Football South Coast

Football South Coast is a sport governing body and soccer competition based in the Illawarra and South Coast regions of New South Wales. All competitions and soccer activity of Football South Coast is under control of Football New South Wales. The Premier League president is Craig (chappo) Chapman. There are three Councils who look after Men's football, Women's football and Junior football respectively.

Football South Coast
Founded2008
Country Australia
Number of teams27
Level on pyramid6–11
Domestic cup(s)Premier League
WebsiteOfficial Website
Current: 2011

Teams and structure

Premier League

Twelve (12) clubs compete in the Premier league in 1st Grade, 2nd Grade and Youth League.

  • Albion Park White Eagles
  • Bellambi
  • Bulli
  • Coniston
  • Corrimal Rangers
  • Cringila Lions
  • Port Kembla
  • South Coast United
  • Tarrawanna Blueys
  • Wollongong Olympic
  • Wollongong United
  • Woonona

District League

Twelve (12) clubs compete in the District league across three competitions (First, Second and Youth)

  • Balgownie Rangers
  • Berkeley Sports
  • Fernhill FC
  • Helensburgh Thistles
  • Kiama Quarriers
  • Oak Flats Falcons
  • Picton Rangers
  • Thirroul Thunder
  • Unanderra Pansies
  • University
  • Warilla Wanderers

Community Leagues
  • The community leagues comprise all ages division one to four (AA1 – AA4) and Over 35's Masters Leagues One to Three (ML1 – ML3)and Over 45's

Women Leagues
  • The Women's leagues comprise all age division one to four (AAW 1 - AAW 4) and Over 30's competition.

Junior Leagues
  • Competition leagues for players 12 up to 18 allocated into age / divisions and Girls divisions
  • Mini Roo format for players 5 to 11.

History

Football South Coast (FSC) was established in 2008 as a unification of all soccer associations and governing bodies in the area. This was the result of Football NSW desire to organise and manage all regions within its borders effectively. The merger involved nine key associations: Illawarra Football Association (IFA), Illawarra Junior Football Association (IJFA), Illawarra Amateur Football Association (IAFA), Wollongong Wolves (now South Coast Wolves), Futsal, the A-League bid team, Illawarra Women's Football Association (IWFA), the Illawarra Stingrays and the Referee's Association. These bodies have been dissolved to make way for FSC, with the exception of the Wolves and Stingrays which will operate as clubs not associations.[1]

Councils

There are five main councils of Football South Coast. They are the Men's, Women's, Junior's and Referee's and Development.[1]

References
  1. Football South Coast About Us Archived 14 August 2012 at the Wayback Machine. Accessed 17 January 2012.
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