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Logan United FC
Full nameLogan United Football Club
Nickname(s)LUFC
Founded2008
Dissolved2010
GroundClem Jones Field
Logan, Queensland, Australia
Capacity5000

Logan United Football Club were a professional Australian soccer club based in Logan, Queensland which played in the Queensland State League. They did not apply to stay in the league for the 2010 Queensland State League season.

History

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Logan United was formed in 2008 to join the Queensland State League, a new league formed to fill the gap between the A-League and various city competitions around the state. In their first season in the competition the team placed fifth (out of ten teams), then sixth (out of eleven) in the 2009 season. The club started with a strong squad, including some former A-League players, such as Switzerland-born Remo Buess[1] who had played with FC Zurich in the Swiss Super League as well as Queensland Roar (now Brisbane Roar) in the A-League, Papua New Guinean international Reggie Davani,[2] Fijian national team player Raj Oshen[3] and Vanuatu national football team Goalkeeper Chikau Mansale.[4][5] Former English Premier League Goalkeeper Jason Kearton works as the club's Goalkeeping coach.[6]

Colours and badge

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The club's home kit was black and white strip jerseys, with white pants and white socks. The club's away jersey is yellow, with black pants and yellow socks. Crestmead based company 'BWS' wereLogan United's major sponsor, with their logo on the club's strip on both the front and back of their squad jerseys.[7]

Previous squad

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2009 Queensland State League Squad Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK Australia AUS Sebastian Usai
2 MF Australia AUS Ryan Stenhouse
3 DF Australia AUS Mitch Nelis
4 DF Switzerland SUI Remo Buess
5 DF Australia AUS Jackson Dixon-Best
6 DF Fiji FIJ Raj Oshen
7 MF Australia AUS Damien Kallis
8 MF Australia AUS Filip Nechifor
9 FW Australia AUS Blake Kallis
10 DF Australia AUS Robert Laslo
No. Pos. Nation Player
11 FW Croatia CRO Daniel Gecic
12 MF Australia AUS Luke Howell
13 FW Australia AUS Jon San Martin
14 MF Japan JPN Nobuhiro Iwami
15 MF Argentina ARG Jair Wilk
16 DF Australia AUS Jesse McDonnell
17 DF Australia AUS Josh Filewood
18 MF Australia AUS Chris Roulston
19 FW Papua New Guinea PNG Reggie Davani
20 GK Vanuatu VAN Chikau Mansale

Representatives

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The following players are currently or were formerly members of their respective national teams:

The following players are currently or were formerly members of their respective national youth teams:

Club Partnerships

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In 2009, Logan United signed several partnerships with local clubs in the area to strengthen their own team as well as provide opportunities to share coaching information as well as players with developmental clubs.[8] These clubs included Greenbank Seniors FC, Logan Uniting Church SC and Eagle United FC

Club achievements

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All-Time Most Appearances

All-Time Leading Goalscorer

Most Yellow Cards In A Season

Most Red Cards In A Season

  • Australia Josh Filewood – 2 Red Cards

All-Time Most Assists

First Player to score a goal

First player to score over 1 goal in a game

Youngest Player to Play For Logan United FC

See also

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References

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  1. ^ Logan United FC snare Buess Archived 31 January 2010 at the Wayback Machine
  2. ^ "Logan United FC sign PNG star Reggie Davani". Archived from the original on 19 September 2009. Retrieved 2 June 2010.
  3. ^ "QSL - Queensland State League - Our State of Play". Archived from the original on 3 October 2011. Retrieved 8 June 2011.
  4. ^ "QSL - Queensland State League - Our State of Play". Archived from the original on 3 October 2011. Retrieved 8 June 2011.
  5. ^ "QSL - Queensland State League - Our State of Play". Archived from the original on 3 October 2011. Retrieved 8 June 2011.
  6. ^ "QSL - Queensland State League - Our State of Play". Archived from the original on 3 October 2011. Retrieved 8 June 2011.
  7. ^ "BDS in for LUFC major sponsorship". Qldsl.com.au. Football Queensland. 10 March 2009. Archived from the original on 3 October 2011. Retrieved 1 October 2019.
  8. ^ "First Partner Club Agreements signed, sealed and delivered". Archived from the original on 19 September 2009. Retrieved 2 June 2010.
  9. ^ Tobin, Michelle (3 September 2008). "Queensland State League Round 4 Weekend Wrap". Australian FourFourTwo. Archived from the original on 3 September 2008. Retrieved 1 October 2019.
  10. ^ "QSL - Queensland State League - Our State of Play". Archived from the original on 25 August 2011. Retrieved 9 June 2011.
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