Logan United FC

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Logan United FC
Full nameLogan United Football Club
Nickname(s)LUFC
Founded2008
Dissolved2010
GroundClem Jones Field
Logan, Queensland, Australia
Capacity5000

Logan United Football Club were a professional Australian soccer club based in Logan, Queensland which played in the Queensland State League. They did not apply to stay in the league for the 2010 Queensland State League season.

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History

Logan United was formed in 2008 to join the Queensland State League, a new league formed to fill the gap between the A-League and various city competitions around the state. In their first season in the competition the team placed fifth (out of ten teams), then sixth (out of eleven) in the 2009 season. The club started with a strong squad, including some former A-League players, such as Switzerland-born Remo Buess [1] who had played with FC Zurich in the Swiss Super League as well as Queensland Roar (now Brisbane Roar) in the A-League, Papua New Guinean international Reggie Davani, [2] Fijian national team player Raj Oshen [3] and Vanuatu national football team Goalkeeper Chikau Mansale. [4] [5] Former English Premier League Goalkeeper Jason Kearton works as the club's Goalkeeping coach. [6]

Colours and badge

The club's home kit was black and white strip jerseys, with white pants and white socks. The club's away jersey is yellow, with black pants and yellow socks. Crestmead based company 'BWS' wereLogan United's major sponsor, with their logo on the club's strip on both the front and back of their squad jerseys. [7]

Previous squad

2009 Queensland State League Squad Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No.Pos.NationPlayer
1 GK Flag of Australia (converted).svg  AUS Sebastian Usai
2 MF Flag of Australia (converted).svg  AUS Ryan Stenhouse
3 DF Flag of Australia (converted).svg  AUS Mitch Nelis
4 DF Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  SUI Remo Buess
5 DF Flag of Australia (converted).svg  AUS Jackson Dixon-Best
6 DF Flag of Fiji.svg  FIJ Raj Oshen
7 MF Flag of Australia (converted).svg  AUS Damien Kallis
8 MF Flag of Australia (converted).svg  AUS Filip Nechifor
9 FW Flag of Australia (converted).svg  AUS Blake Kallis
10 DF Flag of Australia (converted).svg  AUS Robert Laslo
No.Pos.NationPlayer
11 FW Flag of Croatia.svg  CRO Daniel Gecic
12 MF Flag of Australia (converted).svg  AUS Luke Howell
13 FW Flag of Australia (converted).svg  AUS Jon San Martin
14 MF Flag of Japan.svg  JPN Nobuhiro Iwami
15 MF Flag of Argentina.svg  ARG Jair Wilk
16 DF Flag of Australia (converted).svg  AUS Jesse McDonnell
17 DF Flag of Australia (converted).svg  AUS Josh Filewood
18 MF Flag of Australia (converted).svg  AUS Chris Roulston
19 FW Flag of Papua New Guinea.svg  PNG Reggie Davani
20 GK Flag of Vanuatu.svg  VAN Chikau Mansale

Representatives

The following players are currently or were formerly members of their respective national teams:

The following players are currently or were formerly members of their respective national youth teams:

Club Partnerships

In 2009, Logan United signed several partnerships with local clubs in the area to strengthen their own team as well as provide opportunities to share coaching information as well as players with developmental clubs. [8] These clubs included Greenbank Seniors FC, Logan Uniting Church SC and Eagle United FC

Club achievements

All-Time Most Appearances

All-Time Leading Goalscorer

Most Yellow Cards In A Season

Most Red Cards In A Season

All-Time Most Assists

First Player to score a goal

First player to score over 1 goal in a game

Youngest Player to Play For Logan United FC

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