Oakland County FC

Oakland County FC
Full nameOakland County Football Club
Founded2015 (as Oakland United Football Club)
StadiumRoyal Oak High School
Capacity2,000
OwnerTheophanis Foutris
Nicolino Morana
OCFC Supporters' Trust
Head CoachStephen Walker
LeagueUSL League Two
20245th, Great Lakes Division
Playoffs: DNQ
Websitehttp://www.oaklandcountyfc.com

Oakland County Football Club is an American soccer club based in Royal Oak, Michigan, located in the Detroit metropolitan area. Beginning with the 2020 season, they compete in USL League Two. The club previously competed in the United Premier Soccer League and Premier League of America.

History

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Oakland County FC was founded as Oakland United FC in 2015 and played its first season in the Great Lakes Premier League.

In its inaugural season, Oakland United finished fourth in the five-team league, with a record of 2–1–5.

The club rebranded for the 2016 season, with a new name and new logo by New York City-based graphic designer Matthew Wolff.[1] They finished with a final record of 4–2–4, rendering them a fourth-place finish in the PLA East Division.

On January 27, 2017, the club announced that it would be moving to a more centralized location in Royal Oak.[2][3]

In February 2017, the club announced a new coaching staff: Nicolino Morana was hired as head coach on February 22,[4] and Mathius Johnson as Assistant Coach on February 28.[5]

On June 3, 2017, Oakland County FC hosted the Muskegon Risers. At the match, a club record attendance of 707 was recorded.

In March 2018, OCFC ownership announced the move to Clawson, MI as the new home for the club. On March 1, 2018, the Oakland County FC Supporters’ Trust was established. With the trust, fans can purchase a membership within the trust which grants them an ownership stake of the club.

On March 23, 2018, Nicolino Morana stepped down as head coach of the club to become Technical Director. In turn, Darryl Evans (head coach) and Derek Peters (assistant coach) were announced as the team's coaching staff for the 2018 season.

On November 5, 2019, OCFC was officially announced as a member of USL League Two.

On December 23, 2019, Vinnie Vasilevski was named head coach in replacement of Darryl Evans.

May 9, 2021 marked the inaugural USL League Two match for the club, notching a 3-0 victory over Fort Wayne FC.

On July 5, 2021, OCFC defeated the Flint City Bucks, 3-1, and became the 2022 Michigan Milk Cup Champions.

Stadium

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Front office

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Ownership

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  • Greece Theo Foutris
  • Italy Nicolino Morana
  • United States OCFC Supporters' Trust (Luke Zagorski & Robert Kerr, Directors)

Head coach

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  • England Stephen Walker (2024-present)
  • North Macedonia Vinnie Vasilevski (2019-2022, 2023 (Interim))
  • United States Brian Doyle (2023)
  • United States Darryl Evans (2018–2019)
  • United States Nicolino Morana (2017)
  • Iraq Waad Sana (2016)

Assistant coach

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  • United States Kirk Johnson (2022-present)
  • Singapore Timothy Ho (2022-present)
  • North Macedonia Borce Kosteski (2021-2022)
  • North Macedonia Igor Blazevski (2021-2022)
  • United States Trevor Foster (2021-2022)
  • United States Craig Dejong (2019)
  • United States Joseph Beshara (2019)
  • United States Derek Peters (2018-2019)
  • United States Matthius Johnson (2017)

Year-by-year

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Year Tier League Regular Season (W–L–T) Playoffs U.S. Open Cup Michigan Milk Cup Average Attendance
2015 5 GLPL 4th of 5 (2–1–5) No playoffs Ineligible did not participate N/A
2016 5 PLA 3rd of 5 (4–2–4) did not qualify Participated in 2017 Qualifying did not participate 409
2017 5 PLA 4th of 5 (4–0–6) did not qualify did not qualify did not participate 395
2018 5 UPSL 4th of 6 (3–0–7) did not qualify did not qualify Lost in QF to AFC Ann Arbor
2019 5 UPSL 5th of 6 (3–2–5) did not qualify did not qualify Final vs Flint City Bucks, co-champions
2020 4 USL2 Season cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic
2021 4 USL2 6th of 9 (5–6–3) did not qualify did not qualify
2022 4 USL2 4th of 6 (6–7–1) did not qualify did not qualify Won in Final vs Flint City Bucks
2023 4 USL2 3rd of 7 (5–4–3) did not qualify did not qualify
2024 4 USL2 5th of 8 (4–8–2) did not qualify did not qualify

Historic record vs opponents

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Legend
0-0-0 Win–loss-draw
0–0 Win–loss
* No games played
Opponent Regular Season Friendly U.S. Open Total Played Win %
Aurora Borealis SC 1–0–1 * * 1–0–1 2 0.500
Carpathia FC 0–4–0 * * 0–4–0 4 0.000
Michigan Ole SC 4–0–0 * * 4–0–0 4 1.000
Illinois RWB Adria 0–4–2 * * 0–4–2 4 0.000
Toledo United 2–2–0 * * 2–2–0 2 0.500
Michigan AFC Ann Arbor 0–1–1 1–1–0 * 1–2–1 4 0.500
Ann Arbor FC * * 1–0–0 1–0–0 1 1.000
Wisconsin Croatian Eagles 1–1–0 * * 1–1–0 2 0.500
Michigan Grand Rapids FC 1–1–0 0–1–0 * 1–2–0 3 0.500
Michigan Stars FC * 0–1–0 * 0–1 1 0.000
Minneapolis City SC * * 0–1–0 0–1–0 1 0.000
Muskegon Risers SC 1–1–0 1–1–0 * 2–2–0 4 0.500
Marygrove College * 0–1–0 * 0–1–0 1 0.000
Livonia City FC * 1–0–0 * 1–0–0 1 1.000
Kalamazoo FC * 0–1–0 * 0–0–1 1 .0000
Windsor TFC * 1–0–0 * 1–0–0 1 1.000
Total 10–14–4 4–6–0 1–1–0 14–20–4 38 0.333
  • Note: Table includes all competitive matches and does not include friendlies.
  • Updated to end of 2016 season

References

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  1. ^ "OAKLAND COUNTY FC". www.matthewwolffdesign.com. Retrieved 7 January 2016.
  2. ^ "OCFC Moves to Royal Oak". www.medium.com. March 14, 2017.
  3. ^ "Crain's Detroit interviews OCFC Ownership". www.crainsdetroit.com. March 14, 2017.
  4. ^ "Nicolino Morana named Head Coach". www.medium.com. March 14, 2017.
  5. ^ "Mathius Johnson named Assistant Coach". www.medium.com. March 14, 2017.
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