Blacktown City Football Club is an Australian semi-professional soccer 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 Landen Stadium in the suburb of Seven Hills.
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.
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. Blacktown made 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. This equals the Demons best finish in the FFA Cup, which they first achieved in 2016 when they lost to Sydney FC.
Players
First team squad
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
Robbie Slater (44 national caps) Adam Kwasnik (1 U/21 cap, various A-League teams) Darren Stewart (3 national caps) Jason van Blerk (33 national caps) Gary van Egmond (15 national caps, coach Newcastle Jets) Charlie Yankos (49 national caps) Adam Biddle (Sydney FC 14 games) Scott Jamieson (4 national caps) Zlatko Arambašić (1992 Olympic games) Chad Gibson (Brisbane Roar captain) Tyler Simpson (Brisbane Roar, Perth Glory) Joel Chianese (Sydney FC, Perth Glory) Sean Rooney (Newcastle Jets) Travis Major (Roundglass Punjab) Mathew Ryan (current Socceroo) Bernie Ibini (2 national caps) Adam Berry (Central Coast Mariners) Jacob Poscoliero (Central Coast Mariners, Perth Glory) Kearyn Baccus (Melbourne City, Macarthur FC) Mitchell Mallia (Sydney FC, Perth Glory) Keanu Baccus (Western Sydney Wanderers)
Peru Bruno Salas Scotland
Brian O'Donnell Lawrie McKinna (Central Coast Mariners manager) England Bobby Charlton (World Cup Winner, 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.
Honours Leagues National Premier Leagues Champions (1): 2015 NSW Division 1 / Super League / Premier League / NPL NSW Men's 1 Premiers (8): 1988, 1993, 2000, 2000–01, 2002–03, 2006, 2007, 2015 Champions (9): 1991, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2007, 2010, 2014, 2016, 2022 Runners-up (7): 1992, 1993, 1995, 2000–01, 2001–02, 2002–03, 2006
Cups Ampol Cup / Johnny Warren Cup Champions (2): 1985, 2006 Waratah Cup Champions (5): 1991, 1993, 1996, 2006, 2014 Runners-up (1): 2015
See also List of Blacktown City FC seasons
References
External links
Blacktown City at OzFootball Goodbye Demons, hello Blacktown FC, Blacktown Advocate, 24 December 2009