South West Queensland Thunder is a semi-professional soccer club based Toowoomba, and represents the South West Queensland Region in the National Premier Leagues Queensland and Football Queensland Premier League. The club was established in 2012, and play their home fixtures at Clive Berghofer Stadium.
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| Full name | South West Queensland Thunder Football Club | ||
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| Nickname(s) | Thunder | ||
| Founded | 2012 | ||
| Ground | Clive Berghofer Stadium | ||
| Capacity | 9000 | ||
| Chairman | Michael Clarkson | ||
| Coach | Sam Gahan | ||
| League | FQPL | ||
| 2023 | 7th of 12 | ||
| Website | http://www.swqthunder.com.au/ | ||
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The club fields teams in National Premier Leagues Queensland, Football Queensland Premier League (FQPL) and NPLW age groups, as well as Skills Acquisition Program Academies for boys and girls.
Home ground
editClive Berghofer Stadium is a rectangular football stadium in Toowoomba, Queensland. Situated on Mary Street on the eastern fringes of Toowoomba CBD adjacent to Queens Park and Toowoomba East State School. Formerly known as Athletic Oval, the stadium was renamed to reflect the home club's major sponsor, philanthropist property developer and former local Mayor Clive Berghofer. The ground plays host to rugby league, rugby union and football fixtures[1] and is lit to A-League standard. The recently upgraded grandstand includes undercover seating for 2,300.[1] The stadium has hosted international and national rugby league matches as well pre-season A-League fixtures.
Current Senior Men's Squad
editNote: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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Current Senior Women's Squad
editNote: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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Football Staff
edit- Manager of Football Operations: Janelle Sothmann
- Technical Director: Ivor Prasad
- Senior Men's Head Coach: Sam Gahan
- Senior Women's Head Coach: Tim Taylor
- Senior Men's Assistant Coach: Ivor Prasad
- Senior Women's Assistant Coach: Austin Williams
Board of Directors
edit- Michael Clarkson (Chairman)
- Jason Hall (Vice Chairman)
- Genevieve Duncan (Secretary)
- David Scutt
- Jessica Fry
- Trent Knack
- Melanie Lloyd
- Tarnya McBurney
- Kasey Cockburn
References
edit- ^ a b "Clive Berghofer Stadium (Toowoomba Sports Ground) | Austadiums". www.austadiums.com. Retrieved 27 January 2021.