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The Floridians Football Club (Floridians FC or FFC) is an American soccer team based in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, United States. The club currently competes in the fourth tier of the American soccer pyramid, a hierarchy football soccer structure model. The Floridians compete in the Premier Development League (PDL). in the Southeast Division of the Southern Conference. The football club plays its home games on the Main Event Field at Central Broward Regional Park in nearby Lauderhill, Florida. The club's colors are navy and yellow, with a yellow soccer ball ball logo badge.

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Floridians F.C.

Full name	Floridians Football Club
Nickname(s)	FFC
Founded	2009
Ground	Central Broward Regional Park Lauderhill, Florida
Capacity	20,000
Owner	Pascal Cohen & Franck Gotsman
President	Franck Gotsman
Head Coach	Fernando Valenzuela
League	Formerly PDL
2016	4th, Southeast Division Playoffs: DNQ
Website	Club website
Home colors Away colors

History

On Wednesday, May 20, 2009, Schulz Academy was announced as a USL Premier Development League expansion franchise,[1] joining the league in 2010. The team played its first competitive game on May 7, 2010, a 1–0 loss to the Bradenton Academics.[2]

At the time, USL's Executive Vice President and COO, Tim Holt was “thrilled to welcome such a successful youth program as the Schulz Academy to the PDL". Their proven track record in developing players, including US National Team star Jozy Altidore, speaks for itself. "The club is a model organization in the Super Y-League and we are confident they will be an asset to the Southeast Division of the PDL.

The PDL team was coached by founder Dr. Josef Schulz, recognized as one of the top youth coaches in the country. Notable players that have been developed within the club included Matt Luzunaris, Hasani Sinclair and CJ Phelps of the U18 US Men's National Team; Donovan Henry, Zach Herold, and Stefan Jerome of the US U17 Men's National Team; and US National Team and Toronto FC striker Jozy Altidore. Academy founder Josef Schulz died of cancer on July 22, 2013.[3][4] With the sad passing of its founder, Schulz Academy decided to resume the Soccer Academy but gave up the PDL franchise to the Floridians FC.

The Floridians F.C. want to bring talents to South Florida and establish strong partnerships with professional players and clubs around the world. They will be competing in the PDL league of the USL and have established their home base at the Central Broward Park Stadium. The stadium, located at the heart of the Tri County Area offers easy access from the whole Miami Metropolitan Area, has a capacity of 15,000 seats and has the capabilities to welcome the tournaments and the many events the club will be hosting.

Players

Current players

As of 2015^[update]

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  ARG Pablo Terminello 3 DF  COL Cristian Morales 5 MF  ARG Jose Vidal 6 DF  ENG Jason Sangha 7 MF  PUR Deniz Bozkurt 8 FW  FRA John Junior Nkomb Nkomb 9 FW  BRA Paolo Vaz 10 MF  FRA Rudy Haddad 11 FW  BRA Lucas Roque 12 MF  USA William Suedois 14 DF  COL Luis Caicedo 15 MF  JAM Olando Lawrence 17 MF  FRA Aliou Traore 19 FW  COL Daniel Marrugo 20 MF  IRL Mark Hanlon

No. Pos. Nation Player 21 FW  PUR Jose Abrams 22 MF  BRA Antonio Junior 23 GK  FRA Kololo M'Sendo 24 MF  ARG Matias Solari 25 MF  BRA Bruno Da Silva 26 FW  ENG Theo Stamtapoulos 27 MF  PER Jean Rodriguez 28 MF  HAI Marc Duqueney 29 FW  IRL Alan McCann 30 GK  ISR Daniel Har 31 DF  ARG Santiago Crosetti 32 DF  ARG Facundo Torres 33 MF  USA Miguel Benito 35 MF  PER Miguelangel Grande 00 GK  USA Tyler Brew

Notable former players

This list of notable former players comprises players who went on to play professional soccer after playing for the team in the Premier Development League, or those who previously played professionally before joining the team with Schulz Academy.

• Jozy Altidore^{[citation needed]}
• Matt Luzunaris
• Shawn Barry
• Darnell King
• Moussa Toure

Former players

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

No. Pos. Nation Player — GK  USA Terrance Dieterich — GK  USA David Sarabia — FW  USA Andrew Wright — FW  PER Andres Velasquez — MF  USA Juan Gonzalez — DF  PER Alex Trujillo — MF  USA Manuel Gonzalez — MF  PER Charlie Caceda — MF  USA William Suedois — FW  USA Andrew Mattek — MF  USA Donovan Henry — MF  PUR Jose Abrams — DF  USA Nigel Blair — DF  USA Stephen Millage — FW  USA Christian Jerome

No. Pos. Nation Player — DF  USA Thurstan Johnson — MF  USA Jeff Michaud — MF  CAN Sallim Dahman — DF  ALG Yanis Mana — MF  GER Stephan von Lattorff — MF  USA Brendan Abernethy — MF  ARG Nicolas Olsak — FW  USA Daniel Wartner — MF  USA Nishane Reid — MF  TUR Levent Güler — GK  USA John Ricketti — GK  ITA Gian Di Boscio — MF  USA Andrés Chevasco — MF  CRO Milorad Pasic

Year-by-year

Year	Division	League	Regular Season	Playoffs	Open Cup
2010	4	USL PDL	8th, Southeast	Did not qualify	Did not qualify
2011	4	USL PDL	6th, Southeast	Did not qualify	Did not qualify
2012	4	USL PDL	7th, Southeast	Did not qualify	Did not qualify
2013	4	USL PDL	8th, Southeast	Did not qualify	Did not qualify
2014	4	USL PDL	6th, Southeast	Did not qualify	Did not qualify
2015	4	USL PDL	4th, Southeast	Did not qualify	Did not qualify
2016	4	USL PDL	4th, Southeast	Did not qualify	Did not qualify

Head coaches

• Fernando Valenzuela (2014–Current)
• Claude Anelka (2013–2014)
• Josef Schulz (2010–2013)

Stadium

• Main Event Field at Central Broward Regional Park; Lauderhill, Florida (2010–present)
• Stadium at Florida Atlantic University; Boca Raton, Florida 1 game (2010)

References

External links

• Official Site

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