Milton SC

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Milton SC
Milton SC logo.jpg
Full nameMilton Soccer Club
Founded2014
StadiumMilton Community Park
Milton, Ontario
Owner(s)Jasmin Halkić
CoachSuad Tihak
LeagueCanadian Academy of Soccer League
2019Regular season: 2nd
Playoffs:None
Website Club website

Milton SC is a Canadian soccer club formed in 2014. The team is currently a member of the Canadian Academy of Soccer League. Their home venue is located at Milton Community Sports Park in the town of Milton, Ontario.

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History

In 2014, professional soccer returned to the town of Milton under a joint effort by Jasmin Halkic and his son Jasmin Halkic Jr. Milton entered the Second Division of the Canadian Soccer League. Their original home venue was located at Bishop Reding SS and the team acquired the services of Stefan Ristic, Slavko Nenadov, Bajro Junuzovic, and Agata Jefferson. [1] In their debut season the club finished sixth in the standings, and reached the semifinals, where they faced SC Waterloo, but were defeated by a score of 4–2. [2] [3]

The following season Milton was promoted to the First Division while maintaining a reserve squad in the second division, and Amir Osmanlic was appointed head coach. [4] [5] In order to remain competitive in the league's top division the club recruited several imports such as Kenyan international Adam Shaban, and Radovan Ivković, Zoran Belošević, Adnan Smajic, and Predrag Papaz from Europe. [6] [7] Milton clinched the final postseason berth by finishing seventh in the standings. [8] [9] Their opponents in the quarterfinals were Toronto Croatia, but were eliminated by a score of 4–0. [10] [11] In the second division Milton reached the CSL Championship final where they faced Waterloo and they won the match by a score of 3–1 with goals coming from Smajić, Danny Jirta, and Lucky Maghori. [12] [13] At the conclusion of the season the league awarded Osmanlic with the CSL Coach of the Year award. [14]

On August 29, 2016 Milton partnered with Youth Development Soccer Academy to serve as its youth wing. [15] For the 2016 season Milton strengthened their roster with the signings of Haris Fazlagić, Vladimir Vujasinović, Dado Hadrovic, and Damion Scott. [16] Milton struggled throughout the regular season in their second season in the top division, but received a postseason berth due to a shortage of teams for the 2016 season. [17] In the first round of the playoffs they faced regular season champions York Region Shooters, where they were eliminated from the competition by a 5-0 defeat. [18] [19]

In 2019, Milton along with Comet FC, Galaxy SC, Halton United, London City SC, and Star FC became charter members of the Canadian Academy of Soccer League (CASL). [20]

Roster

As of December 2, 2019 [21]

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

No.Pos.NationPlayer
-Flag placeholder.svg Kenen Ajkic
-Flag placeholder.svg Ekeke Amotueb
-Flag placeholder.svg Nikolas Anderson
- FW Flag of Montenegro.svg  MNE Todor Babovic
-Flag placeholder.svg Jason Burbonk
-Flag placeholder.svg Diego Carlos
-Flag placeholder.svg Leon Huber
-Flag placeholder.svg Sasa Kraljic
-Flag placeholder.svg Deny Jonson
No.Pos.NationPlayer
-Flag placeholder.svg Matube Mambuto
-Flag placeholder.svg Ahmad Muhamed
-Flag placeholder.svg Slobodan Perovic
-Flag placeholder.svg Zoran Pusica
-Flag placeholder.svg Admir Sahat
- FW Flag of Bosnia and Herzegovina.svg  BIH Adnan Smajic [22]
-Flag placeholder.svg Igor Tosic
- DF Flag of Serbia.svg  SRB Vladimir Vujović

Honours

Head coaches

YearsNameNation
2014Jasmin HalkicFlag of Bosnia and Herzegovina.svg  Bosnia and Herzegovina
2015–2016Amir OsmanlicFlag of Bosnia and Herzegovina.svg  Bosnia and Herzegovina
2017Jasmin HalkicFlag of Bosnia and Herzegovina.svg  Bosnia and Herzegovina
2018Suad Tihak

Year-by-year

YearDivisionLeagueRegular SeasonPlayoffs
2014 [23] 2 CSL 6thSemi-finals
2015 [24] 1 CSL 7thQuarter-finals
2016 [25] 1 CSL 8thQuarter-finals
2017 [26] 1 CSL 6thQuarter-finals
2018 [27] 2 CSL 4thDid not qualify
2019 [28] 1CASL2nd
2021 [29] 1CASL2nd

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