Brisbane City FC

Full name	Brisbane City Football Club
Nickname(s)	The Azzurri
Founded	1952
Ground	Spencer Park
Capacity	3,000
Chairman	Robert Rossi
Head Coach	Matt Smith
League	Queensland Premier League
2021	1st of 11, (Premiers)
Website	Club website
Home colours	Away colours

Brisbane City Football Club is an Australian semi-professional football club based in Newmarket, Brisbane, Queensland. Founded in 1952, the club competed in the National Soccer League until the 1986 season where they were relegated back to State League Competition. Brisbane City competed in the National Premier Leagues Queensland from 2013, until they were relegated to the lower tier Football Queensland Premier League with one match remaining in the 2020 season. Home matches are played at Spencer Park.

National Soccer League[]

In 1977 City became a foundation member of the National Soccer League. City's first match was a 0–1 defeat to Marconi at Perry Park on 3 April 1977 in front of a crowd of 5,214.^[1]

Despite struggling in the first two seasons, including finishing bottom, they won the NSL Cup in those two years. In 1977 City defeated Marconi 5–3 on penalties after a 1–1 draw, and the following year they overcame Adelaide City 2–1. Both matches were played in Brisbane. City's third NSL season saw a much improved 4th-place finish which saw them qualify for the Top Four round robin series where they reached the Grand Final, losing to Sydney City 2–1 on aggregate.

1980 saw a reversal in fortunes with only four league wins recorded, but 1981 saw a battle for the NSL title, eventually finishing third, 8 points behind Champions Sydney City, with striker Paul Wilkinson weighing in with 12 goals. In those days the NSL compelled clubs to change any ethnic titles in their name, and as such City were occasionally referred to as Brisbane Gladiators around this time.

The following two seasons were a struggle, bottom of the table in 1982 was followed by third bottom in 1983, with city rivals Brisbane Lions bottom. It was tough times for NSL football in the city. For the following three seasons the NSL was increased in size but divided into two Conferences, with City finding themselves in the Southern Division alongside the Melbourne and Adelaide clubs. Fortunes didn't improve however and in 1987 with a return to a single division NSL and a reduction in clubs, City were relegated along with Brisbane Lions to the Queensland State League where they remain today bringing to an end ten successive seasons at national level.

The last NSL match at Spencer Park took place on 8 September 1986, a 0–0 draw with Sunshine George Cross in front of only 838 fans^[2]

NSL Statistics by Season

Season	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	Pts	Table Position
1977	26	8	6	12	30	35	22	10th of 14
1978	26	7	3	16	29	49	17	14th of 14
1979	26	14	5	7	38	30	34	4th of 14
1980	26	4	10	12	29	36	18	12th of 14
1981	30	12	11	7	37	25	35	3rd of 16
1982	30	5	11	14	32	55	21	16th of 16
1983	30	8	9	13	33	50	33	14th of 16
1984	28	8	5	15	21	39	21	11th of 12 (Sth)
1985	22	6	5	11	25	42	17	11th of 12 (Sth)
1986	22	3	7	12	18	46	13	11th of 12 (Sth)

(Pld)=Games Played, (W)=Wins, (D)=Draws, (L)=Losses, (GF)=Goals For, (GA)=Goals Against, (Pts)=Points, (Sth)=Southern Conference

Players[]

First-team squad[]

As of 18 August 2020

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
1	GK	AUS	Bon Scott
2	DF	AUS	Nathan Beagley
3	DF	PHI	Joshua Grommen
4	DF	AUS	Matt Smith
5	DF	AUS	Matthew Jones
6	DF	AUS	Tyson Martin
7	FW	AUS	Daniel Fabrizio
8	MF	AUS	Kai Fiechtner
9	FW	AUS	Alex Simmons
10	MF	AUS	Sam Sibatuara


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
11	FW	AUS	Shannon Brady
12	DF	BRA	Aaron Midon
15	MF	AUS	Kye Bolton
17	FW	AUS	Emad Ali-Sheme
18	MF	AUS	Jack Daly
19	MF	AUS	Kieran Rocks
20	GK	AUS	Riley Stent
21	MF	AUS	Lachlan Sayers
22	MF	AUS	Jesse Rigby (Captain)