Sunshine Coast F.C.

Sunshine Coast
Full name Sunshine Coast Football Club
Nickname(s) Fire
Founded 2007
Ground Sunshine Coast Stadium
Ground Capacity 12,000 (1000 seated)
Head Coach Paul Arnison[1]
League NPL Queensland
2014 NPL Queensland, 8th
Website Club home page

Sunshine Coast Football Club is an Australian soccer club based in the Sunshine Coast, Queensland. The club currently competes in the National Premier Leagues Queensland.

Club 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 Hyundai A-League and the various regional and city-based leagues across Queensland.[2] Sunshine Coast kicked off in the new competition in March 2008, finding instant success as the club managed to win the inaugural Hyundai Queensland State League Grand Final by defeating the Brisbane Strikers 1–0 through a goal from Bryan Gilfillan.[3] 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.[4] In 2010 the Club again captured the Premiership and Championship. Former head coach of the Fire Richard Hudson led the Fire to the 2012 QSL Grand Final where they would capture the final Championship before the new National Premier League. During the 2012 season, the Fire would go on to defeat Gold Coast Stars 18–0 in a record win for the club. 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.[5]

Academy

Sunshine Coast FC also run a junior football development academy, designed to work with young players to develop essential footballing skills and fundamentals, similar to that of most football clubs worldwide. The academy represents three separate age groups – 3–5 year olds (nicknamed the Squirts), 6–10 year olds (Juniors) and 11–16 year olds (Youth).[6] The academy head coach is Richard Hudson.[7]

Current squad

2015 NPL Queensland Squad, correct to 31 May 2015.[8]

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 Dale Hill
2 Australia DF Timothy Hollingworth
3 Japan DF Takumi Kinoshita
4 Australia MF Jon Ladic
5 Australia DF Ray Schultz
6 Australia DF Rhys Roberts
7 Australia MF Reyze Kelly
8 Australia MF Grant de Chastel
No. Position Player
9 Australia FW Jacob Fulluck
10 Japan FW Kenya Takahashi
11 Australia MF Jed Zanos
13 Australia FW Kaine Frew
15 England MF Paul Arnison
16 Australia DF Jared Moore
17 Australia DF Matthew Carrick
18 Australia FW Brady Cronk

Honours

References

  1. ↑ Anthony Brand (2014-11-05). "Arnison named Sunshine Coast Fire coach". Sunshine Coast Daily. Retrieved 2015-11-07.
  2. ↑ "Sunshine Coast FC". Sunshine Coast FC. Retrieved 2015-11-07.
  3. ↑ "FourFourTwo". Au.fourfourtwo.com. 2015-11-03. Retrieved 2015-11-07.
  4. ↑ Archived April 28, 2009 at the Wayback Machine
  5. ↑ Mark Bode (2013-01-06). "Fired up to dominate". Sunshine Coast Daily. Retrieved 2015-11-07.
  6. ↑ "Sunshine Coast FC". Sunshine Coast FC. Retrieved 2015-11-07.
  7. ↑ "Sunshine Coast FC". Sunshine Coast FC. 2012-02-13. Retrieved 2015-11-07.
  8. ↑ "Football Queensland - NPL Selected Teams - FOX SPORTS PULSE". Sportingpulse.com. Retrieved 2015-11-07.

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