Rockdale Ilinden FC

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Rockdale Ilinden
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Full nameRockdale Ilinden Football Club / Фудбалски Клуб Рокдејл Илинден
Nickname(s)Ilinden
Founded1969;56 years ago (1969)
Ground Bicentennial Park South,
Rockdale, Sydney
Capacity6,000
ChairmanDennis Loether
CoachPaul Dee
League NPL NSW
2024 1st of 16 (Premiers)
Website rockdaleilindenfc.com.au
Soccerball current event.svg Current season

Rockdale Ilinden Football Club (commonly known as Rockdale City Suns Football Club from 1992 to 2020) is an Australian semi-professional soccer club based in the suburb of Rockdale, Sydney. Founded in 1969, by Macedonian Australians, the club competes in the highest men's competition in New South Wales, the National Premier Leagues NSW. The club's home ground is Ilinden Sports Centre, located in Rockdale, New South Wales.

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History

The Rockdale Ilinden Soccer Club was formed in 1969 by a group of Macedonian Australians who gave the team the name "Ilinden", in honour of an uprising against the Ottomans in 1903. The club's first President, Simon Zipevski, laid the foundations as did the late Vlade Temelkovski who was president in 1978.[ citation needed ]

Mile Todorovski became the new coach for the 2009 season. Lee Sterrey, formerly the coach of Marconi Stallions, replaced him for the 2011 Premier League season. [1]

On 12 October 2009, Football NSW announced that the Rockdale City Suns would be promoted to the Premier League competition for the 2010 season. [2]

In 2008, the club announced that they would be moving 1 km south from the Rockdale Ilinden Sports Centre in Arncliffe to Bicentennial Park South in Rockdale. [3] On 12 December 2009, the club officially opened its new facilities at Bicentennial Park South (Ilinden Sports Centre). [4] On 7 October 2015, the Rockdale City Council announced they would install a synthetic surface at Ilinden Sports Centre, with a likely completion date scheduled for the start of the 2017 season. [5]

On 28 April 2024, Alec Urosevski scored his 134th goal for Rockdale, becoming the all-time goalscorer of the club, after a hat-trick in a 3–1 win against Wollongong Wolves. [6]

Players

Current squad

As of January 2025 [7]

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 Australia (converted).svg  AUS Nicholas Sorras
4 DF Flag of Australia (converted).svg  AUS James Nikolovski
5 DF Flag of Australia (converted).svg  AUS Giorgio Speranza
6 MF Flag of Australia (converted).svg  AUS Isaac Danzo
7 FW Flag of Australia (converted).svg  AUS Alec Urosevski (C)
9 FW Flag of Syria (2025-).svg  SYR Moudi Najjar
10 MF Flag of Australia (converted).svg  AUS Brendan Cholakian
11 MF Flag of Australia (converted).svg  AUS Lochlan Constable
12 DF Flag of Australia (converted).svg  AUS Hunter Elliot
14 DF Flag of Australia (converted).svg  AUS Brayden Sorge
17 MF Flag of Australia (converted).svg  AUS Brae Ovens
No.Pos.NationPlayer
18 MF Flag of Australia (converted).svg  AUS Jordan Graoroski
19 FW Flag of Australia (converted).svg  AUS Jason Cakovski
20 GK Flag of Australia (converted).svg  AUS Ronan Mulgrew
22 MF Flag of Australia (converted).svg  AUS Blake Ricciuto
23 FW Flag of Australia (converted).svg  AUS Oliver Puflett
24 FW Flag of Australia (converted).svg  AUS Ali Auglah
33 DF Flag of Australia (converted).svg  AUS Paul Kalamvokis
66 DF Flag of Australia (converted).svg  AUS Mathieu Cordier
88 MF Flag of Scotland.svg  SCO Chris McStay
99 DF Flag of Australia (converted).svg  AUS Matthew Keremelevski
DF Flag of Australia (converted).svg  AUS Michael Marcevski

U20's Current Squad

As of June 2025

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
21 FW Flag of North Macedonia.svg  MKD Filip Dimovski
22 GK Flag of Australia (converted).svg  AUS Steven Kriezis
30 MF Flag of North Macedonia.svg  MKD Jake Nacovski (C)
31 DF Flag of Australia (converted).svg  AUS Jasper Swalding
32 DF Flag of Australia (converted).svg  AUS Angelo Kalamvokis
33 FW Flag of Australia (converted).svg  AUS Rufus McGuinness
34 MF Flag of North Macedonia.svg  MKD Dean Jovcevski
35 FW Flag of Australia (converted).svg  AUS Lucas De Sousa
37 MF Flag of Australia (converted).svg  AUS Andre Rizgalla
No.Pos.NationPlayer
38 DF Flag of North Macedonia.svg  MKD Stefan Simonovski
40 DF Flag of Australia (converted).svg  AUS Dimitri Diniotis
43 FW Flag of Australia (converted).svg  AUS Mase Dahrou Swalah
44 GK Flag of Australia (converted).svg  AUS Leo Hammond
45 FW Flag of Australia (converted).svg  AUS Oliver Mcintosh
47 DF Flag of Australia (converted).svg  AUS Emmanuel Loaiza
49 MF Flag of North Macedonia.svg  MKD Thomas Petrovski

Honours

Domestic League

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NSW NPL Finals Series

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NSW League One

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References

  1. "Lee Sterrey to lead the Suns in 2011".[ permanent dead link ]
  2. "2010 Football NSW Premier League Circular" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 13 October 2009.
  3. "Rockdale City Suns shining bright for the future" . Retrieved 3 February 2010.
  4. "Rockdale City Suns FC open Bicentennial Park". Archived from the original on 6 July 2011.
  5. MAJOR ANNOUNCEMENT - SYNTHETIC PITCH FOR ILINDEN SPORTS CENTRE
  6. "Record breaking Urosevski hat-trick seals victory for Ilinden". NPL Men's NSW. Football NSW. 28 April 2024. Retrieved 21 June 2024.