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Stirling Lions
Stirling Lions emblem
Full nameStirling Lions Soccer Club
Nickname(s)Stirling Macedonia
Founded1971
GroundMacedonia Park
Capacity5,000
ChairmanCane Spaseski
ManagerRob Milevski
LeagueNPL Western Australia
Websitehttp://www.stirlinglions.com.au

Stirling Lions Soccer Club (formerly West Perth Macedonia, Stirling Macedonia) is an Australian soccer club based in Perth, Australia currently compete in the National Premier Leagues Western Australia which is one grade lower than the Australian A-League.[1]

History

Stirling Lions Soccer Club evolved with the history of the Macedonian Australian community of Western Australia. The Club has been through a number of name changes and directions in its forty-year history. Known as West Perth Macedonia in the 1970s and early 1980s, winning the League Title in its third year of State League.

In 1986, the Club changed its name to Stirling Macedonia with a move to Macedonia park. That year, the Club represented the Soccer Federation of Western Australia against Adelaide City in the NANDA Cup in front of a crowd of approximately 5,000 people. During the 1980s and 1990s, they were one of the most powerful soccer clubs in Western Australia winning six league premierships.

In 1999, they changed the name to the Stirling Lions Soccer Club, a move which allowed themselves to embrace the whole of the Stirling district.

In October 2014, Cane Spaseski (Also known as Sani) (Template:Lang-mk) was appointed club predident.

Honours

  • State League Premiers – 1983 1984 1985 1987 1994 1995 2013
  • State League Runners Up – 1986 1990 1992 1996 2006 2010
  • Top Four/Five Cup Winners – 1983 1986 1994 1995 1996
  • Top Four/Five Cup Runners Up −1984 1988 2013
  • State Cup Winners – 1980 1992 1996 2006 2007 2010
  • State Cup Runners Up – 1987 1993 1994 1997
  • Night Series Winners – 1986 1988 1991 1994 1995 1996
  • Night Series Runners Up – 1983 1984 1990 1993 2006

Current squad

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 Aleks Vrteski
2 DF England ENG Rikki Smith
3 DF Australia AUS Michael Pugliese
4 DF Australia AUS Jovo Pavlović
6 DF Australia AUS Hayden Doyle
7 MF Australia AUS Miki Vujacic
8 DF England ENG Andrew Brown
9 FW Democratic Republic of the Congo COD Moses Kalau
10 MF Australia AUS David Micevski
13 MF New Zealand NZL Jack Salter
No. Pos. Nation Player
15 MF Australia AUS Ali Gholami
16 MF Australia AUS David Filippou
17 DF Australia AUS Daniel Dols
18 FW Australia AUS Robert Petkov
19 MF Australia AUS Boas Mtwale
20 GK Australia AUS Connor Campbell
21 South Africa RSA Aaron Krige
22 Australia AUS Jason Kessell
23 Australia AUS William Kessell
24 Australia AUS David Dias
25 Australia AUS Mo Sulaimon

Staff

  • First Team Coach: Rob Milevski
  • Reserves Coach: Joe Pugliese
  • Under 18s Coaches: Dan Evans
  • Technical Director: Dan Evans
  • Physio: Jasmine Angelev
  • Team Manager – Cane Spaseski

References