Hobart City Beachside Football Club is an Australian semi-professional soccer club based in the suburb of Sandy Bay in Hobart, Tasmania. The club's colours are green and black. The club plays its home games at Sandown Park, known to fans as the Tropicana Cauldron or simply The Tropicana. In 2021, Beachside FC and Hobart City merged to form a club under the current name.

History

Beachside FC

Beachside FC was founded in 1975 under the name Howrah Soccer Club because it played in the Hobart suburb of Howrah. The club then adopted the name Beachside HSC when it moved to its current home near Long Beach, in Sandy Bay keeping the HSC from Howrah Soccer Club despite no longer playing in that suburb. In 2011, the name was changed subtly to Beachside FC.


Hobart City

In 1977, Hobart City Azzurri was founded to provide a youth soccer club for the Italian community. In 1981, the Club changed its name to Hobart City FC, as a result of a mandate from Soccer Australia to remove all ethnic based names club titles. In 1986, the club become the Southern Tasmanian Seniors Division 1 Premiers and Knock Out Cup Winners. The club ceased to exist in late 1991, with its members joining other clubs or retiring. In 2021, family members of the original founders, began a re-creation of the Hobart City Azzurri.

Merger

In 2021, Beachside FC and Hobart City FC merged to form a new club under the name Hobart City Beachside FC.

Hobart City FC es un equipo de fútbol con sede en la ciudad de Hobart, Tasmania. Fundado en 2005, el club ha logrado un gran éxito en el ámbito local y ha ganado varios títulos en su liga. Con una sólida base de seguidores y un equipo talentoso, Hobart City FC es conocido por su estilo de juego ofensivo y su espíritu competitivo en el campo. El club también se destaca por su compromiso con la comunidad y el desarrollo de jóvenes talentos en la región. ¡Vamos Hobart City FC!