1995–96 Canberra Cosmos FC season

August 2022 August 2022 Canberra Cosmos 1995–96 Mick Lyons Bruce Stadium National Soccer League 9th NSL Cup Semi-finals Paul Wade (9) Paul Wade (11) 5,490 vs. Sydney United(14 October 1995)National Soccer League 1,145 vs. Wollongong City(16 March 1996)National Soccer League 2,933 5–0vs. Morwell Falcons (H)(13 December 1995)National Soccer League 0–6vs. Adelaide City (A)(10 March 1996)National Soccer League 1996–97 The 1995–96 season was the first in the history of Canberra Cosmos. It was also the first season in the National Soccer League. In addition to the domestic league, they also participated in the NSL Cup. Canberra Cosmos finished 9th in their National Soccer League season, and were eliminated in the NSL Cup semi-finals by South Melbourne. Players 1 AUS GK Danny Milosevic 2 AUS MF Paul Dee 3 AUS DF Joe Gagetti 4 AUS DF Richard Watson 5 AUS DF Jason Dunn 6 AUS MF Paul Wade 7 AUS MF Michael Garcia 8 ENG MF Paul McVittie 9 AUS MF Lachlan Armstrong 10 AUS FW Marko Perinovic 11 AUS DF Toplica Popovich 12 AUS MF Arsenije Popovich 13 AUS FW Paul Gagetti 14 AUS MF James Baxter 15 AUS MF Alex Castro 16 AUS MF Scott Conlon 17 ARG MF Leo Langone 18 NIR MF Norman Kelly 19 AUS MF Elliot Zwangobani 20 AUS GK Ben Harris 21 AUS DF John Koch 22 AUS FW Michael Musitano 23 AUS DF Stan Dukic 24 AUS FW Tony Lemezina 25 AUS GK Steve Mautone 26 AUS MF Gus Cerro 27 AUS DF Peter Mazis 29 AUS MF Njegosh Popovich 30 AUS GK Anthony Giannasca AUS MF Willie Hastie Competitions Overview 5 National Soccer League 8 October 1995 28 April 1996 Matchday 1 9th 8 11 14 48 61 NSL Cup 3 January 1996 25 January 1996 First round Semi-finals 1 1 1 3 4 complete National Soccer League League table CAN Results by round table b Round Ground A/H/H/A/H/A/H/A/H/A/H/H/A/A/H/A/H/A/H/A/H/A/A/H/H/A/H/A/H/A/H/A/H Result L/D/D/D/L/L/D/L/W/W/W/D/L/W/W/L/L/L/L/D/D/D/L/D/W/L/D/D/L/L/W/L/W Position 11/10/10/10/12/12/12/12/10/9/9/9/9/9/8/9/9/10/10/10/10/10/10/10/10/10/10/10/10/10/10/10/9 green2 Win yellow2 Draw red2 Loss Home Away gold yellow1 worldfootball.net Matches 1 8 October 1995 Adelaide City 2–0 http://www.ozfootball.net/ark/NSL/9596/Round01.html Canberra Cosmos Mori 70 89 Hindmarsh Stadium Adelaide 4,680 J. Papanicolas L 2 14 October 1995 Canberra Cosmos 0–0 http://www.ozfootball.net/ark/NSL/9596/Round02.html Sydney United Bruce Stadium Canberra 5,490 Con Diomis D 4 22 October 1995 South Melbourne 2–2 http://www.ozfootball.net/ark/NSL/9596/Round04.html Canberra Cosmos Damianos 65 Panopoulos 75 Dee 38 Dunn 55 Olympic Park Melbourne 2,725 Cain Naumcevski D 5 28 October 1995 Canberra Cosmos 2–3 http://www.ozfootball.net/ark/NSL/9596/Round05.html UTS Olympic Kelly 52 Perinovic 57 Meredith 30 Augerinos 77 Tome 85 Bruce Stadium Canberra 3,920 Shaun Micaleff L 3 1 November 1995 Canberra Cosmos 2–2 http://www.ozfootball.net/ark/NSL/9596/Round03.html Wollongong City Musitano 4 Armstrong 15 Naumovski 34 Forshaw 82 Bruce Stadium Canberra 2,210 Gerry Connolly D 6 4 November 1995 Marconi Fairfield 1–0 http://www.ozfootball.net/ark/NSL/9596/Round06.html Canberra Cosmos Awaritefe 7 Marconi Stadium Sydney 3,617 J. Papanicolas L 7 11 November 1995 Canberra Cosmos 1–1 http://www.ozfootball.net/ark/NSL/9596/Round07.html West Adelaide Wade 90+3 Cardozo 90 Bruce Stadium Canberra 3,210 C. Naumcevski D 8 18 November 1995 Brisbane Strikers 3–1 http://www.ozfootball.net/ark/NSL/9596/Round08.html Canberra Cosmos Farina 26 Cranney 32 Brayshaw 90 Armstrong 89 Suncorp Stadium Brisbane 4,809 M. Shield L 9 25 November 1995 Canberra Cosmos 3–2 http://www.ozfootball.net/ark/NSL/9596/Round09.html Newcastle Breakers Wade 56 68 pen. 72 Zane 58 Sprod 89 Bruce Stadium Canberra 2,240 Con Diomis W 10 3 December 1995 Melbourne Knights 1–3 http://www.ozfootball.net/ark/NSL/9596/Round10.html Canberra Cosmos Spiteri 35 Wade 3 Perinovic 13 Musitano 78 Melbourne Croatian Sports Centre Melbourne 4,523 John Fraser W 12 9 December 1995 Canberra Cosmos 0–0 http://www.ozfootball.net/ark/NSL/9596/Round12.html Adelaide City Bruce Stadium Canberra 4,120 John Fraser D 11 13 December 1995 Canberra Cosmos 5–0 http://www.ozfootball.net/ark/NSL/9596/Round11.html Morwell Falcons Perinovic 9 Armstrong 20 42 Musitano 79 Wade 81 Bruce Stadium Canberra 2,170 Brett Hugo W 13 16 December 1995 Sydney United 3–0 http://www.ozfootball.net/ark/NSL/9596/Round13.html Canberra Cosmos Popovic 24 pen. 52 pen. Lamond 65 Sydney Croatian Sports Centre Sydney 4,984 Shaun Micallef L 14 21 December 1995 Wollongong City 1–3 http://www.ozfootball.net/ark/NSL/9596/Round14.html Canberra Cosmos Petratos 57 O'Shea 68 o.g. Lemezina 80 Popovich 88 Brandon Park Wollongong 3,201 Eddie Lennie W 15 26 December 1995 Canberra Cosmos 3–1 http://www.ozfootball.net/ark/NSL/9596/Round15.html South Melbourne Wade 52 pen. 62 pen. Lemezina 78 Blatsis 86 Bruce Stadium Canberra 3,128 Con Diomis W 16 30 December 1995 UTS Olympic 2–0 http://www.ozfootball.net/ark/NSL/9596/Round16.html Canberra Cosmos Slater 82 Trajanovski 89 Leichhardt Oval Sydney 4,753 Brett Hugo L 17 6 January 1996 Canberra Cosmos 1–3 http://www.ozfootball.net/ark/NSL/9596/Round17.html Marconi Fairfield Wade 84 Maloney 13 Harper 69 Awaritefe 73 Bruce Stadium Canberra 5,290 Simon Micallef L 18 4 February 1996 West Adelaide 2–1 http://www.ozfootball.net/ark/NSL/9596/Round18.html Canberra Cosmos Tsekinis 46 Ndongo-Keller 85 Castro 37 Hindmarsh Stadium Adelaide 3,516 Wayne Dade L 19 10 February 1996 Canberra Cosmos 1–2 http://www.ozfootball.net/ark/NSL/9596/Round19.html Brisbane Strikers Musitano 35 Ditton 10 Phillips 72 Bruce Stadium Canberra 1,623 Gerry Connelly L 20 16 February 1996 Newcastle Breakers 5–5 http://www.ozfootball.net/ark/NSL/9596/Round20.html Canberra Cosmos Thomas 10 Halpin 33 45 62 Koch 49 o.g. Wade 53 88 Musitano 69 Kelly 78 Dunn 83 Breakers Stadium Newcastle 2,817 Mark Shield D 21 24 February 1996 Canberra Cosmos 3–3 http://www.ozfootball.net/ark/NSL/9596/Round21.html Melbourne Knights Marth 46 o.g. Castro 72 Perinovic 89 Kutlesovski 22 Pondeljak 30 Cervinski 63 Bruce Stadium Canberra 2,669 D. Crawford D 22 2 March 1996 Morwell Falcons 1–1 http://www.ozfootball.net/ark/NSL/9596/Round22.html Canberra Cosmos Masi 36 Lemezina 57 Falcons Park Morwell 2,182 Con Diomis D 23 10 March 1996 Adelaide City 6–0 http://www.ozfootball.net/ark/NSL/9596/Round23.html Canberra Cosmos Hassell 11 90 Foster 21 27 Mori 44 65 Hindmarsh Stadium Adelaide 4,188 John Papanicolas L 24 13 March 1996 Canberra Cosmos 1–1 http://www.ozfootball.net/ark/NSL/9596/Round24.html Sydney United Popovic 9 o.g. Lamond 85 Bruce Stadium Canberra 1,498 Mark Shield D 25 16 March 1996 Canberra Cosmos 1–0 http://www.ozfootball.net/ark/NSL/9596/Round25.html Wollongong City Perinovic 25 Bruce Stadium Canberra 1,145 D. Crawford W 26 24 March 1996 South Melbourne 3–2 http://www.ozfootball.net/ark/NSL/9596/Round26.html Canberra Cosmos Curcija 33 Coveny 40 55 Perinovic 19 Castro 68 Bob Jane Stadium Melbourne 4,169 W. Dade L 27 27 March 1996 Canberra Cosmos 1–1 http://www.ozfootball.net/ark/NSL/9596/Round27.html UTS Olympic Armstrong 90 Trajanovski 39 Bruce Stadium Canberra 2,340 Simon Micallef D 28 30 March 1996 Marconi Fairfield 2–2 http://www.ozfootball.net/ark/NSL/9596/Round28.html Canberra Cosmos Harper 17 Zoric 60 Mazis 67 Musitano 78 Marconi Stadium Sydney 4,016 D. Crawford D 29 6 April 1996 Canberra Cosmos 0–1 http://www.ozfootball.net/ark/NSL/9596/Round29.html West Adelaide Taliadoros 16 Bruce Stadium Canberra 2,176 B. Hugo L 30 8 April 1996 Brisbane Strikers 2–0 http://www.ozfootball.net/ark/NSL/9596/Round30.html Canberra Cosmos Polak 63 Cranney 81 Suncorp Stadium Brisbane 3,953 M. Shield L 31 13 April 1996 Canberra Cosmos 2–0 http://www.ozfootball.net/ark/NSL/9596/Round31.html Newcastle Breakers Hickman 44 o.g. Lemezina 69 Bruce Stadium Canberra 1,521 J. Fraser W 32 21 April 1996 Melbourne Knights 5–0 http://www.ozfootball.net/ark/NSL/9596/Round32.html Canberra Cosmos Marth 16 Kovacevic 51 Cervinski 77 82 Pondeljak 89 Melbourne Croatian Sports Centre Melbourne 3,310 E. Lennie L 33 28 April 1996 Canberra Cosmos 2–0 http://www.ozfootball.net/ark/NSL/9596/Round33.html Morwell Falcons Perinovic 40 Lemezina 58 Bruce Stadium Canberra 5,127 W. Dade W NSL Cup First round 1st Leg 3 January 1996 West Adelaide 1–1 http://www.ozfootball.net/ark/NSL/9596/NSLCup.html Canberra Cosmos Day 73 Dunn 53 Hindmarsh Stadium Adelaide 2,600 J. Papinicolas D First round 2nd Leg 20 January 1996 Canberra Cosmos 1–0 http://www.ozfootball.net/ark/NSL/9596/NSLCup.html West Adelaide Perinovic 64 Bruce Stadium Canberra 1,592 G. Connelly W Semi-finals 25 January 1996 South Melbourne 3–1 http://www.ozfootball.net/ark/NSL/9596/NSLCup.html Canberra Cosmos Allsopp 45 Damianos 68 Trimboli 79 Lemezina 87 Lakeside Stadium Melbourne 2,360 B. Hugo L Statistics Appearances and goals Players with no appearances not included in the list.https://aus.worldfootball.net/team_performance/canberra-cosmos/aus-a-league-1995-1996/ https://web.archive.org/web/20220825145629/https://aus.worldfootball.net/team_performance/canberra-cosmos/aus-a-league-1995-1996/ dead 25 August 2022 Canberra Cosmos » Appearances A-League 1995/1996 26 August 2022 Aussie Footballers ozfootball.nethttp://www.ozfootball.net/ark/NSL/9596/NSLCup.html 1995/96 Johnnie Walker Cup Results 26 August 2022 ozfootball.net No.Pos.Nat.NameNational Soccer LeagueNSL CupTotalAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals1GKAUSDanny Milosevic3000302MFAUSPaul Dee soccer29(1)1303313DFAUSJoe Gagetti5000504DFAUSRichard Watson soccer23(1)01(1)02605DFAUSJason Dunn Australian soccer272212936MFAUSPaul Wade28112030117MFAUSMichael Garcia soccer9(2)0101208MFENGPaul McVittie1000109MFAUSLachlan Armstrong2051021510FWAUSMarko Perinovic soccer26(2)73131811DFAUSToplica Popovich17(1)03021012MFAUSArsenije Popovich3(6)10(1)010113FWAUSPaul Gagetti00000014MFAUSJames Baxter soccer4(5)00(1)010015MFAUSAlex Castro soccer15(1)31017316MFAUSScott Conlon00000017MFARGLeo Langone00000018MFNIRNorman Kelly footballer2120021219MFAUSElliot Zwangobani00000020GKAUSBen Harris soccer10203021DFAUSJohn Koch soccer2613029122FWAUSMichael Musitano23(3)53029523DFAUSStan Dukic8(4)02014024FWAUSTony Lemezina14(9)51(1)125625GKAUSSteve Mautone2001021026MFAUSGus Cerro60107027DFAUSPeter Mazis1813021129MFAUSNjegosh Popovich3(2)0005030GKAUSAnthony Giannasca900090—MFAUSWillie Hastie soccer4(1)00050 Clean sheets Rank RankNo. Squad NumberPos PositionNat NationalityNameNational Soccer LeagueNSL CupTotal130GKAUSAnthony Giannasca303225GKAUSSteve Mautone20231GKAUSDanny Milosevic10120GKAUSBen Harris011Total617 References Category:Canberra Cosmos FC seasons