The Cove Football Club is a soccer club based in Adelaide, South Australia. The Cove play in the South Australian State League. The club was established in 1983 and is based at Club Cove in the Adelaide suburb of Hallett Cove in South Australia.

Full nameThe Cove Football Club
Nickname(s)The Cove
Founded1983; 41 years ago (1983)
GroundSouthern Soccer Facility
Capacity3,000
ChairmanPhil Hole
ManagerMatt Prodanovski
LeagueSA State League 2
202310th of 12
WebsiteClub website

History edit

Formerly known as The Cove Soccer Club, the club was established in 1983, based at Club Cove, Hallett Cove in South Australia.

The Cove FC has won numerous league titles in its 28-year history in the SAASL. With the introduction of junior teams in 2008, and the senior club now participating in the FFSA State League, the clubs recent growth has been enormous, and continues to go from strength to strength.

The transition between Amateur and Federation football has been a difficult one for the seniors as the differences between the standards of football have proven to be quite substantial. Following the appointment of Danny Graystone in 2010 the Seniors have started to progress at a steady rate with the 2011 season bringing the club its longest Federation Cup run in its history knocking out eventual Premier League Champions Enfield City en route and the club now attracting Federation players from clubs such as Adelaide City, Adelaide Galaxy, Cumberland and overseas.[1]

Juniors edit

Following the unification of the club in 2011, the club has set out clear short-term goals and objectives to become the most successful club in South Adelaide . The first objective was to appoint a director of football which has seen senior assistant coach Terry Eadie move into the role. This is a significant step for the club as for the first time the coaches who coach within the club will be subject to assessment and ongoing training to ensure that the future senior players of the club receive the best youth development on offer.

First Team edit

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK   NED Steven Van Dijk
21 GK   AUS Lachlan Nottle
2 DF   AUS Ned Poole
3 DF   AUS Saif Jaseem
4 DF   AUS Sam Redwood
5 DF   AUS Dylan Terry
16 DF   AUS Brayden Burke
25 DF   AUS Cruize Papandrea
18 DF   AUS George Bailey
8 DF   AUS Jacob Kamara
34 MF   AUS Kody Quandt
No. Pos. Nation Player
10 MF   AUS Conner Higgins
17 MF   AUS Connor O’Brien
11 MF   AUS Max Williams
23 MF   JPN Shoma Nakagawa
46 MF   AUS Josh Becker
32 MF   AUS Liam McKee
MF   AUS Ben McLoughlin
7 FW   AUS Thomas King
50 FW   AUS David Thornton
9 FW   AUS Oscar Williams
15 FW   AUS Phoenix Hamdorf

References edit

  1. ^ "History | The Cove FC". www.thecovefc.com. Archived from the original on 7 November 2012.

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