Blacktown City FC

Blacktown City Football Club is an Australian semi-professional football club based in Blacktown, New South Wales. Founded in 1953, the club currently competes in the National Premier Leagues NSW. Blacktown City's home ground is Lily Homes Stadium in the suburb of Seven Hills. Blacktown City are one of six state league teams to have eliminated an A-League team in the FFA Cup, along with Heidelberg United FC, Redlands United FC, Green Gully SC, Adelaide City FC and Bentleigh Greens SC.

Blacktown City
Full nameBlacktown City Football Club
Nickname(s)The Demons
Founded1953
GroundGabbie Stadium
Capacity7,500
LeagueNPL NSW
20206th
WebsiteClub website

History

The club was formed in 1953 as Toongabbie Soccer Club and changed their name to Blacktown City in 1979. The club competed in the National Soccer League in 1980, 1981, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1989 and 1990. Since then they have competed in the highest level in New South Wales, the NSW Premier League, where they have finished Premiers (1st in the League) in 2001, 2002/03, 2004/05, 2006 and 2008.

The Blacktown City Demons took out the double in 2007 winning both the Premiership and then staging a comeback from 1–1 with ten men to defeat Bankstown City 3–1 and claim the Championship. The team was known as Blacktown City Demons and owned by The Demons Sports Club until 2009 when the club went into liquidation. The demon image was retained in the logo but dropped from the name.[1]

On 2 August 2017, Blacktown City defeated Central Coast Mariners 3-2 in the Round of 32 of the 2017 FFA Cup, becoming the fifth state-level side in FFA Cup history to defeat A-League opposition.[2][3] Blacktown make it to the competition's quarter-finals, having defeated APIA Leichhardt Tigers in the Round of 16, where they would be eliminated on penalties by the Western Sydney Wanderers.[4][5] This equals the Demons best finish in the FFA Cup, which they first achieved in 2016 when they lost to Sydney FC.[6]

Notable former players

Players included in this section have either represented their nation or have had their careers progress by playing or coaching in the A-League.

Australia
Peru
  • Bruno Salas
Scotland
England
  • Bobby Charlton (106 national caps, Manchester United)1
  • Kevin Keegan (63 national caps, England manager, various EPL clubs as player and manager)
  • Note 1: Charlton played one game for Blacktown in 1980, scoring a goal. It was his last professional match.

Seasons
Season League Waratah Cup NPL Finals
NSL Cup / FFA Cup		 Top scorer
Div Pld W D L GF GA Pts Pos Finals Player(s) Goals
1973NSW Inter Suburban 2nd Div 2016317428351stWNot held
1974NSW Inter Suburban 1st Div 2217506616391stWunknown
1975NSW Division 3 2216426119361stWunknown
1976NSW Division 22256113340169th–unknown
1977NSW Division 2 2216515919372ndSFNot held
1978NSW Division 126106103131267th–Not held
1979NSW State League2613584536314thSFNot held
1980NSW State League 28121155739355th–Not held
1980NSL26931434552111th–Not heldNSL Cup – R16
1981NSL ↓ 30691532472115th–Not heldNSL Cup – PR
1982NSW State League2616645028383rdSFNot held
1983NSW Division 1 2417165424353rdSFNot held
1984NSL (Nth Conf.)281261043483 05thEFNot heldNSL Cup – GS
1985NSL (Nth Conf.)2274113034188th–Not heldNSL Cup – 1R
1986NSL (Nth Conf.) ↓ 2284102436209th–Not heldNSL Cup – QF
1987NSW Division 12619166019393rdPFNot held
1988NSW Division 1 2618445517401stRUNot held
1989NSL26591228501912th–Not heldNSL Cup – R16
1989–90NSL↓ 26441830551214th–Not heldNSL Cup – QF
1990NSW Division 1167272522169th–unknown
1991NSW Division 122107+143217452ndW
1992NSW Super League22103+363024393rdQF
1993NSW Super League26167+034820621stW
1994NSW Super League2293+463329374thunknown
1995NSW Super League26164+244218582nd6R
1996NSW Super League (S. 1)135441711198th–unknown
NSW Super League (S. 2)1333719201212th–
1997NSW Super League207672926274thunknown
1998NSW Super League2213544625442ndNot held
1999NSW Super League2214264825442ndWNot held
2000NSW Super League2619437326611stWNot held
2000–01NSW Premier League1812334728391stRUNot held
2001–02NSW Premier League2213545126443rdRUNot held
2002–03NSW Premier League2214354823451stRUNot held
2003–04NSW Premier League2211474828374thSFQF
2004–05NSW Premier League2213633828413rdSF4R
2006NSW Premier League1814224715441stRUW
2007NSW Premier League1811523819381stWSF
2008NSW Premier League22371214401612th–4R
2009NSW Premier League227782931287th–SF
2010NSW Premier League2212464227402ndWSFTolgay Ozbey23
2011NSW Premier League2211473522374thPF4RTravis Major7
2012NSW Premier League229584034325thPFQF
2013NPL NSW2210664432366th–4R
2014NPL NSW2214265122443rdWWFFA Cup – R32
2015NPL NSW2215525423501stRURUNPL Finals – W, FFA Cup – R32
2016NPL NSW2214354726452ndWSFFFA Cup – QF
2017NPL NSW2214534522472ndSFSFFFA Cup – QF
2018NPL NSW229762720344thQF7R–
2019NPL NSW2211563124383rdSF6R–

Source

Note 1: During 1984 to 1986, the league was split into two conferences – APIA played in the Northern Conference and the position in the table reflects position in the conference.
P Draws went to penalty shoot-outs during the 1993–1995 seasons (2 points for win, 1 point for loss).
  = Premiers (premiership positions) or Champions (finals series)
  = Runners-up (premiership or finals series)
PR = Preliminary Round
1R, 2R, 3R...7R = 1st Round, 2nd Round, 3rd Round...7th Round
R32 = Round of 32
R16 = Round of 16
QF = Quarter-final
SF = Semi-final
EF = Elimination Final
PF = Preliminary Final
PO = Playoff Final

Honours

Regional
  • Ampol Cup
Champions (1): 1985
Champions (5): 1991, 1993, 1996, 2006, 2014
Runners-Up (1): 2015
  • Johnny Warren Cup
Champions (1): 2006
Premiers (8): 1988, 1993, 2000, 2000–01, 2002–03, 2006, 2007, 2014
Champions (8): 1991, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2007, 2010, 2014, 2016
Runners-Up (7): 1992, 1993, 1995, 2000–01, 2001–02, 2002–03, 2006

Domestic
Champions (1): 2015

References
  1. "Club history". bcfc.com.au. Archived from the original on 10 June 2011. Retrieved 27 May 2015.
  2. Puterflam, Michael (3 August 2017). "FFA Cup live stream Round of 32: Central Coast Mariners v Blacktown City, Sydney FC v Darwin Rovers". Retrieved 20 September 2017.
  3. McMurtry, Andrew (3 August 2017). "Blacktown City FC through to FFA Cup round of 16 after 3-2 win over Central Coast Mariners". Archived from the original on 21 September 2017. Retrieved 20 September 2017.
  4. Staff Writer (29 August 2017). "AS IT HAPPENED: Westfield FFA Cup Rd of 16 MD2". Retrieved 20 September 2017.
  5. Harrington, Anna (21 September 2017). "Mark Bosnich says Blacktown City's FFA Cup performance justifies the need for a national second division". Retrieved 21 September 2017.
  6. Greco, John (21 September 2016). "Sydney FC end Blacktown's FFA Cup run". Retrieved 20 September 2017.
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