Mt Gravatt Hawks FC
Full name | Mount Gravatt Hawks Football Club | ||
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Founded | 1960 | ||
Ground | Dittmer Park, FQPL 3 – Metro | ||
2023 | 7th of 12 | ||
Website | Club website | ||
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Mt Gravatt Hawks FC is an Australian
History
Mt Gravatt Soccer Club was founded in 1960 and over many years has prioritised the development of junior players. The club was originally based at the Mt Gravatt Showgrounds but as the popularity of soccer grew the club relocated to more extensive surroundings at Dittmer Park, Klumpp Road. The concept of a soccer club was originally put forward by the management committee of the Mt Gravatt Youth and Recreation Club and for the first couple of years the club was known as Mountain Rangers before changing to Mt Gravatt Junior Soccer Club in 1962. In those early years the club concentrated on junior soccer but in 1965 a feeder arrangement was established with the Excelsior Club, based at Stone's Corner and the revamped team won promotion to Queensland Division 3. In 1966 the name of the senior team was changed from Mt Gravatt Excelsior to Mt Gravatt Soccer Club and a further promotion followed in 1967.[4]
The most successful period in the club's history was in the early 1980s when the club achieved 4 premiership titles, winning the Queensland State League in 1980 and 1981 and the Brisbane Premier League in 1983 in 1984. One of their premiership successes in 1981 was further consolidated with the club going on to win the Queensland Grand Final and become state champions.[3][5][6]
The club also achieved a number of cup successes at that time winning the President's Trophy in 1981 and again in 1984 and the Golden Circle Trophy in 1986. However their biggest cup success came a few years later in 1991 when Mt Gravatt lifted the Ampol Cup, the Queensland State cup competition.[2][7]
Mt Gravatt Soccer Club entered the National League Cup in 1980 and again in 1981. In 1980 the club won 1–0 away to Brisbane City in the first round but lost 4–2 at home to Brisbane Lions in the second round (the last 16 of the competition).[8] The following season they departed the competition in the first round after losing 3–1 away to Brisbane City.[9]
Perhaps the most prestigious match that the club has hosted was the game against the Australian U23 Olympics team in July 1997 which proved a close encounter with the home side going down 2–1.[10]
Mt Gravatt is affiliated to
The success of the club's junior section is formidable with 4 current Australian internationals, namely
Season to season
Season | Tier | League | Pos. | Pl. | W | D | L | GS | GA | Pts | Movements |
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1998 | 2 | Queensland Premier League | 8th | 27 | 6 | 7 | 14 | 40 | 50 | 25 | |
1999 | 2 | Queensland Premier League | 9th | 27 | 6 | 5 | 16 | 36 | 70 | 23 | |
2000 | 2 | Queensland Premier League | 10th | 27 | 4 | 6 | 17 | 29 | 66 | 18 | |
2001 | 2 | Queensland Premier League | 10th | 22 | 5 | 2 | 15 | 27 | 56 | 17 | |
2002 | 2 | Queensland Premier League | 12th | 22 | 2 | 4 | 16 | 14 | 61 | 10 | Relegated |
2003 | 3 | Brisbane Premier Division 1 | 7th | 26 | 8 | 7 | 9 | 32 | 34 | 31 | |
2004 | 3 | Brisbane Premier Division 1 | 4th | 22 | 11 | 5 | 6 | 42 | 28 | 38 | |
2005 | 3 | Brisbane Premier Division 1 | 1st | 22 | 16 | 5 | 1 | 48 | 9 | 53 | Promoted |
2006 | 2 | Brisbane Premier League | 10th | 22 | 6 | 0 | 16 | 25 | 43 | 18 | |
2007 | 2 | Brisbane Premier League | 8th | 22 | 6 | 6 | 10 | 36 | 41 | 24 | |
2008 | 3 | Brisbane Premier League | 10th | 22 | 8 | 1 | 13 | 34 | 55 | 25 | |
2009 | 3 | Brisbane Premier League | 7th | 24 | 10 | 3 | 11 | 35 | 37 | 33 | |
2010 | 3 | Brisbane Premier League | 12th | 26 | 7 | 5 | 14 | 39 | 80 | 26 | |
2011 | 3 | Brisbane Premier League | 13th | 26 | 6 | 1 | 19 | 28 | 83 | 19 | Relegated |
2012 | 4 | Brisbane Premier Division 1 | 5th | 26 | 13 | 4 | 9 | 66 | 51 | 43 | |
2013
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3 | Capital League 1 | 3rd | 22 | 13 | 3 | 6 | 60 | 25 | 42 | |
2014
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3 | Capital League 1 | 8th | 22 | 6 | 5 | 11 | 22 | 33 | 23 | |
2015
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3 | Capital League 1 | 7th | 22 | 8 | 5 | 8 | 22 | 33 | 23 | |
2016
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3 | Capital League 1 | 10th | 22 | 5 | 5 | 12 | 35 | 51 | 20 | |
2017 | 3 | Capital League 1 | 10th | 22 | 6 | 5 | 11 | 34 | 44 | 23 |
Players
Brisbane Premier League and Reserve Squad:[16][17]
Abdi Ali
Ali Maisam
Ben Farquhar
Brandon Blatchford
Celestine Yawatu
Deacon Galea
Dominic Stevens-Robert
Dylan Rose
Izumi Sekino
Jacky Holmes
Jacob Downey
Jarred Kool
Jesse Shepherd
Joseph Cunnane
Joshua Brown
Juan Esteban Aristizabal
Juan Melo
Kieren Strachan
Lachlan Buckingham
Levi Thomas
Liam South
Logan Ford
Mark Kartadinata
Mathew Berkeley
Matthew Andrews
Matthew Grigg
Mohamed Hersi
Saeed Mohamed
Sami Munir
Shunta Tanabe
Tarquin Smith
Todd Powe
Tyson Harrington
Wigang Noh
Yuttana Taotong
Zaki Ahmed
Honours
- Queensland Grand Final: 1981 Winners
- Queensland State League: 1980 Winners
- Queensland State League: 1981 Winners
- Brisbane Premier League: 1983 Winners
- Brisbane Premier League: 1984 Winners
- Brisbane Premier Division One: 2005 Winners
- Queensland President's Trophy: 1981 Winners
- Queensland President's Trophy: 1984 Winners
- Queensland Golden Circle Trophy: 1986 Winners
- Queensland Ampol Cup: 1991 Winners[7][18][19]
The following international players were members of the club as juniors:[1][20]
- Matt McKay
- Jon McKain
- Jade North
- Nathan Coe
- Katrina Gorry
- Laura Alleway
- Alicia Ferguson
References
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- ^ a b "Australia – List of Regional Cup Winners – Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation.com". Peter Kungler and RSSSF 2003/12. Retrieved 3 September 2012.
- ^ a b "Australia – List of Regional Champions – Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation.com". Peter Kungler and RSSSF 2003/12. Retrieved 3 September 2012.
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- ^ "Queensland State Champions". socceraust.co.uk. Retrieved 3 September 2012.
- ^ "Queensland (Brisbane Zone) Champions". socceraust.co.uk. Retrieved 3 September 2012.
- ^ a b "Mens Competition Archive – 1983–2011 – footballbrisbane.com.au" (PDF). Football Brisbane. Retrieved 3 September 2012.
- ^ "National League Cup 1980 - ozfootball.net". OzFootball 1995–2012. Retrieved 3 September 2012.
- ^ "National League Cup 1981 - ozfootball.net". OzFootball 1995–2012. Retrieved 3 September 2012.
- ^ "Olyroos Matches for 1997 - ozfootball.net". OzFootball 1995–2012. Retrieved 3 September 2012.
- ^ "Mount Gravatt (Mt Gravatt) – The Washing Line – footballbrisbane.com.au". Football Brisbane. Archived from the original on 26 September 2012. Retrieved 3 September 2012.
- ^ "Mt Gravatt Soccer Club – Teams – mtgravatthawks.org". Mt Gravatt Soccer Club. Archived from the original on 22 July 2012. Retrieved 3 September 2012.
- ^ "The Washing Line – footballbrisbane.com.au". Football Brisbane. Archived from the original on 22 March 2012. Retrieved 3 September 2012.
- ^ "Mount Gravatt Divisional History – ozfootball.net". OzFootball 1995–2012. Retrieved 3 September 2012.
- ^ "Mount Gravatt FC". Brisbane Football (Soccer) Tables. Retrieved 27 April 2016.
- ^ "Team Home for Mt Gravatt Hawks BPL". GameDay. Retrieved 29 March 2021.
- ^ "Team Home for Mt Gravatt Hawks BPL Reserves". GameDay. Retrieved 29 March 2021.
- ^ "Mens Competition Archive – 1934–82 – footballbrisbane.com.au" (PDF). Football Brisbane. Retrieved 3 September 2012.
- ^ "Queensland Premier League Champions – ozfootball.net". OzFootball 1995–2012. Retrieved 2 September 2012.
- ^ "Mt Gravatt Hawks | History | Brisban".