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Balcatta Etna FC

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Balcatta Etna
Full nameBalcatta Etna Football Club
Nickname(s)Etna
Founded1977
GroundGrindleford Reserve
Capacity1,000
ChairmanPeter Carlino
ManagerGlen Grostate
LeagueNPL Western Australia
20249th of 12
Websitehttp://balcattafc.com.au
Current season

Balcatta Etna Football Club is an Australian semi-professional soccer club based in Balcatta, Perth, Western Australia. They compete in the National Premier Leagues Western Australia.

History

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In the first year, 1978, playing at the new home ground, Reader Reserve in Hector St, Mt Yokine. Etna acquired fifth position on the ladder. In the second year, 1979, Etna finished seventh position on the ladder.

In 2013 the club changed its name from Balcatta Soccer Club to Balcatta FC.

On 30th November 2021, the club re-branded and officially became Balcatta Etna FC.

Colours and Badge

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The major colours for Balcatta Etna are blue and red.

The Balcatta Etna badge contains three sections. The top section shows the club's Italian heritage through the Italian flag and the words 'Balcatta Etna FC' beneath it. On the bottom left, the two main colours blue and red are displayed in vertical stripes. Next to it is Mount Etna erupting a football, showing the cultural heritage of the club's founders.

Stadium

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Balcatta Etna play their home matches at Grindleford Reserve, which has grandstand seating for 240 supporters. In December 2022, works started to upgrade the lighting on the training pitches and to install match lights on the main pitch for the first time in the club's history.

Current First Team Men's Squad

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As of 3 December 2024[1]

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 Australia AUS Caelan Cooper
2 DF Australia AUS Trent Kay
3 DF Australia AUS Matthew Tomassone
4 DF Australia AUS Luke Alessandrino
5 DF Australia AUS Rostyn Griffiths
6 MF Australia AUS Declan Hargreaves
8 MF Japan JPN Shogo Osawa
9 FW United States USA Hasani Sinclair
10 MF Australia AUS Jonathon Corness
No. Pos. Nation Player
11 FW Australia AUS Chris Harold
12 FW Australia AUS Ben Hinshelwood
15 MF Australia AUS Adam Buckingham
17 MF England ENG Ben Ford
21 FW Liberia LBR Blamo QuaQua
22 MF Australia AUS Fanuel Dawit
23 DF Australia AUS James Fanelli
50 GK Australia AUS Stefan Sotirovski

First Team Men's Coaching Staff

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  • Head coach: Glen Grostate
  • Football Operations Manager: Nicholas Cooper
  • Goalkeeping coach: James Turvill
  • Assistant coach: Malcolm Tshuma
  • Assistant coach: Jeff Imrie
  • Assistant coach: David Frew
  • Team Manager: Nick Ford
  • Property & Kit Manager: Paul Calcei
  • Physiotherapist: Trent Raykos
  • Technical director: Fadi Ma'ayah

Honours

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Football West State League
Football West State League Division 1
  • Winners: 2009
  • Night Series Winners: 2008
  • Coach of the Year: Salv Todaro 2009
Football West State League Division 2
  • Winners:1981

Women's team

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The Balcatta Etna Women's team are one of the inaugural teams in the new National Premier Leagues WA Women competition (which commenced in 2020), and is a part of the National Premier Leagues Women's structure.[2] Previously they had been a part of the Women's Premier League competition (2018–2019), and were Champions in the 2018 season.[3] Prior to that, they were a part of the Women's State League Premier Division (since at least 2007).

References

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  1. ^ WA NPL Top 4 Cup 2024. Football West. 14 September 2024.
  2. ^ "Female football in WA moves into new era". Football West. 4 December 2019. Archived from the original on 7 December 2019. Retrieved 7 December 2019.
  3. ^ Edward Nixon (30 September 2018). "Keeper Dal Busco is Balcatta's spot-kick hero". Football West. Retrieved 21 December 2019.
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