Balcatta Etna
Full nameBalcatta Etna Football Club
Nickname(s)Etna
Founded1977
GroundGrindleford Reserve
Capacity1,000
ChairmanPeter Carlino
ManagerGlen Grostate
LeagueNPL Western Australia
20237th of 12
WebsiteClub website

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

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

The major colours for Balcatta Etna are blue and red.

The Balcatta Etna badge contains three sections. The top section shows the clubs 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 clubs founders.

Stadium

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 clubs history.

Current First Team Mens Squad

As of 14 March 2020[1][2]

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 England ENG Caelan Cooper
2 MF England ENG Clark Keltie
3 MF Australia AUS Declan Hudson
4 DF Australia AUS Luke Alessandrino
5 DF Australia AUS Nelson Tshongo
6 DF Australia AUS Carmello Giuffre
7 MF Australia AUS Liam Hudson
8 MF Australia AUS Jack Leech
9 FW Scotland SCO Ben Hinshelwood
10 MF Australia AUS Jonathon Corness
11 MF Australia AUS Elliot Tattersall
12 DF Australia AUS Brandon Condo
No. Pos. Nation Player
13 MF Australia AUS Anthony Topini
14 MF Australia AUS Brent Griffiths
15 DF Australia AUS Coby Sutton
16 MF Australia AUS Ben Ford
17 FW England ENG Joshua Marshall
18 DF Australia AUS Adam Buckingham
19 DF England ENG Adam Tong (captain)
20 GK Australia AUS Dom Savoldelli
21 MF Scotland SCO Jack Frew
22 MF Australia AUS Ryan Pearson
23 DF Australia AUS Trent Kay

First Team Mens Coaching Staff

  • 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

Football West State League
  • Minor Premiers: 2011
  • Coach of the Year: Michael Roki 2011
  • Player of the Year Steve Burton 2011
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

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.[3] Previously they had been a part of the Women's Premier League competition (2018–2019), and were Champions in the 2018 season.[4] Prior to that, they were a part of the Women's State League Premier Division (since at least 2007).

References

  1. "2020 Season Preview". www.footballwa.net. Retrieved 3 May 2020.
  2. Peter Simcox (15 March 2020). "Adam's the apple of Bobby's eye". Football West. Retrieved 2 June 2020.
  3. "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.
  4. Edward Nixon (30 September 2018). "Keeper Dal Busco is Balcatta's spot-kick hero". Football West. Retrieved 21 December 2019.
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