1992–93 Sydney CSC season

Sydney CSC
1992–1993 season
Chairman	Ivan Simić
Manager	Manfred Schaefer
Stadium	Sydney Croatian Sports Centre
National Soccer League	7th
1992–93 NSL Cup	Semi-Finals
Top goalscorer	Tony Krslovic (11)
Highest home attendance	4,275 vs. Parramatta Eagles; (7 November 1992); National Soccer League
Lowest home attendance	1,234 vs. Melbourne CSC; (7 February 1993); National Soccer League
Average home league attendance	2,610
Biggest win	3–0; vs. Brisbane United; (7 December 1992); National Soccer League; 3-0; vs. Morwell Falcons; (2 January 1993); National Soccer League
Biggest defeat	0-5 ; vs. Sydney Olympic; (7 March 1993); National Soccer League

The 1992–93 season saw Sydney CSC embark on its tenth campaign in the NSL. They finished 7th out of 14 teams, missing out on the finals series on goal difference.

The 1992–93 season marked the sole instance in which the club operated under the name 'Sydney CSC', as they subsequently adopted their current moniker, 'Sydney United', from the 1993–94 season onwards.^[1]

Prior to the commencement of the season, Sydney CSC had appointed former Sydney Olympic Championship-winning coach Mick Hickman as their head coach, with John Kosmina slated to serve as his assistant. However, a disagreement between Hickman and the club's board regarding player transfers led to the departure of both Hickman and Kosmina before the season's start. Following this development, former Socceroo Manfred Schaefer was appointed as Hickman's replacement.^[2]

Players

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


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	DF	AUS	Mark Babic
—	FW	AUS	Joe Caleta
—	GK	AUS	Tony Franken
—	FW	AUS	John Gibson
—	MF	AUS	Eric Hristodoulou
—	FW	AUS	Mario Jermen
—	MF	AUS	Mirko Jurilj
—	GK	AUS	Zeljko Kalac
—	FW	AUS	Tony Krslovic (Captain)
—	DF	CRO	Velimir Kuprešak
—	FW	PNG	Manis Lamond


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	MF	AUS	Tomislav Miličević
—	MF	AUS	Ante Milicic
—	MF	AUS	Ante Moric
—	GK	AUS	John Perosh (Youth)
—	MF	CRO	Ivan Petković
—	MF	AUS	Tony Popovic
—	DF	CRO	Ante Rumora
—	DF	AUS	Robert Stanton
—	DF	AUS	Ivan Topić (Youth)
—	FW	AUS	Matthew Zec
—	DF	AUS	Ante Žižić

Transfers in

Pos.	Name	Age	Moving from	Type	Transfer window	Transfer fee	Source
GK	Tony Franken	31	Leichhardt Tigers	Transfer	Pre-season	Free	^[2]
MF	John Gibson	22	Leichhardt Tigers	Transfer	Pre-season	$20,000	^[2]^[3]
MF	Eric Hristodoulou	22	Sydney Olympic	Transfer	Pre-season	Free	^[2]
DF	Ante Rumora	32	Free Agency	Free	Pre-season	Free	^[4]

Transfers out

Pos.	Name	Age	Moving to	Type	Transfer window	Transfer fee	Source
GK	Mark Bosnich	20	Aston Villa	Transfer	Pre-season	Free	^[5]
DF	Mike Grbevski	25	Adelaide City	End of Contract	Pre-season	Free	^[5]^[3]
MF	Pedro Ricoy	25	West Adelaide Sharks	End of Contract	Pre-season	Free	^[6]
FW	José Iriarte	26	West Adelaide Sharks	End of Contract	Pre-season	Free	^[3]^[7]
MF	Fadil Muriqi	32	Canberra Metro	End of Contract	Pre-season	Free	^[8]
DF	Miro Stipić	29	Canberra Metro	End of Contract	Pre-season	Free	^[9]
DF	Željko Jurin	31	Wollongong United	End of Contract	Pre-season	Free	^[10]
DF	Robert Runje	23	Altona Magic	End of Contract	Pre-season	Free	^[11]
MF	George Jolevski	23	Marconi Fairfield	End of Contract	Pre-season	Free	^[3]^[12]
DF	Craig Jones	20	Granville Chile	End of Contract	Pre-season	Free	^[13]

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	8 October 1992	7 April 1993	Matchday 1	7th	26	12	3	11	32	41	−9	046.15
NSL Cup	13 January 1993	3 March 1993	Second round	Semi-Final	3	1	0	2	5	6	−1	033.33
Total					29	13	3	13	37	47	−10	044.83

Last updated: complete
Source: Competitions

National Soccer League

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	South Melbourne	26	18	4	4	51	23	+28	58	Qualification for the Finals series
2	Marconi Fairfield (C)	26	17	2	7	57	31	+26	53
3	Adelaide City	26	12	5	9	37	34	+3	41
4	Wollongong City	26	11	6	9	33	27	+6	39
5	West Adelaide	26	12	3	11	43	39	+4	39
6	Parramatta Eagles	26	11	6	9	39	41	−2	39
7	Sydney CSC	26	12	3	11	36	41	−5	39
8	Newcastle Breakers	26	10	8	8	38	29	+9	38
9	Sydney Olympic	26	10	4	12	36	31	+5	34
10	Melbourne Croatia	26	10	4	12	38	39	−1	34
11	Heidelberg United	26	7	9	10	30	40	−10	30
12	Morwell Falcons	26	7	7	12	29	43	−14	28
13	Preston Makedonia (R)	26	6	4	16	28	45	−17	18^[a]	Relegation to the Victorian Premier League
14	Brisbane United	26	5	3	18	32	64	−32	18

Updated to match(es) played on unknown. Source: rsssf.com
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated
Notes:

^ Preston Makedonia deducted 4 points for crowd disturbances.

Matches

4 October 1992 1	South Melbourne	2-1	Sydney CSC	Melbourne
	Boutsianis ?' Awaritefe ?'	Report	Lamond ?'	Stadium: Middle Park Attendance: 3,679

11 October 1992 2	Sydney CSC	1–0	Marconi Fairfield	Sydney
	Gibson ?'	Report		Stadium: Sydney Croatian Sports Centre Attendance: 2,623

18 October 1992 3	Preston	1-3	Sydney CSC	Melbourne
	Zinni ?'	Report	Milicevic ?' Gibson ?' Zec ?'	Stadium: BT Connor Reserve Attendance: 4,881

25 October 1992 4	Sydney CSC	1–2	Newcastle Breakers	Sydney
	Gibson ?'	Report	Stewart ?' Spink ?'	Stadium: Sydney Croatian Sports Centre Attendance: 1,859

1 November 1992 5	Morwell Falcons	2–0	Sydney CSC	Melbourne
	Wright 60', 80'	Report		Stadium: Falcons Park Attendance: 2,940 Referee: Ziggy Mnich

8 November 1992 6	Sydney CSC	2-1	Parramatta Eagles	Sydney
	Gibson 20' Krslovic 59'	Report	Foster 84'	Stadium: Sydney Croatian Sports Centre Attendance: 4,275 Referee: Rob Davies

15 November 1992 7	Adelaide City	0-1	Sydney CSC	Adelaide
		Report	Krslovic ?'	Stadium: Hindmarsh Stadium Attendance: 3,558

22 November 1992 8	Sydney CSC	0-0	Heidelberg United	Sydney
		Report		Stadium: Sydney Croatian Sports Centre Attendance: 3,150

29 November 1992 9	Melbourne CSC	1-3	Sydney CSC	Melbourne
	Kelic ?'	Report	Hristodoulou ?' Gibson ?' Lamond ?'	Stadium: Somers Street Attendance: 2,701

6 December 1992 10	Sydney CSC	3-0	Brisbane United	Sydney
	Kupresak ?' Gibson ?' Krslovic ?'	Report		Stadium: Sydney Croatian Sports Centre Attendance: 2,128

13 December 1992 11	Sydney Olympic	3–1	Sydney CSC	Sydney
	Ironside ?' Arambasic ?' Ardone ?'	Report	Zec ?'	Stadium: St George Stadium Attendance: 4,674

20 December 1992 12	Sydney CSC	1-0	Wollongong City	Sydney
	Krslovic ?'	Report		Stadium: Sydney Croatian Sports Centre Attendance: 1,923

28 December 1992 13	West Adelaide Sharks	1-1	Sydney Croatia	Adelaide
	Iriarte ?'	Report	Krslovic ?'	Stadium: Hindmarsh Stadium Attendance: 4,473

3 January 1993 14	Marconi Fairfield	1–1	Sydney Croatia	Sydney
	Johnson ?'	Report	Caleta ?'	Stadium: Marconi Stadium Attendance: 5,154

10 January 1993 15	Sydney Croatia	2-5	South Melbourne	Sydney
	Krslovic 14' Lamond ?'	Report	Awaritefe 2' Stanton (og) 16' Trimboli ?' Tsolakis ?', ?'	Stadium: Sydney Croatian Sports Centre Attendance: 4,010

17 January 1992 16	Sydney CSC	3–1	Preston	Sydney
	Gibson ?' Krslovic ?', ?'	Report	Najdovski ?'	Stadium: Sydney Croatian Sports Centre Attendance: 1,724

24 January 1993 17	Newcastle Breakers	3-1	Sydney CSC	Newcastle
	Stewart ?' Meredith ?' Brown ?'	Report	Krslovic ?'	Stadium: Breakers Stadium Attendance: 2,425

26 January 1992 18	Sydney CSC	3-0	Morwell Falcons	Sydney
	Petkovic ?' Popovic ?' Krslovic ?'	Report		Stadium: Sydney Croatian Sports Centre Attendance: 1,535

31 January 1993 19	Parramatta Eagles	3-0	Sydney CSC	Sydney
	Gomez ?' Genc ?' Katholos ?'	Report		Stadium: Melita Stadium Attendance: 3,412

7 February 1993 20	Sydney CSC	0–2	Adelaide City	Sydney
		Report	Villani ?' Veart ?'	Stadium: Sydney Croatian Sports Centre Attendance: 2,028

14 February 1993 21	Heidelberg United	3-0	Sydney CSC	Melbourne
	Michalakopoulos ?' Dick ?' Gnjidic ?'	Report		Stadium: Olympic Village Attendance: 1,611

21 February 1993 22	Sydney CSC	1-2	Melbourne CSC	Sydney
	Jermen ?'	Report	Kelic ?' (?)	Stadium: Sydney Croatian Sports Centre Attendance: 1,234

28 February 1993 23	Brisbane United	1-3	Sydney CSC	Brisbane
	Popovic (og) 30'	Report	Milicevic 15' Jermen 59' Caleta 68'	Stadium: Perry Park Attendance: 1,318

28 March 1993 24	Sydney CSC	0-5	Sydney Olympic	Sydney
		Report	Seal ?', ?', ?' Ironside ?' (?)	Stadium: Sydney Croatian Sports Centre Attendance: 3,271

4 April 1993 25	Wollongong City	1–2	Sydney CSC	Wollongong
	O'Shea ?'	Report	Krslovic ?' own goal ?'	Stadium: Brandon Park Attendance: 3,985

11 April 1993 26	Sydney CSC	2-1	West Adelaide Sharks	Sydney
	Popovic ?' Gibson ?'	Report	own goal ?'	Stadium: Sydney Croatian Sports Centre Attendance: 2,026

NSL Cup

13 January 1993 Second round 1st Leg	Sydney CSC	0–2	Marconi Fairfield	Sydney
		Report	Iocca 18', 43'	Stadium: Sydney Croatian Sports Centre Attendance: 1,151 Referee: Rob Davies

10 February 1993 Second round 1st Leg	Marconi Fairfield	2-4	Sydney CSC	Sydney
	Pelucchi 28' Harper 35'	Report	Hristodoulou 37' Popovic 47' Gibson 49', 59'	Stadium: Marconi Stadium Attendance: 888 Referee: Richard Lorenc

3 March 1993 Semi Final	Parramatta Eagles	2-1	Sydney CSC	Sydney
	Gunning 47', 77'	Report	Jermen 6'	Stadium: Marconi Stadium Attendance: 1,381 Referee: Gary Brownlie

Statistics

Appearances and goals

Players with no appearances not included in the list.^[14]^[15]

No.	Pos.	Nat.	Name	National Soccer League		NSL Cup		Total
No.	Pos.	Nat.	Name	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
—	DF		Mark Babic	17	0	2	0	19	0
—	FW		Joe Caleta	22	2	3	0	25	2
—	GK		Tony Franken	15	0	1	0	16	0
—	FW		John Gibson	26	7	3	2	29	9
—	MF		Eric Hristodoulou	22	1	2	1	24	2
—	FW		Mario Jermen	9	2	3	1	12	3
—	MF		Mirko Jurilj	1	0	1	0	2	0
—	GK		Zeljko Kalac	11	0	2	0	13	0
—	FW		Tony Krslovic	24	10	1	0	25	10
—	DF		Velimir Kupresak	24	1	3	0	27	1
—	FW		Manis Lamond	16	4	0	0	16	4
—	MF		Tomislav Milicevic	20	2	2	0	22	2
—	FW		Ante Milicic	6	1	0	0	6	1
—	MF		Ante Moric	5	0	1	0	6	0
—	MF		Ivan Petković	20	1	3	0	23	1
—	MF		Tony Popovic	24	2	3	1	27	3
—	DF		Ante Rumora	20	1	1	0	21	1
—	DF		Robert Stanton	23	0	3	0	26	0
—	MF		Ivan Topić	1	0	1	0	2	0
—	FW		Matthew Zec	21	2	2	0	23	2
—	DF		Ante Žižić	6	0	0	0	6	0

References

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[table_hth_PRE0.90548924864525-14] Preston Makedonia deducted 4 points for crowd disturbances.

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[SydneyUnited50Years-2] Nimac, Ivan; Dusevic, Sime; Lozina, Leonard; Nimac, Tony (2008). More Than The Game: 50 Years of Sydney United (First Edition 2008 ed.). Sydney, NSW, Australia: Sydney United. pp. 180–181. ISBN 978-0-646-50046-1.

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