Western Strikers SC

Western Strikers are a soccer club from Adelaide, South Australia. Strikers play in the South Australian Super League. Their home ground is at Carnegie Reserve. They are great rivals of fellow western suburbs sides like the Toros and White City. Strikers have a number of strong junior sides. They are known for their flamboyant celebration moves.

Full name	Western Strikers Soccer Club
Nickname(s)	Strikers
Founded	1980
Ground	Carnegie Reserve
Chairman	Aggie Giannini
Manager	Brenton Hiern
League	State League South Australia
2016	State League, 4th DNQ (Finals)
Home colours Away colours

History

The club was founded in 1980 under the name of VC Woodville City Junior Soccer Club with a complement of three junior teams. – u/10, u/11 and u/12.

Transition from State League to Super League

The Western Strikers F.C started in the State League, they made their way up to the Premier League, almost getting themselves into the Super League in 2007, but they have clinched their spot in the Super League in 2008 after a convincing win over South Adelaide 5–0. The win will take the Senior Team, Under 23's and 19's team into the Super League.

Current squad

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player 1 GK  AUS Navarro Panozzo 26 GK  AUS Billy Ninos 23 DF  AUS Joe Poll 24 DF  AUS Tariq Eltahir 3 DF  AUS Headman Dadzie 4 DF  AUS Michele Lastella (Captain) 17 DF  AUS Joe Tripodi 20 DF  AUS Alphonso Sayee 6 MF  SCO Joseph Allison 7 MF  AUS Adrian Giacomelli 8 MF  AUS Michael Moularas 10 MF  AUS Michael Russo 18 MF  AUS Jordan Spadavecchia 25 MF  AUS Abel Amanuel 13 FW  AUS Adrian D'Alfonso 15 FW  AUS Stephen McNeill 9 FW  AUS Jacob Atkinson

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