Sunshine Coast FC

Full name Sunshine Coast Football Club
Nickname(s) Fire
Founded 2007
Ground Sunshine Coast Stadium
Capacity 12,000
Head Coach Richard Hudson
League NPL Queensland
Website Club website

Sunshine Coast Football Club is a semi-professional Australian soccer club based in the Sunshine Coast, Queensland. Nicknamed "The Fire", the club currently competes in the National Premier Leagues Queensland.

History

Sunshine Coast FC were founded in 2007 by Noel Woodall in order to participate in the inaugural season of the Queensland State League, a competition designed to bridge the gap between the A-League and the various regional and city-based leagues across Queensland.[1] Sunshine Coast kicked off in the new competition in March 2008, finding instant success as the club managed to win the inaugural Queensland State League Grand Final by defeating the Brisbane Strikers 1–0 through a goal from Bryan Gilfillan.[2] However, after a run of injuries and difficulty in getting permits for foreign players, the Fire have had a less successful season in 2009, placed 3rd from 11 teams after 20 games, on 41 points.[3] In 2010 the Club again captured the Premiership and Championship. Former head coach Richard Hudson led the Fire to the 2012 QSL Grand Final where they would capture the final Championship before the new National Premier League. Kevin Aherne-Evans took over from Richard Hudson as head coach for the 2013 and 2014 NPL Queensland seasons, before being replaced in 2015 by Paul Arnison.[4]


Home Ground

Sunshine Coast's stadium is the Sunshine Coast Stadium, which has a capacity of 12,000.

Current squad

2018 NPL Queensland Squad, correct as of 12 February 2018.[5]

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

No. Position Player
1 Australia GK Dan Hyde
2 Australia DF Sam Standish
3 Australia DF Elliot Marsay
4 Australia FW Josh McMillan
5 Australia MF Douglas Brown
6 Australia MF Alex Smith
7 Japan MF Shoichi Koshimizu
8 Australia DF Ryan Macmaster
No. Position Player
10 Australia MF Josh Sancuise
11 Australia FW Kurtis Modlin
12 Australia MF Gabriel Durand
13 Australia MF Blake Kallis
14 Australia MF Taj Hudson
15 Australia MF Matthew Sanchez
19 Australia FW Matt Gray
21 Australia GK Shane Dix

Honours

  • Queensland State League Premiers: 2008, 2010, 2011
  • Queensland State League Grand Final Champions: 2008, 2010, 2011, 2012

References

  1. ↑ "Sunshine Coast FC". Sunshine Coast FC. Retrieved 2015-11-07.
  2. ↑ "FourFourTwo". Au.fourfourtwo.com. 2015-11-03. Retrieved 2015-11-07.
  3. ↑ Archived April 28, 2009, at the Wayback Machine.
  4. ↑ Mark Bode (2013-01-06). "Fired up to dominate". Sunshine Coast Daily. Retrieved 2015-11-07.
  5. ↑ "NPL Selected Teams – FOX SPORTS PULSE". Sportingpulse.com. Retrieved 2017-03-05.
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