AFC Mobile

AFC Mobile

Full name	Association Football Club of Mobile
Nickname(s)	Azaleas, Wanderers
Founded	June 15, 2015 (2015-06-15)
Ground	Archbishop Lipscomb Athletic Complex, Mobile, AL
Capacity	5000
Owner	Board Owned
Head Coach	Steve Wieczorek
League	Gulf Coast Premier League
Website	Club website

AFC Mobile is an American soccer club based in Mobile, Alabama. AFC Mobile plays in the Gulf Coast Premier League.

History

Founding

AFC Mobile was founded in 2015 by Mobile and Baldwin County, Alabama soccer enthusiasts in order to establish a semi-professional soccer team in the City of Mobile. It was announced on January 3, 2017, that AFC Mobile would join the Gulf Coast Premier league for its inaugural Summer Season.

Inaugural Season

Prior to their debut season, AFC Mobile announced that it would play its inaugural season's home games at the Archbishop Lipscomb Athletic Complex located in the Bolton neighborhood of Mobile. For its first two years, the team was managed by Nate Nicholas, a former player for the University of Mobile, former back-to-back state championship-winning coach at UMS-Wright Preparatory School, and current varsity men's coach at McGill–Toolen Catholic High School. .

Changes to Coaching Staff

After finishing the 2018 GCPL season, head coach Nate Nicholas stepped down..

Ultimately Spring Hill College's men's soccer coach Steve Wieczorek was named as Nicholas's replacement on January 7, 2019.

Attendance

For their debut game on May 14, 2017, AFC Mobile more than quadrupled the highest ever attendance for the Gulf Coast Premier League. In their second home game on June 10, 2017 against Biloxi City FC, AFC Mobile drew 924 to Archbishop Lipscomb Stadium, which topped the league's previous record. On June 8th, 2017, AFC Mobile became the first team in the Gulf Coast Premier League to break 1,000 people in attendance against CD Motagua of New Orleans .

During their second season, AFC Mobile would go on to draw over 1,400 fans twice against the Gulf Coast Rangers and Port City FC.

Players and Staff

2019 Roster

No.	Position	Player	Nation
—	Forward	Erik Aispuro	Mexico
—	Forward	Sam Blackburn	New Zealand
—	Defender	Ira Bowens	United States
—	Forward	Alaye Brito	Brazil
—	Midfielder	Mikey Conneh	England
—	Defender	Eddie Dakwa	Zimbabwe
—	Midfielder	Ben Fredrickson	New Zealand
—	Defender	Desmond Ibie	United States
—	Midfielder	Arad Lev-Ari	Israel
—	Defender	Guillermo Lumbreras Jr	United States
—	Defender	Vlad Margolin	Israel
—	Midfielder	Manuel Matute	Honduras
—	Goalkeeper	Domenic Nascimben	Australia
—	Forward	Ibrahima Ndaw	Senegal
—	Forward	Amos Ndikumana	Tanzania
—	Midfielder	Chisom Ogbonna	Nigeria
—	Defender	Patrick O'Neal	United States
—	Forward	Max Peña	United States
—	Defender	Andrew Rhoda	South Africa
—	Forward	Tilman Schober	Germany
—	Defender	Zubair Taylor	South Africa
—	Midfielder	David Valverde	Costa Rica
—	Defender	Sherman Winchester	United States

Source: [1]

Team management

Coaching Staff
Head coach	Steve Wieczorek
Assistant coach	Sam Blackburn
Assistant coach	Ruben Risco
Assistant coach and Strength and Conditioning coach	Ben Fredrickson
Goalkeeper coach	Brent Grube

Year-by-year

Year	Conference	League	Regular Season	Playoffs	Open Cup
2017	Eastern Conference	GCPL	6th, East	Did not qualify	Did not enter
2018	Eastern Conference	GCPL	4th, East	Did not qualify	Did not enter

External links

• AFC Mobile

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