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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 name	FCB
Founded	2017; 5 years ago (2017)
Stadium	Coyer Field, Buffalo State College
Capacity	2,000
Owners	Santiago Almada
Head Coach	Ryan Neceski
League	UPSL (men) United Women's Soccer (women)
2022	UPSL Fall: 5th, Midwest East Division (men) UWS: 4th, PNY Division (women)
Website	Club website
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History

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]}

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
Argentina	General Manager	Gabriel Almada
Argentina	UWS/UPSL Head Coach	Santiago Almada
Canada	UWS/UPSL Assistant Coach	Jamie Ward
Canada	UWS Assistant Coach	Tiana Bucknor
Canada	Head Strength Coach	Sabrina Delic
Canada	Head Athletic Trainer	Aidan Nolan
Canada	Creative Director	Samuel Menendez
Argentina	Visual Media Director	Juan 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

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