Melbourne University Soccer Club

Full name Melbourne University Soccer Club
Nickname(s) Uni Blues
Short name MUSC
Founded Wednesday 9 July 1947
Ground Princes Park, Carlton
Chairman Michael Owen[1]
Head Coach Sam Matheas
League Victoria Division 3
2016 Victoria Division 2, 9th
Website Club home page

Melbourne University Soccer Club is an Australian amateur soccer club based in Melbourne, Victoria. It is the association football club affiliated with the University of Melbourne.[2] It is Melbourne's largest senior association football club, fielding 13 men's teams and 5 women's teams, competing in various leagues in the state of Victoria. The clubs highest Men's team competes in State League 3, and highest Women's team compete in State League 1, competitions affiliated with Football Federation Australia.[3] It is also the only club in Victoria to have two State League teams, also competing in Men's State League 5. The club also send representative teams to competitions including World Elite University Football Tournament, Australian University Games, Southern University Games, Varsity Challenge to represent the University of Melbourne.[4]

Stadium

The club's training and match venue is located directly north of the University of Melbourne

Princes Park, located in the Melbourne suburb of Carlton, is the club's training ground and match pitch. The venue is located directly north of the University of Melbourne.[5] Princes Park has 6 association football Other training venues include The University of Melbourne's Hockey Pitch and Association Football pitch Clifton Park, located in Melbourne suburb Brunswick.[6]

Knockout National Cups

FFA Cup

Each year Men's Division competes in the FFA Cup, the national knockout soccer cup competition in Australia.

Year Result
2012 Second Round
2013 Third Round
2014Fourth Round
2015Second Round
2016Second Round

Team App Cup

The women's division compete in an annual knockout cup competition named the Team App Cup.

Year Result
2012 Fourth Round
2013 Third Round
2014 Semi-Finalists
2015 Second Round
2016 Quarter Finalists

Representative Teams

Varsity Challenge

The Melbourne V Monash Varsity Challenge was established in 2014, drawing on a long rivalry between the two universities. It consists of a variety of sports played on both campuses, including Men's and Women's soccer.

Year Men's Result Women's Result
2014 Melbourne def by Monash Melbourne def by Monash
2015 Melbourne def by Monash Melbourne def by Monash
2016 Melbourne def Monash Melbourne def Monash

Southern University Games

Southern University Games is a multi-sport competition where Victorian universities and tertiary institutions send representative teams. The University of Melbourne send a representative association football Men's and Women's teams to compete each year.

Year Location Men's Team Result (Total Teams) Women's Team Result
1990
1991 Silver (16) Did Not Compete
1992
1993
1994
1995 Silver (12) 6th (6)
1996 Gold (14) Did Not Compete
1997
1998 Gold
1999
2000
2001 6th (10) 7th (8)
2002 7th Gold
2003 5th (12) 4th (11)
2004 5th (9) Silver (9)
2005 Bronze (7) Bronze (7)
2006 4th (7) Gold (7)
2007
2008
2009 Did Not Compete Did Not Compete
2010 Did Not Compete Did Not Compete
2011 4th (5) Did Not Compete
2012 Did Not Compete Did Not Compete
2013 Did Not Compete Did Not Compete
2014 No Event Held No Event Held
2015 No Event Held No Event Held
2016 Did Not Compete Did Not Compete

Australian University Games

Australian University Games is the nation-wide variant of Southern University games where a large number of Australian universities and tertiary institutions compete for national titles. The tournament structure can change but occasionally it is required to qualify through the regional games, and sometimes is divided into Division 1 and Division 2.

Year Location Men's Result (Total Teams) Women's Result (Total Teams)
1993 Brisbane 6th (16)
1994 Wollongong
1995 Darwin Silver (14) DNQ
1996 Canberra
1997 Melbourne
1998 Melbourne Bronze (16)
1999 Perth Bronze (15)
2000 Ballarat 5th (16) DNQ
2001 Sydney DNQ DNQ
2002 Adelaide DNQ 13th (15)
2003 Newcastle 5th (16) 9th (12)
2004 Perth 7th (16) 5th (12)
2005 Brisbane 10th (19) Silver (15)
2006 AdelaideBronze (17) Bronze (15)
2007 Gold CoastBronze (21) 7th (18)
2008 MelbourneSilver (24) Bronze (15)
2009 Gold CoastGold (25) 7th (18)
2010 Melbourne 8th (15) 8th (12)
2011 Gold Coast9th (19)* 4th (13)
2012 Adelaide Silver (16) Bronze (13)
2013 Gold Coast Gold (18) Silver (19)
2014 Sydney 6th (17) Bronze (12)
2015 Gold CoastSilver (22) Bronze (15)
2016 PerthGold (18) Silver (10)

International Tournaments

The University of Melbourne representative team, World Elite University Football Team 2016

Occasionally Melbourne University Soccer Club is invited to compete in tournaments in various parts of the world. In 1989, the club were the first Australian sporting team to tour post war Vietnam, only months after they reopened their doors to the West. The trip included two matches against Vietnam National League teams where Melbourne University lost both games. In 2011, were invited to Malaysia where it competed in the 'Kuala Lumpur Inter-City Invitational', a Tournament which consisted of 4 teams from Isfahan, Melbourne, Bandung and hosts Kuala Lumpur. Melbourne finished 3rd with Isfahan overall champions. In 2016, Melbourne University were invited to compete in the inaugural 'World Elite University Football Tournament' held in Beijing, China. The tournament consisted of 8 teams: University of Melbourne, Oxford University, Cambridge University, University of Southern California, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Renmin University of China, Peking University and hosts Tsinghua University. Melbourne finished runners up going undefeated until the final where they eventually lost to Renmin University of China.

Accomplishments

Life Membership

Life Members
Michael Metcalfe
Harry Gill
Ian Petersen
Carlos Navarro St
Statios Konstantopoulos
Maria Berry
Teresa Pong
Simone Gristwood
Boris Ivanov
Andrew Kotsos
John Buckley
Shoni Maguire

Awards

Green and Gold

To acknowledge, recognise and reward outstanding sporting performance at an AUS event, Australian University Sport (AUS) undertakes a selection procedure known as Green and Gold selection. This process selects athletes in a merit Green and Gold (paper) team which is indicative of the best on field performances at the relevant event.[7]

Year Green and Gold - Men's Football Green and Gold - Women's Football
1993 Engelbert Schmidl None Awarded
1994 Goran Stankovski None Awarded
1995 Chris Chiang, Alex Samayoa, Shane Turner None Awarded
1996 Chris Chiang None Awarded
1997 None Awarded None Awarded
1998 Iain Scott, Jim Drossos None Awarded
1999 Iain Scott, Chris Chiang, Andrew Norman, Steve Cuomo, Jim Drossos, Paul Dorian None Awarded
2000 Iain Scott, Andrew Norman None Awarded
2001 None Awarded None Awarded
2002 None Awarded Eva Fenwick
2003 Iain Scott None Awarded
2004 None Awarded None Awarded
2005 None Awarded None Awarded
2006 Josh Del Rio, Tristan Iseli, Daniel Schepisi Katherine Kendall
2007 Doug Scott None Awarded
2008 Emir Ameti, Patrick Grigg Tara Smith
2009 Ahmed Azzam, Patrick Grigg Madeleine Horey
2010 None Awarded Rachel Bach, Stephanie Szkilnik
2011 None Awarded Jessica Kelly
2012 Menas Antachew Nikki Ceeney, Claire Groom
2013 Alistair Dunlop, Jason Koutsodontis, Simon Leversha Nikki Ceeney
2014 Nathan Murray Maya Edgerton-Bachmann
2015 Will Ellis, Stefan Nigro, Aras Mollison None Awarded
2016 Cameron McGilp, Max McArthur India Tait, Emma Littlewood

Blues Awards

Sport at the University of Melbourne is nearly as old as the institution itself. Outstanding sporting achievement and distinguished service to sport and clubs is recognized by the annual awarding of Blues and sports awards.[8]

Year Full Blues - Men's Football Full Blues - Women's Football Half Blues - Men's Football Half Blues - Women's Football
2004 Staffan Dahl, Tristan Iseli
2005 Ingrid Cullen, Madeleine Horey, Eva Fenwick Chris Vlahos Adrienne Heslop, Simone Gristwood, Julia Scarfe
2006 Sredej Bunnag, Benjamin Cole, Melvin Thancanamootoo Eva Fenwick, Naomi Francis, Simone Gristwood Tristan Iseli, Joshua Del Rio Adrienne Heslop, Keryn Walters
2007 Henry Wootton, Emir Ameti Patrick Grigg Adrienne Heslop
2008 Patrick Grigg, Douglas Scott Adrienne Heslop Emir Ameti Jessica Kelly, Keryn Walters, Paige Dodds
2009 Doug Scott, Patrick Grigg, Ahmed Azzam, Emir Ameti Henry Wootton, Raimond Spiller, Melvin Thancanamootoo, Aleksandar Stojanovski Adrienne Heslop
2010 Rachel Bach Raimond Spiller
2011 Jessica Kelly Ilari Lehtonen, Tom Mullumby, Cameron Neales Maya Edgerton Bachmann, Kristine Tomte Knutsen, Anamika Joijode
2012 Nikki Ceeney, Claire Groom, Amy Froud Clare Duck, Emma Littlewood
2013 Alistair Dunlop, Jason Koutsodontis Nikki Ceeney, Clare Duck, Emma Littlewood Jessica Sherman, Ebru Efe
2014 Maya Edgerton Bachmann, Nikki Ceeney Emma Littlewood, Ilona Jakab, Clare Duck
2015 Sean Lally, Will Ellis Johnny Andrinopoulos Ebru Efe, Ruth Brooker, Clare Duck
2016 Cameron McGilp, Jonathan Vakirtzis, Finnian Huzzey India Tait, Emma Littlewood Sean Lally, Davide Cardamone, Paul Scopelliti, Alastair Dunlop Ebru Efe, Stephanie Skaras

Team of the Year

Alongside the University Blues, the University of Melbourne distributes annual sports awards including male athlete of the year, female athlete of the year, coach of the year, team manager of the year and team of the year. In 2009, Men's Football won team of the year for it's first ever Australian University Games championship in Gold Coast, going the entire tournament undefeated and not conceding a goal until the final. In 2016, Men's Football again won team of the year for again going undefeated at Australian University Games in Perth, and finishing runners up at the World Elite University Football Tournament.

Team management

Position Name
Head Coach Sam Matheas
Senior Assistant Coach TBA
Assistant Coach TBA
Assistant Manager TBA

First Team Players

Men's 2016 Squad

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Position Player
1 England GK Adam Faith
2 Australia DF Will Osborn
4 England DF Harry Simmons
6 Australia DF Mathew Donnan
8 Australia MF Callum Walkinshaw
10 France MF Marco Sani (team captain)
12 Australia MF Sean Lally
14 Australia MF Elliot Noble
16 Australia FW Antonio Vinci
18 England FW Josh Parrot
21 United States FW Collin Faunt
No. Position Player
19 Scotland GK Lindsay Millar
3 Australia DF Patrick Travini
5 Australia DF William Nack
7 Australia DF Allan Ng
9 Australia MF Menas Antachew
11 England MF Robert Jones
13 England MF Tom Phillipson
15 Australia FW Tom Scudamore
17 Sweden FW Johan Svantesson
20 Germany FW Lucas Jester
22 England FW Sam Chapman

Women's 2016 Squad

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Position Player
1 Australia GK Kehley Bitzas
2 Australia MF Alicia Vakalopolous
4 Australia MF Amelia Radford
6 Australia MF Amy Froud
8 Australia MF Annie Holliday
10 England MF Bobbi Todd
12 Australia FW Courtney Kubitschek
14 Australia FW Ebru Efe
16 Australia FW Elena Reid
18 Australia FW Georgia Johnson
21 Australia FW Jess Brotchie
No. Position Player
19 Australia MF Ili Jakab
5 England MF Ruth Brooker
5 Australia DF Jess Ji
7 Australia DF Kate Richardsond
11 Australia MF Kristina Peso
13 Australia MF Lauren Thompson
15 United States FW Maggie Whitfield
17 Australia DF Rachel Bach (team captain)
20 Australia FW Shakirah Stephen
22 Australia FW Tamara Whiteside

References

  1. ↑ http://musc.com.au/men/committee/
  2. ↑ http://www.sport.unimelb.edu.au/JoinAClub
  3. ↑ http://www.sport.unimelb.edu.au/Soccer#about
  4. ↑ http://www.sport.unimelb.edu.au/Soccer#about
  5. ↑ http://musc.com.au/men/training-venues/
  6. ↑ http://musc.com.au/men/training-venues/
  7. ↑ "Green and Gold Guidelines" (PDF).
  8. ↑ "MU Blues Sport Awards".

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