are 3-0 (HCSE) and 2-1 (WW). Jones, Gavin Rae, Lee Jones and Michael Kouta. In the previous match, Hakoah drew 2-2 with Nathan Roberts and Neil Jablonski replaced Sydney Olympic and the Wolves defeated Frangie and Lee Jones respectively, with the Sutherland 2-1. coach being Gavin Rae. H. Jones, L. Jones and The best result sequence for the last five Jablonski were the scorers. games for the Wolves is win, draw, loss, draw In the last two seasons of the Mens 1 NPL and win, while the Hakoah sequence is loss win NSW competition and the club’s only seasons, draw win and draw. Hakoah Sydney City East finished in 9th The scorer of the previous goal coming into and 8th positions, which displays steady this match is Nick Montgomery and Anthony improvement. Frangie, with Frangie, together with Peter In the 2017 campaign, It took until the third Simonoski being the top scorers for their clubs round to bring up the first victory and Hakoah, with five and four goals respectively. Hakoah at the season’s conclusion, had garnered has nine contributors to the scoring with the twenty-four points from six wins and six draws, Wolves having eight. The away club has the scoring twenty-eight goals and conceding least amount of nil score matches with three to thirty-five, with a goal difference of minus 7. the Wolves’ four in 2018. 6 NPLNSW.COM.AU PLAYERS TO WATCH Watson, Eli Ohana, John Kosmina and Frank Anthony Frangie achieved a brace in his Farina with Eddie Thomson being the coach.