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St. Catharines (Roma) Wolves
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Full name	St. Catharines Wolves
Nickname(s)	The Wolves
Founded	1977
Ground	Club Roma
Chairman	Ozzie Pollilo
Manager	James McGilivary
League	Canadian Soccer League
2008	4th, Playoff Quarter-Final
Home colours	Away colours

St. Catharines Wolves, also known as St. Catharines Roma Wolves or simply Roma Wolves, are a Canadian soccer team, founded in 1977. The team is a member of the Canadian Soccer League, the highest level soccer league in Canada, and play in the National Division.

[edit] History

The team currently play their home games in the stadium on the grounds of Club Roma, a multi-purpose sports and recreation in the city of St. Catharines, Ontario, 13 miles from the US/Canadian border at Niagara Falls . The team's colors are dark red and white, mimicking those of the famous Italian club AS Roma.

The team played its first season in 1978 in the National Soccer League (NSL), later re-named the (CNSL, with the acceptance of the Winnipeg Fury in 1993. From their formation through to 1994 they was known as (the) St. Catharines Roma. In 1995 they underwent restructuring and changed their name to St. Catharines Wolves. 1996 saw further changes and a change name to St. Catharines Roma Wolves, and the following summer was their last in the dissolved NSL. The club next played from 1998 through 2005 in the Canadian Professional Soccer League, which in 2006 was renamed the Canadian Soccer League. They continue to play in the CSL.

[edit] Colours and badge

The colours of the 2008 edition may have changed to a sky blue.^[1]

[edit] Current squad

No.	Position	Player
1	GK	Claudio Perri
3	DF	Joseph Del Priore
6	DF	Joe Conte
7	DF	Brandon Jones
8	DF	Derek Spy
9	MF	Julian Fabiani
11	MF	Stefan Kamendy
12	DF	Geoffrey Attard
13	MF	Scott Maclennan
14	MF	Matthew Cain

No.	Position	Player
16	MF	Brandon McKinlay
17	MF	Simon Murphy
18	DF	Junot Robhael
19	FW	Calvin Rosario
20	DF	Matthew Di Maria
21	GK	Tony Visca
23	MF	Tony Mermigas
26	MF	Matthew Stillman
27	DF	Danny Gallagher

[edit] Staff

[edit] Managment

General Manager:

Armand Di Fruscio

Director of Sports:

Carl Mendonca

[edit] Sports

Head Coach:

James McGillivray

Assistant Coach:

Carlo Arghittu

Goalkeeper Coach

Dane Holmes

Team Chef: Angelo Pizzacalla

[edit] Medical

Physiotherapist

Sonia Lapera

[edit] Year-by-year

Year	Division	League	Regular Season	Playoffs
1978	"2"	NSL	1st	Did not qualify
1979	Were none	NSL	2nd	Were not played
1980	"Senior"	NSL	6th	Runners-up
1981	Were none	NSL	6th	Did not qualify
1982	Were none	NSL	3rd	n/a
1983	n/a	NSL	n/a	n/a
1984	n/a	NSL	n/a	n/a
1985	n/a	NSL	n/a	n/a
1986	n/a	NSL	n/a	n/a
1987	n/a	NSL	n/a	n/a
1988	n/a	NSL	n/a	n/a
1989	n/a	NSL	n/a	n/a
1990	n/a	NSL	n/a	n/a
1991	n/a	NSL	n/a	n/a
1992	n/a	NSL	n/a	n/a
1993	n/a	NSL	n/a	n/a
1994	n/a	NSL	n/a	n/a

Year	Division	League	Regular Season	Playoffs	Umbro Cup league	Umbro Cup playoffs
1995	Were none	NSL	2nd	Champions	2nd	Champions

Year	League	Regular Season	Playoffs	Open Canada Cup
1996	CNSL	2nd	Final	n/a
1997	CNSL	1st	Champions	n/a
1998	CPSL	2nd	Champions	Runner-up
1999	CPSL	6th	Did not qualify	n/a
2000	CPSL	3rd	Semi Final	Runner-up
2001	CPSL	5th	Champions	n/a
2002	CPSL	4th, Western	Did not qualify	n/a
2003	CPSL	4th, Western	Did not qualify	n/a
2004	CPSL	6th, Western	Did not qualify	n/a
2005	CPSL	4th, Western	Did not qualify	n/a
2006	CSL	5th, National	Did not qualify	n/a
2007	CSL	1st, National	Semi Final	n/a
2008	CSL	4th, National	Quarter Final	n/a