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;72 years ago (1953)
GroundLanden Stadium
Capacity7,500
ChairmanBob Turner
ManagerMark Crittenden
League NPL NSW
2024 4th of 16
Website http://www.blacktowncityfc.com.au/

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 2025

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 Cayden Henderson
3 DF Flag of Australia (converted).svg  AUS Jarred McKinley
4 DF Flag of Australia (converted).svg  AUS Lachlan Campbell
5 DF Flag of Australia (converted).svg  AUS Grant Lynch
6 MF Flag of Australia (converted).svg  AUS Adam Berry
7 FW Flag of Australia (converted).svg  AUS Travis Major
8 FW Flag of Australia (converted).svg  AUS Jak O'Brien
9 MF Flag of Australia (converted).svg  AUS Keanu Moore
10 MF Flag of Australia (converted).svg  AUS Maksim Jez
11 MF Flag of South Korea.svg  KOR Danny Choi
12 MF Flag of Australia (converted).svg  AUS Daniel McHugh
14 MF Flag of Australia (converted).svg  AUS Mitchell Mallia
No.Pos.NationPlayer
15 MF Flag of Australia (converted).svg  AUS Abbas Karnib
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 DF Flag of Australia (converted).svg  AUS Sebastian Hayward
20 GK Flag of Australia (converted).svg  AUS Zac Bowling(on loan from Newcastle Jets)
21 DF Flag of Australia (converted).svg  AUS Charles Saul
22 MF Flag of the Philippines.svg  PHI Jacob Maniti
23 DF Flag of Australia (converted).svg  AUS Jakob Cresnar
25 FW Flag of Australia (converted).svg  AUS Dimo Dimo
— DF Flag of Australia (converted).svg  AUS Jackson Bandiera

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

References

  1. ↑ fergustilt (1 February 2023). "BLACKTOWN CITY SPORTS CENTRE IS NOW "LANDEN STADIUM"". Blacktown City FC. Retrieved 6 February 2023.
  2. ↑ "Club history". bcfc.com.au. Archived from the original on 10 June 2011. Retrieved 27 May 2015.
  3. ↑ Puterflam, Michael (3 August 2017). "FFA Cup live stream Round of 32: Central Coast Mariners v Blacktown City, Sydney FC v Darwin Rovers" . Retrieved 20 September 2017.
  4. ↑ McMurtry, Andrew (3 August 2017). "Blacktown City FC through to FFA Cup round of 16 after 3-2 win over Central Coast Mariners". Archived from the original on 21 September 2017. Retrieved 20 September 2017.
  5. ↑ Staff Writer (29 August 2017). "AS IT HAPPENED: Westfield FFA Cup Rd of 16 MD2" . Retrieved 20 September 2017.
  6. ↑ Harrington, Anna (21 September 2017). "Mark Bosnich says Blacktown City's FFA Cup performance justifies the need for a national second division" . Retrieved 21 September 2017.
  7. ↑ Greco, John (21 September 2016). "Sydney FC end Blacktown's FFA Cup run" . Retrieved 20 September 2017.
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