Holland Park Hawks FC

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Holland Park Hawks FC
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Full nameHolland Park Hawks Football Club
Nickname(s)Hawks or Hawkies
Founded1977
GroundWhites Hill Reserve; Camp Hill
Head coachGabriel Hawash
League Football Queensland Premier League 1
2024 Football Queensland Premier League 2 1st of 12 (Promoted)
Website https://hphawksfc.com.au/

Holland Park Hawks FC is a football club based in Camp Hill, Queensland. They will be competing in the Football Queensland Premier League, the 3rd division on the football pyramid of Australia, after achieving promotion from Football Queensland Premier League 2 in 2024. The club has youth teams which also compete in Football Queensland Academy Leagues which starts at U9 and ends at U18's.

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History

Holland Park Hawks Football Club was formed in 1976 with its home ground located at Whites Hill Reserve in Camp Hill. [1] The club first entered senior competition in 2008 and achieved promotion by finishing top of the Metro League Division Two table in their first season. [2]

Further promotions occurred in 2010, 2014 and 2015 enabling the club to climb from fifth tier of the Football Brisbane structure to the first tier in just eight seasons. Holland Park Hawks won each of these promotions by topping the league table to become premiers, and were champions three time after grand final victories. [2] The three grand final wins were:

In 2010, Holland Park Hawks also had cup success, winning the Metro Cup competition (also known as the Veto Cup) after beating Souths United 2–1 in the Final. [4] [5]

Holland Park Hawks FC had a successful debut in the 2016 Brisbane Premier League season, finishing in third place on the league table and qualifying for the finals series in which they reached the preliminary final. [6]

To build upon its success, the club applied to be part of the new National Premier Leagues structure which will commence in the 2018 season. [7] In May 2017, Football Queensland announced Holland Park Hawks were among the 14 clubs accepted to form the Football Queensland Premier League for its initial season in 2018. [8]

In their first season in the Football Queensland Premier League 1 (FQPL 1), the Hawks finished 10th out of the 13 teams in the competition. 3 years later though, in the 2021 season, they finished 10th out of 11, relegating them to Football Queensland Premier League 2 (FQPL 2).

In late 2022, club Technical Director, Gabriel Hawash was appointed as the Head Coach for the senior team. In the 2024 season, Hawash's second in charge, Hawks were premiers of FQPL2, winning the league and achieving promition back to FQPL1. Hawks lost just one league game and amassed a total of 57 points over the season, the equal highest ever points tally in a single season in FQPL2, tied with Broadbeach United S.C. who achieved the same points in the previous season. Holland Park's #9 Connor McAuley scored 23 league goals and was awarded the league's golden boot in this season, achieving the third highest individual goal tally ever in a single FQPL 2 season. [9] [10]

Players

First team squad

As of 16 September 2024 [10]

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 England.svg  ENG Tom Dixon
2 DF Flag of Australia (converted).svg  AUS Martin Sandry
3 DF Flag of Australia (converted).svg  AUS Noah Humphreys
4 DF Flag of Australia (converted).svg  AUS Lewis Doci
5 DF Flag of Australia (converted).svg  AUS Lachlan Gorry
6 MF Flag of England.svg  ENG Cameron Foulkes
7 FW Flag of Australia (converted).svg  AUS Hunter Rutty
8 MF Flag of Australia (converted).svg  AUS Matthew Capelo
9 FW Flag of Australia (converted).svg  AUS Connor McAuley
10 FW Flag of Australia (converted).svg  AUS Will Gullo
11 MF Flag of Australia (converted).svg  AUS Kyle Wieser
12 DF Flag of Papua New Guinea.svg  PNG Rudolph Gabuogi
15 MF Flag of Ireland.svg  IRL Connor Doorman
16 MF Flag of Australia (converted).svg  AUS Kieran Harrison
No.Pos.NationPlayer
17 MF Flag of Australia (converted).svg  AUS Matthew Zhong
18 MF Flag of Colombia.svg  COL Juan Esteban Aristizabal
19 DF Flag of Australia (converted).svg  AUS Motoki Kuzuyama
20 GK Flag of Australia (converted).svg  AUS Patrick Satorie
33 MF Flag of New Zealand.svg  NZL Ivan Alonso
— FW Flag of Australia (converted).svg  AUS Michael Parker
— MF Flag of Australia (converted).svg  AUS Tom Gane
— FW Flag of Australia (converted).svg  AUS Ben Mcdonnell
— MF Flag of Australia (converted).svg  AUS Huon Seelig
— GK Flag of Australia (converted).svg  AUS Jake Watson-Roddy

Club officials

Board

PositionName [11]
President Flag of England.svg Sharon Flannery
Vice-president Flag of Australia (converted).svg Nigel Hemer
TreasurerStefan Keller
SecretaryNavin D’Silva
Committee MemberLee Sawyer
Gary Wier
Chris Allmond

Staff members

PositionName [11]
Technical Director (TD)Gabriel Hawash
Junior Technical DirectorNick Hansen
Office ManagerIvana Barozzi
Community DirectorJhonny Javier Olivares
Female Football DirectorLiam Murphy
Head of AnalysisAlex Accini

Senior team staff

PositionName
Head Coach Luke DeVere
Assistant CoachJack Mestric
Assistant CoachAlex Accini
PhysioAjay Khabra
Goalkeeper Coach Jason Kearton
Team ManagerCarrie Simpson

Seasons

SeasonLeague FFA Cup
Division (tier)PldWDLGFGAGDPtsPositionFinals Series
2008Metro League 2 (7)221714742252521st ↑Semi-finalNot yet founded
2009Metro League 1 (6)20811145441256thDNQ
2010Metro League 1 (6)211317503416401st ↑Champions
2011Premier Division 2 (5)261367583919453rdPreliminary Final
2012Premier Division 2 (5)221435472324453rdSemi-final
2013 Capital League 2 (5)221066603723366thDNQ
2014 Capital League 2 (5)221714912764521st ↑Champions Preliminary Round 4
2015 Capital League 1 (4)211542692544491st ↑Champions Preliminary Round 3
2016 Brisbane Premier League (3)221237513417393rdPreliminary Final Preliminary Round 4
2017 Brisbane Premier League (3)22868564511307thDNQ Preliminary Round 6
2018 Football Queensland Premier League (3)2481155369-162510thDNQ Preliminary Round 4
2019 Football Queensland Premier League (3)1831143170-391010thDNQ Preliminary Round 6
2020 Football Queensland Premier League (3)2034132445-21139thDNQ COVID-19 pandemic

Source: [2]

Key:Premiers / Champions Promoted ↑ Relegated ↓

The tier is the level in the Australian soccer league system

Honours

References

  1. ↑ "Club History". Holland Park Hawks FC official website. Retrieved 25 May 2017.
  2. 1 2 3 "Holland Park Hawks FC". Brisbane Football (Soccer) Tables. Retrieved 10 August 2018.
  3. ↑ Brisbane Metro Division One 2010 Fixtures/Results socceraust.co.uk
  4. ↑ Brisbane Metro Cup 2010 Fixtures/Results socceraust.co.uk
  5. ↑ "Cup Finals". Football Brisbane official website. Retrieved 31 May 2017.
  6. ↑ Brisbane Premier League 2016 Fixtures/Results socceraust.co.uk
  7. ↑ "Hawks spread wings with NPL/QPL 2018 application". Holland Park Hawks FC official website. Retrieved 27 May 2017.
  8. ↑ "Football Queensland Unveils Clubs For New Two-Tiered State Competition". Football Queensland website. 29 May 2017. Retrieved 12 June 2017.
  9. ↑ https://websites.mygameday.app/comp_info.cgi?c=0-9385-0-582633-0&a=LADDER
  10. 1 2 https://footballqueensland.com.au/fqpl-2/
  11. 1 2 https://hphawksfc.com.au/our-club/our-team/
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