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Marconi Stallions
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| Full name | Marconi Stallions Football Club | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Nickname(s) | The Azzurri, The Stallions | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Founded | 1956 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Ground | Marconi Stadium, Fairfield, New South Wales (Capacity 11,500) |
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| Chairman | Tony Campolongo | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Head Coach | Brian Brown | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| League | New South Wales Premier League | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The Marconi Stallions are an Australian football (soccer) club from Sydney, Australia. The club was playing in the National Soccer League when it ended in 2004 and now play in the New South Wales Premier League. The club's home uniform is coloured sky blue, and is currently Errea's 'Project' model.
The Marconi Stallions play their home games at Marconi Stadium, located at Bossley Park in south-western Sydney. During their time in the National Soccer League, Marconi Stallions won the premiership a record four times, equal with South Melbourne and Sydney City who also won four premierships. Marconi were crowned premiers in 1979, 1988, 1989 and the 1992/93 seasons. Along with South Melbourne, Marconi was one of only two clubs to compete in every season of the NSL.
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The club was formely known as Marconi Fairfield; the name comes from Guglielmo Marconi, the Italian inventor of the radio, and Fairfield (New South Wales), the suburb in which the club plays. The club was founded in 1956 by an Italian social club called Club Marconi, and was primarily backed and supported by Italians and Italian-Australians living in Sydney. However, the club and team have since established themselves as one of the top sports and social clubs in the Western Sydney / Fairfield area (which is known as the premier region for soccer in Sydney and Australia). This has seen the team gain recognition as one of Australia's top soccer entities, with one of the highest rated youth academies in Australian soccer, and a support that has grown well beyond the Italian community in Sydney.
- Australian Champions 1979, 1988, 1989, 1993
- NSL Cup Winners 1980
- Francis Awaritefe
- Michael Beauchamp
- Nick Carle
- Steve Corica
- Ante Covic
- Frank Farina
- Andy Harper
- Danny Invincibile
- Eddie Krnčević
- Jean-Paul de Marigny
- Paul Okon
- Gary van Egmond
- Mark Schwarzer
- Ufuk Talay
- Archie Thompson
- Michael Thwaite
- Christian Vieri
- Georg Ohm
- Roberto Vieri
- Alex Brosque
- George Harper
- Marshall Soper
- Angelo Costanzo
- Craig Foster
- Harry Kewell
- Peter Sharne
Marcus Phillips (footballer) (1998-99) 22 apps 1 goal
| Preceded by West Adelaide |
NSL Champions 1979 |
Succeeded by Sydney City |
| Preceded by APIA Leichhardt |
NSL Champions 1988-1989 |
Succeeded by Sydney Olympic |
| Preceded by Adelaide City |
NSL Champions 1992/93 |
Succeeded by Adelaide City |
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