Brantford Galaxy
Hamilton City) | |||
Stadium | Heritage Field Hamilton, Ontario | ||
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Capacity | 2,000+ | ||
President | Boško Borjan | ||
Head coach | Saša Vidović | ||
League | Canadian Soccer League | ||
2020 | Regular season: 5th Playoffs: Did not qualify | ||
Website | Club website | ||
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Brantford Galaxy Soccer Club was a semi-professional Canadian
The ownership in 2013 decided to take a year of absence in order to regroup. In late 2014, former head coach Tomo Dančetović spearheaded the relaunching of the club by acquiring the name and franchise rights from the old ownership, and the Galaxy returned to the league to participate in the 2015 season. In 2021, they merged with
History
Brantford Galaxy SC was announced as an expansion franchise in the Canadian Soccer League's
Brantford made their debut on May 16, 2010 in a well-attended crowd against
In preparations for the 2011 season, Brantford's feeder club the Brantford Inter-City Soccer club announced that it will change its name to the Brantford Galaxy Youth Soccer Club in an effort to further align it with the CSL club.
The following season, Brantford saw a change in the ownership with Borjan and Crnic becoming sole owners after losing their European backers resulting in a smaller budget, and further reliance on community support.[31] The organization hired the services of Ron Davidson a CSL Coach of the Year with Hamilton Croatia in 2010.[32][33] Davidson reduced the amount of European imports by signing several local and Greater Toronto Area players. The notable additions to the roster were Dave Simpson, Preston Corporal, Logan Alexander, Jeremy Shepherd, Melford James Jr, and Damion Scott.[34] Midway through the season, Davidson managed an 8-3 record and a fourth-place position, but despite his impressive run he was sacked from his position due to ideological differences with the club's administration.[35] In protest to the dismissal, the Galaxy lost eight players who were in solidarity with Davidson.[36][37] Tomo Dančetović was once more appointed to the position on an interim basis with Golijanin returning to serve as assistant coach. Disaster struck Brantford as they lost seven of their remaining matches and tied one and failed for the second straight season in securing a postseason berth by finishing thirteenth in the standings.[38][39]
On April 1, 2013, Brantford announced a year of absence in order to regroup.[40][41] On December 30, 2014, with Brantford's franchise rights about to expire Tomo Dančetović assisted with volunteers Andrew Pilkington and Jim Turnbull acquired the name and franchise rights from the old ownership and reinstated the club for the 2015 season.[42][43][44][45][46][47] Dančetović brought in several imports from Europe and domestic players which included Luka Bešenić, Haris Redžepi, Stefan Vukovic, Zdenko Jurčević, Dejan Ristić, Aleksa Marković, and Boris Miličić.[48] On October 4, 2015, the Galaxy faced Milton SC the final match of the season. The game was significant because the victor would secure the final postseason berth, unfortunately for Brantford they suffered a 4-3 defeat.[49] At the CSL awards banquet, Brantford's reserve team won several awards like Nikola Miokovic winning the CSL Golden Boot, Arsenije Japalak the MVP, Namanjar Sudar the Defender of the Year, and Zach Kingma with the Rookie of the Year award.[50]
In preparations for the 2016 season, Dančetović retained the majority of the roster with Bojan Stepanović, Krum Bibishkov, and Nenad Nikolić as the notable additions to the roster.[51] Throughout the regular season, Brantford clinched their first postseason berth since the 2010 season by finishing seventh in the standings.[52] Their opponents in the playoffs were FC Ukraine United, but were eliminated by a score of 3–0.[53]
Ahead of the 2021 season, they merged with
Players
First Division roster
- As of October 5, 2020[55]
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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Head coaches
Years | Name | Nation |
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2010–2011 | Lazo Džepina | Croatia |
2011 | Tomo Dančetović | Serbia |
2012 | Ron Davidson | Canada |
2012-2016 | Tomo Dančetović | Serbia |
2017 | Saša Vuković | Serbia |
2017- | Aleksandar Pešić | Serbia |
2018-2020 | Milan Prpa | Serbia |
2020- | Saša Vidović | Bosnia and Herzegovina |
Honours
- Givova CSL Championship: 1
Seasons
Season | League | Teams | Record | Rank | Playoffs | Ref |
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2010 | Canadian Soccer League (First Division) | 13 | 9–5–10 | 7th | Champions | [60] |
2011 | 14 | 9–3–14 | 9th | did not qualify | [61] | |
2012 | 16 | 8–1–13 | 13th | did not qualify | [61] | |
2015 | 12 | 7–3–12 | 11th | did not qualify | [61] | |
2016 | 8 | 3–9–9 | 7th | Quarterfinals | [61] | |
2017 | 8 | 6–0–8 | 5th | Quarterfinals | [61] | |
2018 | 9 | 3–2–11 | 8th | Quarterfinals | [61] | |
2019 | 10 | 2–2–14 | 10th | did not qualify | [61] | |
2020 | 5 | 1–0–7 | 5th | did not qualify | [61] |
See also
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