Gwelup Croatia SC

Gwelup Croatia SC

Full name	Gwelup Croatia Soccer Club
Founded	1988; 37 years ago (1988)
Ground	Croatian Sporting Complex, Gwelup
President	Jurica Denona
Manager	Mitchell Prentice
League	State League 1
2024	7th of 12
Website	https://www.gwelupcroatiasc.com/
Home colours Away colours

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.[1]

History

Founded in 1988 by Croatian immigrants^[citation needed], 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.[2]

Current squad

As of 14 March 2020[3]

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  ENG George Jackson 2 DF  IRL Ciaran Salinger (captain) 3 DF  AUS Daniel Faichney 4 DF  AUS Lachlan Collins 5 DF  SSD Friday Zico 6 MF  AUS Kade Fearnall 7 DF  LBR George Ballah 8 FW  AFG Mohammad Rezai 9 FW  AUS Carl Dias 10 MF  AUS Sebastian Hooshnagian 11 FW  AUS Gomo Dukuly

No. Pos. Nation Player 12 MF  AUS Debaba Mtwale 14 FW  LBR Samuel Dweh 15 MF  AUS Jordan Pokler 16 MF  AUS Oscar Barry 17 DF  AUS Aidan Formston 18 DF  AUS Kaelan Majeks 19 FW  AUS Raphael Kanzi 22 MF  AUS René Kiesa 41 MF  AUS Jason Petrie 99 GK  ENG Cyril Sharrock

Current coaching staff

• Mitchell Prentice – First Team Coach

Honours

• 2019 Football West State League Division 1 Champions[4]
• 2018 Football West State Cup Finalist
• 2017 Football West State League Division 2 Champions
• 2016 Amateur League Premier Division Champions[5]
• 2015 Amateur League Premier Division Champions

See also

• List of Croatian football clubs in Australia
• Australian-Croatian Soccer Tournament
• Croatian Australian

External links

• Gwelup CSC Facebook page

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.^[permanent dead link‍]
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".^[dead link‍]
5. Chris Caldwell (19 September 2016). "Gwelup crowned Amateur League champions". Football West. Retrieved 12 June 2018.