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The Marconi Stallions Football Club is an Australian football (soccer)

Football (soccer)

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club located in Sydney

Sydney

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, Australia

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. The club won the National Soccer League

National Soccer League

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title a record four times, along with South Melbourne FC

South Melbourne FC

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and Sydney City SC. The club is one of only two to have competed in every season of the now-defunct NSL.

The club is currently a member of the New South Wales Premier League, playing their home games out of Marconi Stadium

Marconi Stadium

Marconi Stadium is a football stadium in Bossley Park, New South Wales, Australia. It is mainly is used for association football and is the home ground for the Marconi Stallions team.-History:...

, in Bossley Park

Bossley Park, New South Wales

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History

The club was formerly known as Marconi Fairfield; the name comes from Guglielmo Marconi

Guglielmo Marconi

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, the Italian

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inventor of the radio

Radio

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, and Fairfield (New South Wales)

Fairfield, New South Wales

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, the city in which the club plays. The club was founded in 1958 by an Italian social club called Club Marconi, and was primarily backed and supported by Italians and Italian-Australians living in Sydney. However, the club and team have since established themselves as one of the top sports and social clubs in the Western Sydney / Fairfield area (which is known as the premier region for football (soccer) in Sydney and Australia). This has seen the team gain recognition as one of Australia's top football (soccer) entities, with one of the highest rated youth academies in Australian football, and a support that has grown well beyond the Italian community in Sydney.

Season 2009 (1st Grade)

The Marconi Stallions had an impressive 2009 campaign finishing 2nd on the table behind local rivals Sydney United.The Stallions knocked Sydney United out of the NSW Premier League to advance to the grand final against Sutherland Sharks at CUA Stadium in Penrith. They lost the final 4-1 in front of a crowd of approximately 3000.

Rivalries

Sydney United

Marconi has a rivalry with Sydney Croatia due to closeness of the two clubs.Sydney United is located in Edensor Park and play out of King Tomislav Club which is only 1 km south of Club Marconi.The Croatian club has been rivals with the Stallions since 1970 when Marconi got promoted to the State League.In this rivalry there have been some highs and lows but all in all the matches between the two clubs have been entertaining.
Marconi beat Sydney United in 1998 grand final in a very intense match that went to a penalty shoot-out.
Marconi Stallions and Sydney United compete for the Capitol Hill Cup each year,the cup is over two legs.Sydney United won the cup in 2009 but Marconi got them back to go to the 2009 nsw premier league grand final.

A.P.I.A Leichhardt Tigers

The Stallions and the Tigers have a friendly rivalry.These two clubs are the two Italian backed clubs in New South Wales.

Honours

Australian Champions--1979, 1988, 1989, 1993
NSL Cup Winners--1980
Brad Maloney won the Johnny Warren medal whilst playing for Marconi.

Former players

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Gary Byrne

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Jimmy Cant Nick Carle

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Ian Gray

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Andy Harper

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Eddie Krnčević

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Nathan Moulds

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Chris Cahill

First Grade

Reserve squad

Nikodin Matic(GK)Timothy RassmussenBrenton RhodesSean O'ConnellAnthony MusumeciMitchell MalliaGeorge KhouryTom BrandonEros BergaminJoseph AndrianoNathan AgbinyaRobert TribbiaAndrew Vitucci

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