Northcote City FC

Northcote City FC
Full nameNorthcote City Football Club
Nickname(s)City, Hraklis (Iraklis)
Founded1960; 64 years ago (1960)
GroundJohn Cain Memorial Park
PresidentMichael Skliros
ManagerZeljko Kuzman
LeagueVictoria Premier League 1
20244th of 14
NPL Victoria 2
Websitehttp://www.northcotecity.com.au

Northcote City Football Club (Iraklis) is a soccer club based on the border of Thornbury and Northcote, Victoria (Australia). Formed in 1960 by local Greek Australians, the club currently competes in the Victoria Premier League 1.

In 2011, Northcote won the inaugural Mirabella Cup, their first Victorian top-level success. In season 2013, Northcote City won their first Victorian Premier League Championship, defeating Bentleigh Greens SC 3–2 after extra time at AAMI Park.[1]

History

Foundation & Early Years

Northcote City FC was formed in 1960 by a group of Greek migrants new to Australia with a passion for sport and a need to form friendships in a new country, with soccer being the major connection.

Northcote City FC is the third oldest Greek club in Victoria behind South Melbourne FC and Heidelberg United FC. In its formative years the club fielded teams not only in soccer but also in volleyball, basketball and table tennis.

A milestone in the club's history was moving to John Cain Memorial Park in 1979, which even today is considered one of the state's best soccer venues.

In its formative years, the club was known as Hercules before adopting the Princes Park Hercules name given that it was playing at Princes Park, before changing venues to Fairfield Park in 1977 and adopting Collingwood City as the club's new name. The new name was to only last a short time however and in 1980 the club clinched a significant breakthrough by negotiating with the Northcote City Council a move to John Cain Memorial Park and another name change for the club with Northcote City SC the new identity. To this very day it is still the club's home and name.

The club first gained promotion into the Victorian Soccer Federation leagues in 1964 after competing in the amateur competitions in its formative years. In 1965 it achieved its first ever championship winning the Metropolitan League Division 4, suffering only one loss for the year. In a somewhat golden era for the club, consistent finishes in the upper reaches of the ladder, saw the club achieve a second championship in the 60's with the Metropolitan League Division 3 title won in 1969. The early to mid 70's saw the club struggling to make an impression on Metropolitan League Division 2 until a wonderful 1977 campaign saw the club finish second to Doveton and thus gain promotion to Metropolitan League Division 1 for the first time in its history. Another top 4 finish in 1980 saw the club achieve the ultimate and win promotion to the Victorian State League, which would later become the Victorian Premier League. The 1980s were not kind to the club and many bottom half of the table finishes ultimately saw the club relegated in 1991 back to the State League Division 1 competition.

The 1990s were not much kinder when a Victorian Soccer Federation restructure in 1999 saw the club relegated to State League Division 2 despite finishing 5 places form the bottom of the ladder. If the 1980 and 90's were not kind to the club, then the first decade of the new millennium is arguably the greatest in the club's rich history. An undefeated Championship success in 2002 in State League 2 North West saw it regain its standing in State League Division 1, a feat that lasted only until 2006. However the undoubted turning point came in 2007 when Peter Tsolakis was appointed coach of the club and after a mediocre first year at the helm, back-to-back championships in State League Division 2 South-East in 2008 and State League Division 1 in 2009 saw the club regain its status to the Victorian Premier league in 2010, coinciding with its 50-year anniversary. In their first year back in the Victorian Premier League, Northcote City finished 5th on 31 points, qualifying for the Elimination Final which they lost 3–1 to Heidelberg United. In 2011 Northcote finished 6th on 39 points, which meant they missed out on the finals by 1 point, finishing behind Heidelberg who ended the season on 40 points. Despite failing to reach the finals, they did manage to end the season with some silverware, defeating Melbourne Knights FC 2–0 at AAMI Park to lift the Mirabella Cup.

Premiership, Championship and Recent Years

Northcote City enjoyed the most successful season in its history in 2013, the same year a stalwart and life member of the club, Emmanuel Himonas died, winning the minor premiership in the Victorian Premier League, followed by winning the VPL Grand Final against Bentleigh Greens 3–2. Senior Coach Goran Lozanovski was awarded Victorian Premier League Coach of year and striker Milos Lujic won the golden boot.

The following season, Northcote finished 7th in the new National Premier Leagues Victoria competition, which replaced the old VPL. Northcote then finished 10th in 2015 and championship winning head coach Goran Lozanovski departed the club.[2] Lozanovski had been at the club since 2011, starting as an assistant and assuming the head role at the beginning of 2012.[3]

Alex Gymnopoulos was announced as the new manager in September 2015.[4] Gymnopoulos had previously held the position of U20 head coach at the club. After a disastrous start to season 2016, which saw Northcote manage just one point from seven NPL Victoria games and exit the 2016 FFA Cup to National Premier Leagues Victoria 2 side St Albans Saints, manager Alex Gymnopoulos was sacked.[5] In April 2016, Northcote announced the return of former head coach and VPL winner Goran Lozanovski as Gymnopoulos' replacement.[6] Lozanovski signed eleven players in the mid-season transfer window, including former Newcastle Jets FC striker Braedyn Crowley.[7][8] "Lozza"'s return was marked by some upturn in form, including a 5–0 victory over Melbourne Knights, where Crowley scored all five goals,[9] but also more heavy defeats, including 5–0 losses in successive weeks to Hume City FC and Bentleigh.[10] Relegation to NPL2 was confirmed on the final matchday for Northcote, following a 3–0 loss to Oakleigh Cannons.[11] Lozanovski stepped down from his position at the end of the season.[12]

In preparation of its first season outside of the top-flight since 2009, Northcote hired Željko Kuzman as its new manager for the 2017 season.[13] City achieved promotion back to the NPL after just one season out with one round to play with a 1–0 win over Moreland City FC.

After the 2017 season, Kuzman departed the club to take up a role with Dandenong City SC. Northcote reacted by signing former Port Melbourne SC coach Eric Vassiliadis.[14] City qualified for the 2018 FFA Cup national stages, but went down to Devonport Strikers in the Round of 32.[15] Northcote were relegated in 2018.[16] Vassiliadis resigned from his position as head manager after relegation was confirmed.

Northcote announced the return of Peter Tsolakis for the 2019 NPL2 season.

Crest and colours

Northcote adopt the colours of Greek Superleague team Iraklis from Thessaloniki.

Current squads

Senior Team

Below is the 2018 FFA CUP Northcote City Senior playing squad who currently play in the National Premier Leagues Victoria:

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK Australia AUS Fraser Chalmers
2 DF Australia AUS Adam Acosta
3 DF Australia AUS Jacob Metaxas
4 DF Australia AUS Charlie Beverly
5 DF Australia AUS Benjamin Collins
6 MF Australia AUS Bahdi Hysoli
7 DF Australia AUS Jacob Papatheodorou
8 MF Australia AUS Paul Swithenbank
9 FW Wales WAL William Hoskins
10 MF Australia AUS Adam Papatheodorou
No. Pos. Nation Player
11 FW Australia AUS Matthew Papadimitriou
12 DF Australia AUS Jesse Di Marco
14 MF Australia AUS Anthony Theodoropoulos
15 DF Australia AUS Adrian Mancini
16 DF Australia AUS Jaiden Madaferri
17 FW Australia AUS Noah Mihailidis
26 MF Australia AUS Lambros Honos
32 GK Australia AUS Phillip Petrovski
33 GK Australia AUS Gab Mattei
45 FW Australia AUS Gerrie Sylaidos

Head Coach: Australia Eric Vassiliadis

Assistant Coach: England David Chick

Goalkeeper Coach: Australia Adam Hrehoresin

Team Manager: Australia Ian Morella

Honours

Senior Team

  • Victorian Premier League/NPL Victoria Champions 2013
  • National Premier Leagues Victoria 2/Victoria Premier League 1 Champions 2017
  • Mirabella Cup Champions 2011
  • Victorian State League Division 1 Champions 2009
  • Victorian State League Division 2 South East Champions 2008
  • Victorian State League Division 2 North West Champions 2002
  • Victorian Metropolitan League Division 1 Promotion 1980
  • Victorian Metropolitan League Division 2 Runners Up 1977
  • Victorian Metropolitan League Division 3 Champions 1969
  • Victorian Metropolitan League Division 4 Champions 1965
  • Hellenic Cup Champions 1985, 1986, 1999 Runners Up 1983, 2002

Under-21/Reserve team

  • Victorian Premier League U21 Participants 1991, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013
  • Victorian Premier League U21 Champions 2013
  • Victorian State League Division 2 U21 South East Champions 2005
  • Hellenic Cup Runners Up 2006

References

  1. ^ http://www.fourfourtwo.com/au/news/northcote-defeat-bentleigh-win-vpl-crown Archived 19 March 2014 at the Wayback Machine, p. 1.
  2. ^ "Goran Lozanovski quits Northcote – Corner Flag". Archived from the original on 17 November 2015. Retrieved 12 September 2015.
  3. ^ "Skipper departs Northcote with heavy heart – Corner Flag". Archived from the original on 17 November 2015. Retrieved 15 November 2015.
  4. ^ "GoBet® - Free Sports Betting & Horse Racing Tips". Archived from the original on 22 September 2015. Retrieved 12 October 2015.
  5. ^ "ANNOUNCEMENT: NORTHCOTE AND GYMNOPOULOS PART WAYS". Northcote City FC. Archived from the original on 22 April 2016. Retrieved 11 April 2016.
  6. ^ "ANNOUNCEMENT: LOZANOVSKI COMES HOME TO FULFIL HEAD COACH VACANCY". Northcote City FC. Archived from the original on 26 April 2016. Retrieved 18 April 2016.
  7. ^ "Northcote turn hopes to former A-League youth trio". The Corner Flag. Archived from the original on 27 April 2016. Retrieved 19 April 2016.
  8. ^ "Former Zebras reunite at Northcote – Corner Flag". Archived from the original on 22 April 2017. Retrieved 22 August 2016.
  9. ^ Caloutas, Ellie. "CROWLEY RUNS RIOT AS CITY SMASH KNIGHTS". Northcote City FC. Archived from the original on 17 August 2016. Retrieved 20 July 2016.
  10. ^ "Former Zebras reunite at Northcote – Corner Flag". Archived from the original on 22 April 2017. Retrieved 22 August 2016.
  11. ^ "GoBet® - Free Sports Betting & Horse Racing Tips". Archived from the original on 22 August 2016. Retrieved 22 August 2016.
  12. ^ "ANNOUNCEMENT: LOZANOVSKI STEPS DOWN". Northcote City FC. Archived from the original on 16 October 2016. Retrieved 13 September 2016.
  13. ^ Kulas, Damir. "Kuzman to take reigns at Northcote". The Corner Flag. Archived from the original on 27 September 2016. Retrieved 25 September 2016.
  14. ^ "Northcote appoints Vassiliadis – Northcote City". northcotecity.com.au. Archived from the original on 24 September 2017. Retrieved 24 September 2017.
  15. ^ "Northcote City FC vs Devonport Strikers, FFA Cup, Round of 32, 7th Aug 2018". FFA Cup. 26 June 2018. Archived from the original on 7 August 2018. Retrieved 7 August 2018.
  16. ^ "Ladder for NPL VIC". SportsTG. Archived from the original on 4 September 2018. Retrieved 4 September 2018.

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