Balcatta Etna FC

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Balcatta Etna
Full nameBalcatta Etna Football Club
Nickname(s)Etna
Founded1977
Ground Grindleford Reserve
Capacity1,000
ChairmanPeter Carlino
ManagerGlen Grostate
League NPL Western Australia
2024 9th of 12
Website balcattafc.com.au
Soccerball current event.svg Current season

Balcatta Etna Football Club is an Australian semi-professional soccer club based in Balcatta, Perth, Western Australia. They compete in the National Premier Leagues Western Australia.

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History

In the first year, 1978, playing at the new home ground, Reader Reserve in Hector St, Mt Yokine. Etna acquired fifth position on the ladder. In the second year, 1979, Etna finished seventh position on the ladder.

In 2013 the club changed its name from Balcatta Soccer Club to Balcatta FC.

On 30th November 2021, the club re-branded and officially became Balcatta Etna FC.

Colours and Badge

The major colours for Balcatta Etna are blue and red.

The Balcatta Etna badge contains three sections. The top section shows the club's Italian heritage through the Italian flag and the words 'Balcatta Etna FC' beneath it. On the bottom left, the two main colours blue and red are displayed in vertical stripes. Next to it is Mount Etna erupting a football, showing the cultural heritage of the club's founders.

Stadium

Balcatta Etna play their home matches at Grindleford Reserve, which has grandstand seating for 240 supporters. In December 2022, works started to upgrade the lighting on the training pitches and to install match lights on the main pitch for the first time in the club's history.

Current First Team Men's Squad

As of 3 December 2024 [1]

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

No.Pos.NationPlayer
1 GK Flag of Australia (converted).svg  AUS Stefan Sotirovski
3 DF Flag of Australia (converted).svg  AUS Matthew Tomassone
4 DF Flag of Australia (converted).svg  AUS Luke Alessandrino
5 DF Flag of Australia (converted).svg  AUS Rostyn Griffiths
6 MF Flag of Australia (converted).svg  AUS Declan Hargreaves
7 MF Flag of Scotland.svg  SCO Liam Hudson
8 MF Flag of Australia (converted).svg  AUS Jesse Fuller
9 FW Flag of the United States.svg  USA Hasani Sinclair
10 MF Flag of Australia (converted).svg  AUS Jonathan Stynes
11 FW Flag of Australia (converted).svg  AUS Declan Hudson
No.Pos.NationPlayer
12 FW Flag of Australia (converted).svg  AUS Ben Hinshelwood
14 MF Flag of Australia (converted).svg  AUS Kurt Harris
15 MF Flag of Australia (converted).svg  AUS Adam Buckingham
16 MF Flag of Australia (converted).svg  AUS Ben Ognenis
17 MF Flag of Australia (converted).svg  AUS Dimitris Theodorou
19 FW Flag of Australia (converted).svg  AUS Anthony Skorich
20 DF Flag of Australia (converted).svg  AUS Chase Manning
21 FW Flag of Liberia.svg  LBR Blamo QuaQua
22 DF Flag of Australia (converted).svg  AUS James Fanelli
24 DF Flag of Italy.svg  ITA Leo Musca
32 MF Flag of Australia (converted).svg  AUS Leon Giglia
MF Flag of England.svg  ENG Ben Ford
FW Flag of Australia (converted).svg  AUS Chris Harold

First Team Men's Coaching Staff

Honours

Football West State League
Football West State League Division 1
Football West State League Division 2

Women's team

The Balcatta Etna Women's team are one of the inaugural teams in the new National Premier Leagues WA Women competition (which commenced in 2020), and is a part of the National Premier Leagues Women's structure. [2] Previously they had been a part of the Women's Premier League competition (2018–2019), and were Champions in the 2018 season. [3] Prior to that, they were a part of the Women's State League Premier Division (since at least 2007).

References

  1. WA NPL Top 4 Cup 2024. Football West. 14 September 2024.
  2. "Female football in WA moves into new era". Football West. 4 December 2019. Archived from the original on 7 December 2019. Retrieved 7 December 2019.
  3. Edward Nixon (30 September 2018). "Keeper Dal Busco is Balcatta's spot-kick hero". Football West. Retrieved 21 December 2019.