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Central Coast United FC, formerly known as Central Coast Lightning is an semi-professional soccer club, based and located on the Central Coast of New South Wales. As of the 2022 season, both the club's senior teams and youth teams compete in the NSW League Two competitions.

This article needs to be updated. (October 2020)

Central Coast United FC

Full name	Central Coast United Football Club
Nickname(s)	CCU, The Pirates
Founded	2017
Ground	Pluim Park, Lisarow
Capacity	2,200
Technical Directors	Stuart Davis Matt Crowell
Coach	Wayne O'Sullivan
League	NSW League Two
2022	2nd of 12 (Promoted NSW League One)

Senior team history

In 2017, the club applied and was granted a licence to compete under its Central Coast United branding from the start of the 2018 season.

In both the 2018 and 2019 season, Club Captain Daniel McFarlane won NSW State League Player of the Year.

In the club's first season they narrowly lost out on promotion by a single point, an incredible achievement in their first season. The club emphatically bounced back to secure the Grand Final Championship with a victory over Bankstown United. The 2019 season saw Central Coast United again be successful as in July 2019, the club secured promotion to National Premier Leagues NSW 3 with a 3-1 victory over Prospect United in their 2nd ever season. Another marvellous achievement was set as the 2019 season for Central Coast United as it was declared the most successful Central Coast side in history due to the Under 15s, 16s, 18s, 20s and the 1st Team all outright winners of the league.

The 2022 season saw even more success for the club as it gained promotion to the NSW League One competition after a 1–1 draw with Canterbury Bankstown on 16 July 2022.

Club Honours

• NSW League Two Premiership

  • Runners-up: 2022

  NSW State League/NSW League Three Club Championship

  • Winners: 2019

  NSW State League/NSW League Three Premiership

  • Winners: 2019
  • Runners-up: 2018

  NSW State League/NSW League Three Championship

  • Winners: 2018
  • Runners-up: 2019

Club colours

The club colours are red and black with white. The club's new colours and inaugural home kit was revealed in February 2021, the club will play in white with horizontal gold stripes. The away kit has been confirmed as a black kit with a gold trim. The logo which is inspired by the skull and crossbones was designed by designer Matthew Wolff who has designed LAFC and NYCFC logo's as well as the high-selling Nigeria 2018 World Cup kit. There are 23 stripes on the Central Coast United logo which represent the 23 local clubs playing football on the Central Coast.

Seasons

League

Season	League										Aus. Cup	Waratah Cup	Top goalscorer(s)
	Division	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	Pts	Pos	Finals			Player(s)	Goals
2018	NSW State League (5)	22	18	3	1	85	17	57	2nd	W	PR6	R5	Daniel McFarlane	20
2019	NSW State League (5)	20	15	0	5	62	25	45	1st	RU	PR3	R2	?	?
2020	NPL3 (4)	11	2	4	5	23	18	10	9th	—	— [lower-alpha 1]	—	Alexander Arbelo	5
2021[lower-alpha 2]	NPL3 (4)	16	6	5	5	30	26	23	6th	—	PR4	R3	Joshua Swadling	9
2022	League Two (4)	22	13	4	5	49	34	43	2nd	SF	PR4	R3	Daniel McFarlane	15

Cup

Season	Cup	Round	Home Team (Tier)	Score	Away Team (Tier)	Notes
2018	FFA Cup Qualifiers	Preliminary R2	Central Coast United (5)	–	Bye
		Preliminary R3	Central Coast United (5)	2–0	Wyoming FC (-)
		Preliminary R4	Sydney University (4)	0–4	Central Coast United (5)
		Preliminary R5	Hurstville City Minotaurs (5)	1–2	Central Coast United (5)
		Preliminary R6	Hills Brumbies (3)	3–1	Central Coast United (5)
2019	FFA Cup Qualifiers	Preliminary R3	Hazelbrook FC (6)	2–1	Central Coast United (5)
2020	FFA Cup Qualifiers	Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Australia.[3]
2021	FFA Cup Qualifiers	Preliminary R3	Scots FC (6)	2–6	Central Coast United (4)
		Preliminary R4	Central Coast United (4)	0–3	Marconi Stallions (2)
2022	Australia Cup Qualifiers	Preliminary R3	Waratahs FC (-)	2–2†	Central Coast United (4)	Central Coast United advance 3–1 on penalties
		Preliminary R4	Wollongong United (6)	3–0	Central Coast United (4)

Current squad

As of 13 August 2022

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 Jack O'Mally 21 GK  AUS Josh Ferragamo 51 GK  AUS Stefan Giglio 2 DF  AUS Luke Corcoran 12 DF  AUS Geordie Howe 10 DF  AUS Jack Ragen 6 DF  AUS Cayleb Murray 20 DF  AUS Matthew Smale 5 DF  AUS Noah Pagden 43 DF  AUS Michael Singh — DF  AUS Graham Toope

No. Pos. Nation Player 14 MF  AUS Kyle Johnson 4 MF  JPN Yuki Morikawa 8 MF  SCO Scott McGinley 99 MF  AUS Tom Lyons 16 MF  AUS Matt Crowell 50 MF  AUS Joshua Cairelli 7 MF  SCO Daniel McFarlane 11 FW  AUS Cade Mapu 23 FW  AUS Josh Swadling 9 FW  AUS Duncan Stewart

Notable former players

Previously as the main feeder club for the Central Coast Mariners, several players have already gone in the A-League and most recently the 2009 AFC Champions League, which the Mariners qualified for. Notable former players include

• Matt Simon
• Damien Brown
• Bradley Porter
• Matthew Trott
• Mitchell Prentice
• Dean Heffernan
• Matt Crowell

Notes

References

External links

• CC Football

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