Hamilton City Soccer Club

Full name Hamilton City Soccer Club
Founded 2016
Stadium Heritage Field
Hamilton, Ontario
Manager Kathleen Nurse
Coach Sasa Vukovic
League Canadian Soccer League

Hamilton City Soccer Club is a Canadian soccer team founded in 2016. The team is a member of the Canadian Soccer League, and play their home games at Cardinal Newman Secondary School multi-sport athletic field in the community of Stoney Creek, Hamilton.

History

In May, 2016, Andrew Crowe, the owner of London City, sold his share to his partner Zoran Kliseric, and relocated the club to Hamilton, Ontario marking the return of professional soccer to the city since Hamilton Croatia competed in the Canadian Soccer League in 2010.[1][2][3][4] The organizations territory was located at Stoney Creek with Cardinal Newman Secondary School multi-sport athletic field as their home venue.[5] Former London City manager Josip Dzale assumed the responsibilities of head coach, and assembled a roster of players with European and CSL experience. Dzale brought in Drazen Vukovic, Nikola Stanojević, Josip Keran, Miroslav Čabrilo, Igor Krmar, Haris Fazlagić, and Zdenko Jurcevic.[6]

Hamilton City made its league debut on May 27, 2016 against Milton SC, where Santiago Pestrepo scored the club's first historic goal in a 2-1 defeat.[7] Hamilton secured a postseason berth by finishing sixth in the standings. In the first round of the playoffs they faced Scarborough SC, where Hamilton advanced to the next round by a score of 3-0 with goals coming from Timotej Zakrajsek, Jurcevic, and Frane Grbesa.[8] Hamilton faced the regular league champions York Region Shooters and reached the CSL Championship final after a 4-1 victory in a penalty shootout.[9] Their opponents in the final were the Serbian White Eagles, where Domagoj Zubac recorded the first goal with Serbia tying the match later and scoring the final goal at the last minutes of the match to win the championship.[10] On February 20, 2017 it was announced that the owners of Hamilton SC decided not to field a team for the 2017 season.[11]

After a one year hiatus Hamilton returned for the 2018 season.[12]

Roster

As of August 10, 2018[13]

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

No. Position Player
1 GK Stefan Avramovic
2 DF Luke Rankin
4 MF Ahmed Mohamed
5 DF Borna Juracic
6 DF Simo Vrakela
7 MF Vukasin Kovacevic
8 MF Lukas Raposo
9 Ghana FW Sani Dey [14]
10 FW Timotej Zakrajsek
11 MF Joe Willingham
12 MF Alexsander Lasic
14 DF Justin Dargue
15 DF Stefan Stojanovic
16 MF Kristian Pulic
17 DF Ivan Stojakovic
No. Position Player
18 DF Cvitan Jelcic
19 MF Miroslav Cabrilo
20 FW Daniel Arcila
21 DF Arsen Platis
22 MF Pani Sarkis
23 DF Borislav Kotev
- MF Stefan Blazic
- DF Marko Dzaric
- FW Marko Ferlez
- FW Zoran Maletic
- MF Filip Sekulic
- DF Yousef Tabanja
- DF Milos Voruna
- DF Alen Zakrajsek

Head coaches

Years Name Nation
2016Josip Dzale Croatia

Year-by-year

Year Division League Regular Season Playoffs
2016[15] 1 CSL Sixth Finals

References

  1. ↑ Adamson, Stan. "London City Relocates to Hamilton....Will revive pro soccer in Steeltown | Canadian Soccer League". canadiansoccerleague.ca. Retrieved 2016-09-19.
  2. ↑ Adamson, Stan. "CSL Set for May Kickoff | Canadian Soccer League". canadiansoccerleague.ca. Retrieved 2016-09-19.
  3. ↑ Dalla Costa, Morris. "Cornerstone soccer club leaving city". The London Free Press. Retrieved 2016-09-19.
  4. ↑ "London City Soccer Club moving to Hamilton". Retrieved 2016-09-19.
  5. ↑ "London City Soccer Club Moving to Hamilton". (CFPL AM) AM 980. Retrieved 2016-09-19.
  6. ↑ "Hamilton City | Canadian Soccer League". canadiansoccerleague.ca. Retrieved 2016-09-19.
  7. ↑ Adamson, Stan. "Last Minute Winner for Milton... .Recover from 1-0 first half deficit | Canadian Soccer League". canadiansoccerleague.ca. Retrieved 2016-09-19.
  8. ↑ Adamson, Stan. "York Region and Hamilton Advance to Semifinals....Shooters and Atomic will meet in Second Division final | Canadian Soccer League". canadiansoccerleague.ca. Retrieved 2017-01-09.
  9. ↑ Adamson, Stan. "SERBIAN EAGLES, HAMILTON CITY IN CSL CHAMPIONSHIP FINAL | Canadian Soccer League". canadiansoccerleague.ca. Retrieved 2017-01-09.
  10. ↑ Adamson, Stan. "SERBIAN WHITE EAGLES CSL CHAMPIONS……defeat Hamilton City in final | Canadian Soccer League". canadiansoccerleague.ca. Retrieved 2017-01-09.
  11. ↑ Nason, Jason (2017-02-20). "BREAKING: Hamilton City Soccer Club will not field a team in 2017". Hamilton Today. Retrieved 2017-07-02.
  12. ↑ Kostourkov, Dimitar. "Canadian Soccer League 2018 Season | Canadian Soccer League". canadiansoccerleague.ca. Retrieved 2018-03-24.
  13. ↑ "Hamilton City SC - Hamilton - Canadian Soccer League". canadiansoccerleague.ca. Retrieved August 10, 2018.
  14. ↑ "Sani Dey wins goal king in Canada". www.ahomkafm.com. Retrieved 2018-09-26.
  15. ↑ "2016 First Division Standing | Canadian Soccer League". canadiansoccerleague.ca. Retrieved 2017-01-09.
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