Draft:2024 Bankstown City Lions season

Bankstown City FC
2024 season
PresidentRobert Mileski[1]
ManagerSash Tirovski[2]
StadiumJensen Oval
Sefton, New South Wales
NSW League One3rd
2024 Australia Cup preliminary rounds4R
Top goalscorerLeague: Chris Payne (19)
All: Chris Payne (19)
Biggest win5-0
vs. Dunbar Rovers (H)
(29 June 2024)
NSW League One
Biggest defeat1-5
vs. Blacktown Spartans (A)
(16 August 2024)
NSW League One
← 2023
2025 →
All statistics correct as of 15 October 2024.

The 2024 season is the 37th in the history of Bankstown City. In addition to the domestic league, Bankstown Ctiy competed in the Australia Cup preliminary rounds for the elventh time.

Players

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First team squad

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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 Stevan Savicic
3 DF   JPN Shun Maeta
4 DF   AUS Nikola Djordjevic
5 MF   AUS Thomas Stefanovski
6 FW   AUS Chris Payne
7 DF   AUS Jeffrey Issa
8 MF   AUS Bradie Smith
9 FW   MKD Jonathan Grozdanovski
10 MF   AUS Devante Clut
11 FW   AUS Rhett De Silva
12 DF   AUS Daniel Bakrdanikoski
No. Pos. Nation Player
13 MF   AUS James Mckenzie
14 MF   AUS Andrea Agamemnonos
14 MF   SCO Jamie Masson
15 DF   AUS Brandon Talevski
16 MF   MRI Jacob Hewett
17 FW   AUS Jamie Bazevski
18 MF   AUS Dimitri Kostopoulos
19 DF   AUS Luke Okuda
20 GK   AUS Jackson Jarnet
40 FW   AUS Mabior Garang
47 MF   AUS Toby Dance

Transfers

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Transfers in

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No. Position Player Transferred from Type/fee Date Ref.
6 FW Chris Payne Sydney United Free transfer 22 September 2023 [3]
10 MF Devante Clut Sydney United Free transfer 22 September 2023 [4]
3 DF   Shun Maeta Mounties Wanderers Free transfer 27 September 2023 [5]
4 DF Nikola Djordjevic Mt Druitt Town Rangers Free transfer 27 September 2023 [6]
14 MF Andrea Agamemnonos Sydney United Free transfer 3 October 2023 [7]
17 FW Jamie Bazevski Yagoona Lions Free transfer 13 October 2023 [8]
18 MF Dimitri Kostopoulos Hills United Free transfer 23 October 2023 [9]
8 MF Bradie Smith   Resources Capital Free transfer 7 February 2024 [10]
40 FW Mabior Garang Bulls FC Academy Free transfer 8 February 2024 [11]
11 FW Rhett De Silva Mt Druitt Town Rangers Free transfer 10 February 2024 [12]
19 DF Luke Okuda   Eastern Suburbs Free transfer 11 February 2024 [13]
20 GK Jackson Jarnet Prospect United Free transfer unannounced [14]
47 MF Toby Dance Sydney United Free transfer unannounced [15]

Transfers in (mid-season)

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No. Position Player Transferred from Type/fee Date Ref.
14 MF   Jamie Masson   Unattached Free transfer 29 June 2024 [16]

Transfers out

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No. Position Player Transferred to Ref.
9 FW Nikola Todoroski Granville Rage [17]
11 FW Ante Tomic Granville Rage [18]
47 FW Anthony Zullo Granville Rage [19]
26 MF Peter Triantis   Unattached
19 DF Zachary Cairncross   Unattached
38 GK Jair Fernandez Coniston FC [20]
10 MF Mark Moric South Coast United [21]
17 DF Carlo Imola South Coast United [22]
21 DF Adrian Valenti   Preston Lions [23]
33 MF Jarred Mckinley NWS Spirit [24]
21 FW Jordan Morfitis Inter Lions [25]
8 MF Tatsuya Kato   Retired
49 FW Asmir Kadric   Unattached

Transfers out (mid-season)

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No. Position Player Transferred to Ref.
8 MF Bradie Smith   Kirivong Sok Sen Chey [26]
17 FW Jamie Bazevski Parramatta FC [27]

Pre-season and friendlies

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3 December 2023 Bankstown City   3–2   Inner West Hawks Sydney
Stadium: Jensen Park
10 December 2023 Bankstown City   1–5   St George City Sydney
Stadium: Jensen Park
17 December 2023 Bankstown City   0–3   Broadmeadow Magic Sydney
Stadium: Jensen Park
13 January 2024 Bankstown City   1–1   Fraser Park Sydney
Stadium: Jensen Park
21 January 2024 Bankstown City   2–1   APIA Leichhardt Sydney
Stadium: Jensen Park
4 February 2024 Bankstown City   2–3   St George FC Sydney
Stadium: Jensen Park

Competitions

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Overall record

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Competition First match Last match Starting round Final position Record
Pld W D L GF GA GD Win %
NSW League One 16 February 2024 24 August 2024 Round 1 3rd 30 18 5 7 57 35 +22 060.00
Australia Cup preliminary rounds 19 March 2024 16 April 2024 Round 3 Round 4 2 1 0 1 4 4 +0 050.00
Maso Cup 26 January 2024 27 January 2024 Group Stage Winners 5 3 1 1 8 3 +5 060.00
Total 37 22 6 9 69 42 +27 059.46

Last updated: 15 October 2024
Source: [1]

NSW League One

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Table
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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Mt Druitt Town Rangers (C, P) 30 20 6 4 48 45 +3 66 Promotion to National Premier Leagues NSW
2 Bulls FC Academy 30 19 3 8 72 41 +31 60 Qualification for promotion play-off
3 Bankstown City 30 18 5 7 57 35 +22 59
4 Hakoah Sydney City East 30 16 8 6 45 48 −3 56
5 Northern Tigers 30 16 3 11 62 37 +25 51
Source: Football NSW
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Head-to-head points; 5) Head-to-head goals scored; 6) Play-off match[28]
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted

Results summary

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Overall Home Away
Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts W D L GF GA GD W D L GF GA GD
30 18 5 7 57 35  +22 59 10 1 4 30 14  +16 8 4 3 27 21  +6

Last updated: 28 April 2024.
Source: Football NSW

Matches

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  Win   Draw   Loss   Fixtures

16 February 2024 1 Bankstown City 1–3 Inter Lions Regents Park
20:00 AEDT
  • Garang   73'
Report
Stadium: Jensen Park
Referee: Sebastian Andrews
23 February 2024 2 Bankstown City 1–4 Northern Tigers Regents Park
20:00 AEDT
Report
Stadium: Jensen Park
Referee: Sam Kelly
28 February 2024 3 Mt Druitt Rangers 2–1 Bankstown City Emerton
19:30 AEDT
Report
Stadium: Popondetta Park
Referee: Eric Saba
2 March 2024 4 SD Raiders 0–2 Bankstown City Moorebank
19:30 AEDT Report
Stadium: Ernie Smith Reserve
Referee: Karl Davies
8 March 2024 5 Bankstown City 2–1 UNSW Regents Park
20:00 AEDT
Report
Stadium: Jensen Park
Referee: Paul Mercieca
16 March 2024 6 Bulls FC Academy 1–4 Bankstown City FC Edensor Park
19:00 AEDT
Report
Stadium: Sydney United Sports Centre
Referee: Chris Hughes
23 March 2024 7 Dunbar Rovers 1–1 Bankstown City Marrickville
19:00 AEDT
Report
Stadium: Fraser Park
Referee: Adam Weir
1 April 2024 8 Bankstown City 2–1 Dulwich Hill Regents Park
17:00 AEDT
Report
Stadium: Jensen Park
Referee: Craig Fisher
5 April 2024 9 Bankstown City 3–0 Rydalmere Lions Regents Park
20:00 AEDT
Report Stadium: Jensen Park
Referee: Reece Edwards
12 April 2024 10 Bankstown City 1–1 Canterbury Bankstown Regents Park
20:00 AEST
Report
Stadium: Jensen Park
Referee: Joel Crawford
20 April 2024 11 Hakoah Sydney City East 3–2 Bankstown City Eastgardens
16:30 AEST
Report
Stadium: Hensley Athletic Field
Referee: Chris Hughes
26 April 2024 12 Nepean FC 0–1 Bankstown City St Marys
20:00 AEST Report
Stadium: Cook Park
Referee: Danny Horstead
4 May 2024 13 Bankstown City 1–0 Bonnyrigg White Eagles Regents Park
19:00 AEST
Report Stadium: Jensen Park
Referee: Alessandro Llana
11 May 2024 14 Bankstown Ctiy 2–1 Blacktown Spartans Regents Park
19:00 AEST
Report
Stadium: Jensen Park
Referee: Stephen Lucas
18 May 2024 15 Macarthur Rams 0–2 Bankstown City St Helens Park
19:00 AET Report
Stadium: Lynwood Park
Referee: Hayden Langholz
25 May 2024 16 Inter Lions 1–3 Bankstown City Concord
19:00 AEST
Report
Stadium: Majors Bay Reserve
Referee: Ayad Naji
4 June 2024 18 Bankstown City 2–3 Mt Druitt Rangers Regents Park
19:30 AEST
Report
Stadium: Jensen Park
Referee: Craig Fisher
8 June 2024 19 Bankstown City 1–0 SD Raiders Regents Park
19:00 AEST
Report Stadium: Jensen Park
Referee: Stephen Lucas
15 June 2024 20 UNSW 3–3 Bankstown City Kensington
19:00 AEST
Report
Stadium: UNSW Village Green
Referee: Sebastian Andrews
22 June 2024 21 Bankstown City 1–2 Bulls FC Academy Regents Park
15:00 AEST
Report
Stadium: Jensen Park
Referee: Mujtaba Ebrahimi
29 June 2024 22 Bankstown City 5–0 Dunbar Rovers Regents Park
17:00 AEST
Report Stadium: Jensen Park
Referee: Owen Ferguson
6 July 2024 23 Dulwich Hill 1–0 Bankstown City Dulwich Hill
19:00 AEST
hhttps://competitions.footballnsw.com.au/matchcentre?m=1K3BoY0DBN Stadium: Arlington Oval
Referee: Ben Abraham
10 July 2024 17 Northern Tigers 1–1 Bankstown City North Turramurra
19:30 AEST Report
Stadium: North Turramurra Recreation Area
Referee: Glen Stubbings
Note: Originally scheduled for 1 June 2024[29], was moved due to a washout.[30]
13 July 2024 24 Rydalmere Lions 1–1 Bankstown City Rydalmere
17:00 AEST
Report
Stadium: Rydalmere Park
Referee: John Garcia
20 July 2024 25 Canterbury Bankstown 0–3 Bankstown City Regents Park
17:00 AEST Report
Stadium: Jensen Park
Referee: Danny Horstead
27 July 2024 26 Bankstown City 2–1 Hakoah Sydney City East Regents Park
15:00 AEST
Report
Stadium: Jensen Park
Referee: Mujtaba Ebrahimi
3 August 2024 27 Bankstown City 1–0 Nepean FC Regents Park
17:00 AEST
Report Stadium: Jensen Park
Referee: Sebastien Brennan
10 August 2024 28 Bonnyrigg White Eagles 0–2 Bankstown City Bonnyrigg
17:00 AEST Report
Stadium: Bonnyrigg Sports Club
Referee: Karl Davies
16 August 2024 29 Blacktown Spartans 5–1 Bankstown City Rooty Hill
20:00 AEST
Report
Stadium: Blacktown Football Park
Referee: Michael Weiner
24 August 2024 30 Bankstown City 4–0 Macarthur Rams Regents Park
17:00 AEST
Report Stadium: Jensen Park
Referee: Joel Crawford

Australia Cup Preliminary Rounds

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  Win   Draw   Loss

19 March 2024 Round 3 Kogarah Waratah FC 2–3 Bankstown City Peakhurst
19:00 AEDT
Report
Stadium: Peakhurst Park
Referee: Lachlan Hines
16 April 2024 Round 4 Bankstown City 1–2 Blacktown Spartans Regents Park
19:30 AEST
Report
Stadium: Jensen Park
Referee: Adrian Arndt

Maso Cup

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26 January 2024 Group B, Round 1   Bankstown City 2–0   Queanbeyan City Cringila
14:05 AEDT Stadium: John Crehan Park
26 January 2024 Group B, Round 2   Bankstown City 3–0   Altona Magic Cringila
17:45 AEDT Stadium: John Crehan Park
26 January 2024 Group B, Round 3   Cringila Lions 2–1   Bankstown City Cringila
20:30 AEDT Stadium: John Crehan Park
27 January 2024 Semi-Final   Bankstown City 1–1
(9–8 p)
  Altona Magic Berkeley
13:15 AEDT Stadium: Macedonia Park
27 January 2024 Final   Wollongong United 0–1   Bankstown City Berkeley
16:15 AEDT Devante Clut Stadium: Macedonia Park

References

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