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 WELLINGTON OLYMPIC
2023 FIXTURES
A 01 VS MANUREWA SUN 24 SEP 2.00PM MANUREWA MEMORIAL

H 02 VS NAPIER CITY ROVERS SAT 30 SEP 1.00PM MARTIN LUCKIE PARK

A 03 VS CASHMERE TECHNICAL SAT 7 OCT 12.00PM NGA PUNA WAI

H 04 VS EASTERN SUBURBS SAT 14 OCT 3.00PM WAKEFIELD PARK

A 05 VS AUCKLAND UNITED SAT 21 OCT 3.00PM KEITH HAY PARK

H 06 VS PETONE SAT 28 OCT 12.00PM MARTIN LUCKIE PARK

H 07 VS CHRISTCHURCH UNITED SAT 4 NOV 2.00PM MARTIN LUCKIE PARK

A 08 VS AUCKLAND CITY SUN 12 NOV 3.00PM KIWITEA STREET

H 09 VS PHOENIX RESERVES SAT 18 NOV 2.00PM MARTIN LUCKIE PARK

H = HOME A = AWAY

NEXT HOME GAME

SATURDAY 4 NOVEMBER,
2.00PM, MARTIN LUCKIE PARK

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WELCOME TO WAKEFIELD
CHAIRPERSON’S WELCOME – PAUL KOTROTSOS
I’d like to welcome Ryan and his Petone side here at Martin Luckie today.

Our last encounter with Petone was not our greatest
and Petone has been knocking on their first NL win
for a few weeks now. I am confident we will not be
their first victim especially after a very good win last
weekend. Let’s keep the momentum going - the next
two games are key.
Our U19’s were up in Napier last weekend. Firstly,
to Petone, congratulations on making the final. It is
unfortunate that the team got pipped at the post right
at the end of the game against Birkenhead, and as we
have been there before, we know how disappointing it
is for the young lads.
Our own lads showed some promise and could have
easily reversed two of the 0-1 results. It’s all about
moments and ours didn’t fall our way on the day.
We had another good turnout from our travelling
supporters, both young and old. A huge thank you
to all who made the trip up and to those who worked
tirelessly behind the scenes to feed the lads, wash their
strips, and ensure that they were well looked after. We
do have the most incredible Olympic U19s family!
Upcoming: Capital Football Awards 2023
As at the publication of this programme, the Awards
dinner is still yet to be held (Friday, 27th October). We
would again like to congratulate all our finalists for their
nominations in each of the following categories:
Men’s Central League Player of the Year:
Jack-Henry Sinclair & Ben Mata
Men’s Capital Premier Player of the Year
Oliver Davies & Dylan Wood
Men’s Young Player of the Year
Oliver Davies
Master’s Player of the Year
Bevan Smith
Save of the Year
Scott Basalaj
Senior Coach of the Year
Taylor Hall-Jones

To Matt Kolic, Jimmy Haidakis and the players – on
behalf of the Club, I’d like to thank you for all your
efforts over the weekend. We know it was a tough
tournament that didn’t go our way, but we are very
proud of each and every one of you in how you
represented the Club.
Matt has taken on the role of U19s coach and/or
manager umpteen times now. A true club man who just
gets on with the job. There’s just no way to express
how much you are truly appreciated by us all, Matt.
Thank you…
Club Team of the Year
Wellington Olympic Central League
Personality of the Year
Maki Halikias
We’re looking forward to enjoying the evening to
celebrate our finalists for a fantastic season, and
wish them all good luck! I hope to see you all back in
the Clubrooms after the match, players, supporters and
refs all welcome.

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CENTRAL LEAGUE – RUPERT KEMEYS

As we passed the halfway point of this National League competition, we
start to realise just how quickly it can go by as we are faced with just four
games to go.
We picked up a massive result against third placed and we feel like that showed in the team performance
Auckland United last weekend and we delivered a real as all members stood up when it counted. I’m looking
team performance which was very pleasing to see. forward to seeing the boys work together again to
clinch another crucial three points in the race to get to
Every point is vital as this competition draws to its the grand final.
conclusion so it’s critical we get another three points
this weekend. Coming up against Petone FC who have Lastly, a big shout out to the players, coaches and
had some close defeats and a draw against some big supporters that made the trip up to Napier for the U19s
sides, we know it would be foolish to take them lightly Tournament. Although results didn’t go the way we all
in this fixture, despite their position on the ladder. would have hoped, we know it wasn’t for a lack of effort
by those who participated.
Off the back of two draws which felt like losses, the
group has been training well over the last couple of The supporters’ turnout was extraordinary as ever and
weeks and the mood around camp illustrates how high once again “The Greeks” were the envy of many a club
our aspirations are, especially given the talented squad. by putting on display the values that make this club so
Last weekend we wanted to deliver a statement result special.

FROM THE CAPTAIN – BEN MATA

Today we welcome Central League counterparts, Petone FC, to Martin Luckie.
Last time we met we were somewhat embarrassed National League fixture. Last week’s 3-1 win against
by the 0-4 loss in a game that I’m sure a lot of us Auckland United sees us stay 2nd in the table, but to
remember very well for all the wrong reasons. The remain there we need to build on what was a gutsy
beauty of football is we now have the opportunity performance from the players.
to be able to right that wrong in a very important

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IN MEMORY OF THE LATE
IRENE KATSOUGIANNIS
It was with much sadness and regret that we had
learned of the untimely passing of our own Irene
Katsougiannis.
Irene was a much loved, respected and treasured
member of our Olympic family and the wider Greek
Community. Player, coach, friend and mentor to so
many of our GOYANZ/Wellington Olympic netballers
from the 1970s, retiring from coaching in 2021
following a successful career, a respected member of
the Wellington Netball Community and an incredible
woman who inspired all who knew her. She has left
such a void in our Club and will be missed terribly.
Reunited with her loving husband, Steve, and in the
peaceful hands of our Lord....
Our thoughts and prayers are with Irene’s family at
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this very difficult time, and we extend our heartfelt
condolences to them and to all who knew and were
touched by her.
A minute’s silence was observed in remembrance of
Irene at last weekend’s National League match against
Auckland United, and our U19s match against Miramar.
With heavy hearts, we said our final farewell to Irene
this past Thursday as she was laid to rest. A beautiful
soul lost too soon. RIP Irene.
For all those who have been affected by Irene’s
heartbreaking and sudden loss, the Club, in conjunction
with New Zealand Football, are able to organise a
professional to talk to, if needed. Please let us know.
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ABOUT PETONE FOOTBALL CLUB

Petone Football Club was formed as Petone The club’s achievements include:
AFC in 1898, and while two other clubs can
trace their roots back earlier than this, Petone Mens:
• 3 x Chatham Cup: 1928, 1930 and 1949
is the oldest football club in Wellington
• 1 x Central League: 1990
to survive in its original form without • 3 x Capital Premier League: 2006, 2007 and 2019
amalgamation. • 1 x Junior National Cup (NZ U18s): 1979
• 1 x U19s National Youth Championships: 2008
This year we celebrated 125 years of Petone FC and
50 years of Women’s football at the club. The Club has
been at its current base at Memorial Park since 1961. Womens:
• 5 x Central League: Through the mid-1990s
The Club organises the annual pre-season Hilton • 1 x U19s National Youth Championships: 2021
Petone Tournament, attracting entries from clubs in the
Wellington region since its inception in 1955. It is an
established part of the football calendar and in 2024
will celebrate its 70th anniversary.

Photos courtesy of Petone FC

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NATIONAL LEAGUE CHAMPIONSHIP

ROUND 06 PREVIEW
FIRST TEAM FIXTURE

vs

WELLINGTON OLYMPIC AFC

vs PETONE FC
Saturday 28th October, 12.00pm Kick Off, Martin Luckie Park

OTHER FIXTURES RESULTS

CHRISTCHURCH UNITED Sunday 29th October, 2.00pm, –

VS NAPIER CITY ROVERS United Sports Centre

PHOENIX RESERVES Sunday 29th October, 2.00pm,

–
VS EASTERN SUBURBS Fraser Park

AUCKLAND CITY Sunday 29th October, 2.00pm, –

VS AUCKLAND UNITED Kiwitea Street

MANUREWA Sunday 29th October, 3.00pm, –

VS CASHMERE TECHNICAL Manurewa War Memorial

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NATIONAL LEAGUE CHAMPIONSHIP

ROUND 05 OVERVIEW
FIRST TEAM RESULT OTHER RESULTS

CASHMERE TECHNICAL
2-1 VS PHOENIX RESERVES

CHRISTCHURCH UNITED
3-0 VS PETONE

NAPIER CITY ROVERS

0-1

1 - 3
VS MANUREWA

EASTERN SUBURBS
1-2 VS AUCKLAND CITY

LEAGUE TABLE P W D L GF GA GD PTS

Auckland City 5 5 0 0 11 4 7 15

Wellington Olympic 5 3 2 0 20 9 11 11

Christchurch United 5 3 1 1 9 4 5 10

Auckland United 5 2 2 1 7 7 0 8

Cashmere Technical 5 2 1 2 12 10 2 7

Manurewa 5 2 0 3 9 13 -4 6

Napier City Rovers 5 2 0 3 7 12 -5 6

Eastern Suburbs 5 0 3 2 5 7 -2 3

Phoenix Reserves 5 1 0 4 7 10 -3 3

Petone 5 0 1 4 2 13 -11 1

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 CENTRAL LEAGUE SQUAD

1 SCOTT
BASALAJ 2 JACK
CAWLEY 3 JOEHOPPER 4 DYLAN
WOOD

5 JUSTIN
GULLEY 6 TORDAVENPORT-PETERSON 7 KAILAN
GOULD 8 JOELSTEVENS

9 HAMISH
WATSON 10 GIANNI
BOUZOUKIS 11 NATHANAEL
HAILEMARIAM 12 CHRIS
KOTROTSOS

14 JACK-HENRY
SINCLAIR 15 BENMATA 16 JOSHUA
APAAPA-PRESTON 17 DEVON
THURSTON
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18 THEOETTEMA 19 SAMUEL
MITRAKAS 20 TAMDIMAIRO 22 DIMITRI
ASPOSTOLAKIS

23 GAVIN
HOY 34 WILLVINCENT 41 JACOB
DALY

RUPERT KEMEYS SCOOTA ROCHE MATT KOLIC JAMES MACAODHAGAIN STEVE DIMAKIS
HEAD COACH ASSISTANT COACH TEAM MANAGER S&C COACH GOALKEEPER COACH

BROGAN TREANOR TAYLOR HALL-JONES FRANK HOGAN STATHE APOSTOLAKIS

PHYSIOTHERAPIST CAP PREM COACH CAP PREM ASSISTANT CAP PREM MANAGER

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NL TOP SCORERS
Check out the stats for the 2023 National League Championship
Top Scorers, and keep an eye on our Wellington Olympic players
featured on the list!

POS. PLAYER CLUB GOALS

1= Gianni Bouzoukis Wellington Olympic 5
Deri Corfe Napier City Rovers 5
3 Jack-Henry Sinclair Wellington Olympic 4
4= Joel Stevens Wellington Olympic 3
Angus Kilkolly Auckland City 3
Lyle Matthysen Cashmere Tech 3
Monty Patterson Manurewa 3
8= Gavin Hoy Wellington Olympic 2
Ben Mata Wellington Olympic 2
Hamish Watson Wellington Olympic 2
Nicolas Zambrano Auckland United 2
Garbhan Coughlan Cashmere Tech 2
Tom Schwarz Cashmere Tech 2
Yuya Taguchi Cashmere Tech 2
Daniel Maclennan Christchurch United 2
Nicolas Bobadilla Manurewa 2
Matthew Brazier Petone 2
Josh Rudland Wellington Phoenix 2
Luke Supyk Wellington Phoenix 2
20= Theo Ettema Wellington Olympic 1
Kailan Gould Wellington Olympic 1
Michael Den Heijer Auckland City 1
Ryan De Vries Auckland City 1
Liam Gillion Auckland City 1
Cam Howieson Auckland City 1
Mario Illich Auckland City 1
Regont Murati Auckland City 1
Emiliano Tade Auckland City 1
Tong Zhou Auckland City 1
Yousif Al-Kalisy Auckland United 1
Daniel Atkinson Auckland United 1
Xavier Green Auckland United 1
Oliver Middleton Auckland United 1
Hideto Takahashi Auckland United 1
Aidan Barbour-Ryan Cashmere Tech 1
Garbhan Coughlan Cashmere Tech 1

As at 21 October, 2023

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WELLINGTON PETONE
OLYMPIC FC
SCOTT BASALAJ GK 1 1 OSCAR BOYCE GK
JACK CAWLEY 2 2 CORAN PERKS
JOE HOPPER 3 3 NICK DRAYTON
DYLAN WOOD 4 4 BRYNN SINCLAIR
JUSTIN GULLEY 5 5 KIERAN MCMINN
TOR DAVENPORT PETERSEN 6 6 LUCA BARCLAY
KAILAN GOULD 7 7 JAMAYA SHEARER
JOEL STEVENS 8 8 AMIR MANDALAWI
HAMISH WATSON 9 9 MICK REID
GIANNI BOUZOUKIS 10 10 SAM PICKERING (C)
NATHANEAL HAILEMARIAM 11 11 JAGA SCOTT-GREENFIELD
CHRIS KOTROSOS RGK 12 12 OLLIE PICKERING
ZACH HASSALL 13 13 ISAAC SNELL
JACK-HENRY SINCLAIR 14 14 LUKE GRINDLAY
BEN MATA (C) 15 15 SAM WALL
JOSHUA APAAPA-PRESTON 16 16 JARED EGLINTON
DEVON THURSTON 17 17 ASHNARVY MUSTAPHA
THEO ETTEMA 18 18 BRAY WHITECLIFFE
SAMUEL MITRAKAS 19 19 CAM HEALY
TAMUPIWA DIMAIRO 20 20 ABDALLAH KHALED-ABBAS
LUKAS HALIKIAS 22 21 AIDAN RODRIGUES
Head Coach GAVIN HOY 23 22 JORDAN PICKERING GK
Rupert Kemeys LEO GUNN 24 23 MATT BRAZIER
ISA PRINS 25 24 JACK O’CONNOR
Assistant Coaches
Scoota Roche HAMI PARANIHI-NUKU 26
Taylor Hall-Jones GIANLUCA SALAS 28
Head Coach
THEO JONES 31
GK Coach Ryan Edwards
Steve Dimakis OLIVER DAVIES 32
JAMES MURDOCH-GIBBS 33 Assistant Coach
Team Manager Jamie O’Connor
WILLIAM VINCENT 34
Matt Kolic
JOSHUA INGHAM RGK 40 GK Coach
Physio JACOB DALY RGK 41 Shea Stapleton
Brogan Treanor BROOKLYN BROWNE RGK 43
Team Managers
S&C Coach Phil Pickering
James Mac Aodagain Match Officials Jaydn Robson

Gear Manager Referee 1st Asst Ref 2nd Asst Ref Fourth Official Physio
Dave Graham Calvin Berg Ashton Davenport Sean Lau Chris Bennett TBI Health

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APPEARANCES (1970 - 2023)

Wellington Olympic First Team Appearances (League and Cup)
from 1970 to 2023

PLAY OFFS
CHATHAM
LEAGUE

TOTAL
CUP
1 Harry KOTSAPAS 1973-1993 & 1995 344 33 3 380
2 Nick HALIKIAS 1974-1993 327 28 4 359
3 Alkes IOANNOU 1975,1977,1979,1982-1992 238 22 4 264
4 Chris CHRISTIE YIAVASIS 1979, 1983-1989,1991-1994, 1997-2002 226 27 4 257
5 Jimmy HAIDAKIS 2003-2016, 2018, 2020 192 42 234
6 Spiros ANDROUTSOS 1977-1990, 1992, 1995 210 21 2 233
7= Paul KOTROTSOS 1989,1991-2003 193 26 2 221
7= Jared CURTIS 1996-2011 188 33 221
7= Chas LAWRENCE 2007-2017, 2019 184 37 221
10 Maki HALIKIAS 2001-2015, 2018 182 38 220
11 Imre FOLDI 1990-1997, 1999 191 24 2 217
12 Barry LEWIS 2003-2014 171 40 211
13 Basil MITRAKAS 1988-2000, 2002 177 22 2 201
14 George KOTROTSOS 1980-1993,1998 166 19 3 188
15 George BERTOS Snr 1980-1993, 1998 166 19 3 188
16 Tony PALAMIDAS 1983-1989, 1992-1993 146 15 2 163
17 Simon GEORGE 1993-95, 1997-99, 2001, 2007-08, 2011-13 134 26 160
18 Ian MINSHULL 1993-1999, 2008 135 19 154
19 Alex PALEZEVIC 2015-2022 135 18 153
20 Basil BOUZOUKIS 1978-1983, 1985, 1989, 1991 141 10 151
21 Gary MINSHULL 1994-1999 123 19 142
22 Jamie O’CONNOR 2007-2014 117 24 141
23 Mick PEEL 1986-1989, 1991, 1993-1994 116 16 4 136
24 Costa LEONIDAS 1974, 1986-1988, 1990-1992 117 13 3 133
25 Craig CANDY 1993-1998 114 14 128
26 Scott BASALAJ 2016- 109 15 3 127
27 Gianni BOUZOUKIS 2016- 106 17 2 125
28 Aleem SHEIK 2012-2015, 2019-2021 105 17 122
29 Andy WEST 1980-1986 110 10 120
30 Ben MATA 2019- 97 17 4 118
31 Carl ADAMS 1986-1991 102 12 2 116
32 Anthony NEONAKIS 2004-2005, 2007-2009, 2011-2013 87 22 106
33= Iain CAVE 1996-2002 92 12 104
33= Andre RACZ 1991-1995 89 13 2 104

Missing CL Qualifying 1973 x 5

Appearances are to and including R5 National League match vs Auckland United played on 21 October 2023
Playoffs include Central Top 4 (1988), National (1991), National Finals (2021 & 2022) & Oceania (2023)

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GOALS SCORED (1970 - 2023)

Wellington Olympic First Team Goals (League and Cup) from 1970 to 2023

PER MATCH
PLAY OFFS
CHATHAM

MATCHES
LEAGUE

GOALS
TOTAL
CUP
1 Harry KOTSAPAS 121 8 1 130 380 0.34

2 Chris CHRISTIE YIAVASIS 93 7 3 103 256 0.40

3 Gianni BOUZOUKIS 82 15 1 98 125 0.78

4 Spiros ANDROUTSOS 75 15 0 90 233 0.39

5 Imre FOLDI 80 8 0 88 216 0.41

6 Jimmy HAIDAKIS 60 25 0 85 234 0.36

7 Micky MALIVUK 54 13 0 67 80 0.84

8 Jack-Henry SINCLAIR 63 1 0 64 89 0.73

9 Andre RACZ 49 9 1 59 103 0.57

10 Geoff BROWN 42 15 0 57 54 1.06

11 Alkes IOANNOU 48 5 1 54 264 0.20

12 Nick HALIKIAS 44 9 0 53 359 0.15

13 Maki HALIKIAS 35 12 0 47 221 0.21

14 Ben MATA 35 9 2 47 116 0.40

15= Craig CANDY 37 7 0 44 127 0.35

15= Kailan GOULD 34 10 0 44 72 0.61

17 Jamie O’CONNOR 31 10 0 41 141 0.29
18 Costa LEONIDAS 36 2 1 39 133 0.29

19 George BERTOS Snr 34 3 0 37 178 0.21

20 Jared CURTIS 25 11 0 36 221 0.16

Missing 12 Chatham Cup Goals

Goals are to and including R5 National League match vs Auckland United played on 21 October 2023

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