Mandurah City
- Leagues Played
- Australia - Western Australia - State League 1 99 Australia - Western Australia - Premier League 26 Australia - Amicale 21 Australia - FFA Cup - Calificari 5 Australia - FFA Cup 4 Australia - Pre-Season Cup 3 Australia - Meciuri 1
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- Related Teams
- Mandurah City U20 Mandurah City Reserves Mandurah City Women
Wikipedia - Mandurah City FC
Mandurah City Football Club is an Australian professional football club based in Mandurah, Western Australia. Their home ground is Peelwood Reserve in Halls Head. The club has 300 registered players which also includes Juniors, Social, Women, Semi-pro and Masters teams. They currently (2023) compete in the Football West State League Division 1.
History
Founded in 1970, Mandurah City played their inaugural competitive season in the South West Soccer League, and won the league in 1972. The club then joined the Western Australian Amateur and Social Soccer Association (WASSA), where it remained until 2002. During this period in the amateurs, the club won the amateur championship in 1995 under the guidance of coach Jim Mayers.
In 2002, the club left the amateur ranks and joined the Western Australian Semi professional league and were crowned Division 1 champions in 2007, gaining promotion to the Premier League for the 2008 season. After four seasons in the top flight, the club was relegated after the 2011 season.
In 2013, the club unsuccessfully applied for entry into the National Premier Leagues Western Australia, and then entered into a rebuilding and restructuring phase. Doug Hesketh was appointed Director of Football and 1st team manager in 2015. Under the NPL structure, promotion and relegation was re-established for the 2016 season; Mandurah City were 2015 Division 1 Champions, but didn't meet all of the Football West eligibility criteria to be promoted. After coming second in the league in the 2016 State League Division 1 it was announced that Mandurah City would compete in the 2017 National Premier Leagues, but they only lasted in the top flight for a single season.
Mandurah City este cunoscută pentru stilul său de joc atractiv și atacant. Echipa are o bază puternică de fani și este una dintre cele mai populare cluburi din Australia de Vest.
Stadionul de acasă al lui Mandurah City este Frederick Iverson Oval, un stadion cu o capacitate de 5.000 de locuri. Echipa are, de asemenea, o filială rezervă care concurează în State League Division 1.
Mandurah City a câștigat mai multe trofee de-a lungul istoriei sale, inclusiv campionatul National Premier Leagues WA în 2016 și 2018. Echipa a reprezentat, de asemenea, Australia de Vest în FFA Cup, o competiție națională de cupă.
Unii dintre cei mai notabili jucători care au jucat pentru Mandurah City includ pe Stan Lazaridis, Robbie Slater și David Mitchell.