| Club: | Wollongong City |
| Season: | 1986 |
| Manager: | John Fleming |
| Stadium: | Wollongong Showground |
| League: | National Soccer League |
| League Result: | 8th |
| Cup1: | NSL Cup |
| Cup1 Result: | Second round |
| League Topscorer: | Robert Giraldi (7) |
| Season Topscorer: | Robert Giraldi (8) |
| Highest Attendance: | 6,130 vs. Sydney Olympic (9 June 1986) National Soccer League |
| Lowest Attendance: | 1,121 vs. Newcastle Rosebud United (13 August 1986) National Soccer League 1,121 vs. Canberra City (7 September 1986) National Soccer League |
| Average Attendance: | 2,418 |
| Largest Win: | 3–1 (twice) 2–0 (twice) |
| Largest Loss: | 1–4 vs. Newcastle Rosebud United (H) (13 August 1986) National Soccer League |
| Prevseason: | 1985 |
| Nextseason: | 1988 |
The 1986 season was the sixth in the history of Wollongong City (now Wollongong Wolves). It was also the sixth season in the National Soccer League. In addition to the domestic league, they also participated in the NSL Cup. Wollongong City finished 8th to be relegated in their National Soccer League season, and were eliminated in the NSL Cup second round by Sydney Olympic.
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 | 21 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 22 | 0 | |||
| 2 | DF | 21 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 23 | 0 | |||
| 3 | FW | 20 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 22 | 2 | |||
| 4 | DF | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 5 | DF | 21 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 23 | 0 | |||
| 6 | MF | 19 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 21 | 0 | |||
| 7 | MF | 21 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 23 | 8 | |||
| 8 | MF | 7 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 5 | |||
| 9 | MF | 7(6) | 3 | 1(1) | 0 | 15 | 3 | |||
| 10 | MF | 19(2) | 3 | 2 | 1 | 23 | 4 | |||
| 11 | FW | 14 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 16 | 1 | |||
| 12 | MF | 14(2) | 0 | 2 | 0 | 18 | 0 | |||
| 14 | MF | 9(3) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 0 | |||
| 15 | FW | 9(6) | 5 | 1 | 0 | 16 | 5 | |||
| 16 | DF | 21 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 23 | 0 | |||
| 17 | MF | 7(1) | 0 | 0(1) | 0 | 9 | 0 | |||
| 20 | GK | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |||
| — | 0(1) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||||
| — | MF | 6(3) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 1 | |||
| — | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||||
| Players transferred out but featured this season | ||||||||||
| 13 | FW | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||
| width=15 | width=15 | width=15 | width=15 | width=145 | Name | width=120 | National Soccer League | width=120 | NSL Cup | width=120 | Total | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | — | GK |  | Warwick Young | 7 | 0 | 7 | ||||||||
| Total | 7 | 0 | 7 | ||||||||||||