:Blacktown City FC

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| clubname = Blacktown City FC

| image = Blacktown City FC Badge Logo.png

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| fullname = Blacktown City Football Club

| nickname = The Demons

| founded = {{start date and age|1953}}

| ground = Landen Stadium

| capacity = 7,500

| website = http://www.blacktowncityfc.com.au/

| league = {{Australian soccer updater|BlacktownC}}

| season = {{Australian soccer updater|BlacktownC2}}

| position = {{Australian soccer updater|BlacktownC3}}

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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{{Cite web |last=fergustilt |date=2023-02-01 |title=BLACKTOWN CITY SPORTS CENTRE IS NOW "LANDEN STADIUM" |url=https://blacktowncityfc.com.au/2023/02/02/blacktown-city-sports-centre-is-now-landen-stadium/ |access-date=2023-02-06 |website=Blacktown City FC |language=en-AU}} 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.{{cite web|title=Club history|url=http://www.bcfc.com.au/club-history|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110610182925/http://www.bcfc.com.au/club-history|url-status=dead|archive-date=10 June 2011|publisher=bcfc.com.au|access-date=27 May 2015}}

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.{{Cite web|url=https://www.foxsports.com.au/football/ffa-cup/ffa-cup-live-stream-round-of-32-central-coast-mariners-v-blacktown-city-sydney-fc-v-darwin-rovers/news-story/caa73ebef8260983609b85dfbdc45f5e|title=FFA Cup live stream Round of 32: Central Coast Mariners v Blacktown City, Sydney FC v Darwin Rovers|last=Puterflam|first=Michael|date=2017-08-03|access-date=2017-09-20}}{{Cite web|url=http://www.blacktownsun.com.au/story/4830111/blacktown-city-upset-central-coast-mariners-in-ffa-cup/|title=Blacktown City FC through to FFA Cup round of 16 after 3-2 win over Central Coast Mariners|last=McMurtry|first=Andrew|date=2017-08-03|access-date=2017-09-20|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170921094912/http://www.blacktownsun.com.au/story/4830111/blacktown-city-upset-central-coast-mariners-in-ffa-cup/|archive-date=21 September 2017|url-status=dead}} 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.{{Cite web|url=http://www.theffacup.com.au/matchcentre/Blacktown-City-v-APIA-Leichhardt-Tigers/949970|title=AS IT HAPPENED: Westfield FFA Cup Rd of 16 MD2|last=Staff Writer|date=2017-08-29|access-date=2017-09-20}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.foxsports.com.au/football/mark-bosnich-says-blacktown-citys-ffa-cup-performance-justifies-the-need-for-a-national-second-division/news-story/db267697f49c9d828b91d72e5bbd14de|title=Mark Bosnich says Blacktown City's FFA Cup performance justifies the need for a national second division|last=Harrington|first=Anna|date=2017-09-21|access-date=2017-09-21}} This equals the Demons best finish in the FFA Cup, which they first achieved in 2016 when they lost to Sydney FC.{{Cite web|url=http://www.theffacup.com.au/matchcentre/Blacktown-City-v-APIA-Leichhardt-Tigers/949970|title=Sydney FC end Blacktown's FFA Cup run|last=Greco|first=John|date=2016-09-21|access-date=2017-09-20}}

Players

=First team squad=

{{updated|February 2025}}

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{{fs player|no=1|nat=AUS|pos=GK|name=Cayden Henderson}}

{{fs player|no=3|nat=AUS|pos=DF|name=Jarred McKinley}}

{{fs player|no=4|nat=AUS|pos=DF|name=Lachlan Campbell}}

{{fs player|no=5|nat=AUS|pos=DF|name=Grant Lynch}}

{{fs player|no=6|nat=AUS|pos=MF|name=Adam Berry}}

{{fs player|no=7|nat=AUS|pos=FW|name=Travis Major}}

{{fs player|no=8|nat=AUS|pos=FW|name=Jak O'Brien}}

{{fs player|no=9|nat=AUS|pos=MF|name=Keanu Moore}}

{{fs player|no=10|nat=AUS|pos=MF|name=Maksim Jez}}

{{fs player|no=11|nat=KOR|pos=MF|name=Danny Choi}}

{{fs player|no=12|nat=AUS|pos=MF|name=Daniel McHugh}}

{{fs player|no=14|nat=AUS|pos=MF|name=Mitchell Mallia}}

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{{fs player|no=15|nat=AUS|pos=MF|name=Abbas Karnib}}

{{fs player|no=16|nat=AUS|pos=DF|name=Ben Berry}}

{{fs player|no=17|nat=AUS|pos=MF|name=Martin Fernandez}}

{{fs player|no=18|nat=AUS|pos=DF|name=Nicholas O'Brien}}

{{fs player|no=19|nat=AUS|pos=DF|name=Sebastian Hayward}}

{{fs player|no=20|nat=AUS|pos=GK|name=Zac Bowling|other=on loan from Newcastle Jets}}

{{fs player|no=21|nat=AUS|pos=DF|name=Charles Saul}}

{{fs player|no=22|nat=PHI|pos=MF|name=Jacob Maniti}}

{{fs player|no=23|nat=AUS|pos=DF|name=Jakob Cresnar}}

{{fs player|no=25|nat=AUS|pos=FW|name=Dimo Dimo}}

{{fs player|no= |nat=AUS|pos=DF|name=Jackson Bandiera}}

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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.

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*{{flagicon|Australia}} Travis Major (Roundglass Punjab)
  • {{flagicon|Australia}} Mathew Ryan (current Socceroo)
  • {{flagicon|Australia}} Bernie Ibini (2 national caps)
  • {{flagicon|Australia}} Adam Berry (Central Coast Mariners)
  • {{flagicon|Australia}} Jacob Poscoliero (Central Coast Mariners, Perth Glory)
  • {{flagicon|Australia}} Kearyn Baccus (Melbourne City, Macarthur FC)
  • {{flagicon|Australia}} Mitchell Mallia (Sydney FC, Perth Glory)
  • {{flagicon|Australia}} Keanu Baccus (Western Sydney Wanderers)
  • ;Peru

    ;Scotland

    ;England

    • {{flagicon|England}} Bobby Charlton (World Cup Winner, 106 national caps, Manchester United)1
    • {{flagicon|England}} 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 =

    = 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

    References

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