Fraser Park FC
{{Use Australian English|date=April 2014}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2020}}
{{Infobox football club
| nickname =
| ground = Fraser Park, Marrickville
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| kit_alt1 = As for Portugal National Team colours
| kit_alt2 = Adidas green shirt and black shorts
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| image = File:Fraser Park FC.svg
| caption =
| fullname = Fraser Park Football Club
| founded = 1961
| manager = TBC
| league = {{Australian soccer updater|FraserPark}}
| season = {{Australian soccer updater|FraserPark2}}
| position = {{Australian soccer updater|FraserPark3}}
| website = https://www.sydneyportugalclub.com.au/
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Fraser Park FC, is an Australian soccer club with senior teams competing in the Football NSW League Two,{{Cite web|url=http://www.footballnsw.com.au/index.php?id=100|title = Football NSW}} Youth competing in the Football NSW Boys League Two and the club also has teams participating in the Football NSW Skills Acquisition Program,{{Cite web|url=http://www.footballnsw.com.au/index.php?id=151|title = Football NSW}} which is the official Football NSW development program for players age 9 to 12 years. Their home ground is Fraser Park which is on 100 Marrickville Rd, Marrickville.
History
The Sydney Portugal Community Club was founded on 6 February 1965, a few years after the formation of the Football Club in 1961. Portuguese migrants created the “Clube Português de Sydney”, as it was originally known, in Paddington, in the heart of Sydney’s Eastern Suburbs. It was there that a small number of Portuguese immigrants began to plan the future of the club, which later became Rosebery.
The club moved to Fraser Park, which had previously been used by the Railway Institute, in the early 1990s.{{Cite news |last=Cockerill |first=Michael |date=1991-02-27 |title=Football-mad Portuguese are staking out their turf |pages=57 |work=The Sydney Morning Herald |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/120350900/football-mad-portuguese-are-staking-out/ |access-date=2023-03-07}}
Team colours
The club has a distinct Portuguese background, with its colours similar to that of the Portugal national football team.
Notable players
The following is a list of Fraser Park FC players who have achieved at least two of the following criteria:
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- Departed the club with a transfer fee
- Featured in the squad of sixteen of an A-League or FFA Cup grand final victory
- Made over fifty appearances professionally before or after representing Fraser Park.
- Had international caps for their respective country whilst playing for the club
- International notoriety signing
- {{flagicon|AUS}} Clint Bolton - 4 appearances for Australia. Made over 150 A-League games for Sydney FC and Melbourne Heart. Won 2006 A-League Grand Final, and 09-10 Premiership & Grand final doublewith Sydney FC.{{cite web |last1=Zelic |first1=Lucy |title=Lucy Zelic - 'In conversation with': Clint Bolton |url=https://www.sbs.com.au/sport/article/lucy-zelic-in-conversation-with-clint-bolton/p6r8h9ldl |publisher=SBS |access-date=10 April 2023}}
- {{flagicon|AUS}} Ante Juric
- {{flagicon|LIB}} Yahya El Hindi - 2 appearances for Lebanon{{cite web |last1=Davidson |first1=John |title='I'm here to make a lot of noise' - Meet the Aussie midfielder representing Lebanon |url=https://www.sbs.com.au/sport/article/im-here-to-make-a-lot-of-noise-meet-the-aussie-midfielder-representing-lebanon/03uw7piju |publisher=SBS |access-date=10 April 2023}}
- {{flagicon|MLT}} Peter Pullicino - 22 appearances for Malta, over 100 appearances for Hibernians F.C. in the Maltese Premier League.
- {{flagicon|USA}} Alex Smith - Won the 2011 NSW National Premier League with Sydney Olympic. Represented Wellington Phoenix in the A-League Men, and played professionally.{{cite web |title=Yanks Abroad: Alex Smith's Up-and-Down Season Down Under |date=7 February 2012 |url=https://archive.nytimes.com/goal.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/02/07/yanks-abroad-alex-smiths-up-and-down-season-down-under/ |publisher=NY Times |access-date=10 April 2023}}
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Honours
- NSW NPL Boys Youth 3 Club Champions - 2022
- NSW NPL 3/NSW League Two Champions - 2017
- NSW Division 3/NSW NPL 3/NSW League Two Premiers - 1999
- NSW State League/NSW NPL 4 Champions - 2019; 2020
- NSW Division 4 Premiers - 1998
References
{{Reflist}}
External links
- [https://www.sydneyportugalclub.com.au/ Club Website]
{{Soccer in New South Wales}}
{{National Premier Leagues NSW 3}}
Category:Association football clubs established in 1961
Category:Soccer clubs in Sydney
Category:1961 establishments in Australia