Southside Eagles FC

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Southside Eagles FC
File:Southside Eagles FC logo.png
Full name Southside Eagles Club
Founded 1968
Ground Memorial Park, Bulimba
League Capital League 1
2016 4th
Website Club home page

Southside Eagles FC is an Australian football (soccer) club from Bulimba, a suburb of Brisbane. The club was founded when the Germania and Southside Belmont clubs merged in 1968, and it currently competes in Capital League 1. [1]

Honours

  • Brisbane Division 2 – Premiers 1962 and 1968 (Germania)
  • Brisbane Division 2 – Premiers and Champions 1974
  • Brisbane Division 1 – Premiers and Champions 1978
  • Ampol Cup – Winners 1978
  • Brisbane Division 4 – Champions 1990
  • Brisbane Division 5 – Premiers 1995
  • Premier Division 2 – Premiers 2003
  • Premier Division 2 – Premiers and Champions 2010

History

The Germania soccer club was formed by Rudi Gerhard and Guenther Pieplow and was originally supported by members of Brisbane German community.[1] The club won Brisbane’s Division Two at their first attempt in 1962, but were relegated from Division One after a single season.[2] The club returned to Division Two and remained there until clinching promotion again in 1968, but were once again relegated after a single season in the top tier.[2]

The Southside Belmont Soccer Club was originally a junior club.[1] It competed in Division Two at a senior level for two seasons (1964 and 1965), then spent three seasons in Division Three before being absorbed by Germania after the 1968 season. [2]

Germania changed its name to Southside Eagles FC after the 1972 season, as part of a drive from the Queensland Soccer Federation to remove ethnic names from clubs. [3]

Southside Eagles won promotion to Division One after claiming the Division Two championship in 1974, and remained in the top division of Queensland soccer for the next six seasons. This including the 1978 season which was the most successful in the club’s history, winning a 'Grand Slam' of trophies: the President’s Cup, the Ampol Cup, the Premiership and the Grand Final. [1]

Spurred by its success, Southside Eagles joined the short-lived Queensland State League in 1979, but withdrew after two seasons due to financial losses. Many players left to join clubs that remained in the State League, and this initiated a long period of decline for the club. [1]

The club fell as low as Division Five which they won in their single season there in 1993, and then slowly climbed back up the divisions. [2]

After winning the Premier Division Two league and grand final in 2010, Southside Eagles were promoted to the second tier of Football Brisbane competition where they have remained in since, and which has been known as Capital League 1 since the 2013 Football Brisbane restructure.

Recent Seasons

Season League FFA Cup
Division (Tier) Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Position Finals Series
2008 Premier Division 2 (5) 22 11 3 8 51 37 14 36 5th DNQ Not yet founded
2009 Premier Division 2 (5) 22 10 5 7 43 28 15 35 4th Semi-Finalist
2010 Premier Division 2 (5) 22 14 4 4 60 23 37 46 1st ↑ Champions
2011 Premier Division 1 (4) 26 8 6 12 39 43 -4 30 12th DNQ
2012 Premier Division 1 (4) 26 10 1 15 55 69 -14 31 10th DNQ
2013 Capital League 1 (4) 22 11 7 4 51 23 28 40 4th Semi-Finalist
2014 Capital League 1 (4) 22 6 6 10 28 41 -13 24 7th DNQ Preliminary Round 2
2015 Capital League 1 (4) 22 6 7 8 27 30 -3 25 8th DNQ Preliminary Round 4
2016 Capital League 1 (4) 22 13 3 6 38 25 13 42 4th Runners-up Preliminary Round 6

Source:[2]

The tier is the level in the Australian soccer league system

Key: Premiers / Champions Promoted ↑ Relegated ↓


References

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