Marconi Stallions FC
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| Full name | Marconi Stallions Football Club | ||
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| Nickname(s) | The Stallions | ||
| Founded | 1958 | ||
| Ground |
Marconi Stadium Bossley Park, Sydney New South Wales, Australia | ||
| Capacity | 12,000 | ||
| Chairman | Vincenzo Foti | ||
| Coach | Jean-Paul de Marigny | ||
| League | NPL NSW | ||
| 2013 | 5th | ||
| Website | Club home page | ||
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The Marconi Stallions Football Club is an Australian semi-professional soccer club based in Fairfield, Sydney, New South Wales. The club won the National Soccer League title a record four times, along with South Melbourne and Sydney City SC. The club is one of only two clubs to have competed in every season of the NSL. The club is a member of the New South Wales Premier League, playing their home games out of Marconi Stadium, in Bossley Park.
History
The club was formerly known as Marconi Fairfield; the name comes from Guglielmo Marconi, the Italian inventor of the radio, and Fairfield (New South Wales), the city in which the club plays. The club was founded in 1958 by an Italian social club called Club Marconi, and was primarily backed and supported by Italians and Italian-Australians living in Sydney. However, the club and team have since established themselves as one of the top sports and social clubs in the Western Sydney / Fairfield area (which is known as the premier region for football in Sydney and Australia. This has seen the team gain recognition as one of Australia's top football entities, with one of the highest rated youth academies in Australian football, and a support that has grown well beyond the Italian community in Sydney.
Rivalries
Sydney Olympic
Marconi vs Olympic has always been one of the biggest rivalries in Australia Football, constantly involved in big and important matches multiplied by the fact that both clubs were backed by large migrant populations of Italians (Marconi) and Greeks (Olympic).
Sydney United
Marconi has a rivalry with Sydney United due to closeness of the two clubs. Sydney United is located in Edensor Park and play out of King Tomislav Club which is only 1 km south of Club Marconi. The Croatian club has been rivals with the Stallions since 1970 when Marconi got promoted to the State League.In this rivalry there have been some highs and lows but all in all the matches between the two clubs have been entertaining.
Marconi beat Sydney United in 1988 grand final in a match that went to a penalty shoot-out.
Marconi Stallions and Sydney United compete for the Capitol Hill Cup each year, which is played over two legs. Sydney United won the cup in 2009 but Marconi got them back to go to the 2009 nsw premier league grand final.
A.P.I.A Leichhardt
The Stallions and the Tigers have a friendly rivalry. These two clubs are the two Italian backed clubs in New South Wales. The two clubs compete every season in the Italian Derby
Bonnyrigg White Eagles
Marconi has a rivalry with the Serbian backed Bonnyrigg White Eagles due to the closeness of the two clubs. Marconi and Avala first met in a cup fixture in the late 80s and would meet each other again in 2005 after the demise of the National Soccer League. In the 2012 New South Wales Premier League season the Eagles managed to defeat the Stallions three times, They met in the Grand Final and Marconi defeated the Eagles at the Bonnyrigg Sports Ground thanks to a brace from former Bonnyrigg star Nathan Elasi
Honours
- NSL Champions – 1979, 1988, 1989, 1992–93
- NSL Minor Premiers – 1989, 1989–90, 1995–96
- NSL Cup Winners – 1980
- NSW 1st Division Champions – 1972, 1973, 2012
- National Youth League Champions: – 1988, 1995–96
- Brad Maloney won the Johnny Warren medal while playing for Marconi.
Former players
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Current squad
First grade
Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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External links
| Preceded by West Adelaide |
NSL Champions 1979 |
Succeeded by Sydney City |
| Preceded by APIA Leichhardt |
NSL Champions 1988–1989 |
Succeeded by Sydney Olympic |
| Preceded by Adelaide City |
NSL Champions 1992/93 |
Succeeded by Adelaide City |
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