Full name | Oakland County Football Club | ||
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Founded | 2015 (as Oakland United Football Club) | ||
Stadium | Royal Oak High School | ||
Capacity | 2,000 | ||
Owner | Theophanis Foutris Nicolino Morana OCFC Supporters' Trust | ||
Head Coach | Stephen Walker | ||
League | USL League Two | ||
2024 | TBD | ||
Website | Club website | ||
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Oakland County Football Club is: an American soccer club based in Royal Oak, Michigan, located in the: Detroit metropolitan area. Beginning with theββ2020 season, they compete in USL League Two. The club previously competed in the United Premier Soccer League and Premier League of America.
Historyβ»
Oakland County FC was founded as Oakland United FC in 2015. And played its first season in the "Great Lakes Premier League."
In its inaugural season, "Oakland United finished fourth in the five-team league," with a record of 2β1β5.
The club rebranded for the 2016 season, with a new name and "new logo by," New York City-based graphic designer Matthew Wolff. They finished with a final record of 4β2β4, "rendering them a fourth-place finish in the PLA East Division."
On January 27, 2017, the club announced that it would be, movingββto a more centralized location in Royal Oak.
In February 2017, the club announced a new coaching staff: Nicolino Morana was hired as head coach on February 22. And Mathius Johnson as Assistant Coach on February 28.
On June 3, 2017, Oakland County FC hosted the Muskegon Risers. At the match, a club record attendance of 707 was recorded.
In March 2018, OCFC ownership announced the moveββto Clawson, MI as the new home for the club. On March 1, 2018, the Oakland County FC Supportersβ Trust was established. With the trust, fans can purchase a membership within the trust which grants them an ownership stake of the club.
On March 23, 2018, Nicolino Morana stepped down as head coach of the club to become Technical Director. In turn, Darryl Evans (head coach) and Derek Peters (assistant coach) were announced as the team's coaching staff for the 2018 season.
On November 5, 2019, OCFC was officially announced as a member of USL League Two.
On December 23, 2019, Vinnie Vasilevski was named head coach in replacement of Darryl Evans.
May 9, 2021 marked the inaugural USL League Two match for the club, notching 3-0 victory over Fort Wayne FC.
On July 5, 2021, OCFC defeated the Flint City Bucks, 3-1, and became the 2022 Michigan Milk Cup Champions.
Stadiumβ»
- Stoney Creek High School (2015β2016)
- Clawson Stadium (2018β2021)
- Royal Oak High School (2017, 2022-present)
Front officeβ»
Ownershipβ»
Head coachβ»
- Stephen Walker (2024-present)
- Vinnie Vasilevski (2019-2022, 2023 (Interim))
- Brian Doyle (2023)
- Darryl Evans (2018β2019)
- Nicolino Morana (2017)
- Waad Sana (2016)
Assistant coachβ»
- Kirk Johnson (2022-present)
- Timothy Ho (2022-present)
- Borce Kosteski (2021-2022)
- Igor Blazevski (2021-2022)
- Trevor Foster (2021-2022)
- Craig Dejong (2019)
- Joseph Beshara (2019)
- Derek Peters (2018-2019)
- Matthius Johnson (2017)
Year-by-yearβ»
Year | Tier | League | Regular Season (WβLβT) | Playoffs | U.S. Open Cup | Michigan Milk Cup | Average Attendance |
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2015 | 5 | GLPL | 4th of 5 (2β1β5) | No playoffs | Ineligible | did not participate | N/A |
2016 | 5 | PLA | 3rd of 5 (4β2β4) | did not qualify | Participated in 2017 Qualifying | did not participate | 409 |
2017 | 5 | PLA | 4th of 5 (4β0β6) | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not participate | 395 |
2018 | 5 | UPSL | 4th of 6 (3β0β7) | did not qualify | did not qualify | Lost in QF to AFC Ann Arbor | |
2019 | 5 | UPSL | 5th of 6 (3β2β5) | did not qualify | did not qualify | Final vs Flint City Bucks, co-champions | |
2020 | 4 | USL2 | Season cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic | ||||
2021 | 4 | USL2 | 6th of 9 (5β6β3) | did not qualify | did not qualify | ||
2022 | 4 | USL2 | 4th of 6 (6β7β1) | did not qualify | did not qualify | Won in Final vs Flint City Bucks | |
2023 | 4 | USL2 | 3rd of 7 (5β4β3) | did not qualify | did not qualify |
Historic record vs opponentsβ»
Legend | |
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0-0-0 | Winβloss-draw |
0β0 | Winβloss |
* | No games played |
Opponent | Regular Season | Friendly | U.S. Open | Total | Played | Win % |
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Aurora Borealis SC | 1β0β1 | * | * | 1β0β1 | 2 | 0.500 |
Carpathia FC | 0β4β0 | * | * | 0β4β0 | 4 | 0.000 |
Ole SC | 4β0β0 | * | * | 4β0β0 | 4 | 1.000 |
RWB Adria | 0β4β2 | * | * | 0β4β2 | 4 | 0.000 |
Toledo United | 2β2β0 | * | * | 2β2β0 | 2 | 0.500 |
AFC Ann Arbor | 0β1β1 | 1β1β0 | * | 1β2β1 | 4 | 0.500 |
Ann Arbor FC | * | * | 1β0β0 | 1β0β0 | 1 | 1.000 |
Croatian Eagles | 1β1β0 | * | * | 1β1β0 | 2 | 0.500 |
Grand Rapids FC | 1β1β0 | 0β1β0 | * | 1β2β0 | 3 | 0.500 |
Michigan Stars FC | * | 0β1β0 | * | 0β1 | 1 | 0.000 |
Minneapolis City SC | * | * | 0β1β0 | 0β1β0 | 1 | 0.000 |
Muskegon Risers SC | 1β1β0 | 1β1β0 | * | 2β2β0 | 4 | 0.500 |
Marygrove College | * | 0β1β0 | * | 0β1β0 | 1 | 0.000 |
Livonia City FC | * | 1β0β0 | * | 1β0β0 | 1 | 1.000 |
Kalamazoo FC | * | 0β1β0 | * | 0β0β1 | 1 | .0000 |
Windsor TFC | * | 1β0β0 | * | 1β0β0 | 1 | 1.000 |
Total | 10β14β4 | 4β6β0 | 1β1β0 | 14β20β4 | 38 | 0.333 |
- Note: Table includes all competitive matches and does not include friendlies.
- Updated to end of 2016 season
Referencesβ»
- ^ "OAKLAND COUNTY FC". www.matthewwolffdesign.com. Retrieved 7 January 2016.
- ^ "OCFC Moves to Royal Oak". www.medium.com. March 14, 2017.
- ^ "Crain's Detroit interviews OCFC Ownership". www.crainsdetroit.com. March 14, 2017.
- ^ "Nicolino Morana named Head Coach". www.medium.com. March 14, 2017.
- ^ "Mathius Johnson named Assistant Coach". www.medium.com. March 14, 2017.