Hamilton City 1 Soccer Club was a Canadian

soccer Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a team sport played between two teams of 11 players who primarily use their feet to propel the ball around a rectangular field called a pitch. The objective of the game is ...

team founded in 2016 that played in the

Canadian Soccer League The Canadian Soccer League (CSL; french: Ligue canadienne de soccer — LCS) is a semi-professional league for Canadian soccer clubs primarily located in the province of Ontario, and claims the history of the Canadian National Soccer League (C ...

, and played their home games at

Cardinal Newman Secondary School St. John Henry Newman Catholic Secondary School is a Catholic secondary school located in the community of Stoney Creek in Hamilton. It is part of the Hamilton-Wentworth Catholic District School Board and is known for its sports teams as well ...

multi-sport athletic field in the community of Stoney Creek, Hamilton. In 2021, they merged with fellow CSL club

Brantford Galaxy Brantford Galaxy Soccer Club was a semi-professional Canadian soccer club based in Brantford, Ontario, Canada, with their home venue located in Hamilton, Ontario at the Heritage Field Turf. The club competes in the Canadian Soccer League, a leag ...

to form

BGH City FC BGHC 1 FC was a Canadian soccer team based in Toronto, Ontario. Founded in 2021, it was a member of the Canadian Soccer League. The club was formed prior to the 2021 season as a merger between Brantford Galaxy Brantford Galaxy Soccer Club wa ...

History

In May 2016, Andrew Crowe, the owner of London City, sold his share to his partner Zoran Kliseric, and relocated the club to

Hamilton, Ontario Hamilton is a port city in the Canadian province of Ontario. Hamilton has a population of 569,353, and its census metropolitan area, which includes Burlington and Grimsby, has a population of 785,184. The city is approximately southwest of T ...

marking the return of professional soccer to the city since

Hamilton Croatia Hamilton Croatia is a Croatian Canadian amateur soccer team founded in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada in 1957. It is supported by the Croatian Sports and Community Centre of Hamilton Inc. (formerly the Croatian National Sports Club of Hamilton, Inc.) ...

competed in the

in 2010. The organizations territory was located at Stoney Creek with

multi-sport athletic field as their home venue. Former London City manager Josip Dzale assumed the responsibilities of head coach, and assembled a roster of players with European and CSL experience. Dzale brought in Dražen Vuković, Nikola Stanojević, Josip Keran,

Miroslav Čabrilo Miroslav Čabrilo (born 6 June 1992) is a Serbian soccer player currently playing with BGH City in the Canadian Soccer League. Career College and Amateur Čabrilo played fours years of college soccer at Robert Morris University between 2010 and ...

Igor Krmar Igor Krmar (Serbian Cyrillic: Игор Крмар; born 14 May 1991) is a Serbian footballer playing with FK Dinamo 1945 in the Serbian League Vojvodina. Career Early years Krmar was born in the Croatian town Vinkovci at the outbreak of the Yu ...

, Haris Fazlagić, and

Zdenko Jurcevic Zdenko is a male given name of Slovak, Slovene or Croatian origin. It is the Slavic version of the name Sidonius (meaning ''of Sidon''). Other explanation are given as coming from the slavic term '' zidati'', meaning to build or to create or ''z ...

. Hamilton City made its league debut on May 27, 2016 against

Milton SC Milton SC is a Canadian soccer club formed in 2014. The team is currently a member of the Canadian Academy of Soccer League. Their home venue is located at Milton Community Sports Park in the town of Milton, Ontario. History In 2014, profession ...

, where Santiago Pestrepo scored the club's first historic goal in a 2-1 defeat. Hamilton secured a postseason berth by finishing sixth in the standings. In the first round of the playoffs they faced

Scarborough SC Scarborough SC is a Canadian soccer team founded in 2014. The team is currently a member of the Canadian Soccer League, a league that is not sanctioned by a FIFA recognized body. The team plays home games out of Birchmount Stadium in the district ...

, where Hamilton advanced to the next round by a score of 3-0 with goals coming from Timotej Zakrajsek, Jurcevic, and Frane Grbesa. Hamilton faced the regular league champions

York Region Shooters York Region Shooters is a Canadian soccer team, that plays in the Canadian Soccer League. The Shooters played their home games at the St. Joan of Arc Turf Field in the City of Vaughan, Ontario. The team's colours were blue and white, mirroring ...

and reached the

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final after a 4-1 victory in a penalty shootout. Their opponents in the final were the

Serbian White Eagles Serbian White Eagles Football Club ( sr, Фудбалски клуб Српски бели орлови / ''Fudbalski klub Srpski beli orlovi'') is a Canadian soccer team. The team is a member of the Canadian Soccer League, an unsanctioned socce ...

, where Domagoj Zubac recorded the first goal with Serbia tying the match later and scoring the final goal at the last minutes of the match to win the championship. On February 20, 2017 it was announced that the owners of Hamilton SC decided not to field a team for the 2017 season. After a one-year hiatus, Hamilton returned for the 2018 season. After a third place finish during the 2020 season, they were disqualified from the playoffs for being "Not-in-Good Standing" at the conclusion of the season. Ahead of the 2021 season, they merged with

to form

Head coaches

Seasons

References

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