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Full name | Hobart City Football Club | ||
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Nickname(s) | Blowflies | ||
Founded | 1975 [1] | ||
Ground | Sandown Park, Sandy Bay [2] | ||
Capacity | 500 | ||
President | Adam Richards | ||
Manager | Romilton Amaral | ||
League | Southern Championship | ||
2023 | 9th of 9 | ||
Website | Club website | ||
Hobart City Football Club is an Australian semi-professional soccer club based in the suburb of Sandy Bay in Hobart, Tasmania. The club's colours are green and black. The club plays its home games at Sandown Park, known to fans as the Tropicana Cauldron or simply The Tropicana. [3] In 2021, Beachside FC and Hobart City merged to form a club under the current name.
Beachside FC was founded in 1975 under the name Howrah Soccer Club because it played in the Hobart suburb of Howrah. [4] [5] The club then adopted the name Beachside HSC when it moved to its current home near Long Beach, in Sandy Bay keeping the HSC from Howrah Soccer Club despite no longer playing in that suburb. In 2011, the name was changed subtly to Beachside FC.
In 1977, Hobart City Azzurri was founded to provide a youth soccer club for the Italian community. In 1981, the Club changed its name to Hobart City FC, as a result of a mandate from Soccer Australia to remove all ethnic based names club titles. In 1986, the club become the Southern Tasmanian Seniors Division 1 Premiers and Knock Out Cup Winners. The club ceased to exist in late 1991, with its members joining other clubs or retiring. In 2021, family members of the original founders, began a re-creation of the Hobart City Azzurri. [5]
In 2021, Beachside FC and Hobart City FC merged to form a new club under the name Hobart City Beachside FC and later changed to Hobart City FC In 2023 [5]
The club's best and fairest medal is named after Alistair Hales while a yearly award is presented for the best contributor to the club's off-field success. This is named after James Dunsby, a club life member who died in an SAS selection test in Wales. [6]
Year | Alistair Hales Best and Fairest | James Dunsby Clubman |
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2019 | James Anderson & Brett Andrews | |
2018 | Ben Whitehall | |
2017 | ||
2016 | ||
2015 | ||
2014 | Jayden Welch | James Andrews |
2013 | ||
2012 | ||
2011 [7] | Nathan Robinson, Jack Turner and Luke Atkin | Anthony Grznic |
A summary of the seasons of the Beachside Senior Men's Team:
Season | League | National League Level | Final Position | Coach | Notes |
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2019 | Southern Championship | 3 | 3rd | Brett Pullen | |
2018 | Southern Championship | 3 | 2nd | Daniel Lapolla | |
2017 | Southern Championship | 3 | 2nd | Daniel Lapolla | |
2016 | Southern Championship | 3 | 2nd | ||
2015 | Southern Championship | 3 | 4th | Brett Pullen | |
2014 | Southern Premier League | 3 | 4th | Farrell Shaw [8] | |
2013 | Southern Premier League | 3 | 1st | Nathan Robinson [9] | An FFT league restructure led to Beachside joining the SPL. |
2012 | Southern League One | 3 | 2nd | Brett Pullen | |
2011 | Southern Premier League | 2 | 8th(Last) | Brett Pullen | Relegated to SL1 at end of season. |
2010 | Southern League One | 3 | 1st | Nathan Robinson | Promoted to SPL next season. |
2009 | Southern League One | 3 | Tony Kavanagh |
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Beachside has teams involved in the following senior competitions:
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