Modbury SC, commonly known as Modbury Jets, is an Australian semi-professional soccer club based in Adelaide, South Australia. Its senior men's teams currently compete in the National Premier Leagues South Australia and senior women's team in the Women's State League. The club also fields junior teams for girls and boys. The seniors play their home matches at Smith Partners Stadium in Ridgehaven, north of Adelaide and the Juniors play at Burragah Reserve, Modbury North.

Modbury Soccer Club is a not-for-profit community football club based in Modbury, South Australia. Founded in 1964, the club has a long-standing history in local football.

It is affiliated with Football South Australia (FSA), the South Australian Amateur Soccer League (SAASL), and the national governing body, Football Australia (formerly Football Federation Australia). Through these affiliations, the club is indirectly connected to FIFA, the international governing body of association football.

Over the years, Modbury Soccer Club has grown from its original ‘working men’s’ foundation to a club that caters for all age groups and abilities. The club fields teams in Senior Men's and Senior Women's, Junior boys and girls, and MiniRoos competitions. It also fields teams in the SA Amateur Soccer Soccer League.

History

The club was first founded in 1964, however they were forced to wait a year in order to play in the 1965 season. For reasons unknown, they played in the 3rd division reserve league while their reserve side played in the 4th division.

The club almost became the Modbury Prague Soccer Club in 1968 when members of the Czechoslovak Australian community in the area wanted to promote the game at Modbury. However the move was abandoned when club members vetoed the idea.

The club's facilities have been steadily improving over the years. Its ground was selected as one of the training venues for teams competing in the 2000 Olympic Games. Modbury is a popular community based club located in the Modbury/Tea Tree Gully area. The club fields both seniors and juniors teams.

In 2014, the Jets celebrated their fiftieth year as a club, and finished the season by clinching promotion through the play-off finals series.

Current squad

As of 21 July 2022

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.NationPlayer
No. Pos. Nation Player 1 GK AUS Alex Woodlands 2 DF AUS Paul Wilson 4 DF AUS Cameron O'Doherty 5 DF AUS Tim Henderson 6 MF AUS Patrick McGregor 7 DF AUS Liam McCabe 8 MF AUS Jordan O'Doherty 9 FW AUS Hamish McCabe 10 MF AUS Jesse Francesca (Captain) 11 FW AUS Francesco Schmizzi 12 MF AUS Zakaria AbdullahiNo. Pos. Nation Player 13 DF AUS Daniel Ditroia 15 DF AUS Giuseppe Macheda 16 DF AUS Christian D'Argenio 17 MF AUS Lachlan Wilson 19 DF AUS Luca De Sciscio 20 GK AUS Thomas Hughes 22 MF AUS Matias Aloisi 24 DF AUS Fred Sunday 25 MF AUS Christian Tassotti 27 MF SSD Joke Wuol
1GKAUSAlex Woodlands
2DFAUSPaul Wilson
4DFAUSCameron O'Doherty
5DFAUSTim Henderson
6MFAUSPatrick McGregor
7DFAUSLiam McCabe
8MFAUSJordan O'Doherty
9FWAUSHamish McCabe
10MFAUSJesse Francesca (Captain)
11FWAUSFrancesco Schmizzi
12MFAUSZakaria Abdullahi
No.Pos.NationPlayer
13DFAUSDaniel Ditroia
15DFAUSGiuseppe Macheda
16DFAUSChristian D'Argenio
17MFAUSLachlan Wilson
19DFAUSLuca De Sciscio
20GKAUSThomas Hughes
22MFAUSMatias Aloisi
24DFAUSFred Sunday
25MFAUSChristian Tassotti
27MFSSDJoke Wuol

Honours

State

Runner-up (2): 2000, 2001

Runner-up (1): 2001

Winners (3): 1985, 1998, 2019

Runner-up (2): 1987, 2010

Winners (2): 2010, 2022

Winners (1): 1973

Winners (1): 1989

Runner-up (2): 2004, 2022

  • Night Series

Runner-up (1): 1992 September

Football SA Player Awards

Roy Burdett, 2nd Division Player of the Year (1975)

Carl Whitehead, SASF Player of Year (1995)

Ross Fedele, State League Reserves Player of the Year (1998)

Mark Yates, SASF Player of Year (2000)

Mason Somerville, State League Player of the Year (2004)

David Crowl, State League Player of the Year (2010)

Brandon Pirone, State League U19s Player of the Year (2010)

Nathan Cheetham, State League U19s Player of the Year (2012)

Charlie Bowman, State League Golden Boot (2014)

James Levett, State League 1 U18s Player of the Year (2018)

Shaun McGreevy, State League 1 Golden Boot (2018)

Shaun McGreevy/Joshua Farrell, State League 1 Golden Boot (2019)

Kieran Griffiths, State League 1 Goalkeeper of the Year (2019)

Jokew Wuol, NPL U18s Player of the Year (2020)

Brayden, State League 1 U18s Player of the Year (2021)

Football SA Coaching Awards

Earl Pudler, Premier League Coach of the Year (2010)

Jason Trimboli, State League 1 Coach of the Year (2019)

Club Record Holders (1993–2022)

Senior Games Record Holder: Matt Kelly (252)

Senior Record Goal Scorer: Charlie Bowman (56)

Players/Former Player Achievements

Jacob Melling – Under 17s Australian Representative at 2011 Mexico World Cup

Brandon Borrello1. FC Kaiserslautern and Australia U23s Representative

Bradden Inman – Current Rochdale A.F.C player

Notable players

External links

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