# FC Berlin (Canada/United States)

FC Berlin is a Canadian and American soccer club based in Kitchener, Ontario, Canada and Buffalo, New York, U.S. The senior men's team competes in United Premier Soccer League and the senior women's team competes in United Women's Soccer.

## History

The Berlin Football Academy was founded in 2017 in Kitchener, Ontario, Canada as a youth development soccer academy aimed at preparing players for university and professional soccer opportunities. In the first years, the objective was to provide athletes aged 15–19 with a direct pathway to scholarship opportunities in Canada and the United States. The club's name FC Berlin (Football Club Berlin) pays tribute to the old name of the club's hometown, Kitchener, Ontario (and by extension to its large German community), which was previously known as Berlin, and changed its name after the First World War, following a 1916 referendum.
After joining the Ontario Soccer Association in 2018, the club successfully achieved its first U21 Regional Championship in the Ontario Soccer League, going 12–1–1 with a first-year program. From there, the club significantly invested in its professional development by launching FC Berlin in July 2020, to provide professional development opportunities for Canadian and American players, announcing the team would enter in the American-based United Premier Soccer League in 2021 and would operate out of Buffalo, New York. While the team operates out of the United States to play in the UPSL, they were able to play their first UPSL game in Canada on September 29, 2022, when they took on Chantilly Forever FC, another Canadian club that would operate out of the United States in the league.
In January 2021, they announced their intention to join the Women's Premier Soccer League, where they would operate out of Buffalo like the men's team while fielding a roster of all-Canadian players. However, they ultimately joined United Women's Soccer for the 2022 season.
In 2023, FC Berlin's Canadian-based U17 Girls team won the MilkUP Ontario Cup, beating London Alliance by 4–2 in penalty kicks after a 2–2 tie and qualified to the National Championship.

## Current squad
### Men

As of 26 Jun 2024
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 0 | GK | CAN | Luke Ewen |
| 00 | GK | CAN | Sanjit Kang |
| 1 | GK | USA | Daniel Fiegel II |
| 2 | DF | USA | Jason Hernandez |
| 3 | MF | BRA | Gabriel Cavalcante |
| 4 | MF | ENG | Sean Burke |
| 5 | DF | USA | Calvin Kron |
| 6 | MF | USA | Luca Buscaglia |
| 7 | MF | ENG | Ben Calkins |
| 8 | MF | USA | Ben Schmidt |
| 9 | FW | ESP | Alfonso Madrigal |
| 10 | MF | SCO | Charlie Stewart |
| 12 | FW | USA | Obie Casson |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 13 | DF | SCO | Sonny Simpson |
| 14 | MF | USA | Malik Watson |
| 15 | FW | USA | Chris Cox |
| 16 | MF | COL | Marcos Ortega |
| 19 | MF | GER | Justin Majedski |
| 22 | DF | USA | Tyler Butler |
| 23 | DF | BRA | Matheus Spina |
| 24 | MF | CAN | Alex Babol |
| 25 | MF | CAN | Brett Springer |
| 26 | FW | GER | Dennis Montero Guerrero |
| 28 | DF | SWE | Alexander Khademi |
| 99 | FW | ENG | Kyrell Kavanagh |

#### Transfers

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 0 | GK | FIN | Oliver Alahviukola (returned to his country) |
| 3 | DF | BAH | Jean Tilo (returned to his country) |
| 7 | MF | SCO | Lucas Fenton (to Scrosoppi FC - League1 Ontario) |
| 8 | MF | SRB | Nemanja Simic (released) |
| 15 | FW | KEN | Ramazani Juma (to Kilimanjaro Bandits FC) |
| 17 | MF | NEP | Sajan Magar (to Kilimanjaro Bandits FC) |
| 19 | MF | CAN | Tiago Palhetas (released) |
| 20 | MF | CAN | Santiago Almada (to Woodbridge Strikers - League 1 Ontario) |
| 23 | FW | CAN | Ethan De Souza-Swan (released) |
| 51 | DF | KEN | Saleman Salim (to FCY New York) |
| 77 | MF | KEN | Abdullahi Hussein (to Kilimanjaro Bandits FC) |

### Women

As of 30 May 2024
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 0 | GK | USA | Nevaeh Franjoine |
| 1 | GK | USA | Hanna Johnson |
| 2 | DF | USA | Grace Parker |
| 3 | MF | USA | Olivia Geno |
| 4 | DF | USA | Baylin Tighe |
| 5 | DF | USA | Molly Tobin |
| 6 | MF | USA | Victoria Colotti |
| 7 | MF | CAN | Lauren Cuisia |
| 8 | MF | USA | Eden Palkovic |
| 9 | MF | USA | Faye Panagopoulos |
| 10 | FW | USA | Tatyjana Scalisi |
| 11 | MF | USA | Sienna Wolf |
| 12 | FW | USA | Emalee Szablewski |
| 13 | MF | USA | Grace Zabawa |
| 14 | DF | USA | Baillie Colling |
| 15 | FW | USA | Marissa Birzon |
| 16 | DF | USA | Katelyn Dena |
| 17 | MF | USA | Lindsay Lenhard |
| 18 | MF | USA | Brooke Amato |
| 19 | DF | USA | Ava Thompson |
| 20 | MF | USA | Hannah Callaghan |
| 21 | MF | USA | Grace Stranahan |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 22 | FW | USA | Lexi Aquilino |
| 23 | MF | USA | Julia Benham |
| 24 | MF | USA | Kristin Pickard |
| 25 | MF | USA | Sarah Brunskill |
| 26 | MF | CAN | Florencia Almada |
| 27 | DF | USA | Mary Molloy |
| 28 | FW | USA | Ava Plezia |
| 29 | FW | USA | Sophia Bernardoni |
| 30 | FW | USA | Emma Bough |
| 31 | GK | USA | Kellie Brewer |
| 32 | MF | USA | Scarlett D'Amico |
| 33 | MF | USA | Isabella Deachman |
| 34 | GK | USA | Emily McLouth |
| 35 | MF | USA | Brigid Molloy |
| 36 | MF | USA | Camryn Schiavitti |
| 37 | MF | USA | Julia Stranges |
| 38 | DF | USA | Rosalie Tacaksy |
| 39 | MF | BRA | Ramone Trentin |
| 40 | MF | USA | Claudia Scampoli |
| 41 | MF | GER | Madita Zeitz |
| 42 | DF | USA | Anna Bean |
| 43 | MF | USA | Gabrielle Ciambella |

## Staff

As of 08 Jul 2024
| Position | Name |
| Technical Director | Santiago Almada |
| General Manager | Gabriel Almada |
| UPSL Head Coach | Santiago Almada |
| UWS Head Coach | Vacant |
| UPSL Assistant Coach | Jamie Ward |
| Visual Media Director | Juan Almada |

## Seasons
### Men

| Season | League | Division | Teams | Record | Rank | Playoffs |
| 2021 Fall | United Premier Soccer League | Midwest East Division | 8 | 4–2–4 | 5th | did not qualify |
| 2022 Spring | United Premier Soccer League | Western NY Division | 10 | 6–1–3 | 3rd | Conference Semi-finals |
| 2022 Fall | United Premier Soccer League | Midwest East Division | 9 | 4–2–2 | 5th | did not qualify |
| 2023 Spring | United Premier Soccer League | Western NY Division | 12 | 6–1–4 | 6th | Conference Quarter-finals |
| 2023 Fall | United Premier Soccer League | Midwest East Division | 6 | 1–4–5 | 6th | did not qualify |
| 2024 Spring | United Premier Soccer League | Western NY Division | 10 | 3–2–5 | 6th | Conference Semi-finals |

### Women

| Season | League | Division | Teams | Record | Rank | Playoffs |
| 2022 | United Women's Soccer | Penn-NY Division | 5 | 0–3–7 | 4th | did not qualify |
| 2022 Spring | United Premier Soccer League | Western NY Division | 4 | 2–0–4 | 3rd | did not qualify |
| 2023 | United Women's Soccer | East Division | 17 | 0–0–6 | 17th | did not qualify |
| 2024 | United Women's Soccer | East Division | 18 | 1–0–7 | 15th | did not qualify |