1998

RICHMOND SOCCER CLUB

President: Eddie Zerbin

Secretary: Chris Bayerl

Treasurer:

Ground: Kevin Bartlett Reserve, F.R.Smith Drive, Burnley

Coach:

Victorian State League Division One Round One

Doncaster Rovers 0 Richmond 1 (Andriotis 8')

Sunday March 22. Anderson Park, Doncaster East. Referee - Perry Mur

Richmond: Brad Zealley, Vedran Knezevic, Joel Ramalinga (Richard Milanovic 62'), Julian Peel, Nick Gourlias, Alistair Coulthard, Steve Guscic, Nick Halliwell, Mark Bacak, Chris Andriotis, John Jelincic.

Victorian State League Division One Round Two

Altona East 4 (Donnelly, N Papadopoulos, Kakos, Verikakis) Richmond 1 (Milanovic 73')

Sunday March 29. Paisley Park, Altona North. Referee - Cain Naumcevski

Richmond: Brad Zealley, Alistair Coulthard, Nick Halliwell, Vedran Knezevic (John Jelincic 73'), Nick Gourlias, Mark Bacak, Steve Guscic, Steve Muretic (Brian Ostrognaj 68'), Chris Andriotis, Richard Milanovic, Julian Peel.

Victorian State League Division One Round Three

Lalor United 1 (Nikolovski) Richmond 1 (Gourlias)

Saturday April 4. H.R.Uren Reserve, Thomastown. Referee - Senko Rastocic

Richmond: Peter Schwellinger, Joel Ramalinga (Alistair Coulthard 79'), Brian Ostrognaj, Vedran Knezevic, Julian Peel, Mark Bacak, Nick Gourlias, Steve Guscic, Chris Andriotis, Nick Halliwell, Richard Milanovic (John Jelincic 56').

Victorian State League Division One Round Four

Richmond 1 (Halliwell 65') North Geelong Warriors 2 (Romanovski, J Markovac)

Monday April 13. Kevin Bartlett Reserve, Burnley. Referee - Dom Barba

Richmond: Peter Schwellinger, Alistair Coulthard, Julian Peel, Mark Bacak, Nick Gourlias (Joel Ramalinga 55'), Nick Halliwell, Brian Ostrognaj (Jose Groba 68'), Steve Guscic, Chris Andriotis, Richard Milanovic, Joe Carey (Steve Muretic 55').

Victorian State League Division One Round Five

Westvale 1 (McAleer) Richmond 0

Sunday April 26. McKechnie Reserve, St Albans. Referee - Jim Zafirou

Richmond: Peter Schwellinger, Nick Halliwell (Daniel Jennings 77'), Brian Ostrognaj, Joe Carey, Julian Peel, Mark Bacak, Steve Guscic, Nick Gourlias, Chris Andriotis (Ben Caffrey 82'), Steve Muretic (Jose Groba 75'), Alistair Coulthard.

Victorian State League Division One Round Six

Richmond 2 (Gourlias, Guscic) Westgate 2 (Gilmour, Stevanovic)

Sunday May 3. Kevin Bartlett Reserve, Burnley. Referee - Robert Benovic

Richmond: Peter Schwellinger, Alistair Coulthard, Nick Halliwell, Julian Peel, Mark Bacak, Joe Carey, Nick Gourlias, Steve Guscic, Chris Andriotis (Richard Milanovic 79'), Brian Ostrognaj (Jose Groba 46'), Steve Muretic (Ben Caffrey 46').

Victorian State League Division One Round Seven

Werribee City 0 Richmond 2 (Gourlias 37' Ostrognaj 62')

Sunday May 10. Galvin Park, Werribee. Referee - Alan Contini

Richmond: Peter Schwellinger, Alistair Coulthard, Julian Peel, Joe Carey, Mark Bacak, Nick Halliwell (Joel Ramalinga 87'), Steve Muretic, Brian Ostrognaj, Jose Groba (Ben Caffrey 77'), Nick Gourlias, Steve Guscic.

Victorian State League Division One Round Eight

Richmond 2 (Halliwell 75' Groba 86') Kingston City 0

Saturday May 16. Kevin Bartlett Reserve, Burnley. Referee - Hakan Anaz

Richmond: Peter Schwellinger, Alistair Coulthard, Nick Halliwell, Joe Carey, Mark Bacak, Nick Gourlias, Julian Peel, Steve Guscic, Jose Groba, Brian Ostrognaj, Steve Muretic (Ben Caffrey 57').

Victorian State League Division One Round Nine

Melton Reds 1 (Gonzalez) Richmond 3 (Groba x2, Guscic)

Sunday May 24. McPherson Park, Melton. Referee - Dom Barba

Richmond: Peter Schwellinger, Joel Ramalinga (Matt Govic 53'), Nick Halliwell (Brian Ostrognaj 55'), Joe Carey, Mark Bacak, Nick Gourlias, Julian Peel, Steve Guscic, Jose Groba, Steve Muretic, Ben Caffrey.    

Victorian State League Division One Round Ten

Richmond 3 (Groba 47' 89' Guscic 88') Ringwood City 0

Sunday May 31. Kevin Bartlett Reserve, Burnley. Referee - Jim Zafirou

Richmond: Peter Schwellinger, Joel Ramalinga, Nick Halliwell, Joe Carey, Mark Bacak, Nick Gourlias, Alistair Coulthard, Steve Guscic, Jose Groba, Brian Ostrognaj, Steve Muretic. Reserves - Robert Sobol, Ben Caffrey, John Jelincic, Mitch Pino.

Victorian State League Division One Round Eleven

Springvale City 4 (Mucaj x2, Cacciotti, P Grella) Richmond 3 (Groba 52' B Caffrey 79' 84')

Saturday June 6. Ross Reserve, Noble Park. Referee - Mario Gurrisi

Richmond: Peter Schwellinger, Joel Ramalinga, Alistair Coulthard (Sean Cunningham 67'), Joe Carey, Mark Bacak (John Jelincic 75'), Julian Peel, Nick Gourlias (Ben Caffrey 67'), Jose Groba, Steve Guscic, Nick Halliwell, Brian Ostrognaj.

Victorian State League Division One Round Twelve

Richmond 2 (B Caffrey 46' Groba 65') Western Suburbs 0

Monday June 8. Kevin Bartlett Reserve, Burnley. Referee - Robert Caminiti

Richmond: Peter Schwellinger, Joel Ramalinga, Nick Halliwell, Joe Carey, Mark Bacak, Julian Peel, Steve Guscic, Nick Gourlias, Jose Groba (Steve Muretic 86'), Brian Ostrognaj (Alistair Coulthard 88'), Ben Caffrey (Sean Cunningham 67').

Victorian State League Division One Round Thirteen

Northcote City 1 (Iliopoulos) Richmond 1 (Gourlias 55')

Sunday June 14. John Cain Reserve, Thornbury. Referee - Bruno D'Aniello

Richmond: Peter Schwellinger, Joel Ramalinga (Alistair Coulthard 77'), Nick Halliwell, Joe Carey, Mark Bacak, Julian Peel, Steve Guscic, Nick Gourlias, Jose Groba, Brian Ostrognaj, Ben Caffrey (Steve Muretic 66').

Victorian State League Division One Round Fourteen

Richmond 1 (Gourlias 43') Doncaster Rovers 2 (Breslin x2)

Sunday June 21. Kevin Bartlett Reserve, Burnley. Referee - Robert Ince

Richmond: Peter Schwellinger, Joel Ramalinga (Ben Caffrey 74'), Brian Ostrognaj, Nick Halliwell, Mark Bacak, Julian Peel, Steve Guscic, Sean Cunningham. Jose Groba, Nick Gourlias, Alistair Coulthard (Steve Muretic 81').

Victorian State League Division One Round Fifteen

Richmond 2 (B Caffrey 8' Ostrognaj 27') Altona East 7 (Michalakopoulos x3, Kakos x2, Donnelly, N Papadopoulos)

Sunday June 28. Kevin Bartlett Reserve, Burnley. Referee - Gerry Connolly

Richmond: Peter Schwellinger, Brian Ostrognaj, Joe Carey, Mark Bacak, Julian Peel, Steve Guscic, Sean Cunningham, Jose Groba, Ben Caffrey, Nick Halliwell, Alistair Coulthard. Reserves - Robert Sobol, Steve Muretic, Mitch Pino, Pat Arcuri.

Victorian State League Division One Round Sixteen

Richmond 5 (O.G. 26' B Caffrey 29' 73' Coulthard 32' Peel 88') Lalor United 2 (Kuzmanoski, Nasteski)

Sunday July 5. Kevin Bartlett Reserve, Burnley. Referee - Mario Gurrisi

Richmond: Peter Schwellinger, Alistair Coulthard, Brian Ostrognaj, Joe Carey, Mark Bacak (Alan Hunter 67'), Julian Peel, Steve Guscic, Sean Cunningham, Nick Gourlias (Joel Ramalinga 71'), Ben Caffrey, Nick Halliwell (Steve Muretic 63').

Victorian State League Division One Round Seventeen

North Geelong Warriors 3 (M Trupkovic x2, Kvesic) Richmond 1 (Groba 72')

Sunday July 12. Elcho Park, Lara. Referee - Nestor Zacharidis

Richmond: Peter Schwellinger, Alistair Coulthard, Brian Ostrognaj (Jose Groba 45'), Joe Carey, Mark Bacak, Julian Peel, Steve Guscic (Steve Muretic 72'), Sean Cunningham (Alan Hunter 62'), Nick Gourlias, Nick Halliwell, Ben Caffrey.

Victorian State League Division One Round Eighteen

Richmond 1 (Halliwell 73') Westvale 2 (Armstrong, Peppas)

Sunday July 19. Kevin Bartlett Reserve, Burnley. Referee - Senko Rastocic

Richmond: Peter Schwellinger, Alistair Coulthard, Brian Ostrognaj, Joe Carey, Mark Bacak (Joel Ramalinga 73'), Julian Peel, Steve Guscic (Nick Halliwell 54'), Jose Groba, Nick Gourlias (Ben Caffrey 55'), Sean Cunningham.

Victorian State League Division One Round Nineteen

Westgate 0 Richmond 1 (Guscic)

Sunday July 26. Polish Community and Recreation Centre, Sunshine. Referee - Jim Zafirou

Richmond: Peter Schwellinger, Alistair Coulthard, Brian Ostrognaj, Joe Carey, Julian Peel, Sean Cunningham, Steve Guscic, Jose Groba, Nick Halliwell, Ben Caffrey. Reserves - Steve Muretic, Mark Bacak, Mitch Pino, Matt Govic, Robert Sobol.

Victorian State League Division One Round Twenty

Richmond 1 (B Caffrey 29') Werribee City 1 (Oliveira)

Saturday August 1. Kevin Bartlett Reserve, Burnley. Referee - Rick Arturi

Richmond: Robert Sobol, Alistair Coulthard (Mark Bacak 34'), Brian Ostrognaj, Joe Carey, Sean Cunningham, Julian Peel, Steve Guscic, Nick Halliwell, Jose Groba (Mitch Pino 76'), Ben Caffrey, Steve Muretic.

Victorian State League Division One Round Twenty-One

Kingston City 2 (Strapelias, Motsiopoulos) Richmond 0

Saturday August 8. The Grange Reserve, Clayton South. Referee - Tim Dimitriou

Richmond: Peter Schwellinger (Robert Sobol 46'), Mark Bacak, Brian Ostrognaj, Joe Carey, Sean Cunningham, Joel Ramalinga, Steve Guscic, Jose Groba (Mitch Pino 46'), Nick Halliwell, Ben Caffrey, Steve Muretic (John Jelincic 67').

Victorian State League Division One Round Twenty-Two

Richmond 7 (Groba 33' 55' B Caffrey 51' 57' 68' Cunningham 70' Peel 82') Melton Reds 0

Saturday August 15. Kevin Bartlett Reserve, Burnley. Referee - Bruno D'Aniello

Richmond: Robert Sobol, Joel Ramalinga, Julian Peel, Brian Ostrognaj, Joe Carey (John Jelincic 70'), Mark Bacak, Sean Cunningham, Jose Groba (Pat Arcuri 65'), Steve Guscic, Nick Halliwell, Ben Caffrey,

Victorian State League Division One Round Twenty-Three

Ringwood City 1 (C Nedza) Richmond 1 (Cunningham 41')

Sunday August 30. Jubilee Park, Ringwood. Referee - Robert Caminiti

Richmond: Robert Sobol, Brian Ostrognaj, Joel Ramalinga, Julian Peel, Mark Bacak, Sean Cunningham, Nick Halliwell, Ben Caffrey, Steve Guscic, John Jelincic Pat Arcuri (Matt Govic 55').

Victorian State League Division One Round Twenty-Four

Richmond 3 (Guscic 18' B Caffrey 81' Peel 88') Springvale City 4 (P Grella, Dell'Aquila, Sulemani, Cacciotti)

Sunday September 6. Kevin Bartlett Reserve, Burnley. Referee - Dom Barba

Richmond: Robert Sobol, Joel Ramalinga (Matt Govic 61'), Brian Ostrognaj, Joe Carey, Mark Bacak (Steve Muretic 46'), Julian Peel, Sean Cunningham, Nick Halliwell (John Jelincic 57'), Jose Groba, Ben Caffrey, Steve Guscic.

Victorian State League Division One Round Twenty-Five

Western Suburbs 2 (Georgieski, Modric) Richmond 1 (B Caffrey 8')

Sunday September 13. Ralph Reserve, Ardeer. Referee - Hakan Anaz

Richmond: Peter Schwellinger, Joel Ramalinga, Brian Ostrognaj, Joe Carey, Alistair Coulthard, Julian Peel, Steve Guscic, Nick Halliwell, Jose Groba, Ben Caffrey, Peter Fiek. Reserves - John Jelincic, Matt Govic, Tommy Muretic, Robert Sobol.

Victorian State League Division One Round Twenty-Six

Richmond 3 (Groba 14' 62' 80') Northcote City 2  (Panaghis, Iliopoulos)

Sunday September 20. Kevin Bartlett Reserve, Burnley. Referee - Tim Dimitriou

Richmond: Robert Sobol, Joel Ramalinga, Brian Ostrognaj, Joe Carey, Steve Muretic, Julian Peel, Steve Guscic, Nick Halliwell, Jose Groba, Ben Caffrey (John Jelincic 62'), Alistair Coulthard. 

Victorian State League Division One 1998	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	Pts
Westvale	26	24	1	1	92	17	73
Altona East	26	19	4	3	84	27	61
Western Suburbs	26	19	2	5	75	29	59
Kingston City	26	14	3	9	51	26	42
Werribee City	26	12	5	9	49	35	41
Richmond	26	10	5	11	49	44	35
Springvale City	26	9	7	10	49	51	34
Doncaster Rovers	26	10	3	13	52	46	33
North Geelong Warriors	26	9	6	11	50	48	33
Northcote City	26	9	4	13	50	65	31
Westgate	26	6	9	11	47	53	27
Lalor United	26	5	6	15	46	63	21
Ringwood City	26	5	5	16	33	64	20
Melton Reds	26	0	2	24	15	174	-1

Richmond Player Appearances 1998	League Starts	League Subs	League Goals	Total Starts	Total Subs	Total Games	Total Goals
Chris Andriotis	6	0	1	6	0	6	1
Patrick Arcuri	0	2	0	0	2	2	0
Mark Bacak	21	2	0	21	2	23	0
Christian Barra	0	1	0	0	1	1	0
Ben Caffrey	14	6	11	14	6	20	11
Joe Carey	21	1	0	21	1	22	0
Alistair Coulthard	18	3	1	18	3	21	1
Sean Cunningham	11	2	2	11	2	13	2
Peter Fiek	1	0	0	1	0	1	0
Nick Gourlias	17	0	6	17	0	17	6
Matt Govic	1	3	0	1	3	4	0
Jose Groba	19	4	13	19	4	23	13
Steve Guscic	26	0	5	26	0	26	5
Nick Halliwell	25	1	3	25	1	26	3
Fidell Richards	4	0	1	4	0	4	1
Alan Hunter	0	2	0	0	2	2	0
John Jelincic	1	8	0	1	8	9	0
Daniel Jennings	0	1	0	0	1	1	0
Vedran Knezevic	3	0	0	3	0	3	0
Richard Milanovic	4	1	1	4	1	5	1
Steve Muretic	12	8	0	12	8	20	0
Brian Ostrognaj	23	2	2	23	2	25	2
Julian Peel	24	0	3	24	0	24	3
Mitch Pino	0	2	0	0	2	2	0
Joel Ramalinga	14	4	0	14	4	18	0
Peter Schwellinger	19	0	0	19	0	19	0
Robert Sobol	5	1	0	5	1	6	0
Brad Zeally	2	0	0	2	0	2	0