South West Queensland Thunder FC

South West Queensland Thunder
Full nameSouth West Queensland Thunder Football Club
Nickname(s)Thunder
Founded2012
GroundClive Berghofer Stadium
Capacity9000
ChairmanMichael Clarkson
CoachSam Gahan
LeagueFQPL
20237th of 12
Websitehttp://www.swqthunder.com.au/
Current season

South West Queensland Thunder is a semi-professional soccer club based Toowoomba, and represents the South West Queensland Region in the National Premier Leagues Queensland and Football Queensland Premier League. The club was established in 2012, and play their home fixtures at Clive Berghofer Stadium.

The club fields teams in National Premier Leagues Queensland, Football Queensland Premier League (FQPL) and NPLW age groups, as well as Skills Acquisition Program Academies for boys and girls.

Home ground

Clive Berghofer Stadium is a rectangular football stadium in Toowoomba, Queensland. Situated on Mary Street on the eastern fringes of Toowoomba CBD adjacent to Queens Park and Toowoomba East State School. Formerly known as Athletic Oval, the stadium was renamed to reflect the home club's major sponsor, philanthropist property developer and former local Mayor Clive Berghofer. The ground plays host to rugby league, rugby union and football fixtures[1] and is lit to A-League standard. The recently upgraded grandstand includes undercover seating for 2,300.[1] The stadium has hosted international and national rugby league matches as well pre-season A-League fixtures.

Current Senior Men's Squad

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 Ben Wood
2 DF Australia AUS Brendan Roche
3 DF Italy ITA Mirko Crociati
4 DF Australia AUS Jordan Howard
5 DF Australia AUS Wade Hall
6 MF Australia AUS Jacob Bigby
7 FW Australia AUS Luke Beutel
8 DF Australia AUS Harry Black
9 FW Australia AUS Angus McKenzie
10 MF Australia AUS Jackson Franke
11 FW Australia AUS Wilfred Phillip
12 DF Australia AUS Akok Deng
13 DF Australia AUS Kurt Kohlbach
14 MF Australia AUS Serugo Veco
15 DF Australia AUS Jase Sampson
16 MF Australia AUS Riley Willmot
17 DF Australia AUS Alex Munster
18 MF Australia AUS Jack De Bortoli
19 MF Australia AUS Tom Fowler
20 GK Australia AUS Monte Radburn
21 FW Australia AUS Alick Gaske
22 FW Australia AUS Jake Stoner
23 FW Australia AUS Josue Kalenga

Current Senior Women's Squad

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 Elizabeth Hollitt
2 DF Australia AUS Ebonney Kidd
3 DF Australia AUS Lauren Spreadborough
4 MF Australia AUS Lucy Major
5 DF Australia AUS Breanna McCarthy
6 DF Australia AUS Ashlee Parravicini
7 FW Australia AUS Lana Harch
8 MF Australia AUS Jordie Franke
9 FW Australia AUS Jessica Fry
10 DF Australia AUS Sienna Williams
11 FW Australia AUS Bridget Fraser
12 MF Australia AUS Casey Evans
13 FW Australia AUS Abbey Lloyd
14 DF Australia AUS Sarah Hall
15 MF Australia AUS Melanie Lloyd
16 DF Australia AUS Macey Eiser
17 DF Australia AUS Hayley Victor
18 Australia AUS TBA
19 MF Australia AUS Talitha Doro
20 GK Australia AUS TBA

Football Staff

  • Manager of Football Operations: Janelle Sothmann
  • Technical Director: Ivor Prasad
  • Senior Men's Head Coach: Sam Gahan
  • Senior Women's Head Coach: Tim Taylor
  • Senior Men's Assistant Coach: Ivor Prasad
  • Senior Women's Assistant Coach: Austin Williams

Board of Directors

  • Michael Clarkson (Chairman)
  • Jason Hall (Vice Chairman)
  • Genevieve Duncan (Secretary)
  • David Scutt
  • Jessica Fry
  • Trent Knack
  • Melanie Lloyd
  • Tarnya McBurney
  • Kasey Cockburn

References

  1. ^ a b "Clive Berghofer Stadium (Toowoomba Sports Ground) | Austadiums". www.austadiums.com. Retrieved 27 January 2021.