Perth RedStar FC

Perth RedStar FC

Full name	Perth RedStar Football Club
Nickname(s)	Stars
Founded	1992 (Joondalup City) 1999 (ECU Joondalup) 2022 (Perth RedStar)
Ground	RedStar Arena, at ECU Joondalup
Capacity	2,500
President	Mark Donnelly
Manager	Callum Salmon
League	NPL Western Australia
2024	2nd of 12
Website	http://www.perthredstar.com.au/
Home colours Away colours
Current season

Perth RedStar Football Club is an Australian soccer club from Joondalup, Western Australia currently playing in the National Premier Leagues Western Australia and National Premier Leagues WA Women.

Their home ground is the RedStar Arena at the Joondalup campus of Edith Cowan University.

History

The club was formed in 1992 as Joondalup City Soccer Club and played at the Gumblossom Park in Quinns Rocks. They moved to the Arena Joondalup in 1995 and in their first season in the Semi-pro league finished third in the Professional Soccer Federation of WA third division a great start to top-flight football in the state.

In the first season of the Soccer West Coast Division One, City won promotion to the Premier League as Champions in 1996. Joondalup City's first season in the top flight in 1997 was a moderately successful one, where they finished in a mid-table position and improved to third place in 1998.

In 1999 the club changed its name to ECU Joondalup SC. A successful season saw Paul Simmons' side win the club's first major trophy by taking out the Premier League title, which was their first-ever Premiership after only four seasons in the professional ranks.

Under the guidance of former Perth Glory manager Kenny Lowe, ECU Joondalup SC won their first Championship in 2020 (no Premier was awarded), with striker Danny Hodgson also claiming the season's Golden Boot award with 17 goals. ^[1]

In February 2022, ECU Joondalup SC and Northern Redbacks WSC announced a merger to create Perth RedStar FC as a new club. ^[2]

Current men's squad

As of 10 September 2022 ^[3]

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. Nation Player 1 GK   AUS Sonny Inzalaco 2 DF   AUS Nicholas Walsh 3 DF   AUS Blair Govan 4 MF   AUS Declan Hughes 6 MF   AUS Matthew George 8   AUS Andrew Palmer 9 FW   SCO Daryl Nicol(captain) 10   AUS Gomo Dukuly 11 DF   AUS Dennis Galan 13   AUS Nyle Weale 14 MF   AUS Lewis Tucker 15 FW   AUS Bryce Bafford 17 FW   AUS Joel Chianese 18   AUS Daniel Katz 19 DF   SCO Ryan Finnie

No. Pos. Nation Player 33 GK   AUS Liam Reddy —   AUS Sonny O'Shea —   AUS Josh Kingston — DF   AUS Takudzwa Tarrel Chisunga —   AUS Keane Embleton-Hill —   AUS Jay Patel — DF   AUS Andy Higgins —   AUS Tom Hough —   AUS Oscar Malfiore —   AUS Theodore Leeming

Current women's squad

As of 10 September 2022 ^[3]

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. Nation Player —   AUS Carla Bennett —   AUS Shawn Billam —   AUS Kim Carroll — DF   AUS Sarah Carroll —   AUS Jacinta Coleman —   AUS Tessa de Leo —   AUS Maya Diederichsen —   AUS Quyen Doan —   AUS Emily Dunn

No. Pos. Nation Player —   AUS Olivia Goud —   AUS Renee Leota —   AUS Alkira Mogridge —   AUS Jade Odonohoe —   AUS Jayna Ridley —   AUS Bronwyn Studman —   AUS Andrea Teixeira —   AUS Larissa Walsh —   AUS Olivia Wood

Staff

• Technical director: Andrew Ord
• First-team coach: Callum Salmon
• Assistant coach: David Butterfield

Notable past players

List includes players from ECU Joondalup youth or senior teams that have gone on to represent the Australian national team. ^[4]

• Chris Herd
• Brandon O'Neill
• Josh Risdon
• Adam Taggart
• Rhys Williams
• Ryan Williams

Coaches

• Paul Simmons (1992–2002)
• Stuart Kamasz (2003)
• Paul Simmons (2004)
• Stuart Currie (2005)
• Eric Williams (2005)
• John Brown (2006)
• Willie McNally (2006–2008)
• Syd Amphlett (2008–2011)
• Salv Todaro (2011–2013) ^[5]
• Dale McCulloch (2013–2019) ^[6]
• Kenny Lowe (2020–present)

Honours

• 2020, 2022 NPL WA Champions
• 1998, 2002 Boral Challenge Cup Winners
• 1999, 2023 WA Premier League/NPL WA Minor Premiers
• 1996 First Division Winners

References

1. "Champions ECU snatch last-day title - Football West - NPL".
2. Ben Smith (4 February 2022). "ECU Joondalup SC and Northern Redbacks announce merger to create new club Perth RedStar". Perth Now. Retrieved 19 February 2022.
3. Top 4 Cup Finals Weekend 2022. Football West. 9 September 2022.
4. "A path for the west's best". 22 January 2013.
5. "Todaro leaves ECU Joondalup". ECU Joondalup Soccer Club. 9 June 2013. Retrieved 4 May 2019.
6. "Dale McCulloch appointed as new ECU Coach". ECU Joondalup Soccer Club. 21 June 2013. Retrieved 4 May 2019.

External links

• Official website