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FC London

FCLondonlogo2016.png
Founded
2008; 10 years ago (2008)
Stadium
German-Canadian Club Field
Capacity
1,000
Owner
Ian Campbell
Head Coach
Michael Marcoccia
League
League1 Ontario
Website
Club website

















Home colours














Away colours


FC London is a Canadian semi-professional soccer club based in London, Ontario. The club was founded in 2008 and plays in League1 Ontario.


The team plays home games at German-Canadian Club of London Field, which seats 1,000 spectators. Forest City London Soccer Club as they were known was a member of the Premier Development League from 2009–2015, they won the 2012 PDL title, their first championship during this time. They re-branded to FC London following their move to League 1 Ontario in 2016.




Contents





  • 1 History


  • 2 Players

    • 2.1 Current squad


    • 2.2 Professional players



  • 3 Seasons


  • 4 Honours


  • 5 Head coaches


  • 6 Stadium history


  • 7 Average attendance


  • 8 References


  • 9 External links




History[edit]




The original Forest City London crest, used from 2008-2015


Forest City London joined the Premier Development League in 2009,[1] and played their first ever game on May 29, 2009, against Cleveland Internationals.[2] London won the game 2–1, with the first goal in franchise history being scored by Kevin Zimmermann.[3]


London's debut season was a generally positive one; they remained unbeaten over the course of their first ten games, and enjoyed seven wins, including a 3–1 victory on the road against the Cincinnati Kings, a 5–0 thrashing of Kalamazoo Outrage that featured a brace from midfielder Thomas Beattie, a 3–1 win on the road against traditional powerhouse Michigan Bucks in which Zimmermann added another two goals to his tally, and a comprehensive 4–1 victory in the return fixture against Cleveland at the end of June. London's first loss – their first defeat in franchise history – was a 3–1 drop to the Indiana Invaders at the beginning of July, and it initiated a complete reversal of fortune for the team, who did not win another game all season, and dropped down the divisional standings.


The team finished third in the Great Lakes Division, seven points behind divisional champions Kalamazoo, and faced off against Chicago Fire Premier in the first round of the playoffs; unfortunately for London their stay in the playoffs was brief, as they lost 1–0 to the Illinoisans on a goal by Andre Akpan. Kevin Zimmermann and Alan McGreal were London's top scorers in their debut season, with nine and seven goals respectively, while Anthony Di Biase contributed four assists.


The club moved to League 1 Ontario in 2016, they were renamed FC London following the move.[4]



Players[edit]



Current squad[edit]


As of August 18, 2018[5]

Where a player has not declared an international allegiance, nation is determined by place of birth.






































































































No.
Position
Player
Nation
—

Defender

Stephen Al-Sayed

 Scotland
—

Midfielder

Jeremy Arnold

 Canada
—

Midfielder

Michael Bitel

 Canada
—

Forward

Bai-Essa Coker

 Gambia
—

Defender

Tom Coxon

 England
—

Goalkeeper

Connor Dalton

 Canada
—

Defender

Sean Fawsitt

 Canada
—

Forward

Chad Gopaul

 Canada
—

Forward

Ethan Gopaul

 Canada
—

Midfielder

Belal Halbouni

 Canada
—

Midfielder

Jonathan Hodge

 Canada
—

Goalkeeper

Bishop Kaiser

 Canada
—

Defender

Marko Maletic

 Canada
—

Defender

Max Marsh

 Canada
—

Midfielder

Patrick Melo

 Canada
—

Midfielder

Mohammed Reza Nafar

 Iran
—

Midfielder

James Pucci

 Italy
—

Midfielder

Randy Ribeiro

 Canada
—

Defender

Aaron Schneebeli

 Canada
—

Midfielder

Parker Seymour

 Canada
—

Midfielder

Mike Sneddon

 Canada
—

Goalkeeper

Anthony Sokalski

 Canada
—

Forward

Ben Vyfschaft

 Canada
—

Midfielder

Connor Wilson

 Canada


Professional players[edit]


The following players have either moved on to the professional ranks after their time with FC London, or played professionally before joining the club. Players with names in bold have senior international caps.



  • England Thomas Beattie


  • Guyana Brandon Beresford


  • Canada Carl Haworth


  • Canada Tyler Hemming


  • England Danny Deakin


  • Canada Kevin De Serpa


  • Canada Anthony Di Biase


  • Canada Elvir Gigolaj


  • United States Josh Hughes


  • Canada Mark Serjeant


Seasons[edit]
























































Season
Division
League
Regular Season
Playoffs
League Cup

2009
4

USL PDL
3rd, Great Lakes
Divisional Semifinals
—

2010
4

USL PDL
2nd, Great Lakes
Conference Semifinals

2011
4

USL PDL
3rd, Great Lakes
Conference Quarterfinals

2012
4

USL PDL
2nd, Great Lakes
Champions

2013
4

USL PDL
1st, Great Lakes
Conference Final

2014
4

USL PDL
4th, Great Lakes

Did not qualify

2015
4

USL PDL
3rd, Great Lakes
Divisional Playoff

2016
3

League1 Ontario
1st, Western Conference
Runners-up
Round of 16

2017
3

League1 Ontario
4th, Western Conference

Did not qualify
Quarter-finals


Honours[edit]


  • USL PDL Great Lakes Division Champions 2013

  • USL PDL Champions 2012

  • USL PDL Central Conference Champions 2012


Head coaches[edit]


  • Martin Painter (2009–2016)

  • Mario Despotović (2016–present)


Stadium history[edit]



  • TD Waterhouse Stadium; London, Ontario (2009–2010)

  • London Portuguese Club Field; London, Ontario two games (2009–2010)

  • London Marconi Soccer Club Field; London, Ontario four games (2009–2011)


  • German-Canadian Club of London Field; London, Ontario (2009–present)


Average attendance[edit]


Attendance[6]


  • 2009: 1632

  • 2010: 1246

  • 2011: 841

  • 2012: 507

  • 2013: 1146

  • 2014: 777

  • 2015: 944


References[edit]




  1. ^ Press announcement Archived February 29, 2012, at the Wayback Machine.


  2. ^ "FC London kicks off with high hopes". Thelondoner.ca. Retrieved January 20, 2012..mw-parser-output cite.citationfont-style:inherit.mw-parser-output qquotes:"""""""'""'".mw-parser-output code.cs1-codecolor:inherit;background:inherit;border:inherit;padding:inherit.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-free abackground:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Lock-green.svg/9px-Lock-green.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-registration abackground:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-gray-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-subscription abackground:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-red-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registrationcolor:#555.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription span,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration spanborder-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-errordisplay:none;font-size:100%.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-errorfont-size:100%.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration,.mw-parser-output .cs1-formatfont-size:95%.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-leftpadding-left:0.2em.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-rightpadding-right:0.2em


  3. ^ "United Soccer Leagues (USL)". Uslsoccer.com. May 29, 2009. Archived from the original on June 10, 2011. Retrieved January 20, 2012.


  4. ^ "Everything new at FC London". London Free Press. Retrieved October 9, 2017.


  5. ^ "FC London Roster 2017". League1 Ontario. Retrieved August 18, 2018.


  6. ^ https://web.archive.org/web/20100105175057/http://www.uslsoccer.com/history/index_E.html. Archived from the original on January 5, 2010. Retrieved December 14, 2009. Missing or empty |title= (help)




External links[edit]


  • Official website

  • Official PDL site












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