2000–01 Football Kingz FC season

Football Kingz
2000–01 season
Stadium	Ericsson Stadium; Westpac Trust Stadium; Jade Stadium
National Soccer League	8th
Top goalscorer	Dennis Ibrahim (12)
Highest home attendance	13,111 vs. Marconi Fairfield; (16 March 2001); National Soccer League
Lowest home attendance	3,030 vs. Sydney Olympic; (26 January 2001); National Soccer League
Average home league attendance	6,619
Biggest win	5–1; vs. Newcastle United; (27 October 2000); National Soccer League
Biggest defeat	1–6; vs. South Melbourne; (25 April 2001); National Soccer League
	← 1999–2000 2001–02 →

The 2000–01 season was the second season in the history of Football Kingz. It was also the second season in the National Soccer League.

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
1	GK	AUS	Julio Cuello
2	DF	NZL	Che Bunce
3	MF	NZL	Aaran Lines
4	DF	AUS	Levent Osman
5	DF	NZL	Jonathan Perry
6	MF	NZL	Chris Jackson
7	FW	NZL	Wynton Rufer
8	DF	NZL	Gerard Davis
9	FW	NZL	Paul Urlovic
10	MF	GER	Andreas Bluhm
11	FW	GER	Dennis Ibrahim
12	MF	NZL	Harry Ngata (Captain)
13	MF	NZL	Jeff Campbell


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
14	MF	NZL	Noah Hickey
15	DF	NZL	Ivan Vicelich
16	DF	NZL	Lee Jones
17	FW	NZL	Leigh Kenyon
18	DF	AUS	Michael Cartwright
20	GK	NZL	Chris Marsh
21	DF	NZL	Riki van Steeden
22	FW	CHI	Aaron Silva
23	GK	NZL	Simon Eaddy
25	FW	NZL	Tim Stevens
26	DF	NZL	Sean Douglas
30	MF	NZL	Mark Burton
—	GK	NZL	Michael Utting

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	15 October 2000	29 April 2001	Matchday 1	8th	29	12	6	11	52	52	+0	041.38
Total					29	12	6	11	52	52	+0	041.38

Source: Competitions

National Soccer League

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
6	Melbourne Knights	30	14	7	9	61	46	+15	49	Qualification for the Finals series
7	Adelaide Force	30	12	7	11	54	54	0	43
8	Football Kingz	30	12	7	11	52	52	0	43
9	Parramatta Power	30	13	3	14	42	44	−2	42
10	Sydney United	30	12	6	12	46	56	−10	42

Source: rsssf.com
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored

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
Ground	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	A	H	H	A	A	H	A	H	H	H	A	H	A	H	H	H	A
Result	L	W	W	L	L	L	W	L	D	D	L	W	D	L	D	W	W	L	L	D	D	W	W	D	W	W	L	W	L	W
Position	14	10	6	8	9	12	10	12	12	12	12	12	12	13	13	12	10	10	12	11	13	11	9	10	9	8	8	7	9	8

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

Matches

15 October 2000 1	Sydney Olympic	2–0	Football Kingz	Sydney
	Moric 34' Marusic 78'	Report		Stadium: Belmore Sports Ground Attendance: 5,873 Referee: M. Shield

20 October 2000 2	Football Kingz	2–1	Eastern Pride	Auckland
	Stevens 21', 53'	Report	Hutchinson 10'	Stadium: Ericsson Stadium Attendance: 4,366 Referee: D. Rugg

27 October 2000 3	Football Kingz	5–1	Newcastle United	Auckland
	Stevens 7', 17' Urlovic 55', 84' Silva 88'	Report	McBreen 76'	Stadium: Ericsson Stadium Attendance: 5,182 Referee: N. Fox

3 November 2000 4	Northern Spirit	4–2	Football Kingz	Sydney
	Burgess 23', 30', 35' Mendez 65' (pen.)	Report	Vicelich 41' Ngata 76' (pen.)	Stadium: North Sydney Oval Attendance: 4,294 Referee: M. Breeze

11 November 2000 5	Football Kingz	0–1	Adelaide Force	Auckland
		Report	Lagati 80'	Stadium: Ericsson Stadium Attendance: 6,975 Referee: C. Diomis

18 November 2000 6	Perth Glory	5–1	Football Kingz	Perth
	Mori 29', 34', 37' Maloney 4', 68'	Report	Urlovic 39' (pen.)	Stadium: Perth Oval Attendance: 11,909 Referee: J. Blaney

24 November 2000 7	Football Kingz	3–0^[a]	Carlton	Auckland
		Report		Stadium: Ericsson Stadium Attendance: 6,605 Referee: B. Hugo

2 December 2000 8	Marconi Fairfield	3–1	Football Kingz	Sydney
	Browlie 21', 75' Trajanovski 65'	Report	Burton 23'	Stadium: Marconi Stadium Attendance: 3,087 Referee: G. Connolly

8 December 2000 9	Football Kingz	2–2	Melbourne Knights	Auckland
	Burton 84' Rufer 88'	Report	Kiratzoglou 33' Cervinski 89'	Stadium: Ericsson Stadium Attendance: 5,559 Referee: M. Shield

16 December 2000 10	Brisbane Strikers	1–1	Football Kingz	Brisbane
	Foster 71'	Report	Rufer 47'	Stadium: Suncorp Stadium Attendance: 2,665 Referee: K. Stott

22 December 2000 11	Football Kingz	0–1	Parramatta Power	Auckland
		Report	Griffiths 19'	Stadium: Ericsson Stadium Attendance: 8,120 Referee: S. Micallef

30 December 2000 12	Canberra Cosmos	0–2	Football Kingz	Canberra
		Report	Ibrahim 33' Vicelich 73'	Stadium: Bruce Stadium Attendance: 1,534 Referee: C. Zetter

5 January 2001 13	Wollongong Wolves	1–1	Football Kingz	Wollongong
	Young 10' (pen.)	Report	Vicelich 57'	Stadium: WIN Stadium Attendance: 4,077 Referee: M. Breeze

14 January 2001 14	South Melbourne	3–0	Football Kingz	Melbourne
	Trimboli 18' (pen.) Kalogeracos 32' Coveny 76'	Report		Stadium: Bob Jane Stadium Attendance: 5,782 Referee: S. Micallef

19 January 2001 15	Football Kingz	1–1	Sydney United	Wellington
	Ibrahim 52'	Report	Awaritefe 18'	Stadium: Westpac Trust Stadium Attendance: 11,622 Referee: J. Blaney

26 January 2001 16	Football Kingz	1–0	Sydney Olympic	Auckland
	Burton 55'	Report		Stadium: Ericsson Stadium Attendance: 3,030 Referee: D. Rugg

3 February 2001 17	Eastern Pride	1–3	Football Kingz	Morwell
	Motsiopoulos 72'	Report	Ibrahim 27' Lines 49' Urlovic 67'	Stadium: Mobil Park Attendance: 1,239 Referee: P. Mur

9 February 2001 18	Newcastle United	1–0	Football Kingz	Newcastle
	Juchniewicz 37'	Report		Stadium: Marathon Stadium Attendance: 6,568 Referee: J. Blaney

16 February 2001 19	Football Kingz	1–2	Northern Spirit	Auckland
	Campbell 49'	Report	Burgess 2', 60'	Stadium: Ericsson Stadium Attendance: 5,988 Referee: C. Zetter

23 February 2001 20	Adelaide Force	1–1	Football Kingz	Adelaide
	Day 68'	Report	Cartwright 88'	Stadium: Hidmarsh Stadium Attendance: 3,637 Referee: C. Diomis

2 March 2001 21	Football Kingz	3–3	Perth Glory	Christchurch
	Naven 17' (o.g.) Rufer 38' Campbell 76'	Report	Despotovski 32' Eaddy 72' (o.g.) Harnwell 90'	Stadium: Lancaster Park Attendance: 4,554 Referee: M. Breeze

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Football Kingz

3–0^[b]

Carlton

16 March 2001 23	Football Kingz	1–0	Marconi Fairfield	Wellington
	Ngata 87'	Report		Stadium: Westpac Trust Stadium Attendance: 13,111 Referee: C. Diomis

25 March 2001 24	Melbourne Knights	2–2	Football Kingz	Melbourne
	Rajher 10' Pelikan 54'	Report	Ibrahim 16' Lines 73'	Stadium: Knights Stadium Attendance: 5,226 Referee: P. Mur

30 March 2001 25	Football Kingz	3–2	Brisbane Strikers	Auckland
	Ibrahim 28', 38', 43' (pen.)	Report	Rech 23' Harris 52'	Stadium: Ericsson Stadium Attendance: 4,891 Referee: D. Rugg

6 April 2001 26	Parramatta Power	1–3	Football Kingz	Sydney
	Roodenburg 31'	Report	Ibrahim 14', 79' Bluhm 90+3'	Stadium: Parramatta Stadium Attendance: 1,544 Referee: G. Connolly

13 April 2001 27	Football Kingz	2–3	Canberra Cosmos	Auckland
	Rufer 33' Perry 45'	Report	Ivanic 9' Aliffi 22' Anthopoulos 85'	Stadium: Ericsson Stadium Attendance: 6,941 Referee: C. Zetter

20 April 2001 28	Football Kingz	3–2	Wollongong Wolves	Auckland
	Urlovic 45' Rufer 87' (pen.), 90+2'	Report	Young 13' Reid 50'	Stadium: Ericsson Stadium Attendance: 3,616 Referee: N. Fox

25 April 2001 29	Football Kingz	1–6	South Melbourne	Auckland
	Silva 11'	Report	Kalogeracos 18', 27' Vlahos 68' Colosimo 73', 80' Susa 84'	Stadium: Ericsson Stadium Attendance: 8,738 Referee: D. Rugg

29 April 2001 30	Sydney United	2–4	Football Kingz	Sydney
	Asaovic 37' (pen.) Menapi 45'	Report	Ibrahim 5', 15', 20' Perry 46'	Stadium: Sydney United Sports Centre Attendance: 5,450 Referee: M. Shield

Notes:

^ Awarded score. Original score 0–0; result was changed after Carlton abandoned the 2000–01 National Soccer League season after eight rounds.
^ Awarded score. Match was not played and was automatically awarded 3–0 to Football Kingz; result was given after Carlton abandoned the 2000–01 National Soccer League season after eight rounds.

Statistics

Appearances and goals

Players with no appearances not included in the list.^[1]^[2]

No.	Pos.	Nat.	Name	National Soccer League		Total
No.	Pos.	Nat.	Name	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1	GK		Julio Cuello	9	0	9	0
2	DF		Che Bunce	8(7)	0	15	0
3	MF		Aaran Lines	27(1)	2	28	2
4	DF		Levent Osman	22(5)	0	27	0
5	DF		Jonathan Perry	13(6)	2	19	2
6	MF		Chris Jackson	12(2)	0	14	0
7	FW		Wynton Rufer	14(4)	6	18	6
8	DF		Gerard Davis	10(11)	0	21	0
9	FW		Paul Urlovic	17(4)	5	21	5
10	FW		Andreas Bluhm	16(5)	1	21	1
11	FW		Dennis Ibrahim	17(7)	12	24	12
12	MF		Harry Ngata	18(10)	2	28	2
13	MF		Jeff Campbell	12(2)	2	14	2
14	MF		Noah Hickey	3(2)	0	5	0
15	DF		Ivan Vicelich	12	3	12	3
16	DF		Lee Jones	3(3)	0	6	0
18	DF		Michael Cartwright	22(3)	1	25	1
20	GK		Chris Marsh	12	0	12	0
21	DF		Riki van Steeden	10(4)	0	14	0
22	FW		Aaron Silva	4(4)	2	8	2
23	GK		Simon Eaddy	8	0	8	0
25	FW		Tim Stevens	8(5)	4	13	4
26	DF		Sean Douglas	19	0	19	0
30	MF		Mark Burton	23	3	23	3

Clean sheets

Rank	No.	Pos	Name	National Soccer League	Total
1	23	GK	Simon Eaddy	2	2
2	1	GK	Julio Cuello	1	1
2	20	GK	Chris Marsh	1	1
Total				4	4

References

^ "Football Kingz » Appearances A-League 2000/2001". aus.worldfootball.net. Retrieved 3 September 2022.
^ "Football Kingz playing roster for 2000/2001". OzFootball.net.

[1] Awarded score. Original score 0–0; result was changed after Carlton abandoned the 2000–01 National Soccer League season after eight rounds.

[2] Awarded score. Match was not played and was automatically awarded 3–0 to Football Kingz; result was given after Carlton abandoned the 2000–01 National Soccer League season after eight rounds.

[3] "Football Kingz » Appearances A-League 2000/2001". aus.worldfootball.net. Retrieved 3 September 2022.

[4] "Football Kingz playing roster for 2000/2001". OzFootball.net.

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