Surfers Paradise Apollo SC

Surfers Paradise Apollo
Full name Surfers Paradise Apollo Soccer Club
Nickname(s) Surfers
Founded 1978
Ground Lex Bell Oval
Chairman Telly Karadimos
Manager David Benigno
League Gold Coast Premier League
2015 3rd
Website Club home page

Surfers Paradise Apollo Soccer Club is an Australian soccer club based in Gold Coast, Queensland. The club was founded in 1978. Their home ground is the Lex Bell Oval in the suburb of Surfers Paradise, Queensland. The club competes in the Gold Coast Premier League after winning promotion as champions of Coast League One in 2013.

Current squad

As of 3 August 2016[1]

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

No. Position Player
1 Australia GK Jack Littlejohn
2 England Lucas Lefevre
3 Australia FW Tyler Thurtell
4 Australia Wade Russell
5 Ivory Coast DF Jean-Phillipe Lasm
6 Japan Shota Nakagawa
7 Italy MF Davide Landoni
8 Turkey Togla Yorulmaz
9 Turkey FW Burcin Yorulmaz
10 South Africa FW Nikki Felizatto
11 Serbia MF Acim Tomic
12 England MF Jack Boxell
13 Serbia MF Bokro Tomic
14 Uruguay Bruno Rodriguez (Captain)
No. Position Player
15 Uruguay MF Brandon Gomez
16 Australia DF Simone Mangiante
17 Australia Dzenis Tartic
18 Australia Ryan Britten
19 Australia Indrek Valejev
20 Australia Allan Chang
21 Australia John Costello
22 Colombia GK Faider Royer-Mejia
23 Australia Daniel McCarthy
32 Cyprus Theo Gregory
33 Estonia GK Ken Mueuer
Australia FW Lyndon Dykes
Australia FW Jarrod Kyle

History

Greek-Australian Bert Voutos founded the Apollo Soccer Club in 1978 after failed attempts to convince the Gold Coast Greek Committee to buy/lease grounds and form a soccer club.[2] The team was initially based at Sir Bruce Small Park in Benowa and shared tenancy with the Surfers Paradise Demons Australian rules football club. The Apollo club relocated to the TAFE Ashmore campus before eventually settling on the Isle of Capri and established facilities at Lex Bell Oval. The club was then renamed the Surfers Paradise Apollo Soccer Club as their new facilities were based in the suburb of Surfers Paradise.

In 2016 Surfers Paradise qualified the FFA Cup for the first time.[3] They defeated Gold Coast Knights, Magic United, Gold Coast City, South West Queensland Thunder and Sunshine Coast FC to reach the final 32.

Recent Seasons

[4]

Season Division P W D L GF GA Pts Position
2009Gold Coast Premier League 2274115239257th
2010Gold Coast Premier League 2271143254229th
2011Gold Coast Premier League 22012111103112th (last) – relegated
2012Coast League One unknown
2013Coast League One 2116146024491st
2014Gold Coast Premier League 217594147266th
2015Gold Coast Premier League 219665339333rd
2016Gold Coast Premier League

Honours

References

  1. ↑ Wilson, Terry (2 August 2016). "Underdogs Surfers Paradise Apollo have an FFA Cup mission in the national capital". Gold Coast Bulletin.
  2. ↑ Club History
  3. ↑ http://www.theffacup.com.au/article/queensland-entrants-confirmed/1j3ozdccjq6ew1a269w8qwvv90
  4. ↑ http://www.socceraust.co.uk/QLD/Past%20Seasons/QLDSeasons.html
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