Logan United FC

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Logan United FC

Full name	Logan United Football Club
Nickname(s)	LUFC
Founded	2008
Dissolved	2010
Ground	Clem Jones Field Logan, Queensland, Australia
Capacity	5000
Home colours Away colours

Logan United Football Club were a professional Australian soccer club based in Logan, Queensland which played in the Queensland State League. They did not apply to stay in the league for the 2010 Queensland State League season.

Logan United was formed in 2008 to join the Queensland State League, a new league formed to fill the gap between the A-League and various city competitions around the state. In their first season in the competition the team placed fifth (out of ten teams), then sixth (out of eleven) in the 2009 season. The club started with a strong squad, including some former A-League players, such as Switzerland-born Remo Buess^[1] who had played with FC Zurich in the Swiss Super League as well as Queensland Roar (now Brisbane Roar) in the A-League, Papua New Guinean international Reggie Davani,^[2] Fijian national team player Raj Oshen^[3] and Vanuatu national football team Goalkeeper Chikau Mansale.^[4][5] Former English Premier League Goalkeeper Jason Kearton works as the club's Goalkeeping coach.^[6]

The club's home kit was black and white strip jerseys, with white pants and white socks. The club's away jersey is yellow, with black pants and yellow socks. Crestmead based company 'BWS' wereLogan United's major sponsor, with their logo on the club's strip on both the front and back of their squad jerseys.^[7]

2009 Queensland State League Squad 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  AUS Sebastian Usai 2 MF  AUS Ryan Stenhouse 3 DF  AUS Mitch Nelis 4 DF  SUI Remo Buess 5 DF  AUS Jackson Dixon-Best 6 DF  FIJ Raj Oshen 7 MF  AUS Damien Kallis 8 MF  AUS Filip Nechifor 9 FW  AUS Blake Kallis 10 DF  AUS Robert Laslo

No. Pos. Nation Player 11 FW  CRO Daniel Gecic 12 MF  AUS Luke Howell 13 FW  AUS Jon San Martin 14 MF  JPN Nobuhiro Iwami 15 MF  ARG Jair Wilk 16 DF  AUS Jesse McDonnell 17 DF  AUS Josh Filewood 18 MF  AUS Chris Roulston 19 FW  PNG Reggie Davani 20 GK  VAN Chikau Mansale

The following players are currently or were formerly members of their respective national teams:

• Daniel Gecic
• Reggie Davani
• Chikau Mansale
• Raj Oshen

The following players are currently or were formerly members of their respective national youth teams:

• Remo Buess
• Daniel Gecic
• Blake Kallis
• Damien Kallis
• Sebastian Usai

In 2009, Logan United signed several partnerships with local clubs in the area to strengthen their own team as well as provide opportunities to share coaching information as well as players with developmental clubs.^[8] These clubs included Greenbank Seniors FC, Logan Uniting Church SC and Eagle United FC

All-Time Most Appearances

• Sebastian Usai – 41 Games

All-Time Leading Goalscorer

• Daniel Gecic – 38 Goals

Most Yellow Cards In A Season

• Josh Filewood – 7 Yellow Cards

Most Red Cards In A Season

• Josh Filewood – 2 Red Cards

All-Time Most Assists

• Daniel Gecic – 22 Assists

First Player to score a goal

• Robert Laslo Vs North Queensland Razorbacks, Round 1–30 March 2008

First player to score over 1 goal in a game

• Blake Kallis – 2 goals vs Redlands City Devils, Round 4–19 April 2008^[9]

Youngest Player to Play For Logan United FC

• Damien Kallis – 16 years 196 days Vs QAS – 2 August 2008^[10]

• Queensland State League