Gold Coast United Football Club is an Australian soccer club based in Gold Coast, Queensland. The earliest incarnation of the club formed in 1966 and its home ground was at Nikiforides Family Park in Broadbeach. The first era of Gold Coast United senior teams competed in the Brisbane leagues until the club disbanded after the 1979 season, allowing Broadbeach United Soccer Club to form its first senior team in 1980 at the same grounds.
Twenty-eight years later the club was revived and was officially announced as a professional expansion team for the A-League's 2009–2010 season on 28 August 2008. It was the second bid accepted by the league, with an unrelated bid known as Gold Coast Galaxy FC preceding it. The club was owned by Clive Palmer, the wealthiest man in Queensland, until the FFA took over the club's A-League licence in February 2012.
In their first two A-League seasons Gold Coast had strong on-field performance with a pair of top four finishes and playing in the finals, albeit without qualifying for a Grand Final. Their 3rd and final season saw the club's performance collapse as they finished last, and their attendance dropped from their 5,500 average to just under 3,300 people per game, making them the lowest attended team.[2] On 29 February 2012, the FFA revoked Palmer's Gold Coast United A-League licence. The governing body had been in conflict with Palmer over a variety of license breaches, controversial statements, sacking the coach, giving a 17 year old a professional debut & appointment as the match day Captain, and his decision to implement a "crowd cap" that closed most of the stadium. The club finished out the season and were shut down shortly after with their place in the competition taken by the hastily formed Western Sydney Wanderers FC.[3]
On 3 August 2017, it was announced that they would be joining the National Premier League Queensland to compete in both Men's and Women's competitions.[4]
^"Riches to rags: The rebirth of Gold Coast United, Australia's most ridiculed team". 26 March 2018. Archived from the original on 1 October 2022. Retrieved 1 October 2022.
^"A-League expansion assured as tycoon agrees to fund Gold Coast". The Sydney Morning Herald. 30 May 2008. Archived from the original on 2 June 2008. Retrieved 3 June 2008.
GoldCoastUnited Football Club is an Australian soccer club based in GoldCoast, Queensland. The earliest incarnation of the club formed in 1966 and its...
GoldCoastUnited Football Club was an Australian professional football (soccer) club based on the GoldCoast of Queensland. The club was formed in 2008...
marquee signing, following the lead of Sydney FC (Dwight Yorke) and Adelaide United (Qu Shengqing). Central Coast again reached the grand final in the 2006...
stadium in Robina, a suburb of GoldCoast, Queensland. It is the home ground to the National Rugby League's GoldCoast Titans, this venue sometimes hosts...
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of 11 December 2023 As of 15 October 2014 GoldCoastUnited National Youth League: 2009–10, 2010–11 Sydney FC A-League Premiership: 2016–17, 2017–18 A-League...
made his professional debut with GoldCoastUnitedFC in 2009 before joining the Mariners in 2012, and then Sydney FC in 2015. He moved to the UAE in 2016...
second-highest goalscorer in the A-League and was the top-goalscorer for GoldCoastUnited. He scored 24 goals in 58 international appearances for New Zealand...
Robina. He owned GoldCoastUnitedFC from 2008 to 2012. Palmer created the Palmer United Party in April 2013, winning the Sunshine Coast seat of Fairfax...
Footballer of the Year for 2008. He was the GoldCoastUnited all-time second highest goal scorer and Adelaide United all-time highest goal-scorer. He played...
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Lucas played for GoldCoastUnited for the A-League in 2011-12 season and made his professional debut on 22 January 2012 against Sydney FC. Lucas did play...
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Queensland rivals, North Queensland Fury FC and GoldCoastUnited. On 5 December 2009 he was a guest at a GoldCoastUnited fixture sparking rumors of a potential...
player signed to GoldCoastUnited's inaugural squad. He was signed by Miron Bleiberg after watching him in an Eerste Divisie game for FC Omniworld against...
and last played for A-League Men club Adelaide United. Halloran made his debut for GoldCoastUnited as a substitute in their Round 4, 1–0 loss to Melbourne...
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