Blacktown City FC

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Blacktown City FC
Blacktown City FC Badge Logo.png
Full nameBlacktown City Football Club
Nickname(s)The Demons
Founded1953;71 years ago (1953)
GroundLanden Stadium
Capacity7,500
ChairmanBob Turner
ManagerMark Crittenden
League NPL NSW
2023 3rd of 16
Website Club website

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 Landen Stadium [1] in the suburb of Seven Hills.

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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 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. [2]

On 2 August 2017, Blacktown City defeated Central Coast Mariners 3–2 in the Round of 32 of the 2017 FFA Cup, becoming the fifth state-level side in FFA Cup history to defeat A-League opposition. [3] [4] Blacktown made it to the competition's quarter-finals, having defeated APIA Leichhardt Tigers in the Round of 16, where they would be eliminated on penalties by the Western Sydney Wanderers. [5] [6] This equals the Demons best finish in the FFA Cup, which they first achieved in 2016 when they lost to Sydney FC. [7]

Players

First team squad

As of February 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 Tristan Prendergast
3 DF Flag of Australia (converted).svg  AUS Jayden Trenkovski
4 DF Flag of Australia (converted).svg  AUS Lachlan Campbell
5 DF Flag of Australia (converted).svg  AUS Grant Lynch
7 FW Flag of Australia (converted).svg  AUS Travis Major
8 FW Flag of Australia (converted).svg  AUS Jak O'Brien
9 FW Flag of Australia (converted).svg  AUS Reuben Awaritefe
10 MF Flag of Iraq.svg  IRQ Mario Shabow
12 DF Flag of Australia (converted).svg  AUS Tyren Burnie
14 MF Flag of Australia (converted).svg  AUS Mitchell Mallia
No.Pos.NationPlayer
16 DF Flag of Australia (converted).svg  AUS Ben Berry
17 MF Flag of Australia (converted).svg  AUS Martin Fernandez
18 DF Flag of Australia (converted).svg  AUS Nicholas O'Brien
19 MF Flag of Australia (converted).svg  AUS Adam Berry
20 GK Flag of Australia (converted).svg  AUS Cayden Henderson
22 MF Flag of the Philippines.svg  PHI Jacob Maniti
23 FW Flag of Australia (converted).svg  AUS Joey Gibbs
45 MF Flag of South Korea.svg  KOR Danny Choi
MF Flag of Australia (converted).svg  AUS Abbas Karnib
MF Flag of Australia (converted).svg  AUS Julian Rodriguez

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
Peru
Scotland
England
  • Flag of England.svg Bobby Charlton (World Cup Winner, 106 national caps, Manchester United)1
  • Flag of England.svg Kevin Keegan (63 national caps, England manager, various EPL clubs as player and manager)

Honours

Leagues

Cups

See also

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References

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