2019 National Premier Leagues Grand Final

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2019 National Premier Leagues Grand Final
Event2019 National Premier Leagues
Date5 October 2019
VenueAlbert Butler Park, Wollongong
RefereeStephen Laurie
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The 2019 National Premier Leagues Grand Final was the seventh National Premier Leagues Grand Final, the championship deciding match of the National Premier Leagues in Australia. It was played on 5 October 2019 at Albert Butler Park in Wollongong between Wollongong Wolves and Lions FC.[1] Wollongong won the match 4–3 to secure their first championship in the National Premier Leagues.[2]

Route to the final[edit]

Quarter-finals Semi-finals Grand Final
         
New South Wales Wollongong Wolves 5
Australian Capital Territory Canberra Olympic 1
New South Wales Wollongong Wolves 2
Western Australia Perth SC 0
Victoria (state) Heidelberg United 2
Western Australia Perth SC (a.e.t.) 3
New South Wales Wollongong Wolves 4
Queensland Lions FC 3
New South Wales Maitland FC 3
Tasmania Devonport City 2
New South Wales Maitland FC 0
Queensland Lions FC 2
Queensland Lions FC 2
South Australia Campbelltown City 1

Match[edit]

Details[edit]

Wollongong Wolves4–3 (a.e.t.)Lions FC
Report
Albert Butler Park, Wollongong
Referee: Stephen Laurie
GK 1 Australia Justin Pasfield Yellow card 54'
RB 2 Australia Taylor McDonald
CB 15 Australia Nicholas Littler
CB 4 Australia Nikola Djorjevic Yellow card 118'
LB 3 Australia Darcy Madden
DM 16 Australia Guy Knight Yellow card 91', downward-facing red arrow 94'
DM 17 North Macedonia James Stojcevski Yellow card 40'
AM 14 Australia Harry Callahan Yellow card 112', downward-facing red arrow 120'
AM 9 Australia Thomas James
AM 11 Japan Takeru Okada downward-facing red arrow 108'
CF 24 Australia Lachlan Scott downward-facing red arrow 96'
Substitutes:
GK 12 Australia Luke Kairies
MF 10 Australia Brendan Griffin upward-facing green arrow 94'
FW 8 Australia Bul Juach upward-facing green arrow 96'
FW 13 Australia Stefan Dimoski upward-facing green arrow 120'
FW 23 Australia Jordan Nikolovski upward-facing green arrow 108'
Manager: Australia Luke Wilkshire
GK 90 Australia Luke Borean
RB 2 Australia Andrew Thompson downward-facing red arrow 73'
CB 5 Australia Tommy Jarrad
CB 4 Croatia Matija Simic
LB 16 Australia Joshua Brindell-South Yellow card 103', downward-facing red arrow 105'
CM 8 Australia Mitchell Hore Yellow card 54' Yellow-red card 90+2'
CM 15 Australia Danny Kim Yellow card 32'
CM 12 Australia Shaun Carlos downward-facing red arrow 73'
RW 13 Australia Henry Hore
CF 10 Australia Joe Duckworth
LW 11 Scotland Nathan Shepherd downward-facing red arrow 62'
Substitutes:
GK 20 Australia Jackson Riley
DF 6 Australia Nathan Reardon upward-facing green arrow 73'
MF 3 Australia Leum Walpole upward-facing green arrow 105'
MF 9 Australia Keegan Jelacic upward-facing green arrow 62'
FW 17 Czech Republic Marek Mádle upward-facing green arrow 73'
Manager: England Warren Moon

Assistant referees:
Australia Brad Wright
Australia Emma Kocbek
Fourth official:
Australia Tim Danaskos

Match rules

  • 90 minutes.
  • 30 minutes of extra time if necessary.
  • Penalty shoot-out if scores still level.
  • Five named substitutes.
  • Maximum of three substitutions (four included in the case of extra time).

Statistics[edit]

Wollongong Wolves Lions FC
Goals scored 4 3
Total shots 29 12
Shots on target 15 4
Ball possession 56.8% 43.2%
Corner kicks 7 5
Fouls Conceded 21 17
Offsides 4 3
Yellow cards 5 2
Red cards 0 1

Source:[3]

Broadcasting[edit]

The Grand Final was broadcast live throughout Australia on Facebook Live and YouTube.

See also[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Match Details confirmed for National Premier Leagues (NPL) 2019 Grand Final". National Premier Leagues. Football Federation Australia. 30 September 2019.
  2. ^ Green, Samuel (5 October 2019). "Wollongong Wolves edge seven-goal thriller to lift NPL Championship". National Premier Leagues. Football Federation Australia.
  3. ^ "Wollongong Wolves v Lions". National Premier Leagues. Retrieved 5 October 2019.

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