Harbourside Football Club is a Canadian semi-professional

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 ...

club based in

Nanaimo, British Columbia Nanaimo ( ) is a city on the east coast of Vancouver Island, in British Columbia, Canada. As of the 2021 census, it had a population of 99,863, and it is known as "The Harbour City." The city was previously known as the "Hub City," which was ...

that plays in

League1 British Columbia League1 British Columbia (L1BC) is a semi-professional men's and women's association football, soccer league in British Columbia, Canada, which began play in May 2022. The league is sanctioned by the Canadian Soccer Association and the British ...

History

The club was officially unveiled on October 19, 2022, as an expansion club in

for the 2023 season in both the men's and women's division. The club will have an affiliation with youth club Nanaimo United FC, as well as

Vancouver Island University Vancouver Island University (abbreviated as VIU, formerly known as Malaspina University-College and earlier as Malaspina College) is a Canadian public university serving Vancouver Island and coastal British Columbia. Malaspina College began in 196 ...

. Their home field will be at the Q’unq’inuqwstuxw Stadium of

Nanaimo District Secondary School Nanaimo District Secondary School or Nanaimo District Community School (NDSS) is a public high school in Nanaimo, British Columbia, Canada built in 1952. Since then there have been a few renovations, most notably the 1981 construction of the "to ...

, with a capacity of 1500, with a goal of eventually expanding to a capacity of 3500. The majority of their inaugural squads featured a majority of players from the Nanaimo and Vancouver Island area, complemented by some players from outside of the Island. The club debuted on April 29, 2023 against Unity FC in

in both the men's and women's divisions. In their debut matches, the men drew 1-1, while the women were defeated 2-1, with the teams setting a League1 British Columbia record with 1216 people in attendance. The men's team earned the franchise's first win in a 1-0 victory over Nautsa’mawt FC on May 7. The women's team won their first ever match on May 13, defeating

TSS FC Rovers TSS FC Rovers are a Canadian association football, soccer team based in Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada that play in League1 British Columbia. Established for the 2017 PDL season by general manager Will Cromack and head coach Colin Elmes, the ...

Players

Current squad

References

{{British Columbia Sports Soccer clubs in British Columbia Harbourside Association football clubs established in 2022 2022 establishments in British Columbia