Blacktown City FC

Blacktown City

Full name

Blacktown City Football Club

Nickname(s)

The Demons

Founded

1953

Ground

Lily Homes Stadium

Capacity

7,500

Coach

Mark Crittenden

League

NPL NSW

2016

2nd

Website

Club home page

Home colours

Away colours

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.	Position	Player
1	GK	Nenad Vekic
3	DF	Giorgio Speranza
4	DF	Roberto Speranza
5	MF	Isaac Dandan
6	DF	Matthew Lewis
8	MF	Sasa Macura
9	FW	Joey Gibbs
10	MF	Connor Evans
12	FW	Jonathan Grozdanovski

No.	Position	Player
14	FW	Mitchell Mallia
15	DF	Shayne D'Cunha
16	FW	Patrick Antelmi
17	DF	Lewis Beumie
18	DF	Jake Mamone
19	DF	Zachary Cairncross (captain)
20	GK	Dylan Niski
21	MF	Riku Sasaki
40	GK	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

Robbie Slater (44 national caps)
Adam Kwasnik (1 U/21 cap, various A-League teams)
Darren Stewart (3 national caps)
Jason van Blerk (33 national caps)
Gary van Egmond (15 national caps, coach Newcastle Jets)
Charlie Yankos (49 national caps)
Adam Biddle (Sydney FC 14 games)
Scott Jamieson (4 national caps)
Zlatko Arambasic (1992 Olympic games)

Chad Gibson (Brisbane Roar captain)
Tyler Simpson (Brisbane Roar, Perth Glory)
Joel Chianese (Sydney FC)
Sean Rooney (Newcastle Jets)
Mathew Ryan (current Socceroo)
Bernie Ibini (2 national caps)

Scotland

Lawrie McKinna (Central Coast Mariners manager)

England

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

Seasons

Season	League										Cup	Asia	Top scorer
Season	Div	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	Pts	Position	Finals	Cup	Asia	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	NSW Division 2	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	NSL	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	NSW Division 1	26	18	4	4	55	17	40	1st
1989	NSL	26	5	9	12	28	50	19	12th
1989/90	NSL	26	4	4	18	30	55	12	14th
1990	NSW Division 1								9th
1991	NSW Division 1								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

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

Waratah Cup

Champions (5): 1991, 1993, 1996, 2006, 2014

Runners-Up (1): 2015

Johnny Warren Cup

Champions (1): 2006

NSW Division 1 / Super League / Premier League / NPL NSW Men's 1

Minor Premiers/Premiers (8): 1988, 1993, 2000, 2000–01, 2002–03, 2006, 2007, 2014

NSW Division 1 / Super League / Premier League / NPL NSW Men's 1 Grand Finals

Champions (8): 1991, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2007, 2010, 2014, 2016

Runners-Up (7): 1992, 1993, 1995, 2000–01, 2001–02, 2002–03, 2006

Domestic

National Premier Leagues

Champions (1): 2015

Finals Appearances (1): 2015

FFA Cup

Round of 32 (2): 2014, 2015, 2016

Round of 16 (1): 2016

Quarter Finals (1): 2016

References

↑ "Club history". bcfc.com.au. Retrieved 27 May 2015.
↑ "Manly United squad".

External links

Official Website
Oz Football profile
Goodbye Demons, hello Blacktown FC, Blacktown Advocate, 24 December 2009

Soccer in New South Wales

A-League

W-League

National Youth League

F-League

Football NSW

NPL	APIA Leichhardt Tigers Blacktown City Blacktown Spartans Bonnyrigg White Eagles Hakoah Sydney City East Manly United Parramatta FC Rockdale City Suns Sutherland Sharks Sydney Olympic Sydney United 58 Wollongong Wolves

NPL 2	Bankstown Berries Bankstown City Central Coast Mariners Academy Fraser Park Macarthur Rams Marconi Stallions Mounties Wanderers Mt Druitt Town Rangers Northern Tigers North Shore Mariners Spirit FC St George Sydney FC Youth Western Sydney Wanderers Youth

NPL 3	Balmain Tigers Dulwich Hill Dunbar Rovers Gladesville Ryde Magic Granville Rage Hawkesbury City Hills Brumbies Inter Lions Rydalmere Lions Stanmore Hawks Sydney Uni Western NSW Mariners

State League	Bankstown United Camden Tigers FC Gazy Lansvale Hurstville City Minotaurs Hurstville FC Nepean FC Prospect United Southern Bulls St. George FA UNSW Lions Wagga City Wanderers Western Condors

Regional Leagues & Associations	Bankstown District Amateur Soccer Association Blacktown & District Soccer Football Association Canterbury District Soccer Football Association Central Coast Football Eastern Suburbs Football Association Gladesville Hornsby Football Association Granville & District Soccer Football Association Football South Coast Northern Suburbs Football Association Macarthur District Soccer Football Association Manly Warringah Football Association Nepean Football Association North West Sydney Women’s Football Southern Districts Soccer Football Association St. George Football Association Sutherland Shire Football Association Southern Branch Sydney Amateur Football League Football Riverina Western NSW Football

NSW League seasons	2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016

Waratah Cup	2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016

Northern NSW Football

NPL	Adamstown Rosebud Broadmeadow Magic Charlestown City Blues Edgeworth FC Hamilton Olympic Lambton Jaffas Maitland FC Newcastle Jets Youth South Cardiff Weston Workers Bears

State League 1	Belmont Swansea United Cessnock City Hornets Cooks Hill United Kahibah FC Lake Macquarie City Singleton Strikers Thornton Redbacks Toronto Awaba Stags Wallsend FC West Wallsend Valentine Phoenix

Regional Leagues & Associations	Football Far North Coast Football Mid North Coast Hunter Valley Football Macquarie Football Newcastle Football North Coast Football Northern Inland Football

Northern NSW League Seasons	2014 2015 2016

National Premier Leagues NSW

Current Teams

Former teams

Seasons

NSW Premier League

National Premier Leagues (NSW)

National Premier Leagues NSW stadiums

Belmore Sports Ground Bicentennial Park South Bonnyrigg Sports Club Cromer Park Lily Homes Stadium Jensen Oval Leichhardt Oval Lidcombe Oval Marconi Stadium Seymour Shaw Park Sydney United Sports Centre WIN Stadium

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