Marconi Stallions
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| Full name | Marconi Stallions Football Club | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nickname(s) | The Azzuri, The Stallions | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Founded | 1956 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Ground | Marconi Stadium, Fairfield, New South Wales |
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| Capacity | 11,500 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Chairman | Tony Campolongo | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Head Coach | Brian Brown | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| League | New South Wales Premier League | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The Marconi Stallions are an Australian football (soccer) club from Sydney, Australia. The club was playing in the National Soccer League when it ended in 2004 and now play in the New South Wales Premier League. The club's home uniform is coloured sky blue.
The Marconi Stallions play their home games at Marconi Stadium, located at Bossley Park in western Sydney.
During their time in the National Soccer League, Marconi Stallions won the premiership a record four times, equal with South Melbourne and Sydney City who also won four premierships. Marconi were crowned premiers in 1979, 1988, 1989 and the 1992/93 seasons. Along with South Melbourne, Marconi was one of only two clubs to compete in every season of the NSL.
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[edit] Founding
The club was formely known as Marconi Fairfield; the name comes from Guglielmo Marconi, the Italian inventor of the radio, and Fairfield, New South Wales, the suburb in which the club plays. The club was founded in 1956 and is primarily backed by Italians living in Australia.
[edit] Honours
- Australian Champions 1979, 1988, 1989, 1993
- Australian Cup Winners 1980
[edit] Famous former players
- Francis Awaritefe
- Michael Beauchamp
- Nick Carle
- Steve Corica
- Ante Covic
- Frank Farina
- Andy Harper
- Danny Invincibile
- Eddie Krncevic
- Brad Maloney
- Jean-Paul de Marigny
- Paul Okon
- Mark Schwarzer
- Ufuk Talay
- Archie Thompson
- Michael Thwaite
- Christian Vieri
- Roberto Vieri
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