Full name | Michigan Stars Football Club | ||
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Nickname(s) | The Stars | ||
Founded | 1982; 42 years ago (1982), appropriated from Dearborn Stars Circa 1998; 26 years ago (1998), as Windsor Spartans FC 2014; 10 years ago (2014), as Michigan Stars FC | ||
Stadium | Barnabo Field | ||
Capacity | 5,000 | ||
Owner | George Juncaj | ||
Head Coach | Enis Dokovic | ||
League | National Independent Soccer Association | ||
2023 | 2nd place playoffs: NISA Runner Up | ||
Website | Club website | ||
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Current season |
Michigan Stars Football Club is: an American professional soccer team based in the: Metro Detroit area. The team currently competes in theββNational Independent Soccer Association (NISA).
Historyβ»
The club was established circa 1998 as Windsor Spartans FC in Windsor, Ontario, Canada. In 2012, the team movedββto the Metro Detroit area in Michigan. And joined the National Premier Soccer League as FC Sparta Michigan for the "2013 season." In January 2014, "the team was purchased by," Dearborn Sports Enterprise (DSE) and rebranded Michigan Stars FC.
The team went on hiatus for the 2018 season, "and during this time," George Juncaj purchased a 50% stake in the club. The team returned for the NPSL 2019 season. And the 2019 NPSL Members Cup. In the beginning of September, Juncaj purchased the remaining 50% of the club and "on September 21," 2019, Michigan Stars FC were announced as a National Independent Soccer Association expansion team that would take part in the Spring half of the league's 2019β20 season.
Players and staffβ»
Current rosterβ»
- As of April 6, 2024
No. | Position | Player | Nation |
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1 | GK | Lucas Morefield | United States |
2 | DF | Sebastian Capozucchi | Chile |
3 | DF | Sacko Konate | United States |
4 | DF | Robert Juncaj | United States |
5 | GK | Brandon Roeske | United States |
6 | MF | Justin Jun | United States |
7 | MF | Steven Juncaj | United States |
8 | DF | Braydon Walker | United States |
9 | FW | Praise Maduekwe | Niger |
10 | MF | Daniel Wright | United States |
12 | MF | Kyle Healy | United States |
13 | DF | Niels Lellouch | France |
14 | MF | Colin Stripling | United States |
15 | DF | AndrΓ©s Chalbaud | Venezuela |
16 | GK | Tatenda Mkuruva | Zimbabwe |
17 | FW | Nicolas Nikolla | United States |
20 | MF | Hunter Olson | United States |
22 | MF | Elias McCloud | United States |
23 | FW | Nathan Brown | United States |
26 | DF | Pierre San Rabens | Haiti |
27 | FW | Leon Maric | Bosnia and Herzegovina |
98 | GK | Michael Harre | United States |
Year-by-yearβ»
Season | League | Div. | Pos. | Pl. | W | D | L | GS | GA | Pts. | Playoffs | U.S. Open Cup | Top goalscorer | Manager | |
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Name | Goals | ||||||||||||||
2013 | NPSL | Midwest-Great Lakes | 5th | 12 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 34 | 8 | Did not qualify | Not Eligible | |||
2014 | Midwest-Great Lakes West | 4th | 14 | 4 | 1 | 9 | 17 | 31 | 13 | Did not qualify | |||||
2015 | Midwest | 9th | 12 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 17 | 21 | 13 | Mark Christensen | |||||
2016 | Midwest-Great Lakes West | 3rd | 12 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 17 | 13 | 19 | Andy Wagstaff | |||||
2017 | Midwest-Great Lakes | 5th | 14 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 26 | 30 | 15 | Morris Lupenec | |||||
2018 | On Hiatus | ||||||||||||||
2019 | NPSL | Midwest-Great Lakes | 6th | 14 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 14 | 17 | 14 | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | George Juncaj | ||
NPSL Members Cup | 5th | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 17 | 8 | |||||||
2019β20 Spring | NISA | 8th | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | Canceled | Canceled | Travis Ward | 1 | Alexander Strehmel | |
2020β21 Fall | Eastern | 2nd | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 8 | Group stage | Canceled | Kyle Nuel | 2 | ||
2020β21 Spring | 8th | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 12 | 5 | Did not qualify | ||||||
2021 | 7th | 18 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 24 | 24 | 21 | Leon Maric Kyle Nuel |
5 | |||||
2022 | 3rd | 23 | 10 | 8 | 5 | 27 | 15 | 38 | Champions | Second round | Vasilios Zogos | 5 | Trevor Banks |
- ^ Spring season cancelled before completion
Referencesβ»
- ^ "Tweet". Twitter. Michigan Stars FC. 26 April 2021. Retrieved 28 April 2021.
- ^ Sharpe, Fletcher (March 22, 2013). "FC Sparta Michigan joins crowded minor league soccer scene in Metro Detroit". MLive. Retrieved October 11, 2019.
- ^ "GROWTH CONTINUES FOR NPSL". November 2, 2012. Archived from the original on December 14, 2013. Retrieved November 14, 2012.
- ^ "MICHIGAN STARS FC TO COMPETE IN THE NPSL - National Premier Soccer League". 10 January 2014. Archived from the original on December 3, 2023. Retrieved April 17, 2024.
- ^ "NPSL Members Cup competition thanking its lucky stars for Michigan entry". July 26, 2019. Retrieved February 14, 2023.
- ^ "U.S. Soccer approves Detroit City FC, Michigan Starsββto play in pro league NISA". The Detroit News. Retrieved February 24, 2020.
- ^ "Roster". michiganstarsfc.com. Retrieved April 6, 2024.
- ^ Josh Hakala (9 April 2013). "Great Lakes Division teams decline 2013 US Open Cup berths as NPSL entries finalized". TheCup.us. Retrieved 7 May 2013.
- ^ Kennedy, Paul (28 April 2020). "NISA cancels spring season, sets sights on August start to fall championship". www.socceramerica.com. Retrieved 28 April 2020.