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Darby FC is a Canadian semi-professional soccer club based in Whitby, Ontario and Clarington, Ontario. The club was founded in 2015 to compete in League1 Ontario. The club was formed as a partnership between two local area youth clubs - Whitby SC and Darlington SC. It fields teams in both the men's and women's divisions of League1 Ontario.

Darby FC

Full name	Darby FC
Founded	2015
Stadium	Whitby Soccer Centre
Head Coach	Jens Kraemer (men) Graeme Burns (women)
League	League1 Ontario
2022	League1 Ontario, 13th (men) League1 Ontario, 10th (women)
Website	Club website
Current season

Founders

The club was founded in 2015 as a joint partnership between Durham Region clubs Darlington Soccer Club and Whitby Soccer Club with the name Darby coming from name blending the two names.[1][2]

Darlington SC

Darlington Soccer Club is a youth soccer club from the municipality of Clarington. Its roots date back to the foundation of the Darlington Soccer League founded in 1880; which is argued to be the oldest in Canada.[3][4]

Whitby FC

Whitby FC is a youth soccer club in Whitby, Ontario. It was founded in 1966 as the Whitby Iroquois SC. In 2016, the club rebranded as Whitby FC with a new logo.[5]

History

The club's first team entered the women's division of League1 Ontario in 2016.[6] Their inaugural game resulted in a 1–1 draw with North Mississauga SC.[7] They finished their debut season in eighth place, out of nine clubs.[8]

In 2018, Darby added their men's team to the men's league,[9] which is one division below the top-tier Canadian Premier League.[10] Many of the players on their inaugural roster came from the prior year's Durham United FA roster, as Durham did not enter a team for the 2018 season.[11] Their debut match on April 28, 2018 was against the Woodbridge Strikers and resulted in a 1–1 draw.[12][13]

Seasons

Men

Season	League	Teams	Record	Rank	Playoffs	League Cup	Ref
2018	League1 Ontario	17	6–3–7	9th	Group Stage	Round of 16	[14]
2019		16	7–2–6	9th	Did not qualify	–	[14]
2020		Season cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic[15]
2021		15	3–3–6	6th, East (12th overall)	Did not qualify	–	[14]
2022		22	7–4–10	13th	Did not qualify	–

Women

Season	League	Teams	Record	Rank	Playoffs	League Cup	Ref
2016	League1 Ontario	9	2–3–11	8th	–	Preliminary Round	[16]
2017		11	2–2–16	11th	–	Round of 16	[16]
2018		13	1–1–10	12th	Did not qualify	Round of 16	[16]
2019		14	6–1–6	8th	Quarter-finals	–	[16]
2020	Season cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic[15]
2021	League1 Ontario Summer Championship	7	1–1–4	7th	–	–	[16]
2022	League1 Ontario	20	9–0–9	10th	Did not qualify	–

Notable former players

The following players have either played at the professional or international level, either before or after playing for the League1 Ontario team:

Men

Women

References

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