Full name | Darby FC |
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Founded | 2015 |
Stadium | Whitby Soccer Centre |
Head Coach | Hermann Kingue (men) Stuart Robertson (women) |
League | League1 Ontario |
2022 | League1 Ontario, 13th (men) League1 Ontario, 10th (women) |
Website | Club website |
Darby FC is a Canadian semi-professional soccer club based in Whitby, Ontario and Clarington, Ontario. The club was founded in 2015 to compete in League1 Ontario. The club was formed as a partnership between two local area youth clubs - Whitby SC and Darlington SC. It fields teams in both the men's and women's divisions of League1 Ontario.
The club was founded in 2015 as a joint partnership between Durham Region clubs Darlington Soccer Club and Whitby Soccer Club with the name Darby coming from name blending the two names. [1] [2]
Darlington Soccer Club is a youth soccer club from the municipality of Clarington. Its roots date back to the foundation of the Darlington Soccer League founded in 1880; which is argued to be the oldest in Canada. [3] [4]
Whitby FC is a youth soccer club in Whitby, Ontario. It was founded in 1966 as the Whitby Iroquois SC. In 2016, the club rebranded as Whitby FC with a new logo. [5]
The club's first team entered the women's division of League1 Ontario in 2016. [6] Their inaugural game resulted in a 1–1 draw with North Mississauga SC. [7] They finished their debut season in eighth place, out of nine clubs. [8]
In 2018, Darby added their men's team to the men's league, [9] which is one division below the top-tier Canadian Premier League. [10] Many of the players on their inaugural roster came from the prior year's Durham United FA roster, as Durham did not enter a team for the 2018 season. [11] Their debut match on April 28, 2018 was against the Woodbridge Strikers and resulted in a 1–1 draw. [12] [13]
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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Season | League | Teams | Record | Rank | Playoffs | League Cup | Ref |
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2018 | League1 Ontario | 17 | 6–3–7 | 9th | Group stage | Round of 16 | [15] |
2019 | 16 | 7–2–6 | 9th | Did not qualify | – | [15] | |
2020 | Season cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic [16] | ||||||
2021 | 15 | 3–3–6 | 6th, East (12th overall) | Did not qualify | – | [15] | |
2022 | 22 | 7–4–10 | 13th | Did not qualify | – | ||
2023 | 21 | 6–5–9 | 14th | Did not qualify | – | ||
Season | League | Teams | Record | Rank | Playoffs | League Cup | Ref |
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2016 | League1 Ontario | 9 | 2–3–11 | 8th | – | Preliminary Round | [17] |
2017 | 11 | 2–2–16 | 11th | – | Round of 16 | [17] | |
2018 | 13 | 1–1–10 | 12th | Did not qualify | Round of 16 | [17] | |
2019 | 14 | 6–1–6 | 8th | Quarter-finals | – | [17] | |
2020 | Season cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic [16] | ||||||
2021 | League1 Ontario Summer Championship | 7 | 1–1–4 | 7th | – | – | [17] |
2022 | League1 Ontario | 20 | 9–0–9 | 10th | Did not qualify | – | |
2023 | 19 | 4–4–10 | 16th | Did not qualify | – | ||
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