Canadian association football team
Football club
Hamilton City 1
Full name Hamilton City 1 Soccer Club Founded 2016 Stadium Heritage Field
Hamilton, Ontario Manager Kathleen Nurse Coach Saša Vuković League
Canadian Soccer League
2023 Regular season: 5th Playoffs: Did not qualify
Hamilton City 1 Soccer Club is a Canadian
soccer team founded in 2016 that played in the
Canadian Soccer League , and played their home games at
Cardinal Newman Secondary School multi-sport athletic field in the community of
Stoney Creek, Hamilton . In 2021, they merged with fellow CSL club
Brantford Galaxy to form
BGH City FC .
History
Original team logo
In May 2016, Andrew Crowe, the owner of
London City , sold his share to his partner Zoran Kliseric, and relocated the club to
Hamilton, Ontario marking the return of professional soccer to the city since
Hamilton Croatia competed in the
Canadian Soccer League in 2010.
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[4] The organizations territory was located at
Stoney Creek with
Cardinal Newman Secondary School multi-sport athletic field as their home venue.
[5] Former London City manager Josip Dzale assumed the responsibilities of head coach, and assembled a roster of players with European and CSL experience. Dzale brought in Dražen Vuković, Nikola Stanojević, Josip Keran,
Miroslav Čabrilo ,
Igor Krmar ,
Haris Fazlagić , and
Zdenko Jurcevic .
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Hamilton City made its league debut on May 27, 2016 against
Milton SC , where Santiago Pestrepo scored the club's first historic goal in a 2-1 defeat.
[7] Hamilton secured a postseason berth by finishing sixth in the standings. In the first round of the playoffs they faced
Scarborough SC , where Hamilton advanced to the next round by a score of 3-0 with goals coming from Timotej Zakrajsek, Jurcevic, and Frane Grbesa.
[8] Hamilton faced the regular league champions
York Region Shooters and reached the
CSL Championship final after a 4-1 victory in a penalty shootout.
[9] Their opponents in the final were the
Serbian White Eagles , where Domagoj Zubac recorded the first goal with Serbia tying the match later and scoring the final goal at the last minutes of the match to win the championship.
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[11] On February 20, 2017 it was announced that the owners of Hamilton SC decided not to field a team for the
2017 season .
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After a one-year hiatus, Hamilton returned for the
2018 season .
[13] After a third place finish during the
2020 season , they were disqualified from the playoffs for being "Not-in-Good Standing" at the conclusion of the season.
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Ahead of the 2021 season, they merged with
Brantford Galaxy to form
BGH City FC .
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Roster
As of July 24, 2023
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Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under
FIFA eligibility rules . Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
Head coaches
Years
Name
Nation
2016
Josip Dzale
Croatia
2018
Sasa Vukovic
Serbia
Seasons
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