Western Rage FC

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Granville Rage
Full nameWestern Rage Football Club
Nickname(s)The Rage
Founded2000 (as Granville Rage Football Club)
GroundGarside Park, Granville
OwnerVic Zappia
ChairmanVic Zappia
ManagerCarlo Ianni
LeagueNSW League Two
20249th of 15
Websitehttps://www.therage.com.au/

The Western Rage (formerly known as Granville Rage) are an Australian semi-professional soccer club, located in the Greater Western Sydney suburb of Granville. The club was founded in 2000. They currently play in the NSW League Two Men's competition, they have played in the NSW League One (formerly NSW Super League), the second tier of football in New South Wales below the NSW Premier League.

History

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[1] playing for Granville Rage

The club was founded in 2000, originally located in the Greater Western Sydney suburb of Prairiewood where they were known as the Prairiewood Rage. Due to the club being in the then Southern Districts Association, there were already an abundance of junior clubs in the area, making it difficult for the Rage to develop at grass-roots level. However, a lifeline appeared through the Granville Association, who allowed them into the competition. After some negotiating with the Granville Association, the club was renamed Granville Rage and re-located to their current home at Garside Park. This meant that the district regarded as the birthplace of football in Australia had – for the first time in many years – a State League operation bearing its name.[2]

Current squad

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First team squad

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As of 12 February 2024

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 Australia AUS Samuel Bortolazzo
2 DF Australia AUS Adrian Razov
3 DF Australia AUS Jamie Nicolaou
4 MF Australia AUS Julian Stojcevski
5 MF Australia AUS Jason Najdovski
6 DF Australia AUS Michael Sada
7 MF Australia AUS Timothy Borg Williams
8 MF Australia AUS Jacob Carluccio
9 FW North Macedonia MKD Nikola Todoroski
10 FW Australia AUS Jad Moussa
11 FW Australia AUS Ante Tomic
No. Pos. Nation Player
12 FW Australia AUS Abdullatif Ghazal
13 DF Brazil BRA Welkson Souza Bispo
14 MF Australia AUS Timothy Trainor
15 DF Australia AUS Anthony Zullo
16 MF Australia AUS Nikita Andricopoulos
17 DF Australia AUS Dane Vrankovic
18 FW Australia AUS Mitchell Whalley
19 MF Australia AUS Ogun Dullak
20 DF Australia AUS Jensen Jones
21 MF Australia AUS George Issa (captain)
22 GK Australia AUS Branko Vidakovic

References

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  1. ^ David Carrozza
  2. ^ "History of Granville Rage". Archived from the original on 24 October 2010. Retrieved 7 May 2010.
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