{{other uses}} {{Use dmy dates|date=July 2019}} {{update|date=December 2016}} {{Infobox football club | clubname = Fremantle City | image = Fremantle_City_FC_logo.png | fullname = Fremantle City FC | founded = 2014 | ground = Hilton Park | capacity = 2,000 |chrtitle=President | chairman= Tony Estrano<ref>{{Cite web|title=EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE |url=https://fremantlecityfc.com.au/executive-committee/ |access-date=2025-04-04 |publisher=Fremantle City FC |language=en}}</ref> | manager = Scott Miller<ref>{{Cite web |title=MEN'S NPL |url=https://fremantlecityfc.com.au/mens-npl-2/ |access-date=2025-04-04 |publisher=Fremantle City Football Club |language=en}}</ref> | mgrtitle=Head coach | league = {{Australian soccer updater| FremantleC}} | season = {{Australian soccer updater| FremantleC2}} | position = {{Australian soccer updater| FremantleC3}} | website = https://fremantlecityfc.com.au | pattern_la1 = | pattern_b1 = | pattern_ra1 = | leftarm1 = 800000 | body1 = 800000 | rightarm1 = 800000 | shorts1 = 800000 | socks1 = 800000 }}
'''Fremantle City Football Club''' is an Australian soccer club based in Fremantle, Western Australia. Formed in 2014 through the merger of Fremantle United and East Fremantle Tricolore, the club competes in the men's and women's divisions of the National Premier Leagues Western Australia. Tricolore was one of the state's most prominent clubs in the post-war period, winning five top-flight titles, while Fremantle United enjoyed sustained success in the amateur leagues, claiming eight championships between 1988 and 2008.
==History== Fremantle City was formed in 2014 through the merger of Fremantle United, formed in 1979, and East Fremantle Tricolore, founded in 1953. Both clubs had roots in the local Italian-Australian community.<ref>{{Cite news |date=2024-05-20 |title=East Fremantle Tricolore 70th Anniversary |url=https://heraldonlinejournal.com/2024/05/20/east-fremantle-tricolore-70th-anniversary/ |access-date=2025-04-04 |work=Fremantle Herald |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Smith |first=Ben |date=2024-05-24 |title=Fremantle City embrace Tricolore roots for 70th anniversary |url=https://thewest.com.au/sport/soccer/npl-wa-fremantle-city-embrace-tricolore-roots-for-clubs-70th-anniversary-clash-against-perth-sc-c-14782462 |work=The West Australian|access-date=2025-04-04 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2015-04-22 |title=FFA Cup clash excites Italian community in Perth |url=https://www.australiacup.com.au/news/ffa-cup-clash-excites-italian-community-perth |access-date=2025-04-04 |publisher=Football Australia|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Club History |url=http://eastfreosoccer.org.au/about-us/club-history |archive-url=https://webarchive.nla.gov.au/awa/20170215150238/http://eastfreosoccer.org.au/about-us/club-history |archive-date=15 February 2017 |access-date=2025-04-04 |publisher=East Fremantle Tricolore Soccer Club |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |date=4 October 2016 |title=One Club: Another step forward |work=Fremantle-Cockburn Gazette |pages=51}}</ref>
===East Fremantle Tricolore=== Tricolore was founded in 1953. After entering the state league in 1960, the club clinched three consecutive league titles from 1963 to 1965 and added two more championships in 1970 and 1972. Their success extended to the D'Orsogna Cup, securing victories in 1961, 1962, 1966, 1968, 1972, 1976, 1978, and 1979.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2015-07-14 |title=Re-living Tricolore's Good Old Days |url=https://footballhalloffamewa.com.au/re-living-tricolores-good-old-days/ |access-date=2025-04-04 |publisher=Football Hall of Fame WA |language=en-AU}}</ref> In 1987, Tricolore joined with Perth Azzurri and Balcatta Etna to form Perth SC. In 2004, Tricolore left Perth SC to compete again in their own right.
===Fremantle United=== Fremantle United was formed in 1979.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Club History |archive-date=18 February 2017|archive-url=https://webarchive.nla.gov.au/awa/20170218142832/http://www.fremantleunited.com.au/freo-history|url=http://www.fremantleunited.com.au/freo-history |access-date=2025-04-04 |publisher=Fremantle United Soccer Club |language=en}}</ref> They played in black and white stripes, in tribute to Italian club Juventus.<ref>{{Cite news |date=2024-08-09 |title=United by a jersey |url=https://heraldonlinejournal.com/2024/08/09/united-by-a-jersey/ |access-date=2025-04-04 |work=Fremantle Herald |language=en-US}}</ref> Between 1982 and 2011, Fremantle United competed in the amateur leagues, spending most of the time in the Amateur Premier Division. They won the Amateur Premier Division eight times - in 1988, 1989, 1991, 1992, 1994, 1998, 2000, and 2008 - and were runners-up on seven occasions. They joined the State League Second Division in 2012, where they played until the formation of Fremantle City.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Club Directory : F - L |url=https://www.footballwa.net/clubs_fl.htm |access-date=2025-04-04 |website=Football WA}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Amateur League Premier Division |url=https://www.footballwa.net/records/amprem.htm |access-date=2025-04-05 |website=FootballWA}}</ref>
===Fremantle City=== In 2018, President Maurice submitted a formal expression of interest to join the A-League.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Taylor |first=Nick |date=26 May 2018 |title=Fremantle throw their hat in ring |work=The West Australian |pages=133}}</ref>
==Current squad==
{{updated|3 December 2024}}<ref>{{cite book |title=WA NPL Top 4 Cup 2024|date=14 September 2024|publisher=Football West}}</ref>
{{football squad start}} {{fs player|no=1|nat=AUS|pos=GK|name=Luke Radonich}} {{fs player|no=2|nat=AUS|pos=DF|name=Alex Silla}} {{fs player|no=3|nat=AUS|pos=DF|name=Nicolas Santalucia}} {{fs player|no=4|nat=AUS|pos=DF|name=Ben Steele}} {{fs player|no=7|nat=AUS|pos=FW|name=Jack Steele}} {{fs player|no= 8 | nat=ENG |pos=FW | name=Charlie Chechlacz}} {{fs player|no= 9| nat=AUS |pos=FW | name=Sam Cook}} {{fs player|no= 10| nat=AUS |pos=MF | name=Nicholas Ambrogio}} {{fs player|no= 11| nat=AUS |pos=MF | name=Shubham Mokala}} {{fs player|no=12|nat=AUS|pos=GK|name=Ryan Barker}} {{fs mid}} no=12 Nat=AUS pos=MF name=Cameron Edwards {{fs player| no= 13| nat=AUS |pos=DF | name=George Festa}} {{fs player| no= 14| nat=AUS |pos=MF | name=Ali Gholami}} {{fs player| no= 15| nat=SCO |pos=MF | name=John Chalmers}} {{fs player| no= 16| nat=AUS |pos=DF | name=Anthony Topini}} {{fs player| no= 17| nat=AUS |pos=MF | name=Charlie Betts}} {{fs player| no= 18| nat=IRL |pos=FW | name=Karl Moody}} {{fs player| no= 20| nat=AUS |pos=FW | name=Taj Bingwa}} {{fs player| no= 21| nat=AUS |pos=FW | name=Oscar Holden}} {{fs player| no= 23| nat=AUS |pos=DF | name=Riley Woodcock}} {{fs player|nat=AUS|pos=GK|name=Matthew Brandt}} {{football squad end}}
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== * [http://freocity.tripod.com/fcsc.htm Official Website]
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Category:National Premier Leagues Western Australia Category:Association football clubs established in 1978 Category:1978 establishments in Australia Category:Soccer clubs in Perth, Western Australia Category:Men's soccer clubs in Western Australia {{Australia-footyclub-stub}}