Illawarra Stingrays FC are a

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team based in the Illawarra, New South Wales. They compete in the NSW

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or highest state level tier of women’s soccer within Football NSW. The club was founded in 2006 and is a member based association.

Foundation

The Illawarra Stingrays were developed through a partnership between the Illawarra Junior Soccer Association (IJSA) and the Illawarra Women’s Soccer Association (IWSA) in 2006 to promote and develop elite female football in the area. Although the Illawarra Women's Soccer Association (IWSA) was merged to become part of Football South Coast, the Illawarra Stingrays remained independent as the recognised entity in the Illawarra to represent elite level women's football.Football South Coast About Us

Colours and badge

The primary club colour of Illawarra Stingrays is pink, which represents that the club is a women's only club. The secondary club colour is sky blue, with additional contrasting colours of navy blue and white. The Illawarra Stingray logo features a stingray and a football set over the ray's tail.

Honours

*NSW

regular season ::League Champions: 2009 (winning 6 -1 against Macarthur Rams), 2010 (winning 2 -0 against Inter Lions) and 2011 NSW State League Women's ::Minor Premiers: 2009 2010 2011 NSW State League Women's ::Runners Up: 2013 NSW State League Women's ::Under 17s Premiers: 2014 NSW

::Preseason Cup: 2014 2015 NSW

Home Ground

The home ground of the Illawarra Stingrays is JJ Kelly park on a sub-leasing arrangement with another club. The club have been actively campaigning to be granted a home ground by their local council.

Representative Players

The Illawarra Stingrays are a strong development team and have supported the

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, Junior Matildas, State Representatives and W League players, including: *

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* Caitlin Cooper –

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* Michelle Heyman –

, Canberra United in the A-League Women. 2007 Leading goal-scorer for the Illawarra Stingrays in the FNSW Super League competition and club player of the year; 2009 Golden Boot in the FNSW Women's Premier League and Player of the Year; 2010 leading goal-scorer for Illawarra Stingrays. *

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Other

The Illawarra Stingrays played the Australia women's national soccer team in 2016 in an Olympic qualifying preparation match. Michelle Heyman and Caitlin Cooper were both in the Matildas squad that played against their local team.

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