South West Queensland Thunder FC

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.

South West Queensland Thunder

Full name	South West Queensland Thunder Football Club
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/
Home colours Away colours
Current season

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

Clive 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

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 Ben Wood 2 DF  AUS Brendan Roche 3 DF  ITA Mirko Crociati 4 DF  AUS Jordan Howard 5 DF  AUS Wade Hall 6 MF  AUS Jacob Bigby 7 FW  AUS Luke Beutel 8 DF  AUS Harry Black 9 FW  AUS Angus McKenzie 10 MF  AUS Jackson Franke 11 FW  AUS Wilfred Phillip 12 DF  AUS Akok Deng 13 DF  AUS Kurt Kohlbach 14 MF  AUS Serugo Veco 15 DF  AUS Jase Sampson 16 MF  AUS Riley Willmot 17 DF  AUS Alex Munster 18 MF  AUS Jack De Bortoli 19 MF  AUS Tom Fowler 20 GK  AUS Monte Radburn 21 FW  AUS Alick Gaske 22 FW  AUS Jake Stoner 23 FW  AUS Josue Kalenga

Current Senior Women's 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 Elizabeth Hollitt 2 DF  AUS Ebonney Kidd 3 DF  AUS Lauren Spreadborough 4 MF  AUS Lucy Major 5 DF  AUS Breanna McCarthy 6 DF  AUS Ashlee Parravicini 7 FW  AUS Lana Harch 8 MF  AUS Jordie Franke 9 FW  AUS Jessica Fry 10 DF  AUS Sienna Williams 11 FW  AUS Bridget Fraser 12 MF  AUS Casey Evans 13 FW  AUS Abbey Lloyd 14 DF  AUS Sarah Hall 15 MF  AUS Melanie Lloyd 16 DF  AUS Macey Eiser 17 DF  AUS Hayley Victor 18  AUS TBA 19 MF  AUS Talitha Doro 20 GK  AUS TBA

Football Staff

• 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

• Michael Clarkson (Chairman)
• Jason Hall (Vice Chairman)
• Genevieve Duncan (Secretary)
• David Scutt
• Jessica Fry
• Trent Knack
• Melanie Lloyd
• Tarnya McBurney
• Kasey Cockburn