St George FC
Australian association football club / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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St George FC, commonly called Saints or Budapest, is a semi-professional Australian soccer club based in the St George district in the south of Sydney. The club was founded by Hungarian immigrants in 1957 as Budapest Club and by 1965 was renamed to St. George-Budapest Club.
Full name | St George Football Club | ||
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Nickname(s) | Saints, Budapest | ||
Founded | 1957; 67 years ago (1957) | ||
Ground | Rockdale Ilinden Sports Centre (NPL Youth Team) (NSW League One Senior Team) (NSW League One Women Team) | ||
Capacity | 5,000 | ||
Head Coach | Nefta Gonzalez | ||
League | NPL NSW | ||
2023 | 2nd of 16 (Promoted via Playoff) NSW League One | ||
Website | Club website | ||
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One of the top clubs of Australia from the 1960s to the 1980s, St George currently competes in the second-highest tier of Australian soccer, the National Premier Leagues NSW. Their former home ground was the St George Stadium, but due to its dilapidated state, St George has played its youth and senior fixtures at Ilinden Sports Centre since 2018.
St George FC Women compete in the New South Wales League One Womens, third tier of Australian women's soccer. Their home ground is Ilinden Sports Centre from 2023 and Fraser Park for 2022 season, due to the dilapidated state of their former home ground, St George Stadium.