Stirling Macedonia FC

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Stirling Macedonia
Stirling Macedonia Football Club
Full nameStirling Macedonia Football Club
Nickname(s)Macedonians
Founded1971
GroundMacedonia Park
Capacity5,000
ChairmanLuke Pavlos
ManagerIan Ferguson
LeagueState League 1
2021Premiers (Promoted)
WebsiteClub website

Stirling Macedonia Football Club (formerly West Perth Macedonia, Stirling Lions) is an Australian soccer club based in Perth, Australia, who will be competing in 2022 in the National Premier Leagues Western Australia.

History[]

Macedonia Park

Stirling Macedonia Soccer Club evolved with the history of the Macedonian Australian community of Western Australia. The Club has been through a number of name changes and directions in its forty-year history. They were known as West Perth Macedonia in the 1970s and early 1980s, winning the League Title in its third year of State League.

In 1986, the Club changed its name to Stirling Macedonia with a move to Macedonia Park. That year, the Club represented the Soccer Federation of Western Australia against Adelaide City in the NANDA Cup in front of a crowd of approximately 5,000 people. During the 1980s and 1990s they were one of the most powerful soccer clubs in Western Australia, winning six league premierships.

In 1999, they changed the name to the Stirling Lions Soccer Club.

In October 2014, Cane Spaseski (Also known as Sani) was appointed club president. With Sani at the helm, the club quickly grew to become a club of choice. Under the tutelage of Technical Director Richard Changadzo with an elite group of coaching staff, in 2016 the club’s junior NPL teams flourished and finished top 5 overall in 2016/17. Richard departed from the club after 2018 as did Sani step down.

In 2019, the National Club Identity Policy that had forced the club to change its name to Stirling Lions was revoked, and the club announced a return to the original name of Stirling Macedonia for the 2021 season. In their first season since the return to the name of Stirling Macedonia, the club won the State League 1 and achieved promotion back into the NPL after their relegation in the 2019 season.

Honours[]

  • State League/NPL Premiers – 1983; 1984; 1985; 1987; 1994; 1995; 2013
  • State League Div 1 Premiers – 1979; 2002; 2021
  • Top Four/Five Cup Winners – 1983; 1986; 1994; 1995; 1996
  • State Cup Winners – 1980; 1992; 1996; 2006; 2007; 2010
  • Night Series Winners – 1986; 1988; 1991; 1994; 1995; 1996

Current squad[]

As of March 2020[1][2]

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
— Australia AUS Adrian Koios
— Australia AUS Aleksandar Krusaroski
— Australia AUS Alen Macura
— Australia AUS Alexander Tanevski
— Australia AUS Boas Mtwale
— Australia AUS Calvin Whitney
— Australia AUS Daniel Koios
— Australia AUS Daniel Marques
— Australia AUS Daniel Stefoski
— Australia AUS Darren O'Riordan
— Australia AUS Dejan Spaseski
— Australia AUS Dhuors Chol
— Australia AUS Gavin Knight
— Australia AUS Henri Mulwila
No. Pos. Nation Player
— Australia AUS Hermon Habtegergish
— Australia AUS Jack Murray
— Australia AUS Kealey Farrant
— Australia AUS Lawrence Shuruma
— Australia AUS Lukas De Lima
— Australia AUS Luke Randazzo
— Australia AUS Luke Stonebridge
— Australia AUS Matej Centrih
— Australia AUS Nicolas Challo
— Australia AUS Ryan Hogan
— Australia AUS Ryan Malton
— Australia AUS Samuel Carrello
— Australia AUS Steven Mcdonald
— Australia AUS Zane Casella

Notable past players[]

List includes players from Stirling Macedonia youth or senior teams that have gone on to represent the Australian national team, or have amassed over 100 games with Perth Glory FC.

References[]

  1. ^ "2020 Season Preview". www.footballwa.net. Retrieved 3 May 2020.
  2. ^ National Premier Leagues: Round 20 Match Program 2019. Football West. 17 August 2019.

External links[]

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