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Armadale Soccer Club is an Australian semi-professional soccer club based in Forrestdale, Western Australia. Armadale currently competes in the National Premier Leagues Western Australia, with matches played at Alfred Skeet Oval. The club provides grass roots to professional training, in a fun, social environment for males & females of all age groups. ASC prides itself on providing and enjoyable and supportive football environment for players of all ages and skill levels. Our club squads range from juniors (5–15 years old) all the way up to seniors including Social, Veterans, Ladies and NPL. Juniors are located at Morgan Park, Armadale and Seniors are located at Alfred Skeet Reserve, Forrestdale.

Armadale SC

Full name	Armadale Soccer Club
Nickname(s)	Reds, Red Army
Founded	1972
Ground	Alfred Skeet Oval, Forrestdale[1]
Capacity	500
President	Ken Madeley
Manager	John O'Reilly
League	NPL Western Australia
2022	7th of 12
Home colours Away colours
Current season

History

Armadale Soccer Club Inc. began in 1972, and was known at the time as "Westfield Park Sports and Progression Association", however just a year later the club changed to "Westfield Park Soccer Club". In 1974, the club had nine junior teams along with its senior teams, all playing on a Sunday at Gwyne Park Reserve in Armadale. That season was the first year the club joined the Amateur Soccer Association, and proved a great success, with the first team winning the Amateur Second Division (known at the time as ASA Division Three). More success was to follow, with the club winning the Amateur First Division the following season, and gaining promotion to the Amateur Premier Division for 1976. In 1980 the club changed its name to "Armadale Park Soccer Club" and also moved to Morgan Park. With the move the membership grew considerably and both juniors and seniors continued to be successful with Armadale to be the heavyweights of amateur football at the time. In 1985, the club joined the semi-professional competition and in its very first season playing Saturday football, Armadale won the Third Division (then known as Division Four) under coach Steve Nash.

This was also the year that Alfred Skeet Reserve in Forrestdale became the club's new home. From 1986 to 1991, Armadale Park played in what today would be known as the Second Division, with its best season being 1991 when they finished third. 1992 was the year of the great "soccer split", with two associations controlling Saturday football. Armadale elected to join the Professional Soccer League, and were placed into the higher league of the First Division. After finishing third, it was a struggle for the club, and were relegated back to the Second Division for the 1995 season. Two years later, the club were back in Division One due to Soccer West Coast restructuring the leagues to a two division competition. This was also the year that Armadale Park merged with Armadale City, the new name of the merged club would become "Armadale Soccer Club".[2][3]

Armadale struggled in the higher league, finishing no higher than 10th for the first five seasons. This all changed in 2002 under the leadership of new coach Billy Russell, when Armadale finished second, and then third in 2003. 2004 would be one of the best seasons in Armadale's history, winning Division One and gaining promotion to the Premier League for the first time in their history. It's has been a credit to Armadale that they have remained there to this day, with the best season in the top flight being seventh place in 2010 under coach Brad Hassell. In 2018 Armadale lifted their first major trophy in their history under coach John O’Reilly, the State Cup, after beating Gwelup Croatia 2–0. It meant Armadale qualified to play in the national FFA Cup, where they lost 4–0 away to Carins FC.

2022 they celebrate their 50th anniversary, and go into their 18th season in the top flight of WA football. In this anniversary year, once again, Armadale SC progressed to the final of the WA State League cup, for the second time in their history. But missed out on more silverware with a narrow 3-2 loss to local rivals Cockburn City. Also advancing to the round of 32 in the FFA cup, Armadale lost 2-5 to Modbury Jets, from Adelaide. But the club achieved another first by hosting the Australia Cup game at the home ground, Alfred Skeet, in front of 700 strong crowd and also streaming Nationally on Channel 10.

The club have the most passionate supporters in the league, and the ‘Army’ are in full voice during home games, and on the road, Cheering on the REDS!!

Current squad

As of 24 July 2022[4][5]

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  TUN Yousri Gharsallah 2  AUS Connor Thurston 3 DF  AUS Issac Koomson 4 DF  AUS Nathan Costello 6 MF  AUS Joel Sanderson 7 FW  FRA Paul de la Chaneliere 8  AUS Charlie Kenna 9 FW  ESP Angel Andres Rivera 10 FW  AUS Gordon Perkins 11 MF  AUS Adriano Jelenovic

No. Pos. Nation Player 12 MF  AUS Abdul Osman 14 MF  AUS Cherno Bah 15 DF  AUS Luqman Sayyed 16 DF  AUS Eddie Garrido 17 MF  AUS Pieter Jacobsz 18 MF  AUS Kevin Ashwood (Captain) 20 MF  AUS Shaydon Passalacqua —  AUS Tarek Atta — GK  AUS Alex Fisher —   Eli Holdsworth

Current coaching staff

• John O'Reilly – Head Coach[6]
• Paul Oliver - Assistant Coach
• Sam Hutchings – GK Coach / Assistant Coach
• Mark Hofstein – Team Manager
• Mila Hofstein - Assistant Team Manager
• Chad Mclean – Head Physiotherapist

Seasons

Season		League												Statewide Cup	FFA Cup
		Name (national level)	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Position	Western Australia Finals	NPL Finals
2014		NPL WA (2)	22	1	4	17	16	64	−48	7	12th	DNQ	DNQ	Second Round	DNQ
2015		NPL WA (2)	22	4	3	15	29	54	−25	18	12th	Did Not Apply	DNQ	Fifth Round	DNQ
2016		NPL WA (2)	22	6	1	15	26	41	−15	19	11th	DNQ	DNQ	Quarter Finals	DNQ

Honors

• 2022 WA State Cup Runners up
• 2018 WA State Cup Winners[7]
• 2004 First Division Winners[3]
• 2002 First Division Runners up [3]
• 1985 Third Division Winners[3]

Notable past players

List includes players from Armadale youth or senior teams that have gone on to represent the Australian national team.

• Trent Sainsbury (2006)[8]

References

External links

• Armadale Soccer Club Official Website

На других языках

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[de] Armadale SC

Der Armadale Soccer Club (kurz Armadale SC) ist ein australischer Fußballverein aus Armadale. Der Klub spielt seit 2005 in der höchsten Spielklasse des Bundesstaates Western Australia.

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- [en] Armadale SC

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