1999

RICHMOND SOCCER CLUB

President: Eddie Zerbin

Secretary: Mark Weiser

Treasurer: Mark Weiser

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

Coach: Dave Dixon

Victorian State League Division One Round One

North Geelong Warriors 0 Richmond 1 (Ostrognaj 79')

Sunday March 21. Elcho Park, Lara. Referee - Robert Josifoski

Richmond: John Giannopoulos, Joel Ramalinga, Brian Ostrognaj, Mark Bacak, Julian Peel, Steve Guscic, Steve Muretic, Nick Halliwell, Gareth Robbins (Jim Voukelatos 87'), Ben Caffrey (Steve Placko 89'), Jose Groba (Gus Caminos 77').

Victorian State League Division One Round Two

Oakleigh Cannons 1 (Ismailoglu) Richmond 0

Friday March 26. Jack Andrews Reserve, Oakleigh. Referee - Mario Gurrisi

Richmond: John Giannopoulos, Joel Ramalinga, Brian Ostrognaj, Mark Bacak, Julian Peel, Steve Guscic, Steve Muretic, Nick Halliwell, Gareth Robbins, Ben Caffrey, Jose Groba. Reserves - Christian Barra, Steve Placko, Gus Caminos, S.Boskovski.

Victorian State League Division One Round Three

Richmond 2 (Guscic 17' Halliwell 82') Kingston City 3 (Pliatsiaris, A Caniglia, Breslin)

Sunday April 11. Kevin Bartlett Reserve. Burnley. Referee - Bruno D'Aniello

Richmond: John Giannopoulos, Joel Ramalinga (Christian Barra 64'), Brian Ostrognaj, Mark Bacak, Julian Peel, Steve Guscic, Steve Muretic (Steve Plackco 71'), Gareth Robbins, Ben Caffrey, Jose Groba (Sean Cunningham 67').

Victorian State League Division One Round Four 

Yarraville 3 (Markovac, Palatsides, H Timotheou) Richmond 3 (S Muretic, Halliwell, B Caffrey)

Saturday April 17. J.L.Murphy Reserve, Port Melbourne. Referee - Senko Rastocic

Richmond: John Giannopoulos, Joel Ramalinga, Brian Ostrognaj, Mark Bacak, Julian Peel, Steve Guscic, Gareth Robbins, Sean Cunningham, Nick Halliwell, Ben Caffrey, Steve Muretic. Reserves - Christian Barra, Steve Placko.

Victorian State League Division One Round Five

Richmond 1 (B Caffrey 75') Werribee City 1 (Smart)

Sunday April 25. Kevin Bartlett Reserve, Burnley. Referee - Ron Sinclair

Richmond: John Giannopoulos, Joel Ramalinga, Brian Ostrognaj, Julian Peel, Mark Bacak (Gareth Robbins 59'), Steve Guscic, Steve Muretic, Sean Cunningham, Nick Halliwell, Ben Caffrey (Andy Asimakidis 83'), Christian Barra. 

Victorian State League Division One Round Six

Westgate 4 (Maglovski, Gelic, Stevanovic, Kostadinoski) Richmond 0

Sunday May 2. Polish Sports and Recreation Centre, Sunshine. Referee - Tim Dimitriou

Richmond: John Giannopoulos, Joel Ramalinga, Brian Ostrognaj, Julian Peel, Mark Bacak (Steve Placko 83'), Steve Guscic, Steve Muretic, Sean Cunningham, Ben Caffrey, Jose Groba, Christian Barra.

Victorian State League Division One Round Seven

Richmond 1 (Asimakidis) Doncaster Rovers 5 (Boyes, Romanovski x2, Cimino, Sprekos)

Sunday May 9. Kevin Bartlett Reserve, Burnley. Referee - Steve Mabb

Richmond: John Giannopoulos, Mark Bacak, Brian Ostrognaj, Sean Cunningham, Joel Ramalinga, Nick Halliwell, Steve Muretic, Gareth Robbins (Steve Placko), Jose Groba, Ben Caffrey, Christian Barra. Reserves - Andy Asimakidis, Darren Watkins.

Victorian State League Division One Round Eight

Western Suburbs 1 (Georgieski) Richmond 1 (Guscic 83')

Sunday May 16. Ralph Reserve, Ardeer. Referee - Robert Josifoski

Richmond: John Giannopoulos, Mark Bacak, Brian Ostrognaj, Sean Cunningham, Joel Ramalinga, Gareth Robbins (Christian Barra 73'), Steve Muretic, Steve Guscic, Jose Groba, Ben Caffrey, Rick Hrehoresin.

Victorian State League Division One Round Nine

Richmond 2 (Groba 22' 29') Heidelberg United 1 (Korkaric)

Sunday May 23. Kevin Bartlett Reserve, Burnley. Referee - Nestor Zacharias

Richmond: John Giannopoulos, Mark Bacak, Brian Ostrognaj, Sean Cunningham, Joel Ramalinga, Nick Halliwell (Christian Barra 79'), Grant Kennedy, Steve Guscic, Jose Groba, Ben Caffrey, Rick Hrehoresin.

Victorian State League Division One Round Ten 

Springvale City 1 (Ovcin) Richmond 4 (Kennedy 13' 15' Guscic 44' Halliwell 60')

Saturday May 29. Ross Reserve, Noble Park. Referee - Jim Ouliaris

Richmond: Steve Cuomo, Mark Bacak, Brian Ostrognaj, Sean Cunningham, Joel Ramalinga, Nick Halliwell, Grant Kennedy (Steve Muretic 71'), Steve Guscic, Jose Groba, Ben Caffrey (Oliver Stankovski 78'), Rick Hrehoresin.

Victorian State League Division One Round Eleven

Richmond 1 (Guscic 59') Northcote City 0

Sunday June 6. Kevin Bartlett Reserve, Burnley. Referee - Tim Dimitriou

Richmond: Steve Cuomo, Mark Bacak, Brian Ostronaj, Sean Cunningham, Joel Ramalinga, Nick Halliwell, Grant Kennedy, Steve Guscic, Jose Groba, Ben Caffrey (Matt Govic 72'), Rick Hrehoresin.

Victorian State League Division One Round Twelve

Melbourne City 3 (Romero, Calle x2) Richmond 0

Saturday June 12. Polish Sports and Recreation Centre, Sunshine. Referee - Cain Naumcevski

Richmond: John Giannopoulos, Steve Muretic, Brian Ostrognaj, Sean Cunningham, Joel Ramalinga, Nick Halliwell, Grant Kennedy (Matt Govic 83'), Steve Guscic, Rick Hrehoresin, Jose Groba, Ben Caffrey.

Victorian State League Division One Round Thirteen

Richmond 3 (Groba x3) Lalor United 0

Monday June 14. Kevin Bartlett Reserve, Burnley. Referee - Phil Taverna

Richmond: John Giannopoulos, Steve Muretic, Brian Ostrognaj, Sean Cunningham, Joel Ramalinga, Nick Halliwell, Mark Bacak, Steve Guscic, Rick Hrehoresin (Tom Pizzini 83'), Jose Groba, Matt Govic (Ben Caffrey 77').

Victorian State League Division One Round Fourteen

Richmond 2 (S Muretic 68' 87') North Geelong 2 (Ginovski, Ljubicic)

Sunday June 20. Kevin Bartlett Reserve, Burnley. Referee - Ron Sinclair

Richmond: John Giannopoulos, Steve Muretic, Brian Ostrognaj, Sean Cunningham, Joel Ramalinga, Nick Halliwell, Mark Bacak, Steve Guscic, Rick Hrehoresin (Ben Caffrey 64'), Jose Groba, Matt Govic (Oliver Stankovski 72').

Victorian State League Division One Round Fifteen

Richmond 1 (Stankovski 60') Oakleigh Cannons 1 (Alagiozidis)

Sunday June 27. Kevin Bartlett Reserve, Burnley. Referee - Dom Barba

Richmond: John Giannopoulos, Steve Muretic, Brian Ostrognaj, Sean Cunningham, Joel Ramalinga, Nick Halliwell, Mark Bacak, Steve Guscic, Rick Hrehoresin, Jose Groba (Andrew Mashoian 67'), Oliver Stankovski (Matt Govic 77').

Victorian State League Division One Round Sixteen

Kingston City 0 Richmond 2 (Stankovski 22' M Govic 78')

Sunday July 4. The Grange Reserve, Clayton South. Referee - Robert Josifoski

Richmond: John Giannopoulos, Steve Muretic, Brian Ostrognaj, Sean Cunningham, Joel Ramalinga, Nick Halliwell, Mark Bacak, Grant Kennedy, Rick Hrehoresin (Ben Caffrey 65'), Andrew Mashoian (Matt Govic 61'), Oliver Stankovski (Darren Watkins 80').

Victorian State League Division One Round Seventeen

Richmond 1 (Guscic 72') Yarraville Glory 1 (Georgakis)

Sunday July 11. Kevin Bartlett Reserve, Burnley. Referee - Perry Mur

Richmond: John Giannopoulos, Steve Muretic, Brian Ostrognaj, Sean Cunningham, Joel Ramalinga (Nick Gourlias 49'), Nick Halliwell, Mark Bacak, Steve Guscic, Rick Hrehoresin, Grant Kennedy, Oliver Stankovski (Matt Govic 24').

Victorian State League Division One Round Eighteen

Werribee City 2 (Trajkovski, Jovevski) Richmond 1 (M Govic 35')

Sunday July 18. Galvin Park, Werribee. Referee - Jeremy Blaney

Richmond: John Giannopoulos, Steve Muretic, Brian Ostrognaj, Sean Cunningham, Nick Gourlias (Darren Watkins 78'), Nick Halliwell, Mark Bacak, Matt Govic, Rick Hrehoresin, Grant Kennedy, Oliver Stankovski (Ben Caffrey 50').

Victorian State League Division One Round Nineteen

Richmond 0 Westgate 2 (Gelic, Hermosilla)

Sunday July 25. Kevin Bartlett Reserve, Burnley. Referee - Steve Mabb

Richmond: John Giannopoulos, Steve Muretic (Joel Ramalinga 78'), Brian Ostrognaj, Sean Cunningham, Matt Govic, Nick Halliwell, Mark Bacak (Nick Gourlias 77'), Steve Guscic, Rick Hrehoresin, Grant Kennedy, Andrew Mashoian (Patrick Kisnorbo 75').

Victorian State League Division One Round Twenty

Doncaster Rovers 1 (Romanovski) Richmond 1 (Kennedy 7')

Sunday August 1. Anderson Park, East Doncaster. Referee - Robert Caminiti

Richmond: Steve Cuomo, Steve Muretic, Brian Ostrognaj, Sean Cunningham, Nick Gourlias (Jose Groba 79'), Nick Halliwell, Mark Bacak, Steve Guscic, Rick Hrehoresin (Joel Ramalinga 55'), Grant Kennedy, Darren Watkins (Tom Pizzini 67').

Victorian State League Division One Round Twenty-One

Richmond 4 (Halliwell 3' Kennedy 32' Guscic 55' Gourlias 74') Western Suburbs 1 (Hynds)

Sunday August 8. Kevin Bartlett Reserve, Burnley. Referee - Ron Sinclair

Richmond: John Giannopoulos, Steve Muretic (Nick Gourlias 45'), Brian Ostrognaj, Sean Cunningham, Tom Pizzini, Nick Halliwell, Mark Bacak, Steve Guscic, Joel Ramalinga, Grant Kennedy, Darren Watkins.

Victorian State League Division One Round Twenty-Two

Heidelberg United 0 Richmond 0

Sunday August 15. Olympic Village, Heidelberg West. Referee - Bruno D'Aniello

Richmond: John Giannopoulos, Steve Muretic, Brian Ostrognaj, Rick Hrehoresin, Tom Pizzini (Jose Groba 82'), Nick Halliwell, Mark Bacak, Steve Guscic, Joel Ramalinga, Grant Kennedy (Matt Govic 76'), Darren Watkins.

Victorian State League Division One Round Twenty-Three

Richmond 0 Springvale City 1 (De Luca)

Sunday August 29. Kevin Bartlett Reserve, Burnley. Referee - Andrew Stacey

Richmond: John Giannopoulos, Steve Muretic, Brian Ostrognaj, Sean Cunningham, Tom Pizzini (Jose Groba 59'), Nick Halliwell (Nick Gourlias 77'), Mark Bacak, Steve Guscic, Joel Ramalinga, Grant Kennedy (Matt Govic 68'), Darren Watkins.

Victorian State League Division One Round Twenty-Four

Northcote City 1 (G Papadopoulos) Richmond 2 (Guscic, Groba)

Sunday September 5. John Cain Memorial Park, Thornbury. Referee - Cain Naumcevski

Richmond: John Giannopoulos, Nick Gourlias, Brian Ostrognaj, Sean Cunningham, Rick Hrehoresin (Grant Kennedy 38'), Nick Halliwell, Mark Bacak, Steve Guscic, Joel Ramalinga, Jose Groba, Darren Watkins. 

Victorian State League Division One Round Twenty-Five

Richmond 2 (Pizzini 59' Groba 88') Melbourne City 1 (O'Donnell)

Sunday September 12. Kevin Bartlett Reserve, Burnley. Referee - Dom Barba

Richmond: John Giannopoulos, Nick Gourlias (Steve Muretic 15'), Brian Ostrognaj, Sean Cunningham, Grant Kennedy, Nick Halliwell, Mark Bacak, Steve Guscic, Joel Ramalinga (Rick Hrehoresin 83'), Jose Groba, Darren Watkins (Tom Pizzini 41').

Victorian State League Division One Round Twenty-Six

Lalor United 2 (Josevski, Dimitriou) Richmond 3 (Guscic 52' Groba 56' Ramalinga 60')

Sunday September 19. H.R.Uren Reserve, Thomastown. Referee - Robert Josifoski

Richmond: John Giannopoulos, Mark Bacak, Brian Ostrognaj, Sean Cunningham, Grant Kennedy (Rick Hrehoresin 46'), Nick Halliwell, Steve Muretic, Steve Guscic, Joel Ramalinga, Jose Groba, Darren Watkins.

Victorian State League Division One 1999	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	Pts
Oakleigh	26	17	5	4	56	28	56
Heidelberg United	26	16	6	4	58	31	54
Lalor United	26	12	7	7	55	44	43
Western Suburbs	26	11	5	10	45	44	38
Richmond	26	10	8	8	38	38	38
Doncaster Rovers	26	10	7	9	48	41	37
Westgate	26	11	4	11	37	42	37
Yarraville Glory	26	10	6	10	41	40	36
Springvale City	26	10	4	12	36	34	34
Northcote City	26	9	3	14	51	56	30
Melbourne City	26	9	3	14	38	48	30
North Geelong Warriors	26	7	8	11	39	44	29
Kingston City	26	6	6	14	31	58	24
Werribee City	26	4	8	14	30	55	20

Richmond Player Appearances 1999	League Starts	League Subs	League Goals	Total Starts	Total Subs	Total Games	Total Goals
Andy Asimakidis	0	2	1	0	2	2	1
Mark Bacak	24	0	0	24	0	24	0
Christian Barra	3	5	0	3	5	8	0
Ben Caffrey	12	3	1	12	3	15	1
Gus Caminos	0	1	0	0	1	1	0
Sean Cunningham	21	1	0	21	1	22	0
Steve Cuomo	3	0	0	3	0	3	0
John Giannopoulos	22	0	0	22	0	22	0
Nick Gourlias	3	4	1	3	4	7	1
Matt Govic	3	7	2	3	7	10	2
Jose Groba	16	3	8	16	3	19	8
Steve Guscic	23	0	8	23	0	23	8
Nick Halliwell	22	0	4	22	0	22	4
Rick Hrehoresin	14	2	0	14	2	16	0
Grant Kennedy	13	1	4	13	1	14	4
Patrick Kisnorbo	0	1	0	0	1	1	0
Andrew Mashoian	2	1	0	2	1	3	0
Steve Muretic	20	2	3	20	2	22	3
Brian Ostronaj	25	0	1	25	0	25	1
Julian Peel	6	0	0	6	0	6	0
Tom Pizzini	3	3	1	3	3	6	1
Steve Placko	0	6	0	0	6	6	0
Joel Ramalinga	23	2	1	23	2	25	1
Gareth Robbins	6	1	0	6	1	7	0
Oliver Stankovski	3	2	2	3	2	5	2
Jim Voukelatos	0	1	0	0	1	1	0
Darren Watkins	7	2	0	7	2	9	0