Stirling Lions
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The Stirling Lions Soccer Club (formerly West Perth Macedonia, Stirling Macedonia) is an Australian football (soccer)
club from Perth
, Australia
currently playing in the Football West Premier League
which is one grade lower than the Australian A-League
.
community of Western Australia
. The Club has been through a number of name changes and directions in its forty year history. Known as West Perth Macedonia in the 1970s and early 1980s, winning the League Title in its third year of State League.
In 1986, the Club changed its name to Stirling Macedonia with a move to Macedonia park. That year, the Club represented the Soccer Federation of Western Australia against Adelaide City in the NANDA Cup in front of a crowd of approximately 5,000 people. During the 1980s and 1990s, they were one of the most powerful soccer clubs in Western Australia winning six league premierships.
In 1999, they changed the name to the Stirling Lions Soccer Club, a move which allowed themselves to embrace the whole of the Stirling district.
Football (soccer)
Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a sport played between two teams of eleven players with a spherical ball...
club from Perth
Perth, Western Australia
Perth is the capital and largest city of the Australian state of Western Australia and the fourth most populous city in Australia. The Perth metropolitan area has an estimated population of almost 1,700,000....
, Australia
Australia
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currently playing in the Football West Premier League
Western Australia State League
The Football West State League is the highest state level football competition in Western Australia. Nationally, it is one grade lower than the A-League and Perth Glory is the team that represents the state in the league...
which is one grade lower than the Australian A-League
A-League
The A-League is the top Australasian professional football league. Run by Australian governing body Football Federation Australia , it was founded in 2004 following the folding of the National Soccer League and staged its inaugural season in 2005–06. It is sponsored by Hyundai Motor Company...
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History
Stirling Lions Soccer Club evolved with the history of the Macedonian AustralianMacedonian Australian
Macedonian Australians are Australians of ethnic Macedonian descent. Many have their origins in the 1920s and 1930s although larger numbers came to Australia after World War II and the Greek Civil War...
community of Western Australia
Western Australia
Western Australia is a state of Australia, occupying the entire western third of the Australian continent. It is bounded by the Indian Ocean to the north and west, the Great Australian Bight and Indian Ocean to the south, the Northern Territory to the north-east and South Australia to the south-east...
. The Club has been through a number of name changes and directions in its forty year history. Known as West Perth Macedonia in the 1970s and early 1980s, winning the League Title in its third year of State League.
In 1986, the Club changed its name to Stirling Macedonia with a move to Macedonia park. That year, the Club represented the Soccer Federation of Western Australia against Adelaide City in the NANDA Cup in front of a crowd of approximately 5,000 people. During the 1980s and 1990s, they were one of the most powerful soccer clubs in Western Australia winning six league premierships.
In 1999, they changed the name to the Stirling Lions Soccer Club, a move which allowed themselves to embrace the whole of the Stirling district.
Current squad
Staff
- First Team Coach: Doug Hesketh
- Assistant First Team Coach:Gary Williams
- Reserves Coach: Rob Milevski
- Under 18s Coaches: Dejan Vilic and Joe Pugliese
- Physio's: Avi Jeyabalan and Alex Skinner
- Team Manager - Neil Ross
Famous former players
Most prominent players and Australian representatives played for Stirling Lions:- Robert ZabicaRobert ZabicaRobert Zabica is an Australian former football player of Croatian descent. Zabica played as a goalkeeper...
played in the 1994 World Cup Qualifier against Diego Maradona's Argentina in front of 80,000 spectators. - Troy HalpinTroy HalpinTroy Michael Halpin is a football player who played for many elite football teams in Australia.-Career:...
has represented Perth GloryPerth Glory FCPerth Glory Football Club is a professional football club in Perth, Western Australia, Australia, competing in Australia's top football competition the A-League. Perth Glory is one of only three clubs to survive from the now defunct National Soccer League...
and Australia - Nick Ward currently plays for the Wellington Phoenix in the Hyundai A-League.
- Dylan Tombides currently plays for West Ham United. A product of the Lions youth development program under the guidance of Mick Lyons