Ottawa St. Anthony Italia

The Ottawa St. Anthony Italia is an amateur soccer club based in Ottawa, Ontario. The club was founded in 1952 as the St. Anthony men's soccer team and played in a local league. In 1959, the team consolidated with another local team known as "Italia" to form Ottawa St. Anthony Italia. In 1965, the team joined the Quebec National Soccer League, where it won 5 championships. More recently, the men's competitive team won the Open Canada Cup and the Canadian National Challenge Cup to become champions in 2006.

Ottawa St. Anthony Italia
Full nameOttawa St. Anthony Italia Soccer Club
Founded1952
Director of Soccer OperationsClaudio Padovan
LeagueOttawa-Carleton Soccer League

The organization currently fields multiple teams in both recreational and competitive divisions of the Ottawa-Carleton Soccer League and ERSL, East Region Soccer League, including youth and adult men's and women's teams.[1]

History

The team was runner up to the Windsor Border Stars in the 2004 Open Canada Cup.

In 2006, Italia were Open Canada Cup and Canadian National Challenge Cup champions.

In 2013, the boys U14 team won the Eastern Ontario District Soccer Association L5 league,[2] and was promoted to the ERSL.[3]

In 2018, the men's team were finalists in the Ontario Cup, losing 1-0 to Caledon FC.[4]

2006 Open Canada Cup

The competitive club's most recent triumph came with winning the Open Canada Cup in 2006, defeating the Toronto Lynx who, at the time, were members of the USL First Division, two tiers above Italia in the Canadian soccer pyramid.

Roster

The roster from the Open Canada Cup final, 24-Sep-2006.

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
0 GK   Angus Wong
6 DF   Simon Bonk
3 DF   Kwame Telmarque
16 DF   Kwesi Loney
20 MF   Marcelo Plada
8 MF   Richard Furano
19 MF   Urbain Some (captain)
4 MF   Ladislas Kikunda
7 MF   Christian Hoefler
9 FW   Abraham Osman
11 FW   Souleyman Gagou
No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK   Scott Milliquet
5  ??   Alessandro Battisi
10  ??   Johnny Schleda
12   Edgar Soglo
18   Claudio Venegas
21   Allan Popazzi
 ?? MF   Mazen Moussa

Honours

Address

523 St. Anthony Street, Ottawa, Ontario, K1R 6Z9

References
  1. http://www.ottawastanthony.ca
  2. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2017-06-25. Retrieved 2022-07-15.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  3. http://ersl.ca
  4. "Late goal propels Caledon FC to Men's Ontario Cup Final win". 6 September 2018.


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