Tekkerslovakia F.C.
Full nameTekkerslovakia Football Club
Nickname(s)The Blues, The Tek Republic, Boys in Blue
Founded11 August 2015; 8 years ago (2015-08-11)
as Tekkerslovakia United[1]
GroundMelwood Oval
Capacity200 (1,500 standing)
ChairmanNeil McGrath
Captain/CoachSasha Skyba
LeagueForest Summer Football
2015Forest Summer Football, 1st
WebsiteClub website
Current season

Tekkerslovakia Football Club are an Australian Summer football club based in Forestville, New South Wales. The club competes in the Forest Summer Football Competition and Football NSW Champion of Champions Competition. Their home ground is Melwood Oval, in the Northern Beaches suburb of Forestville, approximately 20 minutes away from Sydney's CBD. Founded in 2015, Tekkerslovakia completed the New South Wales 'summer double' in their inaugural season, winning both the Forest Summer Football league title [2]and the Football NSW Champion of Champions competition [3], representing Forest-Killarney. Remarkably, the 1st team has only lost one game in the club's short history. An 8-3 loss to 'Killarney High School 1' was had on the 7th of December 2015, when Tekkerslovakia only fielded 5 players [4].

History

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2016: Inaugural Season

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The club's first game was played on the 7th of December 2015, an 8-3 victory over 'Killarney High School 1' was played at Melwood Oval, Forestville in the first round of the Forest Summer Football Men's All Age competition [5]. The club scored 45 goals on their way to the title [6], securing the competition with one week remaining.

After qualifying for the Football NSW Summer Football Champion of Champions Competition as winners of the Forest-Killarney competition, Tekkerslovkia progressed through the group stage and semi-finals before defeating National Premier Leagues NSW Men's 1 side Sutherland Sharks FC 4-1 in the Final [7]. Daniel Stuart was named man of the match, scoring a second half hat-trick in the decider [8].

Divisional History

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  • 2015–present: Forest Summer Football (NSW Tier 1)

Current squad

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As of 15 March 2016[9]

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
4 MF   AUS Daniel Stuart
7 MF   AUS Sasha Skyba (C)
10 DF   AUS Robert Carollo
14 DF   AUS Jacob O'Brien
26 FW   AUS Sam Kearney
38 FW   AUS Jordan Rowland
69 DF   AUS Daniel Drakopoulos

Honours

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  • Forest Summer Football
Premiers (1): 2015
Runners-Up (0):
  • Football NSW Summer Football Champion of Champions
Premiers (1): 2015
Runners-Up (0):

References

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Category:Forestville, New South Wales Category:Tekkerslovakia FC Category:Association football clubs established in 2015 Category:2015 establishments in Australia