West Sydney Berries Football Club

West Sydney Berries
Full name West Sydney Berries Football Club
Nickname(s) Berries
Founded 1958
Ground Sydney Athletic Centre,
Homebush, New South Wales
(Capacity: 15,000)
Chairman Peter Mitrothanasis
Coach Nass Martino
League NSW Super League
Current season

The West Sydney Berries are a football (soccer) club based in Belmore, New South Wales. They were one of the first clubs formed in Sydney and competed in the first ever New South Wales State League as Canterbury FC, and has also been known as Canterbury-Marrickville Olympic. Since that time, the club has enjoyed some years of success and also painful years of premiership droughts and grand final losses. The club played in the 1986 season of the National Soccer League.[1]

The club currently plays in the NSW Super League after being relegated from the NSW Premier League in 2010. West Sydney hosts matches at Sydney Athletic Centre in Sydney, New South Wales.

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Recent history

The club has recently changed its name from Canterbury-Marrickville to West Sydney Berries to increase its appeal across South-western Sydney. This will be the first time the club plays without Canterbury in its name. The club was also chosen by the Football NSW to be automatically promoted along with Macarthur Rams to the NSW Premier League for the 2007/08 Season. The main reason for the club's inclusion was to strengthen football's presence in Western Sydney and also to have a starting post for a possible Western Sydney franchise in the A-League. The team had an unsuccessful return to the top-flight league in New South Wales. The team managed a lowly 10th place but will not be relegated from the League and will compete in the 2008/09 Season of the NSW Premier League.[2]

On the 14th of July, 2008 the West Sydney Berries announced they hard raised a fantastic amount for the Hospital at Westmead which comprised the monies raised by the charity totalling $32,050.00. Fundraising Committee composed of Board of Directors George Ronis, Nickolas Varvaris, Chris Mitrothanasis and club CEO Laki Konistis paid a special visit to the Children's hostiptal to hand over the check.[3]

After finishing last in the NSW Premier League 2010, the club was relegated to the NSW Super League for the 2011 season.

Current squad

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

No. Position Player
1 GK Hamish McLean
3 MF Shaun Piggott
5 MF Michael Cunico
6 MF Jack Sobczyk
7 DF Danny Wilson
8 MF Johnny Fotiadis
9 MF Nicolo Sama
10 FW John Tsironis
11 MF Archie Kotsopoulos
12 FW Neil Philippou
13 MF Sargon Georges
14 MF Craig Jacobs
No. Position Player
15 MF Ryan Jones
16 MF Kosta Lagoudakis
17 FW Sash Tirovski
18 FW Giosue Antuan Sama
19 MF Dimitri Zakilas
20 DF Angelo Petratos
21 DF Joshua Ferguson
22 FW Fadi Ghoson
25 MF Liam Austin
26 MF Peter Peralta
40 DF John Mavridis
DF Greg Uhlmann

Staff

Board of directors

Corporate Structure

Coaching Team

First Grade

Under 20s

Youth League Management

Youth League Coaching

Youth Academy

Titles

[4]

Past Players

Famous players

as of here

Former players

References

  1. ^ OzFootball 1986 NSL Table retrieved 17 August 2008
  2. ^ Berries Web Site Berries grab crucial win retrieved 17 August 2008
  3. ^ Berries 4 KidsBerries 4 Kids raises $32,000 retrieved 19 September 2008
  4. ^ Berries Web Site Berries History retrieved 19 September 2008

External links

National teams
Current national leagues
Former leagues
Cup competitions
Australian Cup (defunct) • FFA Cup (proposed)
Domestic leagues
Southern
Lower leagues
Northern
Broadmeadow Magic · Hamilton Olympic Warriors · South Cardiff Gunners · Lake Macquarie City Roosters · Valentine Phoenix · Weston Workers Bears · West Wallsend · Edgeworth Eagles
Lower leagues
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