| Club: | Wollongong City |
| Season: | 1982 |
| Manager: | Ken Morton Chris Dunleavy Willie Wallace |
| Stadium: | Wollongong Showground |
| League: | National Soccer League |
| League Result: | 3rd |
| Cup1: | NSL Cup |
| Cup1 Result: | First round |
| League Topscorer: | Phil O'Connor (17) |
| Season Topscorer: | Phil O'Connor (18) |
| Highest Attendance: | 6,341 vs. St George-Budapest (26 September 1982) National Soccer League Finals |
| Lowest Attendance: | 500 vs. Sydney City (14 June 1982) NSL Cup |
| Average Attendance: | 3,452 |
| Largest Win: | 3–0 vs. Canberra City (H) (4 July 1982) National Soccer League |
| Largest Loss: | 0–4 vs. West Adelaide (A) (28 February 1982) National Soccer League 1–5 vs. Sydney City (H) (14 June 1982) NSL Cup |
| Prevseason: | 1981 |
| Nextseason: | 1983 |
The 1982 season was the second in the history of Wollongong City (now Wollongong Wolves). It was also the second season in the National Soccer League. In addition to the domestic league, they also participated in the NSL Cup. Wollongong City finished 3rd in their National Soccer League season and were eliminated in the Preliminary Final by St George-Budapest, and were eliminated in the NSL Cup first round by Sydney City.
Players with no appearances not included in the list.[1] [2]
| No. | Pos. | Nat. | Name | National Soccer League | NSL Cup | Total | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | |||||
| 1 | GK | 20 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 21 | 0 | |||
| 2 | MF | 25(2) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 28 | 1 | |||
| 3 | DF | 29 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 29 | 1 | |||
| 4 | DF | 26 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 27 | 2 | |||
| 5 | DF | 32 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 33 | 0 | |||
| 6 | MF | 32 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 33 | 4 | |||
| 7 | FW | 13(2) | 3 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 3 | |||
| 8 | MF | 27(1) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 29 | 0 | |||
| 9 | MF | 28(2) | 11 | 1 | 0 | 31 | 11 | |||
| 10 | MF | 24(2) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 27 | 1 | |||
| 11 | FW | 31 | 17 | 1 | 1 | 32 | 18 | |||
| 12 | DF | 7(1) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 0 | |||
| 14 | FW | 1(2) | 0 | 0(1) | 0 | 4 | 0 | |||
| 15 | DF | 3(5) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | |||
| 18 | MF | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | |||
| 20 | GK | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 0 | |||
| — | FW | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||
| — | MF | 24 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 25 | 3 | |||
| — | DF | 13 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 1 | |||
| width=15 | width=15 | width=15 | width=15 | width=145 | Name | width=120 | National Soccer League | width=120 | NSL Cup | width=120 | Total | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | GK | Jim Preston | 5 | 0 | 5 | |||||||||
| 2 | 20 | GK |  | Natch Vardareff | 3 | 0 | 3 | ||||||||
| Total | 8 | 0 | 8 | ||||||||||||