Bankstown City FC (women's club)

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Bankstown City Lions Women's
Full nameBankstown City Lions Football Club
Nickname(s)Lions, Sydney Makedonia
Founded2013
Ground Jensen Oval
Sefton, New South Wales
Capacity8,000
President Robert Mileski
Manager Ante Covic
League NSW League One Women's
20226th of 12

Bankstown City Lions Football Club, commonly referred to as Bankstown City Lions or simply Bankstown City, is an Australian women's football team from Bankstown, a suburb of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. [1] They compete in the National Premier Leagues NSW Women's, the second tier of women's football in Australia. Bankstown City Lions plays their home games at Jensen Park. [2] [3]

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History

The club formed women's teams in 2013. [1] The senior team was promoted from the third tier Women's State League to the National Premier League 2 in 2015. [4]

In 2017, they won the NPL2 Women's Championship after defeating Sydney Olympic and were promoted to the NPL1 Women's League for the following season. The 2018 NPL 1 Women's season saw Bankstown City Lions narrowly escape relegation by one point, finishing 10th out of 12 teams. [5]

Players

Current squad

As of 24 March 2024

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

No.Pos.NationPlayer
1 GK Flag of Australia (converted).svg  AUS Stephanie Grimbilos
2 DF Flag of England.svg  ENG Jess Frampton
3 DF Flag of Australia (converted).svg  AUS Stephanie Ambrose
4 DF Flag of Australia (converted).svg  AUS Zoe Zaczek
5 MF Flag of Australia (converted).svg  AUS Angelina Mastoris
6 MF Flag of Australia (converted).svg  AUS Liana Danaskos(captain)
8 MF Flag of Australia (converted).svg  AUS Skye Casacchia
9 FW Flag of Australia (converted).svg  AUS Roukayah Al Fararjeh
11 MF Flag of Australia (converted).svg  AUS Annabel Forbes
12 DF Flag of Australia (converted).svg  AUS Anjelica Williams
13 FW Flag of Australia (converted).svg  AUS Zali Dean
No.Pos.NationPlayer
15 MF Flag of Australia (converted).svg  AUS Chelsea Greguric
16 DF Flag of Australia (converted).svg  AUS Maryam Mostaghimi
18 FW Flag of Japan.svg  JPN Aya Seino
20 GK Flag of Australia (converted).svg  AUS Jasmin Lawler
25 MF Flag of Australia (converted).svg  AUS Elif Erdogan
28 FW Flag of Australia (converted).svg  AUS Tori Hronopoulos
35 DF Flag of Australia (converted).svg  AUS Claire Witton
39 MF Flag of Australia (converted).svg  AUS Isabelle Zoghbi
41 MF Flag of Australia (converted).svg  AUS Heba El Saddik
44 MF Flag of Australia (converted).svg  AUS Jasmine Stretton

Notable past players

Seasons

SeasonLeague Sapphire Cup Top scorer
DivPWDLFAPtsPosFinalsPlayer(s)Goals
2013Women's State League2214358333454thPF-
2014Women's State League22152410532472ndRU-
2015Women's State League2114346527452nd↑W-
2016NPL2 NSW Women2054112637197th--
2017NPL2 NSW Women168443926283rd↑W-Tania Baban13
2018NPL NSW Women22241616711010th--Amy Dahdah7
2019NPL NSW Women22631338602110th--
2020NPL NSW Women110011760012th--Georgia Plessas3
2021NPL NSW Women122198317season cancelled-Georgia Plessas3
2022NPL NSW Women221048343366th--
2023NPL NSW Women2681354127378th [lower-alpha 1] -R4 Susan Phonsongkham 14

Honours

Notes

  1. ↑ Relegated based on Club Championship

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  2. ↑ "Embarrassing': Football club in fight for facilities upgrade". The Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 16 August 2023.(Subscription required.)
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