1998–99 Canberra Cosmos FC season

Canberra Cosmos

1998–99 season
Manager	Tony Brennan Tom Sermanni
Stadium	Bruce Stadium
National Soccer League	15th
Top goalscorer	Peter Buljan (9)
Highest home attendance	5,321 vs. Brisbane Strikers (21 December 1998) National Soccer League
Lowest home attendance	1,449 vs. Carlton (8 March 1999) National Soccer League
Average home league attendance	2,328
Biggest win	3–0 vs. Newcastle Breakers (H) (26 January 1999) National Soccer League
Biggest defeat	0–5 vs. Sydney Olympic (A) (1 November 1998) National Soccer League

The 1998–99 season was the fourth in the history of Canberra Cosmos. It was also the fourth season in the National Soccer League.

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 1 GK  AUS Vilson Knezevic 2 FW  AUS Harry James 3 DF  AUS Toplica Popovich 4 DF  AUS Danny Burt 5 DF  AUS Lindsay Wilson 6 DF  AUS Ivan Zelic 7 DF  AUS Doug Marcina 8 FW  AUS Anthony Magnacca 9 FW  AUS Nik Mrdja 10 FW  AUS Peter Buljan 11 MF  AUS David Arranz 12 MF  ARG Leo Langone 13 DF  AUS Andrew Clark 14 DF  POR Amarildo Miglietti 15  SVK Michael Hudek 16 MF  AUS Ilija Prenzoski

No. Pos. Nation Player 17 FW  AUS Michael Musitano 18 MF  NIR Norman Kelly 19 MF  AUS Geoff Howarth 20 GK  AUS Grant Barlow 21 MF  SLV Oscar Zamora 22 MF  AUS Scott Conlon 23 DF  AUS Elliot Zwangobani 24 DF  AUS Paul Roberts 25 MF  AUS Ivo de Jesus 26 MF  AUS Gabriel Gonzalez 27 DF  AUS Nick Purdue 28 DF  SCO Gordon Hunter 30 GK  AUS Angelo Konstantinou 31 DF  AUS Dale Wingell — FW  AUS David Milin

Competitions

Overview

Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Final position	Record
					Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
National Soccer League	11 October 1998	24 April 1999	Matchday 1	15th	28	4	3	21	21	55	−34	014.29
Total					28	4	3	21	21	55	−34	014.29

Source: Competitions

National Soccer League

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Sydney United	28	18	4	6	53	33	+20	58	Qualification for the Finals series
2	South Melbourne (C)	28	17	6	5	50	26	+24	57	Qualification for the Finals series and the Oceania Club Championship
3	Perth Glory	28	16	5	7	62	37	+25	53	Qualification for the Finals series
4	Marconi Fairfield	28	15	3	10	53	47	+6	48
5	Northern Spirit	28	14	4	10	36	35	+1	46
6	Adelaide City	28	13	6	9	39	26	+13	45
7	Sydney Olympic	28	12	7	9	46	36	+10	43
8	Newcastle Breakers	28	11	7	10	29	33	−4	40
9	Brisbane Strikers	28	11	6	11	41	47	−6	39
10	Wollongong Wolves	28	8	8	12	45	52	−7	32
11	Carlton	28	9	4	15	47	47	0	31
12	Melbourne Knights	28	8	5	15	32	43	−11	29
13	West Adelaide	28	7	6	15	36	46	−10	27
14	Gippsland Falcons	28	5	10	13	17	44	−27	25
15	Canberra Cosmos	28	4	3	21	21	55	−34	15

Source: rsssf.com
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions

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	H	A	H	A	A	A	A	A	H	H	H	A	B	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	A	H	B	A	H
Result	L	L	L	L	L	L	L	L	L	L	L	L	✖	L	D	D	W	L	W	L	L	L	W	L	W	L	L	✖	L	D
Position	13	13	14	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15

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

Matches

Canberra Cosmos v Adelaide Sharks

11 October 1998 1	Canberra Cosmos	1–3	Adelaide Sharks	Canberra
	James 32'	Report	Duric 1' Gibson 38' Vidakovic 90'	Stadium: Bruce Stadium Attendance: 2,797 Referee: E. Lennie

Newcastle Breakers v Canberra Cosmos

16 October 1998 2	Newcastle Breakers	2–1	Canberra Cosmos	Newcastle
	Wieczorek 3' Yoon 75'	Report	Buljan 82' (pen.)	Stadium: Breakers Stadium Attendance: 4,483 Referee: Con Diomis

Canberra Cosmos v Marconi Fairfield

25 October 1998 3	Canberra Cosmos	1–2	Marconi Fairfield	Canberra
	Buljan 25'	Report	Maloney 37' Trajanovski 83'	Stadium: Bruce Stadium Attendance: 2,500 Referee: J. Tippett

Sydney Olympic v Canberra Cosmos

1 November 1998 4	Sydney Olympic	5–0	Canberra Cosmos	Sydney
	Tome 1', 30' Cardozo 13' Emerton 81' Carle 88'	Report		Stadium: Belmore Sports Ground Attendance: 5,493 Referee: J. Blaney

Perth Glory v Canberra Cosmos

8 November 1998 5	Perth Glory	5–1	Canberra Cosmos	Perth
	Hay 2' Markovski 31', 73' Kalogeracos 49' Halpin 57'	Report	Buljan 72'	Stadium: Perth Oval Attendance: 13,943 Referee: W. Dade

Carlton v Canberra Cosmos

15 November 1998 6	Carlton	3–0	Canberra Cosmos	Melbourne
	Cervinski 30' Tricarico 57' Bresciano 83'	Report		Stadium: Optus Oval Attendance: 2,760 Referee: S. Hasic

Melbourne Knights v Canberra Cosmos

22 November 1998 7	Melbourne Knights	2–0	Canberra Cosmos	Melbourne
	Karl 30' Kelic 41'	Report		Stadium: Knights Stadium Attendance: 1,975 Referee: P. Mur

Wollongong City v Canberra Cosmos

29 November 1998 8	Wollongong City	4–2	Canberra Cosmos	Wollongong
	Horsley 18' Chipperfield 52' Masi 84' Petrovski 84'	Report	Buljan 4' Magnacca 57'	Stadium: Brandon Park Attendance: 3,047 Referee: P. Mur

Canberra Cosmos v Adelaide City

7 December 1998 9	Canberra Cosmos	0–1	Adelaide City	Canberra
		Report		Stadium: Bruce Stadium Attendance: 1,722 Referee: D. Dwight

Canberra Cosmos v Northern Spirit

14 December 1998 10	Canberra Cosmos	0–1	Northern Spirit	Canberra
		Report	Bilokapic 56' (pen.)	Stadium: Bruce Stadium Attendance: 1,704 Referee: G. Leverton

Canberra Cosmos v Brisbane Strikers

21 December 1998 11	Canberra Cosmos	0–1	Brisbane Strikers	Canberra
		Report	Laybutt 69'	Stadium: Bruce Stadium Attendance: 5,321 Referee: S. Hasic

Sydney United v Canberra Cosmos

27 December 1998 12	Sydney United	2–0	Canberra Cosmos	Sydney
	Sterjovski 15' Ardone 44'	Report		Stadium: Edensor Park Attendance: 3,268 Referee: B. McKay

Canberra Cosmos v South Melbourne

11 January 1999 14	Canberra Cosmos	1–3	South Melbourne	Canberra
	Buljan 24'	Report	Curcija 3' Trimboli 69' Polak 71'	Stadium: Bruce Stadium Attendance: 2,940 Referee: B. Hugo

Gippsland Falcons v Canberra Cosmos

17 January 1999 15	Gippsland Falcons	1–1	Canberra Cosmos	Morwell
	Osman 83'	Report	Buljan 43'	Stadium: Mobil Park Attendance: 1,460 Referee: B. McKay

Adelaide Sharks v Canberra Cosmos

24 January 1999 16	Adelaide Sharks	1–1	Canberra Cosmos	Adelaide
	Porter 56'	Report	Duric 12' (o.g.)	Stadium: Hindmarsh Stadium Attendance: 2,023 Referee: L. Prospero

Canberra Cosmos v Newcastle Breakers

26 January 1999 17	Canberra Cosmos	3–0	Newcastle Breakers	Canberra
	Buljan 12' Langone 18' Marcina 87'	Report		Stadium: Bruce Stadium Attendance: 1,726 Referee: B. Panella

Adelaide City v Canberra Cosmos

31 January 1999 18	Adelaide City	1–0	Canberra Cosmos	Adelaide
	Mori 23'	Report		Stadium: Hindmarsh Stadium Attendance: 4,178 Referee: L. Prospero

Canberra Cosmos v Wollongong City

8 February 1999 19	Canberra Cosmos	1–0	Wollongong City	Canberra
	Buljan 8'	Report		Stadium: Bruce Stadium Attendance: 1,678 Referee: J. Tippett

Marconi Fairfield v Canberra Cosmos

13 February 1999 20	Marconi Fairfield	2–1	Canberra Cosmos	Sydney
	Care 6' Trajanovski 57'	Report	de Jesus 76'	Stadium: Marconi Stadium Attendance: 3,687 Referee: B. McKay

Canberra Cosmos v Sydney Olympic

22 March 1999 21	Canberra Cosmos	0–1	Sydney Olympic	Canberra
		Report	Tome 54'	Stadium: Bruce Stadium Attendance: 2,420 Referee: M. Breeze

Perth Glory v Canberra Cosmos

28 February 1999 22	Perth Glory	3–1	Canberra Cosmos	Perth
	Despotovski 7' Edwards 75', 86'	Report	de Jesus 78'	Stadium: Perth Oval Attendance: 12,072 Referee: S. Hasic

Canberra Cosmos v Carlton

8 March 1999 23	Canberra Cosmos	2–0	Carlton	Canberra
	de Jesus 33' Buljan 36'	Report		Stadium: Bruce Stadium Attendance: 1,449 Referee: P. Mur

Melbourne Knights v Canberra Cosmos

14 March 1999 24	Melbourne Knights	3–0	Canberra Cosmos	Melbourne
	Kutlesovski 49' Kelic 71', 87'	Report		Stadium: Knights Stadium Attendance: 2,536 Referee: C. Diomis

Northern Spirit v Canberra Cosmos

19 March 1999 25	Northern Spirit	1–2	Canberra Cosmos	Sydney
	Zane 21'	Report	Magnacca 29' de Jesus 72'	Stadium: North Sydney Oval Attendance: 10,482 Referee: E. Lennie

Brisbane Strikers v Canberra Cosmos

27 March 1999 26	Brisbane Strikers	3–1	Canberra Cosmos	Brisbane
	Knipe 27', 87' Meredith 71'	Report	de Jesus 86'	Stadium: Suncorp Stadium Attendance: 3,454 Referee: M. Breeze

Canberra Cosmos v Sydney United

5 May 1999 27	Canberra Cosmos	1–4	Sydney United	Canberra
	Magnacca 65'	Report	Day 3', 38' Kupresak 52' Moric 88'	Stadium: Bruce Stadium Attendance: 2,111 Referee: M. Breeze

South Melbourne v Canberra Cosmos

18 April 1999 29	South Melbourne	1–0	Canberra Cosmos	Melbourne
	Orlic 71'	Report		Stadium: Bob Jane Stadium Attendance: 8,864 Referee: G. Connolly

Canberra Cosmos v Gippsland Falcons

24 April 1999 30	Canberra Cosmos	0–0	Gippsland Falcons	Canberra
		Report		Stadium: Bruce Stadium Attendance: 1,666 Referee: M. Breeze

Statistics

Appearances and goals

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

No.	Pos.	Nat.	Name	National Soccer League		Total
				Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1	GK		Vilson Knezevic	27	0	27	0
2	FW		Harry James	3	1	3	1
3	DF		Toplica Popovich	26	0	26	0
4	DF		Danny Burt	16(7)	0	23	0
5	DF		Lindsay Wilson	18(1)	0	19	0
6	DF		Ivan Zelic	18	0	18	0
7	DF		Doug Marcina	27	1	27	1
8	FW		Anthony Magnacca	17(5)	3	22	3
9	FW		Nik Mrdja	2(1)	0	3	0
10	FW		Peter Buljan	27	9	27	9
11	MF		David Arranz	2(7)	0	9	0
12	MF		Leo Langone	12(6)	1	18	1
13	DF		Andrew Clark	7(1)	0	8	0
14	DF		Amarildo Miglietti	21	0	21	0
16	MF		Ilija Prenzoski	5(8)	0	13	0
17	FW		Michael Musitano	13(9)	0	22	0
18	MF		Norman Kelly	14	0	14	0
19	MF		Geoff Howarth	0(2)	0	2	0
20	GK		Grant Below	1(2)	0	3	0
22	MF		Scott Conlon	0(1)	0	1	0
23	DF		Elliot Zwangobani	1	0	1	0
24	DF		Paul Roberts	15(2)	0	17	0
25	MF		Ivo de Jesus	11(3)	5	14	5
26	MF		Gabriel Gonzalez	9(5)	0	14	0
27	DF		Nick Purdue	7(7)	0	14	0
28	DF		Gordon Hunter	8	0	8	0
31	DF		Dale Wingell	1(2)	0	3	0

Clean sheets

Rank	No.	Pos	Nat	Name	National Soccer League	Total
1	1	GK		Vilson Knezevic	4	4
Total					4	4

References

1. "Canberra Cosmos » Appearances A-League 1998/1999". aus.worldfootball.net. Retrieved 28 August 2022.