Bankstown City FC

Bankstown City Lions
Full nameBankstown City Lions Football Club
Nickname(s)Lions, Sydney Makedonia
Founded1975[1]
1988 (as Bankstown City Sydney Macedonia SC)
GroundJensen Oval
Sefton, New South Wales
Capacity8,000[2]
PresidentRobert Mileski[3]
ManagerSash Tirovski[4]
LeagueNSW League One
20243rd of 16
Websitebankstowncityfc.com.au

Bankstown City Lions Football Club, commonly referred to as Bankstown City Lions or simply Bankstown City, is an Australian football club from Bankstown, a suburb of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. They compete in the NSW League One Men's, playing their home games at Jensen Oval.[5]

History

In the 1940s and 1950s the original Bankstown club played at Bankstown Oval and then in the 1960s and 1970s, they played out of a ground at Stacey Street and Gartmore Ave, Bankstown, then known as Bankstown Soccer Centre and now Ruse Park.

In 1975, Yagoona Macedonia was created by Macedonian immigrants in Yagoona and competed in their first domestic season and their first recorded game by the Bankstown Soccer Federation was against Padstow. As the years passed, so did the players and new faces began to emerge in the ever-growing Macedonian-Australian Sydney-based club.

By 1988, the original Bankstown club had become insolvent and there was no elite team in the local area for several years. A local consortium purchased Maccabi Hakoah's licence to participate in the New South Wales Division 2. Bankstown once again had a team in the NSW State League. The new club had strong support from the local Bankstown and wider Macedonian community in Sydney, and named itself "Sydney Macedonia". Sydney Macedonia finished 3rd in 1988.[6]

In 1989, the club was Champion of Division 2, losing only 3 games all season and received promotion to New South Wales Division 1.[7] They finished 6th in their first year in Division 1.[8]

In 1992, Sydney Macedonia played its first game in the top tier of NSW Football since the early 1970s. The following year, the club finished 2nd,[9] however they went on to win the grand final, scoring a goal in the final minute against perennial rival Blacktown City, and were Premiers of 1993. This was the first ever time that Bankstown had its team as champions of the NSW State League.

1994 was the most successful season in the club's history. The team lost only 1 game in the season, winning 16 games in total. They scored 52 goals and conceded 9,[10] and went on to win the grand final and finished as back-to-back Champions. In addition, Sydney Macedonia went on to play Sydney Olympic in the 1994 Waratah Cup Final at Marconi Stadium. Sydney Macedonia defeated Sydney Olympic, an NSL team, 2–1 at a sold out Marconi Stadium. The club had ensured the treble: Premiers, Back to Back Champions, Cup Winners. This still is the most successful accomplishment for football in Bankstown. After the 1994 season, the club reverted to its current name.

In 2001, Bankstown City won the NSW Winter Super League and were promoted to the NSW Premier League.[11] The club's members financed an upgrade to their home ground at Jensen Oval, which saw the installation of TV Standard lighting and covered seating.

In 2004, Bankstown City finished in the top four earning participation in the finals series. They went on to win the NSWPL Grand Final against Belconnen in front of 7500 fans at Marconi Stadium, bringing back the Championship to Bankstown for the first time in 10 years.

In 2005 local junior, former Socceroo and current player Sasho Petrovski re-joined Bankstown when the NSL was disbanded. Bankstown City started the season strongly, and finished the season in first place on the ladder despite losing Petrovski, and Chad Gibson to the A-League midway through the season. Peter Tsekenis took on the role of Player/Coach, and Bankstown City were for the second time in a decade back-to-back Champions, defeating Bonnyrigg White Eagles 3–1 in the Grand Final in front of 8000 fans at Parramatta Stadium.[12]

The 2007 season the first grade finished in second position on the ladder. In the finals, Bankstown City were defeated by Blacktown City in the grand final 3–1. While the youth finished in 3rd spot of the club championship, their highest achievement since coming into the competition.

Bankstown City defeated Sydney Olympic in the Final of the Waratah Cup for the second time in 2008 and prevailing 3–1 winners.[13][14]

They were relegated to the NSW Super League (Tier 2) in 2011. In 2013 they competed in a revamped National Premier Leagues NSW 2 competition and suffered a further relegation to the NPL NSW 3 Men's competition in 2017.

In 2022, National Premier Leagues NSW 3 competition rename as NSW League Two and as end of season 2022, Bankstown City finish tops 8 and earning promotion back in NSW League One in 2023,[15] due to a restructuring of Football NSW competitions.[16]

Supporters

Bankstown City FC generally draws support from Macedonian Australians, especially from the south-western suburbs of Sydney such as Bankstown and Yagoona

"The Lions Pride", is the name given to the actively vocal supporters group of the soccer club.

Rivalries

"Tensions always high between these two staunch rivals".[17] This is due to the rivalry steming from the Macedonia naming dispute, but also from the fact that the two clubs are some of Sydney's largest and most successful and have often contested each other for silverware such as the 1994 Waratah Cup final where Bankstown came out on top.

Bankstown City and Rockdale Ilinden are the two biggest Macedonian Clubs New South Wales but Bankstown were the dominant force in this matchup until the late 2010s with Bankstown suffering relegation and Rockdale rising to the top of Football NSW and becoming premiers. This rivalry is a friendly rivalry with fans often following both clubs and hoping they both succeed.

Various other important rivalries over the years included matches against Bonnyrigg White Eagles FC, Sydney United 58 FC, Canterbury Bankstown FC, and Bankstown United.

Current squad

First team squad

As of 26 October 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
3 DF Japan JPN Shun Maeta
4 DF Australia AUS Nikola Djordjevic
7 DF Australia AUS Jeffrey Issa
8 MF Scotland SCO Jamie Masson
9 FW North Macedonia MKD Jonathan Grozdanovski
11 FW Australia AUS Rhett De Silva
14 MF Australia AUS Andrea Agamemnonos
No. Pos. Nation Player
15 DF Australia AUS Brandon Talevski
18 MF Australia AUS Dimitri Kostopoulos
19 DF Australia AUS Luke Okuda
20 GK Australia AUS Jackson Jarnet
GK Australia AUS Mario Aleksic
FW Australia AUS Andrej Poljcic
FW Australia AUS Vlado Suput

U20's

Players to have been featured in a first-team matchday squad for Bankstown City in a competitive match

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
30 GK Australia AUS Noah Elomar

Management

Coaching staff

Position Staff
Head coach Australia Sash Tirovski
Assistant head coaches Australia Carlo Musumeci
Australia Robert Di Meglio
Goalkeeper coach Australia Mario Farias
Under-20s head coach Australia Ratko Lovric

Seasons

Season League Waratah
Cup
Australia
Cup
Other Top scorer
Div P W D L F A Pts Pos Finals Player(s) Goals
1988 NSW State League Second Division 26 20 4 2 67 27 44 2nd RU
1989 NSW State League Second Division 26 21 2 3 72 17 44 1st↑
1990 NSWSL 16 9 2 5 25 22 20 6th RU
1991 NSWSL[a] 22 7 5+1 9 29 30 32 9th
1992 NSWSL[a] 22 11 0+4 7 39 30 37 6th Scott Gilbert 16
1993 NSWSL[a] 26 16 4+2 4 53 25 58 2nd W
1994 NSWSL[a] 22 16 2+3 1 52 9 55 1st W W Scott Gilbert 16
1995 NSWSL[a] 26 9 9+0 8 55 45 41 6th 6R Nikolce Joseski 17
1996 NSWSL1 13 6 2 5 28 20 20 5th 5R Nikolce Joseski 21
NSWSL2 13 6 3 4 25 24 21 5th
1997 NSWSL 20 7 6 7 32 30 27 5th EF RU
1998 NSWSL 22 11 4 7 48 34 37 7th
1999 NSWSL 22 13 1 8 43 31 40 5th PF
2000 NSWSL 26 9 8 9 39 38 35 7th
2001 NSWSL 22 14 5 3 39 14 47 1st↑ RU
2001–02 NSWPL 22 10 5 7 51 48 35 7th
2002–03 NSWPL 22 6 5 11 28 45 23 10th Aleksander Asanovic 7
2003–04 NSWPL 22 12 2 8 40 33 24 3rd W Matthew Borg 19
2004–05 NSWPL 22 13 6 3 38 28 45 1st W
2006 NSWPL 18 10 3 5 35 28 33 2nd PF
2007 NSWPL 18 8 7 3 29 20 31 2nd RU 3R Tallan Martin 11
2008 NSWPL 22 7 6 9 27 27 27 7th W W[b] Robert Mileski 5
2009 NSWPL 22 11 5 6 39 31 38 4th QF QF Hussein Salameh 11
2010 NSWPL 22 7 5 10 37 41 26 8th 4R Robert Mileski 11
2011 NSWPL 22 6 3 13 30 47 21 11th↓ 4R F. Graham - A. Hadid - H.Salameh - 5
2012 NSW Super League 22 15 3 4 53 29 48 2nd SF QF W[c] Gosue Sama 21[18]
2013 NPL NSW 2 22 7 5 10 30 40 26 10th 3R Sasho Petrovski[19] 10
2014 NPL NSW 2 22 6 10 6 36 37 28 7th 4R DNQ Bradley Boardman 5
2015 NPL NSW 2 22 10 6 6 56 20 36 5th RU 6R DNQ Chris Gomez 12
2016 NPL NSW 2 22 14 3 9 53 41 45 3rd EF 5R DNQ Chris Gomez 12
2017 NPL NSW 2 26 5 1 20 32 81 16 14th↓ 4R DNQ Huseyin Jasli 13
2018 NPL NSW 3 26 14 4 8 63 41 46 5th EF 4R DNQ Ante Tomic 22
2019 NPL NSW 3 26 17 3 6 82 47 54 3rd SF 4R DNQ Nikola Todoroski 32
2020 NPL NSW 3 11 8 0 3 30 24 24 2nd RU Not Held Not Held Ante Tomic 8
2021 NPL NSW 3 16 9 5 2 39 28 32 season cancelled 5R DNQ Nikola Todoroski 10
2022 NSW League Two 22 12 1 9 44 38 37 6th↑ 5R DNQ Nikola Todoroski 16
2023 NSW League One 30 9 8 13 40 42 35 10th Not held 3R DNQ Jonathan Grozdanovski 9
2024 NSW League One 30 18 5 7 57 35 59 3rd Not held 4R DNQ W[c] Chris Payne 19

Notable players

Honours

League

Cups

Bankstown City Women

2013 was a milestone year for the club with the introduction of Women's teams. The senior team were competitive from the start and secured promotion from the third tier Women's State League to the National Premier League 2 in 2015.

In 2017, Bankstown City were crowned Champions of the NPL2 Women's, defeating Sydney Olympic in the Grand Final and earning promotion to the NPL1 Women's for the first time in 2018.

The 2018 NPL 1 Women's season saw Bankstown in a relegation battle against Sutherland for the duration of the season, with the Club winning their last match, and finishing 10th out of 12 teams.

Notes

  1. ^ a b c d e Draws went to penalty shoot-outs during the 1991–1995 seasons (2 points for win, 1 point for loss).
  2. ^ Johnny Warren Cup
  3. ^ a b Maso Cup

References

  1. ^ Soccerway. "Australia – Bankstown City Lions FC". Football NSW. Retrieved 3 August 2023.
  2. ^ Worldfootball. "Bankstown City Lions Profile". WorldFootball. Retrieved 3 August 2023.
  3. ^ Bankstown City Lions FC. "Meet Rob Mileski, the Bankstown City Lions FC president. A man who truly bleeds red and black". Facebook. Retrieved 3 August 2023.
  4. ^ Bankstown City Lions FC. "HEAD COACH, Meet our Head Coach, Sash Tirovski". Facebook. Retrieved 3 August 2023.
  5. ^ Bankstown City Lions FC. "Home". Bankstown City FC website. Retrieved 3 August 2023.
  6. ^ ozfootball.net. "1988 NSW State League Second Division First Grade Final Table". OzFootball. Retrieved 3 August 2023.
  7. ^ ozfootball.net. "1989 NSW State League Second Division First Grade Final Table". OzFootball. Retrieved 3 August 2023.
  8. ^ ozfootball.net. "1990 NSW Division One final table". OzFootball. Retrieved 3 August 2023.
  9. ^ ozfootball.net. "1993 NSW Super League final table". OzFootball. Retrieved 3 August 2023.
  10. ^ ozfootball.net. "1994 NSW Super League final table". OzFootball. Retrieved 3 August 2023.
  11. ^ ozfootball.net. "2001 NSWSF Super League First Grade Final Table". OzFootball. Retrieved 3 August 2023.
  12. ^ Bankstown City Lions FC. "History". Bankstown City FC website. Retrieved 3 August 2023.
  13. ^ "Bankstown City Lions clinch 2008 Tiger Turf Cup". Archived from the original on 27 February 2012. Retrieved 10 August 2008.
  14. ^ NSW, Football. "Bankstown City 'fire up' for late finals push". Football NSW. Archived from the original on 20 November 2022. Retrieved 20 June 2008.
  15. ^ NSW, Football (27 September 2022). "2023 Football NSW Declaration of Leagues Document" (PDF). Football NSW. Retrieved 3 August 2023.
  16. ^ NSW, Football. "Football NSW NPL Men's Competition Structure 2022" (PDF). Football NSW. Retrieved 3 August 2023.
  17. ^ NSW, Football (20 June 2008). "Bankstown City 'fire up' for late finals push". Football NSW. Retrieved 24 June 2023.
  18. ^ "ROBBIE MILESKI AND JEFFEREY ISSA CROWNED SILVER MEDAL WINNERS". Football NSW. 30 September 2012. Retrieved 25 March 2024.
  19. ^ "Football NSW Stats – FNSW Competitions". Football NSW. Retrieved 20 January 2024.

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