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Football club in Perth, Western Australia

Football club
Gwelup Croatia SC
Full nameGwelup Croatia Soccer Club
Founded1988; 36 years ago (1988)
GroundCroatian Sporting Complex, Gwelup
PresidentJurica Denona
ManagerMitchell Prentice
LeagueState League 1
20247th of 12
Websitehttps://www.gwelupcroatiasc.com/
Home colours Away colours
Current season

Gwelup Croatia is an Australian semi-professional soccer club based in Gwelup in Perth, Western Australia, founded in 1988. Gwelup Croatia currently competes in the Football West State League 1, with matches played at the Croatian Sporting Complex in Gwelup. They also compete in the Metropolitan League, Masters League, Ladies League, and in Juniors teams. The club regularly competes in the Australian-Croatian Soccer Tournament.

In 2018 they qualified for the Round of 32 in the FFA Cup.

History

Founded in 1988 by Croatian immigrants, they won the Amateur Premier Division back to back in 2015 and 2016 before being promoted to the State League and winning Division 2 on their first attempt in 2017. The club won State League Division 1 in 2019 and were promoted to the NPLWA.

Current squad

As of 14 March 2020

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK England ENG George Jackson
2 DF Republic of Ireland IRL Ciaran Salinger (captain)
3 DF Australia AUS Daniel Faichney
4 DF Australia AUS Lachlan Collins
5 DF South Sudan SSD Friday Zico
6 MF Australia AUS Kade Fearnall
7 DF Liberia LBR George Ballah
8 FW Afghanistan AFG Mohammad Rezai
9 FW Australia AUS Carl Dias
10 MF Australia AUS Sebastian Hooshnagian
11 FW Australia AUS Gomo Dukuly
No. Pos. Nation Player
12 MF Australia AUS Debaba Mtwale
14 FW Liberia LBR Samuel Dweh
15 MF Australia AUS Jordan Pokler
16 MF Australia AUS Oscar Barry
17 DF Australia AUS Aidan Formston
18 DF Australia AUS Kaelan Majeks
19 FW Australia AUS Raphael Kanzi
22 MF Australia AUS René Kiesa
41 MF Australia AUS Jason Petrie
99 GK England ENG Cyril Sharrock

Current coaching staff

  • Mitchell Prentice – First Team Coach

Honours

See also

External links

References

  1. "FFA Cup glory for Gwelup, Armadale". Football West. 5 June 2018. Archived from the original on 14 August 2018. Retrieved 12 June 2018.
  2. Peter Simcox (8 September 2019). "Gwelup win Division One title to book NPL spot". Football West. Retrieved 3 May 2020.
  3. "Team News". Gwelup Croatia SC Twitter Account. 14 March 2020. Retrieved 1 June 2020.
  4. "Gwelup win Division One title to book NPL spot".
  5. Chris Caldwell (19 September 2016). "Gwelup crowned Amateur League champions". Football West. Retrieved 12 June 2018.
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