# Inglewood United FC

Inglewood United Football Club is an Australian semi-professional soccer club based in Inglewood, a suburb of Perth, Western Australia. The club competes in the State League 1. The club is based at Inglewood Stadium.
Inglewood have won the State League Premier League once, in 1996, and the State Cup twice, in 1977 and 1999. Their most recent success was in the 2021 NPL Night Series when they beat Perth Soccer Club 2–0 in a convincing win. They last won the Night Series in 2005 when they lifted the trophy by defeating Swan I.C. 3–0.

## History

Kiev Soccer Club was founded in March 1951 by Alexander Minko and Igor Schorsch, migrants from Ukraine. The club took its name from Kyiv, the capital of Ukraine, and the famous Dynamo Kyiv team.
Their playing colours of gold and blue were adopted from the Ukrainian national flag in the late 1960s. The clubs' original playing strip was all-black.
Kiev's first competitive game was on 12 April 1953 when they claimed a 3–1 victory over Wundowie in Division Three North of the Western Australian Soccer Football Association.
In 1962 Kiev entered Division One of the newly formed Western Australian Soccer Federation. The club finished second to Swan Valley to gain promotion to the top flight for the first time.
For the next few years they bounced between the top two tiers, changing their name from Kiev to Kiev-Victoria Park and then back to Kiev.
Spells at Langley Park in Perth, Weston Street in Carlisle and Raphael Park in Victoria Park preceded the club's 1963 relocation to Walter Road Reserve (now Inglewood Stadium) in Inglewood, which remains their home ground to this day.
1964 saw Kiev capture their first trophy by finishing top of Division One, with State representative Peter Atkinson voted the league's Player of the Year. Another second tier championship followed in 1967.
Kiev announced their top flight return by placing second to Perth Azzurri on the 1968 league table. They went on to win the Top Four Cup, downing Cracovia 2–1 in the final courtesy of a Bev Allan double.
1970 brought about another name change – to Inglewood Kiev – and within twelve months a 21-year lease was arranged for the use of Walter Road Reserve.
Striker Len Dundo scored himself a hat-trick of Golden Boots as the top flight's leading goal scorer in 1972, 1973 and 1974. In those three seasons alone Dundo amassed 77 goals for Inglewood.
The fundraising efforts of long-time club secretary Jack Soer were instrumental in ensuring the club maintained a strong financial position throughout the 1970s.
Inglewood commemorated their 25th anniversary with the construction of clubrooms at the northern end of the ground, under the guidance of Vladimir Mandyczewsky. The new bar and office facilities were officially opened in November 1976.
1977 will long be remembered as the year Inglewood truly came of age. Robert Earl (3) and Nick Macallum (2) may have scored the goals in a 5–1 State Cup final mauling of Spearwood Dalmatinac but it was defender Jimmy Smith who was recognised as best on ground.
English import Gordon Todd celebrated his first State League season by taking out the Gold Medal, awarded to the top flights’ best player. John Davidson ensured the year ended on a high by scoring the solitary goal in a 1–0 Top Four Cup victory over Floreat Athena.
Lee Adam created State League history by becoming the first player to collect two Gold Medals, the midfielder winning the prestigious award in 1978 and again in 1980.
Memories of England's 1966 World Cup win were revived in mid-1981 when team captain Bobby Moore joined Inglewood for two guest appearances.
Midfield livewire Norrie Sutton became Inglewood's fourth Gold Medal winner in six seasons when he won the award in 1982.
Inglewood lifted their first Night Series trophy in 1983. A Paddy Morris goal in the first period of extra-time was enough to gain a 1–0 win over West Perth Macedonia. Further success eluded the club in the years that followed, culminating in relegation to the second tier in 1987.
It wasn't until a competition restructure in 1993, brought on by the formation of new peak body the Professional Soccer Federation, that top flight football returned to Inglewood. The following year new president Siggy Kramer secured a new 10-year lease on Walter Road Reserve.
The club entered 1995 as Inglewood Falcons and ended it as Premier League runners-up and Top Four Cup finalists. Jason Ainsley was the runaway winner of that season's Gold Medal.
Inglewood reached the State League pinnacle by winning the 1996 Premier League under the management of Paul Wormley. Goals in the final minutes of the season by Scott Daley and veteran Ian Ballantyne earned the club a 2–1 victory over near-neighbours Bayswater City, and their first league title. Norrie Sutton collected his second Gold Medal, Ronnie More was named Goalkeeper of the Year and Paul Wormley the Coach of the Year.
The State Cup returned to Inglewood in 1999 courtesy of Gavin Tait, whose second half header was enough to see off Floreat Athena 1–0.
A rebranding to Inglewood United in 2000 preceded the negotiation of a new 25-year lease on Walter Road Reserve. The following year the club celebrated their 50th anniversary with the opening of a new 1,000-seat stadium, the Kramer Family Stand, on the western side of Walter Road Reserve.
Although recognised as one of the State League's powerhouse clubs, Inglewood's only trophy capture of recent times has been the 2021 WA NPL Night Series.
By contrast, individual accolades have flowed for Inglewood players. Robert Zabica (2000), Oliver Taseski (2001, 2009 and 2011) and Alex Dunn (2018, 2019, 2020) were honoured with the Goalkeeper of the Year award, Louis Parkinson (2003), Jack Clisby (2012) and Alex Salmon (2017) added their names to the Gold Medal winners list, with the latter also scoring the Golden Boot (2017).

## Honours

National Premier Leagues Western Australia Champions: 1996
National Premier Leagues Western Australia Runners-up: 1968, 1977, 1994, 1995, 2016, 2017, 2019
State Cup Winners: 1977, 1999
State Cup Runners-up: 1981, 1995, 2005, 2009, 2023
Top Four Cup Winners: 1968, 1977
Top Four Cup Runners-up: 1982, 2008, 1994, 1995, 1996, 2016, 2019
Night Series Winners: 1983, 2005, 2021
Night Series Runners-up: 1976, 1979, 1997, 2000, 2023
Division One Champions: 1964, 1967
Division One Runners-up: 1962
Division Three Cup Winners: 1959

## Current squad

    As of 1 January 2025
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 1 | GK | IRL | Conor Hogan |
| 2 | DF | IRL | Jason Dunphy |
| 3 | DF | AUS | Filip Minic |
| 4 | DF | IRL | Ciarán Salinger (Captain) |
| 5 | MF | AUS | Christopher Tilson |
| 6 | MF | IRL | Ryan Hogan |
| 7 | FW | AUS | Chad Nilson |
| 8 | MF | ENG | Harry Evans (Vice Captain) |
| 9 | FW | IRL | Ciarán Byrne |
| 10 | MF | AUS | Hayden Lowe |
| 11 | MF | IRL | Dean Hurley |
| 12 | MF | AUS | Oliver Niyobuhugiro |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 13 | MF | USA | Jason Hogan |
| 14 | FW | AUS | Stefan Poposki |
| 15 | MF | AUS | Ashton Rebelo |
| 16 | MF | IRL | Martin Coughlan |
| 18 | MF | AUS | Jordan Brown |
| 19 | DF | IRL | Shane McMonagle |
| 20 | MF | AUS | Daniel Radeski |
| 21 | GK | AUS | James Lindsay |
| 22 | DF | AUS | Levi Maunovski |
| — | GK | AUS | Gianluca De Felice |
| — | FW | AUS | Ricky Nyersh |

## Coaching staff

* Technical Director:
* First Team Coach: Cameron Lord
* First Team Assistant Coach: Bobi Terzioski
* First Team Physio:
* Goalkeeper Coach: Alberto Medrano
* Manager: Lala Lance

## Season by season record

| Season | League | League | League | League | League | League | League | League | League | Cup | NS | Finals | Top goalscorer (League only) |
| Season | Division | P | W | D | L | F | A | Pts | Pos | Cup | NS | Finals | Top goalscorer (League only) |
| 1994 | Premier Division | 22 | 12 | 5 | 5 | 39 | 30 | 29 | 2nd | | | | |
| 1995 | Premier Division | 18 | 12 | 2 | 4 | 36 | 22 | 38 | 2nd | 2nd | | | |
| 1996 | Premier Division | 18 | 13 | 2 | 3 | 34 | 18 | 41 | 1st | | | | |
| 1997 | Premier Division | 26 | 13 | 8 | 5 | 51 | 37 | 47 | 4th | | | | |
| 1998 | Premier Division | 22 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 42 | 38 | 31 | 8th | | GS | | |
| 1999 | Premier Division | 22 | 8 | 6 | 8 | 29 | 34 | 30 | 7th | 1st | SF | | |
| 2000 | Premier Division | 22 | 12 | 4 | 6 | 35 | 19 | 40 | 4th | QF | 2nd | 5th | Paul Lincoln (10 goals) |
| 2001 | Premier Division | 18 | 6 | 4 | 8 | 27 | 32 | 22 | 8th | SF | SF | DNQ | Elton Holmes and Paul Lincoln (5 goals) |
| 2002 | Premier Division | 22 | 11 | 2 | 9 | 48 | 41 | 35 | 5th | SF | GS | 4th | Louis Parkinson (9 goals) |
| 2003 | Premier Division | 20 | 9 | 4 | 7 | 32 | 36 | 31 | 4th | R2 | QF | 5th | Louis Parkinson (11 goals) |
| 2004 | Premier Division | 22 | 9 | 5 | 8 | 42 | 28 | 32 | 6th | R2 | GS | DNQ | Bobby Despotovski (13 goals) |
| 2005 | Premier Division | 22 | 11 | 3 | 8 | 45 | 35 | 36 | 4th | 2nd | 1st | - | Andre Sarpe (7 goals) |
| 2006 | Premier Division | 22 | 6 | 5 | 11 | 35 | 42 | 23 | 9th | R2 | GS | - | Louis Parkinson (14 goals) |
| 2007 | Premier Division | 22 | 11 | 3 | 8 | 41 | 37 | 36 | 5th | SF | GS | - | Daniel Niederberger (10 goals) |
| 2008 | Premier Division | 22 | 11 | 4 | 7 | 38 | 35 | 37 | 4th | R2 | GS | 2nd | Mladen Kovacevic and James Sammut (7 goals) |
| 2009 | Premier Division | 22 | 8 | 5 | 9 | 33 | 37 | 29 | 7th | 2nd | SF | DNQ | Albert Osei-Tutu (8 goals) |
| 2010 | Premier Division | 22 | 8 | 2 | 12 | 27 | 42 | 26 | 9th | R1 | GS | DNQ | Ryan Clarke (9 goals) |
| 2011 | Premier Division | 22 | 11 | 4 | 7 | 51 | 37 | 37 | 3rd | R1 | QF | 4th | Rory Grant (15 goals) |
| 2012 | Premier Division | 22 | 13 | 4 | 5 | 45 | 30 | 43 | 4th | SF | QF | 5th | Aleks Jovic (11 goals) |
| 2013 | Premier Division | 22 | 8 | 6 | 8 | 39 | 27 | 30 | 6th | SF | QF | DNQ | Greg Sharland (12 goals) |
| 2014 | National Premier Leagues | 22 | 6 | 4 | 12 | 36 | 64 | 15 | 10th | QF | SF | DNQ | Ryan Clarke (14 goals) |
| 2015 | National Premier Leagues | 22 | 8 | 3 | 11 | 28 | 46 | 27 | 7th | R5 | GS | DNQ | David Micevski (6 goals) |
| 2016 | National Premier Leagues | 22 | 13 | 3 | 6 | 44 | 32 | 42 | 2nd | SF | GS | 2nd | Kenny Keogh and Brian Woodall (9 goals) |
| 2017 | National Premier Leagues | 26 | 16 | 7 | 3 | 73 | 33 | 55 | 2nd | R4 | QF | 3rd | Alex Salmon (28 goals) |
| 2018 | National Premier Leagues | 26 | 13 | 7 | 6 | 50 | 38 | 46 | 5th | R4 | R1 | DNQ | Alex Salmon (17 goals) |
| 2019 | National Premier Leagues | 22 | 11 | 5 | 6 | 38 | 36 | 38 | 2nd | R4 | GS | 2nd | |
| 2020 | National Premier Leagues | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 16 | 18 | 14 | 8th | N/A Covid | | DNQ | S Jackson (6 goals) |
| 2021 | National Premier Leagues | 22 | 10 | 4 | 8 | 48 | 41 | 34 | 5th | R4 | 1st | DNQ | Steve Sokol (18 goals) |
| 2022 | National Premier Leagues | 22 | 9 | 3 | 10 | 26 | 27 | 30 | 6th | QF | SF | DNQ | Manase Abandelwa (8 goals) |
| 2023 | National Premier Leagues | 22 | 7 | 6 | 9 | 38 | 39 | 27 | 9th | 2nd | 2nd | DNQ | Shubham Mokala (9 goals) |
| 2024 | National Premier Leagues | 22 | 2 | 3 | 17 | 23 | 66 | 9 | 12th | R5 | GS | DNQ | Benson Nsegetse and Yamamoto Kotaro (4 goals) |
| 2025 | State League Division 1 | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Champions | Runners-up | Promoted | Relegated |

### Key

| Key | Meaning | Key | Meaning |
| P | Games Played | GS | Group Stage |
| W | Games Won | R1 | Round 1 |
| D | Games Drawn | R2 | Round 2 |
| L | Games Lost | R3 | Round 3 |
| F | Goals For | R4 | Round 4 |
| A | Goals Against | R5 | Round 5 |
| Pts | Points | QF | Quarter-Finals |
| Pos | Final Position | SF | Semi-Finals |
| Cup | Football West State Cup | RU | Runners-up |
| NS | Night Series | W | Winners |
| Finals | Top 4/5 Cup | DNQ | Did not qualify |

## Coaches and players
### Head coach

Listed according to first competitive game as Head Coach:
   * (C) – Caretaker
| 1953 not recorded 1957 Val Zazula 1959 Alf Tipton 1965 Danny Burton 1966 Peter Atkinson 1967 Siggy Kramer 1970 Frank Schaper 1970 John Adshead 1972 Zyggie Pieda 1974 John Lovell 1975 Mick Jones 1975 Jimmy Pearson | 1979 Zyggie Pieda 1980 Jimmy Pearson 1982 Gordon Todd 1985 John Sydenham 1986 Alf De Bono 1987 Derek Henderson 1987 Colin Ashley 1988 B.Newell 1990 John Coyne 1991 Ernie Hannighan 1992 Roy Jones 1993 Eddy Hodgkinson | 1996 Paul Wormley 1998 Ian Buckley 1998 John Hunter 2001 Steve Parkinson 2002 Bob Braid (C) 2002 Jimmy Pearson 2003 Paddy Morris (C) 2003 Eddy Hodgkinson 2006 Alan Vest 2007 Bobby Despotovski 2008 Lee Bamber 2009 Alan Vest (C) | 2009 Shane Pryce 2012 Graham Normanton 2014 Goran Stajic (C) 2015 Michael Garcia 2016 Taki Nicolaides 2017 Andy Keogh 2019 Trim Morgan 2019 Andres Oliveira 2024 Taki Nicolaides 2024 Aleksandar Stanojevic 2025 Aleksandar Stanojevic |

### Player of the Year

| 1979 Peter Baczynski 1980 Neil Mearns 1981 Peter Baczynski 1982 Norrie Sutton 1983 Mel Weston 1984 Mark Johnson 1985 Richie Paskins 1986 John Cockerill 1987 Dean Paini 1988 Paul Mooney and Andy Godfrey 1989 Donal O'Brien 1990 not recorded 1991 Steve McCaffrey | 1992 Paul Gorst 1993 Martin Guilfoyle 1994 Paul Gibbon 1995 Jason Ainsley 1996 Tony Hall 1997 Martin Woodall 1998 Lee Crosby 1999 Steve McDonald 2000 Robbie Zabica 2001 Jamie Goodman 2002 Jamie Goodman 2003 Alan MacKenzie 2004 Greg Sharland | 2005 Shaun Kilkelly 2006 Shane Pryce 2007 Shane Pryce 2008 James Sammut 2009 Shane Pryce 2010 Ryan Clarke 2011 Rory Grant 2012 Jack Clisby 2013 Greg Sharland 2014 Ryan Clarke 2015 Tim Gould 2016 John Migas 2017 Alex Salmon | 2018 David Cyrus 2019 Chok Dau 2020 Anthony Bafabousha 2021 Steve Sokol 2022 Alex Dunn 2023 Matthew Ntoumenopoulos |

### Notable past players

List includes players from Inglewood youth or senior teams that have gone on to represent the Australian national team or similar, or have amassed over 100 games with Perth Glory FC or similar.
* Gary Marocchi
* Robert Zabica
* Alan MacKenzie
* Bobby Despotovski (also has the all-time goal-scoring record with Perth Glory FC)
* Nikita Rukavytsya
* David Cyrus
* Lewis Italiano