Blacktown City FC
Full nameBlacktown City Football Club
Nickname(s)The Demons
Founded1953; 71 years ago (1953)
GroundLanden Stadium
Capacity7,500
ChairmanBob Turner
ManagerMark Crittenden
LeagueNPL NSW
20233rd of 16
WebsiteClub website

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. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK Australia AUS Tristan Prendergast
4 DF Australia AUS Lachlan Campbell
5 DF Australia AUS Grant Lynch
7 FW Australia AUS Travis Major
8 FW Australia AUS Jak O'Brien
9 FW Australia AUS Reuben Awaritefe
10 MF Australia AUS Mario Shabow
12 DF Australia AUS Tyren Burnie
14 MF Australia AUS Mitchell Mallia
16 DF Australia AUS Ben Berry
No. Pos. Nation Player
17 MF Australia AUS Martin Fernandez
18 DF Australia AUS Nicholas O'Brien
19 MF Australia AUS Adam Berry
20 GK Australia AUS Cayden Henderson
22 MF Philippines PHI Jacob Maniti
23 FW Australia AUS Joey Gibbs
45 MF South Korea KOR Danny Choi
— DF Australia AUS Jayden Trenkovski
— MF Australia AUS Abbas Karnib
— MF Australia 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
Peru
  • Peru Bruno Salas
Scotland
England
  • England Bobby Charlton (World Cup Winner, 106 national caps, Manchester United)1
  • England Kevin Keegan (63 national caps, England manager, various EPL clubs as player and manager)

Seasons

Season League Waratah Cup NPL Finals
NSL Cup / FFA Cup 		Top scorer
Div Pld W D L GF GA Pts Pos Finals Player(s) Goals
1973 NSW Inter Suburban 2nd Div ↑ 20 16 3 1 74 28 35 1st W Not held
1974 NSW Inter Suburban 1st Div ↑ 22 17 5 0 66 16 39 1st W unknown
1975 NSW Division 3 ↑ 22 16 4 2 61 19 36 1st W unknown
1976 NSW Division 2 22 5 6 11 33 40 16 9th – unknown
1977 NSW Division 2 ↑ 22 16 5 1 59 19 37 2nd SF Not held
1978 NSW Division 1 26 10 6 10 31 31 26 7th – Not held
1979 NSW State League 26 13 5 8 45 36 31 4th SF Not held
1980 NSW State League ↑ 28 12 11 5 57 39 35 5th – Not held
1980 NSL 26 9 3 14 34 55 21 11th – Not held NSL Cup – R16
1981 NSL ↓ 30 6 9 15 32 47 21 15th – Not held NSL Cup – PR
1982 NSW State League 26 16 6 4 50 28 38 3rd SF Not held
1983 NSW Division 1 ↑ 24 17 1 6 54 24 35 3rd SF Not held
1984 NSL (Nth Conf.) 28 12 6 10 43 48 30 5th EF Not held NSL Cup – GS
1985 NSL (Nth Conf.) 22 7 4 11 30 34 18 8th – Not held NSL Cup – 1R
1986 NSL (Nth Conf.) ↓ 22 8 4 10 24 36 20 9th – Not held NSL Cup – QF
1987 NSW Division 1 26 19 1 6 60 19 39 3rd PF Not held
1988 NSW Division 1 ↑ 26 18 4 4 55 17 40 1st RU Not held
1989 NSL 26 5 9 12 28 50 19 12th – Not held NSL Cup – R16
1989–90 NSL↓ 26 4 4 18 30 55 12 14th – Not held NSL Cup – QF
1990 NSW Division 1 16 7 2 7 25 22 16 9th – unknown
1991 NSW Division 1 22 10 7+1 4 32 17 45 2nd W
1992 NSW Super League 22 10 3+3 6 30 24 39 3rd QF
1993 NSW Super League 26 16 7+0 3 48 20 62 1st W
1994 NSW Super League 22 9 3+4 6 33 29 37 4th unknown
1995 NSW Super League 26 16 4+2 4 42 18 58 2nd 6R
1996 NSW Super League (S. 1) 13 5 4 4 17 11 19 8th – unknown
NSW Super League (S. 2) 13 3 3 7 19 20 12 12th –
1997 NSW Super League 20 7 6 7 29 26 27 4th unknown
1998 NSW Super League 22 13 5 4 46 25 44 2nd Not held
1999 NSW Super League 22 14 2 6 48 25 44 2nd W Not held
2000 NSW Super League 26 19 4 3 73 26 61 1st W Not held
2000–01 NSW Premier League 18 12 3 3 47 28 39 1st RU Not held
2001–02 NSW Premier League 22 13 5 4 51 26 44 3rd RU Not held
2002–03 NSW Premier League 22 14 3 5 48 23 45 1st RU Not held
2003–04 NSW Premier League 22 11 4 7 48 28 37 4th SF QF
2004–05 NSW Premier League 22 13 6 3 38 28 41 3rd SF 4R
2006 NSW Premier League 18 14 2 2 47 15 44 1st RU W
2007 NSW Premier League 18 11 5 2 38 19 38 1st W SF
2008 NSW Premier League 22 3 7 12 14 40 16 12th – 4R
2009 NSW Premier League 22 7 7 8 29 31 28 7th – SF
2010 NSW Premier League 22 12 4 6 42 27 40 2nd W SF Tolgay Ozbey 23
2011 NSW Premier League 22 11 4 7 35 22 37 4th PF 4R Travis Major 7
2012 NSW Premier League 22 9 5 8 40 34 32 5th PF QF Travis Major 9
2013 NPL NSW 22 10 6 6 44 32 36 6th – 4R
2014 NPL NSW 22 14 2 6 51 22 44 3rd W W FFA Cup – R32 Travis Major 16
2015 NPL NSW 22 15 5 2 54 23 50 1st RU RU NPL Finals – W, FFA Cup – R32
2016 NPL NSW 22 14 3 5 47 26 45 2nd W SF FFA Cup – QF
2017 NPL NSW 22 14 5 3 45 22 47 2nd SF SF FFA Cup – QF
2018 NPL NSW 22 9 7 6 27 20 34 4th QF 7R –
2019 NPL NSW 22 11 5 6 31 24 38 3rd SF 6R –
2020 NPL NSW 11 4 3 4 19 15 15 6th - Not held –
2021 NPL NSW 17 11 3 3 36 17 19 1st Not held Not held FFA Cup – R32 Travis Major 12
2022 NPL NSW 22 12 4 6 43 25 18 3rd W 6R – Jordan Smylie 10
Source [1]
Note 1: During 1984 to 1986, the league was split into two conferences – APIA played in the Northern Conference and the position in the table reflects position in the conference.
P Draws went to penalty shoot-outs during the 1993–1995 seasons (2 points for win, 1 point for loss).
  = Premiers (premiership positions) or Champions (finals series)
  = Runners-up (premiership or finals series)
PR = Preliminary Round
1R, 2R, 3R...7R = 1st Round, 2nd Round, 3rd Round...7th Round
R32 = Round of 32
R16 = Round of 16
QF = Quarter-final
SF = Semi-final
EF = Elimination Final
PF = Preliminary Final
PO = Playoff Final

Honours

Regional

Domestic

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.

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