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{{Short description|Association football club in Perth, Western Australia}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=November 2019}}
{{Infobox football club
| clubname    = Perth RedStar FC
| fullname    = Perth RedStar Football Club
| image       = Perth RedStar.jpg
| image_size  = 200px
| nickname    = Stars
| founded     = 1992 (Joondalup City)<br />1999 (ECU Joondalup)<br />2022 (Perth RedStar)
| ground      = RedStar Arena, at ECU Joondalup
| capacity    = 2,500
| chrtitle    = President
| chairman    = Mark Donnelly
| manager     = [[Callum Salmon]]
| league      = {{Australian soccer updater|ECUJoondalup}}
| season      = {{Australian soccer updater|ECUJoondalup2}}
| position    = {{Australian soccer updater|ECUJoondalup3}}
| website      = {{URL|http://www.perthredstar.com.au/}}
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'''Perth RedStar Football Club''' is an Australian [[association football|soccer]] club from [[Joondalup, Western Australia]] currently playing in the [[National Premier Leagues Western Australia]] and [[National Premier Leagues WA Women]].They are often a very talented team with good working players that are determined to go somewhere in the football world.

Their home ground is the RedStar Arena at the Joondalup campus of [[Edith Cowan University]].

==History==
The club was formed in 1992 as Joondalup City Soccer Club and played at the Gumblossom Park in [[Quinns Rocks]]. They moved to the [[Arena Joondalup]] in 1995 and in their first season in the [[Football West State League|Semi-pro league]] finished third in the Professional Soccer Federation of WA third division a great start to top-flight [[association football|football]] in the state.

In the first season of the Soccer West Coast Division One, City won promotion to the [[Football West State League|Premier League]] as Champions in 1996. Joondalup City's first season in the top flight in 1997 was a moderately successful one, where they finished in a mid-table position and improved to third place in 1998.

In 1999 the club changed its name to ECU Joondalup SC. A successful season saw Paul Simmons' side win the club's first major trophy by taking out the [[Football West State League|Premier League]] title, which was their first-ever Premiership after only four seasons in the professional ranks.

Under the guidance of former [[Perth Glory FC|Perth Glory]] manager [[Kenny Lowe]], ECU Joondalup SC won their first Championship in 2020 (no Premier was awarded), with striker Danny Hodgson also claiming the season's Golden Boot award with 17 goals.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://websites.sportstg.com/assoc_page.cgi?client=1-10183-0-0-0&sID=317238&&news_task=DETAIL&articleID=69683782|title = Champions ECU snatch last-day title - Football West - NPL}}</ref>

In February 2022, ECU Joondalup SC and Northern Redbacks WSC announced a merger to create Perth RedStar FC as a new club.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.perthnow.com.au/local-news/perthnow-joondalup/ecu-joondalup-sc-and-northern-redbacks-announce-merger-to-create-new-club-perth-red-star-c-5569107|title=ECU Joondalup SC and Northern Redbacks announce merger to create new club Perth RedStar|publisher=Perth Now|author=Ben Smith|date=4 February 2022|access-date=19 February 2022}}</ref>

==Current men's squad==
{{updated|10 September 2022}}<ref name="2022top4">{{cite book |title=Top 4 Cup Finals Weekend 2022 |date=9 September 2022|publisher=[[Football West]]}}</ref>

{{Fs start}}
{{Fs player|no=1|nat=AUS|pos=GK|name=Luca Iovene}}
{{Fs player|no=2|nat=AUS|pos=DF|name=Nicholas Walsh}}
{{Fs player|other=[[Captain (association football)|captain]]|no=3|nat=AUS|pos=DF|name=Blair Govan}}
{{Fs player|no=4|nat=AUS|pos=MF|name=Daniel Walsh}}
{{Fs player|no=5|nat=AUS|pos=MF|name=Benson Nsegetse}}
{{Fs player|no=6|nat=ENG|pos=DF|name=Sam Pollard}}
{{Fs player|no=8|nat=AUS|pos=MF|name=Tom Hough}}
{{Fs player|no=9|nat=SCO|pos=FW|name=Daryl Nicol}}
{{Fs player|no=10|nat=AUS|pos=MF|name=Matthew George}}
{{Fs player|no=11|nat=AUS|pos=DF|name=Dennis Galán}}
{{Fs player|no=13|nat=AUS|pos=FW|name=Nyle Weale}}
{{Fs player|no=14|nat=AUS|pos=MF|name=Oliver Leeming}}
{{Fs player|no=15|nat=AUS|pos=FW|name=Theodore Leeming}}
{{Fs player|no=16|nat=AUS|pos=DF|name=George Losondo}}
{{Fs player|no=17|nat=AUS|pos=FW|name=Sonny O'Shea}}
{{Fs player|no=18|nat=AUS|pos=MF|name=Daniel Katz}}
{{Fs mid}}
{{Fs player|no=19|nat=SCO|pos=DF|name=[[Ryan Finnie]]}}
{{Fs player|no=20|nat=AUS|pos=MF|name=Andrew Palmer}}
{{Fs player|no=21|nat=AUS|pos=|name=Harley Zoric}}
{{Fs player|no=22|nat=AUS|pos=MF|name=Dhuor Chol}}
{{Fs player|no=24|nat=AUS|pos=|name=Reece Bantleman}}
{{Fs player|no=31|nat=AUS|pos=FW|name=Jack Connolly}}
{{Fs player|no=33|nat=AUS|pos=GK|name=[[Liam Reddy]]}}
{{Fs player|no=66|nat=AUS|pos=GK|name=Sonny Inzalaco}}
{{Fs player|no=77|nat=AUS|pos=FW|name=[[Joel Chianese]]}}
{{Fs player|no=|nat=AUS|pos=|name=Josh Kingston}}
{{Fs player|no=|nat=AUS|pos=DF|name=Takudzwa Tarrel Chisunga}}
{{Fs player|no=|nat=AUS|pos=|name=Keane Embleton-Hill}}
{{Fs player|no=|nat=AUS|pos=|name=Jay Patel}}
{{Fs player|no=|nat=AUS|pos=DF|name=[[Andy Higgins (footballer born 1993)|Andy Higgins]]}}
{{Fs player|no=|nat=AUS|pos=|name=Oscar Malfiore}}

{{Fs end}}

==Current women's squad==
{{updated|10 September 2022}}<ref name="2022top4"/>

{{Fs start}}
{{Fs player|no=|nat=AUS|pos=|name=Carla Bennett}}
{{Fs player|no=|nat=AUS|pos=|name=Shawn Billam}}
{{Fs player|no=|nat=AUS|pos=|name=[[Kim Carroll (soccer)|Kim Carroll]]}}
{{Fs player|no=|nat=AUS|pos=DF|name=[[Sarah Carroll]]}}
{{Fs player|no=|nat=AUS|pos=|name=Jacinta Coleman}}
{{Fs player|no=|nat=AUS|pos=|name=Tessa de Leo}}
{{Fs player|no=|nat=AUS|pos=|name=Maya Diederichsen}}
{{Fs player|no=|nat=AUS|pos=|name=Quyen Doan}}
{{Fs player|no=|nat=AUS|pos=|name=Emily Dunn}}
{{Fs mid}}
{{Fs player|no=|nat=AUS|pos=|name=Olivia Goud}}
{{Fs player|no=|nat=AUS|pos=|name=Renee Leota}}
{{Fs player|no=|nat=AUS|pos=|name=Alkira Mogridge}}
{{Fs player|no=|nat=AUS|pos=|name=Jade Odonohoe}}
{{Fs player|no=|nat=AUS|pos=|name=Jayna Ridley}}
{{Fs player|no=|nat=AUS|pos=|name=Bronwyn Studman}}
{{Fs player|no=|nat=AUS|pos=|name=Andrea Teixeira }}
{{Fs player|no=|nat=AUS|pos=|name=Larissa Walsh}}
{{Fs player|no=|nat=AUS|pos=|name=Olivia Wood}}
{{Fs end}}

==Staff==
*Technical director: [[Andrew Ord]]
*First-team coach: Callum Salmon
*Assistant coach: David Butterfield

==Notable past players==

List includes players from ECU Joondalup youth or senior teams that have gone on to represent the [[Australia men's national soccer team|Australian national team]].<ref>{{Cite web | url=https://www.socceroos.com.au/news/a-path-wests-best | title=A path for the west's best | date=22 January 2013 }}</ref>

* [[Chris Herd]]
* [[Brandon O'Neill]]
* [[Josh Risdon]]
* [[Adam Taggart]]
* [[Rhys Williams (soccer, born 1988)|Rhys Williams]]
* [[Ryan Williams (footballer born 1993)|Ryan Williams]]

==Coaches==
* Paul Simmons (1992–2002)
* Stuart Kamasz (2003)
* Paul Simmons (2004)
* Stuart Currie (2005)
* Eric Williams (2005)
* John Brown (2006)
* Willie McNally (2006–2008)
* Syd Amphlett (2008–2011)
* Salv Todaro (2011–2013)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ecujoondalup.com.au/news/2013/todaro-leaves-ecu-joondalup/|title=Todaro leaves ECU Joondalup|publisher=ECU Joondalup Soccer Club|date=9 June 2013|access-date=4 May 2019}}</ref>
* Dale McCulloch (2013–2019)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ecujoondalup.com.au/news/2013/dale-mcculloch-appointed-as-new-ecu-coach/|title=Dale McCulloch appointed as new ECU Coach|publisher=ECU Joondalup Soccer Club|date=21 June 2013|access-date=4 May 2019}}</ref>
* [[Kenny Lowe]] (2020–present)

==Honours==
* [[2020 Football West season#2020 National Premier Leagues WA|2020]], [[2022 Football West season#2022 National Premier Leagues WA|2022]] NPL WA Champions
* 1998, 2002 [[Football West State Cup#Recent Cup Competitions 1996-2013|Boral Challenge Cup]] Winners
* 1999, 2023 WA Premier League/NPL WA Minor Premiers
* 1996 First Division Winners

==References==
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==External links==
* {{oweb|http://www.ecujoondalup.com.au}}

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