London City (soccer club)

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London City
London City Soccer Club.png
Full name London City Soccer Club
Nickname(s) City
Founded 14 February 1973
Ground Cove Road Stadium
London, Ontario
(capacity: 1,000)
Owner Andrew Crowe
General Manager Manny Hernandez
Coach Jasmin Halkić
League Canadian Soccer League
2011 Regular season: 11th
Playoffs: DNQ
Website Club home page
Home colours
Away colours

London City is a Canadian soccer team founded in 1973. The team is currently a member of the Canadian Soccer League. The team plays home games out of Cove Road Stadium in the city of London, Ontario. The team's colours are red and black.

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Players [edit]

Current roster [edit]

As of April 22, 2013[1]
Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Position Player
1 Bosnia and Herzegovina GK Vladimir Markotić
3 Canada DF Mohammed Mustufa
4 Serbia DF Rade Novković
5 Bosnia and Herzegovina DF Zvonko Bakula
6 Cameroon MF William Etchu Tabi
7 Serbia FW Boban Stojanović
8 Albania MF Gent Miftari
10 Canada FW Michael Marcoccia (co-captain)
13 Canada FW Omar Chams
14 Serbia DF Nenad Nikolić
15 Serbia MF Nenad Begović (captain)
No. Position Player
16 Sudan DF Alseeni Mohamed
17 Iraq FW Younan Samra
19 Bosnia and Herzegovina MF Jasmin Jr Halkić
21 Serbia DF Nikola Stanojević
22 Colombia MF Cristian Salamanca
25 Canada GK Scott Chalmers
-- Canada MF Alexander Racca
-- Nigeria FW Manu Odukwa
-- Bosnia and Herzegovina FW Mahir Hadžirešić
-- Serbia DF Branislav Vukomanović

Notable former players [edit]

  • Canada Haidar Al-Shaïbani (2003–06) - CPSL Goalkeeper of the Year - 2005
  • Canada Karim Ben Sari (2003–07)
  • Canada Nick Bontis (1996)
  • Canada Jamie Dodds (2012)
  • Italy Anthony "Coco" Sortino (1974)
  • Bosnia and Herzegovina Semir Mešanović (1999–01) - CPSL Rookie of the Year - 1999
  • Canada Dennis Peeters (2005–08) - CPSL Rookie of the Year - 2005
  • Northern Ireland Paul Munster (2004) - CPSL Golden Boot Winner (25 Goals) - 2004
  • Republic of Ireland Stephen Cahill (1989–95)
  • Scotland Ian Warnock (1996–09)
  • Serbia Ranko Golijanin (2012)
  • Serbia Dalibor Mitrović (2012)

Year-by-year [edit]

The Year Division League Regular Season Playoffs
1973 "1" NSL 7th
1974 "1" NSL 8th
1975 "First" NSL 8th
1976 "First" NSL 6th
1977 "First" NSL 6th
1978 "First" NSL 10th
1979 "1" NSL 9th
1980 "Senior" NSL 5th
1981 "1" NSL 7th
1982 "1" NSL 5th
1983-95 DNP -- -- --
1996 "1" CNSL 5th Did not qualify
1997 "1" CNSL 5th Quarter-Finals
1998 "1" CPSL 6th Did not qualify
1999 "1" CPSL 4th Semi-Finals
2000 "1" CPSL 8th Wild Card Round
2001 "1" CPSL 12th Did not qualify
2002 "1" CPSL 7th, Western Did not qualify
2003 "1" CPSL 7th, Western Did not qualify
2004 "1" CPSL 5th, Western Did not qualify
2005 "1" CPSL 5th, Western Did not qualify
2006 "1" CSL 7th, National Did not qualify
2007 "1" CSL 5th, National Did not qualify
2008 "1" CSL 7th, National Did not qualify
2009 "1" CSL 6th, National Did not qualify
2010 "1" CSL 11th Did not qualify
2011 "1" CSL 11th Did not qualify

Honours [edit]

2003
Runners-up: (1) 2005

Former coaches [edit]

Official Sponsors [edit]

The sponsors for the London City Soccer team include: Cintas Canada Limited, Tiger Jacks, Dominos Pizza, Rogers Television & Wotif.com as well as a number of local businesses.

References [edit]

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