Blacktown City FC

Blacktown City FC
Full nameBlacktown City Football Club
Nickname(s)The Demons
Founded1953; 72 years ago (1953)
GroundLanden Stadium
Capacity7,500
ChairmanBob Turner
ManagerMark Crittenden
LeagueNPL NSW
20244th of 16
Websitehttp://www.blacktowncityfc.com.au/

Blacktown City Football Club is an Australian semi-professional soccer club based in Blacktown, New South Wales. Founded in 1953, the club currently competes in the National Premier Leagues NSW. Blacktown City's home ground is Landen Stadium[1] in the suburb of Seven Hills.

History

The club was formed in 1953 as Toongabbie Soccer Club and changed their name to Blacktown City in 1979. The club competed in the National Soccer League in 1980, 1981, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1989 and 1990. Since then they have competed in the highest level in New South Wales, the NSW Premier League, where they have finished Premiers (1st in the League) in 2001, 2002/03, 2004/05, 2006 and 2008.

The Blacktown City Demons took out the double in 2007 winning both the Premiership and then staging a comeback from 1–1 with ten men to defeat Bankstown City 3–1 and claim the Championship. The team was known as Blacktown City Demons and owned by The Demons Sports Club until 2009 when the club went into liquidation. The demon image was retained in the logo but dropped from the name.[2]

On 2 August 2017, Blacktown City defeated Central Coast Mariners 3–2 in the Round of 32 of the 2017 FFA Cup, becoming the fifth state-level side in FFA Cup history to defeat A-League opposition.[3][4] Blacktown made it to the competition's quarter-finals, having defeated APIA Leichhardt Tigers in the Round of 16, where they would be eliminated on penalties by the Western Sydney Wanderers.[5][6] This equals the Demons best finish in the FFA Cup, which they first achieved in 2016 when they lost to Sydney FC.[7]

Players

First team squad

As of January 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. Nation Player
1 GK Australia AUS Tristan Prendergast
3 DF Australia AUS Jayden Trenkovski
4 DF Australia AUS Lachlan Campbell
5 DF Australia AUS Grant Lynch
7 FW Australia AUS Travis Major
8 FW Australia AUS Jak O'Brien
9 FW Australia AUS Reuben Awaritefe
10 MF Iraq IRQ Mario Shabow
12 DF Australia AUS Tyren Burnie
14 MF Australia AUS Mitchell Mallia
16 DF Australia AUS Ben Berry
17 MF Australia AUS Martin Fernandez
No. Pos. Nation Player
18 DF Australia AUS Nicholas O'Brien
19 MF Australia AUS Adam Berry
20 GK Australia AUS Cayden Henderson
22 MF Philippines PHI Jacob Maniti
23 FW Australia AUS Joey Gibbs
45 MF South Korea KOR Danny Choi
— MF Australia AUS Abbas Karnib
— MF Australia AUS Julian Rodriguez
— MF Australia AUS Keanu Moore
— DF Australia AUS Jakob Cresnar

Notable former players

Players included in this section have either represented their nation or have had their careers progress by playing or coaching in the A-League.

Australia
Peru
Scotland
England
  • England Bobby Charlton (World Cup Winner, 106 national caps, Manchester United)1
  • England Kevin Keegan (63 national caps, England manager, various EPL clubs as player and manager)
  • Note 1: Charlton played one game for Blacktown in 1980, scoring a goal. It was his last professional match.

Honours

Leagues

Cups

  • Ampol Cup / Johnny Warren Cup
    • Champions (2): 1985, 2006
  • Waratah Cup
    • Champions (5): 1991, 1993, 1996, 2006, 2014
    • Runners-up (1): 2015

See also

References

  1. ^ fergustilt (1 February 2023). "BLACKTOWN CITY SPORTS CENTRE IS NOW "LANDEN STADIUM"". Blacktown City FC. Retrieved 6 February 2023.
  2. ^ "Club history". bcfc.com.au. Archived from the original on 10 June 2011. Retrieved 27 May 2015.
  3. ^ Puterflam, Michael (3 August 2017). "FFA Cup live stream Round of 32: Central Coast Mariners v Blacktown City, Sydney FC v Darwin Rovers". Retrieved 20 September 2017.
  4. ^ McMurtry, Andrew (3 August 2017). "Blacktown City FC through to FFA Cup round of 16 after 3-2 win over Central Coast Mariners". Archived from the original on 21 September 2017. Retrieved 20 September 2017.
  5. ^ Staff Writer (29 August 2017). "AS IT HAPPENED: Westfield FFA Cup Rd of 16 MD2". Retrieved 20 September 2017.
  6. ^ Harrington, Anna (21 September 2017). "Mark Bosnich says Blacktown City's FFA Cup performance justifies the need for a national second division". Retrieved 21 September 2017.
  7. ^ Greco, John (21 September 2016). "Sydney FC end Blacktown's FFA Cup run". Retrieved 20 September 2017.