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FC Berlin is a Canadian and American soccer club based in Kitchener, Ontario in Canada and Buffalo, New York in the United States. The senior men's team competes in United Premier Soccer League and the senior women's team competes in United Women's Soccer.

FC Berlin
Short nameFCB
Founded2017; 5 years ago (2017)
StadiumCoyer Field, Buffalo State College
Capacity2,000
OwnersSantiago Almada
Head CoachRyan Neceski
LeagueUPSL (men)
United Women's Soccer (women)
2022UPSL Fall: 5th, Midwest East Division (men)
UWS: 4th, PNY Division (women)
WebsiteClub website
Home colors
Away colors

History


Berlin Football Academy logo
Berlin Football Academy logo

The Berlin Football Academy was founded in 2017 in Kitchener, Ontario, Canada as a youth development soccer academy aimed at preparing players for university and professional soccer opportunities.[1][2] In the first years, the objective was to provide athletes aged 15–19 with a direct pathway to scholarship opportunities in Canada and the United States.[1] The club's name FC Berlin (Football Club Berlin) pays tribute to the old name of the club's hometown, Kitchener, Ontario (and by extension to its large German community), which was previously known as Berlin, and changed its name after the First World War, following a 1916 referendum.[3] FC Berlin aims to be a fully fan-owned club by 2024, with players receiving the ability to become part-owners of the same club they play for.[citation needed]

FC Berlin lines up against Detroit Union in their first-ever UPSL match on September 4, 2021.
FC Berlin lines up against Detroit Union in their first-ever UPSL match on September 4, 2021.

After joining the Ontario Soccer Association in 2018, the club successfully achieved its first U21 Regional Championship in the Ontario Soccer League, going 12-1-1 with a first-year program.[citation needed] From there, the club significantly invested in its professional development by launching FC Berlin in July 2020, to provide professional development opportunities for Canadian and American players, announcing the team would enter in the American-based United Premier Soccer League in 2021 and would operate out of Buffalo, New York.[4][5] While the team operates out of the United States to play in the UPSL, they were able to play their first UPSL game in Canada on September 29, 2022, when they took on Chantilly Forever FC, another Canadian club that would operate out of the United States in the league.[6]

In January 2021, they announced their intention to join the Women's Premier Soccer League, where like the men's team they would operate out of Buffalo, while fielding a roster of all-Canadian players.[7][8] However, they ultimately joined United Women's Soccer for the 2022 season.[9]


Current squad



Men


As of 24 October 2022 [10]

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  UKR Svyatik Artemenko
2 DF  CAN Carlo DiFeo
3 DF  CAN Dylan Rennie
4 DF  BIH Matthew Monteiro
5 MF  USA Kevin Tapchom
6 MF  CAN Lucas Doros
7 FW  SRB Marko Acimovic
8 DF  CAN Evan Dick
9 FW  CAN Ryley Wishart
10 ST  CAN Tomasz Skublak
11 FW  CAN Wesley Cain
12 MF  CAN Samuel Valentine
13 MF  CAN Atchu Sivananthan
14 MF  CAN Milos Grahovac
15 FW  CAN Jordale Byers
16 MF  CAN Nicolás Galvis
No. Pos. Nation Player
17 MF  CAN Nickolas Linares
18 MF  CAN Matheus De Almeida
19 DF  CAN Jalen Noronha
20 DF  CAN Jordale Byers
21 MF  CAN Julian DeSousa
22 MF  EGY Philopater Milio
23 MF  CAN Julian Desousa
24 MF  CAN Mohamed Alshakman
25 FW  CAN Milan Beader
28 DF  CAN Amardo Oakley
FW  JAM Trev Lewis
DF  CAN Ahmad Monsour
MF  CAN Jack Sears
FW  CAN Jace Kotsopoulos

Women


As of 22 June 2022[10]

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
0 GK  CAN Claire Wyville
1 GK  CAN Heather Travis
2 MF  USA Grace Stranahan
3 DF  CAN Kathryn Hoeger
4 FW  CAN Kaylee Bruce
5 DF  CAN Allison Beaumont
6 MF  CAN Samantha Murphy
7 DF  USA AJ Haase
8 FW  CAN Haley Macarthur
9 MF  CAN Chloe Schmidhuber
10 MF  CAN Andrea Garcia
11 MF  CAN Sabrina Delic
No. Pos. Nation Player
12 FW  CAN Simone Timm
14 DF  CAN Lauren Cuisia
15 MF  CAN Alessia Iannizzi
16 FW  CAN Gillian Rovers
17 DF  CAN Laura Goli
18 DF  CAN Jailyn Ward
19 DF  CAN Paulina Leventis
20 FW  CAN Tegan Morrison
23 FW  USA Jamie Boyar
26 DF  CAN Dylan Varty-Wright
34 DF  CAN Jada Ward
40 DF  CAN Celina Barnard

Staff



Current Staff Roster


As of 31 July 2022 [10]

Nationality Position Name
 ArgentinaGeneral ManagerGabriel Almada
 ArgentinaUWS/UPSL Head CoachSantiago Almada
 CanadaUWS/UPSL Assistant CoachJamie Ward
 CanadaUWS Assistant CoachTiana Bucknor
 CanadaHead Strength CoachSabrina Delic
 CanadaHead Athletic TrainerAidan Nolan
 CanadaCreative DirectorSamuel Menendez
 ArgentinaVisual Media DirectorJuan Almada

Seasons



Men


Season League Division Teams Record Rank Playoffs Ref
2021 Fall United Premier Soccer League Midwest East Division 8 4–2–4 5th did not qualify [11]
2022 Spring Western NY Division 10 6–1–3 3rd Conference Semi-finals
2022 Fall Midwest East Division 9 4–2–2 5th did not qualify

Women


Season League Division Teams Record Rank Playoffs Ref
2022 United Women's Soccer Penn-NY Division 5 0–3–7 4th did not qualify [12]
2022 Spring United Premier Soccer League Western NY Division 4 2–0–4 3rd did not qualify [13]

References


  1. "FC Berlin, Ontario, Canada (UPSL / WPSL)". Protagonist Soccer. March 8, 2021.
  2. "An Interview with Berlin Football Academy". Footy Narrative. August 19, 2018.
  3. English, John; McLaughlin, Kenneth (1983). Kitchener: An Illustrated History. Waterloo: Wilfrid Laurier University Press. ISBN 0-88920-137-4.
  4. "UPSL Announces Northeast Expansion with FC Berlin". United Premier Soccer League. July 20, 2020. Archived from the original on December 8, 2020.
  5. Almada, Gabriel (August 3, 2020). "Introducting FC Berlin". FC Berlin.
  6. Almada, Gabriel (September 29, 2022). "FC Berlin vs Chantilly Forever SC - The first Canadian Derby - Tonight!". FC Berlin.
  7. Almada, Santiago (January 27, 2021). "FC Berlin joins the Women's Premier Soccer League (WPSL)". FC Berlin.
  8. Bryson, Mark (February 5, 2021). "Kitchener-based FC Berlin shuffles into Buffalo". Waterloo Region Record.
  9. "UWS welcomes FC Berlin". United Women's Soccer. May 6, 2022.
  10. "FC Berlin Official Site". FC Berlin.
  11. "UPSL Standings". United Premier Soccer League.
  12. "2022 UWS Standings". United Women's Soccer. Archived from the original on July 21, 2022.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  13. "UPSL Women's Standings". United Premier Soccer League.



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