Ottawa Fury FC

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Ottawa Fury
Full nameOttawa Fury Football Club
Founded2011
StadiumTD Place Stadium
Ottawa, Ontario
Capacity24,000
OwnerOttawa Sports and Entertainment Group (OSEG)
PresidentJohn Pugh
Head CoachPaul Dalglish
LeagueUnited Soccer League (2017)
2016 (NASL)Spring: 9th
Fall: 10th
Combined: 10th
Playoffs: DNQ
WebsiteClub website
Current season

Ottawa Fury Football Club is a Canadian professional soccer club based in Ottawa, Ontario. Founded in 2011, and named on February 26, 2013,[1] the team made its debut in the North American Soccer League in 2014.[2] It also competes for the Canadian Championship. The team will join the United Soccer League in 2017.

During the spring of its first season, the franchise played at Keith Harris Stadium at Carleton University, before moving to TD Place Stadium in Lansdowne Park.[3] Their first game there was on July 20, 2014, against the New York Cosmos.[4]

History

Main articles: Ottawa Fury Women and Ottawa Fury (2005–13)

North American Soccer League (2011–16)

On June 20, 2011 NASL announced that an Ottawa expansion team would join the league once the stadium is ready in 2014.[5] The Ottawa Sports and Entertainment Group (OSEG) was named as the ownership group of the club.[6] The team replaced Ottawa Fury SC, of the USL PDL, in 2014. The women's W League team folded after the 2014 season but the other level programs continue. On December 15, 2014, Ottawa announced that they would be adding their academy teams to the third-tier Première Ligue de soccer du Québec for the upcoming season.[7]

In the 2015 season, the team won the Fall championship, and reached the Soccer Bowl, where they lost to the New York Cosmos.

United Soccer League (2016–present)

In late 2016, rumours persisted that the club would leave the NASL for the United Soccer League.[8] In October 2016, the Fury announced that they would be joining the USL for the 2017 season.[9][10] At the time of their announcement, it had been reported that the Fury were losing approximately $2 million per year during their time in the NASL.[11]

Colours

In the late 2013, over 1,500 fans took part in a campaign to help pick the designs for the kits. Working closely with the kit manufacturer, the Club presented fans with three kit design options to vote on and submit their feedback, and the final kit designs reflect the preferences expressed by the Fury FC fan base. On March 29, 2014 the Ottawa Fury FC unveiled their home and away game kits that the club was to wear during its inaugural North American Soccer League (NASL) season. The home and away kits both feature the traditional colours of Ottawa sport: red and black. The home kit is predominantly black and the away kit is predominantly white.[12]

In February 2016, the club announced a multi-year kit sponsorship deal with Adidas.[13]

Kit evolution

Home and away kits.

  • Home
2014–2015
2016–present
  • Away
2014–2015
2016–present

Sponsors

Period Kit sponsor Shirt sponsor
2014–2015 Admiral The Heart & Crown Irish Pubs
2016–present Adidas Chartwells

Stadium

The club play their home games at TD Place Stadium in Lansdowne Park. Due to the then on-going construction at TD Place, the club reached an agreement with Carleton University to stage its 2014 North American Soccer League (NASL) spring season games at Keith Harris Stadium on the Carleton University campus until the construction finished. The agreement with Carleton University allowed the Fury to play all five home games of the ten-game 2014 NASL spring season at Carleton.[14]

Home stadium

Other stadiums

Broadcasting

For the inaugural season Ottawa Fury FC home matches are televised on Rogers TV Ottawa. Dan Mooney and Gordon Smith provide commentary.

All home and away matches are broadcast on the radio in English on TSN 1200.[15] Play-by-play is done by AJ Jakubec, with colour commentary by Richard Starnes for home matches, and Graeme Ivory for away matches.

Select home matches are broadcast on the radio in French on 94,5 Unique FM.[16] Sinisa Sindik and Guy Girard provide commentary.

As with all teams in the NASL, Ottawa Fury FC webcasts all of their home games. They are available to view on NASL Live, a subscription service that broadcast every NASL game.[17]

Players and staff

Current roster

As of November 17, 2016.[18]

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

No. Pos. Player Nation
1 GK Romuald Peiser  France
2 DF Rich Balchan  United States
3 DF Eddie Edward  Canada
4 MF Dario Conte  Canada
5 DF Kyle Venter  United States
6 MF Julian de Guzman (Captain)  Canada
7 MF Ryan Williams  England
8 MF James Bailey  England
10 FW Gerardo Bruna  Argentina
11 MF Mozzi Gyorio  Canada
12 GK Andrew MacRae  Canada
13 DF Adam Malekos  Canada
14 DF Onua Obasi  England
16 FW Thomas Stewart  Northern Ireland
17 FW Carl Haworth  Canada
19 DF Kyle Porter  Canada
20 MF Mauro Eustáquio  Canada
22 MF Jamar Dixon  Canada
25 MF Lance Rozeboom  United States
33 DF Rafael Alves  Brazil
51 MF Maxim Tissot  Canada
92 FW Giuseppe Gentile  United States
— DF Andrae Campbell  Jamaica
— FW Steevan Dos Santos  Cape Verde
— FW Sito Seoane  United States

Staff

As of November 1, 2016 [19]
Position Nation Staff
Head Coach  Scotland Paul Dalglish
Assistant Coach  Wales Jed Davies
Goalkeeper Coach  Zimbabwe Bruce Grobbelaar
Manager, Soccer Operations  Canada Carrie McKay
Head Physician  Canada Dr. Lindsay Bradley
Head Athletic Therapist  Canada Seadon Pereira
Fitness Coach & Equipment Manager  Canada Julian Cholette-Cousineau

Head coaching history and records

As of October 30, 2016
Coach Nation From To Record1
G W D L Win %
Marc Dos Santos  Canada May 23, 2013[20] November 20, 2015 63 23 18 22 036.51
Paul Dalglish  Scotland November 20, 2015[21] Present 36 9 10 17 025.00

Supporters' groups

Ottawa Fury FC has three supporters' groups: the Bytown Boys Supporters Club, Fury Ultras and Stony Monday Riot.[22]

Rivalries

The Ottawa Fury's main rivalry is with FC Edmonton, the North American Soccer League's other Canadian club. Named the "All-Canadian derby" or the "Battle of Canada", the derby is played several times each year in the NASL and in the Canadian Championship.[23]

The following table shows all competitive meetings between the Ottawa Fury and Edmonton, updated to the most recent derby of September 2, 2016 (Ottawa – Edmonton 2–2).

Matches Ottawa wins Draws Edmonton wins Ottawa goals Edmonton goals
NASL (2014–) 9 3 3 3 6 7
Canadian Championship (2014–) 6 1 1 4 6 11
Total 15 4 4 7 12 18

Record

Year-by-year

Year League Div GP W D L GF GA Pts Pos Playoffs Canadian Championship Champions League League
Attendance 		Top Scorer
Name Gls
2014 NASL 2 27 7 6 14 34 38 27 8th Did not qualify Preliminary Round Did not qualify 4,492 Brazil Oliver 7
2015 30 15 11 4 42 23 56 2nd Runners-up Preliminary Round 5,164 United States Tom Heinemann 8
2016 32 7 10 15 32 40 31 10th Did not qualify Semi-finals 5,482 Canada Carl Haworth 7

Note: Only league goals counted for top scorer
Last Updated: October 30, 2016.

Top goalscorers

# Pos. Name Nation Career NASL SB CC CCL Total
1 Forward Tom Heinemann  United States 2014–15 14 4 18
2 Forward Carl Haworth  Canada 2014– 11 1 12
3 Forward Oliver  Brazil 2014–15 9 1 10
4 Midfielder Siniša Ubiparipović  Bosnia and Herzegovina 2014–15 9 9
5 Forward Paulo Jr.  Brazil 2015–16 5 1 6
6 Forward Andrew Wiedeman  United States 2015 4 1 5
7 Defender Rafael Alves  Brazil 2015– 4 4
Midfielder Tony Donatelli  United States 2014 4 4
Forward Giuseppe Gentile  United States 2016– 4 4
Midfielder Nicki Paterson  Scotland 2014–15 4 4
Midfielder Richie Ryan  Ireland 2014–15 4 4
Midfielder Ryan Williams  England 2016– 4 4

Last Updated: October 30, 2016.
Bolded players are currently on the Ottawa Fury FC roster.

Most appearances

# Pos. Name Nation Career NASL SB CC CCL Total
1 Forward Carl Haworth  Canada 2014– 76 1 8 85
2 Goalkeeper Romuald Peiser  France 2014– 73 2 4 79
3 Defender Rafael Alves  Brazil 2015– 61 2 5 68
4 Defender Mason Trafford  Canada 2014–15 52 2 3 57
5 Midfielder Siniša Ubiparipović  Bosnia and Herzegovina 2014–15 48 2 3 53
6 Midfielder Mauro Eustáquio  Canada 2014– 45 2 2 49
Forward Tom Heinemann  United States 2014–15 45 2 2 49
Defender Ryan Richter  United States 2014–15 45 2 2 49
Forward Oliver  Brazil 2014–15 44 2 3 49
10 Midfielder Richie Ryan  Ireland 2014–15 41 2 2 45
Forward Paulo Jr.  Brazil 2015–16 37 2 6 45

Last Updated: October 30, 2016.
Bolded players are currently on the Ottawa Fury FC roster.

Club captains

Dates Name Nation
2014–15 Richie Ryan  Ireland
2016– Julian de Guzman  Canada

International results

Year Competition Club Nation Result
2014 Friendly Rangers  Scotland L 0–1

Honours

League

References

  1. ^ "NASL Ottawa Franchise Selects Ottawa Fury Football Club as its Name". Nasl.com. February 26, 2013. Retrieved February 27, 2013.
  2. ^ "About Ottawa Fury FC". OttawaFuryFC.com.
  3. ^ "Ottawa Awarded NASL Franchise – OurSports Central – Independent and Minor League Sports News". OurSports Central. June 20, 2011. Retrieved April 7, 2012.
  4. ^ "Ottawa Fury soccer club plays 1st game at Lansdowne July 20". http://www.cbc.ca/news. January 16, 2014. Retrieved April 26, 2014. {{cite web}}: External link in |publisher= (help)
  5. ^ "Ottawa to Join NASL | North American Soccer League". Nasl.com. June 20, 2011. Retrieved April 7, 2012.
  6. ^ https://web.archive.org/web/20110625012343/http://www.vancouversun.com/sports/Ottawa+getting+North+American+Soccer+League+team/4963420/story.html. Archived from the original on June 25, 2011. Retrieved June 20, 2011. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help); Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  7. ^ "Fury FC to Feature in PLSQ". December 25, 2014.
  8. ^ Gord Holder (September 22, 2016). "Ottawa Fury players on rumours about team's future: 'Above my pay grade'". Ottawa Citizen.
  9. ^ Ottawa Fury FC (October 25, 2016). "Ottawa Fury FC to join the USL for 2017 season".
  10. ^ USL Soccer (October 25, 2016). "USL Announces Addition of Ottawa Fury FC".
  11. ^ Tim Baines (October 25, 2016). "Ottawa Fury FC confirms it will move to new league". Ottawa Sun.
  12. ^ "Fury FC Unveil Inaugural Game Kits". March 29, 2014. Retrieved September 14, 2014.
  13. ^ "Fury FC Announce Multi-Year Partnership with adidas". ottawafuryfc.com. Retrieved February 15, 2016.
  14. ^ "Ottawa Fury FC to Play NASL Spring Season Games at Carleton University". October 11, 2013. Retrieved October 13, 2013.
  15. ^ "Ottawa Fury FC NASL: TSN Radio Becomes Exclusive Radio Home of Fury FC and REDBLACKS". Ottawafuryfc.com. Retrieved April 20, 2014.
  16. ^ "Ottawa Fury FC NASL: Fury FC To Be Carried on French Language Radio". Ottawafuryfc.com. Retrieved April 20, 2014.
  17. ^ "The NASL announce a subscription service for 2014, will no longer stream games for free". SBNation.com. Retrieved April 20, 2014.
  18. ^ "Roster". Retrieved November 10, 2016.
  19. ^ "Staff". Retrieved April 3, 2016.
  20. ^ "Marc Dos Santos Named First Head Coach of Fury FC". ottawafuryfc.com. Retrieved November 20, 2015.
  21. ^ "Ottawa Fury FC Appoint Paul Dalglish as Head Coach". ottawafuryfc.com. Retrieved November 20, 2015.
  22. ^ "Ottawa Fury FC Supporters Groups". OttawaFuryFC.com.
  23. ^ "Ottawa Fury FC - All Canadian Derby". OttawaFuryFC.com.

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