Marconi Stallions

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Marconi

Full name

Marconi Stallions Football Club

Nickname(s)

The Azzuri, The Stallions

Founded

1956

Ground

Marconi Stadium,
Fairfield, New South Wales

Capacity

11,500

Chairman

Tony Campolongo

Head Coach

Brian Brown

League

New South Wales Premier League

NSWPL 2005





Home colours





Away colours

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.

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.

1 Founding
2 Honours
3 Former players
4 External links

[edit] Founding

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 football in Sydney and Australia). This has seen the team gain recognition as one of Australia's top football entities, with one of the highest rated youth academies in Australian football, and a support that has grown well beyond the Italian community in Sydney.