Point Cook SC
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| nickname = Point Cook Jets
| founded = 2008
| ground = Saltwater Reserve, Point Cook
Victoria, Australia
| capacity = 1000
| owner =
| chairman = Samantha Dunmall
| chrtitle = President
| mgrtitle = Head Coach
| manager = Tome Petreski
| league = Victorian State League Division 4
| season = 2024
| position = 12th (relegated from State League 3 North West)
| website = http://www.pointcooksoccerclub.org/
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Point Cook Soccer Club are an Australian association football club from Point Cook, Victoria, a suburb of Melbourne, Victoria. The club currently plays in the Victorian State League Division 4 West.
History
The Point Cook Soccer Club was established in 2008 in Point Cook, in the western suburbs of Melbourne. The club plays its home games at Saltwater Reserve, which boasts some of the best sporting facilities in Victoria with 1 synthetic oval, 2 x football/cricket ovals and three turf soccer pitches.{{cite web|title=Saltwater Reserve|work=Experience Wyndham|url=http://www.experiencewyndham.com.au/leisure__recreation/sportingreserves/saltwater_reserve|access-date=2015-04-12}} As of 2014 it had more than 500 members, ranging from junior to senior levels, and including both male and female teams. By 2014 the club had three girls' teams and a women's team.{{cite web|title=WYNDHAM HOPES TO SCORE WITH CELEBRATION SOCCER GAME|author=Luciana Manrique|work=Auzone|url=http://www.theauzone.com.au/wyndham-hopes-to-score-with-celebration-soccer-game/|access-date=2015-04-12|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141016205636/http://www.theauzone.com.au/wyndham-hopes-to-score-with-celebration-soccer-game/|archive-date=2014-10-16}}
The under-14 boys' team were runners-up at the Kanga Cup in Canberra in 2013. This is the Southern Hemisphere's largest International Youth Soccer Tournament.{{cite journal|url=http://www.heraldsun.com.au/leader/west/point-cook-soccer-team-to-play-in-international-tournament-in-canberra-next-month/story-fngnvmj7-1226943182570|access-date=2015-04-12|title=Point Cook soccer team to play in international tournament in Canberra next month|author=Sarah Anderson |journal=Wyndham Leader|date=June 5, 2014}} The under-15 girls' team competed in the Kanga Cup for the first time in 2014. The under-12 boys won the 2014 Kanga Cup male plate in the first competition in which they played against teams from other states.{{cite journal|title=The Point Cook Jets' under-12 boys won the Kanga Cup male plate in Canberra|url=http://www.heraldsun.com.au/leader/west/the-point-cook-jets-under12-boys-won-the-kanga-cup-male-plate-in-canberra/story-fngnvog3-1227016871189|access-date=2015-04-12}}
In April 2015 the club appointed Craig Filer, from Wales (UK), as the club's Head Coach . The club was aiming to climb to Victorian State League Division 2 within five years, and to eventually compete in the Australian National Premier Leagues.{{cite journal|title=FFV: New coach gives Point Cook Jets propulsion |author=Lance Jenkinson|date=20 November 2014|url=http://www.wyndham.starweekly.com.au/story/1828086/ffv-new-coach-gives-point-cook-jets-propulsion/|journal=Wyndham Star|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150319152802/http://www.wyndham.starweekly.com.au/story/1828086/ffv-new-coach-gives-point-cook-jets-propulsion/|archive-date=2015-03-19|access-date=2015-04-12}}
In 2017, Point Cook SC were promoted from State League Division 4 to State League 3 and despite a tough 1st season finished a respectable 7th just 6 points of a top 3 finish.
Notable players
- {{flagicon| Australia}} Joe Spiteri (2013–2016){{Cite web|url=http://www.thecourier.com.au/story/2496727/late-drama-sees-vikings-pull-back-to-point-cook-for-a-draw/|title=Late drama sees Vikings pull back to Point Cook for a draw|date=18 August 2014}}{{Cite web|url=http://leader.newspaperdirect.com/epaper/viewer.aspx|title = Leader Community ePaper}} – Australia U23 squad at the 1996 Summer Olympics and represented Australia national football team from 1995–1997. Austrian Football Bundesliga club SK Sturm Graz from 1996–1998, Belgian Pro League club Lierse S.K. from 1998–2001 and Allsvenskan club IFK Norrköping in 2001.
Notable coaches
- {{flagicon| Wales}} Craig Filer (2015–2019) – Holds a UEFA B coaching license, former scout for Bristol Rovers and former academy co-ordinator at Newport County.
References
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{{Football Federation Victoria}}
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Category:Sport in the City of Wyndham
Category:Soccer clubs in Melbourne