1999–2000 Northern Spirit FC season

Northern Spirit
1999–2000 season
Stadium	North Sydney Oval; North Power Stadium
National Soccer League	13th
Top goalscorer	David Seal (9)
Highest home attendance	16,134 vs. Sydney Olympic; (29 October 1999); National Soccer League
Lowest home attendance	3,481 vs. Gippsland Falcons; (24 March 2000); National Soccer League
Average home league attendance	8,304
Biggest win	3–0; vs. Sydney United; (7 January 2000); National Soccer League; 3–0; vs. Melbourne Knights; (7 April 2000); National Soccer League
Biggest defeat	0–3 (3 times); 1–4 (once)
	← 1998–99 2000–01 →

The 1999–2000 season was the second season in the history of Northern Spirit (now North West Sydney Spirit). It was also the second season in the National Soccer League where they finished 13th.

Players

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	FW	AUS	Graham Arnold
—	MF	ITA	Nicola Berti
—	MF	AUS	Paul Bilokapic
—	MF	AUS	Matthew Bingley
—	DF	AUS	Luke Casserly
—	FW	AUS	Simon Catanzaro
—	MF	AUS	Sean Cranney
—	MF	AUS	Troy Cranney
—	MF	ENG	Ian Crook
—	DF	AUS	Dean Culina
—	DF	AUS	Michael Cunico
—	MF	AUS	Robert Enes
—	MF	AUS	Anthony Faria
—	DF	AUS	Adam Griffiths
—	FW	AUS	Ryan Griffiths
—	GK	AUS	Paul Henderson


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	MF	AUS	Matthew Langdon
—	MF	AUS	Shane Lyons
—	DF	ENG	Phil Moss
—	FW	AUS	Tony Perinich
—	GK	AUS	John Perosh
—	DF	AUS	Michael Prentice
—	DF	AUS	Marko Rudan
—	FW	AUS	Abbas Saad
—	FW	AUS	David Seal
—	MF	AUS	Robbie Slater
—	MF	AUS	Adam Snyder
—	MF	AUS	Jack Sobczyk
—	GK	AUS	Jess Vanstrattan
—	DF	AUS	Paul Wearne
—	FW	AUS	Clayton Zane

Transfers

Transfers in

No.	Position	Player	Transferred from	Date	Ref
—	MF	Sean Cranney	Brisbane Strikers	July 1999	^[1]
—	MF	Shane Lyons	Nuneaton Borough		^[1]
—	FW	Abbas Saad	Sydney United		^[1]
—	FW	David Seal	Northampton Town		^[1]
—	DF	Dean Culina	Westvale SC	August 1999	^[1]
—	DF	Paul Wearne	Manly Warringah Dolphins	September 1999	^[1]

Transfers out

No.	Position	Player	Transferred to	Date	Ref
—	GK	Peter Blazincic	West Adelaide	June 1999	^[1]
—	MF	Paul Foster	Brisbane Strikers		^[1]
—	MF	Kresimir Marusic	Lommel		^[1]
—	MF	Gabriel Mendez	Sydney Olympic		^[1]
—	FW	Scott Ollerenshaw	Gladesville Ryde Magic		^[1]
—	FW	Daniel Watkins	Canberra Cosmos		^[1]
—	GK	John Perosh	Sydney Olympic	February 2000	^[1]
—	MF	Shane Lyons	Canberra City	April 2000	^[1]
—	MF	Phil Moss	Fraser Park		^[1]
—	FW	Clayton Zane	Molde		^[1]
—	DF	Luke Casserly	AIK	May 2000	^[1]

Competitions

Overview

Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Final position	Record
Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Final position	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
National Soccer League	4 October 1999	7 May 2000	Matchday 1	13th	34	11	3	20	41	58	−17	032.35
Total					34	11	3	20	41	58	−17	032.35

Last updated: complete
Source: Competitions

National Soccer League

League table

Pos	Team v t e	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 Finals series and 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

Results summary


Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
34	11	3	20	41	58	−17	36	8	2	7	22	22	0	3	1	13	19	36	−17

Source: worldfootball.net

Results by round

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32	33	34
Ground	A	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A
Result	W	L	L	D	L	L	L	W	L	W	W	L	W	L	W	D	L	W	L	D	L	W	L	L	W	L	W	L	W	L	L	L	L	L
Position	3	9	11	11	14	15	16	14	16	14	11	13	11	11	10	11	11	11	11	12	12	11	12	12	12	13	13	13	12	13	13	13	13	13

Source: worldfootball.net
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

4 October 1999 1	Sydney United	0–2	Northern Spirit	Sydney
		Report	Slater 53' Seal 60'	Stadium: Sydney United Sports Centre Attendance: 5,023 Referee: Mark Shield

10 October 1999 2	South Melbourne	2–0	Northern Spirit	Melbourne
	Curcija 16', 47'	Report		Stadium: Bob Jane Stadium Attendance: 6,917 Referee: Wayne Dade

15 October 1999 3	Northern Spirit	0–2	Newcastle Breakers	Sydney
		Report	Owens 14' Juchniewicz 89'	Stadium: North Sydney Oval Attendance: 12,733 Referee: Matthew Breeze

23 October 1999 4	Brisbane Strikers	2–2	Northern Spirit	Brisbane
	Foster 6' Grierson 40'	Report	Bingley 35' Saad 90'	Stadium: Suncorp Stadium Attendance: 4,009 Referee: Gerry Connolly

29 October 1999 5	Northern Spirit	0–1	Sydney Olympic	Sydney
		Report	Rudan 15' (o.g.)	Stadium: North Sydney Oval Attendance: 16,134 Referee: Mark Shield

7 November 1999 6	Wollongong Wolves	3–0	Northern Spirit	Wollongong
	Petrovski 1', 33' Young 62'	Report		Stadium: Brandon Park Attendance: 5,123 Referee: Eddie Lennie

13 November 1999 7	Marconi Fairfield	1–0	Northern Spirit	Sydney
	Babic 3'	Report		Stadium: Marconi Stadium Attendance: 9,123 Referee: Simon Micallef

19 November 1999 8	Northern Spirit	3–2	Football Kingz	Sydney
	Bingley 33' Saad 38' Slater 83'	Report	Stergiopoulos 17' Osman 85'	Stadium: North Sydney Oval Attendance: 8,933 Referee: Matthew Breeze

27 November 1999 9	Gippsland Falcons	2–0	Northern Spirit	Morwell
	Puca 21' Mandic 27'	Report		Stadium: Falcons Park Attendance: 2,173 Referee: Con Dioms

3 December 1999 10	Northern Spirit	1–0	Marconi Fairfield	Sydney
	Moss 58'	Report		Stadium: North Sydney Oval Attendance: 9,089 Referee: Gerry Connolly

12 December 1999 11	Melbourne Knights	0–1	Northern Spirit	Melbourne
		Report	Perinich 83'	Stadium: Knights Stadium Attendance: 3,820 Referee: Perry Mur

17 December 1999 12	Northern Spirit	0–3	Adelaide Force	Sydney
		Report	Mori 34', 58', 78'	Stadium: North Sydney Oval Attendance: 6,106 Referee: Simon Micallef

28 December 1999 13	Canberra Cosmos	1–3	Northern Spirit	Canberra
	Polak 50'	Report	Perinich 2', 73' Bingley 81'	Stadium: Bruce Stadium Attendance: 1,863 Referee: Con Diomis

2 January 2000 14	Northern Spirit	0–2	Brisbane Strikers	Sydney
		Report	McLaren 20' Grierson 29'	Stadium: North Sydney Oval Attendance: 6,714 Referee: Gerry Connolly

7 January 2000 15	Northern Spirit	3–0	Sydney United	Sydney
	Cunico 16' Seal 47' Langdon 67'	Report		Stadium: North Sydney Oval Attendance: 11,772 Referee: Simon Micallef

14 January 2000 16	Northern Spirit	1–1	Perth Glory	Sydney
	Casserly 32'	Report	Boutsianis 62'	Stadium: North Sydney Oval Attendance: 11,128 Referee: Brett Hugo

21 January 2000 17	Carlton	1–0	Northern Spirit	Melbourne
	Marth 86' (Pen.)	Report		Stadium: Olympic Park Attendance: 2,167 Referee: Matthew Breeze

26 January 2000 18	Northern Spirit	3–2	Carlton	Sydney
	Seal 50' Bingley 80' Saad 87'	Report	Thompson 38' Moreira 62'	Stadium: North Sydney Oval Attendance: 7,138 Referee: David Dwight

29 January 2000 19	Parramatta Power	4–3	Northern Spirit	Sydney
	Griffiths 9', 15' Santalab 49' Sterjovski 53'	Report	Seal 12', 52' Langdon 23'	Stadium: Parramatta Stadium Attendance: 8,120 Referee: Mark Shield

4 February 2000 20	Northern Spirit	2–2	South Melbourne	Sydney
	Seal 2' Perinich 72'	Report	Curcija 49' (pen.) Goutzioulis 88'	Stadium: North Sydney Oval Attendance: 7,205 Referee: Simon Micallef

11 February 2000 21	Newcastle Breakers	4–1	Northern Spirit	Newcastle
	Buonavoglia 35', 41' Angievski 80' Tancheski 82'	Report	Lyons 85'	Stadium: Breakers Stadium Attendance: 6,978 Referee: Gerry Connolly

18 February 2000 22	Northern Spirit	1–0	Brisbane Strikers	Sydney
	Bilokapic 57'	Report		Stadium: North Sydney Oval Attendance: 10,438 Referee: Eddie Lennie

27 February 2000 23	Sydney Olympic	3–1	Northern Spirit	Sydney
	Arambasic 16' Emerton 23' Cardozo 40'	Report	Slater 38'	Stadium: Belmore Sports Ground Attendance: 7,232 Referee: Simon Micallef

3 March 2000 24	Northern Spirit	0–3	Wollongong Wolves	Sydney
		Report	Young 21' (pen.) Cervinski 26' Horsley 57'	Stadium: North Sydney Oval Attendance: 5,500 Referee: Brett Hugo

10 March 2000 25	Northern Spirit	2–1	Marconi Fairfield	Sydney
	Babic 3' (o.g.) Seal 44' (pen.)	Report	Invincible 83'	Stadium: North Sydney Oval Attendance: 4,384 Referee: Matthew Breeze

17 March 2000 26	Football Kingz	3–2	Northern Spirit	Auckland
	Rufer 20' Ngata 55' (pen.) Perry 69'	Report	Seal 43' Cranney 62'	Stadium: North Harbour Stadium Attendance: 3,562 Referee: Simon Micallef

24 March 2000 27	Northern Spirit	2–0	Gippsland Falcons	Sydney
	Seal 40' Griffiths 77'	Report		Stadium: North Sydney Oval Attendance: 3,481 Referee: Con Diomis

2 April 2000 28	Marconi Fairfield	3–2	Northern Spirit	Sydney
	Awaritefe 50' Rudan 75' (o.g.) Babic 90+5'	Report	Langdon 55' Bilokapic 82' (pen.)	Stadium: Marconi Stadium Attendance: 6,235 Referee: Brett Hugo

7 April 2000 29	Northern Spirit	3–0	Melbourne Knights	Sydney
	Langdon 45' Griffiths 76' Bingley 82'	Report		Stadium: North Sydney Oval Attendance: 5,703 Referee: Craig Zetter

14 April 2000 30	Adelaide City	4–2	Northern Spirit	Adelaide
	Mori 37', 44', 69', 90'	Report	R. Griffiths 31' S. Cranney 90+2'	Stadium: Hindmarsh Stadium Attendance: 4,920 Referee: Jeremy Blaney

22 April 2000 31	Northern Spirit	1–2	Canberra Cosmos	Gosford
	R. Griffiths 55'	Report	Clark 36', 57'	Stadium: North Power Stadium Attendance: 10,214 Referee: Mark Shield

25 April 2000 32	Brisbane Strikers	2–0	Northern Spirit	Brisbane
	Grierson 75' Srhoj 82'	Report		Stadium: Suncorp Stadium Attendance: 1,669 Referee: Matthew Breeze

28 April 2000 33	Northern Spirit	0–1	Parramatta Power	Sydney
		Report	Gibson 79'	Stadium: North Sydney Oval Attendance: 4,512 Referee: Con Diomis

7 May 2000 34	Perth Glory	1–0	Northern Spirit	Perth
	Harnwell 38'	Report		Stadium: Perth Oval Attendance: 13,554 Referee: Matthew Breeze

Statistics

Appearances and goals

Players with no appearances not included in the list.^[2]^[3]

No.	Pos.	Nat.	Name	National Soccer League		Total
No.	Pos.	Nat.	Name	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
—	FW		Graham Arnold	5(1)	0	6	0
—	MF		Nicola Berti	8	0	8	0
—	MF		Paul Bilokapic	24(2)	2	26	2
—	MF		Matthew Bingley	27	5	27	5
—	DF		Luke Casserly	18	1	18	1
—	FW		Simon Catanzaro	4(13)	0	17	0
—	MF		Sean Cranney	9(2)	1	11	1
—	MF		Troy Cranney	28(4)	1	32	1
—	MF		Ian Crook	7(5)	0	12	0
—	DF		Dean Culina	2(1)	0	3	0
—	DF		Michael Cunico	22(10)	1	32	1
—	MF		Robert Enes	20	0	20	0
—	MF		Anthony Faria	3(1)	0	4	0
—	DF		Adam Griffiths	12(4)	0	16	0
—	FW		Ryan Griffiths	6(5)	4	11	4
—	GK		Paul Henderson	14	0	14	0
—	MF		Matthew Langdon	25	4	25	4
—	MF		Shane Lyons	4(6)	1	10	1
—	DF		Phil Moss	7(9)	1	16	1
—	FW		Tony Perinich	14(3)	4	17	4
—	GK		John Perosh	17	0	17	0
—	DF		Michael Prentice	0(1)	0	1	0
—	DF		Marko Rudan	18(4)	0	22	0
—	FW		Abbas Saad	8(5)	3	13	3
—	FW		David Seal	17(3)	9	20	9
—	MF		Robbie Slater	27	3	27	3
—	MF		Adam Snyder	1(8)	0	9	0
—	MF		Jack Sobczyk	17(3)	0	20	0
—	GK		Jess Vanstrattan	3	0	3	0
—	DF		Paul Wearne	4	0	4	0
—	FW		Clayton Zane	3	0	3	0

Clean sheets

Rank	No.	Pos	Name	National Soccer League	Total
1	—	GK	Paul Henderson	4	4
2	—	GK	John Perosh	3	3
Total				7	7

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m ⁿ ^o ^p ^q "NWS Spirit FC » Transfers 1999/2000". worldfootball.net. Retrieved 4 October 2022.
^ "NWS Spirit FC » Appearances A-League 1999/2000". aus.worldfootball.net. Retrieved 3 October 2022.
^ "Northern Spirit roster for 1999/2000". OzFootball.net.

[transfers-1] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m ⁿ ^o ^p ^q "NWS Spirit FC » Transfers 1999/2000". worldfootball.net. Retrieved 4 October 2022.

[2] "NWS Spirit FC » Appearances A-League 1999/2000". aus.worldfootball.net. Retrieved 3 October 2022.

[3] "Northern Spirit roster for 1999/2000". OzFootball.net.

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1999–2000 season
Stadium	North Sydney Oval North Power Stadium
National Soccer League	13th
Top goalscorer	David Seal (9)
Highest home attendance	16,134 vs. Sydney Olympic (29 October 1999) National Soccer League
Lowest home attendance	3,481 vs. Gippsland Falcons (24 March 2000) National Soccer League
Average home league attendance	8,304
Biggest win	3–0 vs. Sydney United (7 January 2000) National Soccer League 3–0 vs. Melbourne Knights (7 April 2000) National Soccer League
Biggest defeat	0–3 (3 times) 1–4 (once)
← 1998–99 2000–01 →