Day: February 9, 2009

Monday, 9 February 2009 11:11 PM

South Melbourne FC is proud to announce the signing of club great and New Zealand’s highest ever goal scorer Vaughan Coveny.

Returning to the club where he has spent over 9 years both at National League and State League levels, Coveny returns with an enviable goal scoring record which has seen him play at the highest level of the sport.

The last 4 seasons has seen Vaughan play for A league clubs Newcastle Jets and Wellington Phoenix having scored 14 odd goals.

He joins South for what will be his second stint at the club having already played 276 games and scoring 97 goals between 1995 and 2006.

Affectionately known as “Horsey” Coveny has won 2 Championships with South and was part of the team that represented the club at the FIFA World Club Championships in Brazil during 2000.

The club welcomes back one of South’s favorite sons and looks forward to him being a part of the club well beyond his playing days.

Monday, 9 February 2009 11:10 PM

South Melbourne FC is pleased to announce their squad for the 2009 Victorian Premier League

The team is brimming with a combination of youthful exuberance, talent and experience.

A number of core players have been retained in addition to being reinforced with experienced VPL performers such as Stiven Mrkela (Altona Magic) and the return of club stalwart and new Zealand international Vaughan Coveny (Wellington Phoenix).

Recently appointed SMFC Director of Football Ange Dallas stated:

“There has been a lot of hard work  gone into recruiting and preparing a team that the South faithful can be proud of in the club’s 50th year. We have completed an extensive process where players from all over Australia have trialed at the club in the hope of securing a spot in our squad. There are some young exciting prospects which are set to make their mark throughout 2009. We hope that our passionate supporters get behind the team from the outset and support those who have been entrusted to wear the South Melbourne shirt in this very important year.”

The 2009 senior squad is as follows:

1. Tomi Tommich
2. Shane Nunes
3. Rhodri Payne
4. Steven O’Dor
5. Con Blatsis
6. Eddie Cetkin
7. Nic Curtis
8. Vaughan Coveny
9. Gianni De Nittis
10. Joseph Youseff
11. Yusef Yusef
12. Sam Torrens
13. Francesco Stella
14. Ramazan Tavsancioglu
15. Fernando De Moraes
16. Stiven Mrkela
17. Danni Radojicic
18. Goran Zoric
19. Nathan Caldwell
20. Stefan Sardellic
21. Matthew Foschini
22. Sebastian Petrovich
23. Andrew Sfetkopoulos

Please click here to view the squad with profiles