Full name | Canterbury Bankstown Football Club |
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Nickname(s) | Berries |
Founded | 1886 |
Ground | Jensen Park, Regents Park, New South Wales |
Capacity | 6,000 |
Manager | Wally Savor |
League | NSW League One |
2024 | 11th of 16 |
Website | https://www.canterburybankstownberriesfc.com.au/ |
The Canterbury Bankstown Football Club is a soccer club based in Bankstown, New South Wales. It competes in the NSW League One after gaining promotion at the end of the 2022 season. The club was formed in 1886 and was an original member of the NSW Federation of Soccer Clubs when it broke away from the New South Wales Soccer Football Association and competed in its inaugural season in 1957.
The club won the inaugural Federation Cup and were premiers of the regular season, losing the grand final to Auburn. The club predominantly played in the top tier of soccer in Australia until the formation of the National Soccer League in 1977 where it would play in NSW First Division instead.
The club would play at national level on one occasion in 1986.
Canterbury Bankstown hosts matches at The Crest Reserve in Bass Hill, Sydney.
In total, Canterbury Bankstown have won two NSW Tier 1 premierships (1957 and 1985) and two championships (1958 and 1960). It has also won two Waratah Cups in 1957 and 1958) as well as two other lower division honours.