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Blacktown City
File:BlacktownDemonsLogo.png
Full nameBlacktown City Football Club
Nickname(s)The Demons
Founded1953
GroundLily Homes Stadium
Capacity7,500
CoachMark Crittenden
LeagueNPL NSW
20162nd
Websitehttp://www.bcfc.com.au/
Current season

Blacktown City Football Club is an Australian semi-professional soccer club based in Blacktown, New South Wales. Founded in 1953, the club currently competes in the National Premier Leagues NSW. Blacktown City's home ground is Lily Homes Stadium, in the suburb of Seven Hills.

History

The club was formed in 1953 as Toongabbie Soccer Club and changed their name to Blacktown City in 1979. The club competed in the National Soccer League in 1980, 1981, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1989 and 1990. Since then they have competed in the highest level in New South Wales, the NSW Premier League, where they have finished Premiers (1st in the League) in 2001, 2002/03, 2004/05, 2006 and 2008.

The Blacktown City Demons took out the double in 2007 winning both the Premiership and then staging a miraculous comeback from 1–1 with ten men to defeat Bankstown City 3–1 and claim the Championship. The team was known as Blacktown City Demons and owned by The Demons Sports Club until 2009 when the club went into liquidation. The demon image was retained in the logo but dropped from the name.[1]

Current squad

As of 4 September 2016[2]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK Australia AUS Nenad Vekic
3 DF Australia AUS Giorgio Speranza
4 DF Australia AUS Roberto Speranza
5 MF Australia AUS Isaac Dandan
6 DF Australia AUS Matthew Lewis
8 MF Australia AUS Sasa Macura
9 FW Australia AUS Joey Gibbs
10 MF Australia AUS Connor Evans
12 FW Australia AUS Jonathan Grozdanovski
No. Pos. Nation Player
14 FW Australia AUS Mitchell Mallia
15 DF Australia AUS Shayne D'Cunha
16 FW Australia AUS Patrick Antelmi
17 DF Australia AUS Lewis Beumie
18 DF Australia AUS Jake Mamone
19 DF Australia AUS Zachary Cairncross (captain)
20 GK Australia AUS Dylan Niski
21 MF Japan JPN Riku Sasaki
40 GK Australia AUS Tristan Prendergast

Notable former players

Players included in this section have either represented their nation or have had their careers progress by playing or coaching in the A-League.

Australia
Scotland
England
  • England Kevin Keegan (63 national caps, England manager, various EPL clubs as player and manager)

Seasons

Season League Cup Asia Top scorer
Div Pld W D L GF GA Pts Position Finals Player(s) Goals
1973 NSW Inter Suburban 2nd Div 20 16 3 1 74 28 35 1st Champions
1974 NSW Inter Suburban 1st Div 22 17 5 0 66 16 39 1st Champions
1975 NSW Division 3 22 16 4 2 61 19 36 1st Champions
1976 NSW Division 2 22 5 6 11 33 40 16 9th
1977 22 16 5 1 59 19 37 2nd
1978 NSW Division 1 26 10 6 10 31 31 26 7th
1979 NSW State League 26 13 5 8 45 36 31 4th
1980 NSW State League 28 12 11 5 57 39 35 5th
1980 NSL 26 9 3 14 34 55 21 11th N/A
1981 30 6 9 15 32 47 21 15th N/A
1982 NSW State League 26 16 6 4 50 28 38 3rd N/A
1983 NSW Division 1 24 17 1 6 54 24 35 3rd N/A
1984 NSL
(Northern Conference)		 28 12 6 10 43 48 30 5th Elimination Semi-final
1985 22 7 4 11 30 34 18 8th
1986 22 8 4 10 24 36 20 9th
1987 NSW Division 1 26 19 1 6 60 19 39 3rd
1988 26 18 4 4 55 17 40 1st
1989 NSL 26 5 9 12 28 50 19 12th
1989/90 26 4 4 18 30 55 12 14th
1990 NSW Division 1 9th
1991 2nd
1992 NSW Super League 3rd
1993 1st
1994 4th
1995 2nd
1996 NSW Super League (Stage 1) 8th
1996 NSW Super League (Stage 2) 12th
1997 NSW Super League 4th
1998 2nd
1999 2nd
2000 1st

Source[1]

Note 1: During 1984 to 1986, the league was split into two conferences – Blacktown City played in the Northern Conference and the position in the table reflects position in the conference.

Honours

Regional

  • Ampol Cup
Champions (1): 1985
Champions (5): 1991, 1993, 1996, 2006, 2014
Runners-Up (1): 2015
  • Johnny Warren Cup
Champions (1): 2006
Minor Premiers/Premiers (8): 1988, 1993, 2000, 2000–01, 2002–03, 2006, 2007, 2014
Champions (8): 1991, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2007, 2010, 2014, 2016
Runners-Up (7): 1992, 1993, 1995, 2000–01, 2001–02, 2002–03, 2006

Domestic

Champions (1): 2015
Finals Appearances (1): 2015
Round of 32 (2): 2014, 2015, 2016
Round of 16 (1): 2016
Quarter Finals (1): 2016

References

  1. ^ "Club history". bcfc.com.au. Retrieved 27 May 2015.
  2. ^ "Manly United squad".
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