# AFC Mobile > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/AFC_Mobile > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/AFC_Mobile.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AFC_Mobile > Source revision: 1347014924 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) {{Short description|American soccer club}} {{Use mdy dates|date=May 2025}} {{Infobox football club | clubname = AFC Mobile | image = AFC Mobile.png | image_size = 150 | fullname = Association Football Club Mobile | nickname = Azaleas, Wanderers | founded = {{Start date and age|2015|06|15}} | ground = [Davidson High School](/source/Davidson_High_School_(Mobile%2C_Alabama)) Stadium, Mobile, AL | capacity = | owner = | chrtitle = | chairman = | mgrtitle = Head Coach | manager = Sam Rehm | league = [The League for Clubs](/source/The_League_for_Clubs) | current = | position = | website = {{url|https://www.afcmobile.net/| afcmobile.net}} | pattern_la1 = | pattern_b1 = _whitecollar | pattern_ra1 = | pattern_sh1 = | pattern_so1 = _2 orange stripes | leftarm1 = 9C0000 | body1 = 9C0000 | rightarm1 = 9C0000 | shorts1 = 000000 | socks1 = 9C0000 | pattern_la2 = | pattern_b2 = | pattern_ra2 = | pattern_sh2 = | pattern_so2 = | leftarm2 = | body2 = | rightarm2 = | shorts2 = | socks2 = | American = true }} '''AFC Mobile''' is an American [soccer](/source/soccer) club based in [Mobile, Alabama](/source/Mobile%2C_Alabama), that formerly competed in the [National Premier Soccer League](/source/National_Premier_Soccer_League). After a hiatus, the club returned to the [Gulf Coast Premier League](/source/Gulf_Coast_Premier_League) for the 2024 season, and currently competes in [The League for Clubs](/source/The_League_for_Clubs). {{cite web|title=AFC Mobile Joins The League for Clubs|url=https://www.afcmobile.net/2025/01/31/afc-mobile-joins-the-league-for-clubs/}} == History == ===Founding=== AFC Mobile was founded in 2015 by Mobile and [Baldwin County, Alabama](/source/Baldwin_County%2C_Alabama), soccer enthusiasts in order to establish a semi-professional soccer team in the City of Mobile.{{cite web|title=Soccer enthusiasts hope to bring new team to Mobile|url=http://www.al.com/news/mobile/index.ssf/2015/10/soccer_enthusiast_hope_to_brin.html|website=AL.com}} It was announced on January 3, 2017, that AFC Mobile would join the Gulf Coast Premier League for its inaugural Summer Season.{{cite web|title=Gulf Coast Premier League announces summer season; adds 3 new clubs|url=http://www.gcplsoccer.com/gulf-coast-premier-league-announces-summer-season-adds-3-new-clubs/|publisher=Gulf Coast Premier League}} On November 12, 2019, it was announced that AFC Mobile would join the [National Premier Soccer League](/source/National_Premier_Soccer_League) in a newly formed Gulf Coast Conference that featured Mobile, [Port City FC](/source/Port_City_FC), [Tallahassee SC](/source/Tallahassee_SC), [Pensacola FC](/source/Pensacola_FC), and NPSL mainstays the [New Orleans Jesters](/source/New_Orleans_Jesters) and [Jacksonville Armada](/source/Jacksonville_Armada).{{cite web|title=New Gulf Coast Conference Announced by the NPSL|url=https://www.npsl.com/13524/|publisher=National Premier Soccer League}} ===Inaugural season=== Prior to their debut season, AFC Mobile announced that it would play its inaugural season's home games at the Archbishop Lipscomb Athletic Complex, located in the Bolton neighborhood of Mobile.{{cite web|title=AFC Mobile announces Home Field for Inaugural Season|url=http://blog.al.com/press-releases/2017/03/afc_mobile_to_play_2017_home_g.html|website=AL.com}} For its first two years, the team was managed by Nate Nicholas, a former player for the [University of Mobile](/source/University_of_Mobile), former back-to-back state championship-winning coach at [UMS-Wright Preparatory School](/source/UMS-Wright_Preparatory_School), and current varsity men's coach at [McGill–Toolen Catholic High School](/source/McGill%E2%80%93Toolen_Catholic_High_School).{{cite web|title=Mobile Finally Has A Soccer Team|url=http://995thejag.iheart.com/onair/mason-1123/mobile-finally-has-a-soccer-team-15678293/|publisher=99.5 The Jag|access-date=2017-03-28|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170402213511/http://995thejag.iheart.com/onair/mason-1123/mobile-finally-has-a-soccer-team-15678293/|archive-date=2017-04-02|url-status=dead}} ===Changes to coaching staff=== After finishing the [2018 GCPL season](/source/2018_GCPL_season), head coach Nate Nicholas stepped down.{{cite web |title=AFC Mobile Coach Nate Nicholas Resigns |url=https://www.wkrg.com/sports/afc-mobile-coach-nate-nicholas-resigns/1676821345 |publisher=[WKRG-TV](/source/WKRG-TV) }}{{Dead link|date=July 2025 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} Ultimately, [Spring Hill College](/source/Spring_Hill_College)'s men's soccer coach Steve Wieczorek was named as Nicholas's replacement on January 7, 2019.{{cite web |title=AFC Mobile names Spring Hill College's Steve Wieczorek as new head coach |url=https://www.wkrg.com/sports/afc-mobile-names-spring-hill-college-s-steve-wieczorek-as-new-head-coach/1690595816 |publisher=[WKRG-TV](/source/WKRG-TV) }}{{Dead link|date=July 2023 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} == Support == === Rivalries === Mobile's main rival is Union 10, who are based across [Mobile Bay](/source/Mobile_Bay) in [Daphne, Alabama](/source/Daphne%2C_Alabama). The matches between these two clubs are referred to as the 251 Derby. AFC had a rivalry with [Port City FC](/source/Port_City_FC) (formerly Biloxi City FC), who played in [Gulfport, Mississippi](/source/Gulfport%2C_Mississippi) when both clubs participated in the GCPL. They competed for the fan-based Forgotten Coast Cup. === Attendance === For their debut game on May 14, 2017, AFC Mobile more than quadrupled the highest ever attendance for the Gulf Coast Premier League.{{cite web|title=AFC Mobile game breaks attendance records|url=http://local15tv.com/news/local/afc-mobile-game-breaks-attendance-records|publisher=[WPMI-TV](/source/WPMI-TV)|access-date=2017-05-15|archive-date=2017-05-23|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170523065729/http://local15tv.com/news/local/afc-mobile-game-breaks-attendance-records|url-status=dead}} In their second home game on June 10, 2017 against [Biloxi City FC](/source/Biloxi_City_FC), AFC Mobile drew 924 to Archbishop Lipscomb Stadium, which topped the league's previous record.{{cite web|title=Late Goal Sinks AFC Mobile In 2-1 Loss to Biloxi City FC|url=https://www.afcmobile.net/2017/06/11/1792/|website=AFC Mobile}} On June 8, 2017, AFC Mobile became the first team in the Gulf Coast Premier League to break 1,000 people in attendance against CD Motagua of New Orleans.{{cite web |title=AFC Mobile wraps up home schedule in front of record crowd |publisher=[WKRG-TV](/source/WKRG-TV) |url=http://www.wkrg.com/sports/afc-mobile-wraps-up-home-schedule-in-front-of-record-crowd/867891249 |access-date=May 3, 2018 |archive-date=June 27, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180627092652/https://www.wkrg.com/sports/afc-mobile-wraps-up-home-schedule-in-front-of-record-crowd/867891249 |url-status=dead }} During their second season, AFC Mobile would go on to draw over 1,400 fans twice against the Gulf Coast Rangers and Port City FC.{{cite web|title=AFC Mobile Breaks GCPL Attendance Record in 2-0 Loss to Gulf Coast Rangers FC|url=https://www.afcmobile.net/2018/06/11/afc-mobile-breaks-gcpl-attendance-record-in-2-0-loss-to-gulf-coast-rangers-fc/}} ==Coaching staff== === Team management === {|class="wikitable" |- ! style="background:#800000; color:white; border:2px solid #FFFF00;" scope="col" colspan="2"|Coaching Staff |- {{Fb cs staff |bg= |p=Head coach |s= {{flagicon|USA}} Sam Rehm}} |} ==Year-by-year== {| class="wikitable" !style="background:#800000; color:white; border:2px solid #FFFF00;;" scope="col"|Year !style="background:#800000; color:white; border:2px solid #FFFF00;;" scope="col"|Conference !style="background:#800000; color:white; border:2px solid #FFFF00;;" scope="col"|League !style="background:#800000; color:white; border:2px solid #FFFF00;;" scope="col"|Regular Season !style="background:#800000; color:white; border:2px solid #FFFF00;;" scope="col"|Playoffs !style="background:#800000; color:white; border:2px solid #FFFF00;;" scope="col"|Open Cup |- |2017 |Eastern Conference |[GCPL](/source/Gulf_Coast_Premier_League) |6th, East |''did not qualify'' |''did not enter'' |- |[2018](/source/2018_GCPL_season) |Eastern Conference |[GCPL](/source/Gulf_Coast_Premier_League) |4th, East |''did not qualify'' |''did not enter'' |- |- |[2019](/source/2019_GCPL_season) |Eastern Conference |[GCPL](/source/Gulf_Coast_Premier_League) |2nd, East |''Quarterfinals'' |''did not enter'' |- |[2020](/source/2020_NPSL_season) |Gulf Coast Conference |[NPSL](/source/National_Premier_Soccer_League) | colspan="2" style="text-align:center;" |'''''Season cancelled due to [COVID-19 pandemic](/source/COVID-19_pandemic)'''''{{cite web |last1=Prince-Wright |first1=Joe |title=2020 NPSL season cancelled |url=https://soccer.nbcsports.com/2020/03/26/2020-npsl-season-cancelled/ |website=ProSoccerTalk |publisher=NBC Sports |access-date=15 June 2020 |date=26 March 2020}} |''did not enter'' |- |[2025](/source/2025_The_League_for_Clubs_season) |Gulf Coast Conference |[TLfC](/source/The_League_for_Clubs) |9th, Gulf Coast |''did not qualify'' |''did not enter'' |- |} == References == {{reflist}} == External links == * {{oweb}} {{The League for Clubs}} {{Alabama Sports}} Category:Sports clubs and teams in Mobile, Alabama Category:2015 establishments in Alabama Category:Association football clubs established in 2015 Category:Soccer clubs in Alabama --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [AFC Mobile](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AFC_Mobile) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AFC_Mobile?action=history)). 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