Gold Coast Knights SC
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| Full name | Gold Coast Soccer Club |
|---|---|
| Nickname(s) | Knights |
| Founded | 1978 |
| Ground | Croatian Sports Centre |
| Chairman | Adrian Puljich |
| Manager | Alex Morrison |
| League | Gold Coast Soccer |
Gold Coast Knights Soccer Club is an Australian soccer club from the city of Gold Coast, Queensland. It is a Croatian Australian backed club which was founded in 1978. The club's home ground is the Croatian Sports Centre in the suburb of Carrara.
The club competes in the Football Gold Coast BLK 1 division, the second tier of football in the Gold Coast region and third tier in Queensland, below the NPL Queensland and BLK. The Gold Coast Knights soccer club also hosted the Australian-Croatian Soccer Tournament in 1995 and again in 2012.
In 2015, the Knights just avoided relegation from BLK 1, finishing just two points above the relegated Nerang, collecting 15 points in 21 games that season.[1]
At the Club's AGM in late 2015, ambitious businessman Adrian Puljich became Chairman with some lofty goals for the coming years. The Knights immediately underwent a rebrand, which saw the Club change its logo for the 2016 season and onwards. Soon after, the Knights commenced work on new change rooms and the installation of tower lights for the pitches at their home facility, the Croatian Sports Centre.
The 2016 season saw Argentinian Oscar Langone take charge of the club in the beginning of the season. After an impressive start to the season, winning the BLK Pre-Season Cup and unbeaten in the league, the club parted ways with the manager and handed the coaching rights over to journeyman player, Alex Morrison. The 2016 season was an impressive one for the Knights, earning the right of promotion to the BLK Premier League for the 2017 season after winning the title. Having only lost one game all season, the Knights continued their form into the finals series and took out the double.