Blacktown City FC

Blacktown City FC

Full name	Blacktown City Football Club
Nickname(s)	The Demons
Founded	1953; 71 years ago (1953)
Ground	Landen Stadium
Capacity	7,500
Chairman	Bob Turner
Manager	Mark Crittenden
League	NPL NSW
2024	4th of 16
Website	http://www.blacktowncityfc.com.au/
Home colours Away colours

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 February 2024

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 Tristan Prendergast 3 DF  AUS Jayden Trenkovski 4 DF  AUS Lachlan Campbell 5 DF  AUS Grant Lynch 7 FW  AUS Travis Major 8 FW  AUS Jak O'Brien 9 FW  AUS Reuben Awaritefe 10 MF  IRQ Mario Shabow 12 DF  AUS Tyren Burnie 14 MF  AUS Mitchell Mallia

No. Pos. Nation Player 16 DF  AUS Ben Berry 17 MF  AUS Martin Fernandez 18 DF  AUS Nicholas O'Brien 19 MF  AUS Adam Berry 20 GK  AUS Cayden Henderson 22 MF  PHI Jacob Maniti 23 FW  AUS Joey Gibbs 45 MF  KOR Danny Choi — MF  AUS Abbas Karnib — MF  AUS Julian Rodriguez

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 Robbie Slater (44 national caps) Adam Kwasnik (1 U/21 cap, various A-League teams) Darren Stewart (3 national caps) Jason van Blerk (33 national caps) Gary van Egmond (15 national caps, coach Newcastle Jets) Charlie Yankos (49 national caps) Adam Biddle (Sydney FC 14 games) Scott Jamieson (4 national caps) Zlatko Arambasic (1992 Olympic games) Chad Gibson (Brisbane Roar captain) Tyler Simpson (Brisbane Roar, Perth Glory) Joel Chianese (Sydney FC, Perth Glory) Sean Rooney (Newcastle Jets)

Travis Major (Roundglass Punjab) Mathew Ryan (current Socceroo) Bernie Ibini (2 national caps) Adam Berry (Central Coast Mariners) Jacob Poscoliero (Central Coast Mariners, Perth Glory) Kearyn Baccus (Melbourne City, Macarthur FC) Mitchell Mallia (Sydney FC, Perth Glory) Keanu Baccus (Western Sydney Wanderers) Peru Bruno Salas Scotland Brian O'Donnell Lawrie McKinna (Central Coast Mariners manager) England Bobby Charlton (World Cup Winner, 106 national caps, Manchester United)^1 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

• National Premier Leagues
  • Champions (1): 2015
• NSW Division 1 / Super League / Premier League / NPL NSW Men's 1
  • Premiers (8): 1988, 1993, 2000, 2000–01, 2002–03, 2006, 2007, 2014
  • Champions (9): 1991, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2007, 2010, 2014, 2016, 2022
  • Runners-up (7): 1992, 1993, 1995, 2000–01, 2001–02, 2002–03, 2006

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

• List of Blacktown City FC seasons

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.

External links

• Official website
• Blacktown City at OzFootball
• Goodbye Demons, hello Blacktown FC, Blacktown Advocate, 24 December 2009