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| Full name | Pickering Football Club |
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| Founded | 1984 / 2014 |
| Stadium | Kinsmen Park |
| Head Coach | Aleks Balda (men) Dmitri Ovtchinnikov (women) |
| League | League1 Ontario |
| 2024 | L1O-C, 10th - relegated (men) L1O-C, 5th (women) |
| Website | Club website |
Pickering Football Club, commonly known as Pickering FC, is a Canadian semi-professional soccer club based in Pickering, Ontario that plays in League1 Ontario. The club is currently on hiatus for the 2023 season. The club was founded in 1984 as a youth soccer club and added its semi-professional club in League1 Ontario in 2014.[1] The team plays home games at Kinsmen Park.[2]
The club was one of the ten original founding men's teams in League1 Ontario, which was established in 2014, as well as one of eight original founding women's teams of the League1 Ontario women's division which was established in 2015. The semi-professional team was originally known as Durham United FC from 2014 until 2015, and then Durham United FA from 2016 until 2019, when they re-branded as Pickering FC. Also until 2019, their youth OPDL teams were known simply as United FA.[3]
- ^ "The Club". Pickering FC.
- ^ "Durham United FC home opener is June 8". Pickering News Advertiser. May 27, 2014.
- ^ "The OPDL Spotlight Series - United FA". Ontario Soccer Association. June 27, 2016.