| 1999–2000 season | |
|---|---|
| Manager | Nick Theodorakopoulos | 
| Stadium | Brandon Park, North Wollongong | 
| NSL | 2nd | 
| NSL Finals Series | Champions | 
| Top goalscorer | League: Stuart Young (19) All: Stuart Young (19) | 
The 1999–2000 Wollongong Wolves season was the club's 20th season since its establishment in 1980. The club participated in the National Soccer League for the 19th time. They were crowned runners-up in the premiership and the champions of the finals series.
Players
Squad
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Source: WorldFootball
Transfers in
| No. | Pos. | Nat. | Name | Age | Moving from | Type | Transfer window | Ends | Transfer fee | Source | 
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Transfers out
| N | Pos. | Nat. | Name | Age | Moving to | Type | Transfer window | Transfer fee | Source | 
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Technical staff
| Position | Name | 
|---|---|
| Manager | .svg.png.webp) Nick Theodorakopoulos | 
| Assistant Manager | .svg.png.webp) Ron Corry | 
Statistics
Squad statistics
| N | Pos. | Nat. | Name | Total | NSL | NSL Finals | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apps | Goals |  |  |  | Apps | Goals |  |  |  | Apps | Goals |  |  |  | ||||
| 1 | GK | .svg.png.webp) | Les Pogliacomi | 34 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 
| 2 | DF | .svg.png.webp) | George Souris | 31 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 22+7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 
| 3 | DF | .svg.png.webp) | Alvin Ceccoli | 27 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 
| 4 | DF | .svg.png.webp) | Robbie Stanton | 38 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 34 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 
| 5 | DF | .svg.png.webp) | David Cervinski | 35 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 28+3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 
| 6 | MF | .svg.png.webp) | Matt Horsley | 36 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 32 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 
| 7 | MF | .svg.png.webp) | Paul Reid | 31 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 23+4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 
| 8 | MF | .svg.png.webp) | Anthony Surjan | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9+12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 
| 10 | FW |  | Stuart Young | 33 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 29 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 
| 11 | MF | .svg.png.webp) | Scott Chipperfield | 35 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 31 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 
| 12 | MF |  | Neil Harlock | 20 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13+7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 
| 13 | MF | .svg.png.webp) | Noel Spencer | 35 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16+15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 
| 14 | FW | .svg.png.webp) | Sasho Petrovski | 36 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24+8 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 
| 15 | DF | .svg.png.webp) | David Huxley | 31 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 19+11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 
| 16 | MF | .svg.png.webp) | Bevan Sullivan | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 
| 17 | MF | .svg.png.webp) | Ben Blake | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1+7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 
| 18 | FW |  | Esala Masi | 30 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 16+10 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2+2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 
| 20 | GK | .svg.png.webp) | Daniel Beltrame | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 
| 21 | MF | .svg.png.webp) | Mark Robertson | 12 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4+5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 
| 23 | MF | .svg.png.webp) | Dino Mennillo | 17 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 
| DF | .svg.png.webp) | Paul Dimech | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| DF | .svg.png.webp) | Graeme Goodfellow | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| DF | .svg.png.webp) | Peter Lahanas | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| DF | .svg.png.webp) | Paul O'Grady | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| MF | .svg.png.webp) | Chad Bishop | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| FW | .svg.png.webp) | Sasho Dimoski | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
- Last updated: 18 July 2015
- Source: worldfootball.net
 = Number of bookings; = Number of bookings; = Number of sending offs after a second yellow card; = Number of sending offs after a second yellow card; = Number of sending offs by a direct red card. = Number of sending offs by a direct red card.
Competitions
Overall
| Competition | Started round | Final position / round | First match | Last match | 
|---|---|---|---|---|
| National Soccer League | — | 2nd | 3 October 1999 | 7 May 2000 | 
| National Soccer League Finals | Semi-finals | Champions | 21 May 2015 | 11 June 2015 | 
National Soccer League
League table
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Perth Glory | 34 | 19 | 7 | 8 | 60 | 42 | +18 | 64 | Qualification for the Finals series | 
| 2 | Wollongong Wolves (C) | 34 | 17 | 9 | 8 | 72 | 44 | +28 | 60 | Qualification for the Oceania Club Championship | 
| 3 | Carlton | 34 | 17 | 7 | 10 | 55 | 39 | +16 | 58 | Qualification for the Finals series | 
| 4 | Adelaide Force | 34 | 16 | 8 | 10 | 57 | 37 | +20 | 56 | |
| 5 | Sydney Olympic | 34 | 16 | 7 | 11 | 56 | 40 | +16 | 55 | |
| 6 | Marconi Fairfield | 34 | 16 | 7 | 11 | 53 | 49 | +4 | 55 | |
| 7 | Newcastle Breakers | 34 | 14 | 9 | 11 | 44 | 44 | 0 | 51 | |
| 8 | Auckland Kingz | 34 | 15 | 5 | 14 | 57 | 59 | −2 | 50 | |
| 9 | Brisbane Strikers | 34 | 13 | 10 | 11 | 46 | 40 | +6 | 49 | |
| 10 | South Melbourne | 34 | 14 | 7 | 13 | 55 | 51 | +4 | 49 | |
| 11 | Parramatta Power | 34 | 14 | 5 | 15 | 52 | 47 | +5 | 47 | |
| 12 | Melbourne Knights | 34 | 13 | 6 | 15 | 44 | 57 | −13 | 45 | |
| 13 | Northern Spirit | 34 | 11 | 3 | 20 | 41 | 58 | −17 | 36 | |
| 14 | Canberra Cosmos | 34 | 9 | 9 | 16 | 44 | 64 | −20 | 36 | |
| 15 | Gippsland Falcons | 34 | 7 | 8 | 19 | 23 | 49 | −26 | 29 | |
| 16 | Sydney United | 34 | 5 | 5 | 24 | 19 | 58 | −39 | 20 | 
Source: rsssf.com
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions
Results by round
Matches
| 3 October 1999 1 | Wollongong Wolves | 2–1 | South Melbourne | Wollongong, New South Wales | 
| Masi  6' Harlock  36' | Report | Magnacca  89' | Stadium: Brandon Park Attendance: 4,831 Referee: Matthew Breeze | 
| 8 October 1999 2 | Newcastle Breakers | 2–2 | Wollongong Wolves | Newcastle, New South Wales | 
| Pryce  36' Buonavoglia  54' | Report | Masi  41' Petrovski  88' | Stadium: Breakers Stadium Attendance: 6,023 Referee: Simon Micallef | 
| 16 October 1999 3 | Wollongong Wolves | 0–4 | Sydney Olympic | Wollongong, New South Wales | 
| Report | Cardozo  7', 70', 80' Arambasic  28' | Stadium: Brandon Park Attendance: 5,021 Referee: Gerry Connolly | 
| 24 October 1999 4 | Sydney Olympic | 1–1 | Wollongong Wolves | Sydney, New South Wales | 
| Tsekenis  77' | Report | Young  78' | Stadium: Belmore Sports Ground Attendance: 5,035 Referee: Brett Hugo | 
| 29 October 1999 5 | Football Kingz | 3–3 | Wollongong Wolves | Auckland, New Zealand | 
| De Jong  51' Mennillo  77' Jones  89' | Report | Horsley  3' Reid  38' Masi  61' | Stadium: North Harbour Stadium Attendance: 4,500 Referee: Matthew Breeze | 
| 7 November 1999 6 | Wollongong Wolves | 3–0 | Northern Spirit | Wollongong, New South Wales | 
| Petrovski  1', 33' Young  62' | Report | Stadium: Brandon Park Attendance: 5,123 Referee: Eddie Lennie | 
| 13 November 1999 7 | Football Kingz | 2–4 | Wollongong Wolves | Christchurch, New Zealand | 
| Rufer  61' (pen.), 84' (pen.) | Report | Masi  36' Chipperfield  40' Young  70', 82' (pen.) | Stadium: Jade Stadium Attendance: 4,186 Referee: D. Rugg | 
| 21 November 1999 8 | Wollongong Wolves | 2–0 | Gippsland Falcons | Wollongong, New South Wales | 
| Cervinski  5' Petrovski  57' | Report | Stadium: Brandon Park Attendance: 3,450 Referee: B. Precious | 
| 28 November 1999 9 | Marconi-Fairfield | 1–0 | Wollongong Wolves | Sydney, New South Wales | 
| Trajanovski  22' (pen.) | Report | Stadium: Marconi Stadium Attendance: 5,774 Referee: Brett Hugo | 
| 3 December 1999 10 | Wollongong Wolves | 1–2 | Melbourne Knights | Wollongong, New South Wales | 
| Souris  22' | Report | A. Cervinski  64' Kelic  68' | Stadium: Brandon Park Attendance: 3,414 Referee: Mark Shield | 
| 20 December 1999 11 | Adelaide Force | 1–2 | Wollongong Wolves | Adelaide, South Australia | 
| Pelosi  59' | Report | Petrovski  1' Chipperfield  89' | Stadium: Hindmarsh Stadium Attendance: 3,764 Referee: Craig Zetter | 
| 19 December 1999 12 | Wollongong Wolves | 3–0 | Canberra Cosmos | Wollongong, New South Wales | 
| Petrovski  15', 83' Chipperfield  77' | Report | Stadium: Brandon Park Attendance: 2,497 Referee: David Dwight | 
| 23 December 1999 15 | South Melbourne | 1–1 | Wollongong Wolves | Melbourne, Victoria | 
| Curcija  83' (pen.) | Report | Stuart Young  36' (pen.) | Stadium: Bob Jane Stadium Attendance: 4,639 Referee: David Dwight | 
| 28 December 1999 13 | Brisbane Strikers | 1–1 | Wollongong Wolves | Brisbane, Queensland | 
| Harris  56' | Report | Petrovski  29' | Stadium: Suncorp Stadium Attendance: 2,611 Referee: Simon Micallef | 
| 2 January 2000 14 | Wollongong Wolves | 4–3 | Parramatta Power | Wollongong, New South Wales | 
| Masi  2', 10', 58' Chipperfield  56' | Report | Burns  7' Byrnes  16' Sterjovski  72' | Stadium: Brandon Park Attendance: 3,844 Referee: Eddie Lennie | 
| 16 January 2000 16 | Wollongong Wolves | 3–2 | Carlton | Wollongong, New South Wales | 
| Chipperfield  15' Young  59' Masi  83' | Report | Thompson  17' McPherson  86' | Stadium: Brandon Park Attendance: 4,294 Referee: Mark Shield | 
| 23 January 2000 17 | Wollongong Wolves | 1–0 | Sydney United | Wollongong, New South Wales | 
| Petrovski  8' | Report | Stadium: Brandon Park Attendance: 5,842 Referee: Con Diomis | 
| 26 January 2000 18 | Sydney United | 2–5 | Wollongong Wolves | Sydney, New South Wales | 
| Bosnar  10' Maric  78' | Report | Young  3', 11' Horsley  71' Masi  85' Chipperfield  88' | Stadium: Sydney United Sports Centre Attendance: 3,112 Referee: Matthew Breeze | 
| 30 January 2000 19 | Perth Glory | 2–1 | Wollongong Wolves | Perth, Western Australia | 
| Buljan  34' Edwards  63' | Report | Chipperfield  86' | Stadium: Perth Oval Attendance: 9,657 Referee: Gerry Connolly | 
| 6 February 2000 20 | Wollongong Wolves | 1–2 | Newcastle Breakers | Wollongong, New South Wales | 
| Chipperfield  7' | Report | Buonavoglia  60' Owens  86' | Stadium: Brandon Park Attendance: 4,438 Referee: Brett Hugo | 
| 13 February 2000 21 | Sydney Olympic | 2–2 | Wollongong Wolves | Sydney, New South Wales | 
| Emerton  27' Baillie  81' | Report | Mennillo  13' Ceccoli  48' | Stadium: Belmore Sports Ground Attendance: 5,638 Referee: Simon Micallef | 
| 19 February 2000 22 | Wollongong Wolves | 1–1 | Sydney Olympic | Wollongong, New South Wales | 
| Mennillo  33' | Report | Arambasic  51' | Stadium: Brandon Park Attendance: 7,351 Referee: Matthew Breeze | 
| 27 February 2000 23 | Wollongong Wolves | 3–1 | Football Kingz | Wollongong, New South Wales | 
| Young  45', 56' Masi  49' | Report | Ngata  38' (pen.) | Stadium: Brandon Park Attendance: 3,313 Referee: D. Rugg | 
| 3 March 2000 24 | Northern Spirit | 0–3 | Wollongong Wolves | Sydney, New South Wales | 
| Report | Young  21' (pen.) Cervinski  26' Horsley  57' | Stadium: North Sydney Oval Attendance: 5,500 Referee: Brett Hugo | 
| 12 March 2000 25 | Wollongong Wolves | 5–1 | Football Kingz | Wollongong, New South Wales | 
| Mennillo  48' Reid  59' Horsley  60' Young  85' Blake  90+2' | Report | Bunce  29' | Stadium: Brandon Park Attendance: 3,618 Referee: Con Diomis | 
| 18 March 2000 26 | Gippsland Falcons | 1–1 | Wollongong Wolves | Morwell, Victoria | 
| Vargas  66' (pen.) | Report | Mennillo  9' | Stadium: Mobil Park Attendance: 1,700 Referee: D. Rugg | 
| 26 March 2000 27 | Wollongong Wolves | 1–2 | Marconi-Fairfield | Wollongong, New South Wales | 
| Masi  27' | Report | Awaritefe  35' Babic  45' | Stadium: Brandon Park Attendance: 7,338 Referee: Eddie Lennie | 
| 2 April 2000 28 | Melbourne Knights | 0–4 | Wollongong Wolves | Melbourne, Victoria | 
| Report | Chipperfield  18', 38' Petrovski  28', 70' | Stadium: Knights Stadium Attendance: 3,631 Referee: J. Blaney | 
| 9 April 2000 29 | Wollongong Wolves | 1–0 | Adelaide Force | Wollongong, New South Wales | 
| Petrovski  34' | Report | Stadium: Brandon Park Attendance: 5,518 Referee: Eddie Lennie | 
| 14 April 2000 30 | Canberra Cosmos | 0–6 | Wollongong Wolves | Canberra, ACT | 
| Report | Chipperfield  32', 45' Young  64', 76' (pen.), 80', 90+1' | Stadium: Bruce Stadium Attendance: 1,214 Referee: Craig Zetter | 
| 22 April 2000 31 | Wollongong Wolves | 2–2 | Brisbane Strikers | Wollongong, New South Wales | 
| Petrovski  17', 57' | Report | North  85' Foster  90+5' | Stadium: Brandon Park Attendance: 5,253 Referee: Simon Micallef | 
| 25 April 2000 32 | Parramatta Power | 1–2 | Wollongong Wolves | Sydney, New South Wales | 
| Griffiths  54' | Report | Young  28' Cervinski  77' | Stadium: Parramatta Stadium Attendance: 5,180 Referee: Eddie Lennie | 
| 30 April 2000 33 | Wollongong Wolves | 0–1 | Perth Glory | Wollongong, New South Wales | 
| Report | Harnwell  50' | Stadium: Brandon Park Attendance: 8,815 Referee: Gerry Connolly | 
| 7 May 2000 34 | Carlton | 2–1 | Wollongong Wolves | Melbourne, Victoria | 
| Moreira  17' Marth  54' (pen.) | Report | Ceccoli  26' | Stadium: Olympic Park Stadium Attendance: 1,704 Referee: Simon Micallef | 
Final Series
| 21 May 2000 Major Semifinal (L1) | Wollongong Wolves | 1–0 | Perth Glory | Wollongong, New South Wales | 
| Young  28' (pen.) | Report | Stadium: Brandon Park Attendance: 8,326 Referee: Brett Hugo | 
| 27 May 2000 Major Semifinal (L2) | Perth Glory | 2–0 (a.e.t.) | Wollongong Wolves | Perth, Western Australia | 
| Trajkovski  85' (pen.) Ergic  93' | Report | Stadium: Subiaco Oval Attendance: 42,760 Referee: Mark Shield | 
| 4 June 2000 Preliminary Final | Wollongong Wolves | 2–1 | Carlton | Wollongong, New South Wales | 
| Masi  24' Young  45' | Report | Markovski  18' | Stadium: Brandon Park Attendance: 8,034 Referee: Simon Micallef | 
| 11 June 2000 Grand Final | Perth Glory | 3–3 (a.e.t.) (6–7 p) | Wollongong Wolves | Perth, Western Australia | 
| 13:30 AWST | Despotovski  20' Milicevic  33' Harnwell  42' | Report | Chipperfield  56' Horsely  69' Reid  89' | Stadium: Subiaco Oval Attendance: 43,242 Referee: Mark Shield | 
| Penalties | ||||
| Trajkovski  Harnwell  Schwertz  Naven  Wehman  Junior   Edwards  Milicevic   Afkos  | Young   Robertson  Ceccoli  Pogliacomi  Petrovski  Horsley  Mennillo  Chipperfield  Reid  | |||
References
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