Blacktown City Football Club is an Australian semi-professional

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club based in

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. Founded in 1953, the club currently competes in the

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. Blacktown City's home ground is Blacktown City Sports Centre in the suburb of Seven Hills.

History

The club was formed in 1953 as Toongabbie Soccer Club and changed their name to Blacktown City in 1979. The club competed in the

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in 1980, 1981, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1989 and 1990. Since then they have competed in the highest level in New South Wales, the

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, where they have finished Premiers (1st in the League) in 2001, 2002/03, 2004/05, 2006 and 2008. The Blacktown City Demons took out the double in 2007 winning both the Premiership and then staging a comeback from 1–1 with ten men to defeat Bankstown City 3–1 and claim the Championship. The team was known as Blacktown City Demons and owned by The Demons Sports Club until 2009 when the club went into

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. The demon image was retained in the logo but dropped from the name. On 2 August 2017, Blacktown City defeated

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3-2 in the Round of 32 of the 2017 FFA Cup, becoming the fifth state-level side in

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history to defeat

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opposition. Blacktown made it to the competition's quarter-finals, having defeated APIA Leichhardt Tigers in the Round of 16, where they would be eliminated on penalties by the

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. This equals the Demons best finish in the FFA Cup, which they first achieved in 2016 when they lost to

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Notable former players

Players included in this section have either represented their nation or have had their careers progress by playing or coaching in the

. *Note 1: Charlton played one game for Blacktown in 1980, scoring a goal. It was his last professional match.

Seasons

Honours

Regional

*Ampol Cup **Champions (1): 1985 *

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**Champions (5): 1991, 1993, 1996, 2006,

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**Runners-Up (1):

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* Johnny Warren Cup **Champions (1): 2006 * NSW Division 1 / Super League / Premier League / NPL NSW Men's 1 **Premiers (8): 1988, 1993, 2000, 2000–01, 2002–03,

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**Champions (9): 1991, 1998, 1999, 2000,

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**Runners-Up (7): 1992, 1993, 1995, 2000–01, 2001–02, 2002–03,

Domestic

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**Champions (1):

References

External links

Official Website

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