Gungahlin United FC

Gungahlin United FC
Full name Gungahlin United Football Club
Nickname(s) The Gunners
Founded 1963
Ground Gungahlin Enclosed Oval
Capacity 1,150
Coordinates 35°11′6″S 149°7′38″E / 35.18500°S 149.12722°E / -35.18500; 149.12722Coordinates: 35°11′6″S 149°7′38″E / 35.18500°S 149.12722°E / -35.18500; 149.12722
President Aaron Alexander
Head Coach Marcial Munoz
League NPL Capital Football
2017 4th
Website Club website

Gungahlin United Football Club (formerly Juventus SC and Gungahlin Juventus SC) is an Australian semi-professional football club based in the Canberra district of Gungahlin, ACT. Gungahlin currently competes in the National Premier Leagues Capital Football with home matches played at the recently constructed Gungahlin Enclosed Oval.

History

The club was established by the local Canberra Italian community in 1963 under the name Juventus Soccer Club, inspired by the Italian club of the same name. Juventus competed in the ACT Division One and the Federation Cup in their inaugural season. The following year the club won the league, receiving qualification to the Australia Cup. They competed in the 1965 and 1967 Australia Cup, where they failed to progress past the first round.[1][2]

In 1973, Juventus SC toured New Zealand between 30 September and 7 October. Juventus was one of the first sporting teams from the ACT to tour New Zealand. The club started the tour in Auckland at Newmarket Park with matches against Auckland and Auckland U23s. Juventus lost both matches 1-3 and 0-3 respectively. Juventus' second tour destination took the club to Muir Park in Hamilton to take on Hamilton AFC on 4 October. Juventus and Hamilton drew 1-1 with a goal from M Valeri securing the visitors a draw. 6 October, Juventus continued its tour in the New Zealand capital of Wellington when they faced off against Wellington City at Rongotai College. Juventus repeated its feats in Hamilton and secured a second 1-1 draw of the tour with J Campbell scoring for Juve. Juventus finished its tour on 7 October at English Oval in the city of Christchurch. Juve succumbed to a 2-0 loss at the hands of Christchurch United.[3]

The restructuring of the ACT Premier League after the 2006 season saw Gungahlin removed from the top tier competition. In 2015, Gungahlin United was granted a National Premier Leagues licence to field a team in the National Premier Leagues ACT.[4] In the same year, the team won the Federation Cup, thereby qualifying to the round of 32 of the 2015 FFA Cup.[5]

5 July 2015, Gunners drew a home match against former NSL winners Sydney Olympic in the round of 32 in the 2015 FFA Cup.[6] Gungahlin were subsequently beaten by Sydney Olympic at Gungahlin Enclosed 0-1 in the FFA Cup round of 32 on 4 August 2015. A crowd of 1,603 turned out on the Tuesday night and saw Olympic substitute Michael Gaitatzis score the winning goal in the 82nd minute of the match.[7]

Club staff

Coaching department

As of 12 March 2017 [8]
2017 Coaching Staff
First TeamUnder 20sUnder 18s
Pos Name Pos Name Pos Name
HC Australia Marcial Munoz HC Australia Michael Kerrigan HC Australia Bryan Balthazar
Under 16sUnder 14sUnder 13s
HC Australia Chris Caggiano HC Australia Rob Twomey HC Australia Frank Baressi

Club committee

As of 12 March 2017 [9]
2017 Club Committee
PresidentVPCVPPL
Australia Aaron Alexander Australia Roy Philpott Australia Brad Doohan
SecretaryTreasurerSMD
Australia Rachel Gannis Australia Debra Hampson Australia Tanya Katsoulis

Club identity

Club name

Gungahlin United has gone through a handful of club names during the course of its history since 1968.[4] These naming incarnations are listed below:

# Name From To
1 Juventus Soccer Club 19631996
2 Gungahlin Juventus Soccer Club 19972005
3 Gungahlin United Football Club 2006Current

Additionally, between 2002 and 2005 the club set up an affiliate junior club to provide youngsters in the Gungahlin district of Canberra a junior pathway to participate in. The club was known as Gungahlin Junior Soccer Club and in 2006 this club was merged with the senior club to create Gungahlin United FC.

The choice to change the name of the club to United from Juventus in 2006 was a decision made to align with a national naming scheme and to incorporate the introduction of a broader playing base.

Gungahlin Juventus crest, first used in 1997 and last used in 2005

Club colours and crest

Gungahlin United still uses its traditional colours of white, black and yellow. The club has gone through a number of crest changes since its inception in 1963. In 2006 the club dropped its traditional black and white stripes from its crest but retained the central football with the yellow wings.

In 2016, a logo design competition was set up by GUFC to commemorate 20 Years of Gungahlin United Football Club. The crest could be any shape, could include the club's nickname 'The Gunners' and must use the club colours of black, white and yellow and the words Gungahlin United FC. The competition was open to the public between 5 June 2016 till 30 September 2016 and involved a small prize for the winning design. The top ten designs were made public for comment and the top three designs were put to the executive committee for a vote on 7 January 2017.[10]


Home venue

Gungahlin United's NPL first team home venue is Gungahlin Enclosed Oval. The ground was constructed in 2013/14 with the official opening on 7 March 2014. The stadium has a seating capacity of 1,150 (550 under cover) and an overall capacity of 5,000. Gungahlin United is one of four tenants of the venue with the multi-purpose field being used for association football, Australian rules football, rugby union and rugby league.[11] Canberra based Stewart Architecture was the architect of the stadium which cost stadium owner, the ACT Government, $12.5 million to build. The ground has a natural water-efficient grass surface, team and officials' changing rooms, public toilets, canteen and storage for both users and maintenance staff. Rooms are provided for coaches, the ground announcer and the operator of the electronic scoreboard. There is also a club room which can be used for after/pre-match functions.[12] The venue has played host to Gungahlin United's round of 32 FFA Cup match against former NSL NSW club Sydney Olympic FC[13] and pre-season friendly matches involving A-League club Central Coast Mariners[14][15] as well as being selected as a reserve training venue for the 2015 Asian Cup tournament in case McKellar Park became unavailable.[16]

Honours

Premiers (8): 1964, 1965, 1967, 1968, 1970, 1972, 1974, 2000
Runners-up (6): 1966, 1973, 1986, 2001, 2002, 2004
Champions (8): 1964, 1965, 1968, 1970, 1971, 1972, 1986, 2001
Runners-up (6): 1963, 1966, 1973, 1995, 2000, 2004
Winners (8): 1965, 1966, 1967, 1968, 1988, 2000, 2001, 2003, 2015
Runners-up (6): 1969, 1972, 1985, 1986, 1987, 2002

Season-by-season results

The below table is updated with the statistics and final results for Gungahlin United FC following the conclusion of each National Premier League Capital Football season.

Gungahlin United Season-by-Season Results
Ref Season GP W D L GF GA GD PTS Finish Finals
[17]2015167453330+3256thDid not qualify
[18]2016186482029-9226thDid not qualify
[19]201718102632320324thWon Minor Semi-Final vs Canberra FC, 3-0
Lost Preliminary Final vs Canberra Olympic, 0-2

See also

References

  1. ↑ "1966 South Australian Soccer Yearbook". South Australian Soccer Federation: 52.
  2. ↑ Gorman, Joe (2014-05-08). "Should the FFA Cup award the Attila Abonyi Medal?". theguardian.com. Retrieved 14 February 2015.
  3. ↑ Zlotkowski, Andre (2015-10-15). "Juventus SC (Canberra) Tour of New Zealand 1973". www.rsssf.com/. Retrieved 2017-03-11.
  4. 1 2 "Club history". gungahlinunitedfc.org.au. Retrieved 30 June 2015.
  5. ↑ 2015 Federation Cup CHAMPIONS!! Gungahlin United Official Website, 21 June 2015
  6. ↑ Gaskin, Lee (2015-07-01). "FFA Cup: Gungahlin United set to entertain Sydney Olympic after missing out on A-League clash". The Canberra Times. Retrieved 2017-12-12.
  7. ↑ Gaskin, Lee (2015-08-04). "FFA Cup: Gungahlin United suffers cruel 1-0 loss to Sydney Olympic in round of 32". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 2017-12-12.
  8. ↑ "Mens Premier League". www.gungahlinunitedfc.org.au. Retrieved 2017-03-12.
  9. ↑ "Club Committee". www.gungahlinunitedfc.org.au. Retrieved 2017-03-12.
  10. ↑ "Gungahlin United Football Club is calling for all budding designers". www.mygungahlin.com.au. 2016-06-05. Retrieved 2017-03-11.
  11. ↑ Gaskin, Lee (2014-04-07). "Launch of $12.5 million Gungahlin Oval for four sporting codes". The Canberra Times. Retrieved 30 June 2015.
  12. ↑ Barr, Andrew (2014-04-07). "Gungahlin Enclosed Oval ready for action". www.cmd.act.gov.au. Retrieved 2017-01-31.
  13. ↑ Gaskin, Lee (2015-08-04). "FFA Cup: Gungahlin United suffers cruel 1-0 loss to Sydney Olympic in round of 32". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 2017-01-31.
  14. ↑ Gaskin, Lee (2015-08-18). "A-League side Central Coast Mariners hang on for 3-2 victory against Canberra Olympic". The Canberra Times. Retrieved 2017-01-31.
  15. ↑ "NEWS: Mariners take pre-season to Canberra". Central Coast Mariners. 2015-08-13. Retrieved 2017-01-31.
  16. ↑ "Gungahlin Sporting Facilities Update". www.gcc.asn.au. Retrieved 2017-01-31.
  17. ↑ "2015 NPL Capital Football Ladder". www.sportstg.com. Retrieved 2017-02-07.
  18. ↑ "2016 NPL Capital Football Ladder". www.sportstg.com. Retrieved 2017-02-07.
  19. ↑ "2017 NPL Capital Football Ladder". www.sportstg.com. Retrieved 2017-12-12.
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