Belmont Swansea United FC

Belmont Swansea United Football Club, more commonly known as "Belswans" is a semi-professional football club based in Blacksmiths in the Hunter Region, New South Wales.

Full name	Belmont Swansea United Football Club
Nickname(s)	Belswans
Founded	1935
Ground	Blacksmiths Oval, Blacksmiths
Coordinates	33°04′50.4″S 151°39′7.6″E
Head Coach	Mick Stafford
League	NPL NNSW
2025	10th of 12
Website	http://www.foxsportspulse.com/club_info.cgi?c=0-8304-113395-0-0
Home colours Away colours

Belmont Swansea United currently competes in the National Premier Leagues Northern NSW with teams in First Grade, Reserve Grade, Under 18s, Under 16s, Under 15s, Under 14s and Under 13s.

The National Premier Leagues Northern NSW sits at step two of the Australian football pyramid, beneath the A-League.

On 27 October 2020, the Belswans announced via social media that they had signed André Gumprecht, a former professional of Germany's top divisions, National Soccer League, A-League and others, as their head coach, with Mick Stafford stepping back into an assistant role.

Gumprecht mutually parted from the club before the end of the 2021 season, with Stafford resuming the role as head coach for 2022.

History

The club was founded in 1935 under the name Blacksmiths Rangers. In 1956, the name was changed to Belmont Swansea United Soccer Club to represent a wider area. In 2015 the name was changed in line with Football Federation Australia policy to Belmont Swansea United Football Club.^[1]

On 27 October 2020, the Belswans announced via social media that they had signed André Gumprecht, a former professional of Germany's top divisions, National Soccer League, A-League and others, as their head coach, with Mick Stafford stepping back into an assistant role. During the 2021 season, Andre led the club on a quality FFA Cup run, in which they beat Toronto Awaba Stags FC 7–3, Wallsend F.C. 8–1, and National Premier Leagues Northern NSW side Adamstown Rosebud FC 4–1, before losing in round 6 of qualifying 1–0 to Weston Bears FC.

First Grade Squad

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player 1 GK  AUS Joel Perrin 2 DF  AUS Ian Matthews 3 DF  AUS Samuel Kirk 4 MF  AUS Daniel Steel 5 DF  AUS Mark Davis 6 MF  AUS Jackson Rush 7 DF  AUS Cameron Lodge 8 MF  AUS Reece Newton 9 MF  AUS Kane Woolston 10 FW  AUS Samuel Buyers 11 FW  AUS Ethan Hall

No. Pos. Nation Player 12 DF  AUS Corey Wilson (C) 13 DF  AUS Steele Harvey 14 FW  AUS Brendan Hall 15 MF  AUS Daniel Watson 16 MF  AUS David Swain 17 FW  AUS Nathan Mcallister 18 FW  AUS Adam Woodbine 19 FW  AUS Matthew Hall 20 GK  AUS Kye Abrahams 34 DF  AUS Adam Blunden

*Accurate as of July 27 2024

Top Goal-scorers Per Season

Year	Player	Goals
2013	Luke Shearer	14
2014	Luke Shearer	8
2015	Jamie Hadlow	8
2016	Jamie Hadlow	9
2017	Tega Adjeke	20
2018	Joel Shearer; Klaudon Ahmataj	5
2019	Ty Goldsmith	10
2020	Joel Nicholson	6

Coaching Staff

Position	Staff
Head coach	Mick Stafford
Goalkeeping coach	Michael Peachey
Assistant coach	Josh Maguire
Reserve Grade Coach/Assistant Coach	Scott Harvey

Honours

1st Grade

Premiers:

NNSW Northern Second Division - 1966, 1978

Northern First Division - 1985

Northern NSW State League Division 1 - 2024

Champions:

NNSW Northern Second Division - 1977 & 1978

Northern First Division - 1970

Northern NSW State League Division 1 - 2018 & 2019, 2022

Reserve Grade/U23s

Minor Premierships:

Grand Finals:

U18s/U19s

Minor Premierships:

Grand Finals: 2016 Northern NSW State League Division 1

Youth

Minor Premierships: 2020 Northern NSW State League Division 1 (U14s)

Grand Finals: 2020 Northern NSW State League Division 1 (U15s)