Hamilton City SC

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Hamilton City 1
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Full nameHamilton City 1 Soccer Club
Founded2016
StadiumHeritage Field
Hamilton, Ontario
ManagerKathleen Nurse
CoachSaša Vuković
League Canadian Soccer League
2024 Regular season: 5th
Playoffs: Did not qualify

Hamilton City 1 Soccer Club is a Canadian soccer team founded in 2016 that played in the Canadian Soccer League, and played their home games at Cardinal Newman Secondary School multi-sport athletic field in the community of Stoney Creek, Hamilton. In 2021, they merged with fellow CSL club Brantford Galaxy to form BGH City FC.

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History

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Original team logo

In May 2016, Andrew Crowe, the owner of London City, sold his share to his partner Zoran Kliseric, and relocated the club to Hamilton, Ontario marking the return of professional soccer to the city since Hamilton Croatia competed in the Canadian Soccer League in 2010. [1] [2] [3] [4] The organizations territory was located at Stoney Creek with Cardinal Newman Secondary School multi-sport athletic field as their home venue. [5] Former London City manager Josip Dzale assumed the responsibilities of head coach, and assembled a roster of players with European and CSL experience. Dzale brought in Dražen Vuković, Nikola Stanojević, Josip Keran, Miroslav Čabrilo, Igor Krmar, Haris Fazlagić, and Zdenko Jurcevic. [6]

Hamilton City made its league debut on May 27, 2016 against Milton SC, where Santiago Pestrepo scored the club's first historic goal in a 2-1 defeat. [7] Hamilton secured a postseason berth by finishing sixth in the standings. In the first round of the playoffs they faced Scarborough SC, where Hamilton advanced to the next round by a score of 3-0 with goals coming from Timotej Zakrajsek, Jurcevic, and Frane Grbesa. [8] Hamilton faced the regular league champions York Region Shooters and reached the CSL Championship final after a 4-1 victory in a penalty shootout. [9] Their opponents in the final were the Serbian White Eagles, where Domagoj Zubac recorded the first goal with Serbia tying the match later and scoring the final goal at the last minutes of the match to win the championship. [10] [11] On February 20, 2017 it was announced that the owners of Hamilton SC decided not to field a team for the 2017 season. [12]

After a one-year hiatus, Hamilton returned for the 2018 season. [13] After a third place finish during the 2020 season, they were disqualified from the playoffs for being "Not-in-Good Standing" at the conclusion of the season. [14]

Ahead of the 2021 season, they merged with Brantford Galaxy to form BGH City FC. [15]

Roster

As of July 24, 2024 [16]

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

No.Pos.NationPlayer
— DF Flag of Serbia.svg  SRB Dragan Antanasijević
— DF Flag placeholder.svg Sava Arsić
— GK Flag placeholder.svg Stefan Avramovic
— MF Flag placeholder.svg Nemanja Backovic
— MF Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  CAN Donart Beqiri [17]
— FW Flag of Serbia.svg  SRB Aleksandar Božović
— MF Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  CAN Miroslav Cabrilo
— MF Flag of Montenegro.svg  MNE Nebojša Ćetković
— DF Flag of Serbia.svg  SRB Nikola Gavrilovic [18]
— DF Flag placeholder.svg Luka Jankovic
— DF Flag placeholder.svg Nemanja Jolic
— FW Flag of Serbia.svg  SRB Vukasin Kovacevic [19]
— MF Flag of Serbia.svg  SRB Nemanja Jankovic [20]
No.Pos.NationPlayer
— DF Flag of Montenegro.svg  MNE Aleksandar Davidovic
— DF Flag placeholder.svg Aleksandar Lasic
— FW Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  CAN Aleksa Marković
— DF Flag placeholder.svg Janko Milosevic
— MF Flag of Montenegro.svg  MNE Miljan Milovic
— GK Flag of Montenegro.svg  MNE Aleksandar Nikolic [21]
— DF Flag placeholder.svg Tomislav Pinjuh
— FW Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  CAN Arsen Platis [22]
— DF Flag placeholder.svg Danilo Simic
— MF Flag of Bosnia and Herzegovina.svg  BIH Saša Vidović
— DF Flag of Bosnia and Herzegovina.svg  BIH Uroš Vidović
— DF Flag of Serbia.svg  SRB Đorđe Vukobrat
— MF Flag placeholder.svg Miloš Vuruna

Head coaches

YearsNameNation
2016Josip DzaleFlag of Croatia.svg  Croatia
2018Sasa VukovicFlag of Serbia.svg  Serbia

Seasons

SeasonLeagueTeamsRecordRankPlayoffsRef
2016 Canadian Soccer League (First Division)86–5–106thFinals [23]
2018 98–1–75thQuarterfinals [23]
2019 106–3–96thQuarterfinals [23]
2020 54–2–23rddid not qualify [23]
2023 Canadian Soccer League 75–1–65th– [23]
2024 62–1–95th– [23]

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