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Sydney Croatia
1989-1990 season
ChairmanFranjo Bušić
ManagerRon Corry (Rd 1-9), Graham Arnold (Rd 10-11), Tony Vržina (Rd 12-26)
StadiumSydney Croatian Sports Centre
National Soccer League7th
1989-90 NSL CupSecond Round
Top goalscorerDavid Seal (15)
Highest home attendance5,452 vs. Marconi Fairfield
(29 December 1989)
National Soccer League
Lowest home attendance710 vs. Wollongong City
(18 April 1990)
National Soccer League
Average home league attendance3,938
Biggest win4-0
vs. Wollongong City
(18 April 1990)
National Soccer League
Biggest defeat0–4
vs. South Melbourne
(5 November 1989)
National Soccer League
← 1989
1990-91 →

The 1989-90 season saw Sydney Croatia embark on its seventh campaign in the NSL. Ultimately, they finished 7th out of 14 teams.

The team commenced the season with former player Ron Corry at the helm, but his tenure was short-lived, as he was let go after Round 9 due to disappointing results. In response, Graham Arnold stepped into a player-coach role for Rounds 10-11, before Tony Vržina took the reins for the remainder of the season.[1]

Meanwhile, Sydney Croatia's young striker, 18-year-old David Seal, made a significant impact, finishing as the league's top goal scorer in the 1989-1990 NSL season with 15 goals.[2]

Players

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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
— FW Australia AUS Graham Arnold (Captain)
— DF Australia AUS Mark Babic
— FW Australia AUS David Batten
— GK Australia AUS Tony Franken
— MF Australia AUS Andrew French
— MF Australia AUS Steve Gojević
— DF Australia AUS Mike Grbevski
— DF Australia AUS Alan Hunter
— DF Australia AUS Mark Jones
— DF Croatia CRO Zeljko Jurin
— GK Australia AUS Zeljko Kalac
— GK Australia AUS John Krajnović
No. Pos. Nation Player
— DF Australia AUS Velimir Kuprešak
— FW Papua New Guinea PNG Manis Lamond
— MF Croatia CRO Ivan Petković
— MF Australia AUS Tony Popovic
— MF Australia AUS Pedro Ricoy
— DF Croatia CRO Ante Rumora
— GK Australia AUS John Russell
— MF Australia AUS Wally Savor
— FW Australia AUS David Seal
— MF Australia AUS Ned Zelic
— DF Australia AUS Ante Zizic (Youth)



Transfers in

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No.
 Pos.
 Nat.
 Name
 Age
 Moving from
 Type
 Transfer
window 		Ends
 Transfer
fee 		Source
DF Australia Mike Grbevski 23 St George BSC Australia Transfer Pre-season $25,000 [3][4]
MF Australia Pedro Ricoy 22 APIA Leichhardt Australia Transfer Pre-season [5][6]
FW Australia Steve Gojević 24 Heidelberg United Australia Transfer Pre-season $12,000 [7]
DF Australia Velimir Kuprešak 26 St Albans Dinamo Australia Transfer Pre-season $12,000 [8]
GK Australia John Russell 18 West Wallsend Australia Transfer Pre-season [9][10]
FW Australia David Batten 25 Wollongong City Australia Transfer Mid-season [11][12]
DF Croatia Zeljko Jurin 29 Brunswick Juventus Australia Transfer Mid-season [13][14]

Transfers out

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No.
 Pos.
 Nat.
 Name
 Age
 Moving to
 Type
 Transfer
window 		Transfer
fee 		Source
FW Australia Robbie Slater 24 Anderlecht Transfer Pre-season [15][16]
DF Australia Graham Jennings 29 APIA Leichhardt Transfer Pre-season [17][18]
DF Australia Shane Clinch 25 APIA Leichhardt Transfer Pre-season [19][20]
MF Australia Craig Foster 20 Sunshine George Cross End of Contract Pre-season [21]
FW Australia Tony Krslovic 20 St George BSC End of Contract Pre-season Free [22]
MF Australia Blago Milicevic 18 St George BSC End of Contract Pre-season Free [23][24]
MF Australia David Rezo 27 Free Agency End of Contract Pre-season Free [25]
DF Australia Burim Zajmi 29 Canterbury Marrickville End of Contract Pre-season Free [26][27]

Overview

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Competition First match Last match Starting round Final position Record
Pld W D L GF GA GD Win %
National Soccer League 5 November 1989 22 April 1990 Matchday 1 7th 26 10 6 10 40 39 +1 038.46
NSL Cup 14 February 1990 14 March 1990 First Round Second Round 2 1 0 1 4 3 +1 050.00
Total 28 11 6 11 44 42 +2 039.29

Last updated: complete
Source: Competitions

League table

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Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
5 Sydney Olympic (C) 26 12 7 7 40 25 +15 31 Qualification for the Finals series
6 APIA Leichhardt 26 11 9 6 36 25 +11 31
7 Sydney Croatia 26 10 6 10 40 39 +1 26
8 Parramatta Eagles 26 10 6 10 31 31 0 26
9 Preston Makedonia 26 9 5 12 33 35 −2 23
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

Matches

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5 November 1989 1 South Melbourne 4-0 Sydney Croatia Melbourne
 Report Stadium: Middle Park
Attendance: 4,800
Referee: John Lorenc
11 November 1989 2 Sydney Croatia 1-2 St George BSC Sydney
 Report
Stadium: Sydney Croatian Sports Centre
Attendance: 3,692
Referee: Gary Power
18 November 1989 3 Sydney Croatia 3-1 Sunshine George Cross Sydney
 Report
Stadium: Sydney Croatian Sports Centre
Attendance: 2,652
Referee: Peter Spiers
25 November 1989 4 Adelaide City 3–1 Sydney Croatia Adelaide
 Report
Stadium: Hindmarsh Stadium
Attendance: 3,450
Referee: Jim Rossis
2 December 1989 5 Sydney Croatia 0-0 APIA Leichhardt Sydney
Report Stadium: Sydney Croatian Sports Centre
Attendance: 3,104
Referee: Jim Reeves
10 December 1989 6 Preston Makedonia 2-1 Sydney Croatia Melbourne
 Report
Stadium: BT Connor Reserve
Attendance: 3,486
Referee: Jim Rossis
16 December 1989 7 Sydney Croatia 1–2 Sydney Olympic Sydney
 Report
Stadium: Sydney Croatian Sports Centre
Attendance: 5,172
Referee: Richard Lorenc
23 December 1989 8 Blacktown City Demons 1-2 Sydney Croatia Sydney
 Report
Stadium: Gabbie Stadium
Attendance: 3,124
Referee: Peter Spiers
29 December 1989 9 Sydney Croatia 1-3 Marconi Fairfield Sydney
 Report
Stadium: Sydney Croatian Sports Centre
Attendance: 5,452
Referee: Dennis Voutsinas
7 January 1990 10 Melbourne Croatia 0-3 Sydney Croatia Melbourne
Report
Stadium: Somers Street Stadium
Attendance: 8,000
Referee: Jim Reeves
14 January 1990 11 Sydney Croatia 0-2 West Adelaide Hellas Sydney
Report
Stadium: Sydney Croatian Sports Centre
Attendance: 3,862
Referee: Bill Monteverde
21 January 1990 12 Wollongong City 1-3 Sydney Croatia Wollongong
 Report
Stadium: Brandon Park
Attendance: 2,344
Referee: John McConnell
26 January 1990 13 Sydney Croatia 1-1 Melita Eagles Sydney
 Report
Stadium: Sydney Croatian Sports Centre
Attendance: 4,835
Referee: Gary Power
28 January 1990 14 Sydney Croatia 3-1 South Melbourne Sydney
 Report
Stadium: Sydney Croatian Sports Centre
Attendance: 3,486
Referee: Rob Davies
21 February 1990 15 St George BSC 1-2 Sydney Croatia Sydney
 Report
Stadium: St George Stadium
Attendance: 1,121
Referee: Gary Power
9 February 1990 16 Sunshine George Cross 1-2 Sydney Croatia Melbourne
 Report
Stadium: Skinner Reserve
Attendance: 1,500
Referee: John Santa Isabel
18 February 1990 17 Sydney Croatia 1-1 Adelaide City Sydney
 Report
Stadium: Sydney Croatian Sports Centre
Attendance: 5,114
Referee: John Fraser
25 February 1990 18 APIA Leichhardt 1-1 Sydney Croatia Wollongong
  • Murray 79'
 Report
Stadium: Lambert Park
Attendance: 5,156
Referee: John Santa Isabel
4 March 1990 19 Sydney Croatia 1-1 Preston Makedonia Sydney
 Report
Stadium: Sydney Croatian Sports Centre
Attendance: 4,986
Referee: John McConnell
11 March 1990 20 Sydney Olympic 3-2 Sydney Croatia Sydney
 Sydney Croatian Sports Centre
Stadium: St George Stadium
Attendance: 5,343
Referee: John Santa Isabel
March 18 1990 21 Sydney Croatia 2-0 Blacktown City Demons Sydney
 Report Stadium: Sydney Croatian Sports Centre
Attendance: 2,870
Referee: Manny Loupis
25 March 1990 22 Marconi Fairfield 2-0 Sydney Croatia Sydney
 Report Stadium: Marconi Stadium
Attendance: 6,752
Referee: Chris Bambridge
1 April 1990 23 Sydney Croatia 3-3 Melbourne Croatia Sydney
 Report
Stadium: Sydney Croatian Sports Centre
Attendance: 4,859
Referee: Jim Rossis
6 April 1990 24 West Adelaide Hellas 0-1 Sydney Croatia Adelaide
Report
Stadium: Hindmarsh Stadium
Attendance: 3,600
Referee: Jim McConnell
28 April 1990 25 Sydney Croatia 4-0 Wollongong City Sydney
 Report Stadium: Sydney Croatian Sports Centre
Attendance: 710
Referee: Dennis Voutsinas
22 April 1990 26 Sydney Croatia 1-3 Melita Eagles Sydney
 Report
Stadium: Sydney Croatian Sports Centre
Attendance: 5,196
Referee: John Fraser

NSL Cup

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14 February 1990 First round St George BSC 0-3 Sydney Croatia Sydney
Report
Stadium: St George Stadium
Attendance: 1,523
Referee: Richard Lorenc
14 March 1990 Second round Sydney Olympic 3-1 Sydney Croatia Sydney
 Report
  • Kupresak 38'
 Stadium: St George Stadium
Attendance: 2,475
Referee: John McConnell

Statistics

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Appearances and goals

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Players with no appearances not included in the list.[28][29]

No. Pos. Nat. Name National Soccer League NSL Cup Total
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
— FW Australia Graham Arnold 25 5 0 0 25 5
— DF Australia Mark Babic 15 0 2 0 17 0
— FW Australia David Batten 3 0 2 1 5 1
— GK Australia Tony Franken 14 0 2 0 16 0
— MF Australia Andrew French 5 0 0 0 5 0
— DF Australia Mike Grbevski 25 2 2 1 27 3
— MF Australia Steve Gojević 18 0 2 0 20 0
— DF Australia Alan Hunter 22 2 2 0 24 2
— DF Australia Mark Jones 26 4 1 0 27 4
— DF Croatia Zeljko Jurin 8 1 1 0 9 1
— GK Australia Zeljko Kalac 11 0 1 0 12 0
— GK Australia John Krajnovic 1 0 0 0 1 0
— DF Australia Velimir Kuprešak 18 0 2 1 20 1
— FW Papua New Guinea Manis Lamond 23 3 2 0 25 3
— MF Australia Eddie Pervan 1 0 0 0 1 0
— MF Croatia Ivan Petković 12 1 1 0 13 1
— MF Australia Tony Popovic 13 0 1 0 14 0
— MF Australia Pedro Ricoy 22 3 2 1 23 4
— DF Croatia Ante Rumora 18 0 2 0 20 0
— MF Australia Wally Savor 17 0 1 0 18 0
— FW Australia David Seal 26 15 2 0 28 15
— MF Australia Ned Zelic 2 0 0 0 2 0
— DF Australia Ante Zizic 1 0 0 0 1 0

References

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