Hobart City Football Club is an Australian semi-professional soccer club based in the suburb of Sandy Bay in Hobart, Tasmania. The club's colours are green and black. The club plays its home games at Sandown Park, known to fans as the Tropicana Cauldron or simply The Tropicana. In 2021, Beachside FC and Hobart City merged to form a club under the current name.
History Beachside FC
Beachside FC was founded in 1975 under the name Howrah Soccer Club because it played in the Hobart suburb of Howrah. The club then adopted the name Beachside HSC when it moved to its current home near Long Beach, in Sandy Bay keeping the HSC from Howrah Soccer Club despite no longer playing in that suburb. In 2011, the name was changed subtly to Beachside FC.
Hobart City In 1977, Hobart City Azzurri was founded to provide a youth soccer club for the Italian community. In 1981, the Club changed its name to Hobart City FC, as a result of a mandate from Soccer Australia to remove all ethnic based names club titles. In 1986, the club become the Southern Tasmanian Seniors Division 1 Premiers and Knock Out Cup Winners. The club ceased to exist in late 1991, with its members joining other clubs or retiring. In 2021, family members of the original founders, began a re-creation of the Hobart City Azzurri.
Merger In 2021, Beachside FC and Hobart City FC merged to form a new club under the name Hobart City Beachside FC and later changed to Hobart City FC In 2023
Team Honours Southern Championship 1 Champions (2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019) 2019 Men's Summer Cup Division A 2013 Southern Premier League Champions 2010 Southern Tasmanian Division One Champions (Promoted to Southern Championship) 2007 Southern Tasmanian Division One Champions
Individual honours The club's best and fairest medal is named after Alistair Hales while a yearly award is presented for the best contributor to the club's off-field success. This is named after James Dunsby, a club life member who died in an SAS selection test in Wales. Year Alistair Hales Best and Fairest James Dunsby Clubman2019 James Anderson & Brett Andrews2018 Ben Whitehall2017 2016 2015 2014Jayden WelchJames Andrews 2013 2012 2011Nathan Robinson, Jack Turner and Luke AtkinAnthony Grznic
Seasons A summary of the seasons of the Beachside Senior Men's Team: Season League National League Level Final position Coach Notes2019 Southern Championship 3 3rd Brett Pullen 2018 Southern Championship 3 2nd Daniel Lapolla 2017 Southern Championship 3 2nd Daniel Lapolla 2016 Southern Championship 3 2nd 2015 Southern Championship 3 4th Brett Pullen 2014 Southern Premier League 3 4th Farrell Shaw2013 Southern Premier League 3 1st Nathan Robinson An FFT league restructure led to Beachside joining the SPL.2012 Southern League One 3 2nd Brett Pullen2011 Southern Premier League 2 8th(Last) Brett PullenRelegated to SL1 at end of season.2010 Southern League One 3 1st Nathan RobinsonPromoted to SPL next season.2009 Southern League One3 Tony Kavanagh
Teams In 2014 the club has male teams playing in the Tasmanian Southern Premier League, Premier League Reserves, Under 20s & Social Division Three. The club also has a female teams playing in Division One and youth teams. All Beachside teams play in competitions run by Football Federation Tasmania.
Current competitions Beachside has teams involved in the following senior competitions: Southern Championship Southern Championship 1 Southern Women's Championship Southern Women's Championship 1 Southern Championship 3 Southern Championship 6 Southern Women's Championship 1 Tier 1
See also Association football in Tasmania
References
External links Beachside's Official Website Beachside's Facebook Page Beachside's Twitter Feed