List of Wollongong Wolves FC seasons

Wollongong Wolves FC is an association football club based in Wollongong, Australia. The club was formed in 1980 as has competed at the highest tier of soccer in Australia. Currently, the club participates in the National Premier Leagues NSW competition, which is the second highest tier of soccer in Australia. The club has won one continental championship, two national championships and two state championships. After participating of NPL NSW, the club set to joined Australian Championship from October 2025.

Key

Key to league competitions NSL = National Soccer League NSD = National Second Division NSW Div. 1 = New South Wales Division One NSWPL = New South Wales Premier League NPL NSW = National Premier Leagues NSW Key to colours and symbols: 1st or W Winners 2nd or RU Runners-up 3rd Third ♦ Top scorer in division

Key to finals and cup record: PF = Preliminary Final PO = Playoff Final EF = Elimination Final 1R, 2R, 3R...7R = 1st Round, 2nd Round, 3rd Round...7th Round R32 = Round of 32 R16 = Round of 16 GS = Group Stage QF = Quarter-finalist SF = Semi-finalist RU = Runners-Up W = Winners

Key to tournaments: OCC = OFC Club Championship FCWC = FIFA Club World Cup NPLF = National Premier Leagues Finals

Seasons

Season	League										Waratah Cup	Australia Cup [a]	Other	Top scorer
	Div	P	W	D	L	F	A	Pts	Pos	Finals				Player(s)	G
1981	NSL	30	8	12	10	35	39	28	11th	N/A		1R		Jim McBreen [b]	8
1982	NSL	30	16	3	11	43	46	35	3rd	N/A		R16		Phil O'Connor [c]	18
1983	NSL	30	4	15	11	41	55	27	15th	N/A		R16		Roy Cotton [d]	13
1984	NSL/NC [e]	28	5	5	18	22	59	15	12th			GS		Peter Kotamanidis [f]	9
1985	NSL/NC [e]	22	5	6	11	29	46	16	10th			R16		Pat Brodnik [g]	6
1986	NSL/NC [e]	22	9	5	8	26	25	23	8th			R16		Robert Giraldi [h]	8
1987	NSW Div. 1	26	20	2	4	61	30	42	1st	W
1988	NSL	26	13	8	5	44	32	34	1st	PF		1R		Marshall Soper [i]	6
1989	NSL	26	8	7	11	22	29	23	9th			QF
1989–90	NSL	26	8	4	14	30	48	20	11th			R16
1990–91	NSL	26	8	8	10	32	34	24	9th			QF
1991–92	NSL	26	9	10	7	24	17	28	5th	EF		QF
1992–93	NSL	26	11	6	9	33	27	39	4th	SF		1R
1993–94	NSL	26	6	9	12	24	32	27	11th	–	SF	?
1994–95	NSL [j]	24	8	2+2	12	39	46	38	12th	–	6R	1R		Vaughan Coveny	12
1995–96	NSL	33	5	5	23	31	63	20	11th	–	SF	1R		Mario Jermen, Tony Perinich	9
1996–97	NSL	26	8	8	10	42	48	32	10th	–	W	R16		Matt Horsley	7
1997–98	NSL	26	13	3	10	51	33	42	6th	SF				Scott Chipperfield	13
1998–99	NSL	28	8	8	12	45	52	32	10th					Anthony Surjan	8
1999–2000	NSL	34	17	9	8	72	44	60	2nd	W				Stuart Young	19
2000–01	NSL	30	18	7	5	80	40	61	2nd	W			W OCC	Sasho Petrovski	21
2001–02	NSL	24	6	7	11	28	43	25	10th				canc. FCWC	Stuart Young	9
2002–03	NSL	24	5	8	11	24	43	23	13th					Stuart Young	9
2003–04	NSL	24	8	5	11	34	41	29	9th					Chimaobi Nwaogazi	11
2004–05	NSWPL	22	9	4	9	34	32	31	11th	–	QF			Shane McGirr	18
2006	NSWPL	18	5	1	12	26	46	16	9th	–	4R			Adam Casey	6
2007	NSWPL	18	6	4	8	27	32	22	7th	–	W			Daniel Aliffi	12
2008	NSWPL	22	13	5	4	39	19	44	2nd	W	4R			Ilija Prenzoski	12
2009	NSWPL	22	1	2	19	20	62	5	12th	–	QF			Ilija Prenzoski	7
2010	NSWPL	22	6	4	12	32	39	22	10th	–	QF			Mark Picciolini	10
2011	NSWPL	22	9	3	10	35	36	30	7th	–	SF			Mark Picciolini	11
2012	NSWPL	22	12	1	9	41	39	37	4th	EF	4R			Mark Picciolini, Peter Simonoski, Ricky Zucco	9
2013	NPL NSW	22	3	5	14	28	53	14	12th	–	R16			Ricky Zucco	10
2014	NPL NSW	22	7	6	9	32	35	27	7th	–	SF	R32		Jordan Murray	7
2015	NPL NSW	22	9	5	8	31	36	32	5th	EF	7R			Peter Simonoski	10
2016	NPL NSW	22	5	4	13	23	37	19	11th	–	PO	R32		Nicholas Bernal	8
2017	NPL NSW	22	12	1	9	35	28	37	6th	–	4R			Yuzo Tashiro	10 [1]
2018	NPL NSW	22	7	6	9	31	34	27	9th	–	5R			Peter Simonoski	12 [2]
2019	NPL NSW	22	16	3	3	52	17	51	1st	PF	7R		W NPLF	Thomas James	22 [3]
2020	NPL NSW	11	8	0	3	24	14	24	2nd	SF	canc. [4]			Josh Bingham	6 [5]
2021	NPL NSW	17	6	4	7	23	33	22	7th	canc.	canc.	canc.
2022	NPL NSW	22	4	8	10	37	42	20	9th	—	5R			Lachlan Scott	13
2023	NPL NSW	30	11	10	9	57	43	43	7th		4R				11
2024	NPL NSW	30	13	5	12	55	41	44	7th		6R	–		Takumi Ofuka	12
2025	NPL NSW
	NSD

Notes

1. Includes NSL Cup (1977–1997) and FFA Cup/Australia Cup (since 2014)
2. 7 league goals
3. 17 League goals
4. 12 League goals, shared with Phil O'Connor
5. During 1984 to 1986, the league was split into two conferences – The Wolves played in the Northern Conference and the position in the table reflects position in the conference.
6. 8 League goals
7. 6 League goals
8. 8 League goals
9. 6 League goals
10. Draws went to penalty shoot-outs during the 1994/95 season (2 points for win, 1 point for loss). Wolves won 2, lost 2. Wins in regular time were worth 4 points during the 1994/95 season.

References

1. "2017 NPL Wollongong Wolves stats". sportstg.com. Retrieved 29 April 2019.
2. "2018 NPL Wollongong Wolves stats". sportstg.com. Retrieved 29 April 2019.
3. "2019 NPL Wollongong Wolves stats". sportstg.com. Retrieved 24 August 2019.
4. "Coronavirus forces FFA Cup to be cancelled". The World Game. Retrieved 30 December 2020.
5. "2020 NPL Wollongong Wolves stats". sportstg.com. Retrieved 30 December 2020.

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